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collecting woes...need to vent.
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03-23-2009, 02:53 AM
IronMan76
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Albany NY
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I'm addicted to toys too. Its hard to admit it though... I did stop cold turkey in the late 1990s, I had more figures than I knew what to do with! I realized my life was just centered on buying toys. At the time I was collecting Marvel Toybiz, Playmates Star Trek, and 1980s GI JOE. I had over 300 Marvel Toybiz figures, and I couldn't afford the new Marvel Legends line that had just started...
It was hard to stop buying toys at first, but I got over it. I sold alot of my stuff, and just reflected a bit... After some real soul searching, and alot of prayer, I decided my priorities had to change! I didn't start buying more toys until around 2006. Now I only collect GI JOE, mainly 1980s vehicles, and modern era figures. I've tried pretty hard to sell off stuff I don't really want, to make room for the stuff I do want. I have sold at least 15 vintage vehicles, and almost all my vintage JOE and Cobra figures in order to finance the new stuff. It was a tuff decision, but I came to the conclusion, that I own my collection, it dosen't own me!
So I decided I would rather have the new figures because they're so mutch better than the originals. But in order to afford the new stuff, alot of my old stuff had to go. Like most collectors, I only have so much money and storage space. Now I concentrate on army building the figures and vehicles I like most, and sell off the ones I can live without. I've never been a "completist" so It doesn't bother me that I don't have EVERYTHING.
I feel alot better about my collecting now. I used to buy nearly every Marvel and GI JOE figure made, but that wasn't what I realy wanted in the end... Now I only buy Iron Man and Avengers related Marvel figures, because they're the characters I like the most. Now I still have some stuff I don't want or need in my collection, but I will sell or trade it away... And its always good to have some spare parts if something breaks, or I want to make a custom. I still have to remind myself to streamline my collection, to make room for stuff, and keep the costs down. But I think that I'm alot better at figuring out what I really want, VS. just buying everything that comes out.
I hope my thoughts help somedbody out there...
GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
...and YO JOE!
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PLease! I need your help to find; LOOSE:
1. Comic Pack October Guard Figures.
2. 1987 Cobra Maggot
3. Cobra Adder
4. Cobra Imp
5. Cobra Bunker parts or complete
6. Cobra Rifle Range parts or complete
7. Loose Pit Commandos, complete or not
8. Loose 25th greenshirts, complete or not
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