I have always loved transformers, I grew up watching re-runs of g1 and then beast wars when that started, but I didn't get into any sort of collecting till the movies.
I am pretty specific with my collecting, I don't buy figures purely because of the movie brand, I only buy the figures that I believe are well engineered and actually represent the character on the screen.

and I've never really understood the reasoning behind getting multiples of the same toy and keeping them in storage, I still transform each and every one of my figures at least once or twice a week. they were designed and made to be played with!

I probably wont ever buy any figures from any other series, I probably wont even buy into the new movie franchise, the movies and their figures are a special art of my life that i don't think will ever change.