>>11600545>What are you collecting and why?Shitloads. Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Anime, video games, Sci-fi and horror, etc. As for why, I played with toys up until I was around 13, then when I lost that imaginative spark just started putting them on a shelf instead, like my father before me. I think of them both as décor and a reminder of happier times.
>Do you collect everything from a franchise, company or certain kind (like an animal)? Do you pick and choose?No. I try to complete teams, but I usually have a set amount of space for a series/team and don't buy beyond that. Like, I've got a single detolf dedicated to my Dragon Ball SHFs so I'm not going crazy on Namek figures because they'd need at least an entire shelf to themselves.
>Do you have any rules like you buy only a certain scale or X amount of toys per month?For action figures, I only collect 1/10 and 1/12. I try to stick to no more than two figures of the same character(not counting transformations) But I still have 3+ of some of my favorites like Batman, Kratos, Thor, etc. Lately, I've also been getting rid of a figure when I buy a new one because I'm pretty much out of space and am not a fan of rotating.
>Do you make sure that all your toys fit in together?I mostly keep stuff from the same series together unless it's a series that doesn't have many figures or that I only wanted a few from.
>What are the things you wish you've known before you started? Anything you regret?Honestly? How easy it is to get overwhelmed. Even when I was at my peak, I was only buying a few figures a month, but after 16 years in this hobby, even with donating or selling some figures along the way, I've amassed around 400 figures. It's mostly contained to my home office and is properly displayed, but still feels overwhelming. Nowadays, I've gotten very lazy about action figures and have a few dozen I haven't even opened, so statues have been appealing to me more.
