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I wasn’t really thinking about a clinical definition when I said OCD. A more colloquial meaning is what I was getting at. My particular brand of it is the fact that I can’t mix lines together. Not that something terrible will happen if I do, it’s just not aesthetically appealing to me. Consequently, that cool looking NECA Mandrake will never be my Zatara stand in.
 
OCD. A more colloquial meaning is what I was getting at.
I love ya buddy, but there really isn’t a “colloquial meaning”: it’s a clinical diagnosis, a very specific one, that is frequently (as now) misused in popular discourse. It’s incredibly stigmatizing for folks who actually live with OCD.
Don’t mean to scold, but it’s a bigger deal than you think it is.
 
I love ya buddy, but there really isn’t a “colloquial meaning”: it’s a clinical diagnosis, a very specific one, that is frequently (as now) misused in popular discourse. It’s incredibly stigmatizing for folks who actually live with OCD.
Don’t mean to scold, but it’s a bigger deal than you think it is.
Thanks for the reminder to be vigilant. I'm certainly guilty of throwing the term around from time to time when attempting to explain some of my weird quirks, tics, or preferences, but there's never any harm meant by it. I totally agree though that it's overused, and I hate that it's become even one of my easy-outs when describing something. Do you, or does anyone else here have any preferred terms for us to use instead? Anal retentive? Picky? Selective?
 
Do you, or does anyone else here have any preferred terms for us to use instead? Anal retentive? Picky? Selective?
Even “obsessive” is totally valid and fine!

It’s like when folks say “ohhh I’m so bipolar!” or even “my ex is such a narcissist!” Like are you *sure* about that clinical diagnosis? Cuz maybe you’re just emotionally elevated today, and maybe your ex is just a fucking jerk.

And, like, no shame in having a hard time kicking these terms out of everyday vocabulary: we are inundated with them all the time!
 
I'm always teetering on never buying a McF figure again but made an exception for Dr Mid Nite; one of my fav characters. Not a fan of cloth capes in general but certainly not if they aren't wired. WTF. No wire then a plastic cape is clearly superior. Looks so unnatural. Just a green triangle floating behind him
 
Even “obsessive” is totally valid and fine!

It’s like when folks say “ohhh I’m so bipolar!” or even “my ex is such a narcissist!” Like are you *sure* about that clinical diagnosis? Cuz maybe you’re just emotionally elevated today, and maybe your ex is just a fucking jerk.

And, like, no shame in having a hard time kicking these terms out of everyday vocabulary: we are inundated with them all the time!
My pain with social media is how cool it is to self diagnose and declare you're AudHD, Bipolar, even Depressed, which leads to your points.

It's not really a fun quirky club.
 
Possible hint of something new for next Friday 12/5/25. EE Drop Zone has something McFarlane up for preorder on that date. Cautiously optimistic even though it may not even be DC or be delivered by the New Year.
 
Well, evidently the phygital wave with Blackfire was up for pre-order on Amazon today, but I missed her yet again. So frustrating. She and Tornado were already gone by the time I checked, but I did go ahead and order purple Batgirl. Hopefully these will eventually be available at BBTS and EE as well, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

 
UGH, I hate this trend of "exclusive" releases that actually aren't - it's just an unannounced window of early availability. It really messes with purchase decisions. Super frustrating.

Question: anyone seen any good third-party 80s/90s Wonder Woman heads? I'm thinking one with the Perez-style big, curlier hair. I just looked on Ebay and didn't see one. I've seen some customs use She-Hulk's hair and that doesn't look bad, but I'm not sure I want to damage my existing WW heads since Todd refuses to make her easy to find.
 
I’d like to make you feel better on this score:

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) involves intrusive thoughts (thoughts that pop into your head with no ability to “turn them off”) that basically scream at you that something very bad is going to happen unless you perform/repeat an action. Obviously way more complicated than that, but just having a strong desire to own/do something is not OCD, it’s just a strong desire to own/do something. There’s really no reason to pathologize collecting: some possibly negative things can come from collecting, but just collecting is not a mental illness AT ALL.

Don’t know much about this dhunter guy other than seeing his posts back on the fwoosh, but y’all know how I feel about displays of arrogance . . .

That is exactly what true OCD is. I know this because I actually have OCD, and it sucks. Once when I was like 15 years old a thought popped in my head that if I didn't walk down the street and step on a particular section of the sidewalk 32 times my mother would die. Which meant I had to walk down the street and step on a certain spot on the sidewalk, then walk all the way back home and repeat this action 32 times in a row. Needless to say it took a while. Another time when I was older I took a different way home from work than my usual route, and later my mother called me and told me my father had to go to the hospital because he thought he was having a stroke. I blamed myself because I had changed up my normal routine. So I never took different way home from work again after that. I could list a thousand more examples, but you get the idea.

However, besides the negative thoughts I also have something of a compulsion to buy multiples of some figures that I really like. In fact, I sometimes don't even consider that I own certain figures until I have at least two or three of them. There are even some Batman and Spider-Man figures that I have five or more of, and I don't really know why, but It's not to sell them. Quite the opposite in fact. I would find it stressful to part with them. For example, I had seven blue Hush Batman figures (don't ask), and about a year ago I decided to sell one of them, and I almost immediately regretted it, and still do to this day. I don't know if it's OCD related or not, but it probably is.
 
That is exactly what true OCD is. I know this because I actually have OCD, and it sucks. Once when I was like 15 years old a thought popped in my head that if I didn't walk down the street and step on a particular section of the sidewalk 32 times my mother would die. Which meant I had to walk down the street and step on a certain spot on the sidewalk, then walk all the way back home and repeat this action 32 times in a row. Needless to say it took a while. Another time when I was older I took a different way home from work than my usual route, and later my mother called me and told me my father had to go to the hospital because he thought he was having a stroke. I blamed myself because I had changed up my normal routine. So I never took different way home from work again after that. I could list a thousand more examples, but you get the idea.

However, besides the negative thoughts I also have something of a compulsion to buy multiples of some figures that I really like. In fact, I sometimes don't even consider that I own certain figures until I have at least two or three of them. There are even some Batman and Spider-Man figures that I have five or more of, and I don't really know why, but It's not to sell them. Quite the opposite in fact. I would find it stressful to part with them. For example, I had seven blue Hush Batman figures (don't ask), and about a year ago I decided to sell one of them, and I almost immediately regretted it, and still do to this day. I don't know if it's OCD related or not, but it probably is.
I know that existence. You're among friends.
 
So I’ve checked out MTS, EE, and BBTS for deals as well as ToySnowMan, CMD, and Figurineforall. And my conclusion is that I’m pretty much where I wanna be. Nothing out that I want/need from Todd, so my focus is now on what’s next and how much further we can go in a year.

But if you’re hunting for something, I’d urge you to check out some of these sites. There are some great deals to be had depending on what you’re looking for.
 
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