It Is Him wrote:10 years ago this Christmas I received my first Transformer as an adult: classics Starscream from my brother. A few hundred of them later, and I'm still here. Somewhat here, but I am here.
The fandom's changed a lot too over those 10 years though. The 3rd party releases have really taken off in ways I didn't expect back when City Commander was released. It's all a bit much for me honestly.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately as I added what is probably the last "Classics" TF to my collection this Christmas (Fansproject G1 Code). 10 years ago, I got Classics Starscream from my folks and Classics Bumblebee from a girl I was dating at the time.
It's been a fun decade though; putting together my Classics, Henkei, and 3rd party collection. Some I was able to get a good deal on, some I paid after-market prices, all of them were ones that I wanted.
So yeah, Merry Christmas and happy 10th anniversary to my Classics collection!