How much do you spend per month????
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VS1976
Super Freak
Doom PF man. You should be able to get it EZ if you send this much.
For me, as much as I think Doom PF is a grail, its beyond my spending limit.
Yah I let Doom PF past me by about 4 times.
Damn I almost got one from the fellow here but he couldn't find the box 
The 2nd & 3rd time was I chose the matching pair Soulfire Grace or Gray Hulk pf over it. The 4th, I cancelled the commitment because of where the item was located. I didn't want to fork out another potentional $250 in custom /taxes. 
Yah I let Doom PF past me by about 4 times.
Bahhh!! Who cares about the Doom PF VS!!
Wait till you see whats coming up from SS! SS is coming up with some big hitters this year! What a great time to be a DC fan!!
VS1976
Super Freak
Mr. Green
Super Freak
That's right! I am saving up for the right time. And if Wonder Woman is so hot, I might just get soup too! Nah! Bats and only Bats!
I average one or two HT a month or every other month. I went a little crazy buying them when I first started collecting and have since sold some, mainly because I don't have a lot of space and to fund newer figures/statues.
kanine
Super Freak
Usually one figure a month, except for the last three months my wallet took a hit, got HT Spiderman, HT Green Goblin, HT Superman, HT Captain America, HT T2 T800, HT Ghost Rider, and I have a HT Sarah Conner and T1000 on the way, ugh, i'm broke.
Evil Toy Monger
Super Freak
Too Much! Like everyone else here, its an addiction...In the last month I got Captain America, The Mask, Superman, Jack Sparrow, and a whole slew of parts to start kitbashing and customizing....Crazy!
ComedicHistorian
Freaked Out
Yeah but they'd just get hungry again at some point and plus ________ just announced ________ is being released soon!
ComedicHistorian
Freaked Out
Ehhh it depends. I just started collecting about 8 months ago so I'm trying to catch up. However, I'm collecting Sideshow SW LSBs and Pred/Alien prop replicas/LSBs, MR/eFX helmets, blasters, sabers and misc...shush, I like what I like haha. I obviously have a lot to catch up on lmao so I only buy things when I find them for a good price ($750 for Predalien LSB!) or I'll flex-pay something I know will sell quick. This month will be at least $1,500 :-\
kanine
Super Freak
Yea, catching up on missed figures is a b*tch!!!
tathataboy
Freaked Out
I go in phases; won't buy anything for months (sometimes a year or more), then boom! I buy a bunch...then stop. Cyclic. It's like I go on the wagon, fall off when I see cool shizzle here...get back on...fall off when you enablers make it too good to resist....get back on......
galactiboy
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I probably average around $300... but I've also been selling more than that each month as a way to fund new items and keep the collection from spilling out of my area or ending up with a lot of figures in storage.
Having sex with people for collectibles does not equal free
Thank you for that; I feel so much better about my spending habits now
Having sex with people for collectibles does not equal free
Thank you for that; I feel so much better about my spending habits now
stormbringer
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I only buy 5 or so statues a year so like 100 a month....how do some people spend 10k a month .....wow
FLOSI
Nerf Herder
Around 250-300...
This month so far: $1100 -- rainman custom Dude figure and HT Spidey.
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I've been doing a lot of that these days too. Sold off several things in the last 6 months to pay for Classic Pred, Captain America, and DX Sparrow as well as VM's custom Deckard set and Rainman's Marty McFly set...plus all the bodies and doo-dads I need from Ebay to put these guys together.
Now I'm running out of things to sell and there's SO MANY awesome figures on the horizon!
Plus I have about 8 PF's in storage that I just don't have room to display right now but don't want to part with them as I plan to get them set up in a theatre room in a few years...
But yeah, I would guess it's about $300 +/- on average a month (an HT figure or 2, or a PF...)
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I only get a couple figures a year, so if you averaged it maybe 80$ a month or so. I only bought around 950$ this year.
Medi bats-200
DX Joker- 350
Takara Bats- 150
TF Bats- 225$
Medi bats-200
DX Joker- 350
Takara Bats- 150
TF Bats- 225$
zeiss
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While it used to be more, I now budget out $70 per month for collectibles and video games. Luckily, I have quite a backlog of games and the patience to wait until each game is less than $30 so most of my money is spent on Hot Toys and Transformers (mostly Masterpiece style Transformers). In the past couple of years I bought approximately 2-3 Hot Toys figures a year. I suspect this year, it will be a few more.
While I admit that my current budget is less a result of internal control and more a result of marrying a woman who is slightly more frugal than me, I do think that having a set amount I allocate each month to collectibles keeps me from buying everything. It is so easy to become addicted to this hobby and once that happens, not only does the wallet take a beating but each purchase also means less. After all, diminishing returns is a classic feature of addiction. For me, more so than before, each Hot Toys purchase means a lot because I have to sacrifice other things to make it happen. Also, knowing that I have figures that are priorities (ie, Keaton Batman) and only a certain budget allows me to more easily let go of the figures I only kinda want (ie, Captain America).
While I admit that my current budget is less a result of internal control and more a result of marrying a woman who is slightly more frugal than me, I do think that having a set amount I allocate each month to collectibles keeps me from buying everything. It is so easy to become addicted to this hobby and once that happens, not only does the wallet take a beating but each purchase also means less. After all, diminishing returns is a classic feature of addiction. For me, more so than before, each Hot Toys purchase means a lot because I have to sacrifice other things to make it happen. Also, knowing that I have figures that are priorities (ie, Keaton Batman) and only a certain budget allows me to more easily let go of the figures I only kinda want (ie, Captain America).
jkno
Stormtrooper
Having sex with people for collectibles does not equal free
I work with the mob, I kill people and get their stuff for free. I killed people as requested, sometimes just for fun or to make a point. It seems you are next on my list. Maybe I'm joking, maybe I'm not...
