Thinking of selling my collection. UPDATE

i would say don't sell up if your only going to buy in a couple of months. sure, you've lost interest now but it could come back.

unless you really need the cash, box them up and store them. imagine thinking in a couple months "i wish i hadn't", and starting again. you'd look at ones you had before and think you want to get them again, only to realise you still had them.

from my experience, i lost interest when i went loose. but now, collecting moc again, i love it more than ever.

think on it more and you'll make the decision that suits you best.

I felt the same way about my Marvel Universe figures a month or two ago. I ended selling about 3/4 of them off but I kept the ones that have sentimental value or are just too cool. I don't regret it as much as I thought I would. I'd say keep some if you do sell them off.

Well if you feel you lost interest in them why are you still buying them? lol Maybe it's just a phase? I'd say maybe just downsize your collection. First though I would remove the repaints and wrestlers you feel you can do without. Don't sell them yet just pack them away for a month or two and if you feel you don't miss them then sell them. Again I'd start with repaints and wrestlers you don't care about

Basically I'm going to probably end up and do this. Going to have to sit on it for a minute, though.

I tell you what there were alot of figures I didn't buy becasue I knew they would have been impulse buys, and I was always looking for that better figure. I was too afriad I would buy a peg warmer, just to find better a figure the next day and either have to pass on it, or use my credit card and build up even more debt.

Now I kind of wish I bought some of these because, as I was waiting for some major players that never came, I also lost out on some good figures. Now that Legends are gone, I wish I bought every single one of them, and DM, even though some are not necessary to have, it is just nice to have them.

Also too I have to admit... nothing can kill the mood like going into a store and seeing a bunch of Orton's and Cena's. I like RSC but nothing beats buying at retail. Most of time when I get a new figure or a new set arrives in my area, it is old news everywhere else and everyone has moved on to the next wave already.

I look at my Jakks classics everyday and still get a thrill out of switching out the belts and putting new matchups in my head. . . Ric Flair versus Ken patera for the World Title anyone? How about Ricky Steamboat (custom) defending the US Title versus Ted DiBiase? To bad Mattel cheaped out on the Legends line and they'll never get close to complete as Jakks did.

I think there are times where we all think about selling. I went through the same thing for a while then something new would come out and i would change my mind. Finally I decided I was done for the most part but would keep a few and be very selective on ones I would buy.

I had almost 100 mattel figs and about 60 jakks Hogan figures. I'm down to about 20 mattel and 2 jakks Hulksters. Personally I love the mattels but they are becoming too expensive. I just can't justify spending $40 on a single figure from RS (not hating) and even at retail they are over $20. I think the final nail for me was when I walked into TRU and saw that BOPPV series was $23.99. Not to mention target is $19.99 for elites. And to top that you have to deal with scalpers and poor distribution. It became more like a job than a fun hobby.

Just make sure to think it through because selling can be just as much work as hunting for figs. You will take a bigger lose if u sell them in a lot so best way to do it is to piece it out to make back as much as you can.

I'm 99% done collecting, leaving the door open just a bit for figs like an nWo Macho or if they ever get to it a Hogan.

On a side note I have put up some of my CMD customs for sale if any of you are interested!







Also have a custom mattel Hogan



Sorry for the plug but I need to move these

Updated OP

I knew I wasn't done, but I also knew that there was something in the collection making me unhappy with it. Figured out it was my Basics.

Don't get me wrong, the Basics are a wonderful line, but I came to the conclusion that I just couldn't spend money on the same person for Elite and Basic, I was blowing through all my extra cash doing this so I knew I had to make a change. Now there will be some that I buy, such as Divas or Basic Legends.

Now I know that there are some people who won't get an Elite, off the top of my head Heath Slater, but that's something I can live with.