>>9352389As someone who's winding down, let em tell you in the end a collection is that, a gestalt of all you have, not just singular pieces.
Its easy to shit on individual toys or chase that FOMO, ratrace of getting the newest, best figure. what do you think of your collection as a whole?
Its easy to think you need to keep upgrading and switching stuff out, or finding new cool stuff to broaden your horizons, but take a step back. You probably enjoy what you have as is. if you didn't know there were more toys being made, would you still enjoy what you have? Reflect on that, see what you enjoy and don't, and as a whole what your "Goal" overall is. For example, I feel like I'm about done with g1 transformers I have MP scale versions of most 84/85 characters, and even though there's newer, better versions released, what I have is better than I'd ever have imagined me owning 15 years ago. so I'm satisfied. Same with my figuarts Power rangers, or SHF Dragon ball z; even the 1.0s are better than anything I owned as a kid. When I look at what I collected, it makes me happy. I don't necessarily need to buy more or new versions.
And if you want to upgrade or get new stuff, so be it, but do it because you're interested, not because you feel your whole collection fails if you don't keep collecting. I choose to buy new Dragon ball figures of characters I had because I like revisiting the engineering and seeing what improved, for example. There's also new versions I skipped. I don't feel I need a checklist anymore, I got what I wanted mostly, and the rest is gravy.
