I've been collecting stuffs for sometime, few times was thinking of stopping but after few months it's like Volcano preparing to erupt, well kept gas preparing to gush out of the holy hole, pressure cooker waiting to explode. I end up just buying more.
Until recently I'm browsing tru the Showcase of folks here. I realized that looking at the displays you folks sharing here gives me more satisfaction than actually owning the figure, the same figures in the pictures look much cooler than the ones i'm holding. And i start to wonder if such is the case why am i still buying? The only time i actually get to play with them is the moment i received them and open them up and assemble them, after that i'd just pose them in the cabinet and only look at them, or touch them once a year or so. And if i'm out of space i just keep them in the box. And the joy of opening the toy depends on my mood, sometimes i received the figure in the evening, i get tired but still want to take them out so i can keep the box away instead of lying on the floor.
I figure space is my main problem as:
1.I rent an apartment, so i don't get to really build my dream display cabinets, and if i do that i'll have hard time moving them, like i would ever get my own place 1 day.
2.Apartment = small space, i only have 2 detolf & 2 small cabinet which i dust proof them and they are full. Putting them outside will gather dust just within 1 week. Also i put all my boxes in shipping boxes and they are taking up big space in the living room.
3.Moving would be very troublesome even with what i have now. Probably takes me 10 trips just to move the stuffs and some figs just won't fit in their box once you dressed them up.
4.It's more fun to look at cool collection photos of fellow collectors here.
What once was a fun hobby is starting to turn into some sort of burden, like running out of space, wondering how to move them around.
My last general figures would probably be HT Ada Wong, EB Jordan 23 & SS Darth Vader. After that i'll probably start collecting .JPG of fellow freaks here which cost virtually 0 space & it's free.
So in all hope you freaks can continue to share your display showcase while i fade myself into the shadows.
Until recently I'm browsing tru the Showcase of folks here. I realized that looking at the displays you folks sharing here gives me more satisfaction than actually owning the figure, the same figures in the pictures look much cooler than the ones i'm holding. And i start to wonder if such is the case why am i still buying? The only time i actually get to play with them is the moment i received them and open them up and assemble them, after that i'd just pose them in the cabinet and only look at them, or touch them once a year or so. And if i'm out of space i just keep them in the box. And the joy of opening the toy depends on my mood, sometimes i received the figure in the evening, i get tired but still want to take them out so i can keep the box away instead of lying on the floor.
I figure space is my main problem as:
1.I rent an apartment, so i don't get to really build my dream display cabinets, and if i do that i'll have hard time moving them, like i would ever get my own place 1 day.
2.Apartment = small space, i only have 2 detolf & 2 small cabinet which i dust proof them and they are full. Putting them outside will gather dust just within 1 week. Also i put all my boxes in shipping boxes and they are taking up big space in the living room.
3.Moving would be very troublesome even with what i have now. Probably takes me 10 trips just to move the stuffs and some figs just won't fit in their box once you dressed them up.
4.It's more fun to look at cool collection photos of fellow collectors here.
What once was a fun hobby is starting to turn into some sort of burden, like running out of space, wondering how to move them around.
My last general figures would probably be HT Ada Wong, EB Jordan 23 & SS Darth Vader. After that i'll probably start collecting .JPG of fellow freaks here which cost virtually 0 space & it's free.
So in all hope you freaks can continue to share your display showcase while i fade myself into the shadows.
