Introductions

Alrighty so I've actually had this account for some time, but haven't really used it. Well now I have a reason to. All my toy and collection blurbs. Everything from reviews to rants to wish lists. It's what I'm going to use this journal for. So if you really want to get to know me and not my collection visit my Vampirefreaks profile. My username is Mini-Bot. Anyway this is my introduction entry. I wanted anyone who might read this to get to know me as a collector. I'm a self proclaimed plastic crack addict. I love toys. In November of 2007 I watched the live action Transformers movie for the first time after saying a few months earlier I wasn't interested in seeing it. Well I decided to give it a chance since I loved Beast Wars as a small child, and even had some of the toys. By the time the movie was over, I was in love. I ended up buying the movie on the very next Walmart trip I took. A couple of weeks later I decided I wanted to go to Toys R Us to check out the toys for Transformers. I hadn't been inside of Toys R Us in so long. Christmas was right around the corner so my dad let my best friend Alex and I get a Transformer toy. My friend picked a Robot Replica Jazz. I was looking for the helicopter, Blackout, who is my favorite Transformer next to Starscream, but he was no where to be found. At that time, I had no idea about the differences between deluxes, voyagers, legends, leaders and so forth, so I just grabbed a Fast Action Battlers Barricade. Barricade has always been in my top ten so I figured he'd be a good one to buy. I didn't think I'd get many more, because I wasn't in to toys at that time and dread extensions were taking up all my money. A couple of weeks later I was presented with a Screen Battle set from my friend Alex for Christmas. It had Barricade, Frenzy, and two little humans figures (Sam and Mikeala). I was madly in love with the Barricade (still am). Soon after I was checking the toy aisle every time I went to Walmart or Target. When I decided I was going to collect Transformers I had this cute little five bot collection.

From Left to Right: Deluxe Barricade, Deluxe Scorponok, Frenzy, Voyager Starscream, and Fast Action Battlers Barricade.


One year later I have become a Transformers nerd, and have about 200 of them and counting. Now I love anything and everything to do with Transformers. I’m heavily into Transformers: Animated and highly anticipating Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. I’m also exploring earlier lines such as the one that started it all (G1) as well as later ones like Cybertron and Energon. I also want to revisit Beast Wars, since it was my favorite show as a child.

A couple of months ago when I got into the little anime girls known as Busou Shinki, I knew I was a toy collector. I wanted to expand my collection to include other toys that I liked. This now includes My Little Ponies, Bionicles, Shinkis, Littlest Pet Shop, and Movie and Video game Figures. I also make a toy photo comic called Comic Fluff. I may post it here in the near future.

That’s it for an introduction.

~Anton