I can certain relate to some of the comments being discussed in this thread. I have a lot of unopened toys in boxes that I've had since ROTF. Although I quiet enjoyed DOTM I was pretty dissapointed with the toys that came out for that movie. There hasn't been a transformer produced that I've been really excited about owning for ages. Many who have been around this forum for a few years would know that life took a bit of a wrong turn for me for a bit but I'm on the tail end of that. The plus side of this is that I'm starting to get a bit enthusiastic about the franchise again. G1 will alway be special to me and I think that's where I will pick up from again. I've had a good look at what I have in my collection and I think the only thing that might get the chop is my TF Animated gear. They really don't interest me much at all. So I guess this is a positive story in that yeah one might want to take a break from the hobby for awhile but you can always come back to it!