Average age of your Transformers Fan/Ozformers Member

[BigTransformerTrev]

Hi Guys and Gals,

I was about to start a new thread discussing how relatively spoilt we are (or are not) in today's toy age compared to the TF fans of the 80's, 90's and 00's. But to do so I need more data.

So please feel free to put your info into the poll above. It is completely anonymous. It will be interesting to see how the demographics play out (Baby Boomers vs Gen X vs Gen Y vs Kiddlets).


If you actually want to share your age and expand upon how you think it may have affected you as a TF fan then please do so by all means . For instance, I will be 36 this Thursday. I was 7 when the G1 cartoon hit our TV's so it was perfectly aimed to hit all my happy buttons and rewire my brain to the point it is nearly 30 years later and I spend all my spare cash on figures that emulate or pay homage to the G1 characters I grew up with. Hence why the majority of my TF cash has gone to lines like Classics, Generations, Alternators, KRE-O's, RObot Heroes etc etc.

[Cat]

Which box would you choose if you were 60?

[BigTransformerTrev]

Which box would you choose if you were 60?

If you are 1 day past your 60th birthday then you would pick 60+.

If you are experiencing you 60th birthday on the day you mark your place in the poll then you mark 51 to 60.

Does this satisfy you Mr Pedantic

[iamirondude]

thanks for reminding me that i'm getting old.

[Cat]

If you are 1 day past your 60th birthday then you would pick 60+.

If you are experiencing you 60th birthday on the day you mark your place in the poll then you mark 51 to 60.

Does this satisfy you Mr Pedantic

Sorry, couldn't resist that one.

Your reply seriously cracked me up.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Sorry, couldn't resist that one.

Your reply seriously cracked me up.

I went fishing all day Sunday. If the fish had gone for the bait as easily as I do here I may not have come home after an entire afternoon empty handed

[griffin]

Damn, we are getting old.
When we first started, most of us were around the 20 mark.... now the largest group are late 30s.

And I used to joke about middle-aged toy collectors, or at least, not seeing myself ever being one... and now many of us are just about there.

[Melike]

Well, I don't feel so old anymore. Every now and again I do wonder if I'm too old for this sort of stuff but then I get a metroplex and everything's alright again.

[Shirokaze]

Surprised to see a few in the under 25s bracket which I guess could be attributed to the movies bringing people into the fandom.

I remember when I began collecting 10 years ago there was only one bloke around my age.

[Paulbot]

I was 7 when the G1 cartoon hit our TV's so it was perfectly aimed to hit all my happy buttons and rewire my brain to the point it is nearly 30 years later and I spend all my spare cash on figures that emulate or pay homage to the G1 characters I grew up with.

I think you'll find many similar stories. A lot of the long-timers in this community are around the same age, being kids when G1 began.

I actually say something similar to what you said there when explaining why I've been a diehard TF so long: like "I was 6 when Transformers came out and was the perfect age..."