MISB Collectors?

[jaydisc]

My love for TFs is all about the transforming... the cleverness, the engineering, etc. So, I've never understood the plight of the MISB collector. I'd love to hear some of what inspires them.

I'm sure this has been discussed ad nauseam in the past, but it'd be good to have on this fresh, new, minty board.

[dirge]

What you said, jay. It's the cleverness of the toys that grabs me. Which is why I'm more partial to toys with realistic alt modes, and generally dislike electronic gimmicks.

[kup]

I am also for the design so I open my toys. However what will initially get me to buy the toy will bet the actual character. Having said that I can get really dissapointed if I buy the toy of a character that I like and it turns out to have mediocre design or some aspect that does not appeal to me.
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[1orion2many]

Personally I don't see that there is a lot of difference between something that MIB or has been taken out and transformed a few times in a well looked after home, of course it is to my advantage when buying second hand because people then value thier TF's for a lot less.

[GoktimusPrime]

I totally agree with you jaydisc. Not just with Transformers, but I like playing with toys - that's why I collect them! I very seldomly keep toys sealed... what's the fun in that? Investment value? Toys appreciate very, very poorly. If I wanted to invest my money, I'd go buy some stock market shares.

I buy toys to play with. Buying a toy that I would never play with - to me - is like buying a book that I'd never intend to read or buying a piece of food that I'd never intend to eat (although I don't know if there's much collectibility in food unless you have it thoroughly well preserved or something ).

Personally I don't see that there is a lot of difference between something that MIB or has been taken out and transformed a few times in a well looked after home,

Agreed. I can understand some people wanting to display the Transformers in packaging - and to that end Takara tends to do that a lot better than Hasbro. But keeping it sealed? It's just a piece of freakin' sticky tape. I knew a guy who collected Star Wars Miniatures - which he collected in triplicate, with one set he kept sealed in their individual bags and he would handle the minis and their cards with gloves on because he never wants anyone to have ever touched them. I reminded him that plenty of hands would've already touched these things in the factory in China.

On one hand I wonder if MISP collecting is a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder or something related to autism/aspergers... but then, who's to say that loose collecting's that much different? We're probably on a lower part of the spectrum but it's still pretty compulsive.

[jaydisc]

Are any MISBers gonna chime in here?