I'm so impressed with Griffin's video of his 6000 TFs collection that I'd love to see that Seibertron guy do one of his own.
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I'm so impressed with Griffin's video of his 6000 TFs collection that I'd love to see that Seibertron guy do one of his own.
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Where might one find said video???Originally Posted by shockNwave
I'm so impressed with Griffin's video of his 6000 TFs collection that I'd love to see that Seibertron guy do one of his own.
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Wow, impressive!
https://stories.swns.com/news/dad-ha...rabilia-98455/
Same person (Louis Georgoui), another article (23 May 2018).
(there are some ripper quotes in the articleDad has world’s largest collection of Transformers memorabilia
Meet the dad who bought a Transformers figure for his son’s third birthday – and now has the biggest collection in the WORLD.
Louis Georgoui, 43, started his collection in 2011 when he bought a Dinobot figurine for his son Lucas, now ten.
When his son unwrapped the gift, childhood memories of the cartoon robot series came flooding back and Louis started buying all the memorabilia he could find.
Seven years on he’s got the world’s largest collection of Transformers memorabilia – a £40,000 treasure trove of 2,037 comics, figures and collectors items.
He owns a fifth of the world’s entire collectable Transformers memorabilia.
The collection is so big he’s moved it out of his six-bed semi-detached home and into a meeting room at his office.
The sci-fi fanatic, of Altrincham, south Manchester, said: “It all started when my son was three-years-old and I was looking for a Christmas present.
“I bought him a figure from the Transformer animated series, a Dinobot, a Grimlock, a Starscream.
“When he unwrapped them it was nostalgic as I was into the Transformers as a child.
“Before I knew it I was buying more and more.
“There’s around 10,000 collectors items worldwide so I have a fair chunk.
“My favourite figure funnily enough isn’t actually an official Transformers figure but from a third party company which makes high quality versions of them. The one I like is Leonidas based on the original ‘Lio Convoy’ figure.
“A low point was missing out on a £8,000 eBay bid on an unreleased prototype of Generation 2 Menasor.
“My best bargain was accidental. I bought a £30 Japanese ‘Breakdown’ figure from the “Transformers Prime series which is now selling for $500 (£370).
“I did actually get my son into it. He has his own collection but they’re more toys than collectables.
“Growing up he pestered me into getting some out of the box to play with but I always had to tell him no.”
His collection is said to be so overwhelming housewife Faye, 42, fears she would be left with the daunting task of looking after the collection if Louis died.
His most expensive item is a £500 Lio Prime figure.
Louis, head of a digital company, also owns a bunch of rare Japanese figurines including Star Sabre and Victory Leo.
He has a Megatron figure which transforms into a Sega Megadrive and an Optimus Prime figure which turns into a Sony Playstation.
He is now pinning his hopes on becoming the Guinness World Record holder for Transformers memorabilia.
He added: “My wife has wanted them out for ages.
“In arguments she would threaten to shove them all in a black sack and send them off to the skip.
“She even admitted that her biggest fear would be for me to suddenly die and for her to be left to deal with the collection.
“I shifted them all out of my house six months ago and delivered them to the office.
“They are now all out on display in a meeting room.
“All the staff have had a look and when have meetings it becomes like a museum.
“My goal is to get into to the book of Guinness World Records then I’ll stop collecting.
“I was then thinking about selling them off but my brother-in-law who is lives in Hong Kong said the collection would go down well over there.
“So I might look into shipping them over and going on tour over there.
“I’ll keep a few of my favourites and then I will probably look to selling them off.”
Last year AJ Ard from Eastvale, California made a bid for the world’s largest collection of Transformers items with 1,313 items.
... And not so impressive.(article may have been doing the rounds a few years back)
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...oyance-of-wife
Husband persuades wife to live with world's largest Transformers collection
THIS man claims to have the largest collection of Transformers robot toys in the world and is proud enough to display them all over his house — although his long-suffering wife has reservations.
Ex-soldier Zhang Wei, 38, said he became fascinated with the franchise ever since the original cartoon series first debuted and he reckons his collection of 380 toys means he has collected all of the official Hasbro robots ever made.
Wei, who lives together with his wife Zhang Tsai, 33, in the Chinese port city of Qingdao, has managed to persuade her to let him put the collection on display in specially built shelving around their house.
What's more, she has also supported him in allowing him to spend more than £20,000 since he started collecting in earnest in 2002 by buying up Transformers robots off the internet.
He said: "I had a few of them years ago and was fascinated by the way they switched between being a robot and then into something else like car or plane, and that interest really developed after I left work and had more time on my hands.
"I started to speak to other collectors and really build up my own set, and I'm really lucky that my wife supports me."
Tsai said: "I don't know about support, but certainly when it comes to hobbies, there are a lot worse things that he could do to pass the time.
When the shelves first went up and I saw them all round the living room I thought it was a bit creepy - but you get used to them, even if it's a pain when it comes to dusting."
He is not alone in China in having a fascination for the Transformers toys. Blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction is now the highest-grossing film ever in China, notching up more than prior record-holder Avatar and well above the film's US totals.
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Look here's the real full legit styles of TJ McL….. oh I mean JITS.
Griffin has the biggest confirmed TF collection at this time and has most likely held that title for a long time.
My $1.50 to this ridiculous argument.
I still function.....................while killing threads. ;-)
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This is where the journalist is one worth bagging out here for not doing their homework.
For not spending just 2 minutes on google to search for Transformers collections (to come across sites like TFW and Seibertron that have sections for fans to post up their collection photos), and for not looking into the assumption that there is only "10,000 collector items worldwide" which they have included non-toy items in that figure.
First off, there are now over 10,000 Transformers toys that have been released by Hasbro and TakaraTomy (some are identical out of packaging, but a collector of sealed toys can claim one from each company if the packaging is different). That's a fact that can be verified through some lengthy counting on tfwiki or a quicker count through Soundwave's Oblivion (which lists both).
Licensed merchandise (which includes comics and "collector items" ) is beyond estimation, and would be impossible to count, because every year, every country, releases/approves of hundreds of licensed items.
Its' a nice article for the non-fans out there to go "wow" over, but for us dedicated collectors, it is full of errors and exaggerations by the journalist.
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That's just the sad current state of journalism - facts are given second priority to being first with the news... or worse still - shock sensationalism designed to provoke a forced response!
Full or errors? What do you mean? In the other article dated in 2014 with the Chinese collector and I quote:
So what the hell have you been collecting Griffin?he reckons his collection of 380 toys means he has collected all of the official Hasbro robots ever made.
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