What are your rules of collecting? Any exceptions to the rules?

[BACON!]

I really only have one rule for my collection. By and large, it is one figure per character. My only Batman is the 1966 version. My only Spider-Man will ever be the Homecoming version. Most of my Avengers are AOU. My only exception is Iron Man; however, with the Suit Up Gantry, I think I may have hit my limit with that character.

How about you?

 

[j97e1]

Seriously now, wtf.

 

[jkno]

When collecting Star Wars my focus is Original Trilogy Imperials only. With Terminator, I just collect T1 and T2 Endoskeletons. All this helps me with the limited budget and display space.

 

[Marine Boy]

As long as i'm not in debt, it's all good.

 

[KBA]

Only figures from sci-fi/adventure/fantasy/comic book. And only 1 per franchise.

 

[generalszabo]

Only one per character. But I have the first two catwoman pfs...
Only 1/4 scale... But I have one 1/3 and more on order.
Only comic pieces, not film... Oh well, it seems I have no rules any more lol

 

[Star-Crunch]

Get what I want and can afford.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I’m down to buying about nothing since all Sideshow does is rehashed characters that I already have

 

[Stryker2011]

Aside from a handful of characters, I try to limit myself to one iteration of most. And I could care less if they are all from the same movie (like Avengers figures), I’m more interested in having a version of each character that I like the best, rather than this is how they looked in the same movie as the other characters next to them.

 

[Liz10]

Only characters I feel a significant emotional connection to.

Only 1/6 figures and horses, plus a few 1/1 prop replicas if I like these particular objects and can afford them / have the space.

No statues. Exception: Weeping Angel, that just has to be a statue. Also the fairy statues that I used to collect before I started with movie / tv show related stuff.

No completism. Bad experiences with that sort of mindset when I started collecting, thankfully came to my senses.

 

[Jay1138]

I get what I can afford and I don't screw anyone over. Simple.