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Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:26 pm

Im not sure how but i appear to have suddenly become a collector of the classics hotrod mould...
Hotrod is an OK character in my eyes but he was never one of my favs or anything but its strange because without realising it i appear to have almost every version of the classics mould here

Shattered glass
sons of cybertron
wildrider
battle in space
classics with reprolabels
classics with protector armour on
kotoys diy hotrod kit

the only ones i seem to be missing are the rts+clear proector and henkei version

has anyone else suddenly realised they seem to be collecting alot of 1 mould without noticing it?

News Credits: 3 · Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:32 pm

the classics and MP seeker mold....but completely intentional :lol:

News Credits: 241 · Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:54 pm

Fistful of Energon wrote:the classics and MP seeker mold....but completely intentional

Funny you should mention Seekers... I'm a big fan of jets, but for some strange reason, most of them are either Starscream or Skywarp. Thundercracker is barely catching up in my collection count. :lol:

Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:05 pm

huh...i didnt even notice that too till you mentioned it...aside from the kotoys rainmakers i seem to have alot of classics seekers

ghost starscream/ghost thundercracker/ghost skywarp/henkei sunstorm/ghost dirge/ghost thrust/ghost ramjet/henkei ramjet/classics dirge/classics thrust/classics skywarp/classics starscream/classics thundercracker

wow i really want to kotoys death starscream now even more. I cant belive i didnt notice i got all these seekers to.

looking at it i seem to have alot of classic prime moulds as well

i dunno if i should be ashamed or not but i seem to have x2 galvatrons as well (the classic mould)

Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:30 pm

I rarely collect more than 2 of the same mold. Only exception I make are with seekers and junkions.

Now characters are another story. I've never been a fan of Bumblebee. In fact, as a kid I hated the character in the G1 cartoon. He was constantly getting into trouble with Spike (who I also hated) and always seemed to get his ass handed to him in every fight. But since the movies, I've apparently collected well over 20 different versions of the guy! Dare I say, I've even come to find his character likable! ...Well...ate least his Movie, Animated, and Prime counterparts are likable. I still hate G1 BB, lol.

News Credits: 3 · Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:53 pm

I also collect DCUC, do they count? :lol:

they are always using the same molds for figures

Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:35 pm

I'm a fan of Hot Rod and his Classics mold, but I think the reason you're getting so many of this version is simply because the repaints and special editions are being offered. I also have several incarnations of this mold and will continue to buy if more versions are released (United Rodimus Convoy anyone?).

As others mentioned, the Seekers mold is another I have a lot of. I can only "blame" the creators of G1 for this, as I think it's fine to have multiple characters using the same jet design but with different color schemes. The KOs didn't help the matter, finally giving us access to the Rainmakers, Ghost versions of all characters, Gold/Silver/Black Death figures, etc. The NFL should lease the mold and make a Seeker with colors for each team (although I'm good calling Black Death SS the Saints mascot).

As long as there's a good reason to release repaints/redecos, I'll still buy these figures. I guess there are more out there who share these feelings.

News Credits: 3 · Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:57 pm

I somehow ended up with all four versions of the scout movie motorcycle mold: Knockout, Trenchmouth, Reverb, and Backfire.

Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:51 am

Without realizing it, I have been collecting every type of optimus prime that is in my price range! :p

News Credits: 9 · Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:51 am

I don't buy repeated molds so this hasn't happened to me but I did notice that I had quite a few Megatrons and OPs so I made more of an effort to buy more.

News Credits: 60 · Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:24 pm

I think I have more RID Prowl molds than anything... standard Rid Prowl, "Super" Rid Prowl, then botcon Sideswipe and Sunstreaker, then Redalert, and I am pretty sure there are a couple more of him in there somewhere!
Same story with the spychangers... I think I have like four complete sets of them from RID colors on... one being the tiny tin, basically for the tiny tin!