Are you a COMPLETIST??

[TOE]

I, for one, a completist but in certain lines. If you are a completist, please tell us which line you are completing or attempting to complete. If not, that's cool. Also, it doesn't matter if it is from Sideshow, Gentle Giant, Moore, Hasbro, etc....

Here's the line I attempt to complete:

Sideshow:

LOTR 12" line
SW 12" line - Order of the Jedi, Heroes of Rebellion, Sith, Scum and villainy.
The Dead 12"line
Insanely Twisted Rabbit
Platoon


so....what's yours.

 

[pixletwin]

SW 1/6 Line COMPLETIST!!!!


by the way Toes I didn't recognize you without your rabbit avatar. I like the new one too.

 

[King Darkness]

I dont really consider myself a "completist"....I buy what I like in a line, sometimes that ends up being everything sometimes it doesn't...I own all of SS 12" New Line Horror, not because I'am a completist but because I have wanted everything so far...If the next Jason or Freddy or what ever figure was complete crap I could live without getting it. Same with SW or LOtR 12" lines....If its a great figure I'll get it, if not, screw it!

So I guess I'am completist if the line is worth completeing for me....

 

[Batty]

LOTR 12" and SW 12" and SW PFs. And that's it... for now.




You do end up identifying people by their avatars. Toe, weren't you going to have Dave change your user name?

 

[carbo-fation]

I am definetely a complete completist! I currently collect the SW 12", LOTR 12", SW PF, Marvel PF, Marvel vs. line and James Bond Legacy line! By the way, I like your Nidaime Avatar!

 

[Josette]

No, definitely not a completist. And that saves me money so I'm fine with it.

I could never be a completist because I enjoy having a variety of figures from different films, shows, etc.... When I collected SW it was exhausting and in the end not much fun and that's when I knew that I was never going to be a completist. If I get multiple characters from a line, I get them because I'm a fan of those characters, not because they complete my collection.

There are only two fandoms where I could ever be anything close to a completist and those are Dark Shadows and Pirates of the Caribbean because I happen to like many characters quite a lot.

I collect Buffy but only the characters that I like. I only bought Mulder & Scully from X-Files. I'd to see a good Harry Potter 12 inch line some day but even then there are only so many characters I'd be interested in having.

 

[gambit]

I just buy what I really like. I will only keep the Alien jedi's from 12" SW. LOTR 12" 's are difficult to cancel as they have great detail. So I will be completist for LOTR series including the PF.
Other than this, I am buying the ones from marvel which I like and passing on the ones that I find not necessary such as doom legendary bust.

 

[MONSTER]

Gentle Giant Star Wars busts unless you count the 2 holiday busts

Sideshow Marvel vs.

Everything else I just cherry pick what I like.

 

[galactiboy]

I just pick the figures I really like... like King that can sometimes mean being a completist, but usually there are holes in my collection when I couldn't justify the cost of a figure I didn't really care for.

 

[The Josh]

I have a feeling I will be on the 12" LOTR and SW figures.

 

[DarkArtist81]

Not really.... I just get what I want... Although if I HAD enough money I probably would be a completist. I'd probably have an entire museum worth of stuff, with a sizeable "Sideshow Collectibles" wing.

 

[Darth Madden]

When Star Wars 1/6 line was announced I was going to be a completist... then Jabba and the throne came along... bye bye completist. I got the Jabba + but had to sacrifice a few others (Kit, Qui, Maul and maybe Obi) to pay for it.

 

[tomandshell]

I am a completist with the Star Wars PFs and 12" figures and the Marvel VS. dioramas. (And an "exclusive" completist, at that.) So far I have a perfect record and I hope to keep it that way. I also have a complete set of the Gentle Giant Clone Wars maquettes and would like to continue collecting those. Also, I have all of the GG Harry Potter busts and want to continue that line as well.

Other than these things (!) I am not a completist. I collect the things that I like--for example, I pick and choose amongst the Gentle Giant Star Wars busts. I don't have a problem skipping many of those. (Although I would hate to have to skip the Mara Jade...)

 

[Agent0028]

I'm a completist from a certain point of view. I buy all the Bond figures, like the actor as James Bond, haven't bought any of the baddies or girls though, so sorta completist there. Also I think I will be a completist with the 12" Order of the Jedi line. Unless the funds just aren't there when the figure ships or there's some figures that for whatever reason I just do not like I'm gonna get them all. Erm, actually I may have to qualify that to PT jedi just in case they decide to do Luke Skywalker's New Jedi Order EU ones, prolly skip those, but I will buy EU PT Jedi.

If I could I would be a PF SW Completist!

 

[Calle_Sandell]

Yeah I am!

I'm trying to get all the pieces in the SSW line, and I have all the exc LOTR 12" on pre-order.

I'm planing on getting the first 12", and if I like them I will probably have them all, but if their not that good I won't continue collect them..

And I'm also collecting the LOTR UC stuff, though I haven't decided if I want to go all the way with them..

 

[KAOSINLA]

I'm not a completionist...I just want the best version of figure I'm interested in!!!

 

[Beren]

If I get to a point where I have more than half of a line, the itch starts...

I collect the SSW line, so I've got 42/49 busts so I want to complete that line, I'm missing 4 more helms (33/37), 2 more environments but it's Orthanc and Stone Trolls and I'd rather pay that kind of money for something else in SSW... I've got 35/52 statues but that's one line I don't think I will ever complete (lots of expensive ones left), I've got all the weapons plaques and wall plaques. 3 of 16 medallions. Maybe once I complete the helms and busts and the itch for "the hunt" takes over I will start up that line.

I've only ordered Aragorn Exclusive 12" as a substitute for having no Strider statue, otherwise I think (hope) I will pass on that line. I've got the 2 LOTR PFs of Preorder but will have to wait and see. Ordering from Sideshow is SO expensive with them using UPS or FedEx. @$#%# "brokerage" fees.

Oh, and of course I'm out of space to display any more stuff!! If I hadn't had someone offer to store the boxes I would've had to have stopped collecting a long time ago!!

Beren

 

[larbob]

SS/Weta LOTR completist minus bronze gandalf

Master Replicas Elite saber line, only three pieces made so far

 

[Darth Loki]

Yes and No

Yes to SW and LOTR 12" - I will have them all

No to SW and LOTR PF's - I will get the one's I like, but most likely a completist for the LOTR

 

[oxbeard]

Those days are loooooooooong gone. Just too much great stuff!!!!!!!!