Reactions To Your Collection

i think it depends on how they are displayed and what YOUR reaction is , more so than the one wondering about it.. i had to "man" up with mycousins who stumbled upon mine, but once i sorta told them its a hobby for me, they quickly understood. aAnd those are people i have to see all the time.. i wouldnt worry about people who you dont even really know, im sure they have hobbies youll say "hmmmmm" too also.

Most people are gobsmacked, then they tentatively ask me questions, and then the missus says something like "Don't get him started, or make out you are interested"

I can usually sense that they are quite interested!!!!

It takes up about H 3M, by L 5M, but W 3M. So your average size Garage, and that's packed completely full, most were expecting a couple of boxes or something.

Wrestling fans who see my collection: "Oh wow! That is so cool, you got that guy?? Awesome!"

Non-wrestling fans who see my collection: "So how old are you again?? You know it's fake, right?? You have a lot of small men in underwear on display, you aren't gay, are ya??"


Like someone said, it comes with the territory. I don't care either way. If anything both positive and negative remarks come off as annoying. The positive ones mean you have to talk wrestling with them for a while, and the negative ones mean you get to hear crap you've heard time and time again.

Ive collected all my life so most of my true friends have already known about my collections so its kinda like nothing to them. Its like walking in and seeing a pot on the stove. Ive brought a few girls over and their first reaction is usually shock and then an awesomeness because the first thing they see is my 49ers room which is filled full of stuff. Then they'll get to the "weirder" side and see the wrestling figures and Batman figures in another room. All of them have been cool with them though. Couple of them have looked closer at them and named off some of the guys they knew from watching it with their dad/brothers. Sometimes asked who someone was. The best was when I had my Batman figures on display in my bedroom and a girl saw them and was looking them over telling me how awesome it was. Then she unbuttoned her jeans and opened the fly of them and she had a batman logo on her panties. That was a good night!

Most of my friends think it's stupid.

I collect MANY different toy lines, and have a toy room in my basement for display. Its roughly 15 feet by 15 feet. floor to ceiling with toys. A lot of people know about it but haven't seen it. When they do get to finally see it. They are taken back. Mostly due to the amount of stuff I have.

" I knew you said you had a lot of toys, but WOW this really puts it into perspective "

The only person I have ever ran into that never has anything good to say, or simply doesn't get it is my mom. Im 32, have worked at the same job for 11 years, have a nice house, with my wife for 11 years...... and you find it strange I still collect toys? That I need to grow up? Just a few small reasons I rarely talk to the woman.

When you first walk into my house, you have to either go upstairs or downstairs. If you go upstairs, it looks like your typical nice house. If you go downstairs, the first thing you’ll notice is this.



Now, the reactions have varied from the obvious, “you’re a WWF fan” to the outrageous, “you wrestle / box / do MMA!?” and everything in-between. I’ve heard people say to each other, “this must have costs thousands of dollars” or “it’s so sweet of him to put his Wife’s, Daughter’s, and Son’s names on his Belts!!” Guests have always asked if the Belts were real, to which I reply, it’s as real as Professional Sports Wrestling Entertainment. I’ve heard kids asking their parents for one. I’ve heard husbands ask their wives for one. I’ve heard wives ask their husbands for the Divas one. I’ve heard people say, “I always wanted the one Hulk Hogan had back when I was a kid.” It’s a pretty good feeling whenever someone sees my collection in person for the first time.

Most people think it's pretty cool even if they don't understand it much. Over time I've tended to find the people who are extremely negative on collecting have no hobbies themselves.

People just say like. "That's cool you have a hobby." That's about it. Ha.