A pathetic lament

When I noticed the first wave of Transformers: Animated toys at my local Wal-Mart my insides squee'ed in delight. But then I had to wrestle with myself, justifying the en masse purchase of them all. About $15.00 CAD a pop times three (they had Cybertron mode Prime, Prowl and Lockdown but no signs of Bumblebee anywhere, nor any of the Voyager class) and by looking at the nearly exhausted Movie line, about $30.00 CAD for a Voyager.

So I started to do the math. I won't go into details, since it will only show you all the extent of my pathetic longing, but it basically amounts to $500 CAD to buy the lot (considering all future, desirable releases). That's a spicy meat-a-ball, comrades. Oh, how they taunted me. Haunted my thoughts. But I know myself well. I'm all stoked at the moment and I'll have a bunch of good, stupid nostalgia-fueled romps and battles of good versus evil, but inevitably they'll be exiled to a Rubbermaid storage container (gave up on displays since it's a bitch to dust and shelf space [space in general, actually] is at a premium).

I mean it's selfish for a twenty-something to be getting these things for himself (consulted the wife on it, turns out the daughter's into Power Rangers now and Transformers are off her radar) and considering the myriad responsible things one can do for five bills... I just had to go with common sense.

Oh, but how I dream. How I imagine. Making stupid play noises. Transforming them and untransforming them in front of the nephew, letting him try it out, bonding in that little way at least.

Ha. They're just toys. But even saying that I know I still want them.

Have you seen the photos of Blitzwing? Damn that's one sexy piece of plastic. No, I wasn't being serious. But seriously. I can't even say I only want one figure from this line. And if it had to be, it'd be Leader class Megatron, but it would be a painful choice (with Herr Blitzwing being a very, very close second).

As I said before, I've got a Rubbermaid chest of the Armada line along with a Cybertron Primus. I wonder if he and Unicron are getting along in there...

Right. Bottom line.

Since I'm a TV only cast completionist and a bit of a scale-fag, I would have to buy the entire cast at appropriate sizes in order to feel happy and complete. Even if this limits the amount of figures I'd be buying out of the entire line (the main line versus things like the Activators, for example), this still translates to a big wad of fat cash. And there's the rub.

I could be using that money for better things--collecting interest in the bank, for example. We're on the verge of a recession here, after all (so I have heard... just look at the price of petrol there, comrade) so... It's just better to abstain.

As miserable as it makes me, the down I feel now is probably countered by hypothetical financial woes down the line.

Le sigh.