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Anything and everything Transformers other than animated and beast series, I can't get into either of these for some reason? My brother in law however heavily collects these lines. I pass...

1. Beast Wars (I think I have them all now, with the exception of a few Botcon exclusives from the 3H days)
2. Beast Wars II/Beast Wars NEO (I have all of them except for the G2 repaints which weren't beast formers at all which I have no interest in and the same goes for Lucky Draws)
3. Masterpiece (Takara mostly, though I'm pretty selective about which ones I buy)
4. United/Generations etc. (I'm selective about these as well, I don't try to get every figure in the lines, only those which interest me just like the MP's)
5. WfC/FoC (assuming we don't count those as United/Generations)
6. TF:Prime (including FE and Beast Hunters, though my overall interest in Prime is fading more and more, especially now that Generations is making a comeback)

I have quite a few G1 figures, but I'm extremely selective and have no interest in having the entire cast or catalog (but kudos to those who have been able to amass a full G1 cast or the entire line(s) as it's darn near impossible these days).

1. Generations
I had lapsed away from buying Transformers toys for several years, and War for Cybertron reignited my passion for the franchise like wildfire. Seeing Megatron, Optimus, and Soundwave in stores, I knew I had to have them and play again. This year's influx of figures with the same aesthetic and the campaign of the even more stellar Fall of Cybertron led me to collect more and more. The inclusion of other favorites like Thundercracker and Thunderwing, as well as awesome quality molds like Warpath and Blurr and Scourge, leads to monetary windfalls.


2. Prime (FE/PRID/AM)
Like many of my forum colleagues, I share the view Prime is the best Transformers cartoon since Beast Wars, and the varied toyline has a lot of quality figures. It also has a lot of redecos and retools, but with the exceptions of Hot Shot, PRiD Arcee and a few PRiD Voyagers, they're all figures I like and a nice, complete and contained line. Plus, I'm still in awe of the feats of engineering that are Soundwave and PRiD Vehicon.


3. Beast Wars
This one is a bit of a nostalgic choice, as Beast Wars was the first Transformers series I really got into. I still have a full set of Season 3 show Predacons, plus a Transmetal 2 Cheetor for them to torture. Fuzors and mutants and Transmetals gave this line tremendous variety, and the figures still hold up surprisingly well today.


4. Energon
The show was terrible, but the toyline was great. My personal favorite Starscream mold, an awesome (and awesomely hideous) Scorponok, and a Shockwave homage who just happens to be a murderous asshole. Throw in the scout-sized Terrorcons for a little army building, and it's a great line for those who wear the only badge Cybertronians can be proud of


5. Timelines
Again, this line has great variety, with things like Shattered Glass and Wings of Honor plus clever reinventions of old molds. Were it not so gosh-darn expensive, it'd have listed higher.

1. Movieverse: ROTF Devy got me back to collecting!
2. Prime/AM: I have every single AM so far, love this line but have to say too many repaints/remolds
3. Animated: Gone almost crazy collecting when takara made them, really show accurate!
4. FOC/WFC: I saw Kickback's concept art and the toy is a real representation of it. Fairly accurate, though some not so much like Grimlock's tail..

Classics and all other related (or I should say neo G1)

ROTF (but when I sell TFs, they are usually my first target)

WFC (my highest ratio of completion in a line, 3 out of 4 )

TF:Prime FE and RiD, no AM

Transformers Hoarder wrote:Anything and everything Transformers other than animated and beast series, I can't get into either of these for some reason? My brother in law however heavily collects these lines. I pass...

Word.....

Except I do have animated Blurr and Arcee. And I have Megatron from Beast Wars. But the rest, well they were an easy pass for me too.

I love my G1....represent.
Classics and those affiliated with it give me a G1 feel with more articulation.
Armada got me back into the Transformers.

Transformers = G1
I consider everything else to be a spin off / offshoot / derivative.

My favorite lines to collect are as follows.


G1- After many years I'm nearing completion of my US G1 collection all the way up to G2. I'm mainly missing some harder to find action masters, pretenders and micromasters playsets. I doubt 2013 will be the year I complete it but I'm hoping I go close.

Nemesis Prime / black Optimus repaints- This is a sub line that I only started collecting 3 years ago, but I'm totally addicted to. Just need to put some coin aside for that Takara Jetwing/ night ops prime.

Masterpiece- Loving the new scaled direction that its heading and hoping for a couple more reveals this year.