How many times can you buy the same toy?!

[gekisou]

I reckon it depends on the characters. If its a repaint of the same character, I ignore it. But if its the same mold of different characters, if I like it enough, I'll get it. This is especially true with Sideswipe, Red Alert and Sunstreaker as well as Prowl and Bluestreak... I mean Silverstreak... along with the Seekers.

Really, its a matter of taste I reckon.

[1AZRAEL1]

When it comes to a different character, I will more than likely pick it up. Seekers, Prowl/Smokescreen/Silverstreak, Red Alert/Sideswipe/Sunstreaker are all different characters for me so warrants me to pick each up. For me it is just the same as buying all said figures in G1, a number of repaints there as well. But one good thing that they are doing with the new figures, is at least giving them new heads or something. Unlike Silverbolt/Darkwind, Powerglide/Stormcloud, etc...

[Sky Shadow]

I find it unnecessary to own more than one version of a mould at a given time except in 'special' circumstances. That doesn't mean I haven't bought numerous iterations of the same toy, of course - like many people here I've owned a dozen G1 Seeker mould toys over the years, but have since sold all of them except one of my G2 Ramjets. Generally I whittle down my collection to the single version of the mould I like the most with 'special' exceptions, e.g. Lugnuts and Sky Shadows.

[Vector Prime]

For me, the most prominent repaints/retools are the Classicsverse Seekers.
It was inevitable and a hard thing to avoid, picking all these up:
Starscream, Skywarp, Acidstorm, Ramjet, Thrust & Dirge - as they all represented their own personality and I also wanted them to.round out my Classicsverse Decepticon forces.

Likewise for me - I have all the Hasbro releases of the Seekers along with all the Henkei releases (if available) and intend on even picking up the Botcon ones (if I can find them at a semi-reasonable price - most unlikely though)

I reckon it depends on the characters. If its a repaint of the same character, I ignore it. But if its the same mold of different characters, if I like it enough, I'll get it.

When it comes to a different character, I will more than likely pick it up. Seekers, Prowl/Smokescreen/Silverstreak, Red Alert/Sideswipe/Sunstreaker are all different characters for me so warrants me to pick each up.

My collecting habits kinda follow this path too - straight repaint of same character? Maybe not, only if I like that character and mold enough. Redeco into another character? Most likely, once again dependent on how much I like that character or mold.

[5FDP]

For me, it depends on the characters also. Case in point would be the seekers. I bought Dirge and Thrust not only because I already had Ramjet, but because they are a group-of-sorts unlike some of the other repaints which have no real association with each other.

[gamblor916]

All the versions but only for a few selected moulds.

[Vector Prime]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I was wondering, for those that buy the redecos, do you open them all and put them all on display or do you simply display one and leave the rest MISB/MOSC?

I open most of my ones (Seekers, Sideswipe mold, Prowl mold, etc) but leave quite a few sealed (Onslaught/Hardhead, Mirage/Fracture/Drag Strip, Silverbolt/Darkwind/Skyfall, Alternitys)

I guess for me, if I'm a big fan of the mold, I liberate them from their plastic prisons (although for some reason I opened all my Prowl molds despite my dislike for that mold but for some reason I keep my Alternitys sealed even though I love all the redecos of Convoy and Megatron )

[blackie]

ask STL

[jaydisc]

I've got no prob with repaints if I the characters are different and I want them (typically only g1 honored characters). And for lines I like, I get at least 2 of each (of the exact same toy), sometimes more depending on love level, rarity and/or value. There's exceptions too. Like yourself, I have 2 ea. of Alternities, but I have two of each color, even if it is the same character (Convoy, Megs).

[GoktimusPrime]

I voted for "One version of a mould only". Except for a small handful (which I consider 'special circumstances'), I generally don't buy multiples of the exact same toy. Other than that all my doubles were gifts that people gave to me when I already had the toy, so I keep the spare sealed. I have quite a few variants of the same toy (e.g. US and AU Transmetal Optimus Primal, Armada and Micron Legend Hot Shot, Hasbro and Takara Transmetal Megatron, yellow and blue Binaltech Tracks, and of course, various original G1s and reissues) - and having those variants gives me the chance to display them in robot and alt modes.

But usually when I buy one version, I don't intend to buy another version. I sometimes buy variants later on because that variant appeals to me and at the time I bought the original the variant didn't exist. For example, when Binaltech Tracks first came out, it was the yellow version, so I got it. Then later on Takara went and released the blue version, which of course looks a lot nicer from a G1 POV, so I went and bought that. Likewise when Masterpiece Starscream first came out in Japan, it was "Greenscream" -- then much later on Hasbro went and released their version with G1 colours, so I bought that. Had I known that those more appealing variants were to come out later on, then I would have held off and waited for them. But alas I can't predict the future (cos if I did I'd retire and win Lotto for the rest of my life ).

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I was wondering, for those that buy the redecos, do you open them all and put them all on display or do you simply display one and leave the rest MISB/MOSC?

I'll open them and display them, that way I can display one in robot mode and the other in alt mode. The only time I'll leave something sealed is if it's an exact duplicate - and I usually end up with duplicates because they were gifts.

e.g.: my 1984 Autobots shelf:

Dion, Wheeljack and Prowl are the only figures on that shelf which I don't have another version to display in alt mode, but with the exception of Mirage and Sunstreaker, the second versions of all of those toys aren't true multiples, they're variants (e.g. originals and reissues). e.g. I have original G1 yellow Bumblebee, red Bumblebee, Bumblejumper and the various reissues of Bumblebee (as well as Glyph and Spectre ). My second Mirage and Sunstreaker were given to me for free.