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Fantasy land: Carrying his favorite Transformer toy, this youngster is happy going to school on Cybertron, home planet of the plastic robots
Fantasy land: Carrying his favorite Transformer toy, this youngster is happy going to school on Cybertron, home planet of the plastic robots

Fantasy land: Carrying his favorite Transformer toy, this youngster is happy going to school on Cybertron, home planet of the plastic robots

Date5/20/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fantasy land: Carrying his favorite Transformer toy; this youngster is happy going to school on Cybertron; home planet of the plastic robots.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018071F
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