How long do you play with your toys for?

[GoktimusPrime]

Just curious Gok, what sort of storylines do you play out? Do you renact old G1 stories or do you make your own up? If you make up your own where do you get your ideas from? Are your storylines simple childish cartoon stories or more mature storylines like you see in some comics?

All of the above. It all depends on how much free time I have and how I'm feeling at the time. Usually during holidays I can sit down and build a rather complex story arc while I play... but otherwise I'll just go into short stories. Sometimes I'll plagiarise things left, right and centre, and other times I try to be more original. All depends on available free time and how I'm fleeing at the particular moment.

You can read a bit about some of the zany stories I've made while playing with my toys here... just keep in mind that none of it is at all pre-planned/scripted/drafted or anything... I just grabbed some toys and started playing and the stories just fly out spontaneously. So I know they're not terribly good; but they were never intended to be. It's simply a by-product of what happens when I play with my toys.

It also depends on what one calls 'playing'. Some would say that fiddle play is still playing.

Yeah, I'd still count that as playing, though not as fun or satisfying to me as creative fantasy play. But I often fiddle with toys cos really... it's just easy when you're short on time. Last night I had a fiddle with G1 Ironhide. No voices, sound effects, stories or anything... just... fiddled.

[LordCyrusOmega]

I wish i could still fantasy play. It may be weird but my collection means so much to me that each robot has it's own personality. I have this notion that they get up and play at night when i'm asleep. Not really of course but it brings back some of the magic of childhood for me.
I feel bad if i leave them boxed for to long.

[SkyWarp91]

LOL
That made me laugh good there Skywarp! "Butthurt"

$60 mind you is an incredibly steep price though, is that how much they're going for now?, as I'm glad I bought at retail for $25 then.

Wow...

When did you get this may I ask? Was it during the period where all sold out and pre-announcement of Henkei reissue? Im guessing that's the case, especially when the Henkei version can be bought for around $30USD currently..

I got Hound at the start of the year I think, before I joined the boards so I had no idea what prices were good or not - I just wanted the toy... ..now I know I could get it cheaper - SOB!

[liegeprime]

LOL
That made me laugh good there Skywarp! "Butthurt"

$60 mind you is an incredibly steep price though, is that how much they're going for now?, as I'm glad I bought at retail for $25 then.

yeah teeheeehehehehe my imagination is running wild at the moment... so pardon me for this senseless post, I cant remember ATM what I was gonna post originally as a reply....

butthurt hehehehehee

[SkyWarp91]

yeah teeheeehehehehe my imagination is running wild at the moment... so pardon me for this senseless post, I cant remember ATM what I was gonna post originally as a reply....

butthurt hehehehehee

Trust me when you spend too much on 1 figure that shouldn't cost that much you'll feel sore too

[gdmetro]

All of the above. It all depends on how much free time I have and how I'm feeling at the time. Usually during holidays I can sit down and build a rather complex story arc while I play... but otherwise I'll just go into short stories. Sometimes I'll plagiarise things left, right and centre, and other times I try to be more original. All depends on available free time and how I'm fleeing at the particular moment.

You can read a bit about some of the zany stories I've made while playing with my toys here... just keep in mind that none of it is at all pre-planned/scripted/drafted or anything... I just grabbed some toys and started playing and the stories just fly out spontaneously. So I know they're not terribly good; but they were never intended to be. It's simply a by-product of what happens when I play with my toys.


Yeah, I'd still count that as playing, though not as fun or satisfying to me as creative fantasy play. But I often fiddle with toys cos really... it's just easy when you're short on time. Last night I had a fiddle with G1 Ironhide. No voices, sound effects, stories or anything... just... fiddled.

Wow! Sounds really fun. Can't skip the sounds "pew pew pew"

Trust me when you spend too much on 1 figure that shouldn't cost that much you'll feel sore too

Yeah it stings when you know you got ripped. Could be worse, just hold onto it mosc for a few years, and hopefully the price will go up a bit.

[SharkyMcShark]

I don't really play with my toys but mostly like to pose them and admire their sculpts/engineering. When I get a new toy that I like, I will usually pick it up and fiddle with it by triggering gimmicks and transforming it back and forth.

Same. I don't stand there going pew pew or set up battle scenes, but I transform them back and forth idly while studying mainly.

[JuzMel]

If playing according to Gok means "stories, sound effects or voices etc..." then I certainly have not played with my TFs at all.

Like some of the guys here, I'm mostly a MISB collector and only really open those that I like and would like to tranform them to see how they look. Other reason why I don't open them is also because our place is too small and most of my TFs and Lego are stacked or packed in boxes awaiting the move to their new home called the Rumpus room in future.

But for those that I do open and transform, I prefer to take portrait shots of them with different poses.

[GoktimusPrime]

If playing according to Gok means "stories, sound effects or voices etc..." then I certainly have not played with my TFs at all.

There are different kinds of play. I prefer full on fantasy play, but when I'm short on time or just tired I'll just fiddle-play. I think in reality most of us switch between being kinds of players depending on certain factors. For example, I have a few toys that I keep sealed (they're all doubles ). And sometimes I like to fiddle play, but I really love to fantasy play - so I predominantly consider myself a fantasy player.

According to the "How do you play with your Transformers?" poll:

75% of us fiddle play
The Fiddler

13.25% of us don't play with our toys
The Curator

8% of us fantasy play with our toys
The Player

...and 4% selected "other" (e.g. kitbashers etc.)
The Artisan

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

ROFL! Aaah, gok, you do make laugh sometimes. Love that curator pic

I mostly fiddle play, usually leaving a new toy out on my foot tool in front of the telly and playing with it on the couch.

I realised that I don't spend enough quality time with my TFs which is why I set up my blog, now I have begun enjoying them for their poses and articulation as well as reviewing them too. The reviewing side of things has made me assess the reasons why I like a figure so much, wheras before I would just go "yep, ots optimus. Cool." Now I sit there and think 'Good colours, articulations is cool, nice moulding' etc etc. Plus the posing and photographing is now a bit more constructive with somewhere to publish them.

Role playing, hmm, I still enjoy it, but rarely have time for it. Most days off work/tudy are filled with housework leaving little time for a battle. The last one I had was when Encore Omega Supreme showed up and I had a heap of new animated toys as well. It was good to get that kiddy feeling again. The wife was a bit shocked though.

he has seen me do that before, but it was when I got my Fort max, in about 2003. Such an impressive figure, I couldn't resist the urge and had to have a base attack battle. Dragged out almost every figure I had then. It was a mughty battle. I have a tendency to just make it up as I go along, no particular story line. It all depends on how I feel at the time.

Wow, that was longer than I thought it would be. Oh and as for 'Quality time' the time is for me, not the TFs, I find it most relaxing to just mess about with a couple of toys. Its a great stress reliever I find. (unless its Omega Prime or Big convoy...)