Otomofan
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I look around my room and my creme de la creme is on display. All my very top favorite stuff from all my decades of collecting. And surprisingly, most of it was produced in the last few years, seeing as how the toy companies keep churning out newer and better versions of stuff we've had for years.
I also realize I have almost as much stuff in boxes in my closet as stuff out on display. And even MORE stuff in boxes back at my parents's house. I honestly do NOT need any more toys. I have more than enough.
Of course, I have a few items already pre-ordered for 2015. But this is essential stuff! Dream toys finally coming true!
I look around and see stuff I've always wanted and now I have it. Actual physical plastic, right on my shelves.
NECA's ED-209 and Keaton Batman and 6 inch Boba Fett and Bespin Luke and G1 Predaking reissue and Masterpiece Soundwave and Prowl and Starscream and Hot Toys 1989 Batmobile and Project BM Kaneda and Bike and on and on and on.
I look at this stuff and sometimes I STILL can't believe it...so many of my "impossible" toy wishes have come true.
If it exists and I want it, I pretty much have it. It's a strange feeling. I don't think my collection has ever been this close to a state of "completion."
Yes, there are still a few "dream items" that have yet to be produced, but other than those, I feel ridiculously content right now. And I'm totally fine with that. I don't need a constant cycle of buying and selling and buying to feel happy. I like looking at this display and thinking "this is it!"
The last decade has seen some AMAZING product from just about every genre a fan could possibly want toys from. We're really lucky.
Has anyone else experienced this....a feeling of being finished, not out of boredom or frustration or money problems, but actually having all their "wants" crossed off the list? With the staggering amount of products and licenses out there I gotta believe I'm not the only one!
I also realize I have almost as much stuff in boxes in my closet as stuff out on display. And even MORE stuff in boxes back at my parents's house. I honestly do NOT need any more toys. I have more than enough.
Of course, I have a few items already pre-ordered for 2015. But this is essential stuff! Dream toys finally coming true!
I look around and see stuff I've always wanted and now I have it. Actual physical plastic, right on my shelves.
NECA's ED-209 and Keaton Batman and 6 inch Boba Fett and Bespin Luke and G1 Predaking reissue and Masterpiece Soundwave and Prowl and Starscream and Hot Toys 1989 Batmobile and Project BM Kaneda and Bike and on and on and on.
I look at this stuff and sometimes I STILL can't believe it...so many of my "impossible" toy wishes have come true.
If it exists and I want it, I pretty much have it. It's a strange feeling. I don't think my collection has ever been this close to a state of "completion."
Yes, there are still a few "dream items" that have yet to be produced, but other than those, I feel ridiculously content right now. And I'm totally fine with that. I don't need a constant cycle of buying and selling and buying to feel happy. I like looking at this display and thinking "this is it!"
The last decade has seen some AMAZING product from just about every genre a fan could possibly want toys from. We're really lucky.
Has anyone else experienced this....a feeling of being finished, not out of boredom or frustration or money problems, but actually having all their "wants" crossed off the list? With the staggering amount of products and licenses out there I gotta believe I'm not the only one!
joking aside i really congratulate you for reaching the saturation level. It is indeed an enviable position. The rest of us can keep dreaming but i must really say that the day i reach that level (if ever possible) i'll stop calling myself a collector and will start referring to myself as the curator of my own little museum.
Exactly! 
