Masterpiece Figures replacing CHUG lines in your collection?

[SkyWarp91]

I'm considering selling many of my Generations/Henkei/Universe/Classics figures that have had Masterpiece versions of them released for space and changes in taste (I still love Transformers, but some of these figures have never been touched since I bought them). I would like a bit of input from fellow Ozformers as to whether it's worth holding onto these figures and if they have any resell value because I've opened them but kept the full packaging (I slice around the bubble to get the figures out).

[drifand]

It's worth what you feel about them. If you have not really touched them or do not fancy them in your display then by all means is time to sell and move on to what you like to focus.

I have only two non masterpieces which I bought since joining this forum, one of them is metroplex titans and the other yots omega supreme . Everything else was masterpiece and had tried to collect only what I liked but have almost bought most of the cars.

I had more attachment to the cars as I always loved them from young.
Other mps like soundwave was a must buy.

I am however starting to wind down and take a break as my cabinet is full soon.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Probably less resale value inasmuch as others will probably feel the same, but if you've replaced them in your collection and don't really want them anymore then you might as well sell them anyway.
It'll help pay for at least some of your next MP, and give people (especially those new to the hobby) a chance to get hold of some toys they might want and not be able to find.

[BigTransformerTrev]

I dunno, I love having lots of different toys (actual different toys - not repaints) of different characters so if it was me Id be keeping them for comparisons and their own charm. For instance MP Sideswipe looks very cartoon accurate but CHUG Sideswipe has the little jet pack thingie. It can get a bit crowded (I have a shelf with 25 Grimlocks on it) but I think it's cool to see all the different interpretations.

But like Drifand said, it really depends on how much you personally value and enjoy the figures.

[Omega Metro]

I personally value my CHUG collection more than any Masterpiece, but they are separate collections. I only collect CHUG, Autobot MPs, Prime and movie.

[GoktimusPrime]

If you're not playing with a toy (or at very least displaying it), then get rid of it IMHO. That's why I did the big Pay It Forward thing, as I realised that many of my non-TF toys had just been sitting in boxes in my garage for years... what was the damn point of it?!? It felt more like hoarding than collecting, so I ended up just giving away almost all of my non-TF toys away for free. So yeah, if you haven't even touched these toys in a jolly long time, then I don't see the point in keeping them.

I personally collect both Classicsverse and Masterpiece, as I enjoy them both. MPs are better suited for display and "fiddle" play, whereas Classicsverse are better for full on proper toy play. I do sometimes do proper play w/ my MPs, but I must admit that I prefer Classicsverse for full playing.

[Paulbot]

For me the classicsverse stuff has been in my collection as the "best modern version" of the G1 characters, but the new MPs take that mantle, just like classicsverse did over previous toys.

So, for instance a character like Smokescreen. Cybertron Smokescreen was the best modern toy of Smokescreen in the right deco. Then Classics Smokescreen came along and he was the best modern version. Then Henkei was superior. Now MP Smokescreen has arrived and he's what I wanted all along so I'd no longer want the previous versions.

Same goes for the various Sideswipes, Prowls, Wheeljacks.

The Alternators were great at the time, realistic car modes, complex transformations, classic characters... but now I'm getting rid of all of mine because the MP cars do all that plus match the G1 characters spot on.

If you're not playing with a toy (or at very least displaying it), then get rid of it IMHO. That's why I did the big Pay It Forward thing, as I realised that many of my non-TF toys had just been sitting in boxes in my garage for years... what was the damn point of it?!? It felt more like hoarding than collecting, so I ended up just giving away almost all of my non-TF toys away for free. So yeah, if you haven't even touched these toys in a jolly long time, then I don't see the point in keeping them.

Wow, I've got 500 Transformers to give away then?!? I like to think there are valid reasons to have toys even if you don't have them on display or haven't played with them in a while.

[drifand]

I would say the key thing is you must be happy with what you want and how it is working out for you. Don't do it if you did have an attachment to them.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Wow, I've got 500 Transformers to give away then?!? I like to think there are valid reasons to have toys even if you don't have them on display or haven't played with them in a while.

Yeah I'd have to get rid of my whole 1600

[CBratron]

Nope. Not even close.