Yeah, some of my friends and family are too scared to get me TF gifts because they reckon I'll already have it, and sometimes it's true... I do. So what I do is -- I don't exchange or return it... I keep the spares. I keep them sealed. That way I can still appreciate the generous sentiment behind receiving a gift and I get to build a modest sealed collection without paying for it!

But even then a few of my friends still feel disappointed when I already have the toy, even when I assure them that I'm happy to receive it as I'll add it to my sealed collection. For my birthday one of my friends bought me two Transformers - just in case I had one. He got me DOTM Deluxe Jolt and Roadbuster. I already had Roadbuster, but didn't have Jolt! But he was still really hoping that I didn't have either one and I could see he was still pretty disappointed that he wasn't able to give me two gifts that I didn't already have.