Maybe just too many darn toys...

[griffin]

I ran out of shelf space late last year, and have been storing the toys since then in boxes. A few weeks ago I got more shelving, and sorted the toys (including some of the old shelves of toys for resorting). I just noticed today while looking over my Movie FABs, I had the recoloured Bumblebee, but couldn't see the first Bumblebee. I spent a good half hour looking all over for it, and ended up coming to the conclusion that I must have never even acquired it.
It was not on my written checklist or my collection page, but was removed from my 2 checklist files on the computer (yes, I have four different files to keep track of my collection).
It seems that I removed FAB Bumblebee and FAB Barricade from my 2 computer checklists some time ago, so never remembered to look for them. And with so many of each of the main Movie cast done as different sizes and types, I didn't even notice anything missing from that release period.
Now I have to find them, which might not be easy since they were released almost a year ago now, in small quantities.

Maybe I shouldn't be trying to collect so many toys to make it easier to keep track of them all in the first place.
Or maybe I should stop complaining about having too many toys, when most others have trouble affording more than a handful.

I do blame this on the multiple Movie toys though. It's no surprise that with all the Bumblebee toys, one could go missing without even noticing it.

[Borgeman]

snap!

so what, you removed them from the checklist in the assumption you bought them?

George

[STL]

I dunno, bossbot, I don't think those are toys u'll exactly be missing any time soon.

[Pulse]

I think you've summed it up perfectly...

Maybe I shouldn't be trying to collect so many toys to make it easier to keep track of them all in the first place.

Personally, I wouldn't have bothered with the FAB's (but that's just me )

[Krayt]

I drew the line at the Go-bots transformers.... way to kiddy for me to waste my money on. So when these came out, i figured i'd stick to Basic, Deluxe, Mega etc etc.... no space for the kiddy crap.

Now, I do regret it sometimes.... like a Ramjet repaint.... but it's $20 bucks i can use to save for a botcon set or something.

Plus, it lets me justify NOT getting the blasters or the OP helmet

[griffin]

snap!

so what, you removed them from the checklist in the assumption you bought them?

George

I don't know. Maybe it was during that big bulk purchase of Movie toys from BBTS and RK in March, and I just pruned out too much from my checklists.

I guess it comes down to quality (to remember) not quantity (to forget)...

[iceburn]

well..i already have a hard time tracking my toys on an excel spreadsheet, along with the time to take individual pics and group pics for each acquisition. this is even more time-consuming that it looks....

with movie repaints, it has sure gotten out of hand...

Hasbro Hasbro in Australia,
we need a "PAUSE" on this line till the next Movie is out in 2009!
throw us Universe/Classics and Animated all the way :P

[kup]

I am very selective in what I collect so this issue with the Movie figures haven't really impacted me but I can understand the frustration with fans who like to collect it all.

With like 5 toys or so for every character and at least 3 repaints for every movie mold, mistakes are bound to happen but I am sure that with little effort you can get your missing figures.

[dirge]

I was so glad I'm not a completist when the movie toys were announced. There's _way_ toop much cr4p like this for me to really appreciate them all, far less afford them all.

Good luck in your search (because I know you, and you will track one down!).

[Kyle]

I tried to collect every single version of the 2 main movie characters: Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. Even that was too much already and I gave up and didn't pick up the Nightwatch Prime (both sizes) or Rally Rocket BB. Now I've continued to fail in getting rid of the FAB Fire Blast Prime. Whenever I take it out people just laugh at me.