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Originally Posted by Donovan

I will start by saying that my passion is TMNT, however, I have the whole collection from the new cartoon, the retro collection and 6" classic collection. I am pretty satisfied at this point. I would love to own every original character from the 80's and 90's, but that is a HUGE investment and that kind of takes the fun out of the whole collecting thing. I plan on buying the dozen or so new cartoon characters coming out and then I will consider the new movie figures.

GI Joe is my second passion. I loved the 25th Ann line because they are basically replicas of what I had as a kid. Once I complete this collection, I will probably buy some Snake Eyes in the other lines as I'm a huge SE fan. At this point I'm going to stop the whole 'completing the collection' idea I had. No sense on buying things I don't like... example: TMNT Snakeweed...lol

Fourth obsession as a kid was The Real Ghostbusters. Those figures were awesome! I see that they have a GB line from Mattel I believe, but I'm not sure what I want to do as far as collecting them.

MOTU was also a line I liked as a kid, but I'm thinking I might just buy the Classics He-Man and Skeletor and call it a day. Oh, maybe Orko too

As far as DC, Marvel, Transformers and Star Wars are concerned, I'm planning on focussing on one line at a time... IE: Marvel Universe will be my first focus and once I m satisfied with who and what I have, I will move on to DC or Trans or Star Wars.

Does that sound like a good plan? Am I thinking about this properly?

Please feel free to offer better advice if I'm headed in a silly direction. I want to be satisfied with my collection down the road.

Thanks in advance.

Matt

By the sounds of it you love TMNT, you can buy vintage figures loose on eBay, off fellow arkers, fleamarkets/yardsales etc for a few bucks or cheap for a bulk lot. Whatever you collect find yourself a complete checklist so you know what is out there. It's always good to know what's been made, what's rare, what's scarce, and then check sold listings to see what going prices are. It's okay to pay $$ for rare items or the last thing in a collection, but it's not cool to overpay/ pay scalpers for common items. Buying multiple lines at once gets very expensive, and hard to complete. So I'd say find out which lines are cheaper/easier to track down, do that first, then move onto the next. Use the saved search tool on ebay, check out b/s/t listings on here, make yourself a wanted/trade page. Know your limits on what to spend, set $$ aside from every check for toys, if it's $2 or $200, if there's stuff worth buying buy it, if not hang onto it and 1 day you'll need it for that rare auction nobody seems to be bidding on, or get something for a steal. I don't collect any of the lines you do, But Motu/ghostbusters isn't huge collections in terms of new items, but are pricey due to SDCC and mail away items. Transformers can be cheap but imports and add on kits will kill your wallet. Gi joe is cheap for retail but exclusives add up and if you collect vehicles and play sets prepare to have another room free. Buy what you like, what you can afford and go from there.