A friend of mine once said I would never find a MISB Computron Giftset until I inherited it from him. Well, last year I obtained one and didn't need my friend to pass away to obtain it. Finding a MISB Giftset alone is one of the biggest challenges in normal G1 Transformer collector hunting. The giftsets were all available in much more limited quantities than normal release Transformers. Superion and Devastator were pretty common, but even still finding one of them MISB is quite difficult. Finding Defensor, Computron, Menasor or Piranacon is near impossible. This Computron is a great piece, with some wear to the sides, and corners due to its large size. The windows were hand cut, and the box right hand side flap actually opens opposite of how it normally does. This results in tape going from the right flap onto the front of the box, which is not very appealing. I don't know of any other Transformer box that seals this way, but other Computron Giftsets I've picked up are all normal and not like this. This may have been a mistake, or a rejected finished product sample. C8-C8.5 condition box, which depicts many prototype colored versions of Computron singles on the box.

My friend purchased a Computron Giftset from a Hasbro rep, with the same tell-tale production sample markings as this one.

Note: there may be more points of difference that I have not discovered.

What makes this a production sample are as follows:

This piece was obtained from a private collector. It was originally planned to be put in the Hasbro Museum, showcasing every toy made in the Transformers line.

Collection of: Curt Fignar

Computron Giftset - AFA Graded Back of Box
Computron Giftset - AFA Graded Label #7121606
Computron Giftset - Non Graded Front of Box
Computron Giftset - Non-Graded Back of Box