What I like about OTCA...

[dirge]

I'd struggle to name all the members here I've met. But I'll give it a go...

NSW: Gok, kup, Eazy D, 99, excelon, Bartrim, The damned, saintly, Rampage, liege, lord zed, sky shadow, the pie, FFN, gamblor, tron07, SilverDragon, Jimreborn, pete, pulse, iamtrunks, G1Optimal, 1azrael1, sam, kuzzy, tober, tiby, shazam, fatbot, fungal, heroic decepticon, stencilator, the scream man, springah, tiby
ACT: Omega Supreme
Qld: griffin, Maxiewolf, soundwarp, counterpunch
Vic: paulbot, jaydisc, digger, mel, demonac, krayt, lhec, STL, sifun, Iceburn, borgeman,
WA: roller, 1orion2many, tetsuwan
SA: loophole, Sofaman
TAS/NT: Noone

Which I guess is testament to how friendly this place actually _is_.

Apologies to anyone I've missed (:

[mangis]

I do believe there's a WA meet coming up for the release of the GI-Joe movie. Depending on work I'm thinking of going. Met up with a lot of guys on here a while back but haven't been that active in the TF community of late. It'd be good to catch up with a lot of them again.

If you're free you should come meet a lot of the other WA guys. Details haven't been 100% confirmed but you can find them here http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=5059

[Kyle]

In WA I've met kurdt, orion, Tets, Ark-Ivor, llamatron, hereticpoo, roller, Autocon, Valkyrie, Lint, bruticus, Sentinel, Zahak, Geminii, kenny, ... and have become good friends with many of them. I've also had the good fortune to have met griffin and Tober from the other states. Looking forward to meet up with more of you in future.

Almost forgot I've met Gok before too, but it was many many years ago at a Perth fair before I joined OTCA.

[liegeprime]

I like here of course are the people you meet both personal and just online... you get to share the hobby with fellow locals and interstate fans and discuss TF stuff and otherwise with very active group of individuals. Added bonus is I get to discover fellow Filos hehehe. Used to be the only active member, thank goodness not anymore. Better to get to see a face and tie it a name/userID though.

Love seeing other collectors collection - as Ive always mentioned its not the collection size, its how well its loved by the collector that counts. Every collection is priced. Like how they share the pics for everyone - okay Im a bit of a TF voyeur.

I also like how active this forum/board is. It may not be as active say like TFW( just look at the number of people online at a time) but the activity here is pleasant, there, well best not to say anything. I like how fellow fans help one another here in finding hard to find toys, like the saleyard stuff.

I like how it's a thriving local community, so the news and events I read I can relate, rather than say if you read a US based one, well its their sale , nothing to do with me thousands of miles away here. Also even the whinges and whines i get to read here are relatable and you can emphatize with. There an atmosphere of belonging as well in the forum that has been fostered and I have observed.

I like how the admin and mods police the forum without you even noticing as the forum runs smoothly ( or am I just to oblivious)

I like that when i log on to everyday theres always something new and interesting posted to keep the boredom away. Lord knows how many ebay items Ive missed while reading a thread here hehehehe.

[Deceptic_Optic]

o0o0o0 another one why i like OTCA is that its not just transformers you talk about its also other toys like the JOE's...*shout out to foor he is GI JOE god!!!!* and heaps of other stuff. And the filos yaya thought i was goin to be a loner here, Liegeprime was the first filo i met here and welcome me with full arms and Gok first time ive seen someones tf collection in my whole life i go gaga just thinking about your collection, sorry i didnt show it i was bit conservative about it plus cos the wife was there lol...

[TheDirtyDigger]

I like how we're an Australian forum and high standards of English are the norm!

[GoktimusPrime]

OTCA members (past and present) that I've met...

NSW: dirge, Eazy_D, kelvinchang99, excelonzero, The_Damned, Saintly (and his boys ), Rampage, liegeprime, Lord_Zed, Kharnifex, the_pie1986, FFN, gamblor916, hound, tron07, norcinu, Tiby, fatbot, Fungal_Infection, heroic_decepticon, stencilator, The_Scream_Man, Jimreborn, springah, kup, Deceptic_Optics, Belinda, Charl, spiralpoison, OzPhoenix, 1AZRAEL1, optimus1, i_amtrunks, jgon2098, kuzzy, RokDog, Sam, Sky_Shadow, Tober, Zaul

ACT: Omega Supreme, Megatron

QLD: griffin, Maxiewolf, Soundwarp

VIC: Paulbot, Demonac, Armada Convoy

WA: roller, 1orion2many, Tetsuwan Convoy, Ark-Ivor, Kyle, Astroclonus, Geminii

SA: loophole, Sofaman

TAS: Rowena

NT: (None)

JAPAN: Tiger Convoy (怪軍三等兵)

...apologies to anyone I've left out.