Quote Originally Posted by tinyJazz View Post
Hey, I like your username. Welcome!

Do you share your whole collection with the kids or is there a "Dad's only" group of TFs?
Also, if they like the G1 characters but you don't want to get the old G1 toys, have you looked into the Classics/Universe 2.0/Generations line? Only the combiner wars stuff seems to be in stores right now though.

If you're not having any luck with your local stores, feel free to chuck up a list of what you're seeking in the toy scout section. Some of the members here might be able to help you out.
Yeah Jazz rocks , actually surprised the username was available, he was my favourite when I was a kid and also was the first TF toy I had. I remember watching original TF movie at the cinema's (one of my first cinema experiences) and being so relieved afterwards cause he was one of the few originals that made it out alive lol, but then Bay had Megatron rip him in half in his first flick so I guess you win some you loose some haha

Collection is all for the kids now, I guess I want them to experience what I only dreamed about when I was a kid , but I do have one "dad's only" figure, well actually two now, and that's a G1 Jazz and G1 Optimus, both for sentimental reasons, both kept unopen in their boxes. One of my best mates since I was a little tacker has become an avid collector over the last couple of years, guess he's collection inspired me a bit (although his poison is the Materpiece range which is pretty nuts), also have a younger cousin who similarly has now started collecting G1 figures, so when my eldest one day got curious about TF's in a shop, didn't take long for me to start reliving my youth as well .

Yeah I noticed that range in the shops now, the combiner Aerialbots look pretty sweet and close to the originals (except larger), although they only have three of the original team out, which I thought a bit weird. Kids are in to the prime series so I'm riding that wave now cause its something they can relate to, but if they release the other two aerialbots I'd probably look into it for them cause the combiners were pretty cool pieces (loved G1 Bruticus and Devastator)

Thanks for the tip, may be my last point of call if I strike out with the retailers