What are your rules of collecting? Any exceptions to the rules?

I really only have one rule for my collection. By and large, it is one figure per character. My only Batman is the 1966 version. My only Spider-Man will ever be the Homecoming version. Most of my Avengers are AOU. My only exception is Iron Man; however, with the Suit Up Gantry, I think I may have hit my limit with that character.

How about you?

Seriously now, wtf.

When collecting Star Wars my focus is Original Trilogy Imperials only. With Terminator, I just collect T1 and T2 Endoskeletons. All this helps me with the limited budget and display space.

As long as i'm not in debt, it's all good.

Only figures from sci-fi/adventure/fantasy/comic book. And only 1 per franchise.

Only one per character. But I have the first two catwoman pfs...
Only 1/4 scale... But I have one 1/3 and more on order.
Only comic pieces, not film... Oh well, it seems I have no rules any more lol

Get what I want and can afford.

I’m down to buying about nothing since all Sideshow does is rehashed characters that I already have

Aside from a handful of characters, I try to limit myself to one iteration of most. And I could care less if they are all from the same movie (like Avengers figures), I’m more interested in having a version of each character that I like the best, rather than this is how they looked in the same movie as the other characters next to them.

Only characters I feel a significant emotional connection to.

Only 1/6 figures and horses, plus a few 1/1 prop replicas if I like these particular objects and can afford them / have the space.

No statues. Exception: Weeping Angel, that just has to be a statue. Also the fairy statues that I used to collect before I started with movie / tv show related stuff.

No completism. Bad experiences with that sort of mindset when I started collecting, thankfully came to my senses.

I get what I can afford and I don't screw anyone over. Simple.