You have a chance to answer that question, as one man is auctioning off a massive 886-piece Transformers collection. While they're not all boxed, the pictures do show an obsession that most likely means everything is in good condition. He's selling everything he has, except the five boxed autobots. He's keeping those. The buy-it-now price is $66,800.

Some of the notices on the auction are amusing. "Keep in mind that the repeats are not typos. In some cases, I have 2 or 3 of certain figures. There are also over 1,150 photos of just over half the collection (boxes from different angles) which are at: http://tfcollector.net/collection.rar." Over a thousand pictures of over 800 Transformers. Just imagine that for a moment.

Also, isn't one of these guys a firearm? "One additional note: There are a total of 3 G1 Megatrons in the collection (2 loose and 1 in the Hasbro Mail-Away box). Since US law forbids the sale/shipment of toy guns without the requisite orange indicator (to signify to police and law enforcement that it is not an actual weapon) these three items will convey to the winning bidder as an additional gift, upon a completed sale/purchase."

I'm not sure there exists someone out there with the money and the time to purchase this lot and then find a way to store and/or display them, but I've been wrong about the extremities of geek passion before. This is one of those collections that you can only stare at, amazed that one man put it all together... and is now getting rid of it.

Our hats off to you, Transformers guy, you're awesome.

Thanks to the Lounge for the tip.