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07-06-2012, 12:34 PM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
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Title says it, faced with whittling down your collection, how do you choose what to keep?
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07-06-2012, 12:35 PM | #2 |
Crimson Guard
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I started organizing figures in to top 1-10 top 11-20 etc etc, hoping I would be able to pick an easy cut off point I got past 66+ and still felt like I was having trouble making cuts.
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07-06-2012, 12:42 PM | #3 |
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I would get rid of all my Transformers, ME Joes, and 95-2001 Star Wars, in order to keep my Joe's, M.A.S.K. figures and vintage Star Wars.
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07-06-2012, 12:44 PM | #4 |
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I think the first step is admiting you have a problem. Just kidding.
I've had to do this. Actually, the first thing I did was to purge any extras that I really ddin't need. I would keep one figure of each for my 25th collection and 4-5 of the army builder figures. The general idea is to make a firm decision of what kinds of things you want to keep and stick to it. It's very hard I know. At one point you had a reason why you wanted everything you have, so deciding what you don't want anymore can be a challenge. |
07-06-2012, 12:47 PM | #5 |
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i have a room full that i periodically thin out, it aint easy. limit vehicles to 1-2 each and army bldrs to 2-5...its a start.
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07-06-2012, 12:48 PM | #6 |
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I do have a problem, I realized the other day I keep buying and buying and buying this stuff. When I looked at JoeCon and saw new 30th molds of figures like lady jaye and flint and my gutcheck reaction was holy crap that looks so much better I want that, and then I thought what the hell would I do with the older one, it will just sit in a box. That coupled with yojoe.com putting the catalog solution in, I went in and started marking figures I have acquired in the last 5 years and I had over 169. 169 at $10 a pop is $1690 in plastic toys. So I started thinking about which figures I have that I really want to keep. I don't collect SW or TF or anything else so this is just ME Joes since 25th and I couldn't get my list below 66.
[Also I really don't collect vehicles, I do have a RHINO and Skystriker boxed, a tigerclaw and firebat plane, and that RoC jet/Ret swamp boat all of which I bought because it was cheaper than buying the figure separate/were given to me] Quote:
I think the first step is admiting you have a problem. Just kidding.
I've had to do this. Actually, the first thing I did was to purge any extras that I really ddin't need. I would keep one figure of each for my 25th collection and 4-5 of the army builder figures. The general idea is to make a firm decision of what kinds of things you want to keep and stick to it. It's very hard I know. At one point you had a reason why you wanted everything you have, so deciding what you don't want anymore can be a challenge. |
07-06-2012, 12:53 PM | #7 |
Crimson Guard
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Although I would buy an ME H.A.V.O.C or a ME Tomahawk in a heartbeat if they made them because those were the only 2 vehicles I had as a kid.
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07-06-2012, 12:56 PM | #8 |
Crimson Guard
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What if you have no Army builders? I don't have any troop builders, closest I could say would be multiple B.A.T. versions from the different sets I got other figures with.
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07-06-2012, 01:42 PM | #9 |
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Start with all those Snake Eyes, Cobra Commanders, Duke's ect and keep your favorites, it shocked me how much that did to my collection alone.
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07-06-2012, 01:53 PM | #10 |
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I did, 18 SE down to 3, CC 7 to 1, Duke 9 to 0, Storm Shadow 13 to 5, but he is my favorite character so its hard to loose more.
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