Good point. Hardcores will justify the price but Hot Toys will lose casual buyers with their never-ending price increases.
I consider myself a hardcore RoboCop fan but even I am having second thoughts about the price.
Good point. Hardcores will justify the price but Hot Toys will lose casual buyers with their never-ending price increases.
I consider myself a hardcore RoboCop fan but even I am having second thoughts about the price.
I'm getting out after T800 and Robocop comes out.
I'm getting out after T800 and Robocop comes out.
Would you sell your collection? Ive recently come back to collecting (first time for these collectibles) and already spent a fair share. I can only imagine what some of you die hard veterans have spent over the years.
I don't allow myself to think about that. What I will soon spend on 89 Batmobile, DX13s and the new Robocop stuff will be a frightening enough amount.
After these things I too will endeavour to majorly cut back. No impulse buys. No new scales. No new lines/licenses. Stuff with childhood nostalgic appeal - only - i.e no new films ('k maybe Terminator 5 even though it'll probably be crap)
And I couldn't agree with you more about childhood nostalgia. That's basically what my collection is aimed towards.. Characters I loved while growing up.
That's what this hobby has been all about really. Holding onto that part of childhood at the total expense of growing up in my case
The films of my childhood - Terminator 1 & 2, Robocop, Predator, Aliens, Star Wars OT, Batman 89 and Batman Returns, Superman, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future....other characters I liked but which didn't have films out at the time - Spiderman, Wolverine, Hulk.
These are the only things that will get consideration from me now and I'm so far successfully cutting Predator and Alien from high-end collecting, successfully resisting Star Wars OT at high-end (well...the one figure HT have made so far), successfully resisting if the figure is crap (Indiana Jones), successfully not buying because they're taking their sweet time making it (BTTF and Batman Returns). With Superman, Spiderman, Wolverine and Hulk I'm not really interested in having multiple incarnations, only the ones I deem to be the most ideally representative. That leaves Terminator and Robocop, those are the two where I'm torturing my wallet pretty extensively. I'm actually looking forward to when those dry up.
For those that haven't seen this...something to watch while we wait
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-UMS2HcdJg
My list exactly, minus the bttf and IndyThe films of my childhood - Terminator 1 & 2, Robocop, Predator, Aliens, Star Wars OT, Batman 89 and Batman Returns, Superman, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future....other characters I liked but which didn't have films out at the time - Spiderman, Wolverine, Hulk.
These are the only things that will get consideration from me now and I'm so far successfully cutting Predator and Alien from high-end collecting, successfully resisting Star Wars OT at high-end (well...the one figure HT have made so far), successfully resisting if the figure is crap (Indiana Jones), successfully not buying because they're taking their sweet time making it (BTTF and Batman Returns). With Superman, Spiderman, Wolverine and Hulk I'm not really interested in having multiple incarnations, only the ones I deem to be the most ideally representative. That leaves Terminator and Robocop, those are the two where I'm torturing my wallet pretty extensively. I'm actually looking forward to when those dry up.
That's been my MO since day one.I am gonna take a back seat and only buy things i really love.
Yeah ? I might hold you to that.
The number of times I've said I will just get that fig then call it a day.
Would you sell your collection? Ive recently come back to collecting (first time for these collectibles) and already spent a fair share. I can only imagine what some of you die hard veterans have spent over the years.
In all honestly I have never added up the money I have spent so far or will do on PO.
Would it make you cringe knowing the actual total?
At this point I don't care what I spend, as long as I don't put myself into financial trouble. You can't take money into the grave, so enjoy it while you can.
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