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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2017 03:20:54 No.6394416 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>6395055 >>6396346 >>6396374 >>6396390 >>6405812

Do you have any collection mania that you strictly follow?

I only collect one line of toys until I get tired of it and sell it for 20, 40% of the price that I paid.

I just can't imagine having a diverse shelf with a Naruto riding a King Kong fighting against Luffy with the help of Batman. It drives me nuts.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2017 03:40:43 No.6394443 Report

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Put different lines on different shelves.
Then they don't clash.
Problem solved.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2017 03:58:24 No.6394486 Report

Quoted By: >>6394555

I have this incredibly rare thing where I just don't buy Marvel Legends or any other child-grade figures. Weird, right?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2017 04:45:37 No.6394555 Report

Quoted By: >>6399928

>>6394486
That's not rare, that's just like any other normalfag.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2017 05:28:38 No.6394602 Report

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Funny you should say that, as my Aquaman fig is currently riding on the back of my Fluffy from Harry Potter fig.

So to answer your question...no

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2017 05:47:52 No.6394622 Report

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>on a board for children play things
>somehow lacking imagination
sad

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2017 05:50:49 No.6394627 Report

Quoted By: >>6396085

I've been collecting the Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider's that I think look cool so far I have Hibiki, Agito, Decade, and Cyclone Joker.

I have no intention of ever watching any Kamen Rider show.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2017 13:42:40 No.6394989 Report

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I can't justify buying random shit no matter how cool it is. I always feel guilty for wasting my money. I can only bring myself to buy figures of waifu-tier characters.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2017 14:30:14 No.6395046 Report

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I like to hand write extensive lists of which characters I'll want to collect for each different franchise (which specific members of the Avengers or X-Men, ect). I'll write a new one every now and then even though they end up pretty much the same each time, I've probably written an entire notepad's worth of the within the last year or so.

Not crazy just bored

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2017 14:39:26 No.6395055 Report

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>>6394416
I mix different lines and different toy brands. I do try to keep everything around the same scale though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Jun 2017 14:41:22 No.6395057 Report

Quoted By: >>6396077

I collect My Little Pony and then scalp it off to bronies for triple the price

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2017 03:14:21 No.6396077 Report

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>>6395057
Thanks for that. I quit the fandom and the toys but I still don't have the ponies I actually liked enough to keep as part of my collection because they kept fucking rising in price due to scalpers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2017 03:20:15 No.6396085 Report

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>>6394627
That's totally fine, if you like the design that's all the motivation you need to buy it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2017 06:38:36 No.6396346 Report

Quoted By: >>6398727

>>6394416
It helps the I hate like 90% of stuff that gets made into toys like marvel, mecha and moe anime girls.

It just too bad that I have recently devolved taste for designers toys made by artist like Ron English and Huck Gee which is not cheap and is considered hipster trash by most on here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2017 07:00:52 No.6396374 Report

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>>6394416
Yyyyyeah. I keep a pretty wacky text file that manages and tracks all of my toy collecting activity. It includes:

>detailed purchase history that goes back to 2014 (including price (plus shipping if applicable), month in which the item was purchased, which items were shipped together, etc)
>monthly and yearly cost breakdowns, plus rolling averages and year-over-year comparisons to track how far down the rabbit hole I have gone
>a code system that signifies grails purchased, as well as purchases that I regret
>a comprehensive pre-order/en-route list divided by stores, prices, and release dates, plus multi-ship planning for Private Warehouse/Pile of Loot
>a graded scale (A, A/B, B, B/C, C) that prioritizes future purchases and various wish-list additions

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2017 07:17:51 No.6396390 Report

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>>6394416
Anon if you really do that then let me make this clear to you:

You don't actually like collecting toys. You just enjoy spending money frivolously for a brief high and rush of excitement. The things you're spending your money on don't actually matter to you.

Try limiting yourself to a budget or to a number of toys you for certain won't sell and then you'll find out if you actually like toy collecting or not. And if what you really like is just spending your money for a quick high then i'd suggest you try making some financial investments and the stock market out instead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2017 07:30:16 No.6396407 Report

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Whenever I buy a new figure, I write them a little note welcoming them to the menagerie and explaining what I like about them and why I chose them for the collection. Then I give them a little advice on how to fit in with all the other figures, and a copy of my weekly dusting and playtime schedule so they won't get behind on things. I like new figures to feel welcomed :^)

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Anonymous Thu 29 Jun 2017 07:33:03 No.6396411 Report

Quoted By: >>6398724 >>6402128

Not really.

The worst I do is mostly only think about how all my purchases will work within my favorite scale: 1:18.

But I still buy things out of scale because they're too cool to pass up.

... I waste too much money on toys and that is my only real mania.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Jun 2017 22:54:05 No.6398724 Report

Quoted By: >>6398831

>>6396411
1:18 is a good scale, but the problem with it is that 1:24 and 1:12 are more common.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Jun 2017 22:57:11 No.6398727 Report

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>>6396346
Because it's hipster trash. What are you doing here?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jul 2017 00:02:01 No.6398820 Report

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I hate having doubles of characters. I have two Captain Americas and Mega Men and it flares up much autism.

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Anonymous Sat 01 Jul 2017 00:09:41 No.6398831 Report

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>>6398724
Nothing is more common than 1:18 scale.
Practically everything exists for it, unlike 1:24 and 1:12.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jul 2017 16:41:09 No.6399928 Report

Quoted By: >>6400265

>>6394555
It's normalfag to buy $200-300 figures of nerdy anime shit. Okay Anon, sure.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 01 Jul 2017 20:32:34 No.6400265 Report

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>>6399928
I...I am normal, right?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2017 00:24:55 No.6402128 Report

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>>6396411
New /toy/ mania: for the post no. 6666666 I will tell everyone how 1:12 is the best scale.

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Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2017 04:24:46 No.6402433 Report

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>>6402128
Never going to happen, because you cannot do this.

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Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2017 04:26:52 No.6402435 Report

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>>6402433

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Anonymous Mon 03 Jul 2017 04:29:16 No.6402438 Report

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>>6402435

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Anonymous Wed 05 Jul 2017 18:01:52 No.6405704 Report

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I like too many different lines, so I try a few things to manage my collection instead of it managing me.
I try to only collect stuff from my initial exspouser to a given franchise. For example, I grew up watching 90's Marvel and DC cartoons, so I only collect comic versions of characters. I make exception for stuff like Guardians of the Galaxy since the movies were my first introduction to the characters. I always try to keep to my preferred scale of 1/12. Transformers don't matter in this regard cause lol scale. Also, I do buy the occasion thing just because it looks cool, but I usually try to only buy stuff that gives me the "warm fuzzies."

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Jul 2017 19:03:41 No.6405812 Report

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>>6394416
Not everyone who collects is autistic anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 05 Jul 2017 19:10:18 No.6405820 Report

Quoted By: >>6406003

>>6398831
Pretty sure that in a worldwide sense 1:48 is the most common scale.

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Anonymous Wed 05 Jul 2017 21:39:01 No.6406003 Report

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>>6405820
So where are the geriatric whores in 1:48 scale?

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