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by **Unicron Singularity** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:32 am

as far as funds put it. and the stock on TF toys in the shops around here.

August:

Wreckage
Jazz
Barricade
77' Bumblebee (it is a shelfwarmer, stuck in robot mode forever, because the alt mode is fugly and busted, automorph incident)
Starscream

(still waiting for the concept 08 bumblebee to show up.)

News Credits: 3 · by **coolpop** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:34 pm

I started collecting a bit less than 2 months ago, right before movie starts. Initially collected Macross 1/55, Soul of Chogokins & Limited Edition Voltron, as process of reclaiming my childhood toys. After seeing the movie I decided to get just the movie lines, but now I see myself picking up movie lines, cybertron, classics, WST, etc. I don't even dare to count how many figures I have purchased in this short amount of time. I'm sure you guys will freak if I take a mass photo of them, and if there's a contest of most figures purchased in 1.5 months I surely will win. Muhahahah!

News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:45 pm

It varies. Sometimes I'll go after something pricey and have to lay off impulse purchases for a while. Sometimes I'll go overboard with an order from a seller to save a little on shipping. Working in horticulture I can find myself out of work every now and then in off seasons and have to take a real world check and admit that TFs really aren't anywhere near as important as rent/bills/food. I missed far too much of Cybertron because I wasn't working for a lot of the time that the line was at retail.

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:56 pm

Not many

It varies from time to time, but for the most part I'll get a tf or two a month. :sad:

Which is annoying, cos it means the list of tfs I now need to backtrack and buy keeps growing.

Still, once I get a job I vow that I will pay off the entirety of that list, now at a minimum of £600; no matter how many paychecks it costs.

Once I've got the finance, I intend to buy one or two transformers a week at the very least.

by **Decatron** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:28 pm

I can afford a whole lot. But then I won't afford gas and money for school books, ect

So, I settle for about 3 a month at most. Especially now that I am done with the movie line, and only interested in Classics. Oh and also because I am collecting Gundams again.

News Credits: 2 · by **blkbitcloud1** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:38 pm

Altertron wrote:asking the opposite of my question, wouldn't it be killing you not to buy transformers for a month, if worst for a year, if your spouse demands it. what would you do to kill time by not buying transformers?

Demands??? Huh...please...after the bills get paid I buy what I want and when I want. Whether it's TF, Gundams or Zoids...I buy what I want only after the bills get paids.
Plus, I dont say anything to her when she buy her shoes, purses, dresses or any other stuff she gets....Demands.....please.....hahahahahahahaha

blkbitcloud1

by **Mandamus** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:40 pm

I don't have any kind of per-month quota. When a new line comes out I pick up the ones I want and leave it at that. So I might buy 5-6 at once then not get anything again for a while.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:02 pm

Counterpunch wrote:
Altertron wrote:it's good for us who are single, because we can buy whatever the hell we want!!!

Except Love.

Have I mentioned how pretty my fiance is?

Go on and ask.

Welcome to my sig.

I buy very few TFs most of the time, but if there's a lot out I like, and I can afford, I've seen me buy 3 or 4 in a go. Don't go to TRU nearly as much as I used to though, which might have something to do with it. More Classics coming out might persuade me to spend more though.

by **Ramrider** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:11 pm

I'll pretty much buy what I can, when I can. Normally, when I'm working, as long as I'm making enough to cover the bills and have spare cash, I'll buy pretty much what I fancy. At the moment I'm not, so I'm having to tighten the belt somewhat; the Movie Deluxe Bonecrusher I'm painting up at the mo is the first one I've bought in at least two months, and I'm selling it as soon as it's finished.

Hopefully I'll be working again soon, and I'll be able to start catching up on what I've missed...

News Credits: 2 · by **payload** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:34 pm

Well i have to say i usually buy what i want when i want only because i have a very well paying job, but then again i went to college for 9 years to get the degree that earns me my money.

That being said i spent $750.00 this month so far on transformers alone. It all varys on what i can find in the stores sometimes it's much less just depends.

:grin:

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:04 am

At the moment I spend whenever I feel like it. I have no set amount that I must stick to. That may change though as I am about to buy a new car.

by **Gutter Bunny** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:17 am

ummm i dont think i can put a number to it.

It all depends on:

what figures are available
cost of said figures
how much i decided to work that month

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:27 am

I can afford to buy a lot of them-too many in fact. Unfortunately, I don't have as much space to display/store them as I would prefer so I have to be selective about it. Since I like the MP line and the bigger leader and voyagers, it's hard to find the space in my little corner of the house. So in the end, only 1-2 a month.