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News Credits: 23 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:04 pm

I was just wondering what else do other Seibertronians collect. I've been on a Gundam binge lately so figure I share the newest addition to my collection. Feel free to post and show off what else other than TFs you collect.

Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:26 pm

while its not official but rather accidental I collect coins. Not the super rare type but quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies. Iv'e also started to collect the new 1$ presidential coins. It kind of holds me over until i find a TF i really want. Next up MP Thundercracker.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:27 pm

Star Wars, the Simpsons, and vinyl figures.

News Credits: 1452 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:33 pm

News Credits: 23 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:35 pm

Blurrz wrote:

I'm still looking for a O-Raiser for my Robot Spirit OO Gundam

News Credits: 5 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:51 pm

I also collect "dome" head astromech droids from Star Wars, and I have a vast majority of the ones released since POTF. They are mixed in with my TF's randomly.

My sons collect Pixar Cars, but since I do all the leg work and the purchasing, I guess I sort of collect them too!

Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:06 pm

Though TFs have been my primary love, I have a plethora of other things that routinely tax my toy budget in the following order of priority (and what is actually displayed):

Lego- (displayed) System sets, Bionicles, and a few Mega Bloks series, the current being Neo-Shifters.

Power Rangers-(displayed) I have a tidy collection that dates from the original to current and nearly takes up the other half of my toy room.

Zoids- (Displayed) Have most of the sets I wanted already. Haven't the room for more. Still want that Gilvader reissue though. Have the 7 large scale vintage Z-Knights that used the same engineering, but are humanoid mecha.

Cybotronix- (Displayed) Motorized robots of varying sizes made by Hap-p-Kid toy group. Love these guys!

Collections that I have that I consider complete are:

Vintage Micronauts- (Still in boxes) Have all the original Megos (except Lobros, Chronos, and some of the more exotic stuff that came out after the aliens), a lot of Japanese reissues, and some vintage Takara stuff too. Have a nice collection of Neo-Henshin and 99 Henshin Cyborgs as well.

Gundam toys- (Still in boxes) American issue figs, vehicles and some model kits, all the way up to Seed.

GI Joe Sigma 6- (Still in boxes) After the tragic loss of my original 80's Joes this series filled the gap pretty well. Stopped collecting Joes again after Hasbro canned the 8 inch figures. Will not invest in tiny 3.5 figs made out of bendy-plas at 8 bucks a pop. WILL NOT!!!

Exosquad- (Displayed) One of the most awesome toy series of the 90's. Too bad Playmates killed it off by shoving Robotech down its throat. The two did NOT go together.

Beetleborgs- (Displayed) Only the borgs and the vehicles as seen in Tokusatsu. None of that idiotic American Hillhurst monster crap!

MOTU 2000- (Still in boxes) Love the line, hate the incompetents at Mattel for murdering it.

Needless to say, a lot of this stuff is in boxes awaiting the day they can be displayed. It will be a nightmare if I ever have to move! :shock:

News Credits: 3 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:10 pm

Besides Transformers? I have a bad habit of accumulating crap. I have collections of WW2 model aircraft and tanks, Victorian bottles, and swords... ...suffice to say, space is at a premium here! :-B

News Credits: 1 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:20 pm

Collect as in go out of my way to seek out rather than just say, hey, that's kinda neat when I see it and pick it up? (I have a LOT of crap in my house that falls into that latter category--such as Sharky the Shark Dog figure from Eek! the Cat, and more than a few firearms). But actual *collecting*....

Books. Holy smurfin' smurfs, I collect books. If I find an author I love, I hunt down everything they've ever written. Mostly Victorian novels, like Wilkie Collins. Have entire serieses of novels, like all of Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan saga books. I consider those 'collected' because I don't loan them out and keep them on a special shelf.

Same thing with movies: I have every Ridley Scott movie I can find. I have every John Ford war movie. I have every WWII movie John Wayne was ever in. The criteria of what I *must* have is very...odd, but it's fun to hunt down old movies or foreign ones.

Fountain pens. These are pricy as hell, so my collection is small. But every year I splurge on a nice one. And ink. I also collect fountain pen inks. In cool colors like greygreen.

My parents are insane. They have collections of the weirdest stuff. It started, in the 70s, with Hummels. Then it went to silverware. Then oriental carpets (the three in my house are castoffs from their rug collection--yeah, weirdsville) and last I heard I think it was Chinese ink brushes and stones? Compared to them, I feel...sane.

HK, it's all relative...

News Credits: 609 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:30 pm

Legos - mostly just the sci-fi-ish ones. Classic Space, Aqua themes, Agents, Exo-Force.

Books - particularly Star Trek novels.

CDs and DVDs - I've got 55 Gb of music ripped from my own physical CDs, and about 2.5 Tbs of video content ripped from DVDs I own.

I'm a fair-weather comic collector, really on Transformers. I pick them up if they have nice covers or are cheap. I've got the Casey Collier "Killing Joke" All Hail Megatron cover. Beautiful.

I wanted to start picking up some nice Lithographs and other TF art, but the whole TFCon thing has really soured me. :-(

News Credits: 2 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:22 pm

I used to be big into collecting comics but that was up until I was 14 or so. I buy comics occasionally now, only the reads that interest me rather than getting a comic simply because I collect "those" comics.

I have most of the Revoltech figures, didn't get into Fraulein, but want to get the Hokuto no Ken figures.

I'd like to start collecting outside of Transformers. I really want to get the MP King Exkaiser and MP Dragon Kaiser figures but they're pretty expensive. I also like the 12" GI Joe figures by Sideshow Collectibles. Duke, Cobra Officer, Cobra Trooper, and Cobra Commander look great. Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow don't impress me and I thought they'd be the ones to really knock my socks off.

I'm just getting into the collectible action figure scene so there's a bunch more I'm probably missing.

News Credits: 5 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:26 pm

Currently, I'm trying to cut back on my collection and only collecting the G1 stuffs due to the amount of limit space. Besides Transformers, I collect:
-Gobots,
-all of Superman DC Direct especially the reign of Supermen figures line,
-Voltron vehicle and lion (got the Matchbox, Trendmaster, and Masterpiece),
-1/48 Valkyrie,
-1/18 KITT, etc.

News Credits: 6 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:30 pm

Bionicle.

News Credits: 198 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:35 pm

Star Wars for me and I help my two year old with his Pixar Cars collection.

Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:39 pm

I collect paychecks. :twisted:

Most of which end up going to bills, food, and Transformers... :shock:

News Credits: 4 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:50 pm

Convotron wrote:I really want to get the MP King Exkaiser and MP Dragon Kaiser figures but they're pretty expensive.

I got them a few months ago. It's a very, very nice figure. BBTS just got a restock on King Exkaiser. But Dragon Kaiser is gonna cost a couple bucks though, I think I got mine for $150 shipped.

Myself, I collect mainly TF's.

But I do have a few Busou Shinkis, Several Revoltechs, A few Metroid items, Various Gundam Wing model kits, A small Iron-Man collection, And a couple Saber figures (But I keep putting off buying Saber Lily, I'll buy her one of these days). Oh and Marvel Legends Deadpool, He is pretty awesome.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:37 pm

Firebird wrote:
Convotron wrote:I really want to get the MP King Exkaiser and MP Dragon Kaiser figures but they're pretty expensive.

I got them a few months ago. It's a very, very nice figure. BBTS just got a restock on King Exkaiser. But Dragon Kaiser is gonna cost a couple bucks though, I think I got mine for $150 shipped.

Oh, thanks for the BBTS info!

How are the two figures in terms of durability and articulation? Parts like the elbows seem fairly small/slight pieces of plastic.

I watched Vange1us' review of them on Youtube a few months ago and I've been smitten by the figures ever since. I know, I'm weird.

News Credits: 4 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:48 pm

I haven't had any problems with mine. But I also saw the Vangelus Review right after I got it. So I knew what to look out for and always move where the arms meet the shoulders with great care.

Uncombined, The 2 are pretty solid figures. Good quality plastic and both have diecast legs. I have 1 or 2 issues with paint, But otherwise it is probably my most favorite newly added piece to my collection.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:53 pm

Excellent! I look forward to getting them someday.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:26 pm

Convotron wrote:I used to be big into collecting comics but that was up until I was 14 or so. I buy comics occasionally now, only the reads that interest me rather than getting a comic simply because I collect "those" comics.

I have most of the Revoltech figures, didn't get into Fraulein, but want to get the Hokuto no Ken figures.

I'd like to start collecting outside of Transformers. I really want to get the MP King Exkaiser and MP Dragon Kaiser figures but they're pretty expensive. I also like the 12" GI Joe figures by Sideshow Collectibles. Duke, Cobra Officer, Cobra Trooper, and Cobra Commander look great. Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow don't impress me and I thought they'd be the ones to really knock my socks off.

I'm just getting into the collectible action figure scene so there's a bunch more I'm probably missing.

Hey, I use to collect comics too, I even had a few vintage graded to sell on eBay.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:59 am

For me it started out with Starwars and still have some of the old and alot of the new. also I'll selling most my Starwars if anyone is interested.

Gobots which i still have and some are in good condition.

MASK vehicles and some i still have.

Transformers which i have alot of G1 stuff and still finding more...

GI Joe I have mostly the 80's style figures and have alot!!! and their for sale if anyone wants them..

I also have some Rambo figures too!

News Credits: 129 · Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:09 am

These things!

Gasha and Trading figures:

Street Fighter figures:

News Credits: 9 · Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:12 am

Dust. I keep it on the same shelves as my TFs.

Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:43 am

Other than TF's, I have a small collection of watches. I worked at a jewelry store for a short time when I got out of college and got hooked on watches. I don't have a lot, but I have nice ones.

I still have my GI Joes from growing up. They are all safely boxed up. I don't go out and buy any of the new stuff though.