Annoying question for collectors

I've never been asked that by any family or friends. Back before I got injured at UPS I did have one co-Worker who used to try an bust my b@lls, because on my lunch break I'd buy tons of Batman/DC figures at a TRU & comic shop I had on my route. But I never let him get to me. I just let it go in one ear and out the other.

my friends are usually pretty blown away and enjoy looking at all my figures. i get way more crap for liking wrestling then i do for collecting figures.

Understand that completely. My buddy is one of those "casual" fans. Watched during Hulkamania and Attitude Eras. He comes over and sees my Legends display and thinks its cool to see guys like Hogan, Savage and Warrior etc....but at the same time, living in the south if we're somewhere watching a PPV like Rumble or Mania he (along with myself) almost act like we're not wrestling fans cause people here give wrestling fans such grief....Which is understandable if you've ever seen how some of them act lol

Make fun of them back. Be like why do you need 200 pairs of shoes, or why don't you hit the gym once in a while. That's what i do every once in a while and it makes them feel like crap so they kind of get a taste of it.

yeah theres a guy at my work that always rags on me for liking it, with the same tired argument "you know its fake right?" but i enjoy it so nothing that **** says bothers me.

I could give a crap what my family thinks about what I do...ask them why they drink a beer smoke a cigarettes or eat a donut or sleep til noon whatever they do question it and I bet they stop

You can write a whole book on the psychology. I always wonder why I continue to do it. I was kind of spoiled and was bought just about every toy as a kid. But my parents are just about the least materialistic people alive. So why do I buy, buy, buy. Oh yeah, and I only stopped collecting during my High School years (the toys were boring then anyways ;D). When I was in college, I started up again (Spawn and new Star Wars). At that time time toys were becoming more accepted and since my parents didn't care, everyone else could you know what....

I think evaluating the psychology is pretty interesting. I have always loved wrestling and since the time I started watching I have always collected wrestling toys. My dad and I actually got into collecting Star Wars toys in the 90s together and it was just our thing we did together because we never had a lot of the same interests outside of figure hunting which we both loved. At no point have I ever not collected figures, it's always been my hobby since I was little and now I do it at 26.

In terms of filling a void though, not really for me personally, I just like to have things I dig immortalized in action figure form. It's like getting to display my passion as a fan on my shelf, and I like that. I have a Patrick Kane and Julius Peppers Sports Pick on a shelf just above my wrestling and comic figures. Dexter, Deadpool, CM Punk, if I like something or support something I want a figure of it. I don't know why, but I do. I just have always been this way and had this hobby.

I played football and hockey in high school and then hockey in college and now I would say I'm a pretty successful business person, but all the while, I collected wrestling figures, played video games, and read comic books. All my close friends know about my hobbies but you would have no idea if you were to meet me on the street. Everyone has hobbies or quirks and I think if someone is judging you for yours then them. It's one thing for your friends to bust your balls, primarily because that is all me and my friends do, but it's another for someone to outright judge you. Don't put up with it because there is nothing wrong with your hobby, and you are definitely not alone.

Also, it took me a long time to tell my girlfriend about both my love for wrestling and collecting. Primarily because I let people approach me if they want to talk about either because of the negative connotations but also because people who don't get it judge. Luckily I got to keep her around because, while she busted my balls about it, she now watches Raw with me on Mondays. I do agree though, it's a lot easier to tell people you collect action figures than it is to tell them you are a 26 year old WWE fan. I have actually had people make comments to me at WWE events. Those people make me laugh the most. Again, just be confident and don't sweat it, there is nothing at all wrong with what you love.

I just don't let anyone know. I get really annoyed if my parents tell someone so they know not to