zodconvoy wrote:Try being a character completionest. Do you have any idea how hard it has become to get everything Optimus Prime, Megatron, Optimus Primal & BW Megatron, Ultra Magnus, Rodimus, Galvatron, Starscream, Jazz, Swindle Grimlock, Bumblebee, Soundwave and the list goes on and on. The problem is every time you "complete" a character, you add another one to fill the slot. So now you have all of this new stuff to track down but they keep putting out more of the characters you "completed" so now it's not done anymore. Optimus Prime and Megatron, you expect them to have new stuff every few months but Rodimus or Swindle? Munitioner alone increased how much I'd spent on Swindle by 50% and between Animated, Protector (& Sidearm) and Takara's Masterpiece, Rodimus is looking to cost $320 over the next 5 months. That's without counting the eventual ToysRUs MP Hot Rod that's getting an exclusive Targetmaster.
And where do you draw the line? Despite owning several G1 Optimus I display Music Label because of the superior head and paint job but do I get the white one and call it a Magnus? I actually had to cite presidence like an attorney to myself that I passed on the Nike sneaker white Optimus because it wasn't officially a "Magnus" (but the real reason I passed on that was it wasn't white it was cream colored!)
And that's on top of trying to create a Classics (I hate the term CHUG) perfect modern G1 and all the customs and kitbashing I do.
A lot of collectors say they think they have OCD. I think collecting gives us OCD tendencies as a survival mechanism! Now back to making Verity Carlo to go with my Wreckers before hitting 2 Targets before work to look for WfC Soundwave. It never really ends...
I see you're making a LSotW Verity, but...
http://www.botcon.com/BotCon10/webfiles ... 8.JPG.html
Just showing what I did for BotCon. I froze most of the joints. I think she's a cool character.
