2008 Acquisitions: Your best and worst?

[Adzma]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
Probably the bulk of my collection. I think I ended 2007 with 5 or 6 so roughly 40 throughout 2008.

2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
My near perfect condition MP-4, free from the tyranny of TakTom's shocking QC.

3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
MP Ultra Magnus, most of you are aware of his state.

4 - Most difficult item to find?
Majority came from RK so the only problem I had was when Omega was sold out for a short time.

5 - Item you never found, but still want?
N/A

6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
Not a fan of the franchise.

7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
Overall I found them all good, with the exception of Prowl who had terrible paint applications. Returned him and bought a Henkei replacement instead.

8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
Not a fan of the movie line's toys.

9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
Very good. It's good to see reissues that haven't been done before.

10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
I loved Henkei this year. The only problem was, along with pretty much every other line, the QC was touchy.

11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
Titanium 3 inch Hot Rod and Thundercracker.

12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
An Autobot shirt.

13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
Nope.

14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
Not personally but I received them as gifts. They were the Super-God Masterforce and Victory sets.

15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
Nope.

14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
Not that I'm aware of...

15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
I should space out the purchases a little more. Money can get tight sometimes.

16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
TakTom to get off their lazy butts and solve the QC issues of late.

Overall it was a pretty good year.

[sifun]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
less than 100

2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
City Commander

3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
Animated Bumblebee Deluxe

4 - Most difficult item to find?
Universe Acid Storm

5 - Item you never found, but still want?
none at the moment...

6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
Great

7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
Does not compare to Classics 1.0-
So for me the bar was raised too high up.

8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
Thought they were a bit crappy... but thats pretty much with all movie toys

9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
Pretty crappy, i don't think i've got any encores except for jazz *which i already have in book style*, (it was cheap)

10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
Superior Paint schemes, Check. Chrome? Check. Effort and an extra comic? Check.
So yes extremely good. Except for Lambor which needed to have the jetpack still. (i haven't bought him yet)

11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
Revoltech scream, prime, ultra magnus

12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
Well didn't buy, more like given like a keychain.

13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
Nope

14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
Victory, special edition The Movie.

15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
nope

14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
Yes, buy all TF Figures that are the main line figures.

15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
Buy less. I soughta think I should save up and buy a car and house.

16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
Masterpiece Grimlock

[jacksplatt11]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
20 or so probs

2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
City Commander

3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
Titanium Soundwave

4 - Most difficult item to find?
Animated Grimlock at one stage

5 - Item you never found, but still want?
nothing

6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
Ok

7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
Classics 1.0 were much better

8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
Pretty bad

9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
Don't collect them so no comment

10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
Very good

11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
Robot Heroes

12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
na

13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
na

14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
na

15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
na

14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
Buying much more than I originally set out to

15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
Buy much much less, need to spend my money on more important things

16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
Masterpiece Grimlock

[gamblor916]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
Not sure but definitely under 100

2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
My pristine Diaclone Mirage and Wheeljack

3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
Classics Hotrod and Starscream

4 - Most difficult item to find?
C9 G1s

5 - Item you never found, but still want?
Binaltech Mirage

6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
Pass

7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
Excellent, love the Sunstreaker/Sideswipe mould

8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
Pass

9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
Very good

10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
For the most part good

11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
Robot heroes Grimlock/Shockwave

12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
Key rings

13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
No

14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
G1 box set

15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
No

14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
More doubles than before

15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
Spend less

16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
More Masterpieces, Alternity and Henkei

[TF76]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
Not sure probably more than 50 but less than 100.

2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
MIB G1 Prime and Soundwave.

3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
Movie toys not in the movie.

4 - Most difficult item to find?
G1 MIB Ultra Magnus the first one I bought was ''lost'' in the mail the second one is a few days away.

5 - Item you never found, but still want
G1 Autobot cars like Sunstreaker and Wheeljack in nice condition.

6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
Good really enjoying the toys and cartoon.

7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
Unsure not of any interest to me.

8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
Good but many later waves seemed un-needed.

9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
Good and I hope the line continues, my personal opinion is the line suffers slightly from sloppy manufacturing and choice of materials, not the condition of the molds. However the price and packaging of the toys is excellent.

10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
Unsure not of any interest to me.

11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
Not sure.

12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
Yes.

13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
Yes.

14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
No only last year.

15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
No.

14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
I'm buying more.

15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
Buying more locally unless the dollar improves.

16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
Encore, Animated and the new movie.

[Demonac]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
I'm sure it was a 100 or so. This year was a lot slower for various reasons.

2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
MIB Fortress Maximus

3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
I try to avoid buying anything I'll regret.

4 - Most difficult item to find?
Universe Sidseswipe.

5 - Item you never found, but still want
Kissplay Rodimus

6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
I'm pretty happy with them.

7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
The new moulds were reasonably good. The repaints I can live without.

8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
See above.

9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
I have no need to buy encores

10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
Paint applications were better than Hasbro's toys (thanks Walmart).

11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
No.

12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
Some clothing.

13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
No.

14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
No.

15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
No.

14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
I'm buying less (thankfully).

15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
Buying less!!

16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
A really sucky movie, to be offset by the geekfest at Botcon.

[loophole]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
About 80 in the last 6 months
2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
G1 Shockwave and TMII Megatron are even
3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
Im pretty happy with my TF's now
4 - Most difficult item to find?
Sentinal Prime
5 - Item you never found, but still want?
Menasor Giftest
6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
Good
7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
Good very pleased with them
8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
Good
9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
Good
10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
Good
11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
G1 Robot Heroes
12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
Comics and Clothes
13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
Yes the movie and S1 Boxset from that states
14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
Headmsters, Supergod Masterforce and Victory
15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
No
14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
All the Animated figures but only deluxe sized stuff for the other lines
15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
Yes stick to a budget
16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
Transformers 2 movie and Animated

[jaydisc]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?

201

2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?

Games of Deception

3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?

Stealth Lockdown. I returned it.

4 - Most difficult item to find?

I typically don't have a hard time finding anything.

5 - Item you never found, but still want?

As said, I typically don't have a hard time finding anything.

6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?

Great!

7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?

OK.

8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?

Bad.

9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?

Great!

10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?

Great!

11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?

No. No. No. No. No.

14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?

More MISB.

15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?

Buying less in general.

16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?

Animated Shockwave!

[swoop]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
around 250
2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
sealed energon unicron
3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
MP 4, bad financial timing
4 - Most difficult item to find?
torgue gain, noize maze and wedgeshape
5 - Item you never found, but still want?
classics sideswipe
6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
good
7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
great, the best line since G1
8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
not so good, to many repaints
9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
good
10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
good
11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
robot heroes
12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
yes
13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
no
14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
yes
15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
though about it but some had missing discs so I decided not to
14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
splurging at bad times
15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
better budgeting
16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
the second movie and more universe toys

[k.wong23]

1 - What was the total number obtained for the year (roughly, if you don't know)?
50?
2 - What was your best acquisition for the year?
City Commander
3 - What was your worst, or the thing you most regretted buying?
Universe Combiners
4 - Most difficult item to find?
Universe Sideswipe
5 - Item you never found, but still want?
SIlver Faced universe ironhide
6 - Were the Animated toys in general good or bad?
no comment
7 - Were the Classics 2.0/Universe 2.0 toys in general good or bad?
good
8 - Were the rest of the Movie toys in general good or bad?
craptastical
9 - Did you think the Encores this year were good or bad?
good
10 - Did you think the Henkei was good or bad?
good but no personal experience
11 - Did you buy any non-transforming toys?
HAHAHAHAHAH
12 - Did you buy any officially licensed (non-toy) merchandise?
yes
13 - Did you buy the Animated DVDs?
nope
14 - Did you buy any of the Madman DVDs?
almost.....
15 - Did you import the Cybertron boxset?
never fully got into it
14 - Are there any trends in your buying that you noticed?
increase retail purchases
15 - Are there any changes to your buying habits that you're hoping to make?
anything over 20cm in good detail = buy
16 - What are you looking forward to most in 2009?
MP Grimmayyyyy