I loved transformers as a kid, but recently, I've rediscovered them. Now I want all of them again, especially Masterpiece editions. Yeah, they're cool, but wtf?!? Why do I want them so bad? I'm looking at a FOC Grimlock that I'm about to customize and resell. He doesn't know. Why do I want these toys as an adult man?!? Yes, I have a hot wife and kids and a decent career, so shut up with the dumb(er) stuff. Thanks!
As long as it doesn't interfere with the important things in life, I don't see anything wrong with recapturing some of your youth with the toys you once loved. I mean, you (and I) *are* the target audience for the Masterpiece Transformers--at $100-$200 a pop, with fairly complicated transformations, and specifically designed to look like the G1 cartoon versions of the characters, these Transformers aren't for today's kids, they're for us '80s kids who now have disposable income and will spend the money for the definitive version of the G1 characters we grew up with. That's why we want them--they're made for us to want. :D Every guy has a hobby (and probably more than just one). Collecting fancy Transformers really isn't that different from, say, souping up cars, or putting together a home theater, or collecting Blu-rays, or whatever else guys our age are into. And besides, if you get over your Transformers bug, you can always sell or pass on your collection to someone else. Over the years I've picked up the Masterpiece versions of Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, and Grimlock, and more recently I've sold off all of them except Optimus (yeah, I'm going to hang on to him); even though they were all loose, I actually wound up selling them for more than I paid for them new (that's how prized some of these Masterpieces are).
