Hey. I just moved to Calgary from Vernon BC (omg what a horrible horrible place, rated 9th worst in Canada for crime lol!) My name is AJ, otherwise known as slimebucket
When I was a kid, I collected every single generation 1 toy. I had them all. Every single one from 1986. I had the boxes, all manuals and accessories. One day in school, I come home and...
The whole collection was sent to the Philippines by my step mother. Along with my snes with like 30 games, my genesis with like 10 games, my entire TMNT collection, and my half complete HE MAN collection.
For years my parents would yell at me, because they thought I was being dumb and that "junk" was worthless and I was being a big baby about it and I need to drop it.
So one day I opened ebay and looked up everything they gave away. The BIDs, not the prices, THE BIDS, where over 10,000 for a collection that was not in as good shape as the one I had. That was just the transformers. I brought up auctions with bids on them for everything they gave away and it came to over $50,000 they gave away.
Yeah, not even a single apology, just a "oh, who would have known...: comment...
Never thought I would get back into transformer collecting after that. But Vernon BC was so horrible of an experience I developed PTSD. (I was a full time taxi driver and saw lots of really really whack stuff) and as a therapy I decided to start collecting Optimus Prime and Megatron stuff again.
Man, when I have a PTSD moment and get all scared and tight chested, and paranoid and confused, playing with a transformer just totally levels me out and makes me feel like a kid again, care free, and just want to figure out that transformation!
After looking at the price of new stuff, 3rd party stuff, MP stuff I decided to first collect used collections.
When I buy a used collection i like to keep all the Optimus Primes and Megatrons, and anything really cool i like I keep, then the rest (which is usually more than what I keep) I give to my girlfriends kids. You know those giant tupper ware containers that are like 3 feet long and 2 feet wide? I got em one of those FULL TO THE BRIM of transformers
I bought 3 used collections and paid less than $200 for it all.
Got me Cybertron Prime, that giant sized cybertron one, 2 primes where hes a gorilla, Classics Prime, Combiner Wars Prime, War Within Prime, Rage over Cybertron prime, Leader Class movie prime from the first movie,
Then I got a used Year of the Horse MP -10 prime for $115. Most I have ever spent on a single toy in my life, but man, well worth it. MP - 10 primes are getting hard to find.
Oh, I got a decepticon tattoo, which I got before the first movie ever was even announced. Everyone I show it to thinks I got it because of the movies ><
I will make a complete list of all the transformers I have, including the ones I gave my girlfriends kids and would totally be down for doing some trading.
a few primes I have an eye out for. Armada prime would be nice, with or without ultra magnus, original GEN1 prime, I dont care if he doesnt have any accessories, box, or anything, just want the main figure to stand with all the rest... RotF Prime, (honestly, I really detest the new movie designs.. I cant stand them what so ever... some decepticons are sick though, but ever all they are too COMPLEX and BUSY for my tastes.)
maybe a gen2 prime,
I only have classics megatron so I am looking for any megs as well
I am a class 4 driver and going to be going to TFCon. If there is people interested in having me rent a large van and take as many people as I can I will do it.
Last note, anyone ever look at the new DIACLONE DA-14 and the black one DA-17?
DAMN COOLEST TOY I have ever seen, I really really want to buy one so my girlfriends kids and I can play with it together, but damn its $279 (289 for black version) US!! too high price for my blood but damn I want em soo bad
