Quote Originally Posted by d*r*j* View Post
I lurked for a while before I signed up.
There are 2 real advantages for me;
1. ability to ask questions to mastercollectors who are also fans (griffin, gok, jgon)
2. Access to sales page.

The rest is all the usual collectors non-sense of everyone trying to out-do everyone else. I have no interest in meets, etc, because I am in melbourne and it seems that the majority of the melbourne-ites on the board have very loose collecting morals.
I can't speak for Melbourne since I have never attended a meet there but in Sydney meets we don't see any of that. We all just start talking about transformers and we do show of our in hand loot but not to brag or inspire jealousy in others. The ambiance is actually pretty friendly and most people are usually engaged in some TF related discussion or another without comparing or criticizing each other's collection or collecting habits.