What would you do if you recieved a valuable MISB G1 Transformer

[BigTransformerTrev]

Wow, I'm glad I misinterpreted the point of this thread! When you asked...

What would you do if you recieved a valuable MISB G1 Transformer

...I thought you were asking if I would commit murder for you or compromise myself sexually or somthing. And that question made me feel uncomfortable because I am a happily married and faithful man, but I don't wanna think about how far I could be corrupted if someone offered me a MISB Overlord But I suppose that question would be phrased 'What would you do for a valuable MISB G1 Transformer"



For the record, I'd keep it because it was a gift, but open and display it

[Cat]

In other news, I'm starting a collection to raise money to buy a MISB Overlord to taunt Trev with.

Donate today, and vote on what horrible and debauched thing we can make him do for it.

[Jetfire in the sky]

A vintage Star Wars ROTJ Luke Jedi. Beautiful card, the bubble is really yellowed (common for ROTJ figures, but even by that standard, this is BAD). The beautiful card is considered ugly because....it was lunch for a moth at some stage in its life. One corner has bite-marks in it. Totally unloved, totally unlovable to a lot of collectors, but to me, it's a favourite piece. Because it has a good story to it. It has history that's easily viewable, and easily enjoyable by anyone. It makes for a nice little giggle, and also helps serve as a visual reminder that sometimes, don't take things too seriously, as you never know what will happen, even in the best of conditions.

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This to me is why I love sealed stuff. It really shows the story of an item, and it amazes me that in all it's lifetime no one has opened it. With all the vintage G1 stuff I bought in Japan I was constantly amazed that most of the items were in unplayed with no stickers applied condition. This sort of thing boggles the mind as to why kids in the 80's even bought these toys!! But to me thats part of the story, mystery.

Its an age old battle with the collecting community and it does bring out an ugly side at times. But however we collect we are passionate and thats why we love to do it.

[lancalot]

This to me is why I love sealed stuff. It really shows the story of an item, and it amazes me that in all it's lifetime no one has opened it. With all the vintage G1 stuff I bought in Japan I was constantly amazed that most of the items were in unplayed with no stickers applied condition. This sort of thing boggles the mind as to why kids in the 80's even bought these toys!! But to me thats part of the story, mystery.

Its an age old battle with the collecting community and it does bring out an ugly side at times. But however we collect we are passionate and thats why we love to do it.

Yeah i always wondered how does one keep a toy fully sealed and Mint ! from the 70's and 80's .... collecting figure wasn't a big thing like it is now was it?..

[GoktimusPrime]

I think part of the reason why Transformers can be often among the harder toys to find sealed is that it's primary appeal is its ability to transform. One cannot really marvel at the engineering and design of the toy without physically transforming it; simply looking at the photos of the robot and alt mode(s) just shows you the toy at point A and point B, but doesn't really show you how it got there. That's something that's more appreciated by actually experiencing it first hand by transforming the toy yourself.

I don't mean to say this as a criticism to sealed collectors, but I'm just saying that I think this may be a significant contributing factor as to why sealed Transformers (especially G1 TFs) are harder to find on the secondary market than some other toys, like say sealed Star Wars figure. You're not missing out on as much from keeping a 70s/80s Star Wars figure sealed compared to keeping a Transformer sealed. The main play pattern of Transformers is the transformation, or as Hasbro calls it "puzzle play" that so captures the imagination and fascination of children. So some kids who might be inclined to keep their Star Wars toys sealed, may be less likely to make the same decision for Transformers.

So I reckon that's what makes sealed Transformers a far greater rarity in the aftermarket compared to some other toy lines. Among the sealed collectors here, how many of you started sealed collecting right from the beginning as children, or is it something you decided to do later as adults? I personally never knew any kids who kept their toys sealed when I was a kid in the 80s. At most, I knew a few rare individuals who kept the boxes of a few select favourite toys. Like a mate of mine who loves Trypticon; got this toy as a kid and has kept it in box ... until last year when his mother tried to throw it out (that's right, she threw out a complete loose in box Trypticon! And the box got damaged by rain and weather by time he got home and salvaged it out of the bin! Needless to say he was NOT happy! )

[Bidoofdude]

Wow, I'm glad I misinterpreted the point of this thread! When you asked...

What would you do if you recieved a valuable MISB G1 Transformer

...I thought you were asking if I would commit murder for you or compromise myself sexually or somthing. And that question made me feel uncomfortable because I am a happily married and faithful man, but I don't wanna think about how far I could be corrupted if someone offered me a MISB Overlord But I suppose that question would be phrased 'What would you do for a valuable MISB G1 Transformer"



For the record, I'd keep it because it was a gift, but open and display it

I'd treat it less like a gift and more like it just popped up out of nowhere.

Also, is there a way we could merge Keep MISB with Keep open into one keep thing?

[Jetfire in the sky]

I think part of the reason why Transformers can be often among the harder toys to find sealed is that it's primary appeal is its ability to transform. One cannot really marvel at the engineering and design of the toy without physically transforming it; simply looking at the photos of the robot and alt mode(s) just shows you the toy at point A and point B, but doesn't really show you how it got there. That's something that's more appreciated by actually experiencing it first hand by transforming the toy yourself.

I don't mean to say this as a criticism to sealed collectors, but I'm just saying that I think this may be a significant contributing factor as to why sealed Transformers (especially G1 TFs) are harder to find on the secondary market than some other toys, like say sealed Star Wars figure. You're not missing out on as much from keeping a 70s/80s Star Wars figure sealed compared to keeping a Transformer sealed. The main play pattern of Transformers is the transformation, or as Hasbro calls it "puzzle play" that so captures the imagination and fascination of children. So some kids who might be inclined to keep their Star Wars toys sealed, may be less likely to make the same decision for Transformers.

So I reckon that's what makes sealed Transformers a far greater rarity in the aftermarket compared to some other toy lines. Among the sealed collectors here, how many of you started sealed collecting right from the beginning as children, or is it something you decided to do later as adults? I personally never knew any kids who kept their toys sealed when I was a kid in the 80s. At most, I knew a few rare individuals who kept the boxes of a few select favourite toys. Like a mate of mine who loves Trypticon; got this toy as a kid and has kept it in box ... until last year when his mother tried to throw it out (that's right, she threw out a complete loose in box Trypticon! And the box got damaged by rain and weather by time he got home and salvaged it out of the bin! Needless to say he was NOT happy! )

I agree with all these points and would have had a stroke if my Mum ever touched one of my Transformers boxes, luckily she lives 3000kms away

[lancalot]

When i was a kid...the figure couldn't get out of the box fast enough !!..was already in my hands by the time i get home and the box pieces in car Even now every single one of my figure i transform at least once before it goes to storage , as i don't have enough room to display them all

[GoktimusPrime]

When i was a kid...the figure couldn't get out of the box fast enough !!(

Still like this now.

[Wheelie]

If I was a kid, it would already be open.

Now I enjoy them whether they are in a box or not (not that I have any in a box), but because there are so many open specimens available, I would definetly keep it misb.