[behindthemask]

I think all of us collect toys because we either had toys as a kid and enoyed the hell out of them and an extension of us today wants that feeling back. Or we were deprived of toys or the "ones we wanted" so we save up and buy it off ebay 20 years later, and get enjoyment out of them.

Most of us are out of the "playing with them" stage, There more MOC collectors today then ever before namely due to "stricking it rich" by having a complete collection or rare variant left moc over time could make your initial investment a very profitable venue. Or the market could crash and interest drop and your left with containers full of old figures worth the same or less then what you paid. If you're not a MOC collector then you normally fit into 1 of 3 categories, the displayer: putting your collection behind glass or on a shelf striking an iconic pose or clustered together like a church meeting on a sunday. The customizer, who repaints, remolds breaks and fixes every figure to make everything truely unique, fuck the standard shit *Typically done for pleasure or profit, the 3rd is the diorama guy, people that have the $$,time and room to buy every figure imaginable, army build, get vehicles, buildings, scenery etc made.


It's like any hobby you can start small and end up big or start small and stay small. Ex train collectors, either you buy 1 track or you're the type that wants an exact replica chunk of a town in your basement lol. There's extremes to every colletion, hobby,sport interest etc. We can all go too far, I'm humming and hawing over keeping the collection. I'd just hate to sell and then down the road want it back and cost me a fortune to rebuy it.