Average age of your Transformers Fan/Ozformers Member

[BigTransformerTrev]

Hi Guys and Gals,

I was about to start a new thread discussing how relatively spoilt we are (or are not) in today's toy age compared to the TF fans of the 80's, 90's and 00's. But to do so I need more data.

So please feel free to put your info into the poll above. It is completely anonymous. It will be interesting to see how the demographics play out (Baby Boomers vs Gen X vs Gen Y vs Kiddlets).


If you actually want to share your age and expand upon how you think it may have affected you as a TF fan then please do so by all means :). For instance, I will be 36 this Thursday. I was 7 when the G1 cartoon hit our TV's so it was perfectly aimed to hit all my happy buttons and rewire my brain to the point it is nearly 30 years later and I spend all my spare cash on figures that emulate or pay homage to the G1 characters I grew up with. Hence why the majority of my TF cash has gone to lines like Classics, Generations, Alternators, KRE-O's, RObot Heroes etc etc.

[Cat]

Which box would you choose if you were 60?

;)

[BigTransformerTrev]

Which box would you choose if you were 60?

;)


If you are 1 day past your 60th birthday then you would pick 60+.

If you are experiencing you 60th birthday on the day you mark your place in the poll then you mark 51 to 60.

Does this satisfy you Mr Pedantic :rolleyes:;)

[iamirondude]

thanks for reminding me that i'm getting old.

[Cat]

If you are 1 day past your 60th birthday then you would pick 60+.

If you are experiencing you 60th birthday on the day you mark your place in the poll then you mark 51 to 60.

Does this satisfy you Mr Pedantic :rolleyes:;)

Sorry, couldn't resist that one.

Your reply seriously cracked me up. :D

[BigTransformerTrev]

Sorry, couldn't resist that one.

Your reply seriously cracked me up. :D

I went fishing all day Sunday. If the fish had gone for the bait as easily as I do here I may not have come home after an entire afternoon empty handed ;)

[Paulbot]

I was 7 when the G1 cartoon hit our TV's so it was perfectly aimed to hit all my happy buttons and rewire my brain to the point it is nearly 30 years later and I spend all my spare cash on figures that emulate or pay homage to the G1 characters I grew up with.

I think you'll find many similar stories. A lot of the long-timers in this community are around the same age, being kids when G1 began.

I actually say something similar to what you said there when explaining why I've been a diehard TF so long: like "I was 6 when Transformers came out and was the perfect age..."

[Melike]

I think I was about the same age...what year did it come out over here? 1984? 1985? I would have been a little older..around 8 or 9.

[1orion2many]

Guess which one I ticked :p:D That will throw a spanner in the works:D. I think I'm Gen-X by a whisker:confused::o

[liegeprime]

Done.

[Cat]

Guess which one I ticked :p:D That will throw a spanner in the works:D. I think I'm Gen-X by a whisker:confused::o

Do you get much use out of your Senior Citizens discount card?

:p:p

[Ultra Mackness]

Done.

Like a few already, I was 9 when seeing G1 for the first time and after being conditioned by the marketing for Star Wars, then MOTU, I was smack in the middle of the key demographic for TFs, with the phrase "collect them all" still ringing in my head close on 30 years later!

I'll be very curious to see the final results, but I think the mode will most likely be the 36-40 category.

[5FDP]

Homer Simpson: “I'm a white male aged 18 to 49, everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are.” :D

[Bartrim]

Guess which one I ticked :p:D That will throw a spanner in the works:D. I think I'm Gen-X by a whisker:confused::o

The Australian Bureau of Statistics lists Gen-X as 1965-1981 so I just get in too... but I think we are on opposite ends of the spectrum:p

[CHILENO20]

I'm 31 so I started watching when I was 2 years old. Lot's of great memories & they got me for life!

[griffin]

Damn, we are getting old. :(
When we first started, most of us were around the 20 mark.... now the largest group are late 30s.

And I used to joke about middle-aged toy collectors, or at least, not seeing myself ever being one... and now many of us are just about there.

[Melike]

Well, I don't feel so old anymore. Every now and again I do wonder if I'm too old for this sort of stuff but then I get a metroplex and everything's alright again.

[UltraMarginal]

This is a very interesting Poll.

I believe I was 5 when Transformers came out. hooked.

The fact that there are members who talk about their wife watching how much they spend on their collection and others who talk about setting aside a collection room in their new house... points to an older average age amongst the group.

[1orion2many]

Do you get much use out of your Senior Citizens discount card?

:p:p

No I can't buy transformers with it:p

[1orion2many]

The Australian Bureau of Statistics lists Gen-X as 1965-1981 so I just get in too... but I think we are on opposite ends of the spectrum:p

:eek:I do scrape into Gen-X :D

[llamatron]

Australia might be a bit unique in that the G1 cartoon was still airing reruns all the way through to... 1995ish? Although at some point it become the G2 version. The gold-box Classics meant that we had a good selection of G1 toys around through to the early 90's. What I'm trying to say is that when I was about 5/6 (1991/2) I can vividly remember being able to watch G1 on TV and getting toys like the "Classic" Stunticons for Xmas... so us "younger" folk can be authentically G1 and not have a receding hairline (yet).

[Trent]

:eek:I do scrape into Gen-X :D

Amusing to see all you old Gen X fossils feeling your age :p

Good idea Trev. We can get an idea of who will be soon be selling their collection to fund their retirement ;)

[Shirokaze]

Surprised to see a few in the under 25s bracket which I guess could be attributed to the movies bringing people into the fandom.

I remember when I began collecting 10 years ago there was only one bloke around my age. :p

[DELTAprime]

The Australian Bureau of Statistics lists Gen-X as 1965-1981 so I just get in too... but I think we are on opposite ends of the spectrum:p

Oh darn, I'm not Gen X.:( X is the cool letter.:(

I'd also like to take this time to object to Hasbro calling this the 30th Anniversary of Transformers. I was born in 1984 and I'm 29 god damit. I'm not 30!!!:p:D

[griffin]

I too don't like them using the "30th" label so early... but I guess with the total disappointment that was the 25th anniversary (thanks to the second Michael Bay movie taking up all their resources), I guess Hasbro wanted to at least commemorate the feat this time in some way, BEFORE the movie line takes over retail shelves and (fan) media attention from April to November.
That only leaves a couple months at the start of the year before Retailers start cutting back on all TFs product just to clear shelves in time for their big launch of Movie toys. And it is unlikely we'll see retailers restocking before the end of the year (if the last three years have shown us anything).

I think Hasbro will try to push out as much Generations stuff as possible next year, but they will get a lot of resistance from Retailers, who just want to focus on the Movie toys throughout most of 2014.
We could have had some really nice commemorative stuff too, if it weren't for the TF4 movie, as the 20th Anniversary gave us a couple things (before the Brand was big enough to warrant too much fanfare). The popularity now could have had some big things for the 25th and 30th.... but now we will just have to wait for the 40th Anniversary, and hope we don't have Michael Bay's "TF27 - the Prime Revenge of the Dark Age of Bumblebee" getting in the way of that one too... :p

[Bidoofdude]

Australia might be a bit unique in that the G1 cartoon was still airing reruns all the way through to... 1995ish? Although at some point it become the G2 version. The gold-box Classics meant that we had a good selection of G1 toys around through to the early 90's. What I'm trying to say is that when I was about 5/6 (1991/2) I can vividly remember being able to watch G1 on TV and getting toys like the "Classic" Stunticons for Xmas... so us "younger" folk can be authentically G1 and not have a receding hairline (yet).

We had reruns for most of the 2004-2008 period as well.

[Starscream77]

I am 36 so I guess that makes me 'middle aged' :eek:

[Hursticon]

Bloody hell, 4 years late to the Gen-X party myself and it sucks because Gen-Ys are always looked upon poorly :( - I guess I can at least say that I existed for the back half of the 80s. :D

[MayzaPrime]

Im just in the 26-30 range

Next year I wont be though :eek:

[Jetfire in the sky]

Bloody hell, 4 years late to the Gen-X party myself and it sucks because Gen-Ys are always looked upon poorly :( - I guess I can at least say that I existed for the back half of the 80s. :D

I wouldn't sweat it Hursti, my brother was born in '86 and has two siblings who are gen x-ers and guess how he turned out. He can't stand the "typical" Gen Y-er. In my previous line of work I saw a big difference in the two generations but the date they were born was very blurred.

[GoktimusPrime]

Like many others here, I was a child of the 1980s who grew up with the original series of Transformers which we just called "Transformers" (the name "Generation 1" was only coined around mid 1993 when G2 came out and everything before it automatically became "G1" by default ;)).

Aah, the Eighties... :D
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/G1%20toyplay/th_g1_1988.jpg

[Firestorm]

I turned 22 last week, my introduction to Transformers came from watching Beast Wars as a little kid, insta-hooked

[BigTransformerTrev]

Okey doke, out of the 64 reposes so far this is the results:

Mean: 31.8
Median: 33
Mode 38

Cheers guys and gals, t'was interesting to see the results :):):)

[DELTAprime]

Okey doke, out of the 64 reposes so far this is the results:

Mean: 31.8
Median: 33
Mode 38

Cheers guys and gals, t'was interesting to see the results :):):)

Mean, Median, Mode??? I have no idea what your talking about.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Mean, Median, Mode??? I have no idea what your talking about.

Different forms of averages ;). And since there have been another couple of extra people put their data on they are all moot now anyway :rolleyes:

You can usually take the Mean as the average of all the numbers

[Jetfire in the sky]

Mean, Median, Mode??? I have no idea what your talking about.

Mean = average
Median = the middle number
Mode = the most common number

[Jetfire in the sky]

Like many others here, I was a child of the 1980s who grew up with the original series of Transformers which we just called "Transformers" (the name "Generation 1" was only coined around mid 1993 when G2 came out and everything before it automatically became "G1" by default ;)).

Aah, the Eighties... :D
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/G1%20toyplay/th_g1_1988.jpg

I have to ask, do the kids in the white shirts have hats on or some sort of totally rad Afro? :p:confused:

[DELTAprime]

Mean = average
Median = the middle number
Mode = the most common number

I take it I should have either paid more attention in school, or not forgotten everything I learned in school. :o

[5FDP]

I take it I should have either paid more attention in school, or not forgotten everything I learned in school. :o

You and me both (is that correct gramma.... :confused:)

[BigTransformerTrev]

Mean = average
Median = the middle number
Mode = the most common number

You explained that far more succinctly and clearly than I would of :D


And I suppose I should actually be listing the Mode as 36-40 rather than 38, which is just the middle age of that bracket

[Megatran]

Aah, the Eighties... :D
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/G1%20toyplay/th_g1_1988.jpg

Yes, the 80s. Things were so simple back then.

I recognise that hair style. I think it's called 'Mum places a bowl over your head and snip snip she goes'. ;)

[GoktimusPrime]

I recognise that hair style. I think it's called 'Mum places a bowl over your head and snip snip she goes'. ;)
That's the one! :D

[liegeprime]

Yes, the 80s. Things were so simple back then.

I recognise that hair style. I think it's called 'Mum places a bowl over your head and snip snip she goes'. ;)

ha! must be a large bowl then, there's quite a bit left there.... :D

So I guess Im in the mode then.:D

[1AZRAEL1]

Bloody hell, 4 years late to the Gen-X party myself and it sucks because Gen-Ys are always looked upon poorly :( - I guess I can at least say that I existed for the back half of the 80s. :D

You and me both, but you and I both least have more common sense than most other people of our age, or "Gen-Yers"


I take it I should have either pai
d more attention in school, or not forgotten everything I learned in school. :o

I scored really highly in Math, and I still forgot that. School was 10 years ago for me :eek:


You and me both (is that correct gramma.... :confused:)

Ask the school teachers of the forum :p

[Jinto]

I was, ah, 'being assembled' when Transformers came out. I owe my addiction to birthday gifts as I grew up.

[kup]

Good, I am not as old as some :)

[Gofigure]

Woohoo 38 most common number!!!!

I'm only 37 ;)

[1orion2many]

Respect your elders:p:D Fossilisation here I come:D

[Stug]

Well I finally got around to voting... did absolutely nothing to shift the mode :rolleyes:

[Cat]

Respect your elders:p:D Fossilisation here I come:D

He's forgotten he's already voted.

NURSE!?

[nexusnixx]

Always thought u r sweet 16 fresh from high school. Ohhhh no

Submit my poll too


Respect your elders:p:D Fossilisation here I come:D

[1orion2many]

He's forgotten he's already voted.

NURSE!?

:rolleyes:How can I forget, I'm the only one in my age bracket 1-10 but I clicked the wrong button:p:D

[BigTransformerTrev]

Okey dokey, I decided to wait until this thread dropped off the first page before I did the calculations again:


Total pieces of data: 97 (awesome!)
Average Age of Ozformer members: 32
Middle Age of Ozformer members: 33
Most common age group: 36 - 40


I would be interested to know what was the youngest age out of the people who entered 11-20, and the age of the person who entered 46-50. If people want to answer that feel free to put it here or PM me.

Thanks guys, gave me some great data to go on with!

[griffin]

That's probably our most popular poll so far, with almost 100 people voting.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Total pieces of data: 97 (awesome!)



That's probably our most popular poll so far, with almost 100 people voting.

98 now - someone else just voted :p


Still, I've got enough data to be going on with and I'm wont do the calculations until this thread dissapears off the front page again
:)

Edit: Now 99 lol :D

[SuspectimusPrime]

98 now - someone else just voted :p


Still, I've got enough data to be going on with and I'm wont do the calculations until this thread dissapears off the front page again
:)

Edit: Now 99 lol :D

Nice, that makes me the 100th voter :cool:


I would be interested to know what was the youngest age out of the people who entered 11-20, and the age of the person who entered 46-50. If people want to answer that feel free to put it here or PM me.

Thanks guys, gave me some great data to go on with!

Fun fact: Our eldest voter can legally be the grandparent to one or more of our youngest voters - aHAh!

PS: Apologies to the 5 voters I have potentially insulted.

[5FDP]

Nice, that makes me the 100th voter :cool:

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/83/83425e9effa66ea64a4e06ca41e2bb2630f784af23727e04bb 2fb12ec940156e.jpg

:D

[Bartrim]

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/83/83425e9effa66ea64a4e06ca41e2bb2630f784af23727e04bb 2fb12ec940156e.jpg

:D

Seems legit.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Nice, that makes me the 100th voter :cool:
{QUOTE]

[QUOTE=5FDP;388792]http://www.quickmeme.com/img/83/83425e9effa66ea64a4e06ca41e2bb2630f784af23727e04bb 2fb12ec940156e.jpg

:D




Your prize for being the 100th voter - I'm going to set you up with all the single women that live within 2.7 miles of you that are single, online, and want to chat with you now! :D

[Trent]

[QUOTE=SuspectimusPrime;388715]Nice, that makes me the 100th voter :cool:
{QUOTE]






Your prize for being the 100th voter - I'm going to set you up with all the single women that live within 2.7 miles of you that are single, online, and want to chat with you now! :D

Only chat??:(

[BigTransformerTrev]

OK guys, for anyone who has not inputed their data yet, this is the final chance to put in your age before I do an overall tally and use the results for an upcoming discussion thread at the end of the week. Thanks to the 100+ people who have done so so far :D

[KalEl]

Currently 26, about to hit 27...

[Trent]

Lol. I've changed groups since I voted :)

[MayzaPrime]

Lol. I've changed groups since I voted :)

I have as well :p

[octopunchshotfisrt]

I'm all for simplified transformations in my toys, but I think that my like of quick transformations and solid articulation comes from my time of playing with energon toys when I was 5 or so. It just made sense to be a quick and fluid movement, and when I bought movie toys, I was constantly frustrated with the pause when I was in the zone.

But yeah, simplified transformations, but not articulation.