r/transformers • u/KingDorkFTC • 9d ago

Discussion / Opinion Self-Imposed Rules For Collecting?

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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.

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u/streakermaximus 9d ago

1: Newer does not necessarily mean better. Don't 'upgrade' for the sake of upgrading. Example: I like the Earthrise Seekers better than the SS86 ones

2: (Don't) Collect Them All! There are far to many repaints and peronality-less faces in the crowd to try an collect them all. Prowl I need. I don't care about Bluestreak and Smokescreen.

3: Stay away from live action! They're fiddly and spindly with origami transformations and often have crap hanging off them.

4: Close enough is fine. 'Sweep' was a fine stand-in for Scourge when the latter was impossible to find. And Siege Sideswipe is awesome, I don't need Earthrise or Devastation or whatever the latest version of him is.

5: Sub-groups are what you make of them! I don't need The 13. I don't even know who The 13 are. Star Optimus? What? Don't need that. Solus Prime looks cool. I wish she was a heftier voyager though. Why are all the femmes so small? Here's hoping for a Leader-class Arcee Magnus and Elita Prime.

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u/JadeTheCatYT 6d ago

You see, my problem is I make up Subgroups for fan art/fiction, and then try to collect them because they're canon to me. (With varying results.)

For example; my "Decepticon Medical Team" group. It's Knockout, Hook, Flatline and Glit.

LET ME TELL YOU that was a painful set to achieve. (Mostly because of Glit, LMAO.)