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News Credits: 1 · by **dirk2243** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:44 pm

I only collect Movie series. I'll buy repaints if there a new character, not a repaint of the same character unless he has changed in the movie. Ratchet in DOTM may be my one exception and not pick him up.

Classics/Universe/Generations/RTS I'm missing a few, but slowly catching up.

and Legends. I only started collecting these when ROTF came out and Demolisher's voyager size was a huge scale issue compared to his actual size in the movie. So my legends go with him mostly.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:20 pm

SJ21 wrote:What I would like to discuss is, what are your rules? What figures did you want so badly that you just had to have them, even though they didn't fit in? Were you happy with you decision later on?

My rules are: If it's in good condition, it's mine. End of story

by **Red 50** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 8:40 am

Skywarp64 wrote:They're not crap (mostly). I know for one that Fireburst Optimus Prime isn't half bad, and neither is the Victory of the Fallen 5 pack.

But aren't those Movie Legends repaints?

Like Indianawalsh on Facebook · by **Indianawalsh** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:42 pm

I have an extremely tight budget (haven't bought a figure in over a year besides a single ROTF scout on clearance) so I never buy anything larger than a voyager and usually only buy unique/interesting figures.

News Credits: 1 · by **Skywarp64** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:50 pm

Red 50 wrote:
Skywarp64 wrote:They're not crap (mostly). I know for one that Fireburst Optimus Prime isn't half bad, and neither is the Victory of the Fallen 5 pack.

But aren't those Movie Legends repaints?

It doesn't matter. They're Legends, they're in the HFTD line, and are therefor HFTD Legends.

by **Red 50** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:04 am

Skywarp64 wrote:
Red 50 wrote:
Skywarp64 wrote:They're not crap (mostly). I know for one that Fireburst Optimus Prime isn't half bad, and neither is the Victory of the Fallen 5 pack.

But aren't those Movie Legends repaints?

It doesn't matter. They're Legends, they're in the HFTD line, and are therefor HFTD Legends.

Also, I usually try to avoid buying repaints. (I only bought one repaint to create a sort of KITT & KARR scenario with Bumblebees) I haven't seen Multi-packs also in sale (excluding the PCC's which I simply don't quite fond with) Heck, they didn't even release some ROTF figures in my country. I haven't seen Leader class Jetfire up close.

News Credits: 1 · by **Skywarp64** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 12:33 pm

To be perfectly honest, he's not the great in robot mode.

Also, I kind of agree with your repaint thing. Only, I have an exception. If I missed the general release, then I don't mind the repaint.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:38 pm

My only rule is to avoid buying suck...unfortunately I've broken that rule a number of times.

News Credits: 1 · by **Skywarp64** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:45 pm

...Suck?

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:59 pm

aka sh***y figures...

by **OptiMagnus** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:10 pm

dirk2243 wrote:I only collect Movie series. I'll buy repaints if there a new character, not a repaint of the same character unless he has changed in the movie. Ratchet in DOTM may be my one exception and not pick him up.

Sacrilege! Sacrilege! How dare you only collect movie figures. Be gone demon!

Just kidding.
But it's hard to believe I've found someone who only collects movie stuff. That was the old rule for me, but I found myself watching the G1 show and I realized how much greatness I missed from classics, universe, and generations. The first two I'm screwed on, but I have all the Generations figures I want plus I'm collecting Reveal the Shield.
But I have a similar rule to you; I only buy the screen-accurate paint schemes, and no repaints unless they represent a different character that I like.

News Credits: 1 · by **Skywarp64** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 3:07 pm

I usually only buy show-accurate designs as well, but Universe Astrotrain is so much cheaper than his Henkei counterpart.

by **Roxxstar** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:28 pm

I love the Seekers, so i get them.
Prime is wicked cool, so I get G1/Beast Wars style (and Nemesis repaints)
G1 Grimlock and dinobots
I'm a sucker for 3rd party goodness
And any other figure that looks amazing to me
As a rule, I avoid any Bay-verse crap... Only 3 I own are from the Hasbro mail-away offer and Bludgeon and bits of Bruticus of ROTF line

My list is long, so I made an excel spreadsheet of every series and figures I want from each.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:07 am

Rule #1. There are no rules.

by **Roxxstar** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:28 pm

Blurrz wrote:Rule #1. There are no rules.

Good Answer!

News Credits: 8 · by **gema** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:46 am

My rules are

1 - Classic/Classic 2.0/Universe/Generation/RtS only. i like to see my collection all seems 'on par' with each other paint wise, etc.

2 - A repaint is acceptable if it's a repaint of the above mould (like treadbolt, stormcloud, darkwing)
but now with the slight retool on the the newer fig (like skullgrin), it made my purchase easier :grin:

3 - Don't buy legends unless scale-wise is acceptable (compared with the cartoon or original g1 toys) like legend wheelie and kosmos

Broken my 1st rule with Henkei Dark Skyfire. keep telling myself it's because no hasbro release and got it extra cheap (17USD). was tempted to get RoTF Lockdown and Bludgeon but.....can't seem to manage!!!

Almost broken my 2nd rule by trying to buy Universe Blades, Roadbuster, etc. but if it's not classic mould....nope! ....but broken recently with Universe Superion Maximus and Bruticus Maximus

by **JokerFC** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:25 am

Universe Blads is awesomness itself man-your doing your C.H.U.G. collection a disservice by not having him in there.I remember when Fiona bought me Blades and Countdown(repaint of CD Red Alert).....

I said yeah cool but was thinking"I had no intention of getting these"but once I transformed them both.......just excellent.go get Blades-now.

seriously-right now.

News Credits: 5 · by **--B--** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:30 am

JokerFC wrote:Universe Blads is awesomness itself man-your doing your C.H.U.G. collection a disservice by not having him in there.I remember when Fiona bought me Blades and Countdown(repaint of CD Red Alert).....

I said yeah cool but was thinking"I had no intention of getting these"but once I transformed them both.......just excellent.go get Blades-now.

seriously-right now.

QFT.

That's a great mold and makes for an excellent Classicsverse Blades.

News Credits: 1 · by **ShardFenix** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:04 am

I've been on the fence about this guy for months just because I already have whirl and didnt know the need for 2 helicopters...but if he is as good as you say then perhaps i will give him another look.

and perhaps build my ultimate Autobot Rescue Squad: Inferno, Red Alert, Blades, Prowl, Ratchet, Powerglide(with reprolabels Hothead upgrade) and any other base red/white figures with emergency services alt-modes...lol

by **MINDVVIPE** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:10 pm

My rules are:

All autobots must be in scale with each other in Vehicle form, same goes for the Decepticons. (scale being defined by the size of a human driver/pilot [but since there are aliens in the universe too, its somewhat loosely scaled, but still strict])

No doubles of the same Character, so no 2 bumblebees, even if they look different and are from different lines.

They need to be poseable in some very solid ways. For example, I bought ROTF nightbeat coz I wanted a nightbeat, regardless of being a smaller autobot, I reasoned that off to being a one-person vehicle, BUT THEN Nightbeat has no neck articulation, making it fail my requirment. I need the crucial articulation.

Only Bots that look "realistic". For example, no animated bots EXCEPT for Blackarachnia coz she is a fembot, and can pass as just a very curvy chassis (btw, got her for 6 bucks).

Every TF must transform into some sort of organism mode, whether its a bot, or from a vehicle to a beast.

News Credits: 8 · by **gema** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:06 am

JokerFC wrote:Universe Blads is awesomness itself man-your doing your C.H.U.G. collection a disservice by not having him in there.I remember when Fiona bought me Blades and Countdown(repaint of CD Red Alert).....

I said yeah cool but was thinking"I had no intention of getting these"but once I transformed them both.......just excellent.go get Blades-now.

seriously-right now.

shoot, i knew i should get him a clearance.... :BANG_HEAD:

well, need to settle some 'pending purchases' 1st ie Generation Thundercracker, Wheeljack, FP Bruticus and superion add on, protector....then will reconsider him :grin:

by **Red 50** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:31 pm

So I'm stuck with a problem:
I've been watching Generations Cybertronian Optimus Prime in pictures and shop shelves and it's kinda pullin' me to it. So should I buy it? Would it be worth it?
('Cause I sure don't regret buyin' ROTF Voyager Ratchet which is bulky, boxy and little articulated) Or should I just stick with the Legend/soon-to-be-Cyberverse(which is probably gonna be more expensive that normal Legends)

News Credits: 1 · by **ShardFenix** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:41 pm

If it's the WFC Prime this yes get it. Get the whole 4 character series of Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, and Soundwave. WFC was a great game and has great figures.

News Credits: 5 · by **--B--** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:00 pm

Red 50 wrote:So I'm stuck with a problem:
I've been watching Generations Cybertronian Optimus Prime in pictures and shop shelves and it's kinda pullin' me to it. So should I buy it? Would it be worth it?
('Cause I sure don't regret buyin' ROTF Voyager Ratchet which is bulky, boxy and little articulated) Or should I just stick with the Legend/soon-to-be-Cyberverse(which is probably gonna be more expensive that normal Legends)

It's a pretty good figure, and has an interesting transformation. I'm not huge on the alt mode, but the figure is pretty feaking sweet. Lots of pose-ability, nice weapon. It's one of those "fun to fiddle with" figures.