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08-14-2020, 10:10 PM | #861 |
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Congrats! How many boxes and figures was that total? I'm still working though my huge shipment, finished everything Zero-One and got started on Zi-O. Should hopefully be able to finish it soon!
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08-14-2020, 11:48 PM | #862 |
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I am completely on the other end of the spectrum, where not only have I not even inventoried what I got in from the Deepsea SO-DO Split Of 2020, but I got a shipping notification from Bluefin that my Golden Kuuga guys should be in Tuesday. And I got at least one set of SO-DO sitting at AmiAmi! Maybe 2! And it should be three by the end of this month! And the Accel/Trial/Skull 3-pack is supposed to show up at BBTS this month! I AM DROWNING OVER HERE. In fact, you know what? Let me go the other way from Deepsea's post and show off the shit I haven't opened yet, to try and generate enough shame (internally or externally) to start actually opening and enjoying these tiny plastic mans. I am exhausted just thinking about trying to type out what's in that photo. If I finish this pile by January I'm going to feel pretty goddamn proud.
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08-15-2020, 03:04 AM | #863 |
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I am horrifically jealous of all of you.
I'd love to get a complete series set someday but for now I have neither the money nor the space. |
08-15-2020, 09:44 AM | #864 |
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Edit: Wait I forgot the ride plus sets and AI 5.5 so it's actually closer to 105. You see Die, the thing is I have had nothing but free time since the whole shelter in place thing, so this was mostly me just filling time. Quote:
I am completely on the other end of the spectrum, where not only have I not even inventoried what I got in from the Deepsea SO-DO Split Of 2020, but I got a shipping notification from Bluefin that my Golden Kuuga guys should be in Tuesday. And I got at least one set of SO-DO sitting at AmiAmi! Maybe 2! And it should be three by the end of this month! And the Accel/Trial/Skull 3-pack is supposed to show up at BBTS this month! I AM DROWNING OVER HERE.
In fact, you know what? Let me go the other way from Deepsea's post and show off the shit I haven't opened yet, to try and generate enough shame (internally or externally) to start actually opening and enjoying these tiny plastic mans. *Img Snip* I am exhausted just thinking about trying to type out what's in that photo. If I finish this pile by January I'm going to feel pretty goddamn proud. I hope you can find yourself in a space where collecting these becomes more viable!
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08-15-2020, 02:54 PM | #865 |
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When I get into collecting something, I tend to go crazy with acquiring, to a degree that I end up having more than I can enjoy. When I was first getting into plastic robot toys, I'd spent a few months getting new figures without opening any, leading to a gigantic pile of boxed figures that completely stressed me out. I ended up returning a bunch to Target, just to stop seeing them at home. Since then, I try to make sure that I open stuff shortly after getting it, so I don't get that anxiety-inducing backlog. ...which is exactly what I've got right now with SO-DO, for almost the exact same reasons. I was so excited to buy stuff, to tick things off a checklist, but now they're just multiplying in a closet somewhere instead of being enjoyed. It's turned something that should be fun into something approaching an obligation. Like, I need to start opening these things to reduce the pile. But, like, now it feels like a chore. It's not a fun new figure I've just put together, it's a tiny dent in a giant plastic mountain. I don't know. It's a problem I've always had, and this is just the newest, most recent expression of it. The good news is, I think I'm taking steps to correct it? Talking about it helps. I've decided to not preorder any Saber stuff, so that'll stem the tide a bit. I'm going to try to open at least one box a night, right before bed, and see if that can slowly whittle away at the pile, while still being enjoyable. I got problems, you guys. Scheduling is one of them, but it ain't the only one.
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08-15-2020, 04:28 PM | #866 |
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I have a passion for toys the same as anything else, but a lot of the way I engage with that is from a distance. SO-DO is pretty much the perfect example. Watching this whole saga of craziness as Bandai effectively doubled the price/quality of the usual candy toy figures for Ex-Aid, decided they would make everything when it turned out to be a success, and then kept adding joints and detail over the years to the point those early Ex-Aid figures compared the newest Chronicle stuff look almost like the Ghost figures compared to those early Ex-Aid figures? Completely fascinating to me! And yet I don't feel compelled to pick any of it up. Like, and I really hope this doesn't come off like I'm calling you a cautionary tale, which is not at all my intent(!), but seeing some of these conversations, and especially that particular quote from you, has really got me thinking how grateful I kind of am to be in the position I am. Like I can just admire tiny plastic mans from a distance, and that's fun and satisfying and valid in its own way. Maybe the point is that there's levels? It's okay to not have anything, and it can be just as okay to have ALL the things, if that's feasible enough, but no matter what, it's probably most important to just be honest with yourself and what you really want. Or something. I kind of feel a little bad that the first time I'm engaging with this chunk of the forum immediately turned into a wordy lecture (What do you know? I got problems too!), so hopefully what I'm saying at least makes sense!
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08-15-2020, 04:53 PM | #867 |
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Like, and I really hope this doesn't come off like I'm calling you a cautionary tale, which is not at all my intent(!), but seeing some of these conversations, and especially that particular quote from you, has really got me thinking how grateful I kind of am to be in the position I am. Like I can just admire tiny plastic mans from a distance, and that's fun and satisfying and valid in its own way.
Maybe the point is that there's levels? It's okay to not have anything, and it can be just as okay to have ALL the things, if that's feasible enough, but no matter what, it's probably most important to just be honest with yourself and what you really want. Or something. I kind of feel a little bad that the first time I'm engaging with this chunk of the forum immediately turned into a wordy lecture (What do you know? I got problems too!), so hopefully what I'm saying at least makes sense! The thing that makes this behavior so endlessly repeatable for me, the New Interest > Buy One > Buy More > Buy Too Many > Reckoning, is that it's fun to buy them. That's the part of my brain that gets me into trouble. Always has, probably always will. I catch it sooner now, and it's never really been anything greater than something that stresses me out (I do not have financial problems because of these behaviors), but it's still something I can't totally compensate for. Like, finding that elusive SO-DO for a good price? Or finding enough stuff for a big Mandarake shipment? That releases chemicals in my brain on the same level as actually having a thing. Still, eventually it all becomes too much, and then the high wears off or whatever. Getting new things becomes a burden, a frustration. The pendulum swings back, and I can start to get things under control. Like, I still buy plenty of plastic robot toys, but I buy a reasonable ("reasonable") amount, and I make it a point to open them quicker. Having things... honestly, I don't know if I'd be happier having nothing? Maybe. I see the value of it, the admiring from a distance of it all. I'm that way with Figuarts. I've got strict rules about what I get, and the rest of it is just looking at galleries or hearing what people are excited about. That's plenty for me and that part of the fandom. I think... I don't know. I think that I'm, overall, doing okay. I don't want these posts to make it sound like SO-DO is ruining my life or anything. I got a backlog, it's a bummer, but it's not the end of the world. It's not a permanent state. I got behaviors that have been with me since I was a kid, and they make collecting... problematic, but it can still be fun if I know my limitations. I don't always, or even often, but it's something I can work on. I'm sorry if I made this thread uncomfortable! I like these tiny plastic mans! I like all of you! It's okay for you to like tiny plastic mans if that's something that makes you happy! Wheeeeee!
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08-15-2020, 05:20 PM | #868 |
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I kinda feel like a broken record saying this again, but whenever this topic comes up I always do feel the need to bring up how important it was for me to question why I want to buy things and how much fun I'll really have with them.
Like, so, for instance. I've got a friend who's super into collecting, and the other day I was talking to him about the few human figures SHF has done like Takeshi Hongou and Ankh. I was thinking about getting one of the Kurotos as it seems INSANELY fun even though it breaks what I'm usually collecting, and he said to me "sometimes it's good to get something completely off the wall like that to break out of the monotony of collecting." And, the thing is I just didn't get that too much, because I... don't... really feel a monotony? Now admittedly what I'm about to say does partly come from me not being in the financial situation to just throw money at a toy whenever I feel like it without planning things ahead of time, but just looking at my remaining pre-ordered toys for this year that I've got coming up? SHF Seihou Tajador; FRS Amazing Mighty; SHF Seihou Momotaros; SHF Cross-ZBuild; SHF Geed; SHF Z. All of which were in some way very important characters for me and ones I wanted to focus on above all else -- it's not like I'm picking up SHF Horobi or Ginga Strium on a whim just because I'm capable of it. The way I collect means that every figure is an event for me, because:- A) They're so far apart anyway; the most I get in a month excluding very exception circumstances is like, maybe 3 figures and those would be cheaper ones like FRSes B) All of them mean something to me and are ones I've considered over time and know that they're something I really really want A smaller collection like this also means a smaller shelf display. With a huge collection of figures it's easy for them to blur into each other, but right now my main display area consists of about 9-12 figures which are the main characters of W/OOO/Fourze/Build; then FRS Den-O off to his own at the side; then Ohma Zi-O off to the side again because I'm still so chuffed I won him and he looks goddamn awesome. Everyone is different and I'm not saying this to say that everyone should follow my example or anything, but if you are feeling that sort of fatigue, I think it is good to step back and consider if this might be good for you. That said it is of course a very different tale for So-Dos, in large part because they are so cheap and take up so little space! At that point it's really not as bad to pick up a lot of them and lower your standards a bit if you know you'd have fun with them. And to a degree? That's kinda what I want to do! I've been considering my wants when it comes to them, and it comes down to... - Zi-O's armours of my favourite Riders (OOO, Build, Kuuga, Den-O, Fourze) - The Another Riders of OOO, Build, Den-O, W and Fourze - Build SameBike - Kuuga Mighty - Trychaser Some of that is for bigger reasons, some of it is for smaller ones. I want the last two because Kuuga's bike (either of them) is so much more important to the character I feel than most bikes and it'd just be wrong for me to not have a Kuuga on a bike -- aaaand the SHF bikes are ridiculously expensive, so this is my next best bet. After that? I like the idea of having Zi-Os representing my favourites in a nice simple way, and it helps that those are also some of my favourite armours. Similar thing for the Another Riders, who have amazing designs! ... and then SameBike because it's just awesome. Expanding out from that, I think I'd be happy at some point to pick up other SoDos if I just like them enough! But I would never want it to get to the point of a display that demands a lot of space, y'know? It needs to be tight and compact, otherwise it loses the point of me getting them to begin with -- why did I get Another W in the first place if he's just gonna be in the background, barely visible behind a bunch of Saber dudes? Or the opposite -- if I decide that I don't care for the Saber dudes I picked up on a whim that much and just put them behind some other SoDos, then why did I press add to cart? And that all comes back to the thing I said before -- that I don't feel a monotony in collecting. I think if you are doing it, each figure you get has to be something that you are excited for on some level. Not necessarily jump-off-your-seat-over-the-moon excited -- it's not even like all the figures I'm getting are incredibly overly important to me! Geed's my favourite Ultra so far and Cross-ZBuild is so important to everything I loved about Build, but then also I'm getting Momotaros because I think he'll be a VERY funny figure even though I already have a Den-O Sword Form, and I'm keeping Ohma Zi-O because I really like looking at him! In a similar vein, I eventually want to pick up Lightning Collection Lord Zedd because he's an awesome design even though he hardly means anything significant to me beyond having a blast with him in a fighting game. But my point is that there has to be something more there than "I've completed Zero-One's collection of forms even though I don't care about most of them", y'know? Because otherwise it's going to start feeling less like a joy and more like a chore.
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08-15-2020, 05:49 PM | #869 |
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TBH One of the big reason I collect SO-DO is because I find apply the stickers calming, so I just end up buying a lot to pass the time and focus on something unstressful.
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08-15-2020, 06:52 PM | #870 |
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It's worth repeating! That quote from Die is basically just the tl;dr version of everything you said back then that also really resonated with me anyway. I've always been vehemently against the idea of my hobbies becoming a checklist, but there's like a part of me now that I'm not sure was there before that considers that question of "why?" even ignoring ideas like space and cash.
Speaking both purely hypothetically, and entirely personally, I don't think I'd get a lot of satisfaction over having a complete set of every SO-DO figure from one show, for example. Not just for the sake of it. Even shows I utterly adore. If they did Chronicle sets for Ghost, I wouldn't particularly care to have every Rider suit ever from it. But a little display of just Ghost in his forms from the show, I could see myself being genuinely happy to one day have -and for more than five seconds- because I've got a particular passion for that character and those designs, and like how they look together enough that it used to be my sig image. I really do think making sure every purchase means something to you, even if it only means a little, is just darn good advice. If you read that last bit and go "Fish, what are you talking about I would literally kill someone to have a wall of all 128 OOO forms or whatever", I'm not knocking that kind of passion, either. I just think it's important that you feel like that's what it is. Something exciting, or that relaxes you, or whatever else. A hobby should be a positive thing.
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