Quote Originally Posted by Shane McCarthy
I wouldn't say I collect them but if one comes out that takes my fancy I'll pick it up.
Not all Transfans collect the toys. Jhiaxus - the Australian Transfan who co-administers the Obscure Transformers Web Site isn't an active toy collector - he's more like you; just occasionally gets toys that he likes. But he's a rabid collector of TF comics though. He has the complete collection of G1 and G2 comics from Marvel (trust me, I've read his collection - at least, issues that I don't have... took me a couple of days ). Charl, another Australian Transfan who runs The Lexicon also doesn't collect toys. A couple of years ago she sold off her entire TF toy collection (except for one toy).

So yeah... don't let anyone tell you that you're less of a fan just because you're not really a toy collector (not that anyone here has suggested that, but you know what I mean ). There's more to being a Transfan than the toys (although admittedly the toys are at the core and heart of the franchise/hobby - without the toys there would be no Transformers).

Quote Originally Posted by Shane McCarthy
I liked a lot of the Beast Wars toys (clearly old news now)
Jhiaxus and I first realised that Beast Wars was old at OzFormers 2003 where some people walked by pointing at the Beast Wars toy diorama going, "Aw Beast Wars, I remember that!" - we knew at that moment that when people started talking about Beast Wars with fond nostalgia that it had become old - we'd become old! Gah!

Quote Originally Posted by Shane McCarthy
and I like the Masterpiece figures but have yet to buy any actually.
That's rather ironic considering how a lot of the Decepticons in AHM appear to be Masterpieces (especially the Decepticon jets). Did you specifically request that or was that the artist's decision? Also, who decided to give Thundercracker a red nosecone? That looks awful IMO.

Quote Originally Posted by Shane McCarthy
I tried to get one of those anniversary Primes with the Matrix etc in the box but I missed out...
Here are my recommendations when it comes to MPs:
+ Optimus Prime = Takara
+ Ultra Magnus = Hasbro or Takara (no difference)
+ Starscream = Hasbro
+ Megatron = Takara (check WA laws regarding replica weapons - in NSW this toy is prohibited and consequently NSW collectors need to register our toys with the NSW Firearms Registry)
+ Skywarp = Takara
+ Thundercracker = Takara (coming soon)

Quote Originally Posted by Shane McCarthy
and come to think of it I meant to get Unicron and didn't.
Dude... those things were everywhere! Did you just kept passing them up each time you went shopping until one day they were sold out?


Quote Originally Posted by Shane McCarthy
It seems I'm bad at this.
I usually just buy the toy as soon as I see it. Works for me most of the time.