What do you regret passing up?

[The 12th Prime]

Originally Posted by TheLogicalProwl

OH man, do I regret not having Classics Ultra Magnus. I have a hard time finding him for a reasonable price.

Agreed! I missed a great deal UM with Skywarp and also a complete G1 Devastator set on ebay a couple months ago as I was just learning how it worked. Now I know better and knowing is half the battle.

[Stapler]

I also really, really regret not buying several Alternator Mirages when he was warming the shelves of my local stores like a ten pound blanket. Perfect money-making opportunity right there and I totally let it pass me by. I never even picked one up for myself.

[Autovolt 127]

^
Yeah Alternators Mirage

and Bw 10th Waspinator and Cheetor.

[Detective Barricade]

RiD Megatron and Energon Scorponok come to mind at the moment.

[pandaprime]

Alternators!!

[brr-icy]

Originally Posted by cky_ibm

-Selling my Henkei Red Alert for cost to Brr-icy a few years ago.

sorry, he's in a good home.

not pouncing on p/cp as soon as the preorder went up

selling my liokaiser

[IronCrow]

More Alternators. Unfortunately it was about the time when I was getting back into collecting when there weren't many left on the shelves. I did snag a couple but regret passing up the few others that were still available at the time.

[S.A.A.M.]

lol! Just a couple of hours ago I passed up both ROTF Brawn and ROTF Lockdown for $10 each at my local WM.

I usually don't collect outside of the movie characters, but now looking back..."sigh"

[Cheers Ian]

Originally Posted by brr-icy

sorry, he's in a good home.

I know. I'm glad you got him.

I just can't believe how much the price shot up. I figured I could pick him up later on...

Cheers!
-Ian

[Lysist]

I REGRET NOTHING!!!

TF's are something that seems to hold my interest and I have a fairly fool-proof system for getting decent deals on them. I try to take the long-view when it comes to collecting. If it is North American main stream then I will be able to find it cheap...period. There is a window that can close on some figs but that is not often and that is usually exclusive figures. If it is a Japan only release like Alternity/BT/Etc then I tend to pounce right away on the initial releases in the line and then wait to see how they sell. If they shelf warm then I wait for sales after that. Exclusives I decide on prior to release and rarely need to go back.

Tracking the older stuff just takes time. There are still deals to be had and there will be more in the future. With summer just around the corner the Garage Sales will be starting (I have already scored Two G1's in good shape this year)
If you are willing to think Long-term with your collection then you will get everything you want and you won't break your bank. Just my two bits.