Should I or Shouldnt I?

[JuzMel]

To answer your query , if I may juzmel? Penknife = Cutter from arts and craft stores or just your plain newsagent will have this among the school supplies.

hehe sure no worries. Thanks guys... yup Penknife = arts and crafts cutter.. same same. We just call them penknife back home..

Start opening your favourite one first!

[STL]

I'm one of those guys who started out as Juzmel and opened carefully to reseal if I wanted too. But I started to buy doubles of most of my toys, one for MISB display purpose, the other for play. It wasn't always that way. Originally I bought doubles b/c a toy was my favourite mold and I worreid that I'd have to chase it down the line and that that would be a massive pain.

Then through theDamned and Jaydisc, I started to have an attraction to displaying toys. So I started to buy lots of toys purely just for their displayability. I went crazy in the first movie, TFM, Classics 2.0, Animated. Some of the doubling up was warrated as I really enjoyed most of the Animated molds and Classics 2.0 had lovely packaging. But toys from TFM really really irked me as some of them were pretty average and I had spares of them!

So I've now reached a point where I continue to buy doubles of ROTF toys but if and only if I like the mold or they're show cast. Otherwise, only the 1 for me. So far that's been Preview BB, Smokescreen, Desert Attack Brawl, Breakaway and many more to come I'm sure.

But cost's a big issue. The other issue that's not to be forgotten is space. YOu've got to remember you've only got so much room. In my collection pics (see my sig) you'll see how big a room I have access to yet even now I'm struggling to find space to display everything. So there's an upper limit. Boxes take up lots of space and you've gotta be quite selective about the line you're interested in and make sure they will look good displayed.

[G1Optimal]

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So I've now reached a point where I continue to buy doubles of ROTF toys but if and only if I like the mold or they're show cast. Otherwise, only the 1 for me. So far that's been Preview BB, Smokescreen, Desert Attack Brawl, Breakaway and many more to come I'm sure........

That's good to hear i am not the only one...
and i am hoping not the only one that gets doubles in case of Breakages for the Main cast and/or Favorites.

And about the packaging:
I try and keep what my Transformers came it for Storage purposes.

[STL]

And about the packaging:[/I]
I try and keep what my Transformers came it for Storage purposes.

Trust me, it only lasts so long. I originally kept all my packaging but over a year ago it all went. And still I struggle for space!

[1orion2many]

Don't waste your time with a stanley or pen knife, use a blowtorch, kill 2 birds with one stone, opens your toys and destroys the bubbles and boxes and don't worry about the melted mess you can always call it battle damage. Yes I open my toys in case you can't tell

[G1Optimal]

Trust me, it only lasts so long. I originally kept all my packaging but over a year ago it all went. And still I struggle for space!

Hope you kept The Techspec's/Bio's of the ones that had them?

[blackie]

Hope you kept The Techspec's/Bio's of the ones that had them?

STL loves his techspecs :P

[GoktimusPrime]

Tech specs can be clipped and saved. At least, they used to be - up until Armada. (-_-) And quite frankly, most tech specs that they've written since then haven't even been worth collecting.

And can someone explain to me why Hasbro and 3H just _refuse_ to give us tech specs as collectable cards?!? Takara's been doing it since G2 (although it became standardised in Beast Wars)... I don't see why Hasbro doesn't follow suit. Not even with BotCon exclusives where they just give us those oversized ones. <sigh>

[G1Optimal]

STL loves his techspecs :P

My Mistake...
Thought when he said Got rid of "all" his Packaging i thought he meant that as well.

Should of thought ...
"Of course he wouldn't throw that out" what was i thinking.

[Tabias Prime]

Open them.they must be set free. not to open is wrong...

I only have one that remains in the box.My Alternity Convoy only because i think the packaging is just as good as the toy.He's only been out once.