Greetings everyone!
I have joined the forum as Beast_Wars_Superior, though some of you may know me as Mr_M from the Hyper Magazine forum. It was actually someone from that forum who recommended this place to me.
Anyway, I've pretty much been a fan of Transformers all my life. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with G1, owning heaps of toys and watching the show as often as I could. Then as a teen, it was Beast Wars. Now as an adult, they released the live-action movie as well as the new TV show, Animated.
G1 is great as the sentimental favourite, the one that started it all, and so on, but I have to be honest- I don't like those G1 fanboys who always say stuff like 'This suck coz it's not G1, the voices are different, the alt-modes are different, G1 for life etc.'. In my opinion, the G1 show has aged pretty badly, and Beast Wars and Animated are superior shows in terms of story writing, character development, and voice acting. Beast Wars is my all time fave and I own the entire series on DVD, which is part of the reason why I chose my username. The other part is that it's a play on Soundwave's 'Inferior, Superior' quote.
So yeah, my fave TV shows in order are probably Beast Wars, Animated, G1 and Cybertron (I was going to buy Cybertron Optimus Prime from a sale, but they sold out before I got there). I saw some eps of Armada and Energon and thought they both sucked. I haven't seen Beast Machines but I'm going to download and watch it pretty soon (on a side note, Animated is the first thing I ever downloaded off BitTorrent, but surely not the last!). Also, I loved the live action movie and own it on HD-DVD.
I think I still have most of my G1/G2 toys, but they'd be in a crate in the shed and I can't really be bothered digging them out. In my room at the moment, I have all of my Beast Wars stuff on display, along with various other Transformers I buy here and there. I don't buy very many toys in relation to more serious collectors, but I'm always browsing shops for new Transformers (even if I don't plan to buy any, it's still fun to browse) so hopefully I can make myself useful in the toy sightings forum!
I also like taking photos of them so I should be able to make a few contributions to the action shots thread. I love action shots! Also, I'm not a customiser but I like browsing other people's customised TFs (that Donkey Kong one is brilliant!) so keep up the good work guys!
One more thing, I'm a huge videogame nut so I'll probably get involved in some videogame discussion as well. I'm really looking forward to the TF: Animated game on DS.
Anyway, that's my long introduction out of the way. I look forward to getting involved with the forum, talking to other TF fans, and having fun!