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It has happened to me too. Most of the time, I'm pretty good about only buying the stuff I know I will keep and display for the longterm, but once in a while, I buy a figure on a whim that ends up being disappointing. Armada(?) Scavenger was one of those cases. He looked all cool in Constructicon colors in vehicle mode in the box, but my fascination with him lasted about as long as it took to open the package and "transform" him once.

Most of my movie figures have lost their appeal in the last year or two as well. Due to space limitations, I often mix toylines in my displays, and most movie figures are so far off from every other line aesthetically that they look out of place when displayed with nonmovie figures.

Also, Animated Blitzwing. I bought it when it first came out, just to have a Blitzwing. In just a very short time, something about the figure just started to bother me severely. I can't even really put my finger on it, I guess the figure just didn't live up to my expectations/hopes. It was probably a case of Ryan's galleries making a figure look better than they really are.

Savage wrote:Most of my movie figures have lost their appeal in the last year or two as well.

That's exactly what happened to me!

I had given up on collecting anything Transformers for a year or so (mostly because of the movie figures), but I happened up two Human Alliance figures at a discount price at a TRU. It was a choice between Barricade and Sideswipe. I picked up Barricade and I fell in love with the line. Over 8 months period I picked up every HA from ROTF and then got some leaders for scale. It was a small collection, but I was proud.

After Christmas we hit a small and short-lived "rough patch" and needed money quick. I looked around my house and sold my surfboard, punching bag and collection of TF's.

I had a really hard time letting go of them, but I knew it was the only thing I could do for a quick buck.

But after I sold them and when our finances came back on the upswing, I stopped by some stores as my wife told me I could re-build my collection. I looked at the movie toys and I just got so annoyed.

I can't explain it, but these movie toys really do drive me crazy. I have like six small ones left, but my son has tons and I want to sell them or give them away.

I think I can see why some fans are so put off by them. It's a hard thing to explain, but their designs leave nothing to be loved.

I bought a figure for every on-screen bot in the first movie. I also bought ROTF Leader Prime, Leader Megatron, Leader Starscream, Leader Bee and Leader Ironhide. Now, the only movie figures I display are the Leaders. The rest of them just aren't as cool to me. So, they reside in a box.

I bought most of the Animated line when it was out. They also reside in a box.

I won't sell the movie figures, but I often look at the Animated stuff and consider selling all of them. Now that the Classic line has covered most of the characters, I just don't need the Animated stuff anymore.

On a related note, if anyone has boxed up a Classics Cliffjumper, please read my signature!

Most of my early collection doesn't appeal to me anymore. I guess you just get tired of them sometimes.

Every now and again I look at my collections of toys, DVDs, or games and think (with either perfect clarity or complete madness) get rid of everything and possibly but not surely be happy.

I don't think I'd be happy. I think the more likely result would be less imagination. I rather enjoy my hobbies.

Yup. My Movie figures (sensing a trend here) are boxed away.

I have more 'Cons than 'Bots, so Generations Thunderwing and FoC Vortex joined them shortly after.

wow, no love for the movie toys here lol.

i have a few movie toys that make me ask that question.. but those are the ones were there had been a drought with nothing new released.. and when a new wave finally hit.. i had to pick up something just to fiddle around with something new.. most of them are characters that weren't even in the movies.

i like my movie shelves. i try to collect each character to their scale in the movie.. like leader bee.. or any of those larger ones have no room in my collection. i like the movie designs, there's so much to look at, so many different parts and what not, i enjoy that. i like that they look different from everything else. buster prime, takara's MMP (or whatever) starscream, and most of the human alliance figures are all quite awesome. i love transforming buster prime, it's such a neat transformation.

but now.. with the direction the masterpiece figures are going, i'm starting to look at my classics figures a bit different lol.. i doubt i'd get rid of them. .. hopefully we'll get more classic type beast era figures.. the beast wars designs were pretty awesome, but a lot of the toys didn't end up all that great. and the last two generations beast era figures weren't that great either, takara's dinobot was pretty cool, and i'm glad that i own it, but that raptor head is atrocious, i really wish they'd take another stab at that figure, what a great character he was. and cheetor.. i'm sure they could do something better at this point.

Your situation hasn't happened to me but recently I pulled out a few figures that I decided I hadn't played with enough to justify keeping them. One day I'll get around to selling them. Maybe.