carytheone wrote:The problem with collecting TFs (and other collectible figures) is you have to get them while you can or pay 2 to 3 a as much later.
Very much this.
I've been fortunate in that I've been able to get pretty much everything I want when they were released. Often though I've paid full price, because sales don't happen often around here, and when they do, there's no stock.
Would I like Masterpiece Optimus Primal? **** yeah, but could I afford him when he came out? Nope. Could I afford him when his second release came out? Nope. The only thing that makes me feel better about not having him was that I had no where to really put him in the collection. Didn't want MP's mingling with BW figs, didn't want BW characters mingling with MP figs.
So he didn't fit, that was fine, I could live without him.
Then Megatron was revealed. Do I want MP BW Megatron? **** yeah! Can I afford him? **** no!
Because if I got him then I would DEFINITELY have to get Primal.
Oh our silly little collection foibles.