I passed on DiaClone Ultramagnus Mint for $160... : (

 

Beast Wars Optimal Optimus. There was one sitting at the Toys R Us in Waterloo well into Armada. Then it disappeared. Pity this was before I really sat down and watched Beast Wars, so I didn't realize how great it would've been to get it until it was gone.

Also RiD Optimus and Magnus, the only two original RiD molds I don't have. And all the reissues of them have been in stores I don't have access to.  

 

Wish I knew TFs were still around in the '90s... Missed a bunch of great figures at a low price...

 

A decently priced Tigerhawk at a flea market some years ago. It was on a table at the entrance and I didn't want to blow all my cash before looking around. He was gone when I got back to the front.  

 

Sometimes I've passed on movie-related toys and such - until I saw the movie, and suddenly wanted, along with everyone else, so something easy to find jumped to near-impossible.

Otherwise, I do kinda wish I was paying more attention to TFs in the mid-nineties, when G2 (and early BW) was really hitting a stride in toy design.

 

I passed on a near perfct MOSC Ravage & Rumble about 8 or 9 yrs ago for around $100 that I still kick myself over. Same thing for what I believe is Transmetal Megatron (it's a red chrome dragon) right when it came out...that was around $30.

 

Are you hoping to find them cheaper at Botcon?

 

I regret not buying Brave Maximus from the Car Robots line. It would be nice to have a complete Fort Max, but that is an unrealistic goal because of the cost.

 

It's non-Transformers. It's pretty gay. I've regretted it for 15 years. The Blank action-figure for the Dick Tracy movie. I only wanted it because you could remove the mask and underneath was Madonna  It only came out in Canada and at a comic convention in Indianapolis in 1993 I passed on one for $30. Now that I think about it...

Galaxy Shuttle(1st edition) at Botcon 1997 MISB $90.
Hardboiled and Killer Criterion DVDs.

 

A girl who worked in the local bank who smiled at me every time I went in...  

Oh, you mean TF gear? I saw a boxed JETFIRE in a junk shop window for £40 around 10 years ago - I was desperately skint so just couldn't. What a fool.

 

That's my case. Just to name a few off the top of my head:

6" Titanium G.I. Joe Megatron
Energon Megatron
Energon Prime
Energon Superion Maximus
Transmetals 2 Cheetor...damn, I thought this one was particularly ugly.

 

For me...

MISB Star Saber for USD$150 and CR Optimus Prime & Ultra Magnus giftset for USD$100...didn't know some of the parts were translucent plastic and the inclusion of the frigging great sword! Grrrr...

 

Takara reissue 00 when first released. Coulda picked it up for $150, thought 'no way am I paying that much for a twenty year old toy!', now can't find it for under $250-300. Oh well, Toys'r'us reissue will have to do.

 

* indicates something later rememdied (ie got it on the cheap off BBTS or otherwise acquired it)

TM Airrazor
TM2 Dinobot
RiD Stormjet*
Classics Jetfire*
Universe Skywarp*
Energon Combaticons (Bruticus Maximus?)
Cyb. Sideways

 

BAS penguin, *the one with the cloth coat* because i already "had" one, and now it's one of the rarest figures of that line. i saw a misp on ebay once for $600 *which is a little steap i know lol but i still saw it for that price*  

 

Reissue Sixshot when it was still affordable.. I know I can get an original for cheap, but there's just something about mint Japanese boxes..

Ah well.. At least I got the Ehobby Astrotrain  

 

for me. ehobby astrotrain. I thought it would lay around like all the other reissues did  

 

only when at work my friend...

 

I regret passing on BW when it was on shelves since it "Wasn't Geewun"

 

BW Transmetal Megatron, Anime Astrotrain, Cybertron Galvatron, and Alternators Silverstreak.