i wonder if having the ability to bid on items right from your phones like an iphone or ipad while on the go has anything to do with prices dropping. Since you're able to watch them from within the apps and bid, there's no reason to leave high proxy bids just in case you got busy or were out of the house. Lower proxy bids mean people get outbid quicker which results in lower prices.

It will probably deal with me getting banned from ebay! I'm addicted to that place.

i wonder if having the ability to bid on items right from your phones like an iphone or ipad while on the go has anything to do with prices dropping. Since you're able to watch them from within the apps and bid, there's no reason to leave high proxy bids just in case you got busy or were out of the house. Lower proxy bids mean people get outbid quicker which results in lower prices.

It will probably deal with me getting banned from ebay! I'm addicted to that place.

 

My girlfriend wants to change my password on me because I'm "obsessed". False.

I need proxy bidding because without it I'm just a neanderthal who refuses to get a smart phone.

A lot of people are concerned that their collections are dropping in worth. I wouldn't worry about it. This stuff happens all the time. The matter of fact is that those toys aren't getting any younger and as time wears on they'll become more scarce and increase in value. Some of them anyway. Honestly I've never been concerned too much about the value of my collection. The way I see it if I'm not looking to sell it, then why bother myself worrying so much about it's value? Then again I cant enjoy them in my grave and I have no children to pass them too. Maybe I should just sell what I can and chuck the rest in the trash.

 

It is nice to see a collection increase in value.

 

However, anyone collecting for value sake is seriously misguided. There are far better vehicles to increase your worth than TFors or any collectible.

 

It also doesn't help that some of the true TF collectibles (like Masterpiece) have all but destroyed their collectible nature by all the reissues and repaints.

I consider myself a huge fan of Transformers and have been for years now (I'm knocking 40!) and I have seen various incarnations of these robots in disguise come and go.

 

Without Generation 1 we probably wouldn’t be here now, but as polls and forums are there to offer discussion and opinions, I feel I can honestly say... the Gen 1 toys are poor, badly designed, and ugly in comparison to the newer, modern styled, articulated advanced versions such as Armada, Cybertron, Alternators/BT, Universe/Henkei, Alternity, Generations/United, Fansproject and even some of the Bayverse!

 

 

Some of us know it, or have thought it on occasions, but some are afraid to say it out loud.

 

The vehicle modes are well done but those darn robot modes....!Don’t get me wrong, I love Transformers, but if we are talking toy lines, these days I can live without any Gen 1 figures (let’s not mention Beast-whatever).

 

If the original molds of Gen 1 had new articulation fitted, would it make a difference, would old fans then hold on to their Gen 1?

 

This is only my opinion via a poll/forum which asked a question.

 

Hell, if I make it to Auto Assembly this year I'd even splash it across a t-shirt, Gen 1 toys suck, anyone else dare? :mwahaha

 

This is not a fair comparison. It is like comparing a 1967 Ford Mustang to a 2011 Ford Mustang. :bored