Quitting/putting collecting on pause

[altcunningham]

I feel like the source protection is mostly specific to Hasbro. One reason why I don't watch early release videos. I don't see it as much in 1/6. "Limited to 1,500? Who the fuck cares, this store has it or try that one."

Which makes it funnier.

 

[Ultra Seven]

I like to remind myself that at the end of the day, it's my fucking hobby. It shouldn't be stressful, it shouldn't be competitive, and it shouldn't come with any feelings of obligation. It's a hobby.

I went to a flea market over the weekend. I entertained the thought of leaving at the crack of dawn to get there when it opened so that "the good stuff wasn't picked over." Then I decided that I wanted to sleep later than six o'clock on Sunday. Because it's a hobby. I have decades to finish my set of Remco Mini Monsters.

 

[Damien]

Agreed. Best thing I ever did was stop giving a fuck if I get a thing. I still don't have Masterverse movie Blade, which really sucks like.. a lot. But it is what it is. It'll turn up one day OR I'll stop caring about that particular collection. Either way, I can't make it a thing I worry about.

 

[canprime]

My biggest struggle in toy collecting, honestly, has -always- been the way collectors treat each other. I really try to push the idea of community. Help each other out, be there for each other, argue and fight but have each other's backs and support each other where we can. But the not only willingness, but seeming glee with which collectors will fuck each other over is so incredibly dispiriting.

EVERYONE!!!

Shun this man!!! He is not one of us!!!! BOOOO!!!!! HISS!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree. One of the things that I find annoying is those few collectors who try to give you a sob story, or say it is for my kids, and so you give them a deal on something and then you see them trying to sell the item you sold them for much higher.

They are the ones who definitely should be shunned!!!!!

 

[Ru1977]

Last year, my son wanted to sell all his GI Joe figures so I handled that for him and he was able to buy a new computer with the money, but that was the best when someone offered me less on one and said "It's for my kid." And I was able to say, "And I'm selling it for my kid, price is firm."

 

[altcunningham]

The reverse of that is when I pick up toys at stores precisely because a kid is told, No, he can't have it.

Life's tough, kid. I didn't even want this Batman. But I'm an adult and I can. Enjoy your homework, scrub.

 

[Ru1977]

You're not they hero they need but the one they deserve.

 

[altcunningham]

Having worked at Toys R Us and Software Etc when they put collectibles under limits, I just can't take any pity or put any trust in "my kid".

You've never taken your kid in the store in your life and all of a sudden you want to hook them up with Pokemon cards or special edition Gameboys for the family?

I don't think so.

 

[TheRealSmallville]

EVERYONE!!!

Shun this man!!! He is not one of us!!!! BOOOO!!!!! HISS!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree. One of the things that I find annoying is those few collectors who try to give you a sob story, or say it is for my kids, and so you give them a deal on something and then you see them trying to sell the item you sold them for much higher.

They are the ones who definitely should be shunned!!!!!

Except in my case, it really is one of my four kids that I need the deal for. You see, when Mrs. Smallville and I got together, we never planned on having three children but, well, here we are! And the kids come first, you know? Especially when he has cancer, I mean he tries really hard to be brave but its hard for her, you know? I mean, woof, there's 5 of the little bastards running around, and two of them are sick? C'mon, man. Give me a deal so I can get her kids off my back, will ya?

Gee-whiz.

 

[altcunningham]

It's like the time I saw the sign that said Watch for Children, which seemed a good deal, but the mother didn't want to deal at all.