AFA Grading

[Jetfire in the sky]

$15K for a toy is ridiculous. I put it in the same boat as paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for a Phase 3 GTHO. Yeah sure it was a nice car in its day, but what are you going to do with it?

I sometimes wonder, why have a big ass collection of anything, but I can go into my toy room and just sit there and look and it makes me happy, so what I do with it is love it in a sense.

[Trent]

I sometimes wonder, why have a big ass collection of anything, but I can go into my toy room and just sit there and look and it makes me happy, so what I do with it is love it in a sense.

To each their own obviously, but I personally couldn't own a fast car and not drive it. Just like I couldn't own a TF and keep it MISB. To me it defeats the purpose because the main thing as an adult that draws me to TFs is the engineering involved in them. Yes the characters, history and mythos (my nostalgia factor, if you will) no doubt play an equally big part but I wouldn't collect them if all I could do with them is stare at the box. To me that's unthinkable. But I understand that others have other motivations for collecting and so I respect their decisions.



Doesn't mean that I can't make fun of all you box collectors though.

[Jetfire in the sky]

Doesn't mean that I can't make fun of all you box collectors though.

LOL

[GoktimusPrime]

Or you could just not let other people into your collection room without your presence. My own family doesn't access my TF room unless I'm there (it's locked when I go to work). But more importantly... people you live with should be able to respect your toys to not go about dropping it. My infant daughter knows how to handle my toys with care, even G1s -- she's been like that since she was 2... and I've never had to teach her how to handle toys properly. It's probably from watching me play w/ my toys with care instead of bashing them around. Mind you... she can sometimes play with her own non-TF toys quite violently, but she's always VERY careful with the Transformers!

Judging from Skullcruncher's response, I evidently haven't articulated my intended meaning (suffering pneumonia for the past 3 days hasn't helped), so please allow me to clarify what I meant to say...

I was suggesting that an alternative to using acrylic cases to protect your toys might be:
+ supervision of children
+ where the child may have regular access to your room (e.g. is living with you), ensure that the child has a healthy respect for toys, which I think is a good thing to have anyway.

The reason why my TF room is locked and other people aren't allowed in there when I'm not present is because it's a legal requirement of my NSW Gun TF permit. My wife does have a spare key should she need to access that room (usually to chuck in my TF clothes separated from the laundry). I do all the cleaning/maintenance of that room (it's just easier that way ). If my daughter wants to go in that room it would be to access the Happy Meal and PlaySkool/Tonka TFs that she likes to play with, then my wife will allow her to do that. She just goes in and takes the toys she wants to play with them somewhere else.

I hope that clarified the original intention of my previous clumsily worded post. And I can see that while acrylic cases are more costly, it does add extra security for each individual toy as it would provide a constant and more hassle-free form of individual protection for the toys.

[Megatran]

^ It's your house. You don't need to justify to any nay sayers on who is allowed into your treasured room (I bet there's a treasure trove of goodies ). Enough said on that matter.

Good to hear your little one appreciates & cherishes TF toys. I dropped my Fort Max Reissue box on the first day and damaged one of the corners. Me bad.

[VERT]

You sound like you have put the fear of death into your daughter regarding your collection room so no wonder she plays with transformers carefully.

Hahahahahahahah No thats me. MMmmmm Hey kids touch my stuff and lean all about the fear of death. Now go find me something to beat you with. So growing up with grumpy crazy daddy they know to look but dont touch. Bwhahahahahah My bulk of the collection in locked up. I have the only key. I dont care if the kids go in. Its only locked when im out.

[Jetfire in the sky]

^ It's your house. You don't need to justify to any nay sayers on who is allowed into your treasured room (I bet there's a treasure trove of goodies ). Enough said on that matter.

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