>>10202465>get into collecting (as an adult) in late 20s around 2015>working as a wage-slave while living with parents making $28K/yr>remember thinking that a ¥10K for a Figma like Lum and more than ¥10k for the defunct Full Puni line of figures was highway robbery>remember back in 2016 local anime-store had Figma Casca for $75usd MISB, thought that was too much then>could tolerate Monogatari Figmas being around ¥4k-5k because they had multiple faces, accessories>work as a draftsman now, make just over $58K/yr, can tolerate the Figma styles’ prices and prices for some licensed figures from series I actually like>even though the yen is worse now than it was 7yrs ago inflation and expenses of living on my own have still priced me out of many figmasFML. Might as well go back to airsofting…At least I’ll get some exercise and social-interaction with that hobby.
