Cases where you loved a figure but hated the character, and vice versa...

[TaZZerath]

Mine was Sunstreaker. Loved his IDW incarnation (despite the rockiness during All Hail Megatron), but the Generations toy.... I dunno he just never sat right with me. I actually gave him away before I left my old job to a friend as a keepsake.

[GoktimusPrime]

Mine was Sunstreaker. Loved his IDW incarnation (despite the rockiness during All Hail Megatron), but the Generations toy.... I dunno he just never sat right with me. I actually gave him away before I left my old job to a friend as a keepsake.

Yeah, I skipped Generations CW Sunstreaker because I already have Henkei Sunstreaker. I tend to skip repeat CHUG characters unless the new toy offers something that persuades me to add it alongside my existing CHUG figure of that same dude. Or in exceptional cases, supersede/replace that previous figure. I might consider getting a Siege Sunstreaker if it comes with Bob.

Transmutate - absolutely terrible even as a pack-in build-a-figure. But luuuuurv the character and what she represents.

[KELPIE]

I buy figures because I like the character.

It's less about the toy. If the toy is rubbish, then I'll happily leave it sealed.

Sadly, I like a lot of unrepresented characters, disliking a lot of the popular ones. That said, I don't think I dislike any character enough to negatively impact my enjoyment of a figure, I just wouldn't buy more than the one or two figures I'd need to represent that character.

And man o man am I sick of Optimus Prime.

Some company gets the license for Transformers, they make a Prime, I buy it to support the line, they stop making their product.... rinse, repeat and my collection starts to look more like an Optimus Prime collection and less of a Transformers collection.

[TaZZerath]

Sadly, I like a lot of unrepresented characters, disliking a lot of the popular ones. That said, I don't think I dislike any character enough to negatively impact my enjoyment of a figure, I just wouldn't buy more than the one or two figures I'd need to represent that character..

Same! I tend to avoid the usually oversaturated figures. It drives 'casual' transformers people nuts when they come see my collection

*Gazes over collection trying to find familiarity*

"Is that Optimus Prime? He looks a bit weird"
"No actually thats God Ginrai, he's a Japanese character. He only looks like Optimus Prime."

*Eyes glaze over*

"Oh right, yeah, uh huh....."

[BigTransformerTrev]

A lot of characters from RID(01), S4 of the G1 cartoon and a lot of characters from the Unicron Trilogy I did not like one bit but enjoyed the toys. I'm don't think there has ever been a character I've ever hated enough to make me bypass a toy I wanted, though a lot from ROTF like the twins came damn close

I am guilty of buying the odd toy that wasn't much good just because I wanted a representation of the character.

Not having the TF-budget I used to have makes it easier. If its a character I don't like, and most definitely a toy I don't like, I'll just bypass it now. And as others have stated, there are characters I just bypass completely as I have so many already - I've got over 100 different Optimus, I don't need anymore