Quitting/putting collecting on pause

For the first time in... God, I don't know how many years, I officially don't have any pre-orders on BBTS. To be fair, I still have some on Amazon- a handful of Legends and Black Series, so it's not like all my pre-orders are cleared out, but still. I'm doing relatively well in terms of being more selective on my buying and pre-ordering, and I'm proud of myself. Hell, I canceled a couple pre-orders just the other day because I was overly honest with myself on if I needed them right away, or could risk being patient and finding them cheap (or not finding them at all). I.... I think I'll be alright, lads.
 
For the first time in... God, I don't know how many years, I officially don't have any pre-orders on BBTS. To be fair, I still have some on Amazon- a handful of Legends and Black Series, so it's not like all my pre-orders are cleared out, but still. I'm doing relatively well in terms of being more selective on my buying and pre-ordering, and I'm proud of myself. Hell, I canceled a couple pre-orders just the other day because I was overly honest with myself on if I needed them right away, or could risk being patient and finding them cheap (or not finding them at all). I.... I think I'll be alright, lads.
I assess my BBTS list practically everyday. I'm at 35 items, I could probably knock a few off, but I don't fully want to at the moment. I think it was the end of '23 when I had BBTS preorders in the the high 90's.

Looks like Jada and Storm take up the most BBTS spots.
 
90?!?!

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It's certainly not a competition but I know that I've been well over 100 on BBTS pre-orders before, some of them a year or more out at times. My pre-order list is usually several pages long. They're my go-to for everything and I order the vast majority of all Marvel Legends and DC Multiverse that come out through them plus some Joe Classified, Black Series, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, MOTU, Scooby, Simpsons, Mario, Popeye, etc, etc.

Right now is about the lowest it's ever been because not a lot has really been listed since the holidays. I only have 30 active pre-orders right now through them, which is one of the lowest my number mine has ever been. I have items pre-ordered out through 4th Quarter 2026 right now. I think the low volume for me right now is due mostly because McFarlane has listed almost nothing for pre-order since like October, I believe? And Hasbro has been intentionally spreading their stuff out.
 
I have bought:

Two Underverse figures.
JoyToy Metalhead
JT Dirtbag
JT Leo, Raph, Donny (after only wanting Mikey, Splinter, April, and Rocksteady)
Storm Sagat
Snail Shell P Bunny
Snail Shell Bunny Aileen Sunkissed Edition

Buuuut I have sold all the McFarlane, Classified, and Legends I wanted to free up after assessment.

So I'm ahead.
 
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