To old to collect TFs?

[liegeprime]

I'd love to reply to this thread but I am currently (still) in denial about being in the demographic the question was targeting.

you can only be in denial for so long klystron... sooner or later youll get tired and admit....

[klystron]

Never!

[liegeprime]

Never!

Ows?

[chuttla]

Pfft never too old to collect............at least it better than stamps or coins. At least you can play with Transformers

exactly, im 31, have a step son and a 6 month old baby, and a very understanding partner, and sometimes when people find out i collect transformers, i might get the odd rolled eyes or a 'hah?' from the non believers, but thats the scenario i put forward, some people collect bottles, some collect buttons, i collect transformers.

[reillyd]

exactly, im 31, have a step son and a 6 month old baby, and a very understanding partner

They do understand though that Transformers aren't for kids though right?
I'm thinking a 6 month old could chew a lot of robot legs off :P

[GoktimusPrime]

I let my daughter play with my PlaySkool Transformers like Mototron, Charlie Chopper, Beastbot, Policeman Pete etc. I let her play with My First Transformer Jet for a while, then she started scratching one of the stickers, so I took that off her!

I occasionally let her handle other Transformers under supervision. She started throwing Drift around.

[sil1580sx]

I'm in my late 20's, don't feel old anymore

Age is just a number, if you still enjoy it then why should you stop?

[jjr]

It would seem according to Target, yes if you are over 10 years old

[heroic_decepticon]

She started throwing Drift around.

Now, that's a smart girl.

The way I foresee it, I will be stopping TF collecting in 3 to 4 years. There're a few reasons of course. One is that I would have acquired all the G1 toys that I want (including Headmasters, Masterforce and Victory, I've less than 20 figures to go; I think I might even be finished before this year is over). Second, I have very little interest in the post G1 releases and that includes Classics/Henkei/Generations, the plastic quality is just crap and when I hold one, I want to throw it away in the thrash. As a result, I have also sold 90% of all the Classics and Henkei I own.

So, I will stop because there will be nothing that I want left to buy. By stopping in "3 or 4 years", I mean that I will very likely even have sold off all my G1 collection by then after I've had a chance to enjoy them in their entirety for a few years and maybe even have gone to Botcon 'secure' in the feeling that there is nothing I want to buy.

i think I'm getting burned out mentally because I'm too obsessive when collecting.

BUT, I will remain a Transformer fan for life.

[GoktimusPrime]

So, I will stop because there will be nothing that I want left to buy.

Yeah but that's entirely different from actually quitting Transformers. If anything, it's stopping because you're collection is complete.

By stopping in "3 or 4 years", I mean that I will very likely even have sold off all my G1 collection by then after I've had a chance to enjoy them in their entirety for a few years

*faints*

BUT, I will remain a Transformer fan for life.

That's cool. I'm surprised that you won't be a collector for life though. But not all Transformer fans are collectors.