Saying Goodbye

Disclaimer - This is going to be a little corny, but keep in mind there's a little humor intended here. Emo toy despair ftw

Let's begin - I have just participated in my first toy trade here on the boards. Generally, I'm a collector that buys just for the sheer unbridled joy of it; I like the toys, I enjoy having them. I don't care about their monetary value, I have no intent of selling them later on in life, etc, you know the drill. I'm a geeky little bastard with a heart of gold!

I however have almost broken that heart. I almost can't believe I actually allowed myself to give up something: my TRU Reissue Thundercracker, still MISB. Hardly a "grail" of any sort you may say, but still, it was a figure I quite enjoyed having. I love the character, and that was as close to the actual G1 figure I'll probably ever have for a long, long while. Now though, it's gone, and I can't help but feel a bit woeful about it. I'm not sure why, not sure how such an emotion could come over a TOY, but alas, it's there, and I'm just not sure how to feel about it!

Basically, I'm curious to know - did any of you that have sold figures off, or traded them away for the first time, despite how many times you may have told yourself that you're taking your plastic crack to the grave no matter what, feel a bit odd doing so, or am I merely a complete and utter lunatic?



Au revoir my friend.

I felt the same way when I got rid of all my MISB TRU Reissues. My Seeker jets were the last to go.

I love all my G1-Unners which is just TRU Soundwave/Soundblaster,Red Alert, Optimus,Topspin,Ravage and Laserbeak well except Optimus when i got it from a flea market it didn't come with it.

Originally Posted by Autovolt 127 i wished i was named after something.......like pyschopathic murderer that's be cool.

Originally Posted by ambushbug74 Well, give it time. When you become a serial killer, someone might name their kid after you. So there is still hope.

Yeah, I sold a handful of my TRU reissues on ebay about a year ago and got next to nothing for them. In the lot were Tracks, Hoist, Silverstreak, Grapple, and Inferno. Also, I'm pretty sad I got rid of my Armada Starscream and Thundercracker. On a lighter note I have to quote Charlton Heston in saying my TRU reissue seekers will have to be pried from "my cold dead hands."

All of my toys.. I feel a sort of betrayal when selling. My Jetfire was very hard..An my Voltron an my Primes..Quest Prime..
Damn its hard every time

sparkimus - At least I've still got Starscream and Dirge, never found Skywarp though.

Well, glad to know I'm not totally alone in this, haha

I'll probably buy another 'Cracker eventually, whenever I find a decent price of course.

I started selling stuff that I regretted purchasing or didn't like. Not attatched = no pain

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i got rid of a lot of really good g1 US, japana, and rare KO stuff to save money for going back to school, at the time the money was a lot more important, i told myself "they are just plastic that will end up decaying over time anyway".

now i'm spending a lot more trying to get all of them back, lol.

collecting is up and down for me, sometimes i'm really into it and sometimes i go through phases where i stop caring.

I sold a G1 Defensor giftset for ~$250 back in 1995 to pay income taxes. I had bought it in 1986 for ~$30, so the profit wasn't bad (although I later found out the set was resold for $400). In 2003 I bought a near mint Defensor off of E-bay for $150 (individual cards/box), but it's just not the same as the giftset.

I'm really glad that the G1 Skylynx I was also offering in 1995 never sold. Replacing that piece would be expensive!

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I only part with doubles or things i know i wont miss that much if i sell them.
But yes I totally understand your story