Does anyone else just not care anymore?

[Vector Sigma 13]

*falls over*

LOL

[Paulbot]

Last night I sorted out some more tubs of TFs I want to sell. Then later that night at about 2am when I couldn't sleep I thought those three tubs weren't enough and I should consider selling pretty much everything.

Then I woke up and I still feel that way. Too many toys sitting in storage and not being appreciated. G1, some BW, RID, Classics and Animated would be the lines I'd keep, but the other lines? I could probably be just as happy with just my few faves from each other line and sell the rest to good homes.

Both DOTM and TF:Prime have been disappointing, and the new Generations haven't won me over yet (thinking about cancelling my Bruticus preorder, but will try to get Grimlock). If my only TF purchases for the rest of the year were issues of the MTMTE comic, I think I'd be fine with that.

[Prowl]

It has been months since I purchased a TF due to the rest of my life falling apart. I am more settled now & when I unpacked my TF's I looked at each one as I put them away remembering how & why I bought them. Luckily most I still like as I have been selective in my purchasing. I am not over Transformers by any stretch but I will be far more selective in what I purchase from now on.

[Yukitora]

I didn't touch a tf in 2 years. We passed the toy lines, went on hunts and did all that stuff, but never walked out with a tf ever. One day we were passing the sad lot when we found an Arcee. that Prime one. Being the only chick in the line i decided on getting it purely cause i knew she don't show often. I picked up Battle Ops Bumblebee cause i finally found the danm thing and that was that. Its been what, 4 months now and still not a single tf has come home with us again. Except a random Tracks of ebay cause i went through a blue faze!? But kinda not counting that. The only other thing i pre ordered was a Sideswipe, and thats a month away still. Of course this is mostly me. I managed to gain enough spark to grab my partner a paranacon reissue set thing and that took me 3 weeks to push the buy button.
I guess thats why i made Sunny- and bumblebee. To fill in the time and give myself a transformer i could enjoy.
So hey, I held out for 2 years. All you have to do is pack the suckers away so you can't see them any more. Bring them back out next year and see how you feel. Don't go selling things just cause its a bad couple of months where life just sucks.

[Bidoofdude]

I go through hobbies really quickly, as I have stated in various threads. I find it hard at times to keep going. I'm a kind of-ish sort of Genwunner though, I'm kind of accepting of other lines. I pretty much only buy G1/reissues and Classicsverse, because that (apart from cybertron) is the only series I ever liked, or watched as a matter of fact. Sure, the lines today aren't great and I find myself going online for all my TFs. (I was a little late to the party) I believe that if I keep getting the toys I like, I can be consistent and stay focused. I am trying very, very hard to play pokemon at a minimum (gone in and out of it 5 times) and don't really buy anything else ATM. Like you, I find it really hard, but as of yet, my collection is fairly small and there's like 36 (i counted) that I would like to add to my collection at a minimum. Just keep consistent on what you like and don't get toys for the heck of it, or you'll disappoint yourself a lot.

[5FDP]

Collectors will come and go as everyone's interest peaks and wanes, but the one thing that I have noticed on this forum is that very few new members seem to stick. A common theme seems to be to come out blazing in the acquisitions thread, spending 100's of dollars in a short space of time, then they disappear from the forums for a bit only to return by posting their newly acquired collection in the sales topics.

My advice to new members would be to enjoy what you have, not to try and compete with senior members, and grow your collection by acquiring toys that actually interest you.

[Megatron]

Interesting thread. Here's my 2 c. I started collecting moderately (and getting into TF) when the Cybertron show was on, but at the time wasn't that much into the toys, plus finances were more restrictive. I kept them all MISB (they still are), then stopped collecting anything for the next... 5 odd years. Mainly it was financial but also at the time I hated the Bay movies and refused to buy anything related to it. Now, although a little late to the party, I've really changed my outlook, both as a fan and a collector. I can now spend a little more, so am collecting more seriously now - and it's a heck of a lot more fun than it ever was before.

I love my collection, I love Transformers, I love the toys (not too fussed, only some things I refuse to buy now but I would love to have most toys even from DotM, which ironically I liked the best for certain character designs). Is this a passing interest for me? I can say that most definitely it is not. I'm a TFs collector that is here to stay. Will I ever sell my collection? HECK NO!

So, SFDP, I'll be the exception!

[rocman12]

I've been coming and going for at least 10 years now. It's not that lose interest, but I work a lot and also have had a million things on. I find it hard to set aside the time to sometimes even think about tfs! I moved at the beginning of the year and it took me 9 months to put the toys back on display! Not because I didn't want to, but there were other important things I had to do.

I've never been one to compete with others, I just buy what I like, mainly G1 and masterpieces. I made the mistake a few years ago to buy armada toys and released I had no passion for them, now their just sitting in a box doing nothing. I won't be doing that again.

My other issue was that I tried to participate on too many boards! So I'm sticking to one!

As I'm getting older, I am spending less on tf's, but I have reached a cross road where I can't find any interest in newer toys and probably have all the tfs I want.

[Yukitora]

well for those that remember me, i disapered from ozformers entirely. I got Griff to totally delete my stuff here cause i lost interest and moving several times a year, i was worried that i would not return and didn't want to take up space on the boards. i truely thought i wouldn't return or remember any of my user details, for here and other sites. although some of my photos still remain!
I'm in no competition with anyone and i know even less about tfs. i'm sorry for all those random questions filling up Kups descusion newbies thread!, even though i've been collecting or using my brother collection rather since 1990-!
I've burned out my hobby so many times only to be picked back up by some random ozformer, mostly posting some random custom transformer in the Grapple art thread! @.@;
I think the one thing that keeps my spark sparkling is the handfull of G1 adventures I had when i was little, and every time i look at those toys i want to add to it. I don't think the newer collectors have this feeling. Newbies are so spoilt for choice, they can just pick a bot to put in the collection, never really get to know them, so they become just throw aways, a fad, cause there is a new line showing up next year. I recall having a no new transformer show up for years. You had to love the bots you had.

Love you Sunstreaker, brawn, Outback, dreadwing, dreadwind, landfill, slapdash, missfire, grapple, sandstorm, cyclonus, hun-gurr and a shit load of little guys! Who here can say the same?

[LordCyrusOmega]

I love Transformers, always have. I think the reason I buy so many now because I couldn't buy them when I was younger. I've always been picky about what I buy. When I first started collecting continuously I wouldn't buy repaints or even retools. Then when Animated came out I stopped placing restrictions on myself and brought toys based on character or mould. This generally means I buy everything but it also means I've missed out on toys such as Universe Sideswipe.
I lost in hope in finding toys due to lack of retail releases, I love the hunt but spent more time looking then finding. Now I buy online. If I don't find anything at retail then it doesn't matter as much.
Now I just have to work on my patience.

@ Yukitora: I love Sideswipe, Soundwave & Co, Swoop, Scourge, Thrust and Tracks