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Date Posted: 15/07/05 19:29:12 GMT+10
Author: Goktimus Prime
Subject: How Many Transformers Do You Have?

Believe it or not, this isn't about bragging rights or ego-boosting - I just want to find out what the national average TF collection size is. I will be conducting similar surveys across other Australian TF boards too. It's just that sometimes when I have friends over, they look at my collection and they swear that it must be the "biggest collection in existence," yada yada yada... I'd just like to be able to say, "Well actually, the average Transformers collection in this country is..."

Back when Beast Wars first came out, Ben Yee and I kinda guesstimated the average TF collection size to be around 250. It has been many years since then so I think it's high time we updated some statistics regarding the average collection size!

The tricky thing with counting Transformers is that everyone seems to have a different method of counting, which can then make actual comparisons very difficult. So for the sake of statistical integrity, we will need to make sure that we're all using a uniform system of counting figures. Now, I'm not interested in forming a debate about which system of counting is better and why I think my system is the best or whatever... what's important is that we all use the same method of counting. So I'm gonna be an ogre now and enforce my general system of counting TFs. If you've been using this method of counting, then go straight ahead and use the Poll - otherwise, please calibrate your collection count according to the rules that I have laid out below.

For an example of how this system of counting works, have a look at my list here. Every toy denoted with an asterisk (*) is a figure that is excluded from being counted separate, as outlined in the rules below.

How To Count Transformers (for the purposes of this poll)

a) The following do not count as Transformers:
- Pretender shells (without the robot)
- Nebulons (without the main robot)
- Peripheral figures like PVCs, Gum Kit models, Happy Meal Toys etc. - we will also include those little Cybertron TFs for this survey as well (so don't count them).
- Yeerks (Animorphs)
B) The following do count as Transformers:
- Individual Micromaster robots - e.g. if you have the entire Race Car Patrol, then you have 4 Transformers.
- Individual Combiner Micromaster robots. e.g. Sledge and Hammer count as 2.
- Animorphs figures but not Yeerks.
- PlaySkool Transformers, Go-Go-Go-Bots, 1-2-3 TFs etc.
c) Multiples do not count. I don't care how many Tank Drones you have, they count as 1.
d) Gestalt robots do not count separately.
e.g.: If you have all 6 Constructicons, then they count as 6. Do not count Devastator separately and say that you have 7 G1 Constructicons.
e) "Common" variants as multiples do not count. If you have a variation of a Transformer, but the variation is "minor," then it does not count. Examples of this include:
- Re-releases. e.g.: if you have 1984 silver gun Frenzy and 1986 gold gun Frenzy, then they count as 1, not 2.
- Production variations. e.g.: if you have Kup with rubber tyres and Kup with plastic tyres, they count as 1, not 2.
- Reissues. e.g.: if you have original Prowl, Classic Prowl and TFC Prowl, then they all count as 1, not 3.
A "common" variant is basically a variant that was designed to substitute for the original.
f) "Exclusive" variants do count. Unlike "common" variants, these variants were never intended to be substitutes for the original. Examples of this include:
- G2. e.g.: If you have G1 Slag and G2 Slag, then they count as 2, not 1.
- European recolours. e.g.: If you have original, European and G2 Mixmaster, then they count as 3, not 1.
- Transformers Universe and Robotmasters repaints.
- Convention exclusives repaints, e.g.: if you have original Optimus Prime, reissue Convoy, TFC reissue Convoy, TRU reissue Optimus Prime and JafCon repaint Convoy, then you have a total of 2 (all the OP/Convoy variants count as 1 and JafCon Convoy, being a con exclusive repaint, counts as another 1 giving a total of 2).
- Special exclusives, e.g.: CD-ROM Convobat Vs Megalligator, X-Dimension Microns, chase repaints etc. e.g.: if you have original Waver, reissue Waver and reissue chase-black Waver, then you have a total of 2.

...obviously Knock-Offs are entirely out of the question. Only legit Transformers may be counted. :P

Once you have finished your count, round it up or down to the nearest hundred. Mathematical laws apply here - if you have 50 or above you round up, if you have less than 50 then you round down.
e.g.: if you have 520, then you round down to 500. If you have 570 then you round up to 600.

Thank you for taking part in this survey! :)

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