Hey from the southcoast nsw.
Hey guys how is it going. My names deno i hail from the illawarra/south coast of nsw. Been eyeing off the forums for a while now and decided to try and get on board to try and network up with a few collectors and make things a bit easier to "improve" the collection.
As we all know being a avid transformers collector in australia seems to be so much more difficult then other places in the world unless youve got plenty of cash to throw around. I beleive this comes down tona lack of network. Collwctors in australia seem to be so scarce or spread so far around the country that it makes things difficult for us all. This is why i have finally taken the leap to sign up.
I was born in 87 so i definately missed the original g1 bandwagon. But growing up my whole childhood all i remember is playing with lego, gi joes, dinoriders and more importantly TRANSFORMERS.
my earliest memory of playing with them would have to come from between 1991 and 1995 when i was living in darwin. Many of the figures inuse to own were from the end of g1 and beginning g2 series with pyro, clench, rotorstorm and stalker, to name a few.
At some point during this period i remember being shown the transformers movie. My brother or my dad had recorded it from the tv onto a vhs, recorded after a dreadful movie known as ferngully. Non stop all i did was want to watch this movie fastforward the rough ferngully to try and find the beginning or the movie. It was eye opening experience. As we all know what more could a boy want. From here my brother and i also managaed to get hooked onto robotech/macross.
I never really began collecting until infound some of the masterpiece figures online and couldnt help but begin my collection.
I have tried to narrow my collection to mostly g1/g2 and masterpiece firgues however. Since then i have not been able to help myself and lashed out on a few other lines.
To be honest my collection is not huge but its mine and i do plan on expanding it, but for the time i make do.
I am currently looking at a better display option for my collection when im able to get a few dollars around my fiances back, that way i would be able to pull most of them out of the storage cupbaord i have and show them off. Love to display in alt modes.
I am currently apart of a few fb groups and watch ebay regularly for good deals. But besides this find it hard to come across figures where i am from. Hence why i am joining up. To see who the collectors and traders are in my neighbourhood and so far i have found a few. Amd hopefully am able to get in contact with some.
I have 1 o the er mate that i have met down my way who loves them. Has a sweet collection but is currently just brought out a ep band"elia fell" check them out on itunes.
I regularly haunt the new shellharbour tru store and local knarts argets and bigws as mu children as i can and find shellharbour target and tru to be the best bet for new figures. If i can get in before other collectors. So far ive been pretty licky.
I look forward to hearing from a few of the locals if they wanna get in contact fb "dene hillman" more thenup for a long overdue chat with some other collectors. And look forward to posting up some oics of my collection and trading with a few of you guys.
Deno.
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; Shellharbour is definitely proving to be the "Go To" for anyone south of Sydney of late, especially as Wollongong continues its slow & lingering death in retail (Amongst other things) - Networking and Online outlets are your best resources however, your wallet will likely never thank you again though! 
