WolfDawg wrote:I'm not sure if some people are referring to me, but I don't dislike transforming the majority of my figures. I don't particularly care to waste half an hour transforming ROTF, Alternator, Masterpiece, or Alternity figures, though. Why do I buy those figures then? Well I simply adore the aesthetic. I also love the transformers mythos and owning the characters associated with the lore. I like the look of vehicle kibble hanging off heroic or evil looking robots.
My sentiments exactly. It's the characters, the story telling and the lore that makes me love the franchise and being able to have toys that go along with it is wonderful.
Occasionally I will transform my guys back and forth, but, generally speaking, I prefer having their robot modes displayed (my first-movie guys have been transformed about a 100 times, 3/4 of which happened within the first month of buying them xD I bubbled down after that and it's only on occasion I transform any of my guys now). The car forms are nice and everything, but their robot selves are what appeals most to me (hey, a part of me still wishes I had studied robotics instead of animation in college, even though I love 3D animation). The designs, generally, are pretty awesome and having a tangible product to go along with it makes me adore Transformers even more. It's human nature I suppose. If you can see it, touch it, smell it (erm... you get the point on that one) it makes the shows and movies feel more real (why do you think kids can get so wrapped up in their own little play world? That they sometimes even think a toy is real, even a friend?)
To be honest, even if you are someone who doesn't like transforming them, I don't see how it's any different than those who collect MISB's (of any toy). At least if you take them out of the box and pose them you are interacting with the toy and not gushing over something you can't touch (not making fun of MISB people. I too have some MISB's after all).
The main point of collecting (anything) is to enjoy it. So if you're someone who enjoys robot mode and doesn't want to change them back and forth very often (or at all) well, that's their thing. If you're someone who loves changing them all the time, then that's yours. Just as box loving people value the toys as an overall display (from packaging down to the very toy inside).
The only time I can see saying your collecting of Transformers is pointless is if you're buying them for the sole purpose of making money in the future. That's just stupid because you might very well end up losing money, which'll piss you off. But if you love what you are collecting, who cares how you treat your toys. If your MISB's wind up making you money, great, if not, at least you're enjoying what you have (even if it means marveling them from behind plastic and cardboard). Same with if you are constantly play with your opened guys or not. The point is to enjoy them and I love my Transformers even without transforming them on a regular basis.
Just to play devils advocate with those who are against not transforming them regularly, if you need to constantly play with them in order to like your toys, are you enjoying them when they are sitting idle on your shelf? Let's face it, you can't play with them 24/7. Just a bit of food for thought. Not making fun of anyone.
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