Just thought it would be interesting to see how people went over the course of the year.
Personally for me:
Number of Transformers I got this Year: 136
Favorite Acquisition/s of the Year: MP-10 Optimus & Bot Shots Optimus with Trailer, FOC line toys, FOC game, 'Chicks Dig my Rig' T-Shirt
Rarest I got this Year: G1 Fortress Maximus, G1 Scorponok & G1 Reflector (all 100% complete)
Hoping you all have had a Primus-blessed year and may all your acquisitions for next year be in mint condition ;)
For me, in my first year, since May, I have obtained 19 Transformer figures, which is alright for me, considering I don't have that much money to go with.
My fave would probably be either Classics Soundwave or Generations Thundercracker, both great figures IMO. It's been a good year.
Rarest I guess would be Encore 19. Not too rare, but felt really good getting and worth it, as if it was Vintage. :)
Number of Transformers I got this Year: 63 (plus doubles of some, so really about 70ish)
Favorite Acquisition/s of the Year: Grimlock Masterpiece (both hasbro and takara tomy) Beast Wars TM-SP-DX Optimus Primal (telemocha series) and cybertron leaderclass Galvatron just his alt mode was awesome.
Rarest I got this Year: Beast Wars TM-SP-DX Optimus Primal (this was a real pain in the butt to hunt down)
I really slacked off this year, I can probably count using two hands. I remember...
DotM HA Soundwave
DotM HA Roadbuster
Generations GDO Leader Starscream
Generations GDO Cliffjumper
Generations Dark Megatron (Tokyo Toy Show exclusive)
Generations Nemesis Prime (Tokyo Toy Show exclusive)
Prime FE Starscream
Prime FE Cliffjumper
Prime RiD Wheeljack
Prime RiD Soundwave
Prime RiD Cyberverse Bulkhead
Prime RiD Cyberverse Starscream
MP-12 Lambor
MP-11 Starscream
Favourite Acquisition: I honestly can't choose between the two DotM Human Alliance Figures. They're both absolutely fantastic.
Rarest: The two Tokyo Toy Show exclusives
Poorest: Prime RiD Soundwave.
Edit: So two hands and a foot.
Number of Transformers I got this Year: Somewhere between 100 - 150~
Favorite Acquisition/s of the Year: The FoC figures.
Rarest I got this Year: Not a clue :D:D As most of my purchases came out this year. I got a AM-19 Gaia Unicron though. Wouldn't call it rare, but it's my first TT purchase.
Number of Transformers I got this Year: about 150
Favourite Acquisition/s of the Year: Hasbro MP10 Optimus Prime
Rarest I got this Year: Arms Micron Thundercracker and TFPRiD Vehicon. MP10 also felt damn rare considering what a massive pain in the butt it was to track the sucker down!
Number of Transformers I got this Year: about 60
Favourite Acquisition/s of the Year: grand maximus
Rarest I got this Year: g1 c-109 stepper
Countable with all 4 limbs...
Bot Shots: clear Sentinel, Bumblebee, Optimus, Starscream, Barricade
Prime: RiD Vehicon, RiD Wheeljack, AM-16 Jet Vehicon
Masterpiece: MP-12 Lambor
MyClone: Ramjet, Trypticon
SCF: Soundwave, Sixshot, Ironhide, Chromedome
Misc.: Gutto Kuru No. 49 Minerva, UKG graded Axelerator Rapido, C-78C Crystal Rodimus
Favourite: Tie between Jet Vehicon and MP-12
Rarest: Probably Tokyo Toy Festival exclusive Crystal Rodimus.
Only RiD Wheeljack was purchased from a brick and mortar store. No doubt I would've included Masterpiece Optimus had I found one in a local TRU.:mad:
Number of Transformers I got this Year: 34
Favourite Acquisition/s of the Year: tough call. Probably something 3rd party. Although the BW stuff is pretty cool.
Rarest I got this Year: Japanese Metals Optimus Primal vs Megatron 2 pack. Not very rare I know but it's the rarest I got.
Number this year - 379 (my third highest year)
Faves...
- Grand Maximus, which I flew down to Sydney to pick up personally
- JP Gen1 Junior 3-pack
- Universal Studios toys & role-play items
- Gen1 Trainset (badly damaged though, so have to get another one)
- Playskool Gobots
- South American Radio Bot (no name, but an exclusive mould to Brazil)
- And a number of loose ends I wasn't expecting to find.
Hmm if we are counting actual Hasbro and Taktomy Transformers then I think I got about 11, and that's counting G2 FOC Bruticus as 5.
Favourite was MP Lambor.
Rarest was probably Powerdive, although he's not particularly rare at all.
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Number of Transformers I got this Year: Not enough ;)
Favorite Acquisition/s of the Year: True MIB Star Saber and Victory Leo
Rarest I got this Year: G1 something something, shh, it's a secret. :p
Acquired about 13 this year, let go about 100 :D
MP Optimus Prime, MP Red Alert are the best!
other highlights, GDO Wheelie, Hotspot and Powerdive.
Any disappointments not really, except bad paint on MP Sideswipe.
Number Acquired: 36
Favourite: probably Jet Vehicon
Rarest: all the TFs I got were mass retail stuff :o
It's been a good year for me.
80 for me this year, compared to some years that was nothing
My monthly pay has me struggling to budget toys into my funds.
Yeah, but are you using the UCM? ;) :pQuote:
Originally Posted by griffin
379 in one year... damn :eek: that's higher than my entire collection count!!
i think i probably picked up somewhere between 60-80 tf's ( to lazy to count them all )
edit: had a quick count and unless i mixed something up its 84 tf's this year
my rarest would be my g2 orange devastator and my favorite would be him or predaking
Number Acquired: too many, but haven't counted.:D
Favourite: MP Megatron
Rarest: Alternators Mirage
Busy year for me in my collecting as have had a lot of stuff ordered online but also picked up a few from the collectors fair.:D
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Originally Posted by Kapryiath
Number of figures : 218 not counting the ones in my POL in BBTS right now.
Favorite: hmmm tough one coz the figure I like most is an unofficial one (Green Giant) and isnt counted, but among the valid I would say botcon runamuck and runabout.
Rarest: I wouldn't call it rare.... G1 Metalhawk.... mebbe count G1 Vroom in too considering its hard getting the figure.
Number I got this year: about 50.
Favourite acquisition(s): Masterpiece Grimlock, by far.
Rarest acquisition: probably Classics Voyager Optimus Prime. I paid more than a sane amount for him (which I don't regret at all).
It's been a good start to my collection. I started half-way through the year, so that averages to about a couple each week for the last 5 months. The only limit on my collecting at this point is lack of space to show them all off.
Number of Transformers I got this Year: At a guess 100 (CBFed counting them)
Favorite Acquisition/s of the Year: Tough call, love all the MPs i got but probably MP Sideswipe for sentimental reasons
Rarest I got this Year: G1 Trypticon or G1 Scorponok
Number I got this year: Don't care. As long as progress is being made.
Favourite acquisition(s): MyClone Thundercracker.
Rarest acquisition: White Ravage decoy.
Don't you be mocking the UCM Mr!! :D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
This is griffin's counting method. Basically anything that satisfies these four conditions count:
1) It's an official Transformers product
2) It is a toy product that is intended to be played with
3) If it is included with another toy, it must be intended to be a stand alone toy and isn't required to complete another figure
4) Must be in playable condition
Just in case this gets off-topic, I was joking. I think the UCM is a great way of comparing collection data year-to-year as long as people follow the agreed method of counting.
Carry on :)
1. How many TFs did I get this year? To be honest, and as someone else has already so eloquently put it, I CBFed counting them. I lack the room to bring them all out for a proper count anyways. If I was to guesstimate, I'd say about 100 maybe? I really don't know.
2 & 3. For me, my rarest TFs that I got this year also happen to be my faves:
G1 Megatron MISB and Botcon 2008 SG Megatron. Also of note is my 2012 SG Soundwave. I would also include my Botcon 2008 SG Starscream which I bought last month, but just got today so it just misses out for the 2012 list. Oh yeah, I also love my vintage KO Astro Magnum. :) I have so many other faves, but they are not as rare as the above.
My fave and most rare non-toy item also deserves a mention: an Artist Proof SDCC 6" Palisades Polystone statue of Megatron. :)
Why say KO Astro Magnum. It's real. :D
+1 QFT. :) Though technically speaking it's not a Transformer either. It's a legitimate pre-Transformer. :cool: But Shockwave has appeared in his Astro Magnum colours in legit Transformers artwork before...Quote:
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I'm going to continue this topic in the ID help section.
I have absolutely no idea as to how many figures I've obtained this year, conversely, I'm unsure as to how many I've parted with either! :o:p
- My rarest acquisitions of the year? - a tie between 2 of my Grails; (BWII) Tripledacus & (BW: Metals) X-9 Ravage. :D
- My favourite acquisitions of the year? - a triple-threat between (Hasbro) G1 Unicron, (Maketoys) Giant/Devastator & Tripledacus. :cool:
what i got this year
my rarist is either TM Blurr, TM Cyclonus or TM Scourge
My Favorite FOC G2 Bruticus or TF:Prime AM Jet Vehicon
If I count what I opened, I got 5 Transformers in 2012 (and sold 2 of them).
If I count what I bought but haven't opened yet, I got about 35 (but that includes 3 combiner multipacks). Not sure I can count those yet as "unopened" means "likely to change my mind and sell".
My favourite toy was TF:Prime Ratchet. I think he looks great in robot mode and feels like a good stand in for IDW MTMTE Ratchet. TF:Prime Wheeljack is the runner up, and FOC Jazz was my least favourite.
Nothing rare, except Masterpiece Optimus Prime since I never saw that in store and have to thank Lint for helping me with that.
Well documented. I need to keep better track myselfQuote:
Originally Posted by Sharky
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After I saw Sharky's post, I'm now hunting receipts to do the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
I guess it pays to keep a record. That is one really orderly itemized list Shrky!.. I just keep an album in photobucket for each year so all I just had to count em, exclude all the non TFs and KOs and 3rd party stuff easy as :D:D
yeah it detailed except for maybe prices which i might add to my 2013 list but wasnt to hard to put together, i just updated it as i got it, as my intention was to write a little blog entry about my pick ups, but that sometimes is harder to get motivated to do!!Quote:
Originally Posted by liegeprime
My list is just a rolling update in Exel so I have no idea how many I bought in previous years. I always thought it would be good to keep a list like that but to work it out now would take forever, plus I never kept the receipts.
I got about 50. 2012 will be a year to remember as I completed my g1 collection!