# How much did the Transformer Toy Omega Supreme cost in 1985? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 16, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683 "2012-08-16T17:07:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/1 "2012-08-16T17:07:17Z")
Retail. I couldn’t find it with my Google-Fu. ---
**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/2 "2012-08-16T17:44:00Z")
[According to this site, $50](http://tformers.com/transformers-autobot-omega-supreme-through-the-years/9520/news.html). That was going to be my guess from a sketchy memory. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/3 "2012-08-16T18:24:21Z")
Mine still runs, the last time I tried batteries in him. I should really get around to selling him sometime… ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/4 "2012-08-16T18:35:16Z")
More than my parents could afford. I remember a friend had one and it was frickin’ awesome. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/5 "2012-08-16T19:42:51Z")
So, like $105 in 2012 dollars. I had a large box under the tree that year, hoped it was Omega, it was a soccer ball. Not bitter, I just wondered if the wish was even feasible. At that price, likely no. But by Christmas 88 or 87 I scored a NES with the track pad and gun, so no complaints. ---
**Author:** ![notsoheavyd3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85e7bf/32.png) [@notsoheavyd3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notsoheavyd3)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/6 "2012-08-16T22:14:35Z")
This page lists it as $40 [http://www.wishbookweb.com/1985\_SearsWishbook/pages/SearsWishbook.1985EC.P438.htm](http://www.wishbookweb.com/1985_SearsWishbook/pages/SearsWishbook.1985EC.P438.htm) Of course now I’m going to end up spending the next hour looking at the old stuff that I wanted as a kid:) (But that would be more early 80’s) ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/7 "2012-08-16T22:43:59Z")
OMG I had that toy! My brother got Fortress Maximus! Actually, I used to have quite the collection of Transformer toys. That is until my cousin broke them all because he couldn’t figure them out. Whatever, his life sucks now. ---
**Author:** ![Blakeyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blakeyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blakeyrat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/8 "2012-08-16T23:05:44Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > More than my parents could afford. > > I remember a friend had one and it was frickin’ awesome. My parents bought me Go-Bots. It took a long, long time to forgive. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/9 "2012-08-16T23:23:24Z")
> [@Blakeyrat](#): > > My parents bought me Go-Bots. > > It took a long, long time to forgive. At least yours were plural. My transforming robot/vehicle collection consisted of exactly one GoBot. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/10 "2012-08-16T23:27:21Z")
I got Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/11 "2012-08-17T02:17:00Z")
I had mostly Go-Bots, but also a few Transformers that I picked up from garage sales, and played with them all together (never mind the scale difference). What was awkward, though, was that I had both Optimus Prime and Leader-1, but didn’t have either of the villain leaders. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/12 "2012-08-17T13:08:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I had mostly Go-Bots, but also a few Transformers that I picked up from garage sales, and played with them all together (never mind the scale difference). What was awkward, though, was that I had both Optimus Prime and Leader-1, but didn’t have either of the villain leaders. But that’s an opportunity! You could have done a much more realistic play-analysis of the disagreements between two good men, rather than relying on the hoary old trope of good vs. evil! Optimus : “I think we need to find new sources of Energon, and protect the humans.” Leader-One : “What he said, but at half the cost.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/13 "2012-08-17T20:06:05Z")
An old college friend of my dad’s bought me Jetfire for Christmas one year, completely unexpected by everyone, and of course was, as far as I cared, the hero of Christmas. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/14 "2012-08-17T21:18:35Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > But that’s an opportunity! You could have done a much more realistic play-analysis of the disagreements between two good men, rather than relying on the hoary old trope of good vs. evil! > > Optimus : “I think we need to find new sources of Energon, and protect the humans.” > > Leader-One : “What he said, but at half the cost.” > > 😃 I hope this post gets cited next time someone complains about being modded for a political jab in GQ, when other people get away with it all the time :). ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-the-transformer-toy-omega-supreme-cost-in-1985/631683/15 "2012-08-18T03:37:04Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > An old college friend of my dad’s bought me Jetfire for Christmas one year, completely unexpected by everyone, and of course was, as far as I cared, the hero of Christmas. > > –Cliffy The kid who had [del]Macross[/del]Jetfire in my grade school class was greatly envied. Shockwave was the biggest one I ever got my parents to get me. I broke the end of his laser arm the first time I pulled the gun muzzle off to transform him.