BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when...
By Jack on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 03:28:13 PM
I was reading one of those "You know you are a [something] when..." lists the other day and I thought that it would be fun to do one for Transformers. So here it is. I put together my own list of "You know when's" just for us TF fans and collectors. Check it out and don't get mad at me if you are reminded at little too much that you might be a Transformers Collector after all.
You know you are a Transformers Collector when...
You spend $100s to keep up your Transformers collection, but your car needs work bad.
You tell everyone but the credit card company, that you have a Transformers collection worth $1000s.
You believe that die-cast is a means to an end. Not an end to a means.
You have said "I will never pay that much for a Transformer" and did.
You dine on cheap pizza or hot dogs at a convention so you have more to spend on Transformers.
You have considered moving to Japan for the toys.
You know the difference between stiff and loose joints.
You have had a talk with a significant-other that goes something like "if you buy one more Transformer, I am..." and you actually thought "Hmmmm, is it worth it?..."
You miss the Playschool Go-Bots.
You stare down anyone looking at the Transformers section in the store toy aisle.
You think robots are people too.
You have considered marrying someone without meeting them just because they collect Transformers.
Living space is proportional to the size of your Transformers collection.
It feels like a week has gone by when away from your computer for a couple days and can't access your favorite Transformers sites.
You have cleared out your closet(s) for your Transformers collection.
No matter what Hasbro or Takara does, the best Transformer still hasn't been made yet.
Your have a collection at work.
You are sick of those pesky Transformers images filling up your hard drive.
BotCon is one of your vacations every year.
When you plan a visit somewhere, you consider places to shop for Transformers.
A delivery from the post man is the highlight of your day.
You consider your collection family.
Even your significant other says you should have bought a second one when you complain about how much people are paying for the hottest Transformer online.
You curse about living in your your City or State for not getting new Transformers soon enough.
One hundred Transformers figure seems like a small collection to you.
You refuse to acknowledge the existence of Animorphs.
Got some of your own to add? Please feel free to post them in the comments below.
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Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Jory on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 04:14:48 PM
You still live with your parents becuase you rather spend money on transformers then rent
You cheak tformers, bwtf, cosmicrust, tfans, seibetron, tfcog, transformers, and other transformer sites every hour to see if there is new info on movie
You cheak tformers, bwtf, cosmicrust, tfans, seibetron, tfcog, transformers, and other transformer sites every hour to see if there is new info on masterpeice
You cheak tformers, bwtf, cosmicrust, tfans, seibetron, tfcog, transformers, and other transformer sites every hour to see if there is new info on Transforemrs heros
You cheak tformers, bwtf, cosmicrust, tfans, seibetron, tfcog, transformers, and other transformer sites every hour to see if there is new info on classics
You will spend how much on a figure when your credit card is maxed out jsut becuase its a new color
You name your kids after transformers Eg:Orion Pax
You clear off and toss all your books to replace them with transformers
The only reason you live and work is to earn money for more transformers
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Jory on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 04:16:24 PM
To add The ones first posted and ones I posted are sadly truths with me, but to add to list
Despite the lists being true you dont care for you have your transformers:P
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by lord_onixprime on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 04:40:45 PM
you jumped around in walmart when you fond something new
you brag to people when you find something before them
you can name hundreds of transformer names of the top of your head
you know each minicon by name
you have an entire shelf dedicated to universe even though you own each of the origonal molds
on christmas day you are the only 18 year old in your area getting toys
you hang up all the transformers in the toy isle that have been knocked down
you find every hidden transformer that someone else has tried so hard to hide
some one walks into your room and their first impression is "wow" followed by "how many are there
you can pull the number of tfs you have out of thin air then of the top of your head recite every single one
you get home from vacation and walk into your room and tell your figs how much you've missed them
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Jory on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 05:15:00 PM
I think we need to start a transformers anonomus for all of us who can cheak off more then 10
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by WWOp on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 06:08:59 PM
you hang up all the transformers in the toy isle that have been knocked down
you find every hidden transformer that someone else has tried so hard to hide
Ha ha ha ha, that is way tooooooo right on. Gosh that's scary stuff!
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by therddler on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 08:17:40 PM
When you consider your wife or your collection.
When you have the maximal symbol tattooed on ya right forearm
When you and your kids act out scenes from transformers episodes.
when your coworker and yourself are listening to the Tf the movie instrumental soundtrack (IT does exist) and playing guess what scene it is
When the Randall rant about transformers in Clerks 2 made you wanna start a I hate Kevin
Smith blog.
When you rack your brain to add to this blog (like did)
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by AutobotX23 on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 09:01:41 PM
If you buy bookcases, not for books, but to add more Transformers.
If you get your friends ready to go by saying, "_______, Roll Out!".
You know the difference between a Null Ray and an Ion Cannon.
If your wife asks you if you have went over your "Transformer Budget". (Yes, a Transformer Budget... and she has a Barbie Budget!! Match made in heaven!)
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by PowerMstrOptimus on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 09:49:45 PM
I can check off for all of these,thats the sad part about it.
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by con-artist on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 09:51:47 PM
I want to comment on your "You have considered moving to Japan for the toys" statement.
Don't believe the hype.
I have been living in Japan since August. Someone back home said that I must be in "Transformers Paradise."
More like a Transformers wasteland.
Aside from the otaku shops in the Akihabara ward of Tokyo, Transformers are almost no where to be found. It shocked the hell out of me.
There are plenty of toy stores. But here Gundam is king.
I thought that Toys R' Us might be the exception when I found one. But aside from the boxes upon boxes of Masterpeice Prime and Masterpeice Starscream- nothing else.
In the Tokyo shops there are some real finds, but everything is old and expensive. I am envious as I read about the Classics and Titanium lines in the States. I did come across a Classics Bumblebee- for $50!
I just wanted to clear that up. Looking at some of the various TF sites, I get the impression that people think it is the Golden Promised Land of Milk and Transformers. All the while I sit here missing out on all the real action over there.
If anyone has any information that proves me wrong, please, advise.
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Metal_Former(metal@former.mf) on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 10:48:40 PM
You know you are a Transformers Collector when...
1.) you write songs (lyrics) about TFs.
2.) your only source of happines is TF-related
3.) you are in a rebellious phase, into Death Metal, but rather worship Megatron than the Devile!
4.) you make "original" sci-fi stories and the mechs is TF-inspired.
5.) you stare at construction vehicles (crane) you see on the street
6.) you dream about finding a pile of MIB/MIC in the weirdest places
7.) pay for DSL connection in order to download toy pics faster
8.) the only stores you enter in a mall HAS to have a stoy section
9.) the only comic books you buy must be about TFs
10.) get interested in an artist of a music genre you usually loath just because there is a song about TF or because one of the band members have a shirt with the Decepticon logo on them
Bonus: wishes to have Megatron's fusion cannon permanently attached to your arm to blow away anybody you find annoying! :P
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by gigazarak on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 11:10:37 PM
You know the term "the grass is always greener"?. I went to Japan earlier this year (I live in Australia) and I found it to indeed be very much focussed on Gundam (as far as toys go), but that didnt stop me from spending WAAY too much money on TF. Filled lots of bags with various shaped boxes. Had a great time. But I guess if you lived there, you'd have different expectations, for a casual 6 day visit, it was a dream come true for me! I still dont believe it happened!
However, having japanese transformers in your colloection is different to the regular american/euro ones. I wouldnt say that the Japanese ones are "better", they have a different appeal. Cos DUH, different culture!
So to add to this "list"... (if it's not mentioned already).
1. Consider going to Japan for the sole purpose of buying transformers.
2. Have been to Japan for the sole purpose of buying transformers, and wont shut up about it ;)
3. Own too many transformers of the same "mould" as different recolors.
4. Considering an extension to the house to fit in more Transformers.
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by gigazarak on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 11:13:07 PM
I was referring to "con-artist"'s comment btw... just so my post doesnt seem that out of context! :)
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Metrotitan on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 11:26:33 PM
HAHAHA!
These are are pretty funny. Just goes to show how similar we all are as TF "junkies". I can check off a LOT of those, and I actually did move to Japan! (toys were def. a motivating factor!) I always have dreams of finding MIB TFs at a flea-market or an old warehouse, Metal Former! The great (awful?) thing about collecting Transformers is that there are so many, from so many different years/countries that unless you are super-rich, it is an unwinnable battle! (Just they way I like 'em!)
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Scythafixion on Saturday, December 16, 2006 @ 11:33:41 PM
***A delivery from the post man is the highlight of your day.***
THAT'S ME!!!!!
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Bluestreak78 on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 12:11:39 AM
- you can name all of the wreckers off the top of your head.
- you know that Rumble was really red and Frenzy was really blue.
- you know that Jetfire's real name was skyfire
- you join this website just so you can post your first comment on this Blog.
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by TheOptinater on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 01:34:46 AM
oh god these are soooo funny. i was laughing so much lol... oh here's one to add...
you know your a true transformer collector when:
-you buy the little titanium figures JUST for the decepticon symbol, which you then hang from your rear view mirror!!
-you'll buy cheap dollar store tf's to get older molds even though you know they'll break! (just did that with devastator lol)
- you'll stand decepticon and autobots apart from eachother on display because they are mortal enemies!
- you can remember the entire transformers the movie word for word off the top of your head.
- any artist that can draw an amazing transformer picture (doesn't matter which character) is a god amoungst mortals!
-you have had dreams of meeting optimus prime.
-you and your friends talk about tfs all the time and when they go to your house they play with them.
-you bookmark this blog as being the best damn thing youv'e ever seen on the net!!!
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by cheetor_182 on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 02:36:25 AM
ok this is really funny cuz as we can c, theres to much coinsidence between all of us, and here is my part of the list:
*you get really mad when your girl (or wife) or your parents give you clothes for your birthday instead of buyin you a transformer when you know they know what you like and want for a gift... a TRANSFORMER
*your parents or other ppl have told you this: grow up, your not a kid anymore!!; do you really like those things?; you should buy things that can be usefull for you!!
*when sum1 sees your collection thells you; "hey, those are transformers, right, i had the little red truck but cant remember what its name was"
*in holy days your the only "big guy" among hundreds of toy-hungry kids at the toy aisle
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by cheetor_182 on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 02:43:16 AM
i forgot to write an important one:
you get mad when other ppl gets close to your collection and tries to transform the figs knowin they dont have a damn idea of how to transform them and thy might break them... yeah, it feels like the worst thing in the world!!!!!! :(
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by TheOptinater on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 03:31:11 AM
soooo true... when my friends try... i'm biting my nails the entire time... luckily i have the instructions handy and i tell them... "you are using these!" and they do and it eases the pain... but yah thats gotta be the worste feeling ever... knowing that somehow they'll break it because they don't know what they're doing... or when your little brother starts playing with your collection... good lord shoot me now... oh which reminds me:
- as a kid when you'd play with your transformers you'd imitate the voices as best as you could even though you could never make a perfect robot voice.
-as a kid you'd see a building or car and make transforming sound effects with your mouth... and your parents look at you like your crazy
-you stare at every red semi truck hoping it will turn into optimus prime! (kid and adult)
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by cheetor_182 on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 03:34:19 AM
ok, cant stop writin more and more of this thinfs, i mean, new ones come to my mind every minute!!!!
well... i think you are a tf obssessive when:
you get frustrated when a new wave is is aviable on stores and you have no money at that time :s
you stare at anything and start imaginatin a robot inside it and how would it be transormed!!
you hate the rodimus prime era...
you think the word transformers is the name of your religion
you sumtimes think to have better ideas for a character than hasbro/takara
if you are form the beast wars era, then you argue with sum1 form the g1 era `bout which 1 is better!
you laugh about other toy marks tryin to make transformin robots which generally suck... a TRANSFORMER will always be a TRANSFORMER no matter what, thats why they have survived among all these years among all those series that have fallen over the years
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by cheetor_182 on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 03:38:59 AM
ok, cant stop writin more and more of this things, i mean, new ones come to my mind every minute!!!!
well... i think you are a tf obssessive when:
you get frustrated when a new wave is aviable on stores and you have no money at that time :s
you stare at anything and start imaginatin a robot inside it and how it would be transormed!!
you hate the rodimus prime era...
you think the word transformers is the name of your religion
you sumtimes think to have better ideas for a character than hasbro/takara does
if you are from the beast wars era, then you argue with sum1 form the g1 era `bout which 1 is better!
you laugh about other toy marks tryin to make transformin robots which generally suck... a TRANSFORMER will always be a TRANSFORMER no matter what, thats why they have survived all these years among all those series of toys that have fallen over the years
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by shinobi77 on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 03:59:52 AM
you know you are a collector when...
you have 'operatives in every possible store that "might" get transfromers from time to time and have them notify you when a new shipment comes in.
when you go to a store and no one knows your name except as 'transformer stalker'
at the same store, they don't even bother putting anything on the shelf without you going through the cases first
when you have access to the back rooms and are not employed there yourself
when you get to help the store unload the truck just for one toy, and have that toy up to the cash register before its even scanned into the system
when you pull the bait and switch on an 8 year old just because its the last one on the pegs and cackle as you walk out the door listening to a screaming 8 year old.......I plead the fifth >_>
when you get a tf for an obscene price just to say you got him and rub it in someone elses face
when you cruicse evilbay looking for 'mislisting' so you can get something cheap
more will come later I'm sure......
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by LesserZ on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 04:58:40 AM
There are so many of these that I fall into from everyone. But the most recent one at my home that would apply to me is...
You have cleared out your closet(s) for your Transformers collection.
I still have so many left over, that they are on the shelves, more boxes, floor, and even a few at work. People thought I was crazy when I did a little touchdown dance at Target when I found all three of the Cybertron Mini-con Space Team vs Street Action Team over in sporting goods section. One of shinobi77s that I have to admit to is...
when you go to a store and no one knows your name except as 'transformer stalker'
Except when I go to Toy's R Us, they know my name and why I'm there. But they still can't remember my zip code or phone number to put in the register to pay for my TFs.
Here's my you know your a collector...or a future project:)
You plan on tricking your car or truck out to look like a Transformer character in his alt mode.
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Darkdecepticon on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 05:36:10 AM
1. You wish that japanese G1 exclusives had come to the United States. (Browning, Decibel, Metrotitan, Artfire, etc)
2. You own 3 Fortress Maximus's, G1 Fort Max, Japan's Brave Max, and the Car Robots Reissue of Fort Max.
3. You wish that Hasbro had pull out plastic trays that came with their Boxed Transformers instead of inserting the transformers on blisters. (one thing I love about Japanese Transformers is that it was always on styrofoam or molded plastic so you could just store them away.
4. You've had friends in the service search different continents for various transformers related products.
5. You collect the catalogs and mail offers that G1 transformers came with.
6. Hell if you still collect the points that were located on the boxes for old transformers offers even though they won't get you anywhere.
7. Your significant other realizes that there alot of us (21 to 45 year olds) in the transformers section of every toys r us.
8. You can quote what your collection is worth and ensure your signficant other that one day you'll sell the collection
9. You seach the web (mostly ebay) for custom repaints
10. You have a problem mixing transformer lines on your shelf (g1 transformers should not be mixed with classics, binaltech, alternator, energon, etc)
11. You have dreamed of doing a custom diorama of cybertron where your collection could live.
12. You're hoping that one day hasbro/takara will make a version of the Autobots Ark to match up to GI Joe's aircraft carrier the USS FLAGG (this thing was 6 feet in length) I can't believe people bought that thing for their kids?
13. You know you're a collector when you revamp your old collection with stickers from reprolabels
Hell I could keep going LOL.
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Metal_Former(metal@former.mf) on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 08:29:28 AM
con-artist: ...Aside from the otaku shops in the Akihabara ward of Tokyo, Transformers are almost no where to be found. It shocked the hell out of me.
I am not surprised by that. Things are not usually as you percieve them. That is a fact I can give testimony of because it has happened to me a lot. >_
Metrotitan: I always have dreams of finding MIB TFs at a flea-market or an old warehouse, Metal Former!
I see. I'm not the only one the symptom has manifested itself into. (:P) Just today I had one of my crazy dreams: totally random craziness and then right before I woke, there was a character that looked too damned awfully like G1 Megatron! O_O I need proffesional help.
TheOptinater - you'll stand decepticon and autobots apart from eachother on display because they are mortal enemies!
I have (must) of my loose figures that way! I even added a "STAY CLEAR" sign I got off an old G.I. Joe set.
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by artimus on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 08:52:58 AM
I also live in the heart of Japan in Kanda (just 2 minutes from Akihabara). And really, if you are coming to Japan perminately just for the toys you are in for a rude awakening.
I actually came here for my rather hot Japanese girlfriend, but thought... "Having total access to Transformers will be a great bonus". While the local shops have a lot of cool vintage Transformers most are waaaay overpriced or hogged up by the very few, but dedicated, Japanese TF collectors who actually speak the language and can easily call the stores and hold the toys before they even hit the shelves for us Gaijins (foreigners).
And let me tell you, the store owners are pretty racist in my opinion. My girlfriend overheard one of them mention that they should only reserve Transformers to Japanese speaking customers and not to bother with the foreigners because they never honor their promises. The other shops are no better IMO. If you don't speak THEIR language, you are treated like dog s***. This doesn't speak for the other types of stores in Japan (like clothing, books, or restaraunts). The local toy shops just have the 'comic book guy' atitude from the Simpsons, with a racist twist.
And the big chains like Toys R Us only carry the latest lines line like Masterpiece screamer and up till this summer Galaxy Force. Their shelves are barren now, while the Gundam isle is stacked as usual. Stores like TFSource and BigBadToystore are only like 10-20% more expensive than the retail stores out here, so not that much difference. A Masterpiece Screamer sells for about $80 USD at my Toys R US.
Coupled with my $1000 a month rent for a shoebox apartment that is 6 square meters (yeah you heard me right, 6 square meters) and the high cost of food and utilities it is INSANE for anyone to come over here just for Transformers. Not to mention leaving your family and being able to speak English to people who understand it. Another myth is that they speak English here.
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Jory on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 09:41:40 AM
You know every transformer collector in your area or city and either consider them your enemies at the local flea markets and stores for the gems.
You will spend 10-60$ more on a figure to get a week-month early
you will buy the same figures repeadiatly to have every variant not jsut color, but box, and where released, (eg japan, canada, us, uk, etc)
you wait since 4am in the morning to buy a ninteno Wii, as a favor for a guy selling you his RID Brave max
you make multiple posts on how you know your a transformer fan
You can watch BW and when they get to ark you get frustrated bye how they screwd up on teh layout of decepticons and autobots are lying around
(The autobots and decepticons were all in the same room, prime wasnt in a chair, and the depecpticons wernt seperated)
You notice in Beast amchines when megatrons spark is flying around, one of the bodies he takes form junkyard somehow includes parts of TM Trantulas (look into it, its true his legs stomach, feet, and think arms) and question it since he was unique all the tms were unique and enver touched cybertron
You get pissed in Beast Machines when the plasma chamber is not how it was showin in headmasters
in every series you can tell who they would be in g1 (eg Bw: cheetor=hot rod, terresoar = starscream, rhinox = ironhide, and on)
You chea back every 10min to see if someone commeted on your post
You have every varinate of TF:TM ever produced
You upgrade your memory and computer, and spend money jsut so you have room to dowlaod and store more episodes of Transformers o your comp
you spend hundreds of dollars on transformers toys
you rather save money for tfs then for presetns for gfs and fmaily, or save money for food
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by cheetor_182 on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 12:19:52 PM
holy crap! I bet this is gonna be the largest blog in tformers site history!
really cant stop writin more n more of these things...... anyways here are sum others:
you agree that backstop/saidos sucks that bad that doesnt deserve the name "TRANSFORMER" `n not even the name Go-bot!!! (nyway i still love this fig 4 damn ugly!!!, its true)
you hear the word "bitchin" n u automaticly think on the recent posts about the upcomin tf movie on the different tf forums
u still waitin 4 the alternator beetle bumblebee even knowin vw didnt allow hasbro to use the mark for "violent" reasons :(
know who fatimus prime is
cant stop seein prime time mov over n over again!!!
and gets funnier n fuennier every time
more soon ;)
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Midas on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 04:36:36 PM
You can't drive by a Wal-mart without stopping to check the Transformers section.
You can't drive by a Target without stopping to check the Transformers section.
You can't drive by a TRU without stopping to check the Transformers section.
You can't drive by a Meijers without stopping to check the Transformers section.
Your children give you an excuse to peruse toy stores now that your younger brother(s) is/are too old to be a viable excuse.
When your wife complains about the size of your collection your first comeback is how monetarily valuable your collection now is.
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Metal_Former(metal@former.mf) on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 07:33:37 PM
Midas: You can't drive by a Wal-mart without stopping to check the Transformers section. You can't drive by a TRU without stopping to check the Transformers section.
You take a bus (cuz you can't drive, and make a 30-50 minutes ride to TRU to see what they have and hope they have that figure you want so badly and tthe money to buy it with!
Darkdecepticon 1. You wish that japanese G1 exclusives had come to the United States.
Second that and add the Euro exclusives as well.
2. You own 3 Fortress Maximus's, G1 Fort Max, Japan's Brave Max, and the Car Robots Reissue of Fort Max.
I wish I have at least one! >_ 3. You wish that Hasbro had pull out plastic trays that came with their Boxed Transformers instead of inserting the transformers on blisters. (one thing I love about Japanese Transformers is that it was always on styrofoam or molded plastic so you could just store them away.
Seconded and thirded! Styrofoam is ESSENTIAL for storaging securely your treasures!!!!
5. You collect the catalogs and mail offers that G1 transformers came with.
Any paperwork is too precious to toss away!
6. Hell if you still collect the points that were located on the boxes for old transformers offers even though they won't get you anywhere.
You hate yourself for not having taken advantage of the mail-in offers each time you see htme! >_ 7. Your significant other realizes that there alot of us (21 to 45 year olds) in the transformers section of every toys r us.
You worry abount being considered a pedophile stalking some kids on the store! (Disturbing but true!)
8. You can quote what your collection is worth and ensure your signficant other that one day you'll sell the collection
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Metrotitan on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 08:23:44 PM
Hey Artimus! NEWSFLASH! You are living in a foreign country! People don't need to and should not be expected to speak English! How's your Japanese coming along? :)
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Blitzwing on Sunday, December 17, 2006 @ 10:45:20 PM
Hi, my name is Blitzwing and I'm a Transformersholic.
I relate to half of these lists. Not ashamed of it, everyone needs a hobby after all... even if you get slightly compulsive and emotional about it.
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by cheetor_182 on Monday, December 18, 2006 @ 01:16:02 AM
you are readin this...
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Gigatron on Monday, December 18, 2006 @ 09:29:11 AM
- You slip away from dinner, to check ebay for new offers on transformers
- You keep saying to your spouse: "The transformers on this wishlist are the last ones I'll ever buy
- You lie to your spouse that the transformers you buy are all bought with money made from selling stuff on ebay
- You're running out of space to store them
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Gigatron on Monday, December 18, 2006 @ 09:37:32 AM
True tale:
-You go to Hong Kong with two suitcases, and dump (old) clothes (you wanted to throw away anyway, because you planned to do that in case you see new Transformers) from one of those those suitcases, to make room for Transformers.
Top That!
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by ScreamingMetal89 on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 @ 04:31:41 PM
you race the 5 yr olds for the toy isle
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by ScreamingMetal89 on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 @ 04:31:42 PM
you race the 5 yr olds for the toy isle
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Jory on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 @ 01:20:20 PM
You became sexualy arosed by the preview for the full preview
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by Metal_Former(metal@former.mf) on Monday, January 01, 2007 @ 10:54:05 PM
Happy New Year! Here are more items to be added to the list. Some might sound quite disturbing but can't be helpled; mine is a disturbed mind! :P In no order of importance: You know you are a Transformers Collector when...
1. pick up hats and other accessories to celebrate new year's
eve thata re all purple.
2. wants to paint the outside of your home purple (and have argument with relatives for choosing weird looking colors).
3. buy at discout stores the essential stuff (food, cleaning products, spoons, etc.) so you have more money to spend on TFs
4. dream to mary a girl that likes Transformers so she don't argue with you everytime you want to buy one or want you to get rid of your collection
5. wants to be burried with your G1 Megatron as a vampire (arms crossed holding it) and think about making a will stating you want Megatron carved
your tombstone. O_O
6. wish your relatives and friends give you Transformers as gifts on your birthday and Christmas despute being almots 40 y.o.! >__<
8. have to buy new appliances and think about making Transformers out of them (drawing them as such, writing profiles and/or repaint them) so you don't go insane for not having enough money to buy both things!
9. spend hours on-line hunting for Transformers parafernalia with the same obsession people hunt for pr0n!
10. have the Decepticon logo as wallpaper on your mobile and never change it!
Re: BLOG - You know you are a Transformers Collector when... (Score: 1) by angelmagnus on Saturday, February 17, 2007 @ 10:38:10 AM
... your Flickr, Picasa or iPhoto albums, and/or your computer screensaver are of Transformer figures rather than actual human people. Double points if they're not even your Transformers.
... your printer test page is a copy of the Binaltech Story.
... you bought your car based solely on the fact that it looks like the alt mode of your favorite character/figure.
... your car is named after a Transformer.
Double points if both are true.
Extra points if said car is a death-trap but you refuse to get rid of it because of the Transformers connection, and/or your car's license plate is its Transformer character name.
... you have ever skipped work for Transformers-related reasons. Double points if you have ever skipped a friend or relative's event for same (eg: birthday). Multiply by a factor of 10 if the event was being held in your honor (eg: YOUR birthday).
... on the same day, you pay more for a Transformers item than on your spouse's/friend's/mother's birthday/wedding/Christmas gift. Double points if they wouldn't be (or aren't) surprised.
... you own any kind of Transformers "costume", or part thereof.
... you know which character personality profiles you and your friends most closely resemble. Double points if you also know which characters/figures you and your friends most physically resemble.
... you've got the software and the preset saved to change your voice to match (G1) Soundwave's. Multiply by a factor of 10 if you use that voice on your outgoing answering machine message.
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I was reading one of those "You know you are a [something] when..." lists the other day and I thought that it would be fun to do one for Transformers. So here it is. I put together my own list of "You know when's" just for us TF fans and collectors. Check it out and don't get mad at me if you are reminded at little too much that you might be a Transformers Collector after all.
