How Many Transformers Do You Have? (UCM poll 2011)

[Hursticon]

Well, just performed my UCM count and it has come to a grand total of 463 figures sans 3rd party stuff - Hence I voted 500.
I'm quite content with that as it would suggest that roughly 100 figures, since last year's count, have joined the collective in an eternal pose war.

[tron07]

I have no clue how many toys I have...

[SkyWarp91]

I put down 200.

[valkyrie_76]

Ill have to do a quick count as my collection has gone from around 500 to something way under that.

[Sky Shadow]

I've never bothered doing this before, but after a day of counting recent acquisitions and stuff I have for sale I'm up to 318 and have had enough for today. I haven't gotten to my actual collection yet, which involves hunting through boxes and a storage container. I guess that's a job for tomorrow...

[GoktimusPrime]

Okay, results are in...


So in 2011...
9% of respondents reported having 100 Transformers or less.
18% of respondents reported having approximately 200 Transformers.
3% of respondents reported having approximately 300 Transformers.
1% of respondents reported having approximately 400 Transformers.
30% of respondents reported having approximately 500 Transformers.
1% of respondents reported having approximately 600 Transformers.
4% of respondents reported having approximately 700 Transformers.
8% of respondents reported having approximately 800 Transformers.
0% of respondents reported having approximately 900 Transformers.
26% of respondents reported having approximately 1000 Transformers or more.

Amongst those who reported having less than 100 Transformers:
25% reported having approximately 50 Transformers.
50% reported having approximately 60 Transformers.
25% reported having approximately 80 Transformers.
0% reported having Transformers outside of these ranges.

Amongst those who reported having 1000 Transformers or more:
67% reported having approximately 1000 Transformers.
17% reported having approximately 1500 Transformers.
6% reported having approximately 2000 Transformers.
5% reported having approximately 2500 Transformers.
5% reported having approximately 3500 Transformers.
0% reported having Transformers outside of these ranges.

This collection survey project now has been conducted for 5 years now (with 2 years prior to that voting on the rules for counting, making it a 7 year project all up!). So here are the results from 2007 to 2011:


And so when we average the results out, we get this:

So on average, between 2007 to 2011 we have had:
34% of respondents reported having 100 Transformers or less.
19% of respondents reported having approximately 200 Transformers.
6% of respondents reported having approximately 300 Transformers.
6% of respondents reported having approximately 400 Transformers.
10% of respondents reported having approximately 500 Transformers.
1% of respondents reported having approximately 600 Transformers.
1% of respondents reported having approximately 700 Transformers.
3% of respondents reported having approximately 800 Transformers.
1% of respondents reported having approximately 900 Transformers.
19% of respondents reported having approximately 1000 Transformers or more.

In 2009 we started holding separate concurrent polls for collectors with collections numbering under 100 and over 1000. So when we average these results we get:
Amongst those who reported having less than 100 Transformers:

16% reported having 5 Transformers or less.
1% reported having approximately 20 Transformers.
15% reported having approximately 30 Transformers.
15% reported having approximately 40 Transformers.
18% reported having approximately 50 Transformers.
17% reported having approximately 60 Transformers.
12% reported having approximately 80 Transformers.
9% reported having approximately 90 Transformers or more.
0% reported having Transformers outside of these ranges.


Amongst those who reported having 1000 Transformers or more:

51% reported having approximately 1000 Transformers.
31% reported having approximately 1500 Transformers.
6% reported having approximately 2000 Transformers.
6% reported having approximately 2500 Transformers.
2% reported having approximately 3500 Transformers.
0% reported having Transformers outside of these ranges.

After five years of surveying Transformer collectors, we can see that:
+ Collectors with collections number 100 or less are the biggest group.
+ Collections numbering 200 or 1000+ are equally the second largest.
+ The majority of Transformer collectors have 200 Transformers or less in their collections.

So there you have it. This year's survey is also the last one that I'll be conducting. I think a 5 year sample is enough to give us a reasonable picture and ultimately answering the question of what the average Transformers collection size is.

Thank you to everyone who have supported this project since its inception as well as everyone who's participated. Your cooperation has been most appreciated.

[5FDP]

I like pie

This year's survey is also the last one that I'll be conducting.

2012 won't be the same without a UCM poll

[Arcee]

Interesting to see how it doesn't follow a normal distribution pattern, but peaks at two ends and in the middle, every year.