Does anyone else just not care anymore?

[GoktimusPrime]

I agree -- should be on Free TV. It would also help if the toys were better made (well made toys can still sell well even without a show -- e.g. when Robots In Disguise first came out, the toys were selling like hot cakes and just flying off shelves for about a good 6 months before the cartoon aired on TV).

[Jetfire in the sky]

I agree -- should be on Free TV. It would also help if the toys were better made (well made toys can still sell well even without a show -- e.g. when Robots In Disguise first came out, the toys were selling like hot cakes and just flying off shelves for about a good 6 months before the cartoon aired on TV).

RID, the second time Transformers was saved. The first time was by Beast Wars of course.

[GoktimusPrime]

While Beast Machines certainly wasn't as popular as Beast Wars, I wouldn't go so far to say that it nearly killed the Transformers franchise like G2 did. It might have if it had continued for another year or two -- the Transformers franchise was still chugging along under BM, probably riding on the coat-tails of BW's success... and that steam would have eventually run out and been unable to continue pushing BM along. I think Hasbro canned BM just in time and replaced it with RiD that certainly did hit the nitro for the franchise after the speed hump that was BM.

[The Scream Man]

Im into Transformers properly for the first time in years. In fact I just caved and bought the first Decepticons I have owned since I was a kid, so Im clearly falling deeper.

[Bidoofdude]

I've definetely falling into a void that I want to stay in.

[Doubledealer]

It's not that I don't care anymore, it's just that I'm pretty much content with what I've got. I only collect G1, Classics, Prime (show cast only) and Animated so whenever something from those lines come out, or if I've got a bit more dosh for a G1, I'll slap the cash down. Admittedly that doesn't happen too often but I'm cool with that, gives me a chance to save for other things while still enjoying the odd toy here and there (only ones I've purchased recently are Prime Voyager Dreadwing, Prime Unicron and United Ultra Magnus). When I have some spare cash I'd love to snag a nice G1 Broadside but there's no rush. Transformers forever!

[Jetfire in the sky]

It's not that I don't care anymore, it's just that I'm pretty much content with what I've got. I only collect G1, Classics, Prime (show cast only) and Animated so whenever something from those lines come out, or if I've got a bit more dosh for a G1, I'll slap the cash down. Admittedly that doesn't happen too often but I'm cool with that, gives me a chance to save for other things while still enjoying the odd toy here and there (only ones I've purchased recently are Prime Voyager Dreadwing, Prime Unicron and United Ultra Magnus). When I have some spare cash I'd love to snag a nice G1 Broadside but there's no rush. Transformers forever!

Being content with your collection is a great feeling, there isn't a ravenous urge to buy everything you see. When you can be at a stage where the odd thing to buy pops up every now and then and you can look at your collection many times a day and just smile then that is a great place to be

[Bartrim]

It's not that I don't care anymore, it's just that I'm pretty much content with what I've got.

Thats exactly how I am. I realised a long time ago that I'll never be a completist and as soon as I realised that I found I was able to enjoy my collecting alot more. Instead of hunting down figures like a mad man on ebay etc all night everytime a figure comes out I ask "Does it fit into my G1esque classicsverse or is it a new character I can retcon into it?(Eg: Lockdown from Animated)" or "Do I want it for my misc TF shelf?" If the answer to both these is no then I will give the figure a miss. This style of collecting allows me to save for G1 gestalts, encores and expensive botcon toys that suit my collection.