Howdy!

[Mythirax]

Hey Guys,

So, well I'm new here as you can tell. Bit of back story: I collected transformers when I was younger. Mainly G2 and Beast Wars stuff. I got as much G1 stuff as I could get my hands on, but it wasn't a lot. Regardless though, was still a couple of hundred figures... which I sold off in my later teen years. I do my best not to regret this *cries a little*.

When the Second Transformers Movie came out (ROTF) I started picking A couple up such as; The Gigantic Devastator, Bumble Bee and a few other dribs and drabs. I Just kept a few of these on a shelve that I couldn't stop looking at every day for a couple of years. I then stumbled into the Reject Shop a few months ago and found 6 Different RTS deluxe class transformers for $10 each and hooked myself.

Since then I got back into collecting and started buying up what I could find locally. And of course a few nice online purchases.

The Road so far:

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Sorry for the shoty quality, took them with a phone But you'll get the idea.

As for now I'm hunting some Generation, Prime and FOC figures. With a decent chunk on layby at the moment I need to pickup soon.

Look forward to chatting and finding out the goodies this forum has to offer.

[Kazza]

Welcome to the boards fellow melbournian and nice collection. Also glad to see your a box keeper after opening your toys.

[Trent]

Hello and welcome! Nice collection you have there. Also that is a pretty hefty telescope you have!

[KalEl]

Welcome to the boards !!!
Glad to see a new Melbourne member

[GoktimusPrime]

Tip for opening carded toys: use a hobby knife or box cutter to cut open the bubble. That way you can remove it without ripping the backing card. I wish Hasbro would use taped on removable bubbles like TakaraTOMY does. So much more collector-friendly!

[janda the red]

Hey mate.... Welcome to the boards!

[Mythirax]

Welcome to the boards fellow melbournian and nice collection. Also glad to see your a box keeper after opening your toys.

Not a chance I'm letting go of those boxes, to special

Hello and welcome! Nice collection you have there. Also that is a pretty hefty telescope you have!

Sadly it looks better than it works. Great for looking at the moon though, that's about it

Welcome to the boards !!!
Glad to see a new Melbourne member

I'm glad to find there are actually others in Melbourne who collect!

Tip for opening carded toys: use a hobby knife or box cutter to cut open the bubble. That way you can remove it without ripping the backing card. I wish Hasbro would use taped on removable bubbles like TakaraTOMY does. So much more collector-friendly!

There are actually a few that I didn't open for a while. I let them sit in the dustiest place I could find in the house to gather as much dust as they could... and you know what, the outer package just fell right off. I read something about doing this years ago and thought I'd give it a try. I only done it on the ones I had double of. But I'm surprised it worked.

Hey mate.... Welcome to the boards!

Thank you.

And and Big Thank You! to you all for the warm welcome

[GoktimusPrime]

There are actually a few that I didn't open for a while. I let them sit in the dustiest place I could find in the house to gather as much dust as they could... and you know what, the outer package just fell right off. I read something about doing this years ago and thought I'd give it a try. I only done it on the ones I had double of. But I'm surprised it worked.

Using a knife might be a faster (and more hygienic) way of opening carded toys IMHO. Wait... you buy everything in double$?? Wow!

[Mythirax]

Using a knife might be a faster (and more hygienic) way of opening carded toys IMHO. Wait... you buy everything in double$?? Wow!

Sadly not everything, just every now and then when they're cheap.

[Megatron]

Hello and welcome.