I've been more selective, if I already have them or paying more than a ko MP for a figure thats not as good (wheeljack, sideswipe) and it helped that I didnt like most of siege. Micromasters have been hard to find and it's not worth the £13 for two of them -might as well get a full G1 team on ebay for £15ish.
Modulator base wise, half of them being exclusives and not having any ikkle guys to use them with, Iron works was a waste of money so I sold him on.
Also cant pay £80 for Skylynx when I've got the encore and got the last commander class at a reasonable price and I dont have the money to be buying 3 repaints a figure or overpaying for some exclusive MAIN characters
titans return was just a better line to me, X deluxes, X voyagers, Leaders were overpriced but got all of them on sale and as for exclusives, not thta many and not many must haves (having said that I still need a Brainstorm). wiht only the the one wave which was stupidly hard to get and then there was Takra Legends as a back up plan.
kingdoms gointg to be tough on me tho, I sold all my beast wars to downsize figuring I'd just have the MPs but at the rate they release them, price and flaws, Kingdoms looking very promising and cash draining to go with my MP Primal, Neo Galvartron, TL Lioconvoy, TL convoy Bat and repainted Skullcruncher Megs.
Doesnt help some of the exclusives are selling out before even being able to get a retail figure in hand to weigh up on getting repaints (I'm picking up ER smokescreen as I never got the CHUG and it doesnt look wrong like ER wheeljack)