The Regret Thread

[jena]

I regret buying DOTM Leader Ironhide. I watched reviews, I knew it was pretty crap, but I went ahead and bought it anyway, mostly because I was being an emotional woman thanks to the movie. I think I'm going to make the most of a bad purchase and repaint him, make him more movie-like. Or something. I don't regret anything else.

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah, I don't think I regret any of my purchases... but there are some which I've been disappointed with.

Combiner Class ROTF Devastator would top this list... such an epic FAIL of a Transformer toy set... do I regret getting it? Not really; I wanted it, and I got it on sale (although it did get cheaper later)... I probably regret not waiting a bit longer for it to get cheaper, but I don't regret _getting_ the toy per se.

...I regret wanting the toy.

[Prowl]

Some regrets being the following...

When my brother & his wife were in Japan I asked for G1 Transformers (before I started collecting) & was told they looked in several stores but all they had were "modern classic ones" & I told him to forget it. I should have said GET THEM ALL!!!!!

I paid not neccesarily over the odds but more than I could have for some G1 reissues as my first TF purchase in 20 years.

All in all I am pretty happy with what I have collected & only a few I regret buying as they pretty much suck as toys

[Arcee]

Didn't the Leader Class Prime (with swindle) got reissued though Arcee? They did sold for clearance price of $30 (IIRC) ...... So you paid full price for it the second time again?

No, I didn't just pay full price, I paid DOUBLE the full price. Thank you liege for rubbing salt on my wound! (Nah don't worry, it's an old wound that only makes me laugh and doesn't hurt any more )

But in order to keep ones sanity, you have to concentrate on the possitives, rather than the negative aspects of collecting (of which there are many, least of all sellers trying to screw you over)

Finding a TM2 Blackarachnia at Launceston Target and not being able to believe it as I ran to the check-out! (It was the last BW toy I ever bought from a store)

Going to TRU in Melbourne on a family holiday and getting TM Megatron, FZ Silverbolt and TM Airazor.

They're the kind of memories we need to hold on to.

Yeah I think if it's not for those happy memories we wouldn't be here talking about the bad ones The good memories are what keeps us going regardless of all the regrets we have.

My biggest regret was trading with this #@*()!(*# in Canada -- he promised me a loose complete boxed Fortress Maximus in exchange for a MISB God Fire Convoy and a LOT of loose G1 toys... I sent them off to him... he sent nothing back. He also ran out on his girlfriend and her kids, also owing her father thousands of dollars... a real charmer.

You always have some world class stories there Goki.

And why should you remorse over something that's NOT your fault???? (You see my case I have no one to blame but my own stupidity )

I regret buying DOTM Leader Ironhide. I watched reviews, I knew it was pretty crap, but I went ahead and bought it anyway, mostly because I was being an emotional woman thanks to the movie. I think I'm going to make the most of a bad purchase and repaint him, make him more movie-like. Or something. I don't regret anything else.

Jena, next time think about all those extra shoes and purses we've bought but only used once or worse, never even opened the package -- your Ironhide will look such a wise choice in contrast

[Aqua Prime]

My regret is spending so much on transformers. It's like watching money pouring out of my bank account.

I regret not buying up Energon Unicron's back in the day. I got mine for clearance at Kmart for about $50. Not buying up Classics's Starscream, Skywarp and Ultra Magnus sets.

[loophole]

i regret buying movie tickets to see DOTM

[1orion2many]

I regret buying DOTM Leader Ironhide. I watched reviews, I knew it was pretty crap, but I went ahead and bought it anyway, mostly because I was being an emotional woman thanks to the movie. I think I'm going to make the most of a bad purchase and repaint him, make him more movie-like. Or something. I don't regret anything else.

God I hope that doesn't make me an emotional woman as I did the same thing but I don't regret it

[LordCyrusOmega]

I don't exactley regret my purchases, but there are a few that if I could go back and stop myself I would. Ultimate Bumblebee comes to mind.

The majority of my regrets come from things I didn't buy at the time of release and now can't find. They were repaints and I didn't buy repaints at the time. Classicverse Sideswipe, Ultra magnus, Skywarp and Ramjet come to mind.

[GoktimusPrime]

My mum got all the mail-away exclusives and divided them among my brother, a cousin and myself. Among the toys we decided to give to our cousin, one was Time Warrior... because at the time I just looked at it as a piece of merchandise rather than a TF action figure (oh wait, that's exactly what it is! ). Then my cousin went and lost it.

*sigh*

[Sam]

One figure I didn't really like but after buying was Energon Arcee. It's not that I dislike the Arcee character, but that I disliked that particular figure.

My other regrets are giving away the following G1 figures (complete with boxes and all accessories) to a neighbour when I was 15:

- Pipes
- Soundwave
- Metroplex
- Powermaster Slapdash
- Targetmaster Triggerhappy
- Predacon Tantrum