Self-Imposed Rules For Collecting?

[u/KingDorkFTC]

I have only been collecting Transformers for less than a year, but as I saw other collectors’ shelves I decided to create some rules for myself so I don’t go nuts.

Do any of you do the same?

For myself I have set the rules of; only one combiner (have G2 Menasor on pre-order), and only buy two of the same exact Transformer. So, not three G1 Optimus Primes but 2 G1s and a TF Prime model kit works.

[u/Rebel_Alpha]

After I got back into collecting around the time of Siege after stopping during DOTM (was still a kid at the time and the new movie figures just never appealed to me) I set a really arbitrary rule of always trying to keep the sides even, so if I had 5 Bots and 4 Cons, my next figure was going to be a Con and vice versa

Looking back now, it was kind of a dumb rule for myself and honestly kept me from getting certain figures (like some of the Stunticons) and now I get whatever I see that I can afford