That WAS a great thread for sure too. People ought to check it out! I hear ya' brother, trust me,lol.
Transformers are one of the main things i have enjoyed in my youth. Since my youth i have on a regular basis (once every few years) had a dream about TF toys. A few years ago i started to think about this, took my subconscious's hint, took to the net and stumbled upon the wiki. I started to read, watched the cartoon on youtube and eventually i decided to go into collecting.
My reasons, I have a few. But if I was just to give one it would that I love to get things that represent my favorite characters that are mechanical beings who can think and feel like humans and can change from different shapes and sizes to form all kinds of things. Transformers, more than meets the eye, robots in disguise.