hokietwo
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Yep. Have to suffer the hard choices, can only have one vice in life. Bolivian marching powder or dolls, the dolls won.
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I like the conversation, but collecting in and of itself isn’t fun to me. I don’t like storage,
I don’t like seeing how much product I’ve acquired. Don’t like the feeling of being overwhelmed of what’s in my possession without a way to navigate any kind of future life. I suppose I just don’t like clutter (I threw out new nightstands and a headboard because they felt like too much, same thing happened when I received my Moducases, I disassembled the smaller cases and will use them for parts) no matter how good the figures are, custom or officially licensed, they all amount to clutter to me at a certain point. Though I like the process of building figures up, it’s such an exhausting task that I couldn’t be bothered trying to do that with 20+ figures.
The passion has dimmed I suppose. Bit of a love-hate relationship, on one hand I want to get something as accurate as possible, on the other - I feel like why bother, which makes me really hone in on the characters that matter that can actually push me to improve their accuracy.
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I don't agree with this. If at all possible I would rather that a stock figure be all that it needs to be rather than me having to go to additional expense and effort. And more often than not, for me, stock does the job. My standards are probably lower than yours, moreso regarding outfits.
But this....man, more and more I'm feeling this.
*Looks at collection*
rothnroller
Super Freak
Perhaps less is truly more. Although that is bad for business.
This used to be me after every purchase. That's a sign to slow down and reevaluate. Admittedly, I've been faltering again lately.
I actually have. I buy feck all anymore. I just haven't done anything to address the legacy of excess. It's all still there and, because it is, I find myself doubly questioning almost every would-be purchase so as not to add anything to this mess that I didn't really really want.
I can't figure that Inart Cavill Superman for example. On the one hand a modern incarnation of Supes had been on my list for years but I never could get past the silly bodies Hot Toys kept giving him with the ridiculous boulder shoulders, thunder thighs and stick up the arse head/neck posture. I thought the Inart one was fine, hence I preordered it, but the final figure is getting a lot of criticism itself - together with QC concerns - which has been offputting. I wish HT would show their inevitable 2.0 now.
I'm in the same place with Superman.
It's not enough to like the figure to warrant a purchase anymore.
There's always a "But". And the desire for something better.
And those decisions carry more weight when you start to mount up clutter.
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I don’t want to have to spend more on a custom outfit or custom sculpts, it’s simply the reality we face that none of these companies will offer the level of precision that custom will.
To me it feels like a waste of money to buy a stock HT or InArt, throw it on the shelf, and do nothing to it until a 2.0 comes around making those changes for you.
I know the T-1000 2.0 outfits are bad quality, not much at all has changed in that regard from the 1.0. So, instead of looking at a badly tailored uniform, with no ability to do anything about it, I’d rather just skip the release and save the headache. Most of my figures have custom outfits, or at the very least custom parts. Once you buy custom suits, you can never go back to HT or InArt quality without feeling like you’re collecting backwards. I don’t buy with the idea of “it’s good enough till something better comes along” that’s how you end up with excess and broke.
For me, a release better look phenomenal out the gate or have the ability to be with custom work added. If neither are reality, I discard the thought of owning it altogether.
To me it feels like a waste of money to buy a stock HT or InArt, throw it on the shelf, and do nothing to it until a 2.0 comes around making those changes for you.
I know the T-1000 2.0 outfits are bad quality, not much at all has changed in that regard from the 1.0. So, instead of looking at a badly tailored uniform, with no ability to do anything about it, I’d rather just skip the release and save the headache. Most of my figures have custom outfits, or at the very least custom parts. Once you buy custom suits, you can never go back to HT or InArt quality without feeling like you’re collecting backwards. I don’t buy with the idea of “it’s good enough till something better comes along” that’s how you end up with excess and broke.
For me, a release better look phenomenal out the gate or have the ability to be with custom work added. If neither are reality, I discard the thought of owning it altogether.
This is where my philosophy just differs from many on here. In the realm of miniature painting, a common phrase is "tabletop standard" -- the idea that a paint job only needs to hold up at a distance of 3-5 feet, because that's the distance at which you'll most commonly be viewing the minis.
I'm the same way with sixth scale. I don't personally need the buttons to be a certain size, the lining just right, etc. etc. I just need a figure to look right standing on the shelf. I admire folks who push it further, but it's diminishing returns to me.
I'm the same way with sixth scale. I don't personally need the buttons to be a certain size, the lining just right, etc. etc. I just need a figure to look right standing on the shelf. I admire folks who push it further, but it's diminishing returns to me.
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