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02-14-2022, 10:48 PM | #61 |
Psych-Out's Intern
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Still got a few vehicles I need to get rid of. Stuck them on eBay with a low price tag. Hopefully somebody will grab them.
This thread has inspired me to go through my collection again. There’s some stuff I will probably never use in there. Most of my gear is for photography and there’s a good portion of it that has never seen my camera lens. Last edited by LCUChap2016; 02-14-2022 at 11:31 PM.. |
02-15-2022, 06:48 AM | #62 |
Dark Lord of the Mods
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Man I miss the McFarlane and Power of the Force 90's.... Kay-Bee at the mall on Saturday, reading Toyfare and Wizard magazines at B Dalton or Waldenbooks, play a little Street Fighter 2 Super and grab a corn dog. Maybe even head across the street to TRU to see if any GI Joe stuff is hitting shelves. Good times...
Also, when Kay-Bee closed down at my local mall, all their stuff was dirt cheap. I got a half dozen PotF AT-ATs for $10 each. It was insane. |
02-15-2022, 07:32 AM | #63 |
Iron Grenadier
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I have been collecting on and off since the mid 90s. I started with Star Wars POTF, Spawn, and Toy Biz Marvel. Sold that off in the early 2000s once it started to get too unwieldy and hard to keep up with. Then I started collecting Transformers around 2005 when I saw a Cybertron Optimus Prime and had to have it. Around 2009, it was becoming an addiction and I had toys strewn about my apartment and my wife was getting upset, so I sold it(made a fortune).
In 2011, I saw a Lego Millenium Falcon, and had to have it. Then I saw the Tantive in my local Lego store, and the slope became slippery. I collected Star Wars/Marvel/DC sets until 2016, and then sold that collection for a down payment on my home. Now I'm into vintage G.I. Joe since April 2020. In under two years I have 260+ figures and 76 vehicles/playsets. I have a problem. Addiction is brutal, and I've spent way too much and went overboard way too much. Do I want out? I probably will sooner or later, like I have the last three collections. I have to come to terms with my mental disability from time to time, and make sure it doesn't ruin my finances and relationships. It's a slippery slope, as they say. I just need to stay in budget and space and not be erratic. I'm not doing a very good job. |
02-15-2022, 07:08 PM | #64 |
retro O-rings, baby!
Join Date: Jun 2018
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I expected to be a lifer, but spent a lot of years away after the o-rings went away for the second time (third if you prefer to distinguish between the TRU line and the mass one) and the Bench Press return of the Hama book failed to materialize. I had also become a Star Wars fan with POTF2 and the Special Editions and then the post-ROTJ 1990s comics and books, but then everything was nusculpt and Devil’s Due and the Prequels, as well as the Yuuzhan Vong war and?after a few years I was still buying the stuff and trying to like it, but….
….eventually I decided that if I’m having to push myself to like something, but mostly am just feeling bored with and depressed by it, and also am mostly just having a feeling of longing for a different era, then it’s not playing the role in my life that it’s intended for, and as positive as my feelings about past eras remained, it was unhealthy to stick around. So, reluctantly, I moved on. And while I was definitely wistful about the golden age, I never regretted that choice, especially because I did keep all the stuff I loved. Nowadays I’m back and glad of it, but it’s because I got excited about new (and retro) things that I genuinely do like, not because I’m gritting my teeth in a stubborn quest to repeat past joys. I feel badly for the 4” crowd that feels left out now, but for me personally, Joe is a huge bright spot in my life these days, and one of the few ones if I’m being honest. On a bad day I can walk over to my shelf and pick up my Classified Commando Snake Eyes and get that nice hit of “f____ yeah!” any time I want. I can literally pick up that figure and feel like it’s something I’m glad to be alive to see. If you’re not getting powerful feelings from this, good ones, I join several others in suggesting you step away, at least on a trial basis. But maybe also consider saving the stuff you really love. Even if you never come back, those highlights will probably mean the world to you. After all, you originally were in this for a reason, even if it is time to move on. Last edited by books; 02-15-2022 at 07:13 PM.. |
02-15-2022, 10:28 PM | #65 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Houston
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It does feel nice to walk into a Target or Walmart and see Classified or Retro Joe, or Masters of the Universe. I mean, Star Wars and Marvel and DC have been a staple for decades, but this is refreshing.
And yeah, I agree that sometimes you feel like collecting "just because". New pre-orders hit BBTS or Pulse on Friday and it almost feels like an obligation, so I don't sweat it anymore. I just get what I really like. |
02-16-2022, 01:08 AM | #66 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Dec 2021
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However as soon as I post this I'm going to find something interesting, a figure a custom who knows. Sometimes I think that I'm bipolar lol. But as we have discussed multiple times on this board, we all do that. So my question to you is: Have you ever thought about quitting GI Joe and figures all together? Or do you just want a break sometimes?
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Had the same situation. Electronics Boutique across from the KayBee toys. Right around the corner from Booksamillion, the Food Court, Rainforest Cafe, Sports Authority. If you grew up in South Florida going to Sawgrass Mills mall in the 90s, you know what's up. Take me back. |
02-16-2022, 10:02 AM | #67 |
Iron Grenadier
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This is what hits me the hardest. I'll stay away from the vintage groups and the evilBay and all that good stuff, but, then a pre-order will hit, and damned if it doesn't eat at me until I pull the trigger. And, if it's Classified, I've got the "get it ordered while you can because it's gonna be gone in two minutes" approach.
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02-16-2022, 10:17 AM | #68 |
Bill Cosplay
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This is what hits me the hardest. I'll stay away from the vintage groups and the evilBay and all that good stuff, but, then a pre-order will hit, and damned if it doesn't eat at me until I pull the trigger. And, if it's Classified, I've got the "get it ordered while you can because it's gonna be gone in two minutes" approach.
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02-16-2022, 04:25 PM | #69 |
Cobra Soldier
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Columbus, GA
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I had a weird situation just a little over a year ago. We had just moved into a new house, and I had room to display all my Joe stuff finally. I had boxed everything up, and had a ton put in storage because there just wasn't room for it in our apartment. That lasted six years. In that six years, I had picked up a Hot Wheels addiction to tide me over. Now, when I had my new space in the house, I was able to pull out my Joe stuff and display it along with my cars.
I had a surge of excitement for a few days as I was going through it all. Then, suddenly, I was no longer excited. I was ready to sell it all. I went through a couple of avenues to try and sell it all as one huge lot. Some good offers were made, but never followed through on. I wanted out, but had no way to rid myself of everything. The idea of parting things out into small lots seemed exhausting. I have well over 1000 figures, and a couple hundred vehicles/playsets. I don't want to go through that work to have my profits eaten up by eBay taxes and fees. So, a couple months passed, and I was able to get access to all the items we had in our storage. Another surge of excitement came over me. And then, an idea. I could find a way to 'get out' and still stay in. I am a fan of the more modern figures as opposed to the O-ring. I know, blasphemy. Anyway, I was ready to part with my O-ring collection (minus the army builders), and keep my modern stuff and focus on filling those whole in my collection. Of course, the box containing my O-ring figures has yet to be found in my storage unit. Once again, my plans were thwarted. So, this past week, I had an epiphany, and decided I was ready to downsize all of my collectibles. While I wait for a way out of the Joe field, I decided to rid myself of some high dollar Hot Wheels. I have a feeling once this sale goes through, and I have the additional disposable income, I'm probably going to dump it back into my Joe collection. The cycle never ends. It really is an addiction. So, yeah, all of that to say I've wanted out plenty of times before. Yet here I am. |
02-16-2022, 10:22 PM | #70 |
Psych-Out's Intern
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I have been collecting on and off since the mid 90s. I started with Star Wars POTF, Spawn, and Toy Biz Marvel. Sold that off in the early 2000s once it started to get too unwieldy and hard to keep up with. Then I started collecting Transformers around 2005 when I saw a Cybertron Optimus Prime and had to have it. Around 2009, it was becoming an addiction and I had toys strewn about my apartment and my wife was getting upset, so I sold it(made a fortune).
In 2011, I saw a Lego Millenium Falcon, and had to have it. Then I saw the Tantive in my local Lego store, and the slope became slippery. I collected Star Wars/Marvel/DC sets until 2016, and then sold that collection for a down payment on my home. Now I'm into vintage G.I. Joe since April 2020. In under two years I have 260+ figures and 76 vehicles/playsets. I have a problem. Addiction is brutal, and I've spent way too much and went overboard way too much. Do I want out? I probably will sooner or later, like I have the last three collections. I have to come to terms with my mental disability from time to time, and make sure it doesn't ruin my finances and relationships. It's a slippery slope, as they say. I just need to stay in budget and space and not be erratic. I'm not doing a very good job. |
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