What would happen if there were no more Transformers?

[bruticus]

I'm not sure if anyone has already asked this before but...

Hypothetically, What do you guys reckon will happen if the world of Transformers as we all know it, suddenly stopped??

i.e. If HasTakTom announced tmrw that there will be no more transformers cartoons, no more movies, no more comics, no more toys, no more new products.... nothing...nadda...zip...

Would existing TF items go up in value because there is no longer a supply and are rare to find or will they simply all go down in value cos people are no
longer interested or reminded of it?

Also, what would you do with all that you have bought and have collected for all these years??

[Lordy]

I'm sure in the short term there would be a drop in interest, and a drop in value on some TF lines. Give it 5-10 years and people who wanted certain TFs as kids can now afford to buy them, and prices increase.

[Kyle]

This has actually happened before. G1 did stop once but many who loved it eventually formed/joined the fandom after many years. BW stopped too but it still has many fans. I think most of us adult fans are grown up enough () to stick with what we like. I can see this will have a huge impact on the major international news sites/forums though. No new stories/products = fewer "exciting" topics to discuss. These big forums will lose a lot of their traffic from the more casual members, then slowly some more serious fans. I think many might stop their daily participation online but will continue to be fans. There'll be more discussions on the existing stories and characters instead of new products (since there'll be none). And more fans will have time to look back, review, catalog (and most importantly play with and enjoy ) their existing stuff. There are heaps of other fandoms out there that are going strong without any new series or new products.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

We'd all be very sad but a lot less poor, and Gobots & Macross would see a sudden surge in popularity. I'd be betting on prices going up and plateauing after a while.
My collection's at 70-80-odd and with all the ones I want so far it's going to end up 200-250, so given the effort and cost involved in finishing it I'd probably be keeping the few that mean a lot to me (Predaking and TM2 Megatron), waiting a while and selling the rest a few years down the track once they'd fetch a good price or if I needed the moolah.

[loophole]

what would happen? i would concentrate only on G1 without having to worry about the new excitong/cool stuff coming out!

[blackie]

what would happen? i would concentrate oley on G1 without having to worry about the new excitong/cool stuff coming out!

+1

and more casual collectors getting out of the game = more tfs for me

[turtle boy]

Death in many countrys would be imenent. I would rampage around the world killing people pff untill I was caught or they brought TFs back

[GoktimusPrime]

This has actually happened before.

This is not true. Transformers has continually and constantly been in production ever since its debut. There were some years which where popularity and production was lower than others - but ever since 1984 we have never had a year where Transformers did not exist.
Reference: TFU.info year index

The idea of not being into Transformers is a very alien concept to me as I've continuously collected Transformers for the last 25 years. Man... I don't want to even think of a world where Transformers aren't made no more!! I would still be a fan though. It's not as if I stop playing with my toys, read my comics or watch my videos/DVDs just because they're not current any more!

[Kyle]

This is not true.

You didn't read my second sentence.

[GoktimusPrime]

I did... but I think bruticus means like, what if Transformers _completely_ died out (as opposed to a certain line dying out). Sure, G1 did end, but it was quickly replaced with G2 in the same year - so even between G1 and G2 we didn't really have a period where "Transformers" as a brand/franchise ceased to be.