I am just curious... I was able to kick this habit a couple of years ago...

Not in this economy.

I can't help it I'm a sick, sick bot :yay

I am just curious... I was able to kick this habit a couple of years ago...

I TEND TO ND, I , LIKE YOURSELF -HAVE CUT BACK---$$$$$??? THE SAME FOR YOU???

Ummm... no! (o_O) As if this hobby isn't expensive enough as it is without buying multiples!

 

I buy doubles like once in a blue moon - last time was Oilslick because my original Oilslick is MOSC and autographed by Eric Siebernaler, so I bought a second one to open and play with. Otherwise singles are fine for me.

 

I have an ethical objection to buying doubles because for each spare TF you buy, you are potentially depriving a fellow collector or child from being able to obtain that toy. I wouldn't like other people to deprive me of a toy because they'd gotten a double (I get so frustrated when I hunt for one toy for weeks or months without finding it!), so I don't want to do it to others. I'm a great believer in doing unto others as I would have others do unto me. So yeah... buying toys in multiples seems like such an insidiously selfish thing to me.

the only doubles I've bought have been Movie Stockade and Landmine, two great molds which there were more than one of in the movie (Army buggies and Sector 7 vehicles, respectively), even if only as regular cars.

Lego sets, occasionally. :tflaugh

 

but I haven't bought doubles in a while. Last one I got was the Cybertron minicons. (the helicopter, sports car, and off-road vehicle. The ones that were in the show), since they were part of that bundled promotion.

 

I've kind of thought, if I found multiples of ones that've been having a hard time finding and/or want to kitbash while still having an original, I'd pick up doubles or triples of them(depending on the price.)

I am just curious... I was able to kick this habit a couple of years ago...

I TEND TO ND, I , LIKE YOURSELF -HAVE CUT BACK---$$$$$??? THE SAME FOR YOU???

 

Money was a big issue at the time... But now its about space and I stopped being a MISB collector...

Yeah, I must say that "army building" is an excuse that I can understand -- not my thing, but I can see why people do it. I know a collector who's building armies of Terrorcons - makes sense since they are effectively drones. But I know another collector who has an army of Classics Jetfires - like wtf?! I don't get that at all. (o_O)

Animated Longarm/Shockwave, for apparent reason. Of course, CN went ahead & revealed his "true colors," so I also got a Target exclusive as well!