Hi guys, I don't know how many of you are familiar with it, but I run a site that has the ambitious goal of cataloging every Transformer toy ever made,
http://www.shmax.com. Oh, I know, everybody has this idea at one time or another, but we've been at it for around four years now, and we're now tracking pretty much every part from every variant of every release from every toyline from every country, from Argentina to Venezuela.
Except Canada.
I have no idea why. Back when I was doing most of the data entry myself, I had no idea that toys sold in Canada were anything but identical to the ones we get in the US, so I just lumped everything together under "North America". Most of our users--who now do all the data entry--are similarly clueless, or perhaps just dreading the task of documenting all those releases.
I was recently set straight by a member with some Canadian toys in his collection who idly wondered how he could add his Canadian toys to his collection (using our interactive checklist). I told him I'd see about getting those records added.
Only trouble is, I have no idea which toys had a Canadian release. By "Canadian release", I mean toys that were sold specifically for the Canadian market, which means a unique UPC, likely multiple languages on the packaging, and so on.
So, can you guys help? Is there a reference somewhere that has an exhaustive listing of Canadian releases? How about getting me started with a list of specific toylines? Do any of you maintain your own list of UPCs, release dates, or release prices? Are any of you interested in doing a little data entry?
Thanks so much!
