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Hello all, here is the fruit of my labors over the past seven years or so of collecting. There are plenty of images to follow with plenty of detail...but...

if you want to rock out while you look at the collection, I made a totally rad video of it on YouTube:

Counterpunch's Totally Rad Collection Video

Images! Now, I put them in thumbnail form to make it easy on you, just click for the expanded picture.

Flattery, envy, hate, and cash donations are all welcome.

Really nice. I kinda wish I had that many. But if I did I wouldn't know where to put them. lol
Really nice collection bud.

Great display and nice collection. How do you keep your TFs dust-free? or how often do you dust them?

Long time lurker, but the one thing I have been waiting to see is Counterpuch's collection ever since this thread began. Nice to see Armada Laserbeak in there. He never gets any love. Also like the floating Unicron head.

Is that all of it (not that what you have isn't vast)? Wasn't sure if you had any stored away for space reasons. I was curious to compare it to my collection.

AlidarJarok2 wrote:Really nice. I kinda wish I had that many. But if I did I wouldn't know where to put them. lol
Really nice collection bud.

Thanks man. I honestly have no idea where I put all of it to be honest...it's like Thunderdome in there...two bots enter, but no bot leaves.

shonenfan4 wrote:Great display and nice collection. How do you keep your TFs dust-free? or how often do you dust them?

Once a year, maybe? I honestly very rarely dust. A combination of changing air filters and regular vacuuming the room seems to do the trick.

mick1122 wrote:Long time lurker, but the one thing I have been waiting to see is Counterpuch's collection ever since this thread began. Nice to see Armada Laserbeak in there. He never gets any love. Also like the floating Unicron head.

Is that all of it (not that what you have isn't vast)? Wasn't sure if you had any stored away for space reasons. I was curious to compare it to my collection.

Thanks man! It's flattering that the collection was enough to bring you out to post.

That is nearly all of it, yes. There might be one or two 18-gallon containers of random figures in the closet with various things I'm selling or such, but what you see on display is what I intend to keep in the long term.

It was about two years ago when my wife and I got robbed. They stole nearly everything, but for whatever reason, left the Transformers. Since that happened, I really got myself towards focusing on a collection goal. It worked out like this:

-Keep and continue G1
-Collect all of Armada, Energon, and Cybertron
-On the backs of AEC, add in Classics to make a Neo-G1
-RiD, Movie, and Masterpiece/Alternators can stay too

Which meant...
-everything else had to go
-goodbye Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Titanium, RobotMasters, and any odds and ends.

The strangest thing and perhaps the most perverse...is walking into a dedicated toy room and saying to myself, 'Nah, it's really not all that much.' It's hard to shake that feeling sometimes though, but letting other people see it and share in it helps to ground the crazy-talk. Especially when they tend to walk in and say, "OH, my GOD."

and I'm reminded that normal people don't live like this.

Thanks man! It's flattering that the collection was enough to bring you out to post.

That is nearly all of it, yes. There might be one or two 18-gallon containers of random figures in the closet with various things I'm selling or such, but what you see on display is what I intend to keep in the long term.

It was about two years ago when my wife and I got robbed. They stole nearly everything, but for whatever reason, left the Transformers. Since that happened, I really got myself towards focusing on a collection goal. It worked out like this:

-Keep and continue G1
-Collect all of Armada, Energon, and Cybertron
-On the backs of AEC, add in Classics to make a Neo-G1
-RiD, Movie, and Masterpiece/Alternators can stay too

Which meant...
-everything else had to go
-goodbye Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Titanium, RobotMasters, and any odds and ends.

The strangest thing and perhaps the most perverse...is walking into a dedicated toy room and saying to myself, 'Nah, it's really not all that much.' It's hard to shake that feeling sometimes though, but letting other people see it and share in it helps to ground the crazy-talk. Especially when they tend to walk in and say, "OH, my GOD."

and I'm reminded that normal people don't live like this.

Normal people huh? That's all a matter of perception my good man. Of course, I recognize all of those odd looks when someone finds out about my collecting habits. "What? A grown man of 39 years? What's wrong with you?" Thank God my wife allows my vice, so long as funds permit.

Yeah, I remember your post about insuring your collection and the break in. I was just curious as I have about 25 letter size paper boxes chock full of loose figures. Those are packed away in an air conditioned storage room upstairs with a select group of MISB items and such.

We built a house a couple of years back, and even though it is twice as big as our last place I still do not have any dedicated space to display. Sure, I have a few pieces blocking family photos out in the front room that my wife keeps threatening to "take care of." The last I checked good old Animated Wreckgar, the Ice Cream Twins and ROTF voyager Megs and Mixmaster were still there though.

I can only hope once my oldest moves out (she's 17 now) I can comandeer her room for my own. I need a space I can close off where the cats can't get to them. Oh how I could see the chaos that would ensue otherwise.

Keep up the good work sir. Lord knows I don't want to sound biased, but yours are the posts I look forward to reading the most. I'd like to think it has to do with like minds and all but of course I could just be full of crap.

As always, looking good!

Great collection man. I can't wait to have a room totally devoted to my collection. I have to admit, I've been waiting to see your collection as well CP. I am not disappointed.

Counterpunch wrote:if you want to rock out while you look at the collection, I made a totally rad video of it on YouTube:

Counterpunch's Totally Rad Collection Video

I gave it 5 stars.

Theres the casual fan, theres the minor collector, there's the serious collector, there's the obsessionist, and then there's this.

Dear God my man, that is the biggest collection I've ever seen.