Mkall wrote:I came to a realisation a few days ago that I may have fewer collecting days ahead of me than behind me. By that I mean I believe I'll cease collecting as soon as I have a nearly completed G1 cast done up in the Generations styling. To that end I went through all of the old G1 Catalogs to see what I'm missing and what I considered "necessary" vs. "nice to have."
It came down to me needing roughly 50 figures - mainly combiners and -masters. Everything from the Pretender, Micromaster, and Actionmaster lands in the "nice to have" category. It's kind of crazy that I'm at this stage in my head.
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Damn man. That is ridiculously harsh. Sorry to hear that. How do you get along with the old man these days if you don't mind my prying?Ironhidensh wrote:See, one day shortly after I turned 13, my step-dad barged into my room and said it is time to grow up. He then made me help him gather up all of my "play" toys into several large trash bags. It was almost every single M.a.s.k. vehicle, includin Boulder Hill play set, a lot of G.I. Joes, and so many transformers. We then went out to the burn pile, and I watched them get destroyed. I never really forgot how mad that made me, but I accepted my reality and moved on.
shajaki wrote:Damn man. That is ridiculously harsh. Sorry to hear that. How do you get along with the old man these days if you don't mind my prying?Ironhidensh wrote:See, one day shortly after I turned 13, my step-dad barged into my room and said it is time to grow up. He then made me help him gather up all of my "play" toys into several large trash bags. It was almost every single M.a.s.k. vehicle, includin Boulder Hill play set, a lot of G.I. Joes, and so many transformers. We then went out to the burn pile, and I watched them get destroyed. I never really forgot how mad that made me, but I accepted my reality and moved on.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
It's great that you can at least put things into perspective like that, and can understand where he was coming from. Also sorry to hear about his illness.Ironhidensh wrote:shajaki wrote:Damn man. That is ridiculously harsh. Sorry to hear that. How do you get along with the old man these days if you don't mind my prying?Ironhidensh wrote:See, one day shortly after I turned 13, my step-dad barged into my room and said it is time to grow up. He then made me help him gather up all of my "play" toys into several large trash bags. It was almost every single M.a.s.k. vehicle, includin Boulder Hill play set, a lot of G.I. Joes, and so many transformers. We then went out to the burn pile, and I watched them get destroyed. I never really forgot how mad that made me, but I accepted my reality and moved on.
Pretty good. We will never be close, but I recognize that in his head, he was doing a good thing, helping me grow up. Dude had an extremely abusive child hood, and went through so me serious **** in 'Nam. Yet, he as strict as he was, he never laid a hand on me. He could of treated me better, it he could have treated me a lot, lot worse. Plus, these days he is fighting the nasty "C", and that makes it easier to put aside animosity.
Took me several years to get to that point. I moved out a week after I graduated high school, and didn't go back home for a visit for 3 years.
shajaki wrote:It's great that you can at least put things into perspective like that, and can understand where he was coming from. Also sorry to hear about his illness.Ironhidensh wrote:shajaki wrote:Damn man. That is ridiculously harsh. Sorry to hear that. How do you get along with the old man these days if you don't mind my prying?Ironhidensh wrote:See, one day shortly after I turned 13, my step-dad barged into my room and said it is time to grow up. He then made me help him gather up all of my "play" toys into several large trash bags. It was almost every single M.a.s.k. vehicle, includin Boulder Hill play set, a lot of G.I. Joes, and so many transformers. We then went out to the burn pile, and I watched them get destroyed. I never really forgot how mad that made me, but I accepted my reality and moved on.
Pretty good. We will never be close, but I recognize that in his head, he was doing a good thing, helping me grow up. Dude had an extremely abusive child hood, and went through so me serious **** in 'Nam. Yet, he as strict as he was, he never laid a hand on me. He could of treated me better, it he could have treated me a lot, lot worse. Plus, these days he is fighting the nasty "C", and that makes it easier to put aside animosity.
Took me several years to get to that point. I moved out a week after I graduated high school, and didn't go back home for a visit for 3 years.
I went through something very similar. My (step)dad was lets just say, not a nice guy. He has had like, 5(?) heart attacks and open heart surgeries. When he had the last one (damn, almost ten years ago now) we thought it was "the one" and I sorta just, forgave him for his lifetime of misdeeds. It ended up being more of a weight off of my shoulders than anything else. Although he wasn't actually deserving of such forgiveness (which I say with a much clearer head than I had in my younger days), and it isn't just my anger and resentment talking here.
At least you and your old man are on good terms.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Ironhidensh wrote:shajaki wrote:It's great that you can at least put things into perspective like that, and can understand where he was coming from. Also sorry to hear about his illness.Ironhidensh wrote:shajaki wrote:Damn man. That is ridiculously harsh. Sorry to hear that. How do you get along with the old man these days if you don't mind my prying?Ironhidensh wrote:See, one day shortly after I turned 13, my step-dad barged into my room and said it is time to grow up. He then made me help him gather up all of my "play" toys into several large trash bags. It was almost every single M.a.s.k. vehicle, includin Boulder Hill play set, a lot of G.I. Joes, and so many transformers. We then went out to the burn pile, and I watched them get destroyed. I never really forgot how mad that made me, but I accepted my reality and moved on.
Pretty good. We will never be close, but I recognize that in his head, he was doing a good thing, helping me grow up. Dude had an extremely abusive child hood, and went through so me serious **** in 'Nam. Yet, he as strict as he was, he never laid a hand on me. He could of treated me better, it he could have treated me a lot, lot worse. Plus, these days he is fighting the nasty "C", and that makes it easier to put aside animosity.
Took me several years to get to that point. I moved out a week after I graduated high school, and didn't go back home for a visit for 3 years.
I went through something very similar. My (step)dad was lets just say, not a nice guy. He has had like, 5(?) heart attacks and open heart surgeries. When he had the last one (damn, almost ten years ago now) we thought it was "the one" and I sorta just, forgave him for his lifetime of misdeeds. It ended up being more of a weight off of my shoulders than anything else. Although he wasn't actually deserving of such forgiveness (which I say with a much clearer head than I had in my younger days), and it isn't just my anger and resentment talking here.
At least you and your old man are on good terms.
I don't know if I'd go so far to say good, but we've achieved cordial.
Back to collecting, now that I'm caught up on the comics storyline, I'm find g it has heavily influenced what I'm collecting. I've been making a concerted effort to aquire the generations figures that never showed up at retail. Take Generations Swerve, for instance. As a legends class figure, he is very small, very simple. Not what I usually go for spending money on. Since I love his character in MTMTE so much, I've gone so far as to add him to my Masterpiece shelf.
Va'al wrote:Why do you collect Transformers toys?
sol magnus wrote:It's all relative, and it's all personal.
I collect because quite frankly, nothing has ever had the impact that Transformers had on me. But when Transformers hit the scene, nothing was quite as desired as those loveable robots from Cybertron. In short, Hasbro's marketing was genius.
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Why do I collect TF's? The short answer is, I like cool-looking mechs--which is basically the best and only reason you'll ever need, IMO.
I appreciate the aesthetic evolution of the characters; where the same character can have over a dozen different designs in different continuities.
Va'al wrote:sol magnus wrote:It's all relative, and it's all personal.
I collect because quite frankly, nothing has ever had the impact that Transformers had on me. But when Transformers hit the scene, nothing was quite as desired as those loveable robots from Cybertron. In short, Hasbro's marketing was genius.
It is, and that is why I'm fascinated by all the responses. I'd actually be curious to see if any other toy/media brand has had the same constant hold with its fanbase (I mean, MLP is currently really big, but definitely waned at some point; Star Wars is a media franchise which happened to then move into toys, etc.).
leakin' lubricant wrote:The original plan was to buy Classics versions of all the G1 toys I had as a kid, however the line did not pan out as I had predicted, I therefore focused on collecting "pre Movie" Classics figures basically anything from season 1 and 2. I slugged away at this rather specific (and restrictive) rule, passing up on Rodimus, Ultra Magnus et al. This all changed when IDW started to re release the UK comic book, once again I was transported to my childhood and began to gain a greater affection for Rodimus, Magnus and especially Galvatron, as a result I began to expand my collection chasing up previous figures I had passed on (which proved quite expensive in some cases) and also delve into the 3rd party side of collecting to fill those much needed gaps in my collection.
Kyleor wrote: I think my collection has grown best in the last few years with my fiancé. She likes Transformers too and actually ENCOURAGES me to buy things if we see them in a store, even if I’m only kind-of interested in it. She actually got me my first Bumblebee figure-her favorite character. She loves watching me open up a new figure to check it out or listening to me talk about whatever new things are coming out.
Va'al wrote:That was a fairly swift twist, all things considered! How are you finding the separation from the otherwise central part of your collection so far?
It's something I'm about to do myself, though for other reasons.
leakin' lubricant wrote:Good to see your also looking to make the plunge, you will not be dissapointed
Va'al wrote:leakin' lubricant wrote:Good to see your also looking to make the plunge, you will not be dissapointed
I misphrased my response, I'm afraid: what I actually meant was that I'm about to go through all the figures and do a general cull of stuff, including some of the ones that I never thought I'd get rid of, to make space for the MP figures I already own.
Moving to a new place in the UK come May (argh), and taking as much stuff back to Italy before then to avoid lugging stuff around in boxes. If it has to stay hidden, I'd rather know it was safe somewhere I have relative access to, and with a nice display (into nothing ).
Va'al wrote:
There is another thread on the boards about that type of dynamic specifically, which you might want to take a look at too: your-better-half-and-your-collection-t102274.php
I think there's a general misconception in some areas of the fandom/outside of it, somewhat claiming that 'other people' may not approve or support of the hobby - the collecting especially, as it can be a financial, spacial and time-consuming aspect of a fan's life. That can be true, of course, but only as much as any other hobby or fandom or passion! So yes, it's always good to hear positive stories about this side of collecting.
Absolutely.Va'al wrote:So yes, my next question I suppose is - do you ever radically change your collecting habits, due to personal epiphanies or external contributing factors? Or do you wait until the moment passes, then re-evaluate?
Va'al wrote:Having moved back to Italy for a week or so as I work at a deadline (argh argh argh), I've been reshelving some of the collection. I carried most of the toys from the UK flat, so I can move more easily and not worry about shelf space, but also to trim down what I really want to keep.
It turns out that some of the figures I thought I'd never let go are all being devolved to my younger brother, or charity, or sales. For example, HFTD Leader Starscream and HA Jazz. The only movieverse figures I'm keeping are Guzzle and Hatchet, EMOP Prime and Megatron - and Sideways, the toy that got me back into collecting.
I'm noticing that the ones that make the final cut are not because of their continuity or cast links, but rather because I really like the toy from the engineering, aesthetic and affective value. Example? Prime Voyager Megatron. I have the whole Decepticon cast, but I care very little for that figure. Beastformers from Prime and BH? All kept, on their own shelf, with TFA Dinobots and the one AoE Dinobot I'm keeping, Scorn.
(You can see what I mean in my collection thread, as I keep updating when good light shines in the room.)
So yes, my next question I suppose is - do you ever radically change your collecting habits, due to personal epiphanies or external contributing factors? Or do you wait until the moment passes, then re-evaluate?
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