How much $$$ have you sunk...err...invested into Transformers?

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by mouschi, Jan 10, 2020.

?

How much $$$ have you sunk...err...invested into Transformers?

  1. < 1k

    5 vote(s)
    3.7%
  2. 1k - 5k

    29 vote(s)
    21.3%
  3. 5k-10k

    42 vote(s)
    30.9%
  4. 10k-15k

    25 vote(s)
    18.4%
  5. 15k-20k

    10 vote(s)
    7.4%
  6. 20k-25k

    5 vote(s)
    3.7%
  7. >25k

    17 vote(s)
    12.5%
  8. No clue, money is of no concern to me

    3 vote(s)
    2.2%
  1. mouschi

    mouschi Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 17, 2013
    Posts:
    1,166
    Trophy Points:
    232
    Likes:
    +1,737
    Just curious to see how much everyone is in this addiction for so far! A range is fine, and no, I won't tell your wives :p 
     
    • Like Like x 2
  2. King Nergil

    King Nergil Humanoid anchovy

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2015
    Posts:
    5,050
    Trophy Points:
    242
    Likes:
    +8,444
    41QSzP0dN4L._AC_SY400_ML1_.jpg
     
    • Like Like x 12
  3. mikequillm

    mikequillm Well-Endowed Member

    Joined:
    Oct 7, 2013
    Posts:
    8,246
    News Credits:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    287
    Location:
    Southern Illinois
    Likes:
    +9,929
    With my current collection it's $3,500
     
    • Like Like x 1
  4. mikequillm

    mikequillm Well-Endowed Member

    Joined:
    Oct 7, 2013
    Posts:
    8,246
    News Credits:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    287
    Location:
    Southern Illinois
    Likes:
    +9,929
    $4,000 if you count Unicron which is prepaid for
     
    • Like Like x 1
  5. marvel b

    marvel b Bearer of the Matrix of Smash

    Joined:
    Feb 12, 2014
    Posts:
    20,075
    News Credits:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    362
    Location:
    Beacon
    Likes:
    +25,270
    I'm going to say $5000 between both official and third party throughout my time of collecting.
     
    • Like Like x 1
  6. Starzie

    Starzie Explosions Are Fun

    Joined:
    Feb 9, 2012
    Posts:
    281
    Trophy Points:
    122
    Likes:
    +199
    I... don't want to think about it. Or know. Probably way more than I would like if I did sit down to calculate it.
     
    • Like Like x 13
  7. UtahRobotInDisguise

    UtahRobotInDisguise Herald of Utahcron

    Joined:
    Nov 21, 2019
    Posts:
    1,666
    News Credits:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    197
    Likes:
    +3,700
    Total, since 1984. hmmmmm. Range... more than 5K less than 10k.
     
  8. StrangePlanet

    StrangePlanet G1

    Joined:
    Aug 15, 2013
    Posts:
    3,608
    Trophy Points:
    257
    Likes:
    +2,771
    Hell, I dunno, I don't really have many Transformers. About 25 Autobot MPs, about 8 Decepticon MPs, maybe 5 generations, about 10 Legends. I will tell you this - when I am feeling like I have too much stuff, selling off an MP or equivalent 3P is like cashing in $100 a pop, and I did a bunch of that last year. Certainly not an investment, but kinda nice.
     
  9. D0nut

    D0nut Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2018
    Posts:
    912
    Trophy Points:
    172
    Likes:
    +1,789
    I think I'm hovering around 1500 or so currently
     
  10. Friendross

    Friendross Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 1, 2014
    Posts:
    5,186
    Trophy Points:
    247
    Likes:
    +4,931
    Realistically probably around 20k over 5 years or so
     
    • Like Like x 2
  11. Maximus Danz

    Maximus Danz Trying to achieve something

    Joined:
    Sep 24, 2018
    Posts:
    15,015
    News Credits:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    302
    Location:
    The Danz Cave, Swearth
    Likes:
    +34,654
    I only do official chug, around $780
     
  12. FiVE1ZERO

    FiVE1ZERO ***FT Screwdriver Collector ONLY.!***

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2019
    Posts:
    4,431
    Trophy Points:
    222
    Location:
    **N0®©@L**
    Likes:
    +8,995
    I honestly think throughout the years of buying official/chug and 3rd party probably around 7k give or take.
     
    • Like Like x 1
  13. Snaku

    Snaku Primes Don't Party

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2006
    Posts:
    15,886
    News Credits:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    387
    Likes:
    +46,139
    Ebay:
    I think the last time I actually added up my MP collection, it was $3500. I've spent somewhere around $1k to 1.5k since then so it's roughly $4500-5000. Legends/Legends+ somewhere around $1250 (and I'm pretty sure I rounded down pretty heavily on a few of those) plus about $200 for the titans I include with them. I have 18 Alternators at ~$20 a pop so that's another $360. And I'd say I've got about $600 in misc TF figures that aren't really a part of any of my specific collections.

    So somewhere north of $7000 total I think.
     
    • Like Like x 2
  14. smkspy

    smkspy Remember true fans

    Joined:
    Jul 1, 2004
    Posts:
    24,191
    Trophy Points:
    412
    Likes:
    +4,571
    Enough that I would be disgusted with myself if I tried to totall itnup.
     
    • Like Like x 9
  15. TigerBlade

    TigerBlade Prepare for extermination

    Joined:
    Apr 7, 2011
    Posts:
    31,530
    News Credits:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    362
    Likes:
    +38,365
    Facebook:
    giphy (23).gif
     
    • Like Like x 27
  16. Spark Extractor

    Spark Extractor Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 16, 2013
    Posts:
    3,171
    News Credits:
    13
    Trophy Points:
    292
    Location:
    Iowa
    Likes:
    +1,297
    If you go by the actual prices I paid for what I currently have, then ~$7500 since 2011.

    That doesn't count all the other tf's I've bought and sold over the years. Many things I made money on selling, so my real total is much less than $7500.
     
    • Like Like x 2
  17. northernautobot

    northernautobot Frozen Autobot in MN

    Joined:
    Oct 31, 2019
    Posts:
    639
    Trophy Points:
    172
    Location:
    Minneapolis, MN
    Likes:
    +1,037
    Likely this for me too. Current collection has a value of ~$3500 probably, but I've sold off a lot aside from MP and CHUG-scale IDW stuff in the recent years due to space constraints.
     
  18. Curium

    Curium Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 22, 2014
    Posts:
    11,581
    News Credits:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    277
    Likes:
    +12,590
    I went to my account on The Chosen Prime to add it up, but decided I don't have time right now. I'm definitely well over $5,000 on ONLY FansToys, no other company included. $1,000 for Dinobots, $600+ for G2 Dinobots (would have been another grand total if FT had done Swoop and Sludge), $400+ for Phoenix and X, $800-900 for Terminus and Guardian, ~$600 for combiner figures so far, $300 for Quakewave on eBay (that was a mistake on my part, worst part was it was just a couple of weeks before a reissue was announced). There are still more than a dozen more FT figures I didn't include here (I have at least one of every mold).
     
    Last edited: Jan 10, 2020
    • Like Like x 2
  19. Tonyshotz

    Tonyshotz Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 29, 2004
    Posts:
    1,343
    Trophy Points:
    317
    Location:
    NJ
    Likes:
    +3,013
    I refuse to do the math...
     
    • Like Like x 10
  20. tractorcommande

    tractorcommande Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 8, 2010
    Posts:
    536
    Trophy Points:
    162
    Likes:
    +46
    Big ol’ F**** to the thought of answering this question.
     
    • Like Like x 2