Buying Pre-movie

[iceburn]

think the "mech-alive" gimmick has always been there but just a rewording used by Hasbro. i just go for new TFs if possible now hence i've abandoned Voyager prime totally. was thinking of letting go Deluxe/Legend Bumblebee but figured out they have changed so i might get them later.

being a completist is hard and we always want everything.... i guess most of us collectors here just want to finish (if possible) every single figure that has been released whether we like it or not.

personally, i think i'll leave all of then MISB now (back to my old days) as I can't afford to get doubles to open anymore.

[Tober]

Nah. I'm very selective about what I buy. I just buy the ones I like and try to keep my Transformers collection count down. I very seldom buy retro figures.

I only really have Deluxe Concept Camero Bumblebee from the Movie line. Only one I really liked. I onbly have Activators Bumblebee from the Animated line - only one I really like in that line too.

As for RotF... There's the cynical side of me that says that any good figures they do this time they will do better next movie anyway... so I'll most likley just wait it out.

Although I have been a completionist for Alternators, Binaltech and Masterpiece. Yeah, the expensive ones...

[liegeprime]

Im only interested in "completing" ( note the ""- this subject to what my limit is to consider the completeness of this series) G1. All other seires of TFS Ive only gotten those which interest me. Beast wars being the least, but I still got em, at least the ones I like. MP and Alts got most but they're cost prohibitive so I guess AHB you gotta just stick to the ones that raise your interest otherwise you just end up regretting your purchases more and more. For the movie line, Ive already decided based on the previews what Im going to get and what I wont which makes it easy for me to avoid the same character, new mold dilemma. If your trying to get your mojo back in the collecting , yeah I think its best you see the movie then decide which ones you want. Sometimes you get a figure anyways because you "like the character" not so much the toy.. like pretenders - awfull shelled bricks, but hey, I went out on a limb,(not to mention my wallet) just to get em.