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When I stop enjoying it.

I'd say space is a terrible problem for me. I really have no display area, and was always wary of displaying them anyway because you can never get dust off of Transformers.

So yeah, I've been shoving them all into storage, only taking out some here and there to display. I try my best to store them, wrapping them in bubble wrap and whatnot, but I still have a top closet filled with boxes on top of each other. This breaks my heart since I know things are going to simply start getting damaged.

That's really the problem, I really enjoy collecting them, learning about new figures and snagging ones that fit into all my personal little subgroups, but the practicality of it is starting to weigh in more and more.

RiddlerJ wrote:I'd say space is a terrible problem for me. I really have no display area, and was always wary of displaying them anyway because you can never get dust off of Transformers.

I used to have just a couple shelves for display, so I would rotate my collection frequently.

As for dust, I'm not sure why you say "you can never get dust off of Transformers". It's actually quite easy. I recently bought a load of loose figures that were covered in a thick layer of dust, and all it took was a few minutes with a very slightly damp cloth and a few Q-tips to get them looking brand-new again. If there's dust in little spaces you can't reach, a shot of compressed air will take care of it.

Don't let a lack of space or fear of dust prevent you from displaying your beloved figures!

I have already started scaling back quite a bit. I only collect MP's and Classics.

My MP collections is done once Soundwave shows up. Unless they go back to the original MP scale. I will not buy the new size. Too small to be MP's.

My Classics collection will be done once I have every character on screen from the US G1 series.

I was collecting Alt/Binaltech, Animated, and Movie line and I realized that they didn't really fit into what I wanted. Quite frankly, if someone offered me the right price, I would sell all of those figures in a heartbeat.

I don't think ever... Please Help! lol

As someone already said: when there's no money, no figures to collect or when I die.
Cause I don't collect by any other basis tan this: if I want it, I'll try to get it. Right now I hope they'll make or release another deluxe Megatron in Generations line.

I just don't know. I don't have a space issue...yet. Can there ever be an end? GI Joe, Barbie, and Transformers have gone on for so long what can one really say to this. If TF were to some how end tomorrow, no new stuff ever then really I would just fall back on filling in gaps that I and many others are sure to have. Then what? In the end I just don't know and try not to think about it so much...'nuff said!

Mr O wrote:When I stop enjoying it.

Exactly this. When I just don't feel like it gives me any joy, I'll stop. If today is any indicator, then this won't ever happen. The time to "grow out" of things like this is long past, now I get quite a bit of satisfaction embracing a measure of my childhood. If I didnt collect toys, all I would have in my life would be work and bills...in other words, dreary.

GuyIncognito wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:I'd say space is a terrible problem for me. I really have no display area, and was always wary of displaying them anyway because you can never get dust off of Transformers.

I used to have just a couple shelves for display, so I would rotate my collection frequently.

As for dust, I'm not sure why you say "you can never get dust off of Transformers". It's actually quite easy. I recently bought a load of loose figures that were covered in a thick layer of dust, and all it took was a few minutes with a very slightly damp cloth and a few Q-tips to get them looking brand-new again. If there's dust in little spaces you can't reach, a shot of compressed air will take care of it.

Don't let a lack of space or fear of dust prevent you from displaying your beloved figures!

I turned to buying figures with retarded pricetags. This stops me from buying too much. No money, no new TF's.

For me, space is the main concern. I've cut out stuff like Bot Shots and Legions/Cyberverse. My main focus is filling in old gaps, MP and Classics.