Do you collect transformers toys

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by mrgalvaprime, Jan 25, 2012.

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How many tf figurines do you collect

  1. I get almost every toy

    6.3%
  2. I try to get as many a possible

    14.6%
  3. I only get the figures i like look of

    60.4%
  4. I only get ones of characters i like

    16.7%
  5. Hardly any

    2.1%
  6. None

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. DecepticonSpike

    DecepticonSpike Member of the Scrappy Doo Fan Club

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    I voted I only get ones of characters i like. I mainly stay with G1/Classics/BW/BM, but there are figures from other lines I like.
     
  2. Geterman

    Geterman Second Coming of Primus

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    I mainly buy figures based off the look. I like Soundwave but I am not going to buy Sonicron. That is a shitty looking figure.
     
  3. Astronut

    Astronut Well-Known Member

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    Only figures I like the look of. Which, thankfully, is limited to classics/henkei/generations/RtS and third party products :) 
    oh, and I'm a fan of the IDW G1 comics too.

    I really don't understand completists.
     
  4. Murasame

    Murasame 村雨

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    This :) 

    But I can understand completists a bit. As a child I wanted to have them all. But failed. I think many others experienced the same and now they can change this.


    But it's even sadder for someone, who is VERY selective in buying figures, when you cannot get a particular figure you were interested in :( 
     
  5. Grimwing

    Grimwing Scientist Supreme

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    I collect all of the toys. Even some of the kid stuff for their more roleplay or super deformed coolness.

    I particularly love scouts though. Their very detailed, but their play features focus on transformation, robot articulation, and cool sculpted weapons. Which is really quite perfect.

    Transformers are really the main thing I collect. Everything else is a secondary hobby. videogames, gijoe etc.
     
  6. vm-01

    vm-01 Well-Known Member

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    I started doing only characters I like but after a while I started getting other cool toys as well.
     
  7. Haloid1177

    Haloid1177 Hey, That's Pretty Good

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    If I like them, I buy them. No more simpler than that.
     
  8. Smashs

    Smashs Internet: Pure Truth Moderator

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    This. I don't have a single figure that I don't adore.
     
  9. Matty

    Matty @StayingInTheBox Veteran

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    :lol  man, I have sooo many figures I could care less about, but when it comes to selling them I can't let them go!
     
  10. CZ Hazard

    CZ Hazard @DiabraveSid

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    I buy almost every toy. I had a strange notion for a while there where I thought that I wanted EVERYTHING. Two things cured me of this.

    One, was the Michael Bay movies. I like them as dumb, action films, the first was a pretty decent summer blockbuster, the other two pretty stupid, but I can watch them, I just didn't relate to any of the characters, even the mighty Optimus Prime wasn't the same character I'd known most of my life. I don't think the characters have iconic looks or even silhouettes.
    Two, Botcon 2010,met a guy there who was selling his collection, he had some lovely pieces but he was selling it all, because he'd realised he'd never own EVERYTHING. Seems obvious to me? But I guess he thought he could catch them all, before realising he can't.

    Still, not collecting movie toys, not collecting the smaller size (legion / commander class) toys I still feel that I get almost every toy, because my toy room is rammed. In reality,I have calmed down a lot. And I'm enjoying it more for it.
     
  11. grimlock1972

    grimlock1972 Optimus, serving up the primest of ribs since 1984

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    I used to buy quite a number of figures even if i was on the fence about how i felt about them. Now days though i am more focused in my collecting and targeting earlier toy lines.
     
  12. Grimlock_13

    Grimlock_13 Currently facepalming at your post

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    I don't try to get every single toy that has the TF name stamped on it but I do enjoy having an expansive collection so I do get quite a bit.
     
  13. Abrogate

    Abrogate Nondescript Former Poster

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    smdh if you think the media is better than the toys
     
  14. Crystal Convoy

    Crystal Convoy Huh? TFW2005 Supporter

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    I used to try to get as many as possible, but now it's down to what I like the look of. Except Kre-O. I'm getting every Kre-O set they release and you can't stop me.
     
  15. mrgalvaprime

    mrgalvaprime IDW2019 Stan

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    Toys dont matter as much to me as the media does. Im only into tfs for the fiction
     
  16. Matty

    Matty @StayingInTheBox Veteran

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    I disagree. I'm into both the toys and the fiction. I could easily see how someone could just be in the hobby for the media related items.
     
  17. Autobot Burnout

    Autobot Burnout ...and I'll whisper "No."

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    Normally I only go for figures I like the look of. No point in owning something if I don't like how it looks. Although I will make one or two occasional exceptions depending on the character in question, as if I like him a lot in the show, then I'll want the best toy of him there is.
     
  18. Kaymac

    Kaymac I'M REALLY FEELIN' IT!

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    I don't buy as many as I used to, as I am saving up for video games, but I still buy a couple toys here and there. I'm probably going to buy a couple Cyberverse toys as impulse buys, definitely want that drill.
     
  19. Mechafire

    Mechafire Shadow Broker Moderator News Staff

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    Nah, toy collecting is for nerds
     
  20. Bumblebee765

    Bumblebee765 Wrecker

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    I try to only get that characters I really like. Right now I have a list:
    1. Dark of the Moon Wreckers
    2. IDW Wreckers (Some will be customs:wink: )
    3. One of each Prime character (as much in scale as I can get)
    Sometimes I do stray from that, but usually I stay on track! :D