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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2016 20:20:58 GMT
I know what you mean. I'll tend to prioritise getting away for a weekend/going to events over toys for the most part.
-Ralph
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Oct 24, 2016 21:02:16 GMT
You can add the wee Titans Return Apeface to my tally, but I don't see myself buying anymore TF's this year. Money is just too tight for everything and so they are the thing getting dropped. For myself, they rarely are value for money anymore, and with live music, festivals and conventions to try and stretch to, I can live without most of the mass retail stuff. Im fortunate that the money I earn allows me to indulge myself a lot with it, I'd be surprised if I've spent less than £600 a month on toys and collectibles every month for the last 17 months since I started and very often it's close to £1000, but found out 2 weeks ago that there's another Baby Bazza due in February so I'm in the position where I'm needing to prioritise. TR has been a lot of fun so I'll continue with every bit of that until the line is done and I'll pick & choose MP and Platinum lines but it probably kills the retro lines that I've been working my way through. |
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Post by legios on Oct 25, 2016 8:43:44 GMT
You can add the wee Titans Return Apeface to my tally, but I don't see myself buying anymore TF's this year. Money is just too tight for everything and so they are the thing getting dropped. For myself, they rarely are value for money anymore, and with live music, festivals and conventions to try and stretch to, I can live without most of the mass retail stuff. I've found myself in much the same position. Having had various combinations of too much/too little free time, and not a great deal of funds over the last few years I have come to find that an occasional purchase of a TF here and there tends to be something I am actually getting more out of than I did when I purchased whole waves of them. With the rise in prices, and the fall in my income (which likely won't improve because wherever I end up going my cost of living will likely rise) I find that toys have slipped down the agenda for me. I do still buy, and likely will continue to do so, but I find myself being much more targeted in what I buy, and measuring the percieved value to me a lot more thoroughly. It's why of the Titans Returns line my remaining purchases are likely to be Titanmasters (should I ever see any on shelves), because the price/fun value of them is quite favourable. But as things stand I'm likely not to end up with more than one or two of the deluxes, and there is only one larger toy I am considering from that line at the moment. Still might pick up one or two RiD deluxes, but only if things like nose-truck show up in sales at some point. Karl |
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Post by Jim on Nov 17, 2016 19:58:49 GMT
1. Powerglide Sitting in HLJ Private Warehouse: 2. MP Ironhide 3. LG18 Armada Starscream Super Mode -Jim 4. MP Hot Rod 5. MP Shockwave Five TFs in 6 months, must be a record low since starting collecting. Also sold loads earlier this year before removal. -Jim 6. TR Hardhead 7. UW Computron 8. LG Weirdwolf 9. TM Skytread 10. RID Windblade -Jim |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 23, 2016 20:52:39 GMT
Just passed £3k for the year. Ouch
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 30, 2016 12:44:28 GMT
Today's delivery take me past 150 for the year. Looking at the pre orders 170 looks doable for the year....
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Nov 30, 2016 21:45:45 GMT
I'm not brave enough to keep track.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 30, 2016 22:00:24 GMT
So now at 17 purchases and £114.39 for the year. -Ralph TR Wheelie found at a Mr Tesco so now at 18 for the year and £125.34 in total. -Ralph It's looking like this will be my final total for the year... -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 27, 2016 16:50:20 GMT
It was indeed!
£125.34 is what I spent on Transformers toys in 2016. I was gifted some toys additionally.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 27, 2016 17:13:06 GMT
Speaking of which, have you collected your share of the package I sent Andu?
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 27, 2016 17:21:32 GMT
No. I've been very ill!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 27, 2016 20:27:12 GMT
Since I'm in The Smoke from tomorrow and won't get the new Legends till the New Year, my final total looks like this: 1) Shockwave 3) Buzzsaw 4) Chopshop 5) Pipes 6) CW Optimus Prime replacement 7) Rescue Force Jet 8) Micromaster Cannon Transport Terror Tread 9) Micromaster Cannon Transport Cement Head 10) Legends Thundercracker/Starscream Supermode 11) Sky Lynx 12) Smokescreen 13) Hound 14) Wheeljack 15) Trailbreaker 16) Clash on the Planet of Junk: Rodimus 17) Clash on the Planet of Junk: Wreck Gar 18) Clash on the Planet of Junk: Scrapheap 19) Energon Hotshot 20) Energon Prowl 21) G2 Motormaster 22) G2 Deadend 23) G2 Breakdown 24) G2 Dragstrip 25) G2 Wildridere 26) G2 Blackout 27) Legion Thunderhoof 28) CW Wreck Gar 29) G2 Skydive 30) G2 Airriad 31) G2 Firefly 32) G2 Quickslinger 33) G2 Silverbolt 34) G2 Powerglide 35) Legion Windblade 36) Energon Steamhammer 37) Energon Bonecrusher 38) Energon Duststorm 39) Energon Sledge 40) Energon Wideload 41) General Ramhorn 42) General Cicadacon 43) General Sea Clamp 44) Ravage 45) Predacon Tarantulas 46) Terrorsaur 47) Tigatron 48) Unit-3 49) Ratchet 50) E-Hobby Deadlock 51) Unite Tactician Cyclonus 52) Unite Ghost Starscream 53) Unite Curse Armada Thrust 54) Unite Zombie War Breakdown 55) Unite Wandering Roller 56) Pretender Roadblock 57) CW Wheeljack II HFG donor 58) CW dlx Groove 59) Pyra Magna 60) Stormclash 61) Skyburst 62) Dustup 63) Jumpstream 64) Rust Dust 65) CW Smokescreen II 66) Generations Drift 67) CW Scattershot II 68) Legends Skids 69) Terribull 70) Nightbeat 71) Crashbash 72) Loudmouth 73) Rewind 74) Stripes 75) Wheelie 76) Galvatron with Megatron/Nucleon 77) Sentinel Prime with Infinity 78) Blaster with Twincast 79) Powermaster Optimus Prime 80) Unite Brawl 81) Unite Swindle 82) Unite Blast Off 83) Unite Vortex 84) Unite Onslaught 85) Generations Dogfight 86) Generations Runamuck 87) Skytread 88) Brawn (missing pieces) 89) Clobber 90) Apeface 91) G2 Brawl 92) G2 Swindle 93) G2 Blast Off 94) G2 Vortex 95) G2 Onslaught 96) G2 Shockwave 97) Brainstorm SDCC 98) Windblade SDCC 99) Sentinel Prime SDCC 100) Titanmaster Brawn (replacement) 101) Legends Hardhead with Furos 102) Legends Skullsmasher with Grax 103) Single Brainstorm 104) TR Scourge 105) TR Hardhead 106) CW Afterburner 107) CW Lightspeed 108) CW Nosecone 109) CW Strafe 110) CW Scattorshot 111) CW Scrounge 112) CW Shuttle 113) Legends Scourge 114) Legends Blurr 115) UW Afterburner 116) UW Lightspeed 117) UW Nosecone 118) UW Strafe 119) UW Scattorshot 120) Legends Shockwave with Cancer 121) TR Alpha Trion 122) TR Astrotrain 123) TR Highbrow 124) TR Chromedome 125) TR Wolfwire 126) TR Mindwipe 127) TR Soundwave 128) TR Laserbeak 129) TR Rumble 130) TR Blurr 131) Fortress Maximus 132) Legends Weirdwolf 133) Iron Bison (Killbison) 134) Drillhorn 135) Guyhawk 136) Fellbat (Hellbat) 137) Dezarus (Leozack) 138) Ion Scythe 139) Legends Blaster 140) Legends Wheelie 141) Legends Titanmaster Go Shooter 142) Legends Rewind 143) Legends Titanmaster Nightbeat 144) Unite Skylynx 145) Unite Ratchet 146) Unite Trailbreaker 147) Unite Wheeljack 148) Unite Hound 149) TFSS Bludgeon 150) TFSS Ruckus 151) TFSS Quickslinger 152) TFSS Spinister 153) TFSS Needlenose 154) TFSS Impactor 155) TFSS Blue Bluestreak 156) CW Shockwave II 157) Legends Highbrow 158) Legends Chromedome 159) Legends Mindwarp 160) Hotrod 161) Breakaway 162) Doublecross 163) Triggerhappy 164) Ravage 165) Sawback 166) Fangry 167) Ptera 168) Overboard This is a grand total of (gulp) £3499.49 which also included £303.06 for toys put on deposit/preordered for the new year, 5 of which will arrive Jan 4th. Ouch. A LOT of money. And that doesn't include RiD for Jonathan or anything I have bought for anyone else. I've bought all bar one of the Unite sets this year (passed on the Op), all of the CW sets, most of the Botcon toys, TFSS 4.0 and both Hasbro & Takara versions of most TR. It's mounted up. I must spend less next year. EDIT: actually 174, see tmukhub.proboards.com/post/266829/thread |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Dec 27, 2016 20:52:36 GMT
It was indeed! £125.32 is what I spent on Transformers toys in 2016. I was gifted some toys additionally. -Ralph A similar amount for me. Maybe less actually. 6 TR deluxes, Wheelie and TR Powermaster Prime. All bought in sales or with discount vouchers etc. And one more that I gifted Ralph. Received a handful of others as Christmas presents as well. |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 27, 2016 21:00:12 GMT
I haven't kept track of spending totals on other hobbies though fair to say Transformers is probably the hobby I've put least cash into this year. Not planned that way though. I have generally quite enjoyed this year's haul though!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Dec 27, 2016 23:34:54 GMT
Again, same here. Only bought TFs in the last couple of months really. Probably the same amount or a tad more spent on Lego but much more on books.
Not sure if wedding planning counts as a hobby but that's where most of this year's time and energy has gone. Was well worth it. Those sausage rolls at the reception were smashing.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 28, 2016 9:56:59 GMT
Nnnngh.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Dec 29, 2016 11:47:08 GMT
The final tally:
1. Powerglide
2. MP Ironhide
3. LG18 Armada Starscream Super Mode
4. MP Hot Rod
5. MP Shockwave
6. TR Hardhead
7. UW Computron
8. LG Weirdwolf
9. TM Skytread
10. RID Windblade
11. TR Highbrow
12. TR Twinferno
13. TR Triggerhappy
A pretty decent year!
-Jim
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Post by Llama God on Dec 30, 2016 14:12:09 GMT
I was putting this off. But there's no putting it off for much longer. So here we go:
Generations Rhinox
Carnivac (robot only)
Generations Jetfire
Legends Windblade
Orcanoch
Arachnid
MP Red Alert (thanks to the lovely Graham)
Protoform Optimus Prime (AD-09)
RiD Legends Decepticon Hunter Optimus Prime and Bludgeon
Combiner Wars Legends Shockwave
Gobot Bumblebee
Mainframe
Blitz/Randsack
ERECTOR
Beast Machines Blast Punch Optimus Primal
RiD Legends Decepticon Hunter Grimlock and Decepticon Back
Classics Ironhide
Hoist
Action Master Snarl
Combiner Wars Legends Wreck-Gar
RiD Blizzard Strike Optimus Prime
Combiner Wars Wheeljack
Unite Warriors Grand Galvatron
QT Snoopy
GDO Optimus Prime
GDO Starscream
Combiner Wars Legends Viper
Combiner Wars Silverbolt
Legends EX Rattrap
Combiner Wars Sky Lynx
Titans Return Rewind
Titans Return Nightbeat
Titans Return Crashbash
Legends Skids
Titans Return Clobber
Titans Return Brawn
Titans Return Apeface
Xiaomi Soundwave
Hasbro Masterpiece Starscream
Generations Jazz
Generations Seaspray
General Optimus Prime
Fortress Maximus
LG Blurr
LG Scourge
Titans Return Galvatron
Combiner Wars Legends Warpath
Platinum Trypticon
Titans Return Skullcruncher
Kreo Microchanger Superion
Kreo Microchanger Predaking
Kreo Microchanger Devastator
Kreo Microchanger Bruticus
Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime
Titans Return Alpha Trion
Titans Return Titan Force Sentinel Prime
Titans Return Titan Force Windblade
nuRiD Power Surge Optimus Prime
Titans Return Chromedome
Titans Return Weirdwolf
Titans Return Highbrow
Titans Return Blaster
Masterpiece Optimus Primal
Titans Return Mindwipe
Masterpiece Tracks
nuRiD Warrior Class Starscream
Titans Return Voyager Optimus Prime
Titans Return Voyager Megatron
Titans Return Hot Rod
Which brings the total to 69. Dude! More than one a week. But I've also paid for, but not yet received 'cos I'm not in Glasgow to receive them or they're still in transit, Super Ginrai and Combobat. So if you count those I'm at 71.
However, as before, if you count the individual figures there's more. Because we'd have:
From Orcanoch - Optimus Primal, Tarantulus
From Arachnid - Megatron, Razorbeast
The two minicons from the RiD Decepticon Hunters
From Snarl - Tyrannitron
From Grand Galvatron - Cyclonus, Ghost Starscream, Thrust, Roller, Breakdown
And each of the Kreon Microchangers is four figures.
Which makes it... 92 individual robots, if you count the ones I've actually taken hold of.
And if you include the two above that are in transit, we get an extra Megatron. Which makes it 95.
Oh dear.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 30, 2016 23:23:11 GMT
And how much was all that?
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Dec 31, 2016 10:15:10 GMT
And how much was all that? Oh. It... cost... some... money. I don't keep track of things like that. I really don't want to. But given I spent about £600 at TFN on Max, Pandinus and other things... easily over £1000, I'd guess. And yes, of course, I didn't list the 3Ps above. But I am including them in my mental tally of spendages... I also edited the above list to include yesterday's three purchases. Which cost £44(ish) all together. |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 31, 2016 22:09:47 GMT
It was indeed! £125.34 is what I spent on Transformers toys in 2016. I was gifted some toys additionally. -Ralph One snuck in on the last day. Impulse buy of RID Groundbuster as I thought he looked cool and I had no idea the toy existed. So my total for 2016 is £132.34. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 31, 2016 23:44:31 GMT
15 minutes of the year left. How many more can I buy...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 31, 2016 23:48:27 GMT
If you're looking to boost spend total, then Max's.
If quantity, then CW box sets
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 31, 2016 23:57:23 GMT
Astrotrain is the only 2016 release left I want. I'm trying to keep the numbers down really, but I think I've spent more than last year. Must do better in 2017.
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 1, 2017 0:29:47 GMT
I haven't kept a list for last year, I may try putting one together, im not sure I want to know the total cost, but taking the hobby as a whole would include Botcon, Rorc and Tfn so quite a bit.
though in fairness I won the trip to botcon and toyfu was the main reason for going to rorc. in terms of toys my spending stayed pretty low till i ordered (full price *sobs*) sdcc max and 3 pack. Things escalated quickly after that.
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 1, 2017 0:32:35 GMT
I did have to stop myself buying either cw star scream or skywarp today which my ocd side felt was an appropriate end to a year that started with £10 generations jetfire.
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Post by blueshift on Jan 1, 2017 0:33:48 GMT
I bought way too many. Like uh OH GOD three crates worth too many. My goal for 2017 is to get rid of everything that lives in boxes!
(Not Sonic Bomber though, he has pride of place!!!! Next to Under-3!)
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Post by blueshift on Jan 1, 2017 0:39:13 GMT
I did have to stop myself buying either cw star scream or skywarp today which my ocd side felt was an appropriate end to a year that started with £10 generations jetfire. The only way that is justifiable is if you picked up the TK Maxx Thundercracker. If not it will be an eternally incomplete set. Staggeringly the £30 Thundercracker in my TK Maxx got sold!! |
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 1, 2017 0:51:25 GMT
I already have Thundercracker (possibly 2) for Actionmasterfication (one day). If I had also already had Starscream or Skywarp theres no way I could have resisted buying the other today.
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Post by blueshift on Jan 1, 2017 0:53:45 GMT
I think the only thing I've regretted buying are some of the Titans Return figures at full price, given they were everywhere at discount all December (booooooo) and Combiner Wars Prowl, as he's still in his plastic prison a month later. It was the middle of a drought and I went a bit mad  |
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