How many more G1 toys do you need?

[dirge]

Goktimus, are you counting Rapido, Skram and the others (with two names each) as G1? Because the line relly blurs there? You can only count them as g1 if they have pink windows, not black ones...

[this is why I'm not worried about the "European" stuff, it's just too much of a grey area]

[griffin]

Considering that the term 'Generation 1' (or Gen1, G1) was only coined by collectors after 'G2' started, so it really refers to anything prior to 'G2' for fans to distinguish between the two (because a number of G1 toys were released in G2).
G1.5 was also coined later to refer to the issue dirge raised, in that the European originated toys had blurred boundaries. So anything of that period that originated from UK Hasbro instead of US Hasbro or Takara, is referred to as G1.5, or EURO as I call them (which doesn't meant they were only in Europe, but because that's where they originated).

[Fungal Infection]

Fungal: this thread is called "how many more G1 toys do you need?" not "want" ;D So you have to also include G1 toys that you don't have even if you don't actually want them! All the figures on my needs list with the * are figures that I need but don't necessarily want. Maybe Chainclaw... but I really couldn't care less if I never got Rad.

Well, I'm only collecting the complete set of first 2 years toys and I don't necessarily "want" or "need" the jumpstarters but I have them anyway because I "need" them to complete MY G1 collection of the first 2 years toys. Besides, if all I'm collecting is the first 2 years toys, and all I need is 3 toys from those years, you should be able to do the math and work out what I don't have (or rather "want" or "need") rather easily.

[GoktimusPrime]

meh... I'll leave it up to everyone individually if you wanna include the Euro figures or not.

[Paulbot]

I only need a couple of hundred (too many to name personally) but although I'm slowly picking up some up I often find myself too disappointed that they don't live up to the promise after looking at pictures of them for 20+ years.

[roller]

euro g1 must be included, if you dont include them you are a bad bad person who hates order and democracy

it makes sense to include them

anyone who disagrees may step outside into the dark carpark

[GoktimusPrime]

will there be peanuts out there?

[liegeprime]

Er so it includes wants as well then? as long as its G1...

Well here goes.. wants, needs, holy grails, dreams, ambitions, whatever

Fort Max - sigh one can dream...
Omega Supreme
Thunderwing
Crossblades
Reflector
Vroom
Skyhammer
Overlord - is he included - he's G1 isnt he - Japan
Carnivac
Snarler
Iguanus
Finback
Splashdown
Groundbreaker
Squawktalk
Grandslam
Raindance
Weirdwolf
Apeface
Countdown
Groundshake
Bludgeon ( ive got him already but he's incomplete so I still need to get a complete one)
dial*
graphy*
saur*
noise*

* good luck with these hahah (nelson)

.... there still about 20+ figures (mostly Action masters and Micromasters) I probably don't have but these are all I know, that I want to get for my collection. Pretty much after this I'm quite content with the G1 part of my collection ( of course I'm not saying this as an absolute or set in stone, heheheh)
I do get carried away in buying G1 stuff most of the time though....

[benben2142]

Yes but reissue is a diffrent line.

[dirge]

benben, I would suggest this is an argument you cannot win. I do understand where you are coming from, but most fans would consider an original Smokescreen and a reissue Smokescreen as interchangeable. They _are_ the same toy, afterall - and the two toys are virtually identical, loose.

You're entitled to your point of view, but most fans take the opposing view. Neither stance is really wrong or right, but consensus will disagree with you on this one.