Collecting status (aged 30+) poll

I kinda recently came to the realization that collecting is a never-ending thing (there's always going to be something else, right?).

But my preference/goal is a finite collection.

That changed things a lot for me.

So I haven't just pumped the brakes; I've turned off the engine.

I still love the reveals, and I still love action figures, but for now I'm just browsing.

36 here and I'm still buying pretty much every Legends release. I've more or less stopped collecting current WWE outside of some Punk and Cody, and I've only been cherry picking AEW lately.

I took a lot of figures off display, especially where I had multiples of the same guy on a shelf. I don't need a dozen Austins out. I'm going to give it a while - I may rotate displays or eventually let some go.

I got out around age 30. I had just gotten married and really cut down my collection because I moved across the country and didn't want to bring everything. Plus I was not interested at all in the current product then.

I was out for about 7 years and then slowly got back into watching current stuff and paying more attention to figures. It helped that I had kids so we went toy shopping and I would always check out the wrestling section.

Once I started buying again I got hooked. I went back and filled in a lot of old figures I was missing and got some things I had sold off years earlier. Now I am 45 and collecting as much as I ever have with no signs of slowing down, although I almost exclusively collect legends from the 80s and 90s.

If you want to quit collecting, my advice is to store your collection if you can and not sell it right away. You never know if you will get back into it later on.

37. Besides Cody and Punk I don't collect any modern wrestlers. I have Ultimates of Roman, Seth and a few elites of modern guys I like so I'm happy with those. I only collect 1970's-2004 wrestlers now. Coliseum Collection, Ultimates, retro and Elites only. I don't buy basics, superstars or any AEW. I used to collect everything but I've been happier just focusing on what I really like

43, Watch a little here and there. In HS I worked at a TRU, was super into it and have a great BCA collection. Didn’t start collecting Mattel until series 26. Had a good run but really throttled back. pretty much only buy legends, punk, AJ, some AEW. Not really tapped into current product. Something’s wrong with me, because I buy, open, look and put in plastic bin. I only display, Bret hart, hbk, and wrestlers I have belts on for wwf, wcw, ecw, AEW. And my classic announcer crew- Vince, Hennan, fink, and mean gene. But I’m avid hunter still. Enough legend stuff coming out and spread out that I get out to target and Walmart frequently. But the purchases are way down.

37, only buy characters that excite me from watching as a kid. However, if I can get a massive steal (think Ollie's price), I'll make a move. Really it just came down to UE's, some defining moments and a few of the target line legends.  Although I had to buy a Reigns because his character has/was just so dominant the last few years as the tribal chief that he has to be in a collection realistically.  That, plus getting to put multiple titles on 1 figure always excites me lol

32, I end up getting bored of most of what I buy and it ends up being sold after a while.

I’m all in on Warrior and Savage. And I’ll buy ultimates if I like them. A part from that there’s a couple exceptions for regular elites I’d buy if it’s a look I particularly want and I know it’ll never be done in ultimate

33.5 and I’ve slowed down a lot recently. I still collect, but mainly character from 2005 and back (and even then I’m not grabbing multiples of the same character despite attire differences).

About to be 36.

I’ve more or less stopped. I’ll still pick up the occasional figure that blows my mind when I can inevitably find them at retail or less than retail. The re-releases and over production have just absolutely killed the fun of collecting for me.