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I still care about collecting. Just not retail shopping. Every time I go there they have nothing I want. I see great upcoming releases that never make it to stores. So I have to hunt online for them. The majority of toys I now buy come from this board.
So yes, I still love collecting. I just hate wasting time at the shops.
I feel the exact same way. I only go retail shopping when I wanna look at toys I'm not gonna buy.Quote:
Originally Posted by LordCyrusOmega
And I'm feeling a little disheartened at the moment because I've preordered or pile of looted everything I want until march next year... Now I find myself trolling boards in the hope I'll find some release I'll want.
Picked up my first toy in what seems like an eternity. The way DOTM toys have been distributed has really annoyed me. There has been nothing worth buying for months. I really thought my collecting days were over but I must admit I have gone back to my toys and my interest has increased somewhat again.
I watched the G1 movie the other day and I really enjoyed it and now have the parience to wait for figures I want:)
Well there is still a couple of things to look forward to so it isn't as if we have been completely left out in the cold by Hasbro if you aren't into Movie figures or Kreo.
We have the Universe Repaints (although just two) and the TF Prime toys which some have a bit of 're-purposing' appeal even if you are not into the cartoon.
Awesome toys will sell well even if the cartoon isn't the best thing ever. Look at RiD. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by kup
When there are "droughts" I find myself buying figures that I may otherwise have not even considered, almost as a way just to get that "hit".
Whilst I don't regret any of my purchases so far I do sometimes wonder if I'm just doing it now for the sake of it. Having said that I still get excited unboxing them then playing with all of them on a regular basis.
I am wondering what will come after the TF Prime series runs its course and the subsequent toyline is discontinued. No doubt Hasbro has some other plans in store for it's fans but I do find myself wondering if I'll still be interested at that point. Part of me hopes I will, the other part hopes I won't, but only because of the dimishing space in our study not to mention the amount I'm spending on these things.
I am hoping that a toy line is released for the WFC game as well as TF Universe games next year.
I've done that during drought years (I still don't consider 2011 to be a drought year by ANY stretch)... like in 2002 I got RiD Optimus Prime and Galvatron purely for the sake of getting something. Gah.
The biggest drought for me was when the cartoon and then the comic ended. I thought that was it for Transformers. I remember reading the editors letter in issue 80 thinking to myself that my childhood was officially over :( Now I'm just a big child :D
I care, but not enough to get the toys anymore. Some of the new ones are really good, I mean like the Generations series, Masterpiece and so on. It's just a money issue. I'm getting on, and have to save up for the future. If I was rich, I'd get into them, and I'll surely get my future kids into them if I can. :D