For those of you who own many different toys of one character (for example an Optimus Prime from each of the various toy lines), do you ever find yourself fiddling and playing around with only one of these figures and unintentionally neglecting all the others? I've found myself doing this quite a bit recently, I have a few Starscreams but realised I've only been actually fiddling with the Fall of Cybertron Deluxe and have barely touched my others for some time. As a result, I've started calling the FOC Deluxe my "default" Starscream because he's the one I seem to like playing around with the most. It's like this with a few others as well, my defaults have ended up as: Optimus: Prime First Edition Voyager Bumblebee: Age of Extinction Deluxe "High Octane" Jazz: Reveal the Shield Deluxe Wheeljack: Generations Deluxe Arcee: Prime RID Deluxe Ironhide: Dark of the Moon Voayger Sideswipe: Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Rhinox: Armada Deluxe Ratchet: Prime RID Deluxe Megatron: Prime RID Voyager Soundwave: Prime RID Deluxe Starscream: Fall of Cybertron Deluxe Shockwave: Prime Beast Hunters Voyager Does this happen to anyone else? Should I take it as a sign that I have too many toys if I hardly do anything with them and need a clear-out?
Animated Hot Rod Generations Skids (if he stands up) HFTD Hubcap WFC Optimus AOE Scorn these guys are jsut so nice to fiddle with
Optimus: G1 Bumblebee: ROTF HA Jazz: Animated Prowl: G1 Sideswipe: MP Starscream: Prime FE Shockwave: G1 Soundwave: MP Grimlock: MP Rodimus/Hotrod: G1 both Megatron: Alternaty Magnus: G1 Hound: Alternators Mirage: Alternators
Well, when I get my TF's I tend to put them in an easy access box, then as that fills up older toys get put into a not so easy access box, and the ones from that not so easy access box go into storage. Certain figures go up into my main living room display (Hot Rods, Bumblebees, Optimus Prime and S1 CHUG) but they don't get much fiddle time as they're in the display. Honestly though, the toys which are always easy access, which return to my hands again and again for fiddling are Cyberverse/Legends... but I wouldn't call them my defaults.
I can't really do this, because I only ever have a portion of my collection out at one time. Right now, it's Prime/BH on the top shelf, and Classics/WfC/FoC on the bottom shelf. And before that, it was two shelves of movie figures lol.
If I feel like fiddling around with any bots it's usually G1 or some legends. I enjoy the simplicity of them.
only have one toy a character/body and most of my collection stays under a bed, but the ones i keep on my shelf are always the ones i play with. that's usually evasion optimus, APE dinobots and whoever my newest toy is.
Counting only characters I have at least three toys of: Optimus prime: Prime Weaponizer Bumblebee: Animated Deluxe Sideswipe: Masterpiece Starscream: ROTF Voyager I'm sure there are more, but those are the toys that come to mind that I take off the shelf and transform regularly. That being said, those aren't necessarily my favorite versions of the characters, just the ones that are good for a quick transformation fix.
Optimus Prime: Henkei (hopefully Toyworld Orion) Megatron: WfC (soon to be Generations Leader) Bumblebee: Generations Legends Starscream: Generations Armada Starscream (Takara version) Jazz: United Soundwave: FoC Ratchet: PRID Wheeljack: Generations Thundercracker: FoC Prowl: Beast Hunters Skywarp: FoC Grimlock: FoC Shockwave: Animated or Beast Hunters Sideswipe: Universe 2.0 Ironhide: Animated or Arms Micron Arcee: PRID Galvatron: Unique Toys Mania King Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime: Animated Ultra Magnus: Animated Cyclonus: Universe 2.0 with Battle in Space Nightstick
Prowl: G1 Mirage: Robotmasters Windcharger: Generations Ratchet: G1 with custom clip on head Ironhide: G1 with custom clip on head Bumblebee: Encore Optimus Prime: G1 though I hate his head Ultra Magnus: G1 Rodimus Prime: Classics with Fansproject trailer Hot Rod: Mega SCF Trailbreaker: CHUG Swerve: Encore Dinobots: G1 Jetfire: Classics Highbrow: Kabaya Chromedome: Headmaster Junior Blades: Classics Omega Supreme: Energon Blaster: Kabaya Springer: G1 Sandstorm: CHUG Scout Nightbeat: ROTF (with Mega SCF Star Sabre Head awaiting repaint) Arcee: Energon Gripper: Kabaya Flame: Kabaya Lightspeed: Kabaya Megatron: Henkei Soundwave: G1 Shockwave: G1 Seekers: G1 Galvatron: G1 Blitzwing: oversize KO G1 Scorponok: G1 Weirdwolf: Kabaya Mindwipe: Kabaya Bruticus: Korean Oversize Ko Air Hunter: KO deluxe Wrecker Hook: KO Deluxe Wingstun: KO Deluxe Devestator: Oversized Custom Micromaster Devestator similar in size to Energon Omega.
I only really "fiddle" with a toy when I intend on displaying it in a different pose or place, but recent examples that I keep coming back to are: Optimus Prime: AOE Evasion Mode Ultra Magnus: Classics G2 Combat Hero Prime w/ KO Maketoys DIA Commander Armor Bumblebee: DOTM Cyberfire (Murderbee) Rodimus: Classics w/ KO Fansproject Protector Armor Starscream: Generations Armada Hound: AOE Grimlock: MP Swerve: Maketoys Trash Talk Gears: Maketoys Cogwheel The Fallen: Maketoys Paladin/Chaos Hmm, I sure do love buying Maketoys' stuff
Optimus: Classics Crosshairs: AoE Springer: Generations Bumblebee: RtS Drift: AoE Megatron: DotM Starscream: Armada Generations Shockwave: FOC Whirl: Generations Soundwave: WFC Grimlock: AoE Silver Knight 2Pack Wheeljack: Beast Hunters Ironhide: HFTD Deluxe Arcee: PRiD Deluxe
Optimus Prime: FoC Deluxe, a great deal of fun to transform as it is simple and therefore smooth, becoming fiddle fodder. I also tend to mess with posing and give him different guns for fun. Evasion Mode Prime may take his place. Bumblebee: Generations Legends, a tiny little guy that I can crack loads of crazy, comic poses with, give different guns and transform a bunch. Hoist: Gen. Deluxe, he is the default figure. I tote him around, transform and pose him more than any other figure I own. Grimlock: As I have only the Gen. Voyager, that one. I like how big and powerful he looks next to all the other Fall of Cybertron themed figures. Starscream: FoC Deluxe, I like positioning his cannons and combining them. I seldom transform him, oddly. Shockwave: FoC Deluxe, it may be a tie with the DOTM Voyager. I find the vehicle mode, giant cannon and the character's logic motif a lot. I also find the look of the figure with the "wings" on his back very appealing. Megatron: DOTM Voyager, he looks mighty fine to me and is a blast to pose. Helps that he is the only Megatron I have bigger than 3 inches tall in robot mode. Barricade: DOTM Cyberverse Legion, he is a lot easier to transform than the deluxe and I find the light coloration interesting. Skywarp: Gen. Deluxe, I tend to use him as a cannon fodder drone. He looks really nice and I transform him a lot when I grab him. Also, what can I say? I like fun with 5mm peg holes. My top three more fiddled with are: 1. Gen. Deluxe Hoist. 2. Gen. Legends Bumblebee. 3. FoC Deluxe Optimus Prime.
Optimus: Classics Voyager Bumblebee: Generations Legends Jazz: Animated Deluxe Prowl: Universe Deluxe Megatron: Animated Leader Starscream: Classics Deluxe Shockwave: Prime BH Voyager Soundwave: FOC Voyager
Have to admit as much as I like the Voyager classic Prime mold as soon as I got the WFC version I kind of stopped messing with him. Nemesis Prime is a toss up between the Uni 2.0 version and the Toyko Toy Show Darkside WFC version. Both get equal transforming time. Warpath- Uni 2.0 Legends As much as I love the deluxe mold, I can't help but go back and fiddle with this little guy.
Neat thread. Optimus: WfC Optimus. My favorite Optimus and my favorite deluxe. Transforming him is stress relief for me. Megatron: Darkside WfC Megatron. WfC Prime and Megs are my favorite iteration of those two. Jazz: it gets a lot of hate, but FoC Jazz. Articulation is lacking but everything tabs together well in both modes. I fiddle with him a lot more than the (superior) RtS mold. Springer: the generations Voyager is my favorite Springer, and is one of my all time favorite transformers ever, but I fiddle with the GDO deluxe the most. Strange. That deluxe helicopter mold it just so nice. Wheeljack: DE prime mold. It's just so fun. Hot Rod: Animated. Easily. Soundwave: FoC Soundblaster. I know it gets hate but the gimmick is fun when it works, the figure has crazy articulation, and the transformation is simple but not easy.
Megatron: PRID, or Generations deluxe Optimus: Evasion Mode AOE Starscream: FOC Jazz: Generations Soundwave: FOC Shockwave: PRID Bumblebee: DOTM Ultra Magnus: PRID Grimlock: FOC, tho AOE leader is really cool with the custom paintjob I gave him. Blitzwing: Generations, even though his tank-barrel is broken. Barricade: HA Brawl: FOC, unfortunately, bleh. Same for all the Combaticons. Springer: The sexy Generations voyager. Vehicon: PRID Predaking: PRID voyager Ratchet: PRID Arcee: None. Need one. Knockout: PRID Dreadwing: PRID. Poor baby broke, tho.
