You Ever Get Tired of This?

RichardSimmonsRobot said:
Propylene or ethylene? Because as I learned from sticky McFarlane figures, propylene is a 20 year lifespan whereas ethylene is not!

In all seriousness, being paired up with anyone is like a 3 legged race. Who you get tied to is more important than whatever speed you plan to go or whatever other strategy you may have in mind.

"Everyone's got a plan 'til they get punthed in the fayth."

-Mike Tysthon
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Good advice, I'm gonna shoot for a Gen Z college grad with a retro name like Ethel or Eleanor for the long game.

Bonus points for using one of my favourite quotes.
 
My wife of 21 years is a video game nerd,book junkie and anime fan. She doesn't collect like I do, but we've gotten her a few things over the years.
She's a HUGE Miyazaki fan, so I've tried to get her the art books for each movie over the years, and various Totoro, Kiki, or Spirited Away items that are different for her office at work.
Hell, last year she bought 5 prints from a Legends of Zelda concept artist and we had them professionally framed to hang on a wall in her office.
 
I've had a few folks shame me for my interests over the years...mainly my parents, but ultimately I just don't give a flying rat's ass. At one job I had a couple of guys who were typical narrow minded, testosterone amped troglodytes who gave me grief about my toys on my desk, but at most jobs I've found people find them interesting, and think it's a cool thing to collect.

My first wife was a geek, so she didn't care about my hobby...though she would sometimes complain about how much I spent on it (but she was rarely working because she just didn't want to, even after getting her college degree, so she wasn't in much of a place to talk). My second wife was not a nerd at all, and when we first started dating she really didn't know what to make of it. As she got to know me though, she warmed up to it. It helps that a lot of her friends and relatives were married to people who had hobbies like hunting or fishing, and she realized that in comparison to all of them, my hobby was rather inexpensive. She also saw that it created a bond with my kids, as my daughter started getting superhero Barbies, and my son had his own superhero and science fiction figures. Of all the issues in our marriage, the collection wasn't one of them.

My current S/O actually kind of loves my figures. She wasn't a collector before dating me, but I saw she loved Betty Boop, so she now has a small collection of various Pops and other vinyl figures I've gifted her. Oh, and she absolutely loves Christopher Reeve, so when I bought the Mezco 1978 Superman she decided it was hers! Most of the time she doesn't really care one way or another about a figure I get, though she recently geeked-out when I got the NECA Art the Clown...she was amazed at all the things he came with, and she loved that he had swappable expressions. So even though she isn't really an action figure collector, and she isn't nearly as into geeky stuff as I am, she does appreciate my collection, and is very supportive. When I told her I needed to cut back on my buying, she agreed, but was rather sad about it. She knows that it really brings me joy, and she doesn't begrudge me for indulging at all.
 
This thread had me thinking about how much I value which figures and how happy I am with most of what I own, but for the first time in a while I found figures I would be okay unloading—I forgot how hard it was to get a decent Thor when I first started collecting Legends! I'd completely forgotten I have two of those early, bad ball hips Thors from early on, and was like — wow. I really would have no regrets selling those. 35 Spider-Men, like ten Han Solos, I’d miss em all, but weird hip Thor, he could go.
 
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I think 2026 is going to be a purge year for me. I've hit capacity in my basement and I always told myself I'd never do storage. I'm curious how the tax thing works. Do you count the sale price as income or sale to original price? Or sale to original price adjusted for inflation? Ugh, this is why I never sold anything until now.
 
Chooch555 said:
I think 2026 is going to be a purge year for me. I've hit capacity in my basement and I always told myself I'd never do storage. I'm curious how the tax thing works. Do you count the sale price as income or sale to original price? Or sale to original price adjusted for inflation? Ugh, this is why I never sold anything until now.
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I do:

Sale price - shipping/fees - original purchase price

No idea whether that's correct or not.

I only started tracking it a few years ago, but I generally make less than $100 over the course of the year. This year I lost money. I turned a big profit in the past, but that was during the Mezco boom. Now that I'm selling mostly Legends, I'm lucky to break even.

These companies (even Mezco) finally figured out the supply/demand. I usually sell MAFEX figures at a loss, too.
 
I have a few bins that I definitely want to get rid of, but I'm completely unmotivated because I know they're low value and need to be sold off in lots. I had about eight years of near constant selling. This year I pulled way back and in the first part of the year, I actually missed the action. Not so much anymore. It's funny we changed up our work schedule to have Fridays off. I thought three day weekends, I'm gonna get a lot of shit done. Sell off the unwanted figures and take a hard look at the others. Nothing has happened in the last four weeks so far.
 
TheSameIdiot said:
I turned a big profit in the past, but that was during the Mezco boom. Now that I'm selling mostly Legends, I'm lucky to break even.

These companies (even Mezco) finally figured out the supply/demand. I usually sell MAFEX figures at a loss, too.
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Same.

I see people listing things at questionable pricing and it never moves for weeks, if not months, which tells me that price sucks. At this point I just want anything back to reclaim my space and time and chip towards something else.

The flip side is there's that psychology from buyers that if you're just asking retail to break even (I think retail on mezco or imports is still fair because a lot of that stuff is still not readily available after a time), or even offering something cheap, they don't want it and treat you like something must be wrong with it.
 
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