I originally posted this on TFW, so I figured I'd let you guys see my collection as well. I may have gone a
teensy bit overboard with pictures, but here goes nothing!
So I have a decent collection, but since I am selling part of it off, I figured it would be a good idea to document it in it's entirety.
I started collecting when I was a kid, starting with the Armada line mostly, and built on it from there. I know that as a Transformer collector I should have some G1 stuff, but I only have couple Masterpieces and a bunch of stuff from the past decade or so. I wish I could remember what figure was my first Transformer, but I've had so many over the years and I've been accumulating figures as far back as I can remember.
My collection consists mostly of the Unicron Trilogy figures and Movieverse figures, although I have a few Generations/Classics figures and a couple of Masterpiece figures.
I don't have a true display space, so they normally rest upon bookshelves and such, so I took them down and set up a whole bunch of white sheets of paper to create a large enough neutral background, although I didn't have enough space for some pictures haha.
I took these main pictures over the course of two days, starting with them in vehicle mode and taking various group shots, then transforming them all, which took FOR-FREAKING-EVER.. Ok not really, it only took about 2 hours, 1 minute, and 53.2 seconds, but who's counting.. Afterwards, I went about reassembling the teams I created in the first wave of pictures and posing them battling with various little flight stands I made from coat hangers.
I plan on taking individual photos over the coming week as well to showcase my separate figures.
The only figure I have missing from the pictures is Armada Unicron who is currently packaged up for shipping.
Without further ado, here is the work of 2 days and 236 pictures.
So, traditionally, I will start with my Optimus Primes.
My custom YOTH Masterpiece Prime and trailer, Armada Optimus Prime and trailer, and Cybertron Galaxy Force Optimus Prime.
Then the mini Optimus Prime from ROTF Stratosphere, my custom voyager Nemesis Prime (previously Fireburst OP), DOTM Ultimate OP and trailer, DOTM Jetwing OP with Reprolabels, and custom AOE Optimus Prime.
Just the movie Primes.
And the custom Age of Extinction Primes.
And now all of their robot modes along with the various bases the trailers form.
Just the movie Primes.
Movie Prime super-modes and whatnot.
My custom Nemesis Prime using DOTM Laserbeak as a wing pack.
All of my Prime's super-modes.
While on the subject of super-modes, here are the various trailers I have.
And here are the armors they form. Galaxy Force OP's jetpack and leg pieces, Armada Rollout's body Overload, Armada OP's power pants, and DOTM Ultimate OP's full body.
A few of trailers of course form bases of sorts, and then there are figures who, in mid transformation, form turrets. I also include some of the things my little brother has come up with as well.
ROTF Mixmaster and Generations Straxus in their turret forms.
My brother's DOTM Shockwave as a tiny base.
YOTH OP's custom trailer, Armada OP's trailer, Galaxy Force OP's trailer, Cybertron Scattorshot as an artillery emplacement in the front, and Energon Duststorm as a control tower of sorts.
Also, I realized I have two Optimus's featuring darker colors and gold, the YOTH Masterpiece OP and Galaxy Force OP.
The Goldimus Primes and their trailers.
Up next are my Bumblebees and friends, the Legends Class Bumblebee, the Age of Extinction Evolutions 2-pack Bumblebees, High Octane Bumblebee, TFTM Cliffjumper, and Generations Goldfire.
Sadly I only have two Megatrons, an Armada junker and my custom Generations legends class one.
And yes, Armada Megatron is missing his right arm.
In addition, I also only have two Skywarps, which is a complete tragedy, the Masterpiece and the Fall of Cybertron.
And also only 3 Masterpieces, YOTH OP, the Walmart Skywarp (which I got clearanced for $15!), and the new ToysRUs Grimlock, who is currently in pieces to be repainted.
I have three emergency vehicles, Galaxy Force OP, Energon Inferno, and Movie Recon Barricade;
Three Cybertronian vehicles, FOC Skywarp and Blaster (with some lovely Reprolabels) along with DOTM Shockwave;
And I even have six guys who turn into shapes and other obsolete items, the FOC Autobot data disks and Movie Real-Gear Booster X10, which conveniently happens to look like Laserbeak, hmm..
I have plenty of military vehicles though!
Robot modes:
Legends Megs riding DOTM Laserbeak, because why not!
Stratosphere taking on MP Skywarp, Scattorshot holding Generations Heavytread at many missiles-point, Straxus uppercutting Generations Sandstorm, Generations Whirl battling Generations Blitzwing, and Movie Dreadwing flying out of the way.
My custom Age of Extinction Hound evening the playing field with Armada Megatron.
Generations Springer fighting ROTF Starscream, and Movie Landmine tussling with Movie Bonecrusher.
With that, I have a few tanks:
Ironically enough, the second smallest guy also happens to be the most heavily armed haha.
I also have plenty of fliers, ones that fly horizontally, ones capable of vertical flight, and beasts. And yes, that is the Millenium Falcon in the corner haha.
Cybertron Jolt being chased by Genenerations Windshear:
Energon Grindor being held up by Prime Beast Hunters Windrazor, who was stabbed by the blade arms of the Swoop minicon from the AOE Evolutions two-pack:
FOC Sundor chasing Real-Gear not-Laserbeak:
ROTF Starscream cornered by Springer and Sandstorm, who are in the sights of Laserbeak and Skywarp, and ROTF Ransack and Generations Runway ganging up on Energon Skyboom:
Whirl being attacked by Energon Divebomb right before executing Blitzwing:
Classics Astrotrain taking aim of Springer with his rifle and Dreadwing flying away again because he is pretty useless without hands:
For horizontal flight, I have MP and FOC Skywarp, Stratosphere, Starscream, Stratosphere, Dreadwing, Astrotrain, Ransack, Runway, and Skyboom.
Of course of those figures, only one is an Autobot.
For vertical flight, I have Whirl, Sandstorm, and Springer, along with Laserbeak, Grindor, Jolt, Windshear, and Generations Targetmaster Blazemaster.
The Autobots' odds are much more favorable in this catergory!
"Like some vast, predatory bird," I have my custom AOE Strafe, Sundor, Laserbeak, not-Laserbeak, Divebomb, Windrazor, and the Swoop minicon.
In addition to the beast flyers, I also have FOC Grimlock, Ramhorn, and Steeljaw; Energon Deadlock and Battle Ravage; Cybertron Optimus Primal and Wreckloose; Prime Beast Hunters Hun-Gurr, Rippersnapper, Twinstrike, and Blight; my custom AOE leader and voyager Grimlocks, Slug, and Scorn; and finally my custom Generations Targetmaster Chopshop.
Grimlock battling Laserbeak and Steeljaw being bested by Rippersnapper with a hammer:
My custom Strafe against Divebomb with a Springer sword:
Not-Laserbeak chasing Sundor, blade-arm Swoop and Ramhorn pursuing Chopshop, who in turn are being followed by Twinstrike and Windrazor:
Wreckloose having a bad day impaled upon Scorn's lance hand, and Blight and Hun-Gurr vowing revenge:
AOE voyager Grimlock knocking aside Battle Ravage and AOE Slug battling Deadlock:
Optimus Primal challenging AOE Leader Grimlock with his articulate fingers:
My dinobots/cons: AOE Strafe, Scorn, Slug, and Grimlocks, FOC Grimlock, Swoop-icon, Wreckloose, and Deadlock.
The dinos having dealt with the inferior dinocons:
Just as destructive as dinobots are the Wreckers, Whirl, Sandstorm, and Springer.
Of the three, both Springer and Sandstorm are sporting Reprolabels, and Whirl has a Wreckers Reprolabel on his left arm and on his alt mode.
And considering all of my Wreckers are triple-changers (Whirls Gerwalk is in the instructions, so it must be true! Haha), here are the others.
While going through my collection I realized something, I have a bunch of Skids and Mudflaps. ROTF Skids and Mudflap (ice-cream truck), ROTF Skids and Mudflap (individual), Cybertron Mudflap, and Generations Skids, who is looking lovely in those Reprolabels.
Of course considering two sets of Skids and Mudflaps happen to be twins, I realized that the other Mudflap also has a twin, albeit much smaller, but a twin nonetheless, Energon Duststorm.
The only problem with having siblings is that they never stop fighting!
Next up are the Constructicons. Of the original Constructicons, Scrapper, Bonecrusher, Scavenger, Mixmaster, Hook, and Long Haul, I have four, but they are movieverse figures, so they look nothing whatsoever like their namesakes. Except Long Haul. Bonecrusher isn't even a bulldozer, rather a Buffalo mine-clearing vehicle.
Long Haul, Scavenger, Mixmaster, and Bonecrusher:
Along with the Constructicons, I like to add in Cybertron Mudflap and Energon Duststorm to help fill out the ranks of Decepticon construction vehicles.
Next up will be the trucks. They include all of the Optimus's, AOE Hound, Cybertron Mudflap, Overhaul, Armorhide, and Reverb, Energon Inferno, and ROTF Wheelie.
Legends OP and my custom Evasion Mode OP.
Armada OP and Overload along with DOTM Leader OP.
My custom AOE Prime, Mudflap, MP Prime, Armorhide, Generations Targetmaster Roller, and Minimus Prime.
Custom AOE Hound, DOTM Ultimate OP, Nemesis Prime, Reverb, and Duststorm.
A closeup of Nemesis Prime:
And finally my touched-up ROTF Wheelie and Galaxy Force OP.
Here are my carformers, consisting of Cybertron Six-Speed and Crosswise; Classics Hot Rod; Movie Recon Barricade and Cliffjumper; touched-up ROTF Sideswipe, Skids, and Mudflap; custom AOE High Octane Bumblebee and Crosshairs; and Generations Drift, Skids, Goldfire Bumblebee, custom Cybertronian Bumblebee, and my custom Tailgate.
A high concentration of Bumblebees haha.
I also have a few figures of the smaller scale size, mostly legends and mincons/targemasters.
The biggest problem with Targetmasters is that they only have arm poseability normally, but back in the day when Armada was around you could have a Minicon that functioned exactly like a Targetmaster but with reasonable poseability. Roller and Groundbuster are relegated to holding down Blight, and that's about it.
Poor Armada Blackout, he can barely stand nonetheless fight..
Yeah Armada Rollout is a little chunky, but he has FOUR MODES! Vehicle, robot, gun, and a head! Take that Targetmasters! And Headmasters!
Bumblebee getting bludgeoned to death by Hun-Gurr and Rippersnapper's mighty hammers:
Windshear can't seem to shake the feeling that someone is following her...
Megatron threatens Optimus with killing Tailgate, meanwhile Chopshop gets punched in the face by Blazemaster.
There are only a few reasons why Targetmasters, and the fact that they become GIANT FREAKIN' GUNS for legends class figures is one of them!
Optimus gets a giant rifle out of Roller..
And a giant BAZOOKA out of Rollout!
Plus others don't mind that you have a bunch of little friends that double as weapons and/or shields.
Another kind of awesome little guy is that of the combiner variety.
They can transform from their alt mode to a robot, and combine to form..
.... Maybe I'll leave them in their alt modes.. All of the time... Forever..
Seeing as all of the movie figures share the same aesthetic, I'd ought to show them all together.
Everyone is so violent in the films!
Bumblebee, though sporting a kick-butt alt mode is still ever the cocky twit, about to be murderized courtesy of Scorn.
Optimus Truck-Fists going at it with Grimlock, the "Ancient Warrior."
Barricade, though sporting a new paint-job, still loves to tackle Bumblebee, and thus his red repaint as well.
(Note, this was the worst thing ever trying to recreate balancing on 3 flight stands.)
"'The Fallen will rise again' is not the answer.."
Dorito-scream about to be taken down by Chromia, the anorexic upright robocycle.
A DOTM-style Mexican Standoff, featuring
Yet another Corvette and
another weapons specialist vs.
two more relatively useless characters.
"I'm just going to take a little off the side.."
"How in the world am I to ride you?.."
The lankiest of planeformers against the stumpiest of Shockwaves
"Mean robots suck.."
Two of the most badass swords.. robots? fighting it out!
A puppy dog/robot/dinosaur wielding swords against a non-character who's alt mode appeared in two scenes of the first movie, [SIZE="1"]who also happens to have no real weapons and resorts to fisticuffs Mike Conley style, minus the mustache, because Landmine has a really messed up face[/SIZE], WHO WILL WIN?
One of the first Seekers vs. two guys who form the front and the aft-end of an ice-cream truck.. yeah..
If you've managed to make it down here good on you!It's time for the factions, so to start out, here are the Autobots!
Note: I didn't include the AOE dinobots because they are "Ancient Warriors" and only fought for the Autobots in the film because Optimus backhanded a space T-rex in the middle of China.
Robot modes:
And now the Decepticons!
Robot modes:
And now for the big group shots!
And the lines are drawn in the sand while the MP's shake over a cease fire, for now..
The Autobots:
Grimlock stands on the front lines, ready to bash some heads:
Crosswise is armed with his flame thrower and riot shield while Skids is armed to the teeth, ready to take all of the Decepticons out.
Hound stands ready for anything, tri-minigun at the ready.
Wheelie hides behind the repair station and the dinobots while they ready for the battle ahead.
Galaxy Force Optimus stands with his previous and future incarnations.
Whirl easily falls in with some of the most brutal of the bunch.
The Decepticons:
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So if you have managed to stay with me this whole time, great! That's all folks, so thanks for taking a long look at my collection! Feel free to leave a comment for me, they are always welcome![/SIZE]
