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Post by Scott! on Jan 22, 2020 9:37:24 GMT -5
I’ve decided that this time is the last time for me. Over the past 10 years as an adult collector, I’ve finally reach the stopping point. It’s always been my dream to own a full set of Jakks Classic Superstars 1/100 figures, I’m so close now as I only need Warrior and I’m done. That’s the most expensive figure I’ll ever buy and it’ll be my last. I’ve went through phases collecting everything I could, then going just Mattel, back to just Jakks and so on. But this is it for me, I’m fed up with Mattel’s distribution over here plus the amount of exclusives in America that are 4 times the price on eBay, it’s ridiculous. Once o buy Warrior I’m checking out of the figure game, it’s been fun but I’m 26 now and I have other things my money has to go on. I only moved out of my mums last year into my flat and I’ve got a lot of work still to do in it so I have to prioritise, the joys of being an adult.
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Post by TheHitmanKid on Apr 22, 2020 15:11:25 GMT -5
I thought about quitting but I do love the Elite figures I've collected. I used to want to collect every figure but then realized I had not happy attachment to certain characters. So to save myself I only my figure that I REALLY like. Still collecting and saving a whole lot of money in the process.
I also dont want to be like those guys that quit, and sells their collection; to then regret it. Only to spend more money to try and buy it all back. Which they can't of course.
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Post by TurboEddie on Apr 23, 2020 1:47:42 GMT -5
I quit collecting for a decade. My passion for figure collecting went away, and I focused more on my other two hobbies, video games and movies. I’ve recently gotten back into figure collecting. Only casually, though. I’m only purchasing my favorite wrestlers, and my favorite incarnations of said wrestlers. I want my new collection to remain small and not get out of control.
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Post by The-Rock on Apr 25, 2020 13:12:33 GMT -5
Yes from the time I was in 5th grade (2001) until I ultimately quit in like 2011...I always wanted to stop because I felt it was seen as immature and juvenile by others. It also at times was what kept me interested in WWE. In one of my posts on here talking about how I joined the board I mention what it was like to see Toy Fair in 2001 and 2002. I kind of wanted to stop collecting when I realized you're digging a bottomless hole. There is no finish line. There's always going to be new wrestlers, better versions of existing guys, new lines, etc etc. I remember distinctly in 2002 saying all I needed was KOTR lesnar and UCF 3 Rhyno and I was done...I was never able to find those guys...then RA's came out and the cycle started again and again until towards the beginning of Mattel I just wasn't as into figures or wrestling anymore because I didn't have the time for it.
My suggestion is to downsize while things still have value you can realize. By the time I reached high school and right around when CS were taking off I realized i just had way too many figures, was buying figures of guys who I had never even seen wrestle, and it became a fun game to downsize until I only had 1 of the guys I actually played with and who were on TV routinely. Then I realized I didn't even watch SD!...so I kept it to Raw main eventers and other essential mid carders...and I'd sell and trade when a new better version came out or a guy got hurt, joined Raw, left raw etc. It also always made the draft one of my favorite parts of WWE because it signaled a time I'd be able to turn over my collection. There was something about only having 10-15 figures that made collecting palpable and not so bad...because if I walked away at any time my loss would be minimal.
Overall this made collecting a little more fun and less expensive, and made converting from Jakks to mattel pain free and inexpensive.
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