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I think many would agree with me when I say: THANKS Ryan for the TF toys galleries, they have helped me a lot with decisions and such! Feel free to drop by a comment for him, guys.

DvDqNoC wrote:Does anyone know if the site owner (i think his name's Ryan?) buys and takes pics of all the TF toys we see in the galleries? Or is there like a network of people who do this together? Or something else? Just out of curiosity...

Most of the toys belong to Ryan, however sometimes he allows "guest galleries". Those usually involve someone else providing the images, or in rare cases the toy itself. Those galleries have special footnotes giving credits.

I think he buys them. Alot have gone up for sale on Ebay recently. A couple have been posted to him by other members and he took pics, then returned the figures to them, noting whose it was in the gallery (eg movie Blackout, Movie Starscream prototype, the one with the red splodge on his head).

The green Ramulus proto and Metalhawk from Masterforce are two that spring to mind that are 'guest' galleries. The vast majority are, or have been, from Ryan's personal collection.

That most take a buttload of money and time!!

Deceptiwho? wrote:That most take a buttload of money and time!!

He has every single G1 Transformer released in the US....Yeah. Lot of money. More than I could ever spend on toys. Though I try my damndest.

i think its awesome of him to share the way he does!! KUDOS RYAN!!!

I appreciate Ryan's time and willingness to share the pics of all the different transformers! It has helped me when I needed a pics of a certain transformers figures to help assist in my finding them to purchase!

Kudos to ya Ryan! This site rocks!!!

I got in Seibertron because of the great galleries and I decided to stay. Those galleries have more than help in deliberating new acquisitions and monitoring my collection.

Great job on the site Ryan!

While I love the Galleries, my Wallet hates them.

There will be new galleries coming soon, Ryan has been a busy boy of late.

Just wanted to say thank to Ryan as well, I too use his galleries to get better looks at TFs I'm considering. Def. a valubale tool for collectors!

I agree that Sir Seibs deserves great Kudos. However, the first thing I thought when I saw this threead was the song Brown Nose or Do the Brown Nose by the Dead Milkmen"...Now whacha gonna do...Do, the brown nose, Do the brown nose."

But yeah, Rock On! Seibs.

Well since the title of this thread has been drastically altered then: Thanks Ryan!!

make it "official"!!!!

Gracias, Senor Ryan!!!!!!!!!

I'm pretty much a newb, so I don't know the guy. I'd sure like to thank him for his fine work.

The galleries have aided me in many decision making processes.

This is also a great place to hang out while i'm at work.

I've learned a ton about TF's since I started in July ... but still have a long way to go.

I would not know a fraction of what I do if it weren't for him. I don't like the other TF boards, this is the only one that I joined.

Something about seibertron just works for me.

Thanks Ryan!

AlienQuiksilver wrote:I'm pretty much a newb, so I don't know the guy. I'd sure like to thank him for his fine work.

The galleries have aided me in many decision making processes.

This is also a great place to hang out while i'm at work.

I've learned a ton about TF's since I started in July ... but still have a long way to go.

I would not know a fraction of what I do if it weren't for him. I don't like the other TF boards, this is the only one that I joined.

Something about seibertron just works for me.

Thanks Ryan!

Thanks AQ for pre-typing whatever I wanna say in this thread, and BIG THANKS to Ryan and all moderators of this great site.

Coolpopping Coolpop

I would like to add my thanks for the galleries. I always check them before making a purchase, and some have convinced me not to get them. My wallet and shelf space also thank you.

I whole heartedly agree. Although I've only been subjecting people to my "humble" opinions for a little while now, I've been using this site as a resource for years. His hard work and dedication to this site and to transformers collecting is quite amazing. I hope to shake Ryan's hand someday and thank him personally for all that he's done for Transformers collectors and fans everywhere.

-David

PS: The moderators too for keeping us in check!

i like to thanks him for the galeries. Awsome things.

My turn to jump on the "thank you train".

The galleries here rock and are really helpful! Thanks, Ryan, for taking the time to keep this site running and to take all those pics!!!

Thanks to the mods too for keeping the boards clean and on topic!

-I.P.

Just adding a friendly bump to give others a chance to drop something by.

re-bump...

I agree with everyone, the galleries are a great help to me in researching figures and deciding whether or not to buy a lot of the older figs.

I use them all the time.

Heck, sometime I just browse figs I have but that are still MIB for me!!!

Thank you, thank you, and again thank you for the time and effort you put into the site and the galleries in particular!!!

I had lunch with Ryan at BotCon. He's the coolest guy and very nice. I think that was my favorite part of the trip.

One of my favorite parts of this year's botcon was meeting Seibs and other staff members (Fender Bender, Getter Dragon) of Seibertron. Had a blast Saturday night getting sauced with everyone.