So far i remember the 1st time i quit toys was around teen, where toys are no longer interesting. Only bought some Gundams coz it's fun to build them.
Then i started buying them when Japanese started coming up with Toys of classic robots/characters & really on a whole different level.
After few years, the whole collectible market really bloomed, many people started to jump into the game, prices started to soar, things were getting harder to get, economy were going down, the hobby getting more expensive, quit the 2nd time.
With 6 months of not spending a single dime on the hobby, started buying a few more stuff when i found alternatives to ebay, but this time the buying was much less, but soon i realize i'm running out of space, & have already gotten most of the things i wanted, gave up trying to recollect vintage lines i wanted to like MASK & Dino Riders & those that were now too expensive to own, and the whole HT Ironman fad pretty much shadowed everything else. Quit for the 3rd time.
Now despite still buying stuff, and actually buying more than before, i focus more on the monetary side, since there's rarely any new stuffs that i really really wanted, and the interest on those that i never managed to get faded, i focus on buying stuffs that i have some interest, at lower price, that can be easily let go with some small profit, to cover items that i decided to keep. Maybe the economy is getting worse, but it's become more of a buying/selling game. i don't preorder any HT products so i can sell it off, coz they cost too much and the waiting time is too long, i just focus on niche markets that is not Hot Toys or Enterbay.
So how bout you guys? Have you ever decided to quit the game, and whether your buying habits & mentality on collecting has changed? For me Money & Space played an important part in changing my buying habits. There were times where i wished i can sell everything off in 1 go and have a Zen like place to stay in.
Then i started buying them when Japanese started coming up with Toys of classic robots/characters & really on a whole different level.
After few years, the whole collectible market really bloomed, many people started to jump into the game, prices started to soar, things were getting harder to get, economy were going down, the hobby getting more expensive, quit the 2nd time.
With 6 months of not spending a single dime on the hobby, started buying a few more stuff when i found alternatives to ebay, but this time the buying was much less, but soon i realize i'm running out of space, & have already gotten most of the things i wanted, gave up trying to recollect vintage lines i wanted to like MASK & Dino Riders & those that were now too expensive to own, and the whole HT Ironman fad pretty much shadowed everything else. Quit for the 3rd time.
Now despite still buying stuff, and actually buying more than before, i focus more on the monetary side, since there's rarely any new stuffs that i really really wanted, and the interest on those that i never managed to get faded, i focus on buying stuffs that i have some interest, at lower price, that can be easily let go with some small profit, to cover items that i decided to keep. Maybe the economy is getting worse, but it's become more of a buying/selling game. i don't preorder any HT products so i can sell it off, coz they cost too much and the waiting time is too long, i just focus on niche markets that is not Hot Toys or Enterbay.
So how bout you guys? Have you ever decided to quit the game, and whether your buying habits & mentality on collecting has changed? For me Money & Space played an important part in changing my buying habits. There were times where i wished i can sell everything off in 1 go and have a Zen like place to stay in.
