The Vintage Transformer Liberation Thread.

[liegeprime]

Depends on the toy. With a lot of G2 toys it's much easier to find complete ones sealed.

I beg to differ

[AussieJason]

The horror... the horror ! May Primus have mercy on your souls.

Seriously though, why not just keep them MIB and also buy a loose one ? That would look good on display.

[liegeprime]

but they do look good on display - out of their cardbacks, boxes, plastic cases and about buying a second loose one... erm that would be good for newer TFs as I dont see em fetching the insane prices like the G1's/G2 so you could prolly buy a gazillion (or as your wallet may permit) and display them in every altmode they have including a MISB/C one, but these ones we are opening are hard to acquire nowaadays in proper condition... would be such a shame never to fiddle with them and get them attain they're true purpose for creation - being ... a toy. Albeit since its us adults playing so they wont end up gnarlied with teeth marks or broken uselessly and then discarded as how toddlers or slightly older kids will do.

[Sky Shadow]

The horror... the horror ! May Primus have mercy on your souls.

Seriously though, why not just keep them MIB and also buy a loose one ? That would look good on display.

I'm not a 'display' person (in fact, I don't have any Transformers on display, per se. About six of them happen to be lying around on shelves at the moment, but that's just because I haven't put them away.) I like having mint toys, but because they're Transformers, they can't be truly appreciated while they're locked away in their MISPs. Transformers toys exist in four dimensions and for me, they cannot be fully appreciated unless they can be transformed, which requires them to be out of their packaging.

I'm surprised more people don't do this actually. Hmm... I guess some might freak out if I told them that I hypothetically may have spent about $300 on a C10 MISB of e-Hobby Dimension Exploration Researchers (GoBots) only to open them up this week. (And I don't feel bad about it at all - they're awesome! The crème de la crème of Minibots.)

[snaketales]

Gad I wish I had your willpower, rather than a cupboard full of unopened figures....

[liegeprime]

I'm surprised more people don't do this actually. Hmm... I guess some might freak out if I told them that I hypothetically may have spent about $300 on a C10 MISB of e-Hobby Dimension Exploration Researchers (GoBots) only to open them up this week. (And I don't feel bad about it at all - they're awesome! The crème de la crème of Minibots.)

Id open em too if I got it especially for that amount... I didnt buy such an expensive toy just to have it sit there and look pretty... it can do that after Ive fiddled with it anyways... just save the packaging ( not that Id pop em back in hehehe)

[SOUNDBLASTER]

What I wanna know is WHAT THE HELL is that blue COSMOS in that position for.. Is he drunk .

[Sky Shadow]

What I wanna know is WHAT THE HELL is that blue COSMOS in that position for.. Is he drunk .

Sadly, yes. Unfortunately, one problem with releasing MISP Transformers into the world is that they want to experience all the things they've missed while imprisoned. Pathfinder has already lapsed into energonolism. Fortunately, since this photo was taken, Pathfinder has joined Energonolics Anonymous and is now on the fourth step of the twelve-step program.

[AussieJason]

What I wanna know is WHAT THE HELL is that blue COSMOS in that position for.. Is he drunk .

He's wondering why Powerglide's hands are positioned the way they are.

[Sky Shadow]

He's wondering why Powerglide's hands are positioned the way they are.

Oh dear. Now I look at it, that wasn't quite the pose I'd intended. Bad Boy is a bad boy.