JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I don't think you're obsessed, as you still have control over yourself. I mean, you're not buying a lot of toys, in an instant, just because your mind tells you to, right?
When someone is hoarding Transformer toys to the point of financial ruin and loses sight of reality, that's when he needs help. But not you. I'm basically doing the same things you do, and I don't call myself obsessed, I can take a break whenever I need to. I just need to clean my room a bit...

I download New TF toy pics to my hard drive computer. whenver I see new TF toys comming out soon from botcon,SDCC,Toyfair,hts.com & Elsewhere. The main reason I do this is so I can study the toy designs in great detail months before they hit stores. So i can cancel out which ones i'm not going to buy & only buy the ones I like. Doing this helps me save money & doesn't allow me to do impluse buys at the stores.
I've sold more than half of my transformers toy collection. because I was a mid level completist. I basically got rid of all the transformers I didn't like or out grew. I only kept the stuff I liked.
I often re-examine my TF toy collection every now & then. look thru all the storage boxes. take all the toys out & decide what I like & what I don't like anymore or what I outgrew. then I sell what i don't like or outgrew.
When the DVD era came in the 1990's. I threw out all my VHS tapes & switched over to the DVD's.
I think it's healthly for fans to re-examine their toys/media collections every now & then. and get rid of stuff they no longer like or out grew. doing this makes you less obsessed. less of a hoarder. you get more space in your house. you get more money in your pocket selling stuff you no longer like or out grew.
I'm kinda PROUD of myself for the DOTM TF toy line. because I only bought 5 toys I really liked & wanted which were as follows: Leader sized sentinel prime,leader sized ironhide. voyager sized megatron,voyager sized skyhammer. $29.99 human allegiance Roadbuster.
I actually even went as far as re-examining my TF comics collection. I got rid of a bunch of duplicate issues from marvel TF G-1 & g-2. I got rid of all the dreamwave TF Armada & energon comics. I got rid of all the Dreamwave/DD G.I joe verse transformers comics. I got rid of the marvel super heroes verse transformers comics. I sold everything to my comic book store.
For the most part I've never considered myself one of the obsessive TF fans. I don't walk around in TF clothes. I don't decorate my walls & bed in TF themed stuff. I don't go to any conventions. I don't feel the need that I have to own everything TF related or i'm missing out or i'm less of a fan. I don't try to compete with anyone,I buy what i like & leave the rest for others. I don't feel the need to buy something I hate just because it's worth a lot of money on the secondary market.
I keep my Transformers hobby a secret from my co-workers. because If I were to tell them. they'd make fun of me for playing with toys. they'd think something was wrong in my head. they'd think I was a man-child. I kinda like my job & want to keep advancing up the ladder into higher lever postitions that offer more money. Only my immediate family knows I collect transformers toys.