How many times can you buy the same toy?!

[Thanatos]

I'm a little too willing to buy repaints actually. My problem is that usually I wind up liking the second version of a mold more (ie I like Skullgrin more than Straxus, even though they are the same toy). I'm one who would wittle down the collection later, however, I think having 2 versions of a good mold is the way to go. I'll rarely buy a direct repaint without a fiction element though.

[LordCyrusOmega]

I like repaints that are either accurate to the media they appear in or their own unique character eg seekers or ratchet and ironhide.

I use to avoid buying them and even minor retools. Now i think if it's justified it's ok. I draw the line at Bumblebee though...to many out there already.

[kaiden]

so far the only repaints/redecos i have bought are classics ultra magnus and classics/generations seekers, oh and generation blurr.

other than those, everything else is unique.

[Tallestblue]

If it's a straight repaint I'll ignore it. But if it has a remolded head then I'll buy it. The only reason I'll buy a straight repaint is if A) it has a precedent in G1(ie Classics Prowl/Silverstreak/Smokescreen, the Seekers, etc) or if it looks spectacularly better than the original. (ie ROTF Buster Prime/Jetfire 2pack.)

[SharkyMcShark]

I don't mind repaints. I know some people hate them but I have no issue - if I don't like them I don't buy them, and if its a good mold (like Gen Blurr, RotF Dirge, etc) I get both.

I ended up with four of the RiD Prowl mold, although only two survive to this day (I had the original Western release - which broke, 2 of the power up version - one of which was to replace the missing original, and the Sideswipe OFTCC 2003 Exclusive). This is because it's my favourite deluxe ever.

I have three of the Classic Seeker mold (Original Starscream, Classics Ramjet, Generations Thrust), something I can justify in my mind despite it being a turd of a mold because they're all remolds that were released over a period of 4 years.

I ended up with a bunch of RotF Breakdowns by virtue of a kitbash I was doing with it (they're cheap and plentiful you see, so I thought I'd use it as my base figure because im massively clumsy so it would be easy to replace). Oh and also like 4 Movie 2007 Dreadwings, 3 of which remain unopened (I suppose I'll crack them open if I'm ever creating a drone army, of which Overcast would probably be the leader) (which brings me up to 5 of that mold ) (and I still want to get my hands on a Fearswoop too )

I've got doubles of a bunch of molds (mostly through redecoes as opposed to buying the same toy again), so I'll just mention the bigger ones- RotF Long Haul, Animated Starscream, Alternators Sideswipe/Sunstreaker, MP Starscream.

I've got a myriad of deluxe originals and then repaints too long to bother listing.

[snazzbot 101]

Two or three sounds about right, but as with most things it depends on the circumstance. I don't go out of my way to buy multiples of the same mold/simple retool but at times the variations do tend to "speak" to me.

Omega Supreme and GADEP are different enough as characters to me for them not to not be the "same." So I have no problem having both (I always imagined Omega having a blank face anyway, despite the cartoon. An impersonal doomsday last-resort weapon).

Then again I have G2 Dreadwing & Smokescreen, Starscream and BB, as well as Smokesniper and Gigant Bomb and while have little or no connection to any of their fictions the mold is strong enough, and the decos are strong enough for me to like each of them.

[UltraMarginal]

this is a really interesting topic, it looks like a lot of people are thinking along the same lines with similar exceptions.

I used to be very much a single mold kind of guy. I think one of my first double was alternators dead end, followed by Sunstreaker and sideswipe. I got hold of dead end because i found him and didn't think I'd ever see the other two. then my (now) wife bought Sunstreaker for me while she was in the states once, and I picked up Sideswipe from CaseFresh. My first alternator was smokescreen, later I got silver/blue streak because I saw him at kmart cheap.

I've also gone the other way and picked up a single version of a mold just because I wanted to see how it worked. Alternators nemesis prime is a perfect example. didn't want the prime because I had MP-01, don't get the whole Nemesis prime thing but it was $20 and I needed to see the transformation.

Now I have 3 takara masterpiece seekers, and they are fine. I bought mp04 from Target because it had the trailer and long smoke stacks.

I didn't get classics starscream because I was aiming for masterpiece seekers but now I've started picking up the coneheads and I got skywarp in the two pack with magnus, so I'm looking for a screamer and hanging for TC.

Apart from that though, I try to reserve my non-bottomless transformers funds for the characters/concepts/designs that really appeal to me. If I see a new mold come out and I like it but think I will see it later in a preferred character form, I will wait and hope, sometimes I regret this other times not.

straight repaints like a lot of the movie figures, I don't care so much for, especially the ravage! I got the $12 one from big W and I still feel ripped off, it doesn't matter how much they dress that up it still stinks.

great thread, love it. interesting to see the different drivers to why people only pick up a few repeats.

[dirge]

I voted 2-3, but that's usually for G1 series (seekers, Lambos) or the odd awesome repaint. I bought most BT toys, mind you, but I don't consider those extensive retools to be the same toy anyway (:

[liegeprime]

Well I voted 4-6 .

I tend do army building as a sorta ongoing liegeverse story/lore-fiction....

G1 - A swarm of insecticons I have 4 sets at the moment plus 1 e hobby version so 5 sets in total. Of course the Seekers, cassettrons, the ZFairlady etc, etc. I will include in this the G1 homage for later versions of the same characters (seekers, et al) - Generations/Classics, Baymovieverse, Animated, etc.
Energon - the 4 terrorcons gets 3 subordinates at least each ( serves as clones) I have yet to complete this - energon ravage and insecticon just dont come around too often (read: cheaply priced)

Cybertron - for army building - Unicron tanks - which I have 7 as of the moment... and a couple of Scrapmetals - 8 so far....more will be added to these two since I am making and army of em - in liegeverse these are part Unicron's Horde (including the Energon Terrorcons)

Straight repaint ... if I like it, Ill buy it as long as it's a different character altogether - but if it's just a "stealth", "Powerup", "Urban style", etc recolor of the same character... I'll skip.

[Sharky]

i think it is all a mater of circumstance and desire for me.

for instance i like the "WFC" Toys so i have purchased two of each character one to display in vehicle the other in bot mode

same was for BT i got 2 of every mould where i could (police version prowl still eludes me) and those that know me know i have always wanted to reproduce the early g1 catalogues, multiples of 84, 85 and 86 to display in all modes...

then there is the seekers how many versions are there atleast 7 from the US lines (Starscream, Anime Starscream, Acid Storm, Skywarp, Dirge, Ramjet, Thrust) as well as

and i do like the sound of scourge and his sweeps......

so on average i got 3-4