Guinness World Record for the biggest collection of Transformers

[griffin]

Being the first to apply doesn't make it true. It's just a delusion in his mind that 1300+ is the "largest" collection.

Just echoing Sinnertwin a bit... a Guinness Record is like AFA grading - they are companies that verify something as official (to their standards). They don't go out finding things to officially verify, people have to bring things to them... and it is not their job to see if others out there have more. If someone does have more, how else can they prove it if they don't apply to have it officially verified by a recognised company like Guinness.



The issue is if a person with a Guinness Record arrogantly (or ignorantly) believes that there aren't any others that are bigger or better.

[GoktimusPrime]

The issue is if a person with a Guinness Record arrogantly (or ignorantly) believes that there aren't any others that are bigger or better.

This is the thing that I find quite objectionable with this guy -- it is the arrogance. In his post he admits that he KNOWS full well that there are people with larger collections but he's gone ahead and done it anyway, which I think is a form of "intellectual dishonesty" (for lack of a better term). This might've been understandable in the pre-internet age. In 1985 I thought that I had a massive collection of 50 figures - the 2nd largest that I knew of; there was another kid in my school who had more. But that other kid sold off his collection in 1987 so after that I had the largest collection known to me. Until I discovered the online fandom in 1997.

[Sinnertwin]

I'm lol'ing at the reply to the first comment from the article Griffin linked.
It's not always worth the trouble flexing. There's always someone bigger, badder & better.

[KELPIE]

I'm lol'ing at the reply to the first comment from the article Griffin linked.
It's not always worth the trouble flexing. There's always someone bigger, badder & better.

I didn't bother clicking on the link before... now you made me.

Previously I mentioned that I'm okay with non-toys being included in the count.

Now, having seen the count, I retract that statement.

I was referring to things like statues, Mighty Mugs, plush, random memorabilia.... I did not intend for the count to include 278 trading cards and 249 comic books. What's next? Do I count my 50 odd posters and lithographs?

Maybe count it per set?

Action series cards, yes = 1
Panini stickers, yes = 1
TFCCG, yes = 1
Marvel run, yes = 1

I dunno... whole new can of worms that I shouldn't have mentioned... I just couldn't stop my self.

Do Guinness consider doubles when counting?

[griffin]

The record title is for merchandise, not toys... and even though Transformers started as a toyline (which is actually merchandise, like how you'd refer to toys of a movie), I think we all have non-toy merchandise in our collections. The number of toys may be a comparative standard used by many collectors of a Brand that started as a toyline, but a "Transformers collection" doesn't mean just toys.
That said, I wouldn't be too impressed if someone bought up thousands of cheap unwanted trading cards or comics and applied for a new record.
(You can always apply to Guinness to create a new record title for Transformers toy collection, but it is expensive

[Sinnertwin]

That would be pretty funny, well, for me anyway, if someone rocked up to Guiness with 50 sets of the 80's trading cards and said I've got nearly 10, 000 pieces of memorabilia.

[Raider]

That would be pretty funny, well, for me anyway, if someone rocked up to Guiness with 50 sets of the 80's trading cards and said I've got nearly 10, 000 pieces of memorabilia.

All those DOTM Trading Cards are finally good for something! Guinness World Record here I come

[jazzcomp]

It's the largest recorded by Guinness
Are there bigger collections out there? Absolutely.
Have they been verified to date? No. The 2 aren't exclusively mutual.

The issue is if a person with a Guinness Record arrogantly (or ignorantly) believes that there aren't any others that are bigger or better.

I certainly agree with the technicality of the claim. However, personally you know that you are a fraud. Don't know what he gains from it. If you want to have a Guiness World Record for yourself, go ahead. If you want a Record that is untrue, it's just blatant dishonesty

It's just like writing a technical/scientific finding. You have to actually research that there's no previous paper that already has done it. Otherwise, your paper will be disproven anyway.

If I claim to be the tallest person (with a guiness world record), a picture of someone else that's taller automatically disproves that whether or not he has a guiness world record. It's not like he won a competition like the world's strongest man and have a guiness world record for it.