Emerje wrote:There actually hasn't been a time in my life when I didn't have Transformers.
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I tend to think "toy first, character second" so if I see a really nice looking figure I'm probably going to want it regardless of who it is.
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I buy because I like the show/movie/comic the character showed up in, and that show/movie/comic had an impact, so I want to have part of it. And for me, the Funpub stuff of crossing universal streams is simply imagination unbounded, which is why I like crossovers and things like Shattered Glass so much.
Kurona wrote:But now I was finally independent and have my own place (kind of. University accommodation is basically your own place, right?) I could finally get toys - so I started off with Blast Off. Easily my least favourite of the Combaticons at the time (though thanks to IDW he's now my most favourite), I figured just build up to the best so that it'd feel even sweeter.
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And that's when I started to cool down on the purchases a little because I'd realised a little something - a lot of these purchases? I was justifying them because I was telling myself they'd be the start of a massive future collection. [...] So I decided to start relegating my purchases to characters I liked... and another thing I'd found along the way. Figures I thought looked fun. This is why I recently got Wolfwire for instance - I don't really care for him as a character. I mean I guess he has potential but he's not one I ever enjoyed or favoured or anything - I just bought the toy because the toy itself appealed to me, not the character.
RAR wrote:As a follow up to my previous post.
I was right so far still no actual Titans Returns toy in my immediate area I was able to pick some up when I went further afield to a place with a Toys R Us.
But all the ones I've managed to get so far had to be ordered online - though TK Maxx was a reasonable source of RID-16 toys.
The sales were reasonably kind to me but I still have a job locating wave 1 & 2 TR toys.
There is some UK sighting of Combiner Force though so perhaps that maybe what I find in the coming weeks.
Bisk never showed up - except as a 3-step though.
Va'al wrote:Is there a place for hidden collections? Pieces that you know you will not give away, sell, throw out, donate, but do not have a spot on display? Noideaforaname mentioned, a while back, BH Ripclaw, and I agree. The Tinycons from the same line also persist in the same box. ROTF Sideswipe, my new first toy since getting back into the hobby. A lot of Optimus Prime figures, boxed after a reshelfle.
Noideaforaname wrote:Va'al wrote:Is there a place for hidden collections? Pieces that you know you will not give away, sell, throw out, donate, but do not have a spot on display? Noideaforaname mentioned, a while back, BH Ripclaw, and I agree. The Tinycons from the same line also persist in the same box. ROTF Sideswipe, my new first toy since getting back into the hobby. A lot of Optimus Prime figures, boxed after a reshelfle.
Ripclaw found a spot, actually. I blame (thank) Star VS the Forces of Evil making me fall in love with the 'high fantasy cartoon evil minions' archtype:
I was THIS close to selling her, though, had an ebay listing and everything, convincing myself that no, I really DON'T want to hang onto a Transformer that I don't transform and who doesn't fit with my other bots and who's just been buried in a box somewhere.
It can be weirdly tough getting rid of toys you haven't even thought of in years. On one hand, you clearly aren't using them so why ARE you still holding onto them? On the other hand, since it's been so long it's sorta like a new toy all over again (but for "free").
Still, have far too many of these things, unless I reeeally like something but just don't have the space for it at the moment or whatever, there's not much sense hanging onto the practically-forgotten ones.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Ironhidensh wrote:Boy, does this ever hit close to
Va'al wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:Boy, does this ever hit close to
..the suspense is killing me.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Chillyn wrote:I can keep it short and sweet. Aesthetics and Nostalgia.
I love keeping sealed tfs for the packaging and artwork but I also like having them in hand to tinker with and figure out. Also, let's keep it real, investment value.
Va'al wrote:Chillyn wrote:I can keep it short and sweet. Aesthetics and Nostalgia.
I love keeping sealed tfs for the packaging and artwork but I also like having them in hand to tinker with and figure out. Also, let's keep it real, investment value.
What if you never resell? All of the figures I've got rid of were either donated to charity shops, other collectors, or to my brother. Pretty sure a few could've made some money, if I wanted to put the time into it.
That's where my thoughts are right now, in any case!
Va'al wrote:
What do you think? If something stays hidden for a long time, is it time to rethink its place in your home, or do you hang on to it a little longer?
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Kurona wrote:Va'al wrote:Chillyn wrote:I can keep it short and sweet. Aesthetics and Nostalgia.
I love keeping sealed tfs for the packaging and artwork but I also like having them in hand to tinker with and figure out. Also, let's keep it real, investment value.
What if you never resell? All of the figures I've got rid of were either donated to charity shops, other collectors, or to my brother. Pretty sure a few could've made some money, if I wanted to put the time into it.
That's where my thoughts are right now, in any case!
That's a good point actually. A large part of the reason I haven't sold any of my unwanted figures is because I can't be bothered to sell them, but giving them to charity is... something I actually feel really guilty about for not thinking of
Guess they'll be getting themselves a Thrilling 30 Legends Bumblebee!
But then I don't know what to do about Takara Arcee. I don't know if the resulting "KURONA WTF" from giving her to charity is a reason to not do it or a reason to do it.
Ironhidensh wrote:Just because something doesn't get a lot of use, doesn't always mean you should get rid of it. Just because you bought something doesn't mean you have to keep it.
Va'al wrote:Chillyn wrote:I can keep it short and sweet. Aesthetics and Nostalgia.
I love keeping sealed tfs for the packaging and artwork but I also like having them in hand to tinker with and figure out. Also, let's keep it real, investment value.
What if you never resell? All of the figures I've got rid of were either donated to charity shops, other collectors, or to my brother. Pretty sure a few could've made some money, if I wanted to put the time into it.
That's where my thoughts are right now, in any case!
Va'al wrote:Here's a thing I noticed, as I was working on the 2017 longpiece: Transformers sort of stopped for me, this year.
Let me explain: I am still getting the trades for all the comics, bar some crossovers. I am still invested in the site, and TFNation, and any other nerdy activity connected to Transformers. I still take robot pics when I travel, or just for the sake of it. But.
I haven't bought a single* Transformer in the entirety of 2017.
*this is not entirely true, but the one I did buy I resold just a couple of months later:
What have I got, robot-wise, this past year?
Back in January, my partner got me these two cuties:
In February, my brother gave me this tiny terror:
Megatronus sent me this in October, from NYCC and Dan Khanna:
I made myself some new business cards:
And I received this commission from Jack Lawrence in December:
So by the end of the year, I got pretty art, a small group of decorations, and some leftover nerd cred, effectively:
(The Optimus craft and tiny Jazz are also from my partner, and Arcee is currently on my dashboard. Alpha Bravo tree decoration is from Bronzewolf, as I said in a post above.)
What does this say about the collection, the hobby, the interest? I have no idea. But I'm also not unhappy with the result or the outcome! I'll definitely be thinking more about this as I keep collating opinions on the main YIR piece, but I was talking to Burn, and we both sort of went '..huh' at what happened in my TF 2017. So there you go. Some musings.
carytheone wrote:I don't think it's just you. You might be a little more extreme though. I've noticed a lot of board members seem to be rethinking things, clearing out bots either via sale or just storage. I've even found a new direction and I'm on the verge of moving some bots out the door.
Maybe it's over-saturation/exposure fatigue (certainly is for me). Well that's my half-baked 2 cents
I mean, I've always been open about not being that interested in the whole physical aspect of the enjoyment of the fandom, and had some seriously interesting discussions with Counterpunch, Ironhidensh, and others in other parts of the boards (may go poke those actually..). I also noticed something interesting in the TTTMU first episode, about the 'the human need to touch or hold something physical that represents something intangible' (that Cobotron also picked up while watching), which I still don't entirely agree with, but I can see it working in some ways, as I did after all pick up that anniversary Digimon figure in November.
But yes, I'm not sure if it's: saturation, as I never had that much to begin with; exposure, as I enjoy just looking at images of how people play, much like I enjoy visual media without needing to own it myself. It may be something to do with financial matters, and not being able to justify expenses that are not necessary, but again, not to the point of not even realising that I hadn't bought anything.
gonna keep chewin'.. (*wookie noises*)
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