I did hear that their not-Shockwave is pretty damn amazing. Sadly no budget d. lol.

it is...

Haha amen.

I love Transformers - yet a part of me can't justify why I still collect them.

There is no intrinsic benefit to the hobby apart from appreciating the way these chunks of plastic can be unfolded into differently shaped chunks of plastic.

And unless you design or customize your own figures, they don't make you smarter or more creative either.

So... how much are you selling your MP3 Starscream for?

No no, please dont poison me.

I like to collect Transformer because I actually appreciate the engineering behind some of the better made ones that made them tick like my MP Starscream. Also, I like to collect them cause I used to love watching G1 until Beast Wars which I like to own some of the characters. Since I stopped watching transformers now, so I just collect whatever I find it looks nice.

I also collect diecast cars which also have no intrinsic value. It is just a hulk of expensive metal that does nothing at all to the point people call me an idiot for spending RM750 for one. Sure it doesnt do anything but it holds a sentimental value to me as I bought it because I was leaving Australia for a while and I want to keep something that defines Australian motorsports. That car I bought was the winner in a 1000km endurance race which is not an easy feat on the world's steepest and one of the more dangerous tracks in the world. If you lost control on the track, most likely you'll be hitting the concrete wall. Apparently, for that overpriced model car, the price will go up as time goes as it has an official and numbered certificate from the manufacturer as the stock in the market running low while it was driven by a very famous driver.

If I am selling, i'll sell for RM400. Barely played transformer so most of the joints are quite tight.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Aug 18 2014, 03:25 PM

Lol. Eh I justify it because I like it. I know a lot of people who are absolutely only spending money on things they need. Saving for the future etc etc. Yes that is good, but sometimes you need to indulge on things. If you don't sometimes get things for yourself that you really like, what's the point of working hard? haha.

That's my justification and it works on the missus

20140818_150517 by megatron_1988, on Flickr

Jalan jalan... tangan gatal... ambil tengok tengok...
tengok kanan tengok kiri... gf tak ada...
pergi kaunter... ambil dompet... card dikeluarkan...
tandatangan... cepat lari ke kereta...
buka bonnet belakang masukkan ke dalam...
lari masuk bangunan...
mission accomplished..

Similar scenario :

Sits down at restaurant in 1U near Vhobby.

Me: *orders food* "Uhh I need to go washroom"
Wife : *ignores me and dotes on babies*
Me : *runs to Vhobby.. look look.. OOOH!! Buy stuff* *runs up to carpark* *deposit haul* runs back to restaurant..
Wife : *looks at my suspicious sweating* "So long one?"
Me : Yeah toilet stalls occupied..
Wife : *looks at me.. and continue to dote on babies*

As long as you are spending the money for the necessacities, i think it should be ok.

Yeah, buying transformers is partly why i want to indulge on some things. Scale model cars are too pricey now while most companies QC is going downhill, might as well start transformers.

this one i also use before... LOL
come back sweating like hell... told her doing business inside the toilet and its damn hot...
so sweating like this lor... she told me next time bring tissue so doing business time also can wipe sweat... HAHAHA

as i see, everyone is discussing about quakewave
1 word to describe quakewave - PERFECT
quakewave can even do this

God damn it. Now you made me want one.

I have been looking for one that does that.

Hehehe the biggest enemy of the Transformers is not cosmic rust... it's our wives...

I have no idea how to make my wife appreciate TF. She doesn't even want me to display it because she says it's too "childish" and "nerdy"

And yeah, Quake Wave is one of the most universally praised figures out there right now. But prices are insane, can only hope for a reissue at this point.

OMG, same here all the scenario haha , childish hahaha yup this word always been heard , yup but now i become more ganas buy the boomco gun and then shoot infront my wife , hey, this day toys i think is for eldery not for children , i m waiting for my baby boy to grown up to have a war with him using nerf and boomco gun.

So, Unicorn isnt the biggest enemy of transformers?

Still forever alone, better buy more now.

haha... the wife story is here again ... but it happens

My wife actually supports my hobby so long as it doesnt affect us financially ... Sometimes she will ask me to open up my hauls as she wants to see why im so interested in it.....she actually sit beside me when i opened up my Hercules ... for an hour

DOTM OR ROTF = try ur luck to find it if u want all misb condition, but very exciting like playing game
but for my experience for hunting the same thing in my hometown ,i can still c lot of jetwing prime and some sentinel prime and even an amazon exclusive leaderclass nemesis prime ( but quite expensive)

wah you are blessed

same with me, my wife supports what i do as long as our finances still solid. she also sometimes comes and admires the tf that i play with.

Offtopic from this thread a bit.. The BoomCo gun nice? how is it compared to Nerf? haha my office very on nerf gun war haha

wow office war....
yup u can use boomco as primary gun, can do head shot some more because of the accuracy hahaha, as for nerf i love strongarm elite a quick gun for war ....

@OT my office war... err we play counter strike on LAN only... hehehe...

anyway.... anybody got this guy last time... how can i missed it... =_=

lol...i can relate to that....my gf also against me buying TF...
sometimes hv to be "Solid Snake" ...buy then walk past her in the hse , then quickly hide the treasure somewhere...hahaha...(if she catches u, she will ask "u go buy again!?!?!?!" then u can hear "SNAKE?? SNAKE?? SNAAAAKKEEEEEEE!!!!")