Splurging

So I'm wondering, what is your opinion on splurging on figures? (IE buying a ton at a time then taking a break for a while) I splurged for the first time, and I think I bought way too much, so now I kinda have to take a break for at least a month. The figures I got were FE Starscream, PRID Megatron and Ratchet, SG Drift, SG Soundwave, and Alternity Megatron.

So what's your opinion? Splurging good or bad?

Originally Posted by TrueNomadSkies Hasbro is picking up where Micheal Bay left off & proceeding to rape our adulthood.

Originally Posted by Yaujta At least they took us to the movies first.

My opinion? Eh, it happens sometimes. It's kind of a part of the hobby, ya know? I personally try to limit splurges to twice a year. It usually happens around Botcon. I always tell myself that I don't need ANY of the Botcon exclusives. Then I start looking at pictures and end up getting a bunch of them.

Also, I also splurge around Christmas, getting figures I'd previously passed on from older lines. The only thing about splurging is that it really hurts the wallet. I learned that a few years ago when I was broke for like 3 months from a pretty bad eBay splurge session. As a result, I always try to keep a few hundred extra dollars in my personal Transformers account so that I'm never assed out like that again, lol. It's worked so far!

I don't do it too much, but I find I enjoyed the figures less when I got too many at the same time. It's just not the same thrill.

I've definitely been splurging as of late. First I bought the TFC Toys Hercules. Then I finished off my Masterpiece collection by picking up the Takara Thundercracker. I don't have Ultra Magnus or Rodimus but don't want them. Then I decided to collect the 1984 mini-bots. I bought two of each with the exception of Bumblejumper. So far I only have one of him. I have them displayed with one in robot mode and one in car mode. Then I was faced with the decision of whether to keep buying minibots or start buying the larger figures. I went with the later. I'm working on the whole 1984 pre-rub line MIB. So far I've picked up Megatron, Soundwave & Buzzsaw, Starscream and a first run Optimus with grey Roller and error box. I'll be getting him in the mail this week. I won Jazz this weekend. This morning I picked up a nice, loose Frenzy with metal feet and Laserbeak. To help subsidize my habit I've been selling off other non-Transformers stuff.

Splurging is good as long as you can afford it and you enjoy it.

Originally Posted by 1984forever When DC re-boots Batman they don't turn him into a damn dirty Ape.

Rarely ever happens with me. I usually only buy one or two figures at a time.

I've done it. I try not to.

I'll continue to try not to. It will probably occasionally happen again.

The thing of it for me is that I have to weigh how much I might be spending at the moment, versus how much more something might cost me in the future if I pass on it now. I might not want to buy 5 things all at once, but if I do plan to buy all of them eventually and know at least a couple of them are likely to cost me double on the secondary market if I don't pick them up when I actually see them myself, then I'm kind of hurting myself more in the long run by not splurging now.

The trick is being honest with myself about which things I really want, and which are just an impulse buy that I'm not going to care about in a couple weeks.

Hello, my name is Whoamidri and I am a Transformers addict. That's the first step right? Admitting you have a problem? If I would have stopped buying stuff a year ago it would have been a splurge. I would say I do not splurge.
I hope my daughter wants to go to state college (Kidding....sorta).

Or hey, maybe community college.

Been making some ebay money been splurging on old msia that I actually got back into when I was selling off the ones I didn't want, man they were so cool.