2008 Acquisitions: Your best and worst?

[Demonac]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
I'm sure it was a 100 or so. This year was a lot slower for various reasons.

2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
MIB Fortress Maximus

3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
I try to avoid buying anything I'll regret.

4 - Most difficult item to find?
Universe Sidseswipe.

5 - Item you never found, but still want
Kissplay Rodimus

6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
I'm pretty happy with them.

7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
The new moulds were reasonably good. The repaints I can live without.

8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
See above.

9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
I have no need to buy encores

10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
Paint applications were better than Hasbro's toys (thanks Walmart).

11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
No.

12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
Some clothing.

13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
No.

14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
No.

15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
No.

14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
I'm buying less (thankfully).

15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
Buying less!!

16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
A really sucky movie, to be offset by the geekfest at Botcon.

[loophole]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
About 80 in the last 6 months
2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
G1 Shockwave and TMII Megatron are even
3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
Im pretty happy with my TF's now
4 - Most difficult item to find?
Sentinal Prime
5 - Item you never found, but still want?
Menasor Giftest
6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
Good
7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
Good very pleased with them
8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
Good
9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
Good
10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
Good
11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
G1 Robot Heroes
12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
Comics and Clothes
13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
Yes the movie and S1 Boxset from that states
14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
Headmsters, Supergod Masterforce and Victory
15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
No
14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
All the Animated figures but only deluxe sized stuff for the other lines
15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
Yes stick to a budget
16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
Transformers 2 movie and Animated

[jaydisc]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?

201

2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?

Games of Deception

3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?

Stealth Lockdown. I returned it.

4 - Most difficult item to find?

I typically don't have a hard time finding anything.

5 - Item you never found, but still want?

As said, I typically don't have a hard time finding anything.

6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?

Great!

7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?

OK.

8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?

Bad.

9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?

Great!

10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?

Great!

11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?

No. No. No. No. No.

14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?

More MISB.

15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?

Buying less in general.

16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?

Animated Shockwave!

[swoop]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
around 250
2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
sealed energon unicron
3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
MP 4, bad financial timing
4 - Most difficult item to find?
torgue gain, noize maze and wedgeshape
5 - Item you never found, but still want?
classics sideswipe
6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
good
7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
great, the best line since G1
8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
not so good, to many repaints
9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
good
10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
good
11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
robot heroes
12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
yes
13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
no
14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
yes
15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
though about it but some had missing discs so I decided not to
14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
splurging at bad times
15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
better budgeting
16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
the second movie and more universe toys

[k.wong23]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
50?
2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
City Commander
3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
Universe Combiners
4 - Most difficult item to find?
Universe Sideswipe
5 - Item you never found, but still want?
SIlver Faced universe ironhide
6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
no comment
7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
good
8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
craptastical
9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
good
10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
good but no personal experience
11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
HAHAHAHAHAH
12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
yes
13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
nope
14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
almost.....
15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
never fully got into it
14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
increase retail purchases
15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
anything over 20cm in good detail = buy
16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
MP Grimmayyyyy

[Robzy]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
90-100

2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
Encore Omega Supreme, City Commander

3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
Animated Blitzwing (don't regret buying him, but I'm not impressed - even though I only paid $21 for him I still feel ripped off)

4 - Most difficult item to find?
Nothing really

5 - Item you never found, but still want?
Nothing

6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
Brilliant!

7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
Good - but not as good as Henkei!

8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
Didn't buy any (so I guess that means 'bad')

9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
Brilliant! Best year ever!!!

10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
Brilliant!!

11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
What's the point??? J/K - didn't buy any!

12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
Yessum!

13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
No - waiting for season boxsets

14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
Yessum!

15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
Nope!

14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
Not buying as much G1 as I'd like - something I plan to rectify in 2009!

15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
As above!

16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
G1, the next (sigh) movie, and more Animated goodness!

[STL]

Anybody who used words other than "good" and "bad" gets an Energon cookie! The rest of y'all are just darned unimaginative.

[GoktimusPrime]

Thanks for the cookie! *gobble gobble*

6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
Mediocre.

[SilverDragon]

Anybody who used words other than "good" and "bad" gets an Energon cookie! The rest of y'all are just darned unimaginative.

I used 'meh'.

*eats cookie*

[griffin]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
Somewhere between 500-700. I changed my counting method late in 2008 from one that was close to the fan-voted method, to a more "official" Hasbro-perspective method I developed (as in, what would *Hasbro* class and count as an actual TFs toy product). It meant I lost about 150 in my total count, but now means I should be able to reach the 25hundred figure in the 25th anniversary year, as I was hoping a few months ago...

2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
A tough one... Out of 500+ figures, I don't think there was anything that really jumped out as being the one great acquisition for the year. Kinda sad in a way. I didn't even get anything significant at BotCon either, or any 'grail' toys in 2008...
Maybe, getting Transparent BT Mirage for about half ebay price, at BotCon (so no shipping either). I did get Time Warrior, but that's not a toy product.

3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
Probably anything oversized, overpriced and overly gimmicky. Animated Rollout Prime comes to mind as one example... Those 2 Transcanning toys were a real disappointment as wel.

4 - Most difficult item to find?
The Risk boardgame. Finally found it on christmas eve at about a third the original price. Didn't actually have a problem with any 2008 toys though, as I imported about 85% of the toys released last year, due to it being cheaper than buying retail domestically. As such, I didn't have to hunt locally for many toys at all. Just remembered - Universe Ironhide. Not really difficult to find, but took me about 3 or 4 weeks after people were sighting it for me to find one. I was just impatient...

5 - Item you never found, but still want?
Of the 2008 toys, probably Henkei Wildrider. Everything else was found, or hasn't been out long enough to panic about.

6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
Good for the new asthetic/design perspective, to give the brand more diversity. Bad *if* it were the only TFs toyline at the moment, especially to this Geewunner...

7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
Good.

8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
New moulds good, senseless recolours bad.

9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
Good for the ones I wanted.

10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
Started out good, but it's forcing me to buy two of each character...

11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
Yes. Robot Heroes mostly.

12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
That metallic Allspark cube, and TFs underwear...

13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
The first one released here, but will get the 2 seasons imported.

14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
Nope, already had the cheaper US or UK versions.

15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
Not yet, but will. Or get it while at BotCon.

14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
It's getting too expensive.

15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
Cutting back on the JP stuff that is just recolours of Hasbro stuff.

16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
Rest of the 25th Anniversary toys, and the movie. And maybe Animated if they do a good Arcee toy.