suggestion - seperate collections and customs forum

[tinyJazz]

Do you mean like another subforum - like the two separate ones in the sales section - or actually combined with the pic requests/comparisons subforum?

I think that OTCA being mostly a collectors community (hey, it's in the title), that the collections threads certainly deserve their own subforum at least. The setup currently works, but I agree with theshape, I think it's a bit cluttered.

I don't know why you'd have that section private though.

[GoktimusPrime]

I agree with having them as separate sub forums in the Creative Section.

[UltraMarginal]

I think it's a good idea seperating them out.

[CBratron]

I don't mind where it is now but if it had to move, maybe it should be a sub-forum of Scavenger's Acquisitions?

[MayzaPrime]

I still have more stuff to put in the collections section

[Bidoofdude]

A sub-forum would be fine for me.

[griffin]

Since the matter raised its head again in the "Warning" topic, I've moved Collections in with Comparisons, to leave Creative stuff on its own.

I am also trialling the suggestion of having the Collections section be restricted to Members only - it won't stop determined thieves, as it doesn't take too much effort to become a Basic Member, but it will stop unregistered guests or newbies who haven't at least tried to prove that they are a fan.
(the point of having Collections hidden, is due to the growing public awareness of the Value of rare and Vintage Transformers toys... so it should be prudent to not make it publicly known who has expensive items, that could end up being traceable based on their known location or by tracking them down after a sale or meet)
Keeping this section private (like the Meets and Saleyard sections) will be based on feedback of the members.


I have moved most of the Collection threads at this time, and still have from July 2009 to end of 2011 to go.

I actually started out with Comparisons in with Creative, but then figured that some Comparison (and themed) topics/photos will also show rare or expensive items at times... so I moved them back in the new Collections section.

[Sinnertwin]

Out of the 24 headings on the main page only 3 are hidden to non members.
Here we are talking about being secretive or putting walls up, yet we have the meet section, where social interaction between fans is encouraged made private?
Anyway, it takes 2 minutes to register & isnt a difficult process.