Although I have been very quick in collecting my G1 collection, I am very selective in what I get. I judge what to collect based on how much I care about the character and the universe the toy belongs to. Proper representation of the character to my own likings is also very important as I would normally not get a repaint that I believe not to do the intended character justice.

As a result most of my collection is G1, Beast Wars (which is complete to my satisfaction) and Classics plus related (music label, exclusives, etc). Some may think that I have lots of 3rd party stuff given my positive attitude towards it but they make a tiny fraction of my overall collection.

I have very few movie toys from the last few years and don't care about the next Prime line up which pretty much causes me to skip much of what Hasbro has to offer. I know that if I had continued to buy movie and even Animated toys, I would have strongly regretted it.

So now since my TF collecting has pretty much stalled due to a lack of avaliable toys that are to my liking, I am only really waiting for 3rd party releases. To satisfy my collecting habits, I have moved towards GI Joe (which are much easier to manage when it comes to space if you don't get too many vehicles) and collecting MOTUC figures which I am reaching what I would call 'complete to satisfaction'.

If you buy because you want it rather than just snapping up figures because they are avaliable, it is far more satisfying with little to no regret involved.