[mindmeldx]

I totally hear what you're saying. I'll be 31 in less than a month. I often look at my rather awesome looking collection and think, "what the hell am I doing?"

It definitely started with the first X-men figs from toybiz waaaay back in '91 or '92? The cartoon was just coming out and that got me into the comics. I was always into the super powers figs but something about marvel just grabbed me. Maybe it was because I was bullied, different, whatever the case may be. They gave me comfort. And I LOVED re-enacting the cartoons/comics with my figs. As I grew the love for them never went away. Sure it died down a bit in my late teens-early 20s. But once Marvel Legends began it brought back the passion. In my adult life I'm an artist/actor and make a living doing that. So now I consider (could be considered an excuse) it all an artform. Think of the time and skill that goes into creating these figs. I still open them and pose them in the dioramas (I don't "play" with them anymore) and I do customs. Figures are an artistic expression and that, to me, is a beautiful thing. I mean it could be worse. We could be into dangerous self destructive vices. Some may be but who am I to judge. I think as long if you're still a social person who pays their bills and understands its a hobby and that there is a world out there thats real then what's the harm?

But I do feel what you're saying.