Raven
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Forgive the long post, but I have a lot on my mind and hope you guys can help. Here goes...
I've been going round and round on this decision, and I need to draw a line. As much as I might WANT to collect both lines, I just can't financially handle it right now. So a choice must be made. So far, my collection has been mainly Star Wars (been collecting for several years now), and I managed to miss out on some of the finer Marvel pieces so far from Sideshow (something I really regret now that Sentinel and Doom are so expensive and outside my buying range), but the more I look at the Marvel, the more it's drawing me. It could take some time to reorganize, sell off some Star Wars and much time probably to find the others for an affordable price to fill the collection. It would be a lot of work BUT I could do it if I chose. The other option is to get the things most likely to go through the roof in price now, and hold the others for a rainy day down the road. Whether that be Marvel or Star Wars.
Now I don't want you to think I'm motivated only by money, as I'm a fan of both Star Wars and Marvel, but it's always nice to know I didn't put my money into something I like only to find out I could have put it toward something else that I liked equally and had a greater chance of selling for more IF the time came I had to part with it. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. So that being said, do you think the Marvel or Star Wars will be harder to get for a decent price down the road maybe a year or two from now? The Marvel exclusives for example have a pretty low run, but is that likely to win out over the popularity of Star Wars? But then I guess Marvel characters are pretty popular too huh?
Here's an example of one of the choices I could make - I could buy 4 Sideshow Exclusive Star Wars 12" for roughly the same price (maybe a little less) than one Marvel statue. If the Star Wars stuff keeps going up in price, maybe less than that. The question is, do you think the 4 Star Wars exclusives are a better (for lack of a better word) "investment" than the one statue? The Doom and Sentinel pieces seem to have shot through the roof, but do you think the Star Wars will follow or are the Marvel pieces going to be the better bet for collectability and will thus be harder to find for decent prices a year or more from now? Right now, you can buy most of the exclusive Star Wars 12" for less than double the price of the regular, which tops around $100. But then I look at the Doom and Sentinel pieces that have easily gone almost 3 times their original price. Do you think this is a trend, or is it probably just the popularity of those two? Do you think the Marvel pieces will ever approach Balrog or Cave Troll status? It would be cool to get on the ground floor of that!
And then there's the whole impressiveness in person factor. The Marvel probably wins out on that end right? But then there is the Jabba coming out shortly which would actually make a GREAT display environment for the 12" SW. And of course the PF's, but as a whole I've not really been drawn to the PF's like I have the actual statues. Oh sure one or two have caught my eye, but not really enough to change direction drasticly. Plus there's just something about the cloth on polystone that bugs me. Bowen fans will probably understand. Anyway...
I know some of you might say "get what you like" but what if you like BOTH and can't decide? I can't afford both, nor do I have space for it at the moment really, and I'm asking more what you would buy FIRST if you had to make the choice, and to avoid spending any more than you had to in the long run. Space issues aside of course.
And lastly, a point blank question - From an unbiased point of view, based on all the questions I've posed in this thread, would you buy the Wolverine Exclusive Comiquette before 4 Exclusive 12" Star Wars to hold on to for a collection that may someday be sold? Or for that matter, Jabba?
What do you think? We're all fans, so please help a fan out!
Ok, I'm done now.
Thanks for your help!
I've been going round and round on this decision, and I need to draw a line. As much as I might WANT to collect both lines, I just can't financially handle it right now. So a choice must be made. So far, my collection has been mainly Star Wars (been collecting for several years now), and I managed to miss out on some of the finer Marvel pieces so far from Sideshow (something I really regret now that Sentinel and Doom are so expensive and outside my buying range), but the more I look at the Marvel, the more it's drawing me. It could take some time to reorganize, sell off some Star Wars and much time probably to find the others for an affordable price to fill the collection. It would be a lot of work BUT I could do it if I chose. The other option is to get the things most likely to go through the roof in price now, and hold the others for a rainy day down the road. Whether that be Marvel or Star Wars.
Now I don't want you to think I'm motivated only by money, as I'm a fan of both Star Wars and Marvel, but it's always nice to know I didn't put my money into something I like only to find out I could have put it toward something else that I liked equally and had a greater chance of selling for more IF the time came I had to part with it. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. So that being said, do you think the Marvel or Star Wars will be harder to get for a decent price down the road maybe a year or two from now? The Marvel exclusives for example have a pretty low run, but is that likely to win out over the popularity of Star Wars? But then I guess Marvel characters are pretty popular too huh?
Here's an example of one of the choices I could make - I could buy 4 Sideshow Exclusive Star Wars 12" for roughly the same price (maybe a little less) than one Marvel statue. If the Star Wars stuff keeps going up in price, maybe less than that. The question is, do you think the 4 Star Wars exclusives are a better (for lack of a better word) "investment" than the one statue? The Doom and Sentinel pieces seem to have shot through the roof, but do you think the Star Wars will follow or are the Marvel pieces going to be the better bet for collectability and will thus be harder to find for decent prices a year or more from now? Right now, you can buy most of the exclusive Star Wars 12" for less than double the price of the regular, which tops around $100. But then I look at the Doom and Sentinel pieces that have easily gone almost 3 times their original price. Do you think this is a trend, or is it probably just the popularity of those two? Do you think the Marvel pieces will ever approach Balrog or Cave Troll status? It would be cool to get on the ground floor of that!
And then there's the whole impressiveness in person factor. The Marvel probably wins out on that end right? But then there is the Jabba coming out shortly which would actually make a GREAT display environment for the 12" SW. And of course the PF's, but as a whole I've not really been drawn to the PF's like I have the actual statues. Oh sure one or two have caught my eye, but not really enough to change direction drasticly. Plus there's just something about the cloth on polystone that bugs me. Bowen fans will probably understand. Anyway...
I know some of you might say "get what you like" but what if you like BOTH and can't decide? I can't afford both, nor do I have space for it at the moment really, and I'm asking more what you would buy FIRST if you had to make the choice, and to avoid spending any more than you had to in the long run. Space issues aside of course.
And lastly, a point blank question - From an unbiased point of view, based on all the questions I've posed in this thread, would you buy the Wolverine Exclusive Comiquette before 4 Exclusive 12" Star Wars to hold on to for a collection that may someday be sold? Or for that matter, Jabba?
What do you think? We're all fans, so please help a fan out!
Ok, I'm done now.
Thanks for your help!