To me, I thought it was a circuit diagram, but it looks too simple for anything remotely complex. So I guess... it's a mechanical flow diagram for a device, ie, 'this is what happens and assuming the device follows this plan, this is what the outcome will be'.

Seeing as the words pump, injection, mold plus various choices are mentioned I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's the flow diagram of a plastics injection machine?

 

A couple of sheets of paper with some writing and shit on them.

 

Oh that's awful man, is she going to progress to the point where she'll want you to get rid of the ones you already have as well?

I've battled with this to some degree in various shapes and forms throughout my marriage as well but I think as my wife started to realise what they meant to me and how I used the hobby productively - and financially - coupled with how I was never hesitant to sell valuable or sentimental figures to achieve something with a higher priority, things got better over time. I do always feel it's a 2 steps forward, one step back situation.

All the best
Maz

 

That's interesting, as I'd personally had the same thought. My wife is usually pretty supportive of the whole thing, but it can be a bit of a delicate balance and I'm careful not to push it too far for fear of upsetting it. The thing I've come to realise is that it's actually not the money that's most important to her - it's more a problem if I spend too much time focused on the hobby instead of other things.

Sometimes she's really into it (like when MP Bumblebee arrived, she was actually quite taken with him), and then other times she'll wonder why I need another MP Lamborghini repaint... and just occasionally it will border on being quite annoying for her if I prioritise something to do with Transformers over something else. As I say, though, she's pretty supportive overall and certainly very patient.

 

"Hasbro will make one soon....."


 

So good I bought it twice. It's a Masterpiece to me.....

 

Cheers Maz. Hopefully it won't get that far but it's not looking too good. The only reason I do what do for a living, which is software consultancy around Europe, is to afford to live where we live and give me spare money for my hobbies. If the hobbies have to go, then I will probably get a less well paying job that doesn't involve me traveling around the world all the time.

It's all about balance and I see hobbies as a way of making up for working so hard so if I can't buy robots then I have no incentive to do that.

 

It's a delicate situation when you're in a serious relationship with serious responsibilities and you have a hobby that could be interpreted as 'childlike' for those who don't really understand.

It was a real bone of contention in my last relationship, but quite unfairly so to my mind. Me spending money on 'toys' was a 'waste' whereas her blowing god knows how much on a boozy night out was fine, of course. I saw it completely in reverse.

Fortunately my fiance is really supportive and understands the importance of hobbies, and enjoys the happiness TFs bring me. There's a balance, of course. We have a mortgage and my nine year old to support, so of course there's a line between spending within our means and stretching it too far, especially when the high price of some TFs is taken into account.

I guess all relationships involve compromise. Finding the right balance is tricky.

 

As long as the "spend" is under control and they don't have to wake up to Protectobots on their pillow (it happens) then a bit of a discussion about reasonable give and take might be in order.

Your hobbies/interests are where you "live" when you don't have to be elsewhere because of love or responsibility. They're important. Ours can have downsides but by and large is pretty benign and even innocent.

Getting prohibitions handed down from a partner without good reason is always going to end up going one way. So don't do that. Talk about it first.

Anyway, Mine have pretty much all given up trying to understand or restrict so if all else fails .......outlast.

 

My harsh 2 cents

I see this with a lot of people around me and honestly she needs to get out of her head that she can change you becauses you really cant change people. Sure she can ask you to be sensible compromise is fine but If she is expecting you to make sacrifices ask her what she is giving up in return?

At the end of the day she knew the person you were at the start of the relationship and that was when she could have questioned or made the decision not to be with you but now she has no right to be making such demands tbh.

She should love you for who you are, make that clear to her that if she loves you then this is part of you and what you enjoy doing and what makes you happy and she should be happy for you.

 

I agree with both these statements. I do think it's a case of talking about it, finding balance and trying to be as open as possible about this weird and wonderful hobby of ours. There was a conversation in another thread recently about trying to hide certain aspects of collecting from your partner, and I personally think that's a recipe for disaster, as it makes everything seem more mysterious from their perspective. For example, I make a point of letting my wife know when a package is on the way, instead of waiting until it arrives and having it be a surprise. I equally don't try to fool her by sneaking them in the house and thinking she won't notice! I will admit that I once didn't mention a new figure and thought it might go without comment, but she clearly pays more attention than I give her credit for!  

As another point, I try to be more interested in her hobbies and spend time talking to her about those. Equally I never make comments or raise an eyebrow when she spends money on things, as I try to approach it with the same level of understanding that she shows me. I think that's a big part of it.

 

Finished my CW Outback repaint! Got a bit put off doing future ones, having seen what some have done to Streetwise.. But I will still give mine a shot, so fuck it..

 

Women and robots should co-exist, but its rarely the case....... yet women will often buy a Gucci handbag or several pairs of expensive shoes and believe its fine, not realising its the exact same thing. They don't NEED these items, but they desire them. Luckily my wife is an enabler of sorts and gets me robots occasionally and other times talks me into it. However, she's fickle and one month can be ok with me spending 200 notes on figures and the next will raise an eyebrow at 50 Quid.

I think after I sold my entire collection (of g1, masterpieces and the odd diaclone) to pay for our wedding, she knows that I value her over plastic crack and only intervenes if I get too obsessive. In and of itself its a good thing and helps give me perspective.

 

My girlfriend is great when it comes to me buying toys, and will often buy me stuff and never moans about my plastic crack habit.

I am super lucky, because she loves that I have a hobby like this so actively enables me on stuff  


If someone is your partner, then they should love you for everything and should not try to change you.
Easier said than done though.

 

Ding ding ding!!

Yeah, it's one of the older types of logic circuit, ladder logic, and this is the wire diagram for a 45 year old plastic injection machines PLC, so ok analog stuff is simple enough, easier to manage, but I am at best mediocre at circuit design, or in this case integration, and with stuff this old there have been implementation issues

So it's that old gem of an ME being asked to do an EEs job, if it weren't for the fact this is an analog system I wouldn't even attempt to sort all this out lol

So I'll give it a shot!

 

My wife doesn't support my collecting but she does know I get a lot of joy from my toy collections.

I also don't smoke or drink, I work hard and she spends on things she wants as do I.

Saying that, I have no more room in the house for anymore.................bring on that extension or a lottery win!

 

My girlfriend saw my smalltime MP collection and asked if they were transformers. She though it was cute when I told her the how's and what's. She likes them a lot especially Bumblebee (Couldnt believe Movie BB was based on him)

Last weekend I told her that I just ordered a MP-Tracks & MP-10 was on its way, she laughed out loud.
"You're such a dork, but you'r my dork!" then winked and gave me a big smootch.

She's a keeper!
(were close to the penny/lennard relationship, just in reverse and me loving the geeky stuff and she loves the chemistry stuff. She's a chem student)

 

Hi guys! I'm Fieedz, undergrad living in Singapore. I'm a transformers fan and had been collecting since 2008, yeah the bayformers get me started collecting transformers I admit! Hahaha I've a huge collection of movie toys and TFA but then streamlined into purely Generations/CW stuffs.

I need some advice from you guys here. I'll be in Newcastle this Saturday for my school immersion program for 1 month and I'd like to go for toy hunting. Where are the best place for transformers toys especially generations/henkei/CW/ third party and even botcon stuffs? I don't mind exploring other parts of UK for toy hunting, furthest I'll go is London. As long as it'll be a worth trip I'm fine!

Oh yeah! Me and friends are planning to go to the London film and comic con in mid July Is it worth going?

Thank you in advance guys! Till all are one! (I love prowrestling too! Rey mysterio n Kurt angle will be at the London film and comic con)

 

Welcome new guy, hope you like spending, this is after all the enabling capital of the internet.  

I'm unfamiliar with Newcastle, so cant really advise you there, but theres an orbital comics in London that all the members down south talk about.

 

This is why I'm pretty sure I have found a keeper, she may not be into transformers, but she is willing to compromise, she just doesn't want me spending money on toy robots when I should be saving to buy a house together. not stopped me unfortunately but she understands I need a hobby, it just needs to be second to what we both need.

 

@ Fieedzatron, the distance between Newcastle and London isn't small, it's a good few hours journey. If you do go to Central London, there's Orbital, Forbidden Planet, Hamleys plus shops of interest (like the Cinema Store) all within walking distance of each other.

As to LFCC, tickets have sold out on Saturday apparently.

As to