[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Man I wish I had that option. Almost all of my storage space is full of essentials. Like clothes, blankets, fans for the summer, etc. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy I'm able have said essentials, but if I ever manage to afford an extension on my(or a bigger) house? Hoo boy.

Just like liquids take on the shape of their container, I think collections fill the space allotted. When I lived in a small place, I had a few things. As I got more and more room, I got more and more stuff.

This is a trap! Don't do this!

As I look at my many, many robot toys, I sort-of long for the time when it was a more manageable collection. I'm in a pruning stage right now, since I'd used up all of my display space (6 massive IKEA Besta cabinets I added glass doors and lights to) as well as all of my storage space. It was all stressing me out too much, you know? Getting something was becoming Dead Man's Boots, where I'd need to move an on-display figure into storage, and then try and wring one more cubic inch of storage space out of over-filled bins.

Now, I'm being as brutal as I can with my shit. Do I need four colorways of the same figure, if they're all out of sight? Do I need an entire wave of toys if only one or two was fun to transform? Wouldn't it be nice to enjoy these things without stressing about where they're all going to go?

There are points when I think about what I'd do if I had less space. Fantasize, really. I'd keep my full collection of Thrilling 30 Springer, let everything else go. I collected every variation. I love that mold. It takes up one little cube of my displays. And, y'know, it's done. I can't imagine Takara or Hasbro are going to do some new deco for an old figure, especially with them having a G1 Springer recently released. How nice it would be to have a neat, reasonable collection.

I'm not quite at the point of doing that, though. I'm being a little smarter about my purchases, turning stuff over faster. (A friend runs a second-hand toy shop, so selling stuff to him hopefully helps his business while cleaning up my messes.) I'm still buying new stuff, but I'm okay letting it go at a certain point. I'm learning to be honest with what are All-Time figures and what's, like, a casual fling.

There was a period where Selling A Toy struck me as, like, heresy. How could someone do that?! It's like admitting you made a mistake! Now, I get it. It's okay to flip a figure after a few years, because you got to enjoy it for a few years. That experience, it doesn't get sold when you sell the figure.

Anyway, long story short, all of this talk is pretty universal. We're all trying to balance our enjoyment for our collections with things like space, money, reality. I think we've all got good days and bad days when it comes to it. Perspective is good. Talking about it like this is good. I think everyone needs to do what they feel is best for their situation. If collecting is ever stressing you out, take a break. It's all just stuff. There'll always be more stuff.