[cellardoor]

The Hope but No Hope variant! It's all self-serving, this stuff only matters to people that have any idea what you're talking about. We collect this stuff because we enjoy it but there's also a tiny part of us that wants to show off to other collectors as well. It's no more unhealthy than any other collector and dropping a $100 on a figure still makes me happier than the SDCC lego minifig that sold on ebay for over $1500.
The only question you need to answer to yourself is "do I enjoy this or is this an obligation?". I feel bad for MOC collectors, not because they'll lose out on money, far from it, but because I can't compute how you enjoy a toy just by looking at it. I have a few MU's on card (wave 1 Daredeveil, Grey Hulk, Jean-Grey, Deathmask Archangel and the SDCC WW2 Cap, see...showing off) but they are pinned next to all the other figures posed, ganged together and ready for action.