At the young age of 51, I don't plan on stopping anytime soon, unless something unforeseen happens. This plastic crack collecting has become more than a hobby, it's an outlet for me, and escape from the real world. The one thing I don't like is the thrill of the hunt is gone when shopping in Brick 'n Mortar stores. Collecting "Toys" keeps me young and thanks to this hobby, I've met some great people, and I've made some great friends...yourself included. Hooah!!!!
It's because of our little Transformers group that my dad, a guy in his late 60s, got into collecting some action figures he's into. Star Trek, Classic Dr Who, Forbidden Planet. Don't let anyone say you're too old. It's really when you have had enough. Just try to know when that is.
That's hard question. I'm 50 now and have been into TFs since 3rd grade. Every few years I purge stuff from around the house. Couple of years ago, I purge lot of comic book and horror action figures. That took year and half to do cause it was draining and huge task. I wanted to enjoy more of what I had, no more having things in storage. I gave myself room to do new things with my TFs like enjoy my diorama 3D printed stuff. I've made town for my minicons now. I've not stopped buying TFs at all. But I try and be more selective at times.
When I turned 50 two years ago, with the combination of my mother passing away, I started thinking about what would happen to my collection if I suddenly died and should I just stop collecting. I ended up contacting an auction house that specializes in toys and collectibles and have slowly said goodbye to most of my things. It felt good to let them go, knowing another collector would be taking care of them. But deep down, I’m a collector. And Transformers is my favorite line by a long shot. So I decided to keep buying Three Zero’s MDLX line, but only the figures of the first wave of G1 Transformers. So I don’t go for most of the repaints or the Rodimus figure. I do like to keep up with what’s new, and checking out TH-cam video reviews is a good way to stay in the loop. I try to go to one convention a year and don’t feel like I’m too old for that. It’s a good day out. So yeah, there’s nothing wrong with collecting at an older age.
“Your too old for this, you’re too old for that.” Well what the hell am I supposed to do? As long as it’s not physically, mentally, or financially harming yourself or others, do whatever makes you feel happy. I’m nearing half a century and I’ll be the first to admit that I’m just a kid pretending to be an adult.
1:33 I'm almost 50 years old and I'm still collecting Transformers. I do believe I started in 2019 or 20. And I have about 57 I think. Just the generation 1 look. From earthrise to Legacy and studio 86.
I’ll be 47 in march and I’m not going to stop collecting until I have every Newage character from G1 season 1 to 4. I wanted every character as a kid so I’m not stopping unless I die so newage please release characters more often in the years to come. HURRY UP AND GET IN MY COLLECTION!
That's how I do it. I still have stuff I bought 3 or 4 years ago sitting in boxes. My enthusiasm for my hobbies in general are up and down because of other issues. I'm still glad that people like Deluxe are around genuinely enjoying what they like.
@@johngavin1175 I hope Deluxe doesn't get burned out and lose the joy in what made collecting TF fun because he has to make videos on the regular for his channel. "No man is a live when you take away that which he loves." - Bachelor #3
@@peace4myheartI agree wholeheartedly. His good nature and attitude is what I like. He is enjoying what he is doing and happy to share that with others. I wish I could do the same!
@@_AlexB_ agreed. I don't care for hoist or have any connection to him so I just won't buy him. The figure just has to look good or mean something or I won't buy it.
I’m also 48yo. I don’t drink or smoke & I’m too out of shape/injured to be playing basketball constantly, so my outlet is Transformers. At first I was collecting a little bit of everything. Reduced that to G1 figures. And recently due to the cost of living crisis, I’ve decided to only focus on Masterpiece quality/size figures of characters from the 1986 movie The “hunt” is tough, but I find that a very specific focus leads to greater nostalgia & emotional satisfaction. Keep going for as long as you appreciate it.
The way I look at it is that it’s a hobby, period. Some guys like collecting cars, and basically those cars are their “toys”… Action figures are basically something that we think are cool and therefore we collect and interact with them. There are many hobbies out there so there’s no need for anyone to take a crap on ours…
You don’t stop doing something that brings you happiness or joy or peace. Granted you may cut back some, but you never stop enjoying or collecting what you enjoy most. If you do, that is a betrayal to who you are as an individual. I pride myself in not being like everyone else, I enjoy collecting, and as long as I’m drawing breath, I’ll be collecting, even if I cut back some, I’ll never truly stop.
I cant remember when I stopped being interested in Transformers. It was most likely around 94-95. Music,girls,and video games took its place. I somehow got back into it around 2001 or so. Would buy ToyFare and other toy collecting magazines. I still remember sending checks (didnt have internet) to Brian's Toys in Wisconsin to buy Blitzwing and Grimlock. Bought several figures from the new lines that were out between 2001 and 2010. Didnt collect too much mainline after that for some reason. Found out about 3rd party shortly after.
To me, the PERFECT COLLECTION does not, and will never exist. With the ebb and flow of just Transformers alone, there will always be a new figure, figureS, or entire lines that will inevitably raise my interest and add to my bulk. I simply find joy in playing with new toys as much as i love revisiting my old ones.
2:07 I just started thinking this the other day. Am I too old to keep collecting? Is it weird is it creepy? And the answer is no. But the question does remain when will I quit? I think at the age of 60. Or you know 50. Hell even 40. Because I'm assuming there's other things you can save up for. But for me. Transformers is all I got left.
I'm over 50 and I still love my collection. I don't hunt as much anymore unless it is something specific that I'm looking for. Everytime I see Optimus Prime it reminds me of the first time I saw the G1 show after coming home from school in 2984, and I was hooked every since that day. My first figure was G1 Soundwave and buzzaw. I have been young at heart every since.
Deluxe Discussions are fine too. I'm too old to care about if I'm too old to collect robot toys. For me it's the fun and excitement of newer and better engineering being used in newer figures. The stuff being released today is light years better than even 10 years ago and I don't expect that to change for me until I kick the bucket. I also don't have to go to toy stores or Target or anywhere anymore since I can just order direct to my house. As for the size of my collection I try to go through every few years and clear out anything that no longer brings he joy or has been replaced with a newer and better version. The only concern I would have doing this until I die of old age would be my family just offloading everything for a fraction of the value, lol.
Been watching you for years! I'm 41 and I got back into collecting when I seen Blackout transform in 2007. Well actually since the classics line started. I'll definitely keep collecting masterpiece for sure but I don't know about the rest. If you were to just slow down collecting transformers what line would you keep collecting? Legends? Masterpiece? Etc?
Once I'll have complete my cast of Season 1 to 3 of G1 Transformers, maybe then I'll think of stopping. Even at 60, I'll keep playing with all this for sure. I can't wait some someone to call me Grampa Prime.
Too me, what is called "Toys", is so much more... With Transformers, having a degree in Physics, I see the Math, Science and Engineering that goes into Transformers. And I find it very interesting that out of Japan came Origami where Paper that is two-sided can be Folded or Transformed into anything you can imagine without Cutting or Gluing. And I think it is that Ingenuity and Creativity of Transforming Paper into Literally Anything just by folding that actually birthed the idea of Transformers in Japan. And being one that does fold very Complex Origami like Origami Insects, I see a lot of Mathematics and Engineering shared between Origami and Transformers. And I find it just as interesting that 52Toys has now come out of China where that they start with a Cube and parse, shape and engineer it to Transform into Animals and Vehicles just like Traditional Origami starts with a Square. I think it is the same Mathematical Geometric Principles that dictate how a two-sided piece of paper can be folded, that dictates that a Transformer can really only have two-modes without severely interfering with and distorting a third mode. So you see Folding a 2D Square has evolved into Transforming a 3D Cube into Anything. I also enjoy Shape Puzzles like the Rubik Cube and all the variants of Twisty Puzzles that has happened since the invention of the Rubik Cube. So all of what I have studied and played with goes together. With Action Figures, and Mini Vinyl Figures, also being an Artist, I see the Art and Design that goes into them and I wish I could sculpt to that exact detail. Also from someone that watched and drew cartoon characters when I was younger, I love having figures of Cartoon proportioned characters. I just see the fun and enjoyment in Transformers or Figures or Toys, in seeing them everyday on my shelves and in my environment even if I don't pick them up as often and fiddle with them. And finally, I am not a completest and I just collect what I like and often don't finish a complete collection because I cherry-pick what I like and leave the rest. And finally, finally, I think age is just a number and often your Biological Age does not match your Mental Age. And as George Bernard Shaw said "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing".
Im 51 and i just bought Studio Series Scourge and i feel like im 9 and loving it, but I told my wife ill collect until i retire and then start selling off my collection. I mean you cant take it with you and i dont want her to have to deal with it if God forbid something happens to me. Now if threezero or yolopark comes out with premium premium xl mega Scourge or Prime i can see myself buying it at 80 years old lol! I dont think transformers are going anywhere look at Godzilla how long hes been around and still going strong. And you gotta keep doing your videos it keeps me going at it strong.
I'm gonna be 52 in Dec. I've been collecting off and on for over 20 years. I'm going to continue to collect until I have everything I want. And if prices keep going up, then it's going to be a while.
I dig this. I have had this discussion with my family. I am going to be 55 soon, and as recently as last week we talked about my collection, where do I see it going, what will I do about it, what would happen if I am God Forbid, gone. For those who are single, I can't speak for them, I however, am starting to see the end. I'm not sure I will quit Gunpla though, people have no idea how therapeutic and engaging in that hobby can be, keeps your mind, and dexterity tickin!
keep collecting until you don't like it anymore. if you like doing it, still do it. if you lose interest in it or it becomes a financial issue, then o.k. it might be time to give it a rest. i have fun doing it and i don't collect to really finish a collection, its just a hobby i enjoy. i still get excited buying new figures. also, i don't really have anything else i enjoy spending my hard earned money on other then bills. its just a really fun hobby. been adult collecting since 2005/2006ish. keeps you young
Personally I see toy collecting for me as having an expiration date. I got into this hobby very late, just January of last year (2023), and sometimes I wonder why I collect at all. At the end of the day, I've been enjoying it (probably cause I'm mildly obsessive compulsive) but I think as I "complete" my G1 collection I'll start slowing it down...... or more than likely shift to some other compulsion......😊
See I’m already 50, when I was 40 I thought”well, eventually this too shall pass” however, I’m still thriving. But, I’ve downsized my collection considerably, also, I let go of some lines that really were redundant for me like Gijoe and Masters of the Universe. Yet I strongly believe that circumstances, be it health, money or shift in priorities as we get older (I’m looking at you Medicare)will determine our skew towards buying more toys as age progresses. I love this hobby but as time goes by so does our expectations and goals, in the end it’s just a matter of timing. Life is short so enjoy your hobby and passion while it lasts.
I used to collect anything that had the Transformer label on it. But now, I only collect the figures that actually speak to me. I also took a break from collecting when they kept marketing to a young demographic. But the Netflix series got me back into collecting when they made a transformable Ark. And it was right around then that I discovered third party figures. But, thankfully, I no longer have the sickness of "completionism"... lol! I only buy the figures that I actually like. And, I agree... how many versions (& same configurations) of the same old characters does one actually need? Enough with F-15 Starscreams! At least make him an Aurora jet or something! EVOLVE... and give us new design upgrades and new characters... not just better articulated models of the same ones!
I have been collecting now as an adult for 2 years! I thought after seeing MP Wheeljack I HAVE to have that but no more then I saw the MP Optimus Primes and had to have some of them. I looked at the amazing truck modes for G1 MP Optimus and thought wow the modern Generations/CHUG vehicles actually scale better (closer to real world vehicle size) so branched into those. I am really hoping to have a complete G1, Bayverse & Knightverse Autobot cast but I love having some select other TF character versions to compare too and even some older Autobots for a compare and contrast.
I've been collecting since 2000 also. I've contemplated quitting several times, but I guess I'm too weak willed. It's still fun, especially watching your content.
I'm 49. I stopped collecting EVERYTHING and have just gone to collecting a couple lines. I can do that. It's the same thing with video games as well. I hope to die at 100-ish playing the next Elder Scrolls. I am collecting New Age G1 stuff. There are a few Animated and Prime figures I want. I loved TFOne though and I could see myself collecting a few of those. I think the issue is we didn't have previous generations exposed to media like we have been. We are used to a whole generation(s) that drink beer and talk about WW2, that's not us.
For the future, i think more stuff with magnets can make transformers really cool! Also, great shirt! I've got a Star wars periodic table of elements shirt that always gets good attention. Also I just turned 47, just another late Gen X, buying stuff on ebay, since 2003 here. As long as I can handle it, I'll keep collecting TFs. I may get rid of my Star wars black series, but I'll always have some transformers
I see an end to getting new figures, but not an end to enjoying them. It makes me happy to see them displayed on a shelf. I expect to enjoy looking at them until I start going senile or whatever. I am seeking 1 of each character I want. I will sometimes swap out for a newer version. For Transformers, there are not too many characters left that I need. I'm predicting 2025 or 2026 to be done with characters that I don't have, and then it'll be just the occasional swap out for a version that I think is significantly better. I also collect Marvel Legends, Star Wars Black Series, Thundercats, and other limes. Some of my collections are done except for less popular or more obscure characters. As for characters like Optimus Prime, we need to keep in mind that there are new collectors every year. Those new collectors don't have a bunch of Optimus Prime figures. As for the shirt. A "thanks" acknowledges that they apreaciate it. It means they're another fan.
Great topic! I feel that we as collectors will always be involved in the hobby in some way, whether it's collecting less and attending more conventions. That's where I am right now. Going to a few conventions has been amazing. Meeting new people and hanging out is great. Thanks for the video. Maybe another topic could be the evolution of collecting. I know I'm currently focused on improving how I display my figures and going to cons. Thanks again.
Collecting Transformers has brought back joy in my life, the kind of joy that I had as a kid but lost as an adult. I don't actually "play" with my TF like a toy, but rather more as something valuable that I hold on to like a great painting. I will quit when it doesn't bring me joy anymore. I collect G1 Legends scale almost exclusively, but I do venture into other scale and line whenever I don't have representation or if it's interesting. I ordered SS86 Optimus Prime and some of the crossovers, like Knightrider, Gigawatts, and Ecto-1. I'm more worried about running out of space first than my interest in TF. JAJAJA
How about, *”Deep Thoughts, by Deluxe”* ? 😏 This is a great topic, and I’ve got some thoughts on this; I think it’s a bit more layered than “playing” with toys (ex. how are we defining “play”?). Can’t speak for anyone else obviously, but I’d guess for most of us G1-ers at this stage in our lives, a lot of it is some combination of nostalgia, escapism, and the overall enjoyment of playing around with neat little objects. It’s such a good topic that I think it’d be worth a revisit. At any rate I enjoyed your video Deluxe, and in Transformers terms it’s a Masterpiece. ✊
If its something you love doing,its great. There are things I used to be into and foods that I used to like that I somehow grew out of. Some things are just transient,I suppose. I guess what Im getting at is that youre enjoying things in the here and now,and that matters. Never say never is a good motto. I collect,but my stuff is just sitting in boxes. Mostly because I dont have a place really to sit and mess around with my figs,and also because my mini floof tiger sheds like crazy. Mental issues get in the way of enjoying things as well. Burnout can be a thing,too. I havent much of a comment about people who say stuff about grown people playing with children's toys. They most likely have their own fish to fry. Fried fish sounds good. Have a good one, everyone.
I've tailored my collection down over the years. I sold all my MP scale Transformers for Magic Square Legends. And focused on just the Decepticons for seasons 1 & 2. And I only need a few more figures for my Favorite Villains Shelf. My Star Wars collection is just one lightsaber and 1 helmet from being complete. If MS does any 2.0 on the Seekers or Coneheads I'll upgrade, but I don't see myself collecting anymore besides season 1 & 2.... If MS makes a Unicron I'd be in on that as well.
My IDGAF meter is pegged to 100%. Nothing to prove to anyone. As long as I enjoy it, I'll keep doing it. My primary collecting mode now is repairing g1 partsbots. I don't just buy stuff unless it's really exceptional or interesting to me. I do collect the Dr wuwuwu. I picked up the transformers hot wheels prime and the missing link. But for the most part I've put a pause on MP, and the hasbro mainline don't appeal to me at all. I hope to see all you saggy grey MFs at the con or the toy shop when we're in our 60s.
Im 40 and its never a question to me tbh. I´m just worried I wouldnt be able to play when I´m old for medical reasons, like jidders or dementia. The only dangerous part is the collecting part. I can assure you, it will never be enough. Your just buying yourself gifts cause u try to fill a void. Thats consumerism. Don´t fall for that. Solution, play more!
I'm currently pretty content with my CHUG scale figures except for any new studio series 86 figures are better than what I have. I really am transitioning to Magic Square legends scale figures and I will wait for them to produce all of the 6 seasons of main characters.
If I was gonna stop, I think I'd've stopped by now. I think I enjoy buying new Transformers to the point where I don't think I'll ever view my collection as "complete"; the modern mainline is close to perfect and looks like it may reach a place of reasonable completion so I foresee there being a point where my collection is "good enough" and I'll maybe buy a bit less, only swapping out things I really prefer to my existing one and picking up weirder more fun TFs.
I’m 53, I got directed here by Tyderium Hanger. Great topic. So I’ve been collecting since I was 5, so 48 years. I’ve had a few purges in that time as well. I dint see me stopping until there’s no product but I do collect a lot of lines too. Usually I decide where I want to go with and get it. I try not to buy the same characters over and over as well. Sometimes that’s unavoidable of course. But I only stopped for 8 months in 1987 due to cobra La. lol.
My story is close to yours. I found armada Starscream, which just so happened to be my 1st transformer ever bought. I found ebay and immediately wondered If I could find the g1 one stuff. My 1st purchase on eBay was a Japanese reissue of Jazz. 24 years later I'm still picking stuff up. I don't think I'll stop, but I will probably really slow down. I like the collecting but starting to hate all the spending all the time. I figure after I get the key pieces I want and find that display balance, I'll sell what doesn't fit or I don't love. My 8 year old daughter apparently has dibs on all of them when she gets older, lol! Great discussion!
I'm 47. I'll be 48 mid January. I too have been thinking about how much longer I'll be in the game of collecting. Hell, at this age I wonder how much time I have in general lol. I'm really considering maybe another 2 more years of being a "diehard." I dunno. I honestly depresses me lol
I'm just focusing on collecting one of most characters, masterpiece style. So after mmc/xtb devastator, mmc defensor, the last leg bot from toyseasy for their ship combiner, and only a few other seemingly random ones, I think I'll be at a good stopping point. Maybe upgrade some older ones as these go on, selling the older ones, but I already played catch up this year and got a lot of the characters I want.
I’m 45. I seen 86 movie when I was 6. Watched tf one in the same theater 38 years later. I have transformers I’ve had 40 year. I have one I’ve had for 2 days.
Lul "Tar-jay" You too, hih? For me, as long as they keep making Wheeljacks, I'll keep buying them. The rest are kind of incidental, but jets other than Starscrem (my most loathed character in allk of fiction; pretty much only buy him to repaint) tend to get my interest as well. Studio 86 and TR through the present mainline have filled out most of the G1 cast with for me, though I never did manage to get Misfire and ... whatsisface the double-nosed jet, from the tail end of TR, or the CW Grimlock to combine into Volcanicus. Everything I've seen of that Grimmy says it's an horrible toy anyway, and with the S86 dinobots (and Core Class Volcanicus plus arms/feet upgrade kit to stand opposite a 7" 3p Devastator) I'm pretty set aside from the trickle of deep cuts and occasional new characters like the Junkjions or Party Wallop. Titans are too big for my house let alone my wallet, and non-G1-US other than bayformer trash and Beasties has been pretty scarce until Legacy, so there's a decent well of Japan-only and RiD2k to Cyberverse that could tempt me with updated versions if they do move on. I'd expect a lot of the collectors they've been mostly selling to in the past ten years are getting to a similar point, so they're going to have to move on to a new theme from G1 pretty soon, and put some actual effort into new fiction to promote it as well, unlike Earthspark or TFOne where there was barely any publicity presence and what there was (especially with the TFOne trailers) turned people off of it rather than actually promoting anything. I can't see eever not wanting to play with my collection and there's a couple I want buried with me, but barring another house fire or similar disaster I expect the stage of adding to that collection too wind down considerably without a palette of compelling new characters (not just a new flavor of the Evergreen Seven) being brought forward.
Quit? Like smoking? I'm not about to quit smoking which people will tell me is provably unhealthy but what I will say is I don't need any 'proof' to tell you happy people are healthier people. The proof is in the pudding as they say. When you look at it from the outside like me who's only decided to try getting into this around this time last year looking on as a relative newcomer it sure does seem like an addiction though. Seems to me anyone who would say you're ever too old for anything may ironically not be as mature as they might imagine. For me so much of moving forward is knowing where you came from so if you deny that how are you supposed to know where you're going? How many medals is a world class sprinter going to win if he can't even find where the start line is let alone know to acknowledge the signal to start. You don't start at the finish and run in reverse. One must acknowledge the child or lose what it means to become a man. That's of course just the way I see it but even with so many different perspectives and ideas the basic sense of it remains the same. Even if we all look on at the greater whole with our own ideas and perspectives regarding what it means to us with our own unique goals, skills, work we need to do and hobbies we enjoy all the more for it which try as we might we can never nor may we even desire to see all of if it were even possible one should never forget in the end we are all still looking at the same thing. The truth so to speak. It is what defines us and try as we might we can never let it go. It is beyond our means to truly define yet so many try as if there were something wrong with it so often believing it is their place to 'fix' something it was never within their means to truly fix arrogant beyond rational belief to but suggest such a thing could find itself necessary let alone possible merely being the inherently delusional essence of what it means to be addicted even fostering such addiction as if it were some kind of tool the meaning of what is being little more than having something such as but sadly far from limited to 'a grown man playing with toys' to hold over each other. In the end it is as it should be, as it always was, as it always will be the vain arrogance of most doing nothing to affect the basic truth that we are who we are, who we have always been, where we were always going to end up. Where the 'finish line' is. The truth which we know is just that just as surely as we know life goes on no matter what. Though it may seem the world would end with us even as we watch so many leave us yet still it continues to turn although that perhaps inevitable moment looms where to put it simply enough is enough... To briefly note as I've noticed I might well find you saying regarding these specific things if indeed you still enjoy your collecting you win. Good for you and if you'd like to continue sharing your enjoyment with everyone I'm not sure why you shouldn't continue doing that either. I'm certainly not about to tell anyone else how they should enjoy their own personal hobbies just as I wouldn't care much for anyone trying to tell me such. Good times.
I am 18 years old. I got my first two figures last chrismas. And I get comments that I'm too old to play with toys. But I honestly don't care. And I went this year to TFNation, and there were a lot 40 plus years old people who played with their new toys, so I'm obviously not too old.
The shirt thing. I usually say Thanks, got from and say the site name. Though a lot have gotten as gifts so say who got from. I still enoy my collecting but know at a point i will have to trim out. I collect mor that just Transformers and git my biggest ktem in awhile with the Dragonfly for Classified. And havent even opened it yet. I have stopped Funko collecting and know planning to sell off a line that just ended and many unfinished teams within. I know ill stop down the road but probably only after have what i want as my definitive set for Transformers though.
such quality didn't exist forty years ago; I think the fun went to the generation of the 70/80s; in twenty years, the industry will have moved probably to something else; there was a time when the shelves were kinda empty; the market didn't look as if it wanted to entertain the new generation with what we've had; now it's rich of everything; just that the movies and today's price is disapointing; but they're all work of art despite the word "toy" and no one will be too old to visit their museum or to present/resell them in thirty years; not made by kids too; this is a unique era, nothing like this existed before; people don't always see this; and if the civilisation holds on, what's coming in the future gonna be amazing; interactive figures with Ai; at eighty years old, the view of an old man with "toys" will only look curious to those without experience; but it would look normal to them if the person was a creator or was in the department; so why not a fan; I was surprised recently to not remember how my transfomers collection started; the "Cybertronic Spree" transformed to reality and I thought, with the "SuperStage" series, how cool it would be if they made their figures; funny, the transformers series was right there; that's how it started, then they made the core class... it's true that there is alot made (why buy ten ecto1...) but if it's interesting enough, just enjoy
At the young age of 51, I don't plan on stopping anytime soon, unless something unforeseen happens.
This plastic crack collecting has become more than a hobby, it's an outlet for me, and escape from the real world.
The one thing I don't like is the thrill of the hunt is gone when shopping in Brick 'n Mortar stores.
Collecting "Toys" keeps me young and thanks to this hobby, I've met some great people, and I've made some great friends...yourself included.
Hooah!!!!
I find myself to be more discerning with my collecting as I am getting older. I won’t stop playing with the toys cause I’ll never grow up 😁
It's because of our little Transformers group that my dad, a guy in his late 60s, got into collecting some action figures he's into. Star Trek, Classic Dr Who, Forbidden Planet. Don't let anyone say you're too old. It's really when you have had enough. Just try to know when that is.
That's hard question. I'm 50 now and have been into TFs since 3rd grade. Every few years I purge stuff from around the house. Couple of years ago, I purge lot of comic book and horror action figures. That took year and half to do cause it was draining and huge task. I wanted to enjoy more of what I had, no more having things in storage. I gave myself room to do new things with my TFs like enjoy my diorama 3D printed stuff. I've made town for my minicons now.
I've not stopped buying TFs at all. But I try and be more selective at times.
You don't stop playing because you grow old.
You grow old because you stop playing.
When I turned 50 two years ago, with the combination of my mother passing away, I started thinking about what would happen to my collection if I suddenly died and should I just stop collecting. I ended up contacting an auction house that specializes in toys and collectibles and have slowly said goodbye to most of my things. It felt good to let them go, knowing another collector would be taking care of them. But deep down, I’m a collector. And Transformers is my favorite line by a long shot. So I decided to keep buying Three Zero’s MDLX line, but only the figures of the first wave of G1 Transformers. So I don’t go for most of the repaints or the Rodimus figure. I do like to keep up with what’s new, and checking out TH-cam video reviews is a good way to stay in the loop. I try to go to one convention a year and don’t feel like I’m too old for that. It’s a good day out. So yeah, there’s nothing wrong with collecting at an older age.
You're never to old to be interested in what is being liked and or produced to market in the world 😂❤😊
“Your too old for this, you’re too old for that.” Well what the hell am I supposed to do? As long as it’s not physically, mentally, or financially harming yourself or others, do whatever makes you feel happy. I’m nearing half a century and I’ll be the first to admit that I’m just a kid pretending to be an adult.
1:33 I'm almost 50 years old and I'm still collecting Transformers. I do believe I started in 2019 or 20. And I have about 57 I think. Just the generation 1 look. From earthrise to Legacy and studio 86.
Transformers collecting keeps you young my man!
You stop when you no longer enjoy it.
I’ll be 47 in march and I’m not going to stop collecting until I have every Newage character from G1 season 1 to 4. I wanted every character as a kid so I’m not stopping unless I die so newage please release characters more often in the years to come. HURRY UP AND GET IN MY COLLECTION!
Lol heck yeah!
I don't see it like all you collectors do. I just buy stuff i like. Not trying to "complete my G1 set" or anything, just enjoying stuff i like
That's how I do it. I still have stuff I bought 3 or 4 years ago sitting in boxes. My enthusiasm for my hobbies in general are up and down because of other issues. I'm still glad that people like Deluxe are around genuinely enjoying what they like.
@@johngavin1175 I hope Deluxe doesn't get burned out and lose the joy in what made collecting TF fun because he has to make videos on the regular for his channel. "No man is a live when you take away that which he loves." - Bachelor #3
@@peace4myheartI agree wholeheartedly. His good nature and attitude is what I like. He is enjoying what he is doing and happy to share that with others. I wish I could do the same!
@@_AlexB_ agreed. I don't care for hoist or have any connection to him so I just won't buy him. The figure just has to look good or mean something or I won't buy it.
Aw man! I just started 5 years ago. I don't think that I am quitting anytime soon.
I’m also 48yo. I don’t drink or smoke & I’m too out of shape/injured to be playing basketball constantly, so my outlet is Transformers.
At first I was collecting a little bit of everything. Reduced that to G1 figures. And recently due to the cost of living crisis, I’ve decided to only focus on Masterpiece quality/size figures of characters from the 1986 movie
The “hunt” is tough, but I find that a very specific focus leads to greater nostalgia & emotional satisfaction.
Keep going for as long as you appreciate it.
The way I look at it is that it’s a hobby, period. Some guys like collecting cars, and basically those cars are their “toys”… Action figures are basically something that we think are cool and therefore we collect and interact with them.
There are many hobbies out there so there’s no need for anyone to take a crap on ours…
You don’t stop doing something that brings you happiness or joy or peace. Granted you may cut back some, but you never stop enjoying or collecting what you enjoy most. If you do, that is a betrayal to who you are as an individual. I pride myself in not being like everyone else, I enjoy collecting, and as long as I’m drawing breath, I’ll be collecting, even if I cut back some, I’ll never truly stop.
I cant remember when I stopped being interested in Transformers. It was most likely around 94-95. Music,girls,and video games took its place. I somehow got back into it around 2001 or so. Would buy ToyFare and other toy collecting magazines. I still remember sending checks (didnt have internet) to Brian's Toys in Wisconsin to buy Blitzwing and Grimlock. Bought several figures from the new lines that were out between 2001 and 2010. Didnt collect too much mainline after that for some reason. Found out about 3rd party shortly after.
To me, the PERFECT COLLECTION does not, and will never exist. With the ebb and flow of just Transformers alone, there will always be a new figure, figureS, or entire lines that will inevitably raise my interest and add to my bulk. I simply find joy in playing with new toys as much as i love revisiting my old ones.
2:07 I just started thinking this the other day. Am I too old to keep collecting? Is it weird is it creepy? And the answer is no. But the question does remain when will I quit? I think at the age of 60. Or you know 50. Hell even 40. Because I'm assuming there's other things you can save up for. But for me. Transformers is all I got left.
I'm over 50 and I still love my collection. I don't hunt as much anymore unless it is something specific that I'm looking for. Everytime I see Optimus Prime it reminds me of the first time I saw the G1 show after coming home from school in 2984, and I was hooked every since that day. My first figure was G1 Soundwave and buzzaw. I have been young at heart every since.
Deluxe Discussions are fine too. I'm too old to care about if I'm too old to collect robot toys. For me it's the fun and excitement of newer and better engineering being used in newer figures. The stuff being released today is light years better than even 10 years ago and I don't expect that to change for me until I kick the bucket. I also don't have to go to toy stores or Target or anywhere anymore since I can just order direct to my house. As for the size of my collection I try to go through every few years and clear out anything that no longer brings he joy or has been replaced with a newer and better version. The only concern I would have doing this until I die of old age would be my family just offloading everything for a fraction of the value, lol.
Been watching you for years! I'm 41 and I got back into collecting when I seen Blackout transform in 2007. Well actually since the classics line started. I'll definitely keep collecting masterpiece for sure but I don't know about the rest. If you were to just slow down collecting transformers what line would you keep collecting? Legends? Masterpiece? Etc?
Legends and Threezero would be the ones I collect. Thanks for watching this and the support!
Once I'll have complete my cast of Season 1 to 3 of G1 Transformers, maybe then I'll think of stopping. Even at 60, I'll keep playing with all this for sure. I can't wait some someone to call me Grampa Prime.
Too me, what is called "Toys", is so much more...
With Transformers, having a degree in Physics, I see the Math, Science and Engineering that goes into Transformers. And I find it very interesting that out of Japan came Origami where Paper that is two-sided can be Folded or Transformed into anything you can imagine without Cutting or Gluing. And I think it is that Ingenuity and Creativity of Transforming Paper into Literally Anything just by folding that actually birthed the idea of Transformers in Japan. And being one that does fold very Complex Origami like Origami Insects, I see a lot of Mathematics and Engineering shared between Origami and Transformers. And I find it just as interesting that 52Toys has now come out of China where that they start with a Cube and parse, shape and engineer it to Transform into Animals and Vehicles just like Traditional Origami starts with a Square. I think it is the same Mathematical Geometric Principles that dictate how a two-sided piece of paper can be folded, that dictates that a Transformer can really only have two-modes without severely interfering with and distorting a third mode. So you see Folding a 2D Square has evolved into Transforming a 3D Cube into Anything. I also enjoy Shape Puzzles like the Rubik Cube and all the variants of Twisty Puzzles that has happened since the invention of the Rubik Cube. So all of what I have studied and played with goes together.
With Action Figures, and Mini Vinyl Figures, also being an Artist, I see the Art and Design that goes into them and I wish I could sculpt to that exact detail. Also from someone that watched and drew cartoon characters when I was younger, I love having figures of Cartoon proportioned characters. I just see the fun and enjoyment in Transformers or Figures or Toys, in seeing them everyday on my shelves and in my environment even if I don't pick them up as often and fiddle with them.
And finally, I am not a completest and I just collect what I like and often don't finish a complete collection because I cherry-pick what I like and leave the rest.
And finally, finally, I think age is just a number and often your Biological Age does not match your Mental Age. And as George Bernard Shaw said "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing".
Im 51 and i just bought Studio Series Scourge and i feel like im 9 and loving it, but I told my wife ill collect until i retire and then start selling off my collection. I mean you cant take it with you and i dont want her to have to deal with it if God forbid something happens to me. Now if threezero or yolopark comes out with premium premium xl mega Scourge or Prime i can see myself buying it at 80 years old lol! I dont think transformers are going anywhere look at Godzilla how long hes been around and still going strong. And you gotta keep doing your videos it keeps me going at it strong.
I'm gonna be 52 in Dec. I've been collecting off and on for over 20 years. I'm going to continue to collect until I have everything I want. And if prices keep going up, then it's going to be a while.
I dig this. I have had this discussion with my family. I am going to be 55 soon, and as recently as last week we talked about my collection, where do I see it going, what will I do about it, what would happen if I am God Forbid, gone. For those who are single, I can't speak for them, I however, am starting to see the end. I'm not sure I will quit Gunpla though, people have no idea how therapeutic and engaging in that hobby can be, keeps your mind, and dexterity tickin!
keep collecting until you don't like it anymore. if you like doing it, still do it. if you lose interest in it or it becomes a financial issue, then o.k. it might be time to give it a rest. i have fun doing it and i don't collect to really finish a collection, its just a hobby i enjoy. i still get excited buying new figures. also, i don't really have anything else i enjoy spending my hard earned money on other then bills. its just a really fun hobby. been adult collecting since 2005/2006ish. keeps you young
Personally I see toy collecting for me as having an expiration date. I got into this hobby very late, just January of last year (2023), and sometimes I wonder why I collect at all. At the end of the day, I've been enjoying it (probably cause I'm mildly obsessive compulsive) but I think as I "complete" my G1 collection I'll start slowing it down...... or more than likely shift to some other compulsion......😊
@@thetitan914 OCD sucks,doesn't it? Don't take that the wrong way. I wouldn't wish that shit on anyone. Have a good one.
See I’m already 50, when I was 40 I thought”well, eventually this too shall pass” however, I’m still thriving. But, I’ve downsized my collection considerably, also, I let go of some lines that really were redundant for me like Gijoe and Masters of the Universe. Yet I strongly believe that circumstances, be it health, money or shift in priorities as we get older (I’m looking at you Medicare)will determine our skew towards buying more toys as age progresses. I love this hobby but as time goes by so does our expectations and goals, in the end it’s just a matter of timing. Life is short so enjoy your hobby and passion while it lasts.
I used to collect anything that had the Transformer label on it. But now, I only collect the figures that actually speak to me. I also took a break from collecting when they kept marketing to a young demographic. But the Netflix series got me back into collecting when they made a transformable Ark. And it was right around then that I discovered third party figures. But, thankfully, I no longer have the sickness of "completionism"... lol! I only buy the figures that I actually like. And, I agree... how many versions (& same configurations) of the same old characters does one actually need? Enough with F-15 Starscreams! At least make him an Aurora jet or something! EVOLVE... and give us new design upgrades and new characters... not just better articulated models of the same ones!
I have been collecting now as an adult for 2 years!
I thought after seeing MP Wheeljack I HAVE to have that but no more then I saw the MP Optimus Primes and had to have some of them.
I looked at the amazing truck modes for G1 MP Optimus and thought wow the modern Generations/CHUG vehicles actually scale better (closer to real world vehicle size) so branched into those.
I am really hoping to have a complete G1, Bayverse & Knightverse Autobot cast but I love having some select other TF character versions to compare too and even some older Autobots for a compare and contrast.
I've been collecting since 2000 also. I've contemplated quitting several times, but I guess I'm too weak willed. It's still fun, especially watching your content.
@@polarisrustinpeace1797 Deluxe is positive and upbeat. Definitely worth watching. Not saying the others I watch are chopped liver, though.
I'm 49. I stopped collecting EVERYTHING and have just gone to collecting a couple lines. I can do that. It's the same thing with video games as well. I hope to die at 100-ish playing the next Elder Scrolls. I am collecting New Age G1 stuff. There are a few Animated and Prime figures I want. I loved TFOne though and I could see myself collecting a few of those. I think the issue is we didn't have previous generations exposed to media like we have been. We are used to a whole generation(s) that drink beer and talk about WW2, that's not us.
For the future, i think more stuff with magnets can make transformers really cool! Also, great shirt! I've got a Star wars periodic table of elements shirt that always gets good attention. Also I just turned 47, just another late Gen X, buying stuff on ebay, since 2003 here. As long as I can handle it, I'll keep collecting TFs. I may get rid of my Star wars black series, but I'll always have some transformers
I am 44 and agree. I love this stuff but when will be enough.
I play more than collect these days. Trimmed a bunch of collection fat this year too. I'm collecting automobiles it seems.
Just keep being you! Stop when it’s no longer fun for you or becomes too taxing.
I see an end to getting new figures, but not an end to enjoying them. It makes me happy to see them displayed on a shelf. I expect to enjoy looking at them until I start going senile or whatever.
I am seeking 1 of each character I want. I will sometimes swap out for a newer version. For Transformers, there are not too many characters left that I need. I'm predicting 2025 or 2026 to be done with characters that I don't have, and then it'll be just the occasional swap out for a version that I think is significantly better.
I also collect Marvel Legends, Star Wars Black Series, Thundercats, and other limes. Some of my collections are done except for less popular or more obscure characters.
As for characters like Optimus Prime, we need to keep in mind that there are new collectors every year. Those new collectors don't have a bunch of Optimus Prime figures.
As for the shirt. A "thanks" acknowledges that they apreaciate it. It means they're another fan.
Great topic! I feel that we as collectors will always be involved in the hobby in some way, whether it's collecting less and attending more conventions. That's where I am right now. Going to a few conventions has been amazing. Meeting new people and hanging out is great. Thanks for the video. Maybe another topic could be the evolution of collecting. I know I'm currently focused on improving how I display my figures and going to cons. Thanks again.
Ahhhh that is a good one. I'll put it on the list. Thanks 👌
Collecting Transformers has brought back joy in my life, the kind of joy that I had as a kid but lost as an adult. I don't actually "play" with my TF like a toy, but rather more as something valuable that I hold on to like a great painting. I will quit when it doesn't bring me joy anymore. I collect G1 Legends scale almost exclusively, but I do venture into other scale and line whenever I don't have representation or if it's interesting. I ordered SS86 Optimus Prime and some of the crossovers, like Knightrider, Gigawatts, and Ecto-1. I'm more worried about running out of space first than my interest in TF. JAJAJA
How about, *”Deep Thoughts, by Deluxe”* ? 😏
This is a great topic, and I’ve got some thoughts on this; I think it’s a bit more layered than “playing” with toys (ex. how are we defining “play”?). Can’t speak for anyone else obviously, but I’d guess for most of us G1-ers at this stage in our lives, a lot of it is some combination of nostalgia, escapism, and the overall enjoyment of playing around with neat little objects. It’s such a good topic that I think it’d be worth a revisit.
At any rate I enjoyed your video Deluxe, and in Transformers terms it’s a Masterpiece. ✊
Thanks man! You're freakin awesome 👌 👏
If its something you love doing,its great. There are things I used to be into and foods that I used to like that I somehow grew out of. Some things are just transient,I suppose.
I guess what Im getting at is that youre enjoying things in the here and now,and that matters. Never say never is a good motto.
I collect,but my stuff is just sitting in boxes. Mostly because I dont have a place really to sit and mess around with my figs,and also because my mini floof tiger sheds like crazy. Mental issues get in the way of enjoying things as well. Burnout can be a thing,too.
I havent much of a comment about people who say stuff about grown people playing with children's toys. They most likely have their own fish to fry. Fried fish sounds good. Have a good one, everyone.
I've tailored my collection down over the years. I sold all my MP scale Transformers for Magic Square Legends. And focused on just the Decepticons for seasons 1 & 2. And I only need a few more figures for my Favorite Villains Shelf. My Star Wars collection is just one lightsaber and 1 helmet from being complete. If MS does any 2.0 on the Seekers or Coneheads I'll upgrade, but I don't see myself collecting anymore besides season 1 & 2.... If MS makes a Unicron I'd be in on that as well.
Good stuff my man!
My IDGAF meter is pegged to 100%. Nothing to prove to anyone. As long as I enjoy it, I'll keep doing it. My primary collecting mode now is repairing g1 partsbots. I don't just buy stuff unless it's really exceptional or interesting to me. I do collect the Dr wuwuwu. I picked up the transformers hot wheels prime and the missing link. But for the most part I've put a pause on MP, and the hasbro mainline don't appeal to me at all. I hope to see all you saggy grey MFs at the con or the toy shop when we're in our 60s.
Im 40 and its never a question to me tbh. I´m just worried I wouldnt be able to play when I´m old for medical reasons, like jidders or dementia. The only dangerous part is the collecting part. I can assure you, it will never be enough. Your just buying yourself gifts cause u try to fill a void. Thats consumerism. Don´t fall for that. Solution, play more!
I'm currently pretty content with my CHUG scale figures except for any new studio series 86 figures are better than what I have. I really am transitioning to Magic Square legends scale figures and I will wait for them to produce all of the 6 seasons of main characters.
If someone compliments your shirt you say thank you because they’re complimenting your taste 😉
If I was gonna stop, I think I'd've stopped by now.
I think I enjoy buying new Transformers to the point where I don't think I'll ever view my collection as "complete"; the modern mainline is close to perfect and looks like it may reach a place of reasonable completion so I foresee there being a point where my collection is "good enough" and I'll maybe buy a bit less, only swapping out things I really prefer to my existing one and picking up weirder more fun TFs.
I’m 53, I got directed here by Tyderium Hanger. Great topic. So I’ve been collecting since I was 5, so 48 years. I’ve had a few purges in that time as well. I dint see me stopping until there’s no product but I do collect a lot of lines too. Usually I decide where I want to go with and get it. I try not to buy the same characters over and over as well. Sometimes that’s unavoidable of course. But I only stopped for 8 months in 1987 due to cobra La. lol.
Freakin awesome! Thanks! That's some hardcore collecting! Lol 😆
@ Thanks. To me it’s just being. I just like stuff.
3:18 my goal for collecting Transformers is the 1984 look to 1986. Just some of the toys. The popular ones. Sandstorm ect.
My story is close to yours. I found armada Starscream, which just so happened to be my 1st transformer ever bought. I found ebay and immediately wondered If I could find the g1 one stuff. My 1st purchase on eBay was a Japanese reissue of Jazz. 24 years later I'm still picking stuff up. I don't think I'll stop, but I will probably really slow down. I like the collecting but starting to hate all the spending all the time. I figure after I get the key pieces I want and find that display balance, I'll sell what doesn't fit or I don't love. My 8 year old daughter apparently has dibs on all of them when she gets older, lol! Great discussion!
@@kevbotech238 My first Ebay purchase was a GoBot🤣. Hey now,they need loving too.
I'm 47. I'll be 48 mid January. I too have been thinking about how much longer I'll be in the game of collecting. Hell, at this age I wonder how much time I have in general lol. I'm really considering maybe another 2 more years of being a "diehard." I dunno. I honestly depresses me lol
I'll be 50 this year. I'll stop when it stops being fun :D
Thanks!
Man thank you very much! You didn't have to do that but much appreciated. Definitely love me some Newage!
I'm just focusing on collecting one of most characters, masterpiece style. So after mmc/xtb devastator, mmc defensor, the last leg bot from toyseasy for their ship combiner, and only a few other seemingly random ones, I think I'll be at a good stopping point. Maybe upgrade some older ones as these go on, selling the older ones, but I already played catch up this year and got a lot of the characters I want.
Definitely will keep collecting until i own every g1 character
I’m 45. I seen 86 movie when I was 6. Watched tf one in the same theater 38 years later. I have transformers I’ve had 40 year. I have one I’ve had for 2 days.
Lul "Tar-jay" You too, hih? For me, as long as they keep making Wheeljacks, I'll keep buying them. The rest are kind of incidental, but jets other than Starscrem (my most loathed character in allk of fiction; pretty much only buy him to repaint) tend to get my interest as well.
Studio 86 and TR through the present mainline have filled out most of the G1 cast with for me, though I never did manage to get Misfire and ... whatsisface the double-nosed jet, from the tail end of TR, or the CW Grimlock to combine into Volcanicus. Everything I've seen of that Grimmy says it's an horrible toy anyway, and with the S86 dinobots (and Core Class Volcanicus plus arms/feet upgrade kit to stand opposite a 7" 3p Devastator) I'm pretty set aside from the trickle of deep cuts and occasional new characters like the Junkjions or Party Wallop.
Titans are too big for my house let alone my wallet, and non-G1-US other than bayformer trash and Beasties has been pretty scarce until Legacy, so there's a decent well of Japan-only and RiD2k to Cyberverse that could tempt me with updated versions if they do move on. I'd expect a lot of the collectors they've been mostly selling to in the past ten years are getting to a similar point, so they're going to have to move on to a new theme from G1 pretty soon, and put some actual effort into new fiction to promote it as well, unlike Earthspark or TFOne where there was barely any publicity presence and what there was (especially with the TFOne trailers) turned people off of it rather than actually promoting anything. I can't see eever not wanting to play with my collection and there's a couple I want buried with me, but barring another house fire or similar disaster I expect the stage of adding to that collection too wind down considerably without a palette of compelling new characters (not just a new flavor of the Evergreen Seven) being brought forward.
Quit? Like smoking? I'm not about to quit smoking which people will tell me is provably unhealthy but what I will say is I don't need any 'proof' to tell you happy people are healthier people. The proof is in the pudding as they say.
When you look at it from the outside like me who's only decided to try getting into this around this time last year looking on as a relative newcomer it sure does seem like an addiction though.
Seems to me anyone who would say you're ever too old for anything may ironically not be as mature as they might imagine. For me so much of moving forward is knowing where you came from so if you deny that how are you supposed to know where you're going? How many medals is a world class sprinter going to win if he can't even find where the start line is let alone know to acknowledge the signal to start. You don't start at the finish and run in reverse. One must acknowledge the child or lose what it means to become a man.
That's of course just the way I see it but even with so many different perspectives and ideas the basic sense of it remains the same. Even if we all look on at the greater whole with our own ideas and perspectives regarding what it means to us with our own unique goals, skills, work we need to do and hobbies we enjoy all the more for it which try as we might we can never nor may we even desire to see all of if it were even possible one should never forget in the end we are all still looking at the same thing. The truth so to speak.
It is what defines us and try as we might we can never let it go. It is beyond our means to truly define yet so many try as if there were something wrong with it so often believing it is their place to 'fix' something it was never within their means to truly fix arrogant beyond rational belief to but suggest such a thing could find itself necessary let alone possible merely being the inherently delusional essence of what it means to be addicted even fostering such addiction as if it were some kind of tool the meaning of what is being little more than having something such as but sadly far from limited to 'a grown man playing with toys' to hold over each other.
In the end it is as it should be, as it always was, as it always will be the vain arrogance of most doing nothing to affect the basic truth that we are who we are, who we have always been, where we were always going to end up. Where the 'finish line' is. The truth which we know is just that just as surely as we know life goes on no matter what. Though it may seem the world would end with us even as we watch so many leave us yet still it continues to turn although that perhaps inevitable moment looms where to put it simply enough is enough...
To briefly note as I've noticed I might well find you saying regarding these specific things if indeed you still enjoy your collecting you win. Good for you and if you'd like to continue sharing your enjoyment with everyone I'm not sure why you shouldn't continue doing that either. I'm certainly not about to tell anyone else how they should enjoy their own personal hobbies just as I wouldn't care much for anyone trying to tell me such.
Good times.
I like the chat time. Think of some good topics to chat about, I'll listen. Maybe bring in Kato, Rodimus, etc.
Thanks for watching this 👌
I am 18 years old. I got my first two figures last chrismas. And I get comments that I'm too old to play with toys. But I honestly don't care. And I went this year to TFNation, and there were a lot 40 plus years old people who played with their new toys, so I'm obviously not too old.
That's awesome 👌 keep doing what you want! Thanks for watching this 👌 👏 😆 😀
@@DeluxeBaldwin Thank you for making it. I will.
After 86 Devestator I believe I am done!
Simple collect what you like.
Our generation is just different.
The shirt thing. I usually say Thanks, got from and say the site name. Though a lot have gotten as gifts so say who got from.
I still enoy my collecting but know at a point i will have to trim out. I collect mor that just Transformers and git my biggest ktem in awhile with the Dragonfly for Classified. And havent even opened it yet.
I have stopped Funko collecting and know planning to sell off a line that just ended and many unfinished teams within.
I know ill stop down the road but probably only after have what i want as my definitive set for Transformers though.
such quality didn't exist forty years ago; I think the fun went to the generation of the 70/80s; in twenty years, the industry will have moved probably to something else; there was a time when the shelves were kinda empty; the market didn't look as if it wanted to entertain the new generation with what we've had; now it's rich of everything; just that the movies and today's price is disapointing; but they're all work of art despite the word "toy" and no one will be too old to visit their museum or to present/resell them in thirty years; not made by kids too; this is a unique era, nothing like this existed before; people don't always see this; and if the civilisation holds on, what's coming in the future gonna be amazing; interactive figures with Ai; at eighty years old, the view of an old man with "toys" will only look curious to those without experience; but it would look normal to them if the person was a creator or was in the department; so why not a fan; I was surprised recently to not remember how my transfomers collection started; the "Cybertronic Spree" transformed to reality and I thought, with the "SuperStage" series, how cool it would be if they made their figures; funny, the transformers series was right there; that's how it started, then they made the core class... it's true that there is alot made (why buy ten ecto1...) but if it's interesting enough, just enjoy
You looking forward to the 3rd party Broadside, Minerva and Star Queen?
Oh heck yeah i am! 😀
What the... you're 48? Impressive, I thought you were in your 30s. I guess playing with toys keeps you young and fresh. More reasons to keep playing!
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