weverhat wrote:Thanks for the welcome and info everyone!
- How many of the Autobot/realistic-car-alt-mode figures are there from the R.I.D. line? They look really nice and I might want to try and pick them up. I was inspired by the newest Classics 2.0 galleries which show the Alternators, Classics 2.0, G1, and what I am guessing is the R.I.D. version for both Prowl and Sunstreaker. Also what is a fair price for loose RID Sunstreaker, Prowl, and the like?
The three car brothers, X-Brawn, Sideburn, and Prowl are the most realistic, with Prime being a reasonable version of a fire truck, Ultra Magnus a more futuristic-looking car transport, Scourge being an absolutely sweet tanker truck (a repaint of an old G2 figure, I believe), and various other characters being fairly accurate real-life representations: the train bots, build team, Skidz, Towline...all aren't bad figures. The RID Prowl and Sunstreaker you saw are and aren't RID. The G1 Prowl-resembling version was a recolor in the later Universe catch-all line, and is still a nice fig to have, as is the OTHER recolor of the mold for Universe, Red Alert. The Sunstreaker redeco, though, was a Botcon release, along with a red Sideswipe version of the same mold. Again, both nice to have. In addition, RID Sideburn was recolored for two Botcon releases (girls, no less!), Roulette and Shadowstriker. Fair price? Whatever you're willing to pay
, but expect to spend more on the Sunstreaker or Sidewipe versions, as they're Botcon and limited releases.
weverhat wrote:Lastly I have moved on to Alternators. At first I didn't think I would collect them because 1) all the alt modes were cars so most all of my fave Decepticons are missing from the line and 2) a full collection would be expensive to complete. Once I got past that though, the awesomeness of the car modes was just too much for me to resist. My goal right now is just to have a complete set of loose Alternators. I am actually glad that I haven't held a Binaltech, because I am sure that after having held the heavy, metallic, die-cast goodness, I would want a complete set of them, and that would be very bad for my wallet.
A collector after my own heart. This was the one line I HAD to complete, and I was lucky enough to find all the releases at retail after I started. DO NOT consider yourself done unless you have at least one version of the Mirage mold (and Rodimus fits the mold perfectly), the Jazz/Shockblast mold, or the Hound mold (which I think you've already got one of). Expect to take a hit if you're going completist, though, especially for figures like Swerve and Camshaft, which saw seemingly limited and spotty release. Rumble and Ravage (the jag version) are also worthwhile simply because they're unique, but both were Wal-mart exclusives and sometimes a pain to find at decent prices anymore.
weverhat wrote:I am currently contemplating whether I want to replace my G1 collection. They are very beat-up and I don't even display them I just store them in a box. I think only nostalgia is causing me to contemplate it. But when I take them out and transform them I am reminded of how simple and non-articulated these old toys really were (especially after now having the movie/classics/alternators). Plus with all the loose parts you have to keep track of it's not as fun transforming them as I remembered. Still, I feel like getting a better condition Prime and Megatron at least to round out my overall collection.
Honestly, one of the most fulfilling things for me has been filling out my old G1 collection. I've replaced figures, repaired some figures, and added figures I never had the chance to get when I was a kid and just drooled over in the catalogues. The recent Sky Lynx reissue is a perfect example. But even worn figures might still have life. If you haven't already, check out
http://www.reprolabels.com. Their reissued sticker sets for G1 figures sometimes make all the difference for an older TF.
weverhat wrote:Oddly, Animated is slowly growing on me. My initial reaction upon seeing the cartoon/toys was negative. But the alt modes have really begun to grow on me. Something about the clean, simple, yet stylish alt modes and slender well-articulated bot modes for most of the figures is appealing to me. I guess it's also because I am really digging the new series.
I couldn't have said that better myself--I may be getting all of these!
Good luck and welcome back!
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He was all I really intended to get at first, but I guess the fan in me never really died - it just went dormant for a very long time. Leader Prime was so awesome that I decided to get all the characters that appeared in the movie. Then I decided to get the figures from the video game, and then the figures that were kinda in the movie as vehicles, and then I decided I would get all the new molds, and then I figured what the heck I have almost all of them I might as well get the rest of the figures as well to have a complete line. However I drew the line on some of the repaints and the Walmart/ToysRUs/Target exclusives which I learned were repaints from older toy lines. While some of them had fairly realistic alt modes, their robot modes did not match the aesthetics of the alien-looking bot modes of the rest of the movie line.
But sometimes I wonder 
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