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by **datguy86** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:04 pm

I just love giant robots and Transformers have that combined with nostalgia and the fact they are the cheapest option. My Gundam and Evangelion model habit was... very expensive in the past.

Though at the rate I am buying Transformers, they might mean divorce for me. :sad:

by **alternator77** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:36 pm

what it meant to me can be summed up in one figure masterpiece prime.

walking into walmart and finding one of my all time favorite bots in supersize form sealed the deal. before i heard of classics,titanium,alternity,or the movies there was mp prime.
when i found out about classics i was enthralled with the idea of owning updates of the figures i had as a kid. even those who never had figures before were now interesting.its why i love yellow giant,why i had to have perceptor, and why i needed a titanium rodimus prime for my "classics collection" as well as soundwave.
with each new addition im reminded of fond memories from my childhood and thats never a bad thing

by **Doubledealer93** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:00 pm

i love robots. i love vehicles of all kinds. combine the two and you have my favorite thing on this planet hobby wise. they are my life. i will do some crazy stuff to get one that i really want. each one is different in character, shape size and paint. plus all i wanted growing up was more and more transformers so my parents got them for me. also i like how a character can be in another characters body. like drift in wheeljacks body in TF:prime. its a refresh on the character so its not the same thing over and over again, also the unicron trilogy was famous for this. and there are some bad ass and cool little alt modes they can have. the process on how the toy is made i find amazing. they will and forever will be in my life.

News Credits: 28 · by **Autobot032** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:12 am

datguy86 wrote:I just love giant robots and Transformers have that combined with nostalgia and the fact they are the cheapest option. My Gundam and Evangelion model habit was... very expensive in the past.

Though at the rate I am buying Transformers, they might mean divorce for me.

I hope you're joking, if not, believe me, I speak from experience when I say this hobby isn't worth losing someone you love.

by **datguy86** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:20 am

Autobot032 wrote:
datguy86 wrote:I just love giant robots and Transformers have that combined with nostalgia and the fact they are the cheapest option. My Gundam and Evangelion model habit was... very expensive in the past.

Though at the rate I am buying Transformers, they might mean divorce for me.

I hope you're joking, if not, believe me, I speak from experience when I say this hobby isn't worth losing someone you love.

I am mostly joking, but she does remind me there is a toll it take on the physical space of the house and our income (though bills always come first). We have a "toy room", but it's filled to the brim with totes right now. We're working on getting it set up with our stuff (she collects mini-Lalaloopsy dolls, some My Little Pony ,and old video game systems), but the Transformer habit is by far the most prevalent.

My hobbies have alienated people close to me in the past, so I have; at least, an understanding of where you're coming from. My condolences.

News Credits: 1 · by **Cyberseven** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:12 pm

For me they mean many things. First and foremost they are a remonder of my childhood imagination. So many great characters and multiverses.

They also are enjoyable as display pieces that are fun to set up and look at, as well as transforming them. It's almost a type of meditation for me.

The other thing that they are for me are memories of my Wife and I enjoying afternoons together shopping and finding new figures together. She doesn't collect them, but enjoys the fact that I enjoy them.

by **hattknall** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:37 am

I am a child of the 80s and as many have already written, it is a reminder of the childhood. Did not have many of the G1 toys but read the comics a lot.

I started collecting these a few months ago. It all started when I was really drunk and logged in on ebay and bought the MP-08 Grimlock. I really like these Masterpiece figures and it is just these sorts and other similar third-party figures that have not yet come out as Masterpiece (Hercules a.k.a. Devastator is awesome) which I will collect. I think they are very nice to look at and are fun to transform.

Have a few G1 (the Dinobots and Ratchet) after which no one has released them as masterpiece or similar figures yet. Waiting however on PP05, I think it will be awesome.

by **Motorthing** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:46 pm

A whole big fat honking heap of a lot.

News Credits: 4 · by **ipp** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:45 pm

The original cartoon did nothing for me because I was already a teenager when it first aired so I was well into several other interests at the time. In the 90's when Beast Wars was on it really caught my attention and I watched some of it but didn't religiously follow it or get into any of the toys. The live action movies won me over and since I've always liked toys I was finally pulled all the way in. Now I have a ton of the toys going all the way back and, since it's so damn vast, there's like a never ending supply of cool stuff to chase after. I like that. I'm a fan of Prime. The show and the toys.

Speaking strictly of the toys, the transformation gimmick gets me every time. Love it.

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