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LOL, true dat.

Although in my experience, even when collectors go on about "value", I have never, ever seen a collector sell any significant portion of his "rare collection" for financial gain. Value on the market just seems to be a justification for the hobby. Even though the hobby revolves around trying to obtain the highest value of collectible, its pretty circular since this really just becomes a means to its itself, rather to an ends (selling it for cash value to buy OTHER stuff). But I guess this is part of the irony of the collecting sub-culture in general.

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Maybe not, but speaking from personal experience, collectors will sell their stuff to pay the bills if need be. My only real regret is it was several years before Ebay!

I sometimes wish for some sort of reality show, in which grown up collectors confront their parents or siblings with the current value of the stuff they threw out, or destroyed when the collectors were kids. It would make Jerry Springer look like a church picnic! ;)

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The entire Hasbro Heroes line freaks me out, and it's also terrifying just how many franchises it's managed to taint.

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I haven't collected toys in quite a long time, but, in my opinion, it's actually kinda sad to judge these people on their hobby.  It doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it.  And I would be quite satisfied if the ladies who don't find it a "turn on" would please get the sticks out of their asses.  That said, I admit I haven't actually watched the video in this original post, so maybe this particular guy is taking it a bit too far.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Gaffer Tape said:

And I would be quite satisfied if the ladies who don't find it a "turn on" would please get the sticks out of their asses.

No one wants to know what satisfies you, weirdo.

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Decapitatedpuppiesinfishnetsandlipstick.

Huh, did I just say something?

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Gaffer Tape said:

Decapitatedpuppiesinfishnetsandlipstick.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KwnSNI2UIic/SyutN4raX4I/AAAAAAAAAic/jmoVP-gcXok/s320/lipstick-puppy.jpg

Best I can do on short notice.  Weirdo.

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Geez, how pathetic.  That puppy clearly has a head.  I'm not the least bit satisfied!

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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I got 40 seconds into this guys review before I had to turn it off.

Whats wrong with galactic heroes, theyre cute and funny. I have some.

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Gaffer Tape said:

I haven't collected toys in quite a long time, but, in my opinion, it's actually kinda sad to judge these people on their hobby.  It doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it.  And I would be quite satisfied if the ladies who don't find it a "turn on" would please get the sticks out of their asses.

I think it is more the obsession with something so lame and pointless. I don't think it is really judging them as in "Oh my, he collects toys! What... a... LOSER!" but more of a realization that their priorities are in such an unfamiliar place that it would be difficult to relate to them. What provoked the woman to make this comment was watching two grown men freak out about a store not having some new toys that were just released that day. I'm not a collector of toys or anything, but I have my fair share of silly nerdy crap decorating my place, but I too found those guys to be kind of pathetic. To be so excited about little children's toys that you HAVE to have them the first day they are available and are not afraid to go through great effort to obtain them.

Honestly, if the shoe was on the other foot and it was a girl who was obsessed with something like that, I would probably find it a huge turn off as well. On the other hand if she just had a couple of display cases on her walls and liked to add to the collection from time to time, maybe dropping by the toy section to browse the hot wheels cars sometimes while grocery shopping, that wouldn't be a fraction as weird and off turning as "OMG! A new line of hot wheels cars was released today! I've got my checklist printed off and I am going to dedicate the day to tracking down every last one of them!"

I dunno, maybe I have a stick up my ass too, but no matter how hot she is, that sort of thing would give me a hard time getting it up.

 

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Heh, fair enough.  I mean, I certainly do see what you mean, but to look at the broader picture, I could certainly see a lot of people lumping us in the same category because we spend a lot of time on this message board.  To us, there is a very large difference, but to a lot of other people, we're just as "losery" as the rest.  And if we can validate ourselves, I'm sure that at least some of these uber toy collectors could justify themselves as well.  But that said, do they need to?  Whose validation do they need?

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.