1985 Japanese Takara Transformers Menko - Checklist Update

About 4 years ago I posted about some 1985 Transformers menko I had picked up.  Gregory over at Nine Pockets recently asked if my checklist had grown any since he had picked up some doubles along the way and wanted to see if we could expand the checklist.  I had to go back and check since it has been a while since I browsed my collection and sure enough it looks like I have picked up a few since I last posted.  I've occasionally run across these on auction sites and I think there must be between 30-50 in the set.  Here are the ones I have along with the current checklist.  This set marked just about the end of the menko re-boom era that had restarted in the early 1970s and ended around 1985.  Before that the big menko boom happened from the 1930s to 1964 when it suddenly died off due to television.  Nostalgia kicked in and the re-boom era lasted about 12 or so years petering out in the mid 1980s when kids turned their attention to NES!

Cybertron:
- Alert

- Blaster

- Bumblebee
- Convoy (Optimus Prime)
- Grimlock

- Hound
- Inferno

- Optimus Prime (Solo Card)
- Perceptro

- Prowl

- Sideswipe
- Slog

- Sludge
- Smokescreen
- Snarl

- Swoop
- Trailbreaker
- Wheeljack

Decepticon:
- Bombshell
- Bonecrusher
- Condor

- Devastator
- Frenzy
- Glen (Crane)
- Jaguar
- Kickback

- Long Haul
- Megatron
- Mixmaster
- Reflector
- Rumble

- Scavenger

- Scapper
- Shrapnel

- Skywarp
- Soundwave

- Starscream
- Thundercracker
- Walter P-38

1985 Japanese Takara/NTV Transformers Menko

Growing up in the 1980s offered a ton of new toy and electronic gaming options. I think most collectors today yearn for "the good ol days" of that entertainment bliss and I was one of the kids that caught the transformers craze and still have the original toys. Fortunately, my love for Japanese sumo cards has also afforded me the opportunity to collect other Menko Japanese, mini cards, and bromides from the 1970s and 1980s.  One of these menko sets is this 1985 Takara/NTV Transformers Menko Set. I have a feeling what I have here is only a partial set, but I couldn't pass up the artwork and nostalgia. They are printed on fairly thick cardboard and likely were distributed in boxes like most menko were.  This set is actually quite late for a menko set as the peak popularity was in the late 1970s.

This is the checklist I have so far:

Cybertron
- Alert
- Convoy
- Perceptor
- Slag
- Smokescreen
- Snarl
- Trailbreaker
- Wheeljack

Decepticon
- Condor
- Frenzy
- Hook
- Jaguar
- Kickback
- Megatron
- Megatron Combo
- Mixmaster
- Reflector
- Rumble
- Soundwave
- Thundercracker