Hello again

[5FDP]

Hi guys,

To introduce myself to the community, I am a Sydney based fan mainly collecting G1 toys and merch and have around 200+ figures.

I was a member of this forum about 4 years ago (different username) and have met some of you already.

I regularly visit this site for Oz related news and sightings and thought I would re-register to contribute.

Chances are I might not have a lot of time to post so don't be surprised if you don't hear from me often.

Cheers!

[1orion2many]

Welcome back, it's not the quatity it's the quality

[liegeprime]

Mabuhay and welcome... again

[TheFallen]

Welcome. Enjoy the viddles

[dirge]

Welcome back (:

[5FDP]

Thank you all for the very warm welcome guys. It's good to be posting again.

Transformers are, and always has been a big part of my life, and it's fantastic to talk to like-minded people.

Welcome back, it's not the quatity it's the quality

Not too sure what to make of this comment - are you saying that I don't have that many or that it's a reasonable amount however only the 'quality' counts?

I am a MISB collector where possible (gets a bit expensive at times) and even those that are 'out of the box' are in mint condition.

I never collect anything that I consider to be 'junkers' or even missing accessories. I am by no means a completist and only collect figures / characters that interest me.

The rules (self-imposed) that I use for collecting are -

1. Avoid collecting something that has been KO'd (to avoid being duped as most out of the box KO's are hard to pick). I do have the KO Shockwave for display purposes only as it's unlikely he will ever see an official release and I would never resell him claiming it to be original.
2. Never collect more than one mould of a figure - no repaints. I did make an exception to this early this month by getting the Encore Thundercracker and Skywarp 2-pack
3. Always aim for a mint figure with all accessories

I'm lucky in that more than 20 of my Transformers were mine as a kid as my parents never allowed me to take them out of the house or threw them out when I got older. I still have my very first - Sideswipe, that my parents bought for me back in '84.

I'm currently extending my house and will have a new room to display them all. Collecting to me is how much I enjoy my collection rather than aiming for every release of every toy ever made. Having said that, I am more than envious looking at some of the collections here - especially Griffin's, Gok's, and Tiby's who showed them all on Collectors.

[Robzy]

Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong!

[GoktimusPrime]

Just out of curiosity, what was your previous handle?

[5FDP]

Hi Goki. It was S0undwave. Couldn't re-register with that as I believe there are other similar handles being used. Wanted to come up with something completely different.

I went into a self-imposed hiatus a couple of years ago and reconnected with some other long-time friends / fans I've known since high school. We ran our own Transfan club with about 15 or so members. It was fairly casual in that we mostly had meet-ups at each others houses and a very infrequent newsletter - similar to the way Ozformers was run 'back in the day'.

[1orion2many]

I was talking about posting, and it should have read quantity. I only post every now and then at the moment as the movie figures which are the main at the moment leave me cold, I remember your handle