[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

My take on the figure collecting for 'adults' has always been that it's the same as statue collecting, only cheaper and better.
Better because you can change your display as you please and let it grow as you like dynamically, whereas a statue is stuck in only that pose and may not always combine well with other statues as display pieces. A figure display can evolve and be changed on the fly. Statues cannot. So overall with the cheaper cost, you're really getting more out of it.

I could not have expressed that sentiment any better. You have captured exactly why I, as an adult, maintain a collection of figures. Although I believe in a higher power (so the following is not necessarily my opinion of myself), some believe that superhero fanfare is a modern from of mythmaking similar to the way ancient civilizations worshiped the demi-gods of various pantheons. Even though I don't subscribe to that train of thought, I can recognize that I have surround myself with these poseable statues of heroes and heroines of a more modern lore....not unlike the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. It really is funny that you should express what you did. A good college buddy of mine always remarks to me about the awesomeness of the Bowen design statues. He has always known that I collect figs and we are both comic fans. I believe, in a way to relate to my collecting, he often speaks to me of how he would collect superhero statues if they weren't so damn expensive. I, of course, always encourage him that action figures are a more than viable alternative. The cost is much more reasonable. The sculpts can be equally engaging. The size (6 inch - my chosen indulgence) permits large collections (if kept loose) with minimal cost in physical space (again if kept loose in storage containers or boxes). Additionally, one has the benefit of posing them dynamically and mixing and matching based on personal flights of fancy. I don't want to detract from the spectacular superhero statues that I see all the time...they can really be amazing! I just believe that figs offer a little of everything.