How long do you play with your toys for?

[SkyWarp91]

I have so many and most of the time I'm busy with other things that I only play with my figs for about a couple of hours and then bam, stored away and time to play with a new fig.

[loophole]

hardly anytime the most for me would be about half an hour

[GoktimusPrime]

Depends how busy I am. Sometimes a few minutes, sometimes a few hours. Sometimes if I'm building an exciting campaign I'll "pause" the play and resume it later. This usually means that the toys are left on the playroom floor overnight. ;)

But unless I know I have more free time to spare, I usually play a "stand alone" story with my toys with a simple plot that can be finished quickly. If I have more time I'll try longer and more epic "complex" stories.

[5FDP]

Just long enough to get them out of the box and put them on display :p

(that is if I open them at all :eek:)

[Sharky]

Depends how busy I am. Sometimes a few minutes, sometimes a few hours. Sometimes if I'm building an exciting campaign I'll "pause" the play and resume it later. This usually means that the toys are left on the playroom floor overnight. ;)

But unless I know I have more free time to spare, I usually play a "stand alone" story with my toys with a simple plot that can be finished quickly. If I have more time I'll try longer and more epic "complex" stories.

This disturbs me.....



Just long enough to get them out of the box and put them on display :p

(that is if I open them at all :eek:)

this is more how i do it!!

[gekisou]

Depends how busy I am. Sometimes a few minutes, sometimes a few hours. Sometimes if I'm building an exciting campaign I'll "pause" the play and resume it later. This usually means that the toys are left on the playroom floor overnight. ;)

But unless I know I have more free time to spare, I usually play a "stand alone" story with my toys with a simple plot that can be finished quickly. If I have more time I'll try longer and more epic "complex" stories.

What he said. :)

[kup]

I don't really play with my toys but mostly like to pose them and admire their sculpts/engineering. When I get a new toy that I like, I will usually pick it up and fiddle with it by triggering gimmicks and transforming it back and forth.


This disturbs me.....

Goki's 'passion' disturbed me at first but I have grown used to it :p

[VERT]

I don't really play with my toys but mostly like to pose them and admire their sculpts/engineering. When I get a new toy that I like, I will usually pick it up and fiddle with it by triggering gimmicks and transforming it back and forth.



Goki's 'passion' disturbed me at first but I have grown used to it :p

Same as Kup. I just sit while watching TV transforming something. But I do Play with my 5 year old Daughter with them before she goes to bed. :D And yes Gok disturb's me ha ha ha

[liegeprime]

See now what youve done! Play quietly in the corner Gok your disturbing the other kids at play:p:p;)!

I usually fiddle play a few minutes then put em on their "place" on the shelves!
I used to make stories in my head but since the collection has grown, I only end up now fiddle playing with a few figures a day sometimes every other day.....

Cleaning the shelves takes more hours than it should due to this "fiddle play" in between :o;) wiping shelves

[Paulbot]

I think "fiddle play" was the most popular last time we had this discussion and is all I get to do. Few would have the time or inclination to stage battles with them.

I'd transform a new figure several times but then they tend to go into storage (unless it's an ace toy and then it has a longer shelf life).

[GoktimusPrime]

Personally speaking, the notion of buying toys and not playing with them makes about as much sense to me as buying a book and never reading it. If I ever start feeling inclined to stop playing with toys, that's when I'll stop collecting - and quite frankly I'd consider getting rid of any toys I don't play with anymore.

Some of you have seen my recent sales threads for various non TF toys like Marvel, DC, Street Fighter, Warcraft, Starcraft, Halo TMNT etc. -- these are all toys that I no longer play with, hence I've sold them. There are some other toys that I haven't played with in ages too (Star Wars, GI Joe, LotR etc.) which I am contemplating about selling (don't worry, you'll see me posting a sales thread for these toys if I do decide to part with them :)).

I don't put my toys on shelves primarily for display purposes (although that is a secondary reason) - it's something I started doing as a kid to:
a/ Make them more accessible to play with (as opposed to rummaging through toy boxes)
b/ Protect them from damage if they were in toy boxes, as Transformers during my childhood were often the most easily breakable if squashed in a box full of MotU, GI Joes, Star Wars etc.

But recently, especially since my daughter was born, I'm lucky if I have time to play with my Transformers -- I very rarely have time to play with other toys, and as such I've done the unthinkable -- I've put them in storage!! Seriously... once a toy's in a closed box tucked away out of sight in my garage... what's the freakin' point of keeping those toys?!? To me that feels more like hoarding rather than collecting. So yeah... keep your eyes peeled on the non-TF sales sections folks. ;)

[Bartrim]

Depends how busy I am. Sometimes a few minutes, sometimes a few hours. Sometimes if I'm building an exciting campaign I'll "pause" the play and resume it later. This usually means that the toys are left on the playroom floor overnight. ;)

But unless I know I have more free time to spare, I usually play a "stand alone" story with my toys with a simple plot that can be finished quickly. If I have more time I'll try longer and more epic "complex" stories.

Just curious Gok, what sort of storylines do you play out? Do you renact old G1 stories or do you make your own up? If you make up your own where do you get your ideas from? Are your storylines simple childish cartoon stories or more mature storylines like you see in some comics?

[LordCyrusOmega]

I agree with Gok. Toys are meant to be played with. The only downside is when an arm accidentally gets twisted off.
When i get a new one i play with it for ages then it goes on the shelf. Sometimes whole lines get pulled off the shelf and live on the coffee table for a week while i play with them.
I like toys. I'm currently in the process of moving so they're all being bubble wrapped and packed and i hate seeing them like that. All imprisoned and without weaponry etc.
I understand people like keeping them mint in box/ on card, i could just never bring myself to do it.

[Hursticon]

I understand people like keeping them mint in box/ on card, i could just never bring myself to do it.

I'm with you on this one Lord Cyrus,

Whilst I have the utmost respect for those who have the will power to resist opening their figures, I myself just can't do it as it's my personal belief that toys/figures were designed to be handled, not imprisoned. ;)

So far I've had Animated Soundwave for about 3 hours and I've transformed him at least 10 times now. :p:D

[SkyWarp91]

I like playing with my TFs too but if I keep them out my room is going to get hell messy, thus why i have to unfortunately store them away.

The only figures that I have are still MISB are Generations WFC Bumblebee (I can't be stuffed opening it) and Universe 2.0 Hound and Ravage (Bought it on eBay at a deadly price of $60 and still too butthurt to open it)

[Hursticon]

Universe 2.0 Hound and Ravage (Bought it on eBay at a deadly price of $60 and still too butthurt to open it)

LOL :p:D
That made me laugh good there Skywarp! "Butthurt" :p:D

$60 mind you is an incredibly steep price though, is that how much they're going for now?, as I'm glad I bought at retail for $25 then. :eek:

[kup]

It also depends on what one calls 'playing'. Some would say that fiddle play is still playing.

[gdmetro]

Universe 2.0 Hound and Ravage (Bought it on eBay at a deadly price of $60 and still too butthurt to open it)

Wow...

When did you get this may I ask? Was it during the period where all sold out and pre-announcement of Henkei reissue? Im guessing that's the case, especially when the Henkei version can be bought for around $30USD currently..


Anyway in regards to the thread topic:

I used to love playing with toys as a kid... but now I really want to play, but just can't find the urge to. I display most of my collection, and the way I "play" with them is to pose them to my liking, and that gives me great enjoyment. Once in a while I'll take a certain figure, transform it and admire the beauty/engineering and re-pose.

Maybe I am weird, but sometimes I watch a few g1 episodes and fiddling with the toy of a certain character that's in the episode is really fun, makes me appreciate it more. And when the series 1/2 ending music comes up- makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside :D I love that g1 music- so awesome!

I didn't know much about brawn, but I was watching an ep with him in it, and picked up the henkei brawn figure- made me appreciate the character and toy even more!! I think this is the reason why I prefer Henkeis for more show accurate paint schemes in the classics line.

[LordCyrusOmega]

I used to love playing with toys as a kid... but now I really want to play, but just can't find the urge to. I display most of my collection, and the way I "play" with them is to pose them to my liking, and that gives me great enjoyment. Once in a while I'll take a certain figure, transform it and admire the beauty/engineering and re-pose.

Maybe I am weird, but sometimes I watch a few g1 episodes and fiddling with the toy of a certain character that's in the episode is really fun, makes me appreciate it more. And when the series 1/2 ending music comes up- makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside :D I love that g1 music- so awesome!

I didn't know much about brawn, but I was watching an ep with him in it, and picked up the henkei brawn figure- made me appreciate the character and toy even more!! I think this is the reason why I prefer Henkeis for more show accurate paint schemes in the classics line.

When i get a new figure i'll put on an episode that they are featured in while i open it. I don't have enough imagination to roleplay them anymore. I just pose and transform them.

[Seraphim Prime]

Personally speaking, the notion of buying toys and not playing with them makes about as much sense to me as buying a book and never reading it.

But i do that too!

My current pile of "too read" books is getting quite high. :P

I personally have new stuff on a shelf that I recently bought, which sits next to my desk at home, so newer figs often get fiddle play every know and then as I try to work something out, but really I stopped doing the mass stories a while ago, when I stopped having enouigh hours in the day to set them up and take them down before I got to bed.

[GoktimusPrime]

Just curious Gok, what sort of storylines do you play out? Do you renact old G1 stories or do you make your own up? If you make up your own where do you get your ideas from? Are your storylines simple childish cartoon stories or more mature storylines like you see in some comics?
All of the above. ;) It all depends on how much free time I have and how I'm feeling at the time. Usually during holidays I can sit down and build a rather complex story arc while I play... but otherwise I'll just go into short stories. Sometimes I'll plagiarise things left, right and centre, and other times I try to be more original. All depends on available free time and how I'm fleeing at the particular moment. :D

You can read a bit about some of the zany stories I've made while playing with my toys here (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=5624)... just keep in mind that none of it is at all pre-planned/scripted/drafted or anything... I just grabbed some toys and started playing and the stories just fly out spontaneously. So I know they're not terribly good; but they were never intended to be. It's simply a by-product of what happens when I play with my toys. :D


It also depends on what one calls 'playing'. Some would say that fiddle play is still playing.
Yeah, I'd still count that as playing, though not as fun or satisfying to me as creative fantasy play. But I often fiddle with toys cos really... it's just easy when you're short on time. Last night I had a fiddle with G1 Ironhide. No voices, sound effects, stories or anything... just... fiddled.

[LordCyrusOmega]

I wish i could still fantasy play. It may be weird but my collection means so much to me that each robot has it's own personality. I have this notion that they get up and play at night when i'm asleep. Not really of course but it brings back some of the magic of childhood for me.
I feel bad if i leave them boxed for to long.

[SkyWarp91]

LOL :p:D
That made me laugh good there Skywarp! "Butthurt" :p:D

$60 mind you is an incredibly steep price though, is that how much they're going for now?, as I'm glad I bought at retail for $25 then. :eek:


Wow...

When did you get this may I ask? Was it during the period where all sold out and pre-announcement of Henkei reissue? Im guessing that's the case, especially when the Henkei version can be bought for around $30USD currently..




I got Hound at the start of the year I think, before I joined the boards so I had no idea what prices were good or not - I just wanted the toy... ..now I know I could get it cheaper - SOB!

[liegeprime]

LOL :p:D
That made me laugh good there Skywarp! "Butthurt" :p:D

$60 mind you is an incredibly steep price though, is that how much they're going for now?, as I'm glad I bought at retail for $25 then. :eek:

yeah teeheeehehehehe my imagination is running wild at the moment... so pardon me for this senseless post, I cant remember ATM what I was gonna post originally as a reply....:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:p:p:p

butthurt hehehehehee:o:D:p

[SkyWarp91]

yeah teeheeehehehehe my imagination is running wild at the moment... so pardon me for this senseless post, I cant remember ATM what I was gonna post originally as a reply....:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:p:p:p

butthurt hehehehehee:o:D:p

Trust me when you spend too much on 1 figure that shouldn't cost that much you'll feel sore too

[gdmetro]

All of the above. ;) It all depends on how much free time I have and how I'm feeling at the time. Usually during holidays I can sit down and build a rather complex story arc while I play... but otherwise I'll just go into short stories. Sometimes I'll plagiarise things left, right and centre, and other times I try to be more original. All depends on available free time and how I'm fleeing at the particular moment. :D

You can read a bit about some of the zany stories I've made while playing with my toys here (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=5624)... just keep in mind that none of it is at all pre-planned/scripted/drafted or anything... I just grabbed some toys and started playing and the stories just fly out spontaneously. So I know they're not terribly good; but they were never intended to be. It's simply a by-product of what happens when I play with my toys. :D


Yeah, I'd still count that as playing, though not as fun or satisfying to me as creative fantasy play. But I often fiddle with toys cos really... it's just easy when you're short on time. Last night I had a fiddle with G1 Ironhide. No voices, sound effects, stories or anything... just... fiddled.

Wow! Sounds really fun. Can't skip the sounds "pew pew pew"



Trust me when you spend too much on 1 figure that shouldn't cost that much you'll feel sore too

Yeah it stings when you know you got ripped. Could be worse, just hold onto it mosc for a few years, and hopefully the price will go up a bit.

[SharkyMcShark]

I don't really play with my toys but mostly like to pose them and admire their sculpts/engineering. When I get a new toy that I like, I will usually pick it up and fiddle with it by triggering gimmicks and transforming it back and forth.

Same. I don't stand there going pew pew or set up battle scenes, but I transform them back and forth idly while studying mainly.

[JuzMel]

If playing according to Gok means "stories, sound effects or voices etc..." then I certainly have not played with my TFs at all. :p

Like some of the guys here, I'm mostly a MISB collector and only really open those that I like and would like to tranform them to see how they look. Other reason why I don't open them is also because our place is too small and most of my TFs and Lego are stacked or packed in boxes awaiting the move to their new home called the Rumpus room in future. ;)

But for those that I do open and transform, I prefer to take portrait shots of them with different poses.

[GoktimusPrime]

If playing according to Gok means "stories, sound effects or voices etc..." then I certainly have not played with my TFs at all.
There are different kinds of play (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_%28activity%29). I prefer full on fantasy play, but when I'm short on time or just tired I'll just fiddle-play. I think in reality most of us switch between being kinds of players depending on certain factors. For example, I have a few toys that I keep sealed (they're all doubles ;)). And sometimes I like to fiddle play, but I really love to fantasy play - so I predominantly consider myself a fantasy player.

According to the "How do you play with your Transformers?" poll (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=5581):

75% of us fiddle play
The Fiddler http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/collector%20types/th_collectortype_fiddler.jpg

13.25% of us don't play with our toys
The Curator http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/collector%20types/th_collectortype_curator.jpg

8% of us fantasy play with our toys
The Player http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/collector%20types/th_collectortype_player.jpg

...and 4% selected "other" (e.g. kitbashers etc.)
The Artisan http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/collector%20types/th_collectortype_artisan.jpg

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

ROFL! Aaah, gok, you do make laugh sometimes. Love that curator pic ;)

I mostly fiddle play, usually leaving a new toy out on my foot tool in front of the telly and playing with it on the couch.

I realised that I don't spend enough quality time with my TFs which is why I set up my blog, now I have begun enjoying them for their poses and articulation as well as reviewing them too. The reviewing side of things has made me assess the reasons why I like a figure so much, wheras before I would just go "yep, ots optimus. Cool." Now I sit there and think 'Good colours, articulations is cool, nice moulding' etc etc. Plus the posing and photographing is now a bit more constructive with somewhere to publish them.

Role playing, hmm, I still enjoy it, but rarely have time for it. Most days off work/tudy are filled with housework :( leaving little time for a battle. The last one I had was when Encore Omega Supreme showed up and I had a heap of new animated toys as well. It was good to get that kiddy feeling again. The wife was a bit shocked though.

he has seen me do that before, but it was when I got my Fort max, in about 2003. Such an impressive figure, I couldn't resist the urge and had to have a base attack battle. Dragged out almost every figure I had then. It was a mughty battle. I have a tendency to just make it up as I go along, no particular story line. It all depends on how I feel at the time.

Wow, that was longer than I thought it would be. Oh and as for 'Quality time' the time is for me, not the TFs, I find it most relaxing to just mess about with a couple of toys. Its a great stress reliever I find. (unless its Omega Prime or Big convoy...)

[SamLoi888]

There are different kinds of play (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_%28activity%29). I prefer full on fantasy play, but when I'm short on time or just tired I'll just fiddle-play. I think in reality most of us switch between being kinds of players depending on certain factors. For example, I have a few toys that I keep sealed (they're all doubles ;)). And sometimes I like to fiddle play, but I really love to fantasy play - so I predominantly consider myself a fantasy player.

According to the "How do you play with your Transformers?" poll (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=5581):

75% of us fiddle play
The Fiddler http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/collector%20types/th_collectortype_fiddler.jpg

13.25% of us don't play with our toys
The Curator http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/collector%20types/th_collectortype_curator.jpg

8% of us fantasy play with our toys
The Player http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/collector%20types/th_collectortype_player.jpg

...and 4% selected "other" (e.g. kitbashers etc.)
The Artisan http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/collector%20types/th_collectortype_artisan.jpg

That's funny! :D :cool:

I try to do a bit of all four of Goki's stereotypes there to different degrees. The fantasy 'Player' in me makes up short stories with whatever is laying around the desk or room at any given point in time. e.g. Heroclix Joe Fixit Hulk in mob clothes is standing cross-armed adjudicating a battle between Lego-type Halo minifigs with one side led by the Hayabusa Spartan and the other made up of Covenant Elite. Meanwhile...on another part of the planet, an unlikely group of stranded refugees made up of a Lego Mech/Bot Type Thing, Cute Anime Girl in Underwear, Decepticon Orange Minicon Tiger and G1 Reissue Hoist attempt to trek the wasteland and find a way back to some sort of civilisation. Tempers are short and Decepticon Orange Minicon Tiger is starting to look at Cute Anime Girl in Underwear like a piece of meat.
G1 Reissue Hoist, ever the pacifist, is starting to worry about the situation quickly deteriorating while Lego Mech/Bot Type Thing is pretty much an emotionless drone who is along for the ride.

[heroic_decepticon]

Just long enough to get them out of the box and put them on display :p




this is more how i do it!!

I'm pretty much like that, unfortunately. It's not my preferred mode of play, but it is unfortunately all the time I have after spending time on other things, amongst them hunting for more toys!



Goki's 'passion' disturbed me at first but I have grown used to it :p

I would like to play like that too and it would so remember me of how I used to role play with my brother - battle scenarios, stories, using the boxes to built make shift bases for the TFs and all that. I just don't seem to be able to do that and have not been able to for more than 10 years - The last active role play I had was with MOTU figures when I bought my vintage Snake Mountain.


I have this notion that they get up and play at night when i'm asleep.

Your notion has been been made into 3 highly sucessful animated movies. Any more notions to clue us in on? :p


Trust me when you spend too much on 1 figure that shouldn't cost that much you'll feel sore too

You'll feel much better after reading my experience here. (http://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.com/2009/10/masterforce-c309-godbomber-whirlwind.html)



I realised that I don't spend enough quality time with my TFs which is why I set up my blog, now I have begun enjoying them for their poses and articulation as well as reviewing them too... Plus the posing and photographing is now a bit more constructive with somewhere to publish them.

I'm with you there, which is why I have my blog! :D

[Tallestblue]

I'd say I do the fiddle play with my toys but in my head it's more a comedy set in my apartment ala Wayward's Insecticomics. Or someimes it's Crisis on Infinite Cybertrons.

[gdmetro]

I


You'll feel much better after reading my experience here. (http://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.com/2009/10/masterforce-c309-godbomber-whirlwind.html)



Wow... what a story.

Epic blog HD- such an enjoyable read-shall endeavor to read more !

[SkyWarp91]

8% of us fantasy play with our toys
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/collector%20types/th_collectortype_player.jpg

Caption: When TFs take revenge on Gok after being kept in his toy room... :)



I mostly fiddle play, usually leaving a new toy out on my foot tool in front of the telly and playing with it on the couch.

I realised that I don't spend enough quality time with my TFs which is why I set up my blog, now I have begun enjoying them for their poses and articulation as well as reviewing them too. The reviewing side of things has made me assess the reasons why I like a figure so much, wheras before I would just go "yep, ots optimus. Cool." Now I sit there and think 'Good colours, articulations is cool, nice moulding' etc etc. Plus the posing and photographing is now a bit more constructive with somewhere to publish them.


A blog eh? What an interesting way to spend time with your TFs that can cost alot of money :)


That's funny! :D :cool:

I try to do a bit of all four of Goki's stereotypes there to different degrees. The fantasy 'Player' in me makes up short stories with whatever is laying around the desk or room at any given point in time. e.g. Heroclix Joe Fixit Hulk in mob clothes is standing cross-armed adjudicating a battle between Lego-type Halo minifigs with one side led by the Hayabusa Spartan and the other made up of Covenant Elite. Meanwhile...on another part of the planet, an unlikely group of stranded refugees made up of a Lego Mech/Bot Type Thing, Cute Anime Girl in Underwear, Decepticon Orange Minicon Tiger and G1 Reissue Hoist attempt to trek the wasteland and find a way back to some sort of civilisation. Tempers are short and Decepticon Orange Minicon Tiger is starting to look at Cute Anime Girl in Underwear like a piece of meat.
G1 Reissue Hoist, ever the pacifist, is starting to worry about the situation quickly deteriorating while Lego Mech/Bot Type Thing is pretty much an emotionless drone who is along for the ride.

That is one wild imagination you got bud!





You'll feel much better after reading my experience here. (http://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.com/2009/10/masterforce-c309-godbomber-whirlwind.html)
:D

Did you get Overlord back (and those other TFs) again?

[heroic_decepticon]

Wow... what a story.

Epic blog HD- such an enjoyable read-shall endeavor to read more !

Thanks! :D
Hursty seems to enjoy, I hope you do too.


A blog eh? What an interesting way to spend time with your TFs that can cost alot of money :)

yup, its odd. But then again, not so odd. I can't speak for everyone, but I think the joy is in the journey (read - the toy hunting) as much as in acquiring the toy. I almost exclusively collect G1, so I don't transform them much because I don't want them to become loose.



Did you get Overlord back (and those other TFs) again?

Yup. In the end I did get back a MIB Overlord (http://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.com/2010/06/destron-ambassador-of-destruction-d-307.html)in 2008 from Hong Kong. (http://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.com/2008/01/oh-my-god-master.html)

[5FDP]

13.25% of us don't play with our toys
The Curator http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/collector%20types/th_collectortype_curator.jpg


Wow, that's exactly the face I make :rolleyes: ;) :)

Life's pretty straight without Twisties Gok :D

[LordCyrusOmega]

Your notion has been been made into 3 highly sucessful animated movies. Any more notions to clue us in on? :p


What movies are they? i'm so uninformed.

I have a notion that they feel trapped and cry when they are locked in boxes or, as they are at the moment, bound tightly in bubble wrap.

[heroic_decepticon]

What movies are they? i'm so uninformed.

animated movies.
erm.... Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999) and Toy Story 3 (2010).


I have a notion that they feel trapped and cry when they are locked in boxes or, as they are at the moment, bound tightly in bubble wrap.

they sort of do all that in the movies too. :D

[LordCyrusOmega]

Of course those movies.

I also think that when i single one out and play with it more then others the others will gang up on it out of jealousy

[Bartrim]

8% of us fantasy play with our toys
The Player http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/collector%20types/th_collectortype_player.jpg



Judging by the look on your face that caption should read...
8% of us require more fibre:p