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Re: Breaking your collecting rules

Postby njb902 » Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:55 am

Motto: "I say things"
I just buy what I like.
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Re: Breaking your collecting rules

Postby datguy86 » Mon Nov 12, 2012 12:09 pm

Motto: "SHEEAGH!"
I stick to series I like, which right now includes Prime and Generations. I also have been getting the G1 Encore figures if the original figure is not in my collection. Other figures pop in as I like them, or 3rd party stuff as it accentuates existing series. For instance, I have several movie figures whose sole purpose is to be reworked by Headrobots add-ons and then added to the Generations lineup.
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Re: Breaking your collecting rules

Postby RodimalToyota » Mon Nov 12, 2012 12:38 pm

Whatever looks good on the shelves with the other collectibles.
I hate rules, you can't make rules buying toys from a company that never follows
through with what they say and or do.
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Re: Breaking your collecting rules

Postby Shadowstream » Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:06 pm

Weapon: No Weapon
I generally tend to focus on classics/neo G1-G2 characters, stand ins, and anything that could work retroactively G1 or G2, with some rather loose rules to tie it together. Otherwise the only other solid rule I try to stand by is unless it is a series I truly like, only get Optimus, Megatron, Bumblebee/Cheetor/HotShot, and Starsream. I've not broken that rule in passing because something caught my fancy so much as it did my brother, with whom I share a collection.
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Re: Breaking your collecting rules

Postby Blurrz » Wed Nov 14, 2012 1:13 am

Motto: "The Wreckers. Weird brain bullets. Impossible odds... It doesn't get much better than this."
Weapon: Sniper Rifle
If you start out by trying to complete a line or something, you're going to get frustrated. Start out small, get what you like, and branch out from there.
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Re: Breaking your collecting rules

Postby SKYWARPED_128 » Wed Nov 14, 2012 2:25 am

Weapon: Null-Ray Rifle
I started with a set of rules when I began collecting, and eventually broke all of them.

Now I buy what I like and don't bother attempting to stick to any line. If possible, I'd choose a character that can aesthetically blend into different continuities (e.g., PRID Soundwave can arguably fit in with Bayverse's super-complex aesthetics, etc.) but if I like a fig enough, I just buy it.
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Re: Breaking your collecting rules

Postby Arctorro » Wed Nov 14, 2012 3:57 am

Motto: ""A beast form is the right of all sentient beings.""
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I was just buying whatever I liked until recently when it REALLY started to get expensive. So I started focusing on my Classics and MP sets, then just a few weeks later SDCC 2007 Rodimus - Ford GT showed up in my PoL! #-o
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Re: Breaking your collecting rules

Postby Breakdown 2099 » Wed Nov 14, 2012 4:37 am

Motto: "Bragging is the right of all awesome beings!"
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Blurrz wrote:If you start out by trying to complete a line or something, you're going to get frustrated. Start out small, get what you like, and branch out from there.

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