The Energon Pub

rikkomba, my friend, you have inspired me, once I get a job I'll complete Classics and Universe and then I'll start with Cybertron (damn Soundblaster). Awesome collection, . I'm sure it will find a nice home.

I can imagine how the poor guy must feel! I have 95% of what was released in the US for Beast Wars (I don't count exclusives though I have some so I can call it 'complete' as far as I care) and I know I'd hate to have to sell that.

That was fun, but after that, I stopped trying to collect -every-thing in a line, and focused on just getting one of every mold for the most part. I ocassionally go for completing certain subgroups though, like my set of Classics Seekers!

i imagine that dude is feeling like hes lost a thousand dogs, putting that much time and effort into the collection and having to sack it all off. i mean, i've had to sack loads of things off to progress in adult life (apparantly) i just hope trannies will never be one of them. errrrmmmm i mean transformers. cough cough

That collection and that it's on the auction block is the sole reason I'll be buying a lotto ticket tonight. If I was to win big, i would buy that collection in an instant.

Holy crap thats a lot of repaints. Main reason why ill never complete a toyline. Id rather have every mold then ever incarnation of a toy from a certain line. Still it is an impressive collection. My condolences for your loss. It really has to suck to put all that time and money into completing some thing you obviously love then have to sell it. But then again youll be 14k richer then you were. And it can always be redone later on in life. If you ask me it should be sold for 20k.

Rikkomba this is the most beautiful collection I have ever seen ! It's sad that you have to part with it though . I gotta ask from one Micron collector to another, Where did you find Deepdive? (submarine included in the "Giant Planet Min-con Team") Cause Ihave searched high and low for one but cant find him :'( If you could lend a Hand that'd be great! Those LD's must have cost you a fortune! it's amazing how many you have! must be the most LD's in one collection that I've seen! If you have an extra Deeppdive lying around I wouldn't complain if you wanted to eh get rid of it :3

D8 Wow. Just, wow. The entire Armada collection, that’s just amazing. It’s sad that you have to part with it so best wishes to your new career and congratulations; your collection is truly amazing.

Also if you decide to sell anything separately, like just the Armada Starscream with Swindle for instance, let me know

Ooh, the Auction is gone. Did it sell?

I've been checking on it as well..I'm thinking Rikko either had second thoughts or hes gonna break up the collection and sell it in peices..Personally that Shining Unicron is priceless..We would have to get to 5 digits alone to sell it .. I'm anxious to see what happened to auction though..

my dream would be to have the entire run of G1
I have a good chunk of it but still I want more

Blurrz wrote:Ooh, the Auction is gone. Did it sell?

No, it's still on e-Bay. Like rikkomba explained in an earlier post, he received a zero-feedback BIN bid which was probably less than serious, so he had to relist it.

So if you still want it, I'd say, good luck! To be honest, this is a whole lot more value for your buck than these would have been (no disrespect meant, BTW, I know the legendary status of these items)!

But like others have said to rikkomba: DO NOT SELL THESE. You will regret it, especially for this price. Just find another way, get a job, sell something else...

wow.

that's an amazing collection, rikkomba. you must have worked very hard to achieve that collection. i hope that your collection goes to a good home.

Mykltron wrote:Cancel the auction. You WILL regret selling these in the future. Box them up and send them by courier to wherever you are going or store them with a relative. You should at least keep the rare ones like lucky draws.

Well, as I managed to get to this level from August 2003 to October 2008, I guess I could do it again. And I would already know what to do and where to look for everything I am selling. An added value of this auction is the countless hours of online hunting that are gonna be spared to the new owner, as brilliantly stressed by Blurrz in its article.

ausbot wrote:Want shining unicron, must sell kidney!

I didn't sell any kidney to get it. I just put some more strategy into my TF shopping

Seibertron wrote:Very awesome collection ... it amazes me that I own so many Transformers yet there are still so many foreign exclusives that elude (and most likely will always elude) my massive 3,000+ Transformers collection. Would love to have that Lucky Draw Unicron in my collection. One day. Maybe. After Grand Maximus and the other Japanese exclusives are in my collection. And after I win the lotto. Which I don't play.

Best of luck to you with selling it. It's a shame that you are devaluing the collection so much by attempting to sell it as a lot instead of as individual pieces. You are eliminating a ton of potential buyers of these items who might be looking for some of the pieces you've got but can't afford the whole collection.

Thanks Ryan!
Well, I guess this collection's gallery would be a major asset to Seibertron. Maybe a group buy would achieve this, it would be really nice, actually. Grand Maximus is a very nice figure, but I guess LD Unicron is much harder to get, regardless of the price (a MISB Grand Maximus would ask for TWO kidneys I guess).

I know, I am indeed devaluing a lot these items... but I really had no time at all during last year to focus on selling my TFs, my graduation came first... and took all my time. But the main point is, the first reason why I had fun while collecting Armada and minicons was because I was BUILDING something. Brick after brick (no pun intended) I got all variants of each mold. This is the reason why now I feel that my collection makes sense only if you consider it as a whole. I am not proud of ust having Lucky Draw Unicron, Convoy and Jetfire: I am proud of having all existing versions of Unicron, Armada OP and Jetfire, including the rarest versions, the LDs. This is what makes me proud when looking at what I did. It's not "I have this and I am the coolest" but "wow, look at all of them together!". That's why I prefer to get less money rather than destroying what I created. If the new owner will dismantle everything it will be his problem, not mine: it will be just right so.

rikkomba wrote:

ausbot wrote:Want shining unicron, must sell kidney!

I didn't sell any kidney to get it. I just put some more strategy into my TF shopping

Amazing collection. Man...I wanna say I hope your PhD pays off, becasue If you're making a bundle of cash, you'll have your stuff back in no time.

The best way to buy hard to find TF's is strategically...I'm doing that right now.

Good luck to you sir!!

Jetstorm9221 wrote:rikkomba, my friend, you have inspired me, once I get a job I'll complete Classics and Universe and then I'll start with Cybertron (damn Soundblaster). Awesome collection, . I'm sure it will find a nice home.

Swiftpaw wrote:I can imagine how the poor guy must feel! I have 95% of what was released in the US for Beast Wars (I don't count exclusives though I have some so I can call it 'complete' as far as I care) and I know I'd hate to have to sell that.

That was fun, but after that, I stopped trying to collect -every-thing in a line, and focused on just getting one of every mold for the most part. I ocassionally go for completing certain subgroups though, like my set of Classics Seekers!

Just like me. From 2003 to end of 2005 I was collecting everything I liked from BW on, and I got a good 90% of BW. BM, RID, Armada, Energon and the Japanese series. Then I decided to focus on only one series, and I chose Armada, the series that got me into collecting TFs.

Heck maybe Seibertron.com should buy the collection!! I'd be willing to pt up some cash!!! Would be one more thing the site has that no other one does

lunglad wrote:i imagine that dude is feeling like hes lost a thousand dogs, putting that much time and effort into the collection and having to sack it all off. i mean, i've had to sack loads of things off to progress in adult life (apparantly) i just hope trannies will never be one of them. errrrmmmm i mean transformers. cough cough

Well, my priorities changed with time... and I am quitting TFs now that the time is right, not because of the money, not because my wife asked me to get rid of them. I consider myself a little lucky, for this.

lunglad wrote:i imagine that dude is feeling like hes lost a thousand dogs, putting that much time and effort into the collection and having to sack it all off. i mean, i've had to sack loads of things off to progress in adult life (apparantly) i just hope trannies will never be one of them. errrrmmmm i mean transformers. cough cough

Well, my priorities changed with time... and I am quitting TFs now that the time is right, not because of the money, not because my wife asked me to get rid of them. I consider myself a little lucky, for this.

Editor wrote:That collection and that it's on the auction block is the sole reason I'll be buying a lotto ticket tonight. If I was to win big, i would buy that collection in an instant.

I'm honored by your interest. Go for it, good luck!

Megatron Wolf wrote:Holy crap thats a lot of repaints. Main reason why ill never complete a toyline. Id rather have every mold then ever incarnation of a toy from a certain line. Still it is an impressive collection. My condolences for your loss. It really has to suck to put all that time and money into completing some thing you obviously love then have to sell it. But then again youll be 14k richer then you were. And it can always be redone later on in life. If you ask me it should be sold for 20k.

Well, I guess that the average number of repaints for the items in my collection is 4 or 5 recolors per mold. I'm actually pissed off from the lack of nasty recolors of Armada Laserbeak, sigh.
You are right, I could get even a 50% more... selling all the items individually, I guess. But I have nor the will, neither the time to do so.

Norcinu wrote:D8 Wow. Just, wow. The entire Armada collection, that’s just amazing. It’s sad that you have to part with it so best wishes to your new career and congratulations; your collection is truly amazing.

Also if you decide to sell anything separately, like just the Armada Starscream with Swindle for instance, let me know

Thanks Norcinu! As I wrote earlier, I don't plan to split the collection, but thanks anyway.

autobot-jolt wrote:wow.

that's an amazing collection, rikkomba. you must have worked very hard to achieve that collection. i hope that your collection goes to a good home.

Thanks for your understanding, Jolt! I hope that as well.

-L- wrote:Rikkomba this is the most beautiful collection I have ever seen ! It's sad that you have to part with it though . I gotta ask from one Micron collector to another, Where did you find Deepdive? (submarine included in the "Giant Planet Min-con Team") Cause Ihave searched high and low for one but cant find him :'( If you could lend a Hand that'd be great! Those LD's must have cost you a fortune! it's amazing how many you have! must be the most LD's in one collection that I've seen! If you have an extra Deeppdive lying around I wouldn't complain if you wanted to eh get rid of it :3

Thanks a lot, Lawliet! Well... I just purchased the Giant Planet Team when it came out, of course. I have MANY minicon and micron team on ebay these days, so you could see if you can fill the holes in your collection like that. As for the LDs... there are people that only collect LDs, never heard of TF@themoon?