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What are you collecting and why? Do you collect everything from a franchise, company or certain kind (like an animal)? Do you pick and choose? Do you have any rules like you buy only a certain scale or X amount of toys per month? Do you make sure that all your toys fit in together? What are the things you wish you've known before you started? Anything you regret? Not just a single toy but maybe even a whole part of your collection?

I collect magical girl toys from the showa and early heisei eras. Live action tokusatsu and anime. I have some more modern stuff too, though im more selective with modern stuff.

>>11600571
>I collect magical girl toys from the showa and early heisei eras.
You mean their wands and mirror things?

>>11600573
Yeah. Wands, compacts, batons, pendants, etc.

action figures; superheroes, stuff from cartoons, anime, and some coomer stuff
not really, theres alot of duds and repaints i dont care for and i don't have much space (i just got the second shelf less than a month ago, NOW i have space but most of the time i dont) for a while i did collect everything from snail shell but after ambra i realized that not everything they release is that great
Back then no but now yes because this hobby really adds up and gets expensive after a while. plus i don't want to hoard
i exclusively collect 1/12th scale or 1/11th scale (like marvel legends or neca in some cases) as for amount not really. sometimes i buy 5 cheap domestic figures other times i buy one expensive import it really depends on the month
i try to, it's the reason i avoid larger companies like storm collectibles, mcfarlane or diamond select. im a really autist about scale
that everything will always be avalible online, you don't HAVE to immediately buy that $80 figure that you kinda like, it'll always be on ebay for maybe $10 - $30 dollars higher but there nonetheless.
not really, if i sold something it's because i didn't love it as much as i thought i would. i sold both of the joyride sonic and shadow figures complete with their red bases and don't regret it to this day

what about you OP?

>>What are you collecting and why?
I started the /toy/ stuff with warhammer 40k. Got a Mcfarlane sister of battle for my book shelve and thought I was done. Then I saw the joytoy line and ended up getting two more from them, now for the second I needed something small to get free shipping and bought a gundam kit.
Which I loved so much that I got into gunpla.
A few months later amazon showed me the JadaToys Street Fighter figures which looked amazing and they were also cheap compared to the warhammer figures So I got Chun Li and later Cammie and Ryu, I plan to get more at some point.
I thought I would like to have a classic fantasy dungeon diorama I bought He-Man origins figures because they are cheap and give a nice fantasy flair. Now I have eight (8) and kinda regret all of them. Like seriously I just bought them so fast without even really thinking or interacting with the ones I already had that I have no clue what even happend. Every single one got issues, screwed up paint jobs, loose joints or straight up damaged plastic.
>What are the things you wish you've known before you started?
Space is an issue so don't just buy the cheapest gunpla kits. Never ever just buy and buy without really thinking about the purchases and not even unpack them before ordering more.
>Anything you regret? Not just a single toy but maybe even a whole part of your collection?
So I would say the Origins line is, as a whole, my biggest regret.

>>11600643
>So I would say the Origins line is, as a whole, my biggest regret.
You sure like taking pictures with them. :)

>>11600649
I have to justify the money I spend and the time it took to build the background somehow. I'm straight up coping.

>>11600656
I'm just messing with you, I like your stuff. Photography's a good way to make this hobby seem like not so much of a money sink, yeh.

>>11600545 (OP)
I collect 1/12 scale figures from various franchises I enjoy. Marvel Legends is my main line I collect, I have a pretty extensive Marvel Universe built now, but I collect stuff from all sorts of franchises. I'm not a comlletionist in that I finish i lonely but I'll build a team of characters if I like the team in the source material.

>>11600643
This is a rad pic.

>>11600545 (OP)
I don't really collect a certain line, just characters I really like. I started kinda just getting stuff I thought looked neat. I regret that because space becomes an issue fast in this hobby.

>>11600545 (OP)
I've only just started so my collection is tiny and I kind of hope it doesn't get too big, but already I can see how people end up with huge collections because there's so many cool figures.
My plan is not to collect lines but just to buy a variety of particular figures that spark interest. Ones that I'd have fun posing with each other and take funny pics of.
I can't pinpoint why but I prefer obscure, almost generic figures.
Maybe that's how everyone starts out. I just know that if I bought a single NECA TMNT figure it'd feel incomplete and I'd need to drain my wallet buying them all.

>>11600804
>I can't pinpoint why but I prefer obscure, almost generic figures.
These fit with pretty much anything.

>>11600804
At least with tmnt there's only four of them.

>>11600810
Yeah - April, Donatello, Grandma Bebop... I forget the last one.

>>11600545 (OP)
I pick and choose. Same lines or completion is rarely the goal, but I mostly get anything that inspires play. For every new toy I buy, I pretend they were mysteriously airdropped from somewhere and everyone either works with or against each other til they find sanctuary

>>11600864
You're being disingenuous. :)

>>11600884
I am though Grandma Bebop is the kind of thing that appeals to me instead of a turtle since it's such a wacky character that would be fun to put with others.

>>11600545 (OP)
I started collecting because I wanted DC and Marvel teams, JL and X-Men (+ Spider-Man and Iron Man) in particular.
Took a bit of time because collecting a proper Justice League is pure hell given how shitty most of the lines are, especially DC Essentials and now McFarlane

Just a month ago, I bought my first Storm Arena Street Fighter figures, a Voltron robot, and Monkey D. Luffy and Son Goku when I was in Japan but those were just impulse buys because I had the option to get everything for cheap and all of those characters have a legit place in my heart. Not planning to expand on those except for maybe Street Fighter

Scales are only important to me in-line so I wouldn't mix 6 and 7 scale for Marvel characters for example. I use single rows for different characters so that way, they fit together perfectly

Nothing I really regret because I only purchase stuff when I really want it. The only thing that comes close is the Love Triangle Marvel Legends pack because now I'm considering switching to the newer Marvel Legends Cyclops and Jean Grey figures because they are closer to the animated series designs

>>11600571
>I collect magical girl toys from the showa and early heisei eras
Is there any place online where you show off these? I want to see it

>>11600545 (OP)
>What are you collecting and why?
Shitloads. Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Anime, video games, Sci-fi and horror, etc. As for why, I played with toys up until I was around 13, then when I lost that imaginative spark just started putting them on a shelf instead, like my father before me. I think of them both as décor and a reminder of happier times.
>Do you collect everything from a franchise, company or certain kind (like an animal)? Do you pick and choose?
No. I try to complete teams, but I usually have a set amount of space for a series/team and don't buy beyond that. Like, I've got a single detolf dedicated to my Dragon Ball SHFs so I'm not going crazy on Namek figures because they'd need at least an entire shelf to themselves.
>Do you have any rules like you buy only a certain scale or X amount of toys per month?
For action figures, I only collect 1/10 and 1/12. I try to stick to no more than two figures of the same character(not counting transformations) But I still have 3+ of some of my favorites like Batman, Kratos, Thor, etc. Lately, I've also been getting rid of a figure when I buy a new one because I'm pretty much out of space and am not a fan of rotating.
>Do you make sure that all your toys fit in together?
I mostly keep stuff from the same series together unless it's a series that doesn't have many figures or that I only wanted a few from.
>What are the things you wish you've known before you started? Anything you regret?
Honestly? How easy it is to get overwhelmed. Even when I was at my peak, I was only buying a few figures a month, but after 16 years in this hobby, even with donating or selling some figures along the way, I've amassed around 400 figures. It's mostly contained to my home office and is properly displayed, but still feels overwhelming. Nowadays, I've gotten very lazy about action figures and have a few dozen I haven't even opened, so statues have been appealing to me more.

>>11600662
>>11600667
thank you very much. Spend 2 hours yesterday just taking pictures.

>>11601353
It's addictive, right? Creating feels better than consooming all the time.

Almost all my toys 95%+ are related to a franchise that I have an emotional and even a childhood connection to. At first, I wanted to replace some toys that were lost post college, but I realized that would be absurdly expensive and was unnecessary and not even that satisfying, although a bit interesting as a chase/mystery/pursuit thing at the start.

I collect because I've always collected - at one point, it was books and then music (and sometimes both), but once I kept moving, especially clear across country several times, and sometimes up and down a big state, I kept getting rid of physical stuff so now it's almost all digital or non-existent.

I don't really have rules. Or that just this franchise, which is more of a economics thing. I do agree that stuff needs to look interesting or good together but I'm not attached to articulating toys next to a maquette or figurine or even a statue divide.

And finally, I agree with this anon's final statement: >>11601282

>>11600545 (OP)
My biggest collection is by far my GI Joe Classified collection. I have a little bit of everything but GI Joe has been my jam since I was old enough to say the words. I haven't even seen my entire GI Joe collection all in one place out of their storage bins because it would take up a lot of space and I'd have to put it all back away.

For 6" scale I also have most of the Indiana Jones Adventure Series line and a few Black Seires Star Wars figures, and the odd custom figure here and there, and I got some IDW TMNT figures from Loyal Subjects before that line ended (RIP). I've been slowly collecting some vintage Lord of the Rings Toybiz figures with the intention of customizing and improving them, but that's a backburned project. Also I have some MOTU New Eternia figures and a few random one or two off licensed figures from movies and shows.

Beyond that, I have some 3.75" GI Joe figures and vehicles, mostly in the 25A style, and not much in the way of O-rings, my childhood ones all broke and I think I've only found like 2 of them. I started collecting figures and vehicles Star Wars Vintage Collection after giving away all my 90s Kenner toys a few years ago, and I have some Re-Action and Playmobile Back to the Future toys (which are acutally cross compatible with a few minor modifications to the car). Lastly, I have some big Godzilla and Kong toys and some Jurassic Park dinosaurs. Not a lot but I figured they were worth mentioning.

GI Joe in particular has always stuck with me. I grew up with the cartoon and always liked the characters, and one day I found some of my old toys in a box that was enough to rekindle my interest in them. I went on eBay and figured I'd just get a few 25A figures because at the time they were cheap, but once I got my first classified figure it was RIP wallet time.

i collect for she

>>11600643
Going from 40k kits to gunpla kits is like going from black & white to color television

I first searched for Titanfall figs and bought a rare McFarlane one as well as a Funko. Both of those were my first and last of those brands.
I guess looking around got me interested in Hot Toys reviews, and I was impressed with the quality and posability of the figures. Ended up buying the Iron Man MK7. Size felt just too much so I grabbed the threezero version and fell in love with 1/10 - 1/12. Grabbed a few more threezero figures and the Iron spider led me to Spider-Man figs. Grabbed Spider-Man Sentinel figs and while waiting for shipping I decided to visit a physical shop in town, where I grabbed the Batman Hush reissue, and then fell in love with mafex. Grabbed a few of the Maven hush and Spider-Man figs but that Batman also revived my 90s kid love for the animated series as well as the game..right when the LEGO sets and LPZZ and InArt put out all those masterpieces.
I dont regret any single one I have, but it gets harder to play with all of them frequently. I always have a couple on my desk while I work, currently sentinel figs and the blue hush.
I also enjoy the news and reviews of new toys, particularly the newer Chinese brands. Looking at the neca Gargoyles brought back some memories and I'm considering rewatching Gargoyles and Batman TAS now.
Posing figs makes me happy and helps me with my anxiety, helps me when work gets stressful too. Getting amazing new figs is fun, to play with and to admire.

What: Busou Shinki
Why: Mecha musume is cool

>>11603414
Beautiful. I almost picked up that Nendoroid chibi one.

>>11600545 (OP)
>What are you collecting and why?
Beast Wars, TMNT, Mighty Max, Street Sharks, Toxic Crusaders, Super Naturals, Food Fighters, Some Japanese toys and robots. I like the engineers of transforming robots and Beast Wars is the coolest version of that for me. The rest are mostly things where I had a couple as a kid. My parents took me to a lot of museums as when I was young and I really enjoy having my own mini toy museum in my office.

>Do you collect everything from a franchise, company or certain kind (like an animal)?
Yeah I like collecting towards a complete line or series of something and I think it's fun to slowly piece together to display. I want to start decorating my displays with backdrops so they're more like old magazine adverts.

>Do you pick and choose?
I buy a lot of bulk lots/collections to save a bit of money and then sell off extras while keeping the best condition pieces. Cleaning down, restoring and finding missing pieces for toys before selling has helped me break even or make a tiny profit on some stuff while also building up my own collection.

>Do you have any rules like you buy only a certain scale or X amount of toys per month?
I pretty much exclusively buy vintage toys except for some Figma Table Museum stuff, a few Gundams and Ghibli toys. Something about the 80's/90's era toys really do it for me especially in terms of packaging.

>Do you make sure that all your toys fit in together?
I like displaying toys group together in their lines or series releases.

>What are the things you wish you've known before you started?
Buy bulk, buy collections, buy complete or at least very near complete figures in good or restorable condition because you will go fucking insane trying to get that last missile and those missing stickers and scuffed paint will weigh on your conscious.

>Anything you regret?
I regret sleeping on a lot of stuff pre-covid like Might Max variants and night fighter Street Sharks that are now crazy expensive.

>>11600918
I sincerely doubt that Michael has all of that invested in modern anime and capeshit figures when he's complained about the lack of room for his massive vintage collection.

>>11608549
80s holograms really need to make a comeback.

>>11608652
It sucks that all the holo toys just didnt perform well. I love Super Naturals but it really is a weird as fuck toy line I can see why it died. I really wish the comics had hologram covers some of the art is excellent.

>>11608678
Uncanny X-Men #304, X-Men #25, and X-Factor #92 had hologram-insert covers. As far as I know no one ever did a full-page hologram cover.

>>11608688
To add to it, there were a lot of holo-foil covers in the 90s. They're not the same as a hologram, but they're still cool enough.

>>11608688
Shit forgot pic. Derp.

>>11608549
Toy museums really flipped a switch in my brain as a kid, especially the old dollhouse displays. Then my parents bought me sylvanian families and I’ve never really stopped collecting those, even though I gave the bulk of my collection to a friend’s daughter who is obsessed with them.

>>11608652
How new are you? That's just some collection from a guy that posts here, mainly in the SHF and Dragon Ball threads with retardblastings logo watermarked on. It's some form of trolling or something, really I don't know what it is but it's related to retrospamming. You don't th8nk that dork actually posts here do you?

>>11608700
Dude, these were the shit back then. But my allowance wouldnt stretch far enough to buy them so i only ever had the few i traded for or got as gift.

>>11608724
>You don't th8nk that dork actually posts here do you?
He actually has a few times.

>>11608735
I can absolutely guarantee it wasn't him.

>>11608724
Michael has talked about 4chan in videos yes

I collect way too much shit

>Marvel figures
love me spideys, simple as (plus i'll pick up random characters and other stuff I see that i want, but mostly Marvel. Although i've cut back as prices have gone up
>Pez
I've been collecting Pez since I was little, and I still enjoy it but now I only target specific ones or exclusives
>Pokemon
Pretty much all encompassing Pokemon merch from the plush, figures, cards etc
>Lego
I have a sizeable Lego collection from when i was little to now. I used to get every new Polybag that came out when i used to have a bigger display area but i cut that back when we moved to a new house so now i just have my favorites up and haven't really bought anything new in a while
>Funko
unfortunately, i've picked up funko pops here and there and now have a bunch of the little fuckers. Most aren't on display, just the Pokemon ones and the Ben 10 ones now

This is in addition to shit I HAVE collected and haven't gotten rid of, like Ben 10, Secret Saturdays, Generator Rex, misc Disney memorabilia, Stitch, misc Nickelodeon, misc Cartoon Network/Hanna Barbera shit, all kinds of older Disney/Nick/Beckett magazines.

Like goddamn.

I actually enjoy all the stuff i have in my collection, and i already know its going to be very very hard for me to get rid of anything in the future, but I have been downsizing the stuff as much as possible. I like collecting i think for some of the thrill of the hunt, and also just seeing what companies are putting out.