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by **Treetop Maximus** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:39 am

I was stumped on the essay portion of the SAT and realized that there was one thing I knew enough about to write the second half of my essay on: Transformers. I wrote about the leadership styles of Optimus Prime and Megatron and how Megatron's leadership style got him tossed out into space by Starscream.

My score? 10 out of 12.

by **TheDownshift** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:44 am

Ate at Applebee's for Human Alliance Barricade. Was it worth it. I'm still deciding.

News Credits: 12 · by **robofreak** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:09 am

TheDownshift wrote:Ate at Applebee's for Human Alliance Barricade. Was it worth it. I'm still deciding.

I hate Applebee's so if I was in your position I would say worth it since I want HA Barricade.

I can't remember doing anything stupid for TFs. I usually keep quiet about it unless someone asks me.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:49 am

I spend money on toys.

12/12

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:21 am

I also spend money on them. Way too much. Every time I say "that's it, that's the last one" something else comes along. I said it about MP Rodimus, and when I buy him, here comes DotM Leader Megatron! But he will be the last one. I swear...

by **Starscream's Girl** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:53 am

Spent my gas money on Leader Ironhide. I think that would count as stupid. lol

by **Blast Cannon** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:01 pm

I spend time posting on an internet message board with other nerds from across the globe discussing them. But I'm still cool.

by **blotbot** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:05 pm

Attempting to take up customizing/kitbashing when I don't necessarily have the time, $, or know-how to do so. I'll probably just have a big box of broken TF's for a long time til I give them away.

Also, this Autobot symbol

tattooed on my forehead and my 3 kids named Jazz, Hound, and Ratchet may have been a bit overboard.

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:47 am

blotbot wrote:Attempting to take up customizing/kitbashing when I don't necessarily have the time, $, or know-how to do so. I'll probably just have a big box of broken TF's for a long time til I give them away.

Also, this Autobot symbol tattooed on my forehead and my 3 kids named Jazz, Hound, and Ratchet may have been a bit overboard.

I Don't believe that for a second...

Like Cyberstrike on Facebook · by **Cyberstrike** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:01 pm

Paying $707 (that includes for S&H and sending the money via Western Union) for a 100% orginal God Ginrai MITB on the now defunct yahoo auctions, then the reissue was announced the same day I won it.

by **TheDownshift** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:05 pm

Cyberstrike wrote:Paying $707 (that includes for S&H and sending the money via Western Union) for a 100% orginal God Ginrai MITB on the now defunct yahoo auctions, then the reissue was announced the same day I won it.

I would've raged so hard, the universe itself would be torn asunder.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:39 am

TheDownshift wrote:
Cyberstrike wrote:Paying $707 (that includes for S&H and sending the money via Western Union) for a 100% orginal God Ginrai MITB on the now defunct yahoo auctions, then the reissue was announced the same day I won it.

I would've raged so hard, the universe itself would be torn asunder.

This is a very valid excuse to eat your own skull.

News Credits: 1 · by **dirk2243** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:21 pm

Starscream's Girl wrote:Spent my gas money on Leader Ironhide. I think that would count as stupid. lol

Is that the "real" reason you walked 3 miles that day to the store? not cause you "needed the excercise?

by **meirelle** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:05 pm

Stupidest thing I've ever done was spend $100 on Alternator's Hound. Was it worth it? I own a green Jeep Wrangler, so I think it was worth it.

by **Starscream's Girl** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:57 pm

dirk2243 wrote:
Starscream's Girl wrote:Spent my gas money on Leader Ironhide. I think that would count as stupid. lol

Is that the "real" reason you walked 3 miles that day to the store? not cause you "needed the excercise?

OMG!! LOL! I can't believe you remembered that! Well....I did walk those 3 miles to check out a Target for those deluxe exclusives. Did that cause I didn't feel like using my gas. But I still think me spending gas money on a TF was more stupid.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:44 am

Starscream's Girl wrote:
dirk2243 wrote:
Starscream's Girl wrote:Spent my gas money on Leader Ironhide. I think that would count as stupid. lol

Is that the "real" reason you walked 3 miles that day to the store? not cause you "needed the excercise?

OMG!! LOL! I can't believe you remembered that! Well....I did walk those 3 miles to check out a Target for those deluxe exclusives. Did that cause I didn't feel like using my gas. But I still think me spending gas money on a TF was more stupid.

YES. If toy collecting also gets you to stay in shape for whatever reason, how is that stupid? I'd deem it 'unintended health bonus'.

by **Windsweeper** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:53 am

Pay ridiculous prices for reissues when I started back collecting. 110 euro for Megatron, 50-70 for most of the others. In my defence, I didn't know about Ebay back then.

Buying almost any TF I saw when I got back collecting.

Being on these sites and Ebay from 1 on a Fri afternoon to 5 on Sat morn and then pretty much all day Sat and Sun back when I got the internet in my flat first. Can't believe I broke up with my fiancee and not the other way around. I was obsessed with this franchise for a while and yet she was encouraging about it. Most women wouldn't have put up with that hence my disbelief that I broke it off. Not because of Transformers, mind you.

Almost crying in the cinema during the Arrival of the Autobots. I was 30 for crying out loud.

by **prowl123** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 3:39 pm

Blew half of my money for an EZ Collection Devastator. He broke the next day.

by **Treetop Maximus** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 5:03 pm

prowl123 wrote:Blew half of my money for an EZ Collection Devastator. He broke the next day.

Why the hell didn't you just spend $30 on the Hasbro version? I have it and it's still in great shape.

by **TheDownshift** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:31 pm

Spent $30 on eBay to obtain an impossible-to-find-in-Massachusetts ROTF Skystalker.

by **FullMetalGeth** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:38 am

prowl123 wrote:Blew half of my money for an EZ Collection Devastator. He broke the next day.

Ouch.

by **Optimus Primevil** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:43 am

cosplay in my inaccurate, haphazardly made grimlock suit

by **prowl123** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:02 am

Decectiscourge45 wrote:
prowl123 wrote:Blew half of my money for an EZ Collection Devastator. He broke the next day.

Ouch.

Yep. Scavenger/Demolishor's arm snapped right off.

by **dinogeist** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:48 am

I spend way too much in gas doing toy hunts. most of the time I could buy them on ebay for less that the prices od gas used up.

Sometimes it is worth the gas just not to feed the scalpers on ebay.