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i was just watching a video while surfing the net and there was a clip where it's about a nerd and one part of the video shows the nerd's collection of figures and this actually bothers me eversince i collected figures so i just wanted honest opinion on you guys on this matter and i mean does it really make you a geek or a nerd when you collect action figures or if you collect toys i can admit to myself im not hell i am a rocker dude who listens to marilyn manson and not really having an i.q. of more than 90 but i just want your opinions my seibertron fellows...

Were you a geek or a nerd before you started collecting action figures? Have a collection doesn't automatically make you a geek. Besides, from what I've seen lately it's cool to be a geek. Who did Megan Fox end up with at the end of the movie, hmmm?

Do you crave the acceptance of others? Do you care of the opinions others have for you? Do you feel the need to be labelled something?

In other words, who cares. You don't consider yourself a geek/nerd so that should be all that matters.

I get called a geek and a nerd by friends for my collection, but do I care? Nope.

I feel like i'm a loser, but it makes me happy, and thats #1 to me lol. I always sneak around in the stores, hoping no one sees me that I know. Nobody knows about my hobby. And I ask for gift reciepts so it looks like i'm buying them as a gift. It's a very self-concious hobby for me, but they are worth it...right?

I call myself a geek and a nerd all the time so it doesn't really bother me what other people call me. I collect comics, toys, and post on message boards. If that doesn't make me a geek or a nerd I don't know what does.

lanzajr26 wrote:Were you a geek or a nerd before you started collecting action figures? Have a collection doesn't automatically make you a geek. Besides, from what I've seen lately it's cool to be a geek. Who did Megan Fox end up with at the end of the movie, hmmm?

how much did Megan Fox get paid for that?

lanzajr26 wrote:Were you a geek or a nerd before you started collecting action figures? Have a collection doesn't automatically make you a geek. Besides, from what I've seen lately it's cool to be a geek. Who did Megan Fox end up with at the end of the movie, hmmm?

well nice opinion though i got the point that when you collect toys it doesnt make you a geek or nerd automatically... whew now i can breath...

imo i really dont think collecting figures makes you a geek i mean nobody call me that because they're afraid i'll kick the hell out them but i am more defensive when people asks me what are you gonna do with "that"? you know with an accent on the "that" word and i reply to them by giving them a finger and saying im gonna take it out in the package and slam the packaging in your sorry a$$!!! thanks guys!

yes

"You are what you are, do not let anyone else tell you differently."

craggy wrote:

lanzajr26 wrote:Were you a geek or a nerd before you started collecting action figures? Have a collection doesn't automatically make you a geek. Besides, from what I've seen lately it's cool to be a geek. Who did Megan Fox end up with at the end of the movie, hmmm?

how much did Megan Fox get paid for that?

Dude you're putting way too much thought into this. But Megan is a big comic book fan, she is quite fond of Michael Turner's work. That's pretty hot and geeky in my book.

A nerd? Because i have toys? Nah, I'm a nerd for other reasons. Here's a couple of pics of me!




And a pic of me and my girlfriend last Halloween:


Nerd? Yeah, but not because i have some toys.

Loki41872 wrote:A nerd? Because i have toys? Nah, I'm a nerd for other reasons. Here's a couple of pics of me!

Nerd? Yeah, but not because i have some toys.

How do those pictures make you a nerd? If anything, you look real bad ass!

who cares what people say or think, if you judge me because of something i collect, screw you! i am who i am and i do what i like to do, if your my friend then you wont care or judge me, thats why your my friend, ya know?

im surprised this is up here, seibertroinions, be proud of who you are!

- i went to god just to see, and i was looking at me...

lanzajr26 wrote:

craggy wrote:

lanzajr26 wrote:Were you a geek or a nerd before you started collecting action figures? Have a collection doesn't automatically make you a geek. Besides, from what I've seen lately it's cool to be a geek. Who did Megan Fox end up with at the end of the movie, hmmm?

how much did Megan Fox get paid for that?

Dude you're putting way too much thought into this. But Megan is a big comic book fan, she is quite fond of Michael Turner's work. That's pretty hot and geeky in my book.

Well, guess we know now that Ms. Fox doesn't have a foot fetish.

Yes.

Collecting makes you a nerd or geek, or whatever you want to call it.

The problem exisits when you can't admit it, get over it, and not care. Then you just become a looser.

Barr!cade wrote:I feel like i'm a loser, but it makes me happy, and thats #1 to me lol. I always sneak around in the stores, hoping no one sees me that I know. Nobody knows about my hobby. And I ask for gift reciepts so it looks like i'm buying them as a gift. It's a very self-concious hobby for me, but they are worth it...right?

Aw man, Don't be ashamed of who you are or what you like. I buy T-Formers all the time. I hardly ever get ridiculed for it. Sometimes though, I bring a figure along with me on long train rides, but don't take it out for fear that people will look at me weird or snicker. We've just got to learn that It's okay to be passionate. The only person any of this affects is you. You make yourself happy. Be proud of T-Formers. I am.

Counterpunch wrote:Yes.

Collecting makes you a nerd or geek, or whatever you want to call it.

The problem exisits when you can't admit it, get over it, and not care. Then you just become a looser.

geez... i dont know... i dont act like a geek or something and it's not only tf toys that i buy i buy other stuff too...

Just make sure this guy isn't on line behind you when buying TFs:

I like to look at it this way. Transformers are 1 of few things that put a smile on my face in this ever so crazy world.

One can't decide what they like/dislike ... it just happens.

I do have a nerdy side I guess, but I'm also into nutrition, bodybuilding and electric guitar. It's going to take a LOT of transformers to pull me over the geek line, but I sure am working on that!

I dont think it makes you a nerd. i know guys who play sports, act in theatre, sing in choir and skateboard who have transformers figures. of course in a small town almost everybody known and nobody realing cares, so i wouldnt fret.

If you have to ask, then yes, you are a nerd.

I am many things to many people. However, I am true to myself first. - Olde Drewish Saying.

It doesn't matter what others think. With the rise of the Internet, nerds, are the new money makers. And money makes the world go round.

It is foolish to think that someone is only one way. I'm sure that every great hero and fool has something of his/her childhood, that they look fondly off and sometimes want back.

We, as fans and collector's, still hold on to these things. As long as we are able to do so, some will call us nerds. I'm OK with that.

GetterDragun wrote:Just make sure this guy isn't on line behind you when buying TFs:

lol!! who the heck isn that guy?!!

The yutes of today have no understanding of classic films.

GetterDragun wrote:Just make sure this guy isn't on line behind you when buying TFs:

Hee Hee Hee

Didn' the get turned into a nerd in Revenge of the Nerds III: Nerds in paradise?

Oh, how the mighty have fallen...