Forgetting what you actually have

[requiemau88]

So the other day I had that surreal moment when I couldn't remember if I had a certain transformer or not. Currently over the 600 mark and up until that I had it all in my head. This time I had to look up my shmax account to check......

At what point did You reach the 'surreal' moment?

[MayzaPrime]

So the other day I had that surreal moment when I couldn't remember if I had a certain transformer or not. Currently over the 600 mark and up until that I had it all in my head. This time I had to look up my shmax account to check......

At what point did You reach the 'surreal' moment?

Haha I have a borderline eidetic memory I remember almost everything, that i deem relevant, which worries me as I almost bought 2 AoE Slugs

[dirge]

Years ago I was going through my BW toys and discovered I have Torca. I had no recollection of when or where I got him & had to work out how to transform him again (it was opened already). I was genuinely amazed that I'd discovered this!

[liegeprime]

hmmm. My memory has a few gaps already hahaha. I can't remember when I started lapsing but so far I haven't doubled up purchase on anything TF wise, but I have done so for DCUC figures ;P. For Tf's my double ups are intentional - Army building...

As for lapse in memories with transformation... well there's a lot of that already, unless it's G1. More on figures I don't usually play with - Energon, Alternators, Bayverse and the first MPs.... which is why every now and then I do pick up a random figure just to fiddle play - transform back and forth.. doesn't often happen though lately...

[GoktimusPrime]

This happens to me more with my manga collection than Transformers. :p

[requiemau88]

This happens to me more with my manga collection than Transformers. :p

I know right? I had to re-organize the library the other day ...

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Aplogizes for the terible pic, smaller room and had to use panorama to get the first shot

The other half of the lib is my fiction and then all the comics ...

[liegeprime]

This happens to me more with my manga collection than Transformers. :p

oh yeah now that you mentioned it... me too hahah...the double ended up as a gift to my friend who's primarily a comics collector so all good hahah.

[mknell]

I currently have the problem that I have forgotten what I have because allot of it has been packed up in boxes while we rented last year and now we own our own house they are all comming out and I get surprised when I open some boxes

[Trent]

My collection isn't nearly big enough for me to have this problem :)

[Megatran]

My collection isn't nearly big enough for me to have this problem :)

I too will never have this problem. WISH I DID. :D

[BigTransformerTrev]

It's happened to me with a few smaller figures (below deluxe) where I've not really cared too much about the character, seen the figure in the shop a few months later and can't remember if I have the blasted thing or not :o. Never ended up buying a second of a toy by accident but do have quite a few double ups on comics :p

[griffin]

...seen the figure in the shop a few months later and can't remember if I have the blasted thing or not :o. Never ended up buying a second of a toy by accident....

(puts hand up sheepishly) :o

Usually it is insignificant items though, like gimmick stuff that isn't worth remembering. :p

[Oberon Sexton]

My local comic place usually stock piles the comics I buy till it gets to a certain point, so I'm dropping like $200 at a time on comics every 3 months or so. The hard part is that I actually keep up with the comics I read by downloading them, so when it's time to buy them they're pretty much bagged and boarded straight away, put into the comic boxes. I have a few gaps in my collection because of this, and it frustrates me, lol.

[Krayt]

Bigger problem is remembering where they all are! I just repacked my 84-85 box (no room to display) as I had it out to fix a broken sludge recently.... Barrage and Thrust have gone walk abouts!

But that said.... There was a second Brawn in there.... When he he'll did I get a second brawn?

[BigTransformerTrev]

Bigger problem is remembering where they all are!

Oh dude - preachin to the choir! I've got pretty much my entire 1500 in twenty 140L crates. I've been jonsein to put together a Grimlock display - do you think I have any idea where all my Big Grim's are?! I can't even find the War Within Titanium one, and he's still MISB :eek:

[liegeprime]

I currently have the problem that I have forgotten what I have because allot of it has been packed up in boxes while we rented last year and now we own our own house they are all comming out and I get surprised when I open some boxes

Well at least it feels like you bought a new figure all over again hehehe :D:D

[klystron]

This thread is the reason the phrase "first world problems" exists.
Still, its one I'd be happy to have.

I only have <200 figures, but I do have a spreadsheet for them.
Is that nerdy?

[GoktimusPrime]

I only have <200 figures, but I do have a spreadsheet for them.
Is that nerdy?
I don't think so. I first started keeping an electronic record of my Transformers collection when I had <50 in 1985. Forget two finger typing (http://cafewhispers.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/abbott_20120510141857850416.jpg), I was only typing with one finger! Fortunately, I was keeping up with the Commodore (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eofyDQItc-w). :p

[BigTransformerTrev]

This thread is the reason the phrase "first world problems" exists.
Still, its one I'd be happy to have.

I only have <200 figures, but I do have a spreadsheet for them.
Is that nerdy?

Heh - first world problems - very true :)

This time last year I started to move all my cataloging info over from a 50-page word document to a Microsoft excel document to make it easier. But that was nearly 200 figures ago now and I hadn't finished back then anyway so I'm still doing it the simple stupid way :o

[Bidoofdude]

I don't think so. I first started keeping an electronic record of my Transformers collection when I had <50 in 1985. Forget two finger typing (http://cafewhispers.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/abbott_20120510141857850416.jpg), I was only typing with one finger! Fortunately, I was keeping up with the Commodore (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eofyDQItc-w). :p

What format do you use to record your collection? I've been trying but I can't find a suitable method. Anyone else?

[Raider]

The only time I have messed up so far is not remembering what I have ordered. I purchased MP Acidstorm from Robotkingdom but I had a pre-order in the list so I wasn't going to receive it for about 3 months. In the meantime I forgot I ordered it and ended up getting one off eBay.

It took a few weeks before I realised I had already ordered it. RK were pretty good about it and simply cancelled that part of my order and refunded the money. I have a spreadsheet now I use to track what I have ordered so this doesn't happen again :p

[Paulbot]

I've only bought one TF twice by mistake (and that was a 3" titanium so you can see why I didn't care)

With most of my collection in storage, it's hard to do a quick shelf check. I'm pretty good at knowing what I have, but backup proof is good.

When I recently culled my collection I took a photo of what remained in each series and that's a helpful guide, and I plan to migrate that info to my spredsheet (eventually).

Last night I also had to audit my TF comics to remember which UK issues I'm missing before bidding on some eBay auctions - but now I have a definitive list of which issues I need to get and which I'd like to replace that it's in the cloud so I can get it if I stumble upon more for sale.


What format do you use to record your collection? I've been trying but I can't find a suitable method. Anyone else?

This thread might be worth a read (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=16764)

[Bidoofdude]

This thread might be worth a read (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=16764)

Thanks Paulbot. Excellent.

[BigTransformerTrev]

I had to look at old FB photos today on my phone in the shop to remember if I had bought the little Thrilling 30 G1 Starscream figure or not (turns out I had :o)

[Sharky]

this has happend to me before when i opened a box to discover toys i had i didnt know or forgot i had, so digging up some old stuff from my Collection Thread (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=7874)


Has anyone ever been suprised when going through a box and go

"crap i didnt know i had those"

happened to me tonight while i was looking for something totally different obviously i forgot i evet got these......

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h167/Steves_collection/Transformers%20Gen%202/P8010723.jpg

[Bidoofdude]

this has happend to me before when i opened a box to discover toys i had i didnt know or forgot i had, so digging up some old stuff from my Collection Thread (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=7874)

That's pretty cool, I don't know how I'd ever forget I had something though. Pretty cool to find stuff like that though.;)

[Sharky]

That's pretty cool, I don't know how I'd ever forget I had something though. Pretty cool to find stuff like that though.;)

i couldnt even tell you where i got them from i dont recall purchasing them from anywhere they were just in a box.. glad i have them but still puzzles me