Mate, a lot of people have been whinging since 1987, which was the year that we also started seeing a decline in G1 (as evidenced by the cancellation of the US G1 cartoon series). But I remember that was the year when I first started seeing people quit Transformers and offloading their collections. Which was good for people like me who could pick up G1 figures for cheap. Mmm... $5 loose complete in box Gnaw and Soundwave... - and in following years a lot of people just gave toys away for free. Mmm... free loose complete in box Sixshot... Too bad the G1 Acquisition Thread (or the internet) didn't exist at the time I was pickin' these figures up.