How long do you play with your toys for?

[GoktimusPrime]

Depends how busy I am. Sometimes a few minutes, sometimes a few hours. Sometimes if I'm building an exciting campaign I'll "pause" the play and resume it later. This usually means that the toys are left on the playroom floor overnight.

But unless I know I have more free time to spare, I usually play a "stand alone" story with my toys with a simple plot that can be finished quickly. If I have more time I'll try longer and more epic "complex" stories.

[5FDP]

Just long enough to get them out of the box and put them on display

(that is if I open them at all )

[Sharky]

Depends how busy I am. Sometimes a few minutes, sometimes a few hours. Sometimes if I'm building an exciting campaign I'll "pause" the play and resume it later. This usually means that the toys are left on the playroom floor overnight.

But unless I know I have more free time to spare, I usually play a "stand alone" story with my toys with a simple plot that can be finished quickly. If I have more time I'll try longer and more epic "complex" stories.

This disturbs me.....

Just long enough to get them out of the box and put them on display

(that is if I open them at all )

this is more how i do it!!

[gekisou]

Depends how busy I am. Sometimes a few minutes, sometimes a few hours. Sometimes if I'm building an exciting campaign I'll "pause" the play and resume it later. This usually means that the toys are left on the playroom floor overnight.

But unless I know I have more free time to spare, I usually play a "stand alone" story with my toys with a simple plot that can be finished quickly. If I have more time I'll try longer and more epic "complex" stories.

What he said.

[kup]

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.

This disturbs me.....

Goki's 'passion' disturbed me at first but I have grown used to it

[VERT]

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.



Goki's 'passion' disturbed me at first but I have grown used to it

Same as Kup. I just sit while watching TV transforming something. But I do Play with my 5 year old Daughter with them before she goes to bed. And yes Gok disturb's me ha ha ha

[liegeprime]

See now what youve done! Play quietly in the corner Gok your disturbing the other kids at play!

I usually fiddle play a few minutes then put em on their "place" on the shelves!
I used to make stories in my head but since the collection has grown, I only end up now fiddle playing with a few figures a day sometimes every other day.....

Cleaning the shelves takes more hours than it should due to this "fiddle play" in between wiping shelves

[Paulbot]

I think "fiddle play" was the most popular last time we had this discussion and is all I get to do. Few would have the time or inclination to stage battles with them.

I'd transform a new figure several times but then they tend to go into storage (unless it's an ace toy and then it has a longer shelf life).

[GoktimusPrime]

Personally speaking, the notion of buying toys and not playing with them makes about as much sense to me as buying a book and never reading it. If I ever start feeling inclined to stop playing with toys, that's when I'll stop collecting - and quite frankly I'd consider getting rid of any toys I don't play with anymore.

Some of you have seen my recent sales threads for various non TF toys like Marvel, DC, Street Fighter, Warcraft, Starcraft, Halo TMNT etc. -- these are all toys that I no longer play with, hence I've sold them. There are some other toys that I haven't played with in ages too (Star Wars, GI Joe, LotR etc.) which I am contemplating about selling (don't worry, you'll see me posting a sales thread for these toys if I do decide to part with them ).

I don't put my toys on shelves primarily for display purposes (although that is a secondary reason) - it's something I started doing as a kid to:
a/ Make them more accessible to play with (as opposed to rummaging through toy boxes)
b/ Protect them from damage if they were in toy boxes, as Transformers during my childhood were often the most easily breakable if squashed in a box full of MotU, GI Joes, Star Wars etc.

But recently, especially since my daughter was born, I'm lucky if I have time to play with my Transformers -- I very rarely have time to play with other toys, and as such I've done the unthinkable -- I've put them in storage!! Seriously... once a toy's in a closed box tucked away out of sight in my garage... what's the freakin' point of keeping those toys?!? To me that feels more like hoarding rather than collecting. So yeah... keep your eyes peeled on the non-TF sales sections folks.

[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.