![]() The long wait between releases and the high prices has caused me to go through this again with Hot Toys. Aggravation was quickly replaced with feelings of relief, like a weight was off my shoulders. The feeling of missing out on that first figure was aggravating at first, but I found that that feeling went away pretty quickly. But I had to stop buying so much due to financial reasons. A few years ago I was really into another product line of figures and bought everything that came out due to FOMO and my propensity to want a complete collection of everything I own. I think once you are forced to pare back that "completionist urge," you find that you aren't missing much and skipping a product isn't the end of the world. Which is why it's important to only get the absolute essentials with some exceptions here and there. ![]() Keeping up with news, trying to figure out how to display it all, money management cutting down feels better than buying after a while. ![]() How will the Fantastic Four stand out if I have another team of 5 or 6 characters that I'm "meh" on next to them?īut yeah, you're right, it is tiring. You have to pick your licenses and groups very carefully. But you also can't realistically invest in multiple sets of tons of figures. The way I see it, you can't have too many random pieces, as it becomes a hodgepodge. When I debate characters I look into how much I actually enjoy them specifically, the property they're from, and where they'd fit in my collection. But I feel this need to write down everything, likely and not, and go about trimming it. Which yeah, is a crazy number, and most of those characters would never get made anyhow. Although my list of wants flies past 100 and into 200. Bloody Sideshow.Ĭlick to expand.Exactly this. I'll still have to get a Kylo too, and he's already gone up 100 euros on ToysWonderland. Without a General Kenobi, a General SKywalker is useless, and it's very likely the Kenobi show will feature CW flashbacks from which they could make figures. I'm still thinking on the rest, Anakin especially. From those 4 (Mandalorian Luke, Patrick Bateman, TDKR Batman, General Skywalker) I've still only put in another PO for Bateman through BBTS. I had a problem with my Kylo Ren from Sideshow, and after the whole thing was over I was without a figure (which they got back), 170 euros short (no full refund), and I ended up cancelling all my POs with them. I think a big problem is that sometimes we're carried away by figures that "look cool", even though we don't care about the actual character/IP all that much, and that's a slippery slope. I measured some walls a while back, and while I could fit 50 here, 100 there, even if I had the money, what'd that get me? I used to daydream about these great displays but, all cards on the table, unless you're that much of a diehard to construct a proper diorama, the more figures you clam together, the more they'll come off as overpriced Hasbro dolls inside a glass case. You can dip into "like" territory once in a while, but if you make that too frequent, you're in danger. In the end, while I do think there's some room for completionism, you have to just go after what's really close to you. To have 1000 pieces scattered around, as if it's a warehouse, just doesn't seem like a personal collection to me. You walk in and you know what that guy likes. I see other rooms, they're well-lit, the guy focuses on a few properties with a main one, he's got his favourites in multiple scales and whatnot it's nice. I saw a guy who had like 10 Thanos statues, 3 of them the same one but with a different custom head each. It's their money and everything, but I wonder, what's the point in that? It's just a mess. ![]() ![]() Just whole rooms bigger than my parent's living room and kitchen filled with statues and figures and busts everywhere you look. Cabinets full of custom statues, 700$ each. A 1:1 Terminator bust next to a 1/4th Indiana Jones on top of a 1/6th Avengers team. We're talking Prime 1 statues of whatever character you can think of. Sometimes I take to YouTube and watch videos of all these massive collections. Point is, you really do have to think about what you're buying in this hobby. ![]()
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