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'''Dave Edwards''', better known as "Zobovor", is a longtime member of the ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' [[fandom]], primarily active on [[alt.toys.transformers]]. He worked with [[Rhino Entertainment]] on their release of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Generation 1'' cartoon]] on DVD in 2002 and is given "special thanks" in the credits. | |||
Edwards was the first fan known to document [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]],<ref>[https://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/19b5a1af8071dfb7/6ed7e0f3586f37e4?hl=en%06ed7e0f3586f37e4 Alt.toys.transformers post from 2001] describing the [[Electro]] toy's spontaneous destruction</ref> though the term appears to have been coined by another fan, "Sky Shadow".<ref>[https://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/b2ad2c5fda22a44e/2b3d532961b2c2dc?hl=en%02b3d532961b2c2dc Alt.toys.transformers post from 2002] asking which toys suffer from "Gold Plastic Syndrome"</ref> | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://members.fortunecity.com/zobovor/index.html ZMFTS!] | * [http://members.fortunecity.com/zobovor/index.html Edwards's personal site, "ZMFTS!"] | ||
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Revision as of 00:41, 10 March 2011
Dave Edwards, better known as "Zobovor", is a longtime member of the Transformers fandom, primarily active on alt.toys.transformers. He worked with Rhino Entertainment on their release of the Generation 1 cartoon on DVD in 2002 and is given "special thanks" in the credits.
Edwards was the first fan known to document Gold Plastic Syndrome,[1] though the term appears to have been coined by another fan, "Sky Shadow".[2]
References
- ↑ Alt.toys.transformers post from 2001 describing the Electro toy's spontaneous destruction
- ↑ Alt.toys.transformers post from 2002 asking which toys suffer from "Gold Plastic Syndrome"
