The Energon Pub

First off, I must say that I'm a teacher, therefore I have a lot of extra time on my hands. However, I am teaching summer school for a few hours each day. You guys get me right?....What else is there to do but hit up the multitude of Fred Meyers (x6), Big K's (x2) Wal-marts (x6), TRUs (x3), Targets (x6) along with a few other random spots here and there. All in a 20 mile radius around where I live. A couple days last week I hit them all!! Ha, ha, ha. With that many so close by and being somewhat addicted to collecting transformers how can one resist? Ok now the addiction part.

Also I must preface this by saying that my wife is also a teacher. We get paid once per month, pay all of our bills (for the month)including retirement and then we each give each other 400-500 bucks to spend on what ever the heck we want. For a month it's not a whole lot so I have to choose very carefully. Most of her money goes towards shoes. Guys you know what I'm spending my money on right?!!! GAS and RID!!

You know you are addicted when (I am 100% serious too):

1) You have half asleep dreams of finding rows of 08 bumblebees at Target.

2) You drive around with your gas light on just to make it to one more store for the evening cuz you're too cheap to by gas (I know, makes no sense cuz you'll be out tomorrow).

3) You clear out a spot in a messy closet and put in shelves to store your MISB transformers.

4) When you're out looking for transformers miles from home, get hungry and refuse to hit up a drive through. Why? Hey, that 6 bucks could buy you a transformer homie?

5) ....when you've put enough time in to have a 7 year old laugh and stare at you for being in the toy asile.

6) When you start talking to store employees about specific transformers, if they can go check the back, info on stocking hours and shipment arrivals.

7) When you have to be asked by a wal-mart employee to not go through unopened boxes on pallets until they have been put out on store shelves.

Come on, help me add to this list....

After reading this, I am now very fond of you.

whew, barely escaped as #1 and #5 dont apply.


how about:

#8 you are a member of a transformers fansite

#9 you have to take a break in the middle of the workday to see if you won an auction.

when u have all the targets, walmarts, and trus on speed dial

Im a teacher to here in so. cali except I did not want to teach summer school. I never have dreams about transformers but I do find myself fast walking to the toy isle. Does that count?

Bjjer wrote:Im a teacher to here in so. cali except I did not want to teach summer school. I never have dreams about transformers but I do find myself fast walking to the toy isle. Does that count?

I do that all the time. Makes me mad at wally wit all the slow walking people and theres lots of em cloging the lanes so i gotta take shortcuts

#10. You not only have the Hasbro versions of Transformers, but you go to great lengths to get the Takara versions, even if it's a minor change.

11. You know where the transformer section AND the toy clearance aisle is in every Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target and TRU within 100 miles of your house.

12. You've been late for work because you had to stop at that one Wal-Mart at 4 AM in the vain hope that they stocked last night, and you're afraid somebody else will get that 08 BB before you get off work!

13. You're selling off vintage Star Wars figs so you can buy new Transformers!


I'm addicted! I just wish I'd been this bad before it was too late to go to BotCon! DAMN THOSE EXCLUSIVE SEEKERS! I WANT!

14. You know when the new toys are due out before the toy department managers. And you tell them where the stuff should go.

Loki41872 wrote:
13. You're selling off vintage Star Wars figs so you can buy new Transformers!

That is definately very high on my list of 'things to do'