Are You A Completist? (And If So, Don't You Ever Get Disappointed?)

[Autocon]

I am a completist at the individual figure level. I need to have it complete and in decent condition or it drives me mad. As you can gather, Roadbuster is a nightmare for me.

^^ this. with beast wars tech specs / intructions argh

[heroic_decepticon]

I am a completist at the individual figure level. I need to have it complete and in decent condition or it drives me mad. As you can gather, Roadbuster is a nightmare for me.

totally understand what you mean. I bit the bullet and bought a complete MIB Roadbuster a couple of years back for what was a pretty hefty price back then (and with the AU dollar not as strong). No more nightmares.

[liegeprime]

Hehe thank goodness Im not that much of a completist...my roadbuster i s missing its gun viewfinder scope and missles but I dont care much for those accessories.
I complete my figures by piecemeal over time..which somehow as luck would have it works fine for me as I do find these pieces.... I prolly end up paying a bit more for a figure than what's it worth complete (G1s anyways) but Im more an opportunistic buyer in my collecting approach - as in, its there, it may be missing a certain accessory but I know i'll find it someday, so I buy it - so long as its not broken...

[kup]

I only need the handles and the brown driver's seat so I am not far off but I may need to buy a junker to get the seat.

Hehe thank goodness Im not that much of a completist....I complete my figures by piecemeal over time.... I prolly ended up paying more for figure than what's it worth complete (G1s anyways) but I more early on in my collecting an opportunistic buyer- its there it may be missing a certain accessory but I know i'll find it someday so I buy it - so long as its not broken...

I can deal with broken if all the pieces are there.

[5FDP]

I'm very much the same. If I see an incomplete figure for a bargain price, I'm more than likely to pass as not having all the accessories / weapons will bug me to no end until I track them down on Ebay. Then I have thoughts about 'what if the accessory / weapon was a KO from a figure that had been KO'd?' because it's so hard to tell as most are just small, moulded, one tone pieces of plastic. The very thought of having one of my G1's 'tainted' by non-authentic parts sends shivers down my spine.

Yeah.... I got a problem

So in summary - I am also a completist of individual toys

[kup]

I'm very much the same. If I see an incomplete figure for a bargain price, I'm more than likely to pass as not having all the accessories / weapons will bug me to no end until I track them down on Ebay. Then I have thoughts about 'what if the accessory / weapon was a KO from a figure that had been KO'd?' because it's so hard to tell as most are just small, moulded, one tone pieces of plastic. The very thought of having one of my G1's 'tainted' by non-authentic parts sends shivers down my spine.

Yeah.... I got a problem

So in summary - I am also a completist of individual toys

I don't mind pulling together a figure if the accessories are readily available and inexpensive - Several figures in my collection have been completed that way.

However I am having difficulty 'properly' completing a second G1 Prime that I bought as I only have reissue fists for him.

[5FDP]

However I am having difficulty 'properly' completing a second G1 Prime that I bought as I only have reissue fists for him.

I might be able to help you out with this Kup. My neighbour has a box of G1's in his garage and I know for fact that he has Optimus complete with fists. I passed on it as I kept mine (from my childhood), but just say the word and I'll see if he wants to part with them.

[kup]

Sure, thanks. I will give you a list of what I need when I get home and depending on the price I may get the Complete Prime too. If he is broken or in poor condition it doesn't matter as I can fix him as I have several spare parts.

[heroic_decepticon]

So in summary - I am also a completist of individual toys

Yup. Me too. I just can't deal with incomplete TFs (figuratively and literally).

If I get something incomplete, its going ot bug me. And I just don't have the time to hunt for parts. So that's just going to bug me more.

Solution is that I only get complete TFs or not at all. Most of the time, I'm happy to pay a slight premium to get TFs complete (definition of complete = complete, nice stickers, w/ box or card).

Exception to that would be duplicate pieces of TFs, which need not be complete.

[kup]

I don't mind if the TF is without box, stickers, instructions, etc. As long as he has all his accessories I am fine. I do however look for those extra bits once I complete the figure but they are not a priority and only get them on opportunity buys when found cheap.