Collecting Transformers - Why, Wherefore and WTF
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 6:50 am
This is, very probably, a variation on a theme that has come up before both on the boards and during the Twincast Podcast - but I've been thinking about my own collection again,as I sort out what I want to keep and where I want it to go, and it made me wonder how other people see it.
With things such as impulse purchases, buyer's regret, completionism, stand-ins, debates over accuracy and so on, what is the underlying reason for anyone to be buying plastic action figures of robots that can be vehicles/animals and humanoids?
Do you rely on fiction to determine what you buy, or do you make up your own or even ignore any fiction altogether? Do you have a set goal you want to reach? Do you buy everything you can then skim the collection in time? Do you only go after one or two things because they look cool/fit in with a theme in your display area?
The question, I realise, can apply to any collecting habit, but being a Transformers fan, it made sense to pose it here first - and I'll start replying myself in the next post.
Why do you collect Transformers toys?
With things such as impulse purchases, buyer's regret, completionism, stand-ins, debates over accuracy and so on, what is the underlying reason for anyone to be buying plastic action figures of robots that can be vehicles/animals and humanoids?
Do you rely on fiction to determine what you buy, or do you make up your own or even ignore any fiction altogether? Do you have a set goal you want to reach? Do you buy everything you can then skim the collection in time? Do you only go after one or two things because they look cool/fit in with a theme in your display area?
The question, I realise, can apply to any collecting habit, but being a Transformers fan, it made sense to pose it here first - and I'll start replying myself in the next post.