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Tokusatsu, merchandising and rampant consumerism (yipee!)
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11-05-2020, 11:44 AM
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ShiShiLeo
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Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: USA
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This might be anathema to folks around here, but I throw away all the boxes and packaging for all toys and collectibles (except for Figuarts because they are fragile otherwise!)
I do this for a couple of reason. At first it was to save valuable space, but also to curb buying and conspicuous consumerism spending. If you buy something only for it to sit inside a box for most of its life, what's the point? Are you enjoying the item itself, or just the idea of owning it; and the slight promise of reselling it- which again begs the question of how important is the thing really to you if you would just resell it.
I spend a lot of time in the enthusiast PC gaming crowd and I'm always surprised to see the way people have worshiped material items. They keep and display the boxes of their CPU chips, mouse and keyboard packaging, and sometimes straight up adverts like promo posters and stickers! Companies truly have it made in today's consumerism culture with people willingly advertising their products for them. Logos have become the fashion.
To bring it back around, I think its important to be able to look at your collection, and consider your relationship and attachment with it. How likely are you to sell something when the time comes? What would you take with you if you were forced to evacuate your residence?
A collection should bring you joy, it should never stress you out, and it should create or reminds us of meaningful
experiences
rather than the material value itself.
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