Hhai's collection

[Hhai]

MAY 24th 2013: UPDATED PICTURES HERE (http://www.cybertron.ca/boards/showpost.php?p=509829&postcount=18)



My collection! I've been collecting for 1 year now and I you can see my spending got a little bit out of hand. But I don't regret it a single bit!

On the right you can see bits of my fiancee's Pokemon collection.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG_20120220_112800.jpg

Masterpiece and Alternators Autobots. My most recent acquisitions, my "2012 project" as I call it. I loved the HA line, so getting the alternators was the next logical step.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG_20120220_112851.jpg

Various Classic/Generations/Alt/G1 stuff. Hot Spot is the only toy I have left from my childhood.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG_20120220_112901.jpg

Movie Autobots 1. I fell in love with the movie line after playing with a DOTM Deluxe Bumblebee. Gorgeous, gorgeous toys with complex and weird designs, and fun transformations. Human Alliance Jazz is perhaps the most ingenious toy of the entire movie line. It's design is a perfect example of what the movie line is all about.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG_20120220_112923.jpg

Movie Autobots 2. Even tough the on-screen characters are dumb, the Human Alliance Twins are true gems.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG_20120220_112935.jpg

Movie Decepticons 1... Leader Starscream is without a doubt my favorite transformer toy ever.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG_20120220_112946.jpg

Movie Decepticons 2. The non-movie decepticons are surprisingly great, especially the jets.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG_20120220_112954.jpg

Some Aligned Continuity toys. One of my FE Prime's ears broke (don't know how), so sadly I had to amputate the other for symmetry's sake. :(

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG_20120220_113047.jpg

Random stuff I'll probably sell.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG_20120220_113057.jpg

[Bruticus82]

Very nice start to your collection! Welcome aboard!

[shockwing]

1 year, I have been collecting for 2.5 years and haven't even reached what you have. Awsome collection

[Dynamo.Dave]

Love the collection!
It's interesting how different collections take on different personalities.

For instance, you're really digging the movie line (which, good on you), but looking to ditch Jetwing Optimus.

Welcome!

[Hhai]

Love the collection!
It's interesting how different collections take on different personalities.

For instance, you're really digging the movie line (which, good on you), but looking to ditch Jetwing Optimus.

Welcome!

Jetwing Optimus? I'd love to have one!!!

Sadly this is Ultimate Prime, which was the first movie Prime I got. However, I got a Leader Prime a few months later and since then Ultimate Prime has seemed superfluous as it is vastly inferior.

[juxtapose519]

Haha, sure. Your "fiancee's" Pokemon collection.

Pretty awesome. That's a big setup for only being at it for a year.

[Hhai]

Haha, sure. Your "fiancee's" Pokemon collection.

Haha, you don't believe me? At our wedding in august we're even thinking of having table centerpieces featuring little Pokemon and Transformer figures :)

[Nomad]

DEFINITELY take pictures of that when it goes down. :)


... but in the mean time, I wanna see more of "her" Pokemon bookcase hehe. It's cool if they're yours or hers, really.

[Protoman]

Screw that, I wanna see the Pokemon Collection next to it ;)

[Nomad]

Yeah, if I could find a stuffed Merril in person, I'd probably buy it on sight.

[Hhai]

Ok, ok, behold the Pokemons!

And they're really hers, I swear!

We're both women BTW.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG_20120229_085432.jpg



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[Nomad]

Heh, very colour coordinated. :)


Not like we don't like your TFs, but for me anyway, it's nice to see something besides that once in a while, given that it's a main hobby for us. That's one of the main reasons I set up another little table in my room for my black/gold dinozords. I had Tigerzord there too, but white plastic doesn't play well with sunlight, so I had to make an urgent edit.

[Sureshot22]

Cool collections and i think someone REALLY likes pikachoo ;)

[Buhawi]

That's an awesome collection.

The wife collects mangas and Monster high dolls. Problem is she's an MISB collector.

[Hhai]

AUGUST 1ST 2012 UPDATE!

So here I am, some 6 months after my last set of pics. My collection has grown quite fast, the "second bookshelf wall" was broken in May!
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00182.jpg

Movie autobots 1. The movie line is still my favorite, even though is now occupies a less prominent place on my shelves.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00200.jpg

Movie Autobots 2. That "Dino" is a sad stand-in for the awesome on-screen design he had.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00202.jpg

Movie Decepticons 1. Yep, Leader Starscream is still my favorite figure in my collection. Laserbeak is flying thanks to some fishing wires!
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00203.jpg

Movie Decepticons 2.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00205.jpg

RID Autobots. RID is a recent addition to my collection. I love how all over the place it is. You have small and big size, old and new molds, different levels of complexity, clever combiners. And those autobots brothers are the spriritual ancestor to the movie line, with their weird asymetrical design, their alien look and their challenging transformation.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00206.jpg

RID Predacons/Decepticons. Ruination and Scourge are absolute classics, 20 years old molds and still looking good side by side with recent figures. I have mixed feelings about Megatron... beautiful robot mode but not one of his 145+ alt mode I find interesting.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00188.jpg

Animated Autobots. I had to get the toys simply because I recently watched the entire cartoon for the first time and absolutely loved it. Went on ebay, found a huge inexpensive lot and that was it. The presence of animated toys on my shelves also provide some visual variety as most of my toys are on the realistic side. And they are the proof that a simple transformation can be fun and can result in two perfect modes. Oh and I want a mini-tent to put behind Prowl to replicated my favorite scene in the cartoon!
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00189.jpg

Animated Decepticons. Animated Megatron is probably the best looking Megatron toy ever made.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00191.jpg

Prime. See how little space I devote to that line? That proportional to the level of interest I have in it. With the exception of Wheeljack and FE Prime, these toys are bland and so is the cartoon. I'm not sure wheter I'll keep them or not.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00192.jpg

1986 Movie cast. Horribly unscaled but I dont mind! And I have a City Comander trailer in storage just waiting for a Classics Magnus.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00193.jpg

G1 Autobots 1. I'm mostly focusing on season 1 characters, in their alternator or masterpiece incarnation (and if neither exist, CHUG). That mistransformed Hot Spot is the only toys I have left from my childhood.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00209.jpg

G1 Autobots 2.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120801-00213.jpg

G1 Decepticons. A very expensive shelf indeed. Shockwave is a custom by board member Malwave.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00196.jpg

Cybertronian stuff. I'm much more excited by the upcoming FOC stuff than the Prime stuff!
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120731-00197.jpg

[Hhai]

Haha, you don't believe me? At our wedding in august we're even thinking of having table centerpieces featuring little Pokemon and Transformer figures :)

DEFINITELY take pictures of that when it goes down. :)


Ok well the centerpieces plan didn't come to fruition but...

Some picture from my wedding yesterday. It was a beautiful ceremony :)

The official poster of the day (my wife is a huge pokemon fan)

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120812-00221-1.jpg

At the church

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/mariage2.jpg

The cake!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/mariage1.jpg

The souvenir pin! Can you guess what it represents? ;)

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/IMG-20120812-00224.jpg

[Jazz227]

awww :D I happy you guys had cake..... i mean got married.... :)

[Hhai]

UPDATE MAY 24th 2013!

So again, my collection has grown quite a bit since the august update. I do have more toys but at the same time I feel like I have a better idea of what I want my collection to be. The thing I love the most about Transformers is the amazing variety of styles and aesthetics in each incarnation of the franchise, and I want my collection to display "a little bit of everything", each shelf representing a TF show with it's main caracters and the toys that best represent each design style. And I'm limiting myself to two bookcases, don't want and don't need a third. It'll force me to stay focused and keep only the best figures.

The whole collection. There's an empty shelf in there, I still don't know what's going to end up on it. I'm leaning toward the Transformers Go! line with the very japanese aesthetic of the combiners. Any suggestion?

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/e9a635f3-2eff-4b99-ac76-64010b0e4819_zps8d274357.jpg

Movie shelf 1: the real star on this shelf isn't Megatron or the gigantic Devastator. It's Human Alliance Barricade! He's probably my most transformed figure.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/e4cadd56-bce1-4c0a-8dc9-cf5eaf1bd5fd_zpsf99cd8a5.jpg


Movie shelf 2: Human Alliance and Constructicons mostly, each of them full a the intricate details that make the movie design so fascinating. Starscream is still to this date my favorite figure in all my collection.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/573a04c5-980e-4cba-ad64-9e896d745e1f_zps58b17fd0.jpg

Movie shelf 3: Again, the 3 Human Alliance figures steal the show on this shelf. Mudflap and Skidz are two great and clever toys, full of details and layers. Unfortunately they never got the credit they deserve as their characters in the movie were so annoying...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/8f9e48d7-5d81-40b0-9f05-be65caa521ca_zps82307b18.jpg


Prime shelf: this line has grown on me. The designs are not spectacular but very surprinsing transformation-wise. They go from quite blocky vehicles modes to sleek, curvy silhouettes in robot mode. Vehicon is the prime example of this, perhaps the most spectacular Deluxe toy in history.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/e42b8f8e-e5cc-45f0-beb9-cd03f509e3c3_zpsd87f7285.jpg


Cybertron shelf: Blocky robots with lots of molded details. They look solid, they feel sturdy, with lots of paint apps... playing with them make you realise how plastic, paint and joint quality has gone downhill in the last few years.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/cae6a085-1ef0-411c-a4c9-f9c925497bda_zpsde9723fb.jpg


Beast wars shelf: The toys aren't great, especially the robot mode, but in beast mode they're full of personnality, like their cartoon couterparts.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/14350c44-c231-45f3-8f4a-50cb5a336cfe_zpsb7d07413.jpg


Animated shelf: My favorite cartoon by far, but not my favorite aesthetic at all. The toys are ok, good robot mode but boring alternates and boring transformations. I'm just not a fan of flat, monocolored surfaces. But they deserve their shelf nonetheless due to their unique aesthetic and the awesomeness of the show.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/d387cee0-2ede-43b7-b949-2aa95e05d5be_zpsbe916a19.jpg

Alternators Shelf: When people come to my place and see my collection, they often ask "ohh pleeeease, can you transform one right now? I wanna see!". When they do, I alway pick an Alternator (Jazz most of the time), and you should see how impressed they are to see a detailed and realistic model car turn into a robot!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/63158dc2-4423-45d9-a125-578736b66189_zpsd0074082.jpg

Random G1-style figures: Honestly, I don't know where I'm going with that shelf. It'll probably end up being a "season 3 and after" shelf, with Hexatron and Feral Rex. But I'm annoyed that the designs do not seem to mesh well together.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/145e2b5e-11a8-4e34-80c5-f35546eb4b0e_zps7ef70bf5.jpg

Season 1 Autobots Shelf: Looking good but it's missing a good Prowl and a good Trailbreaker. And I need to acquire some painting skills to customize Jetfire. Looking at this picture, I think maybe Mirage doesn't quite fit in there...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/1594ce5b-34ec-4d63-aa2c-98b50f5f3d32_zpsd1c7c257.jpg

Season 1 decepticons shelf: Bloody damn expensive to assemble but they look GLORIOUS together!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/f39f9b38-8298-4f2b-90a8-7505bc92d0a6_zps4bcc5032.jpg

RID shelf: this toyline was all over the place with combiners, transmetals, old figures repaints, and the movie-style precursors, the Autobot Brothers. But suprisingly, they work so well together, probably because the cartoon was so faithful to the toys designs. I love how Scourge is posed, so menacing!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/24e3c6ac-ea57-49c7-8f4c-bad388eadbae_zps49e56e50.jpg

Rescue Bots: Can't wait to have kids and create scenarios with them with these fun, simple and creative toys!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/c63ce59b-84b1-4124-ad16-44e50f12ea9b_zps02044d47.jpg

Hearts of Steel shelf: You have to give credit to MMC, who has the guts to enter the industry with three molds based on an obscure comic universe instead of going the easy way with G1 characters. But all three mold are spectacular, fun, and more sturdy than they look. The steampunk aesthetic works so well, it's a shame we probably won't see more toys in that line.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b315/Shtaman/38a42501-d8ad-41a9-9860-90e17ed0097b_zps28e70779.jpg