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Post by ToadKart on May 18, 2014 11:30:35 GMT -6
I look like a hoarder right now lol I do as well, especially since I have "trash" lying around like empty Mountain Dew bottles and bags of Doritos with video game characters on them.  |
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Post by Branjita on May 18, 2014 13:47:18 GMT -6
Lol well, I'm not that bad. It's just when you open my work in progress cabinets or study my bottom shelf in my armoire that I look like a hoarder. I have like 5 Jakks Raditz bodies for example between those two, just because they are waiting patiently to be turned into other characters. I have like 200 figures that aren't even displayed or serving a purpose, so that's why I look like I'm hoarding.
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Post by roshisurprise on May 18, 2014 15:35:39 GMT -6
smalldogjr don't be sad bro. Probably everyone on this board has gone through what you're going through now. It's really hard to find someone who wouldn't call us obsessive. But let them call us what they wish; we're proud of who we are!!
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Post by smalldogjr on May 18, 2014 16:55:48 GMT -6
smalldogjr don't be sad bro. Probably everyone on this board has gone through what you're going through now. It's really hard to find someone who wouldn't call us obsessive. But let them call us what they wish; we're proud of who we are!! I am glad I am not the only one hehe  . the only bad thing is my family is getting fed up with my collecting, but its almost impossible to stop because I've been doing it pretty much my whole life. I just wish the folks at home were more understanding. My mom has even threatened to call hoarders lol, my dad is extreamly upset as well. my grandma and aunts are too. I tell them its as much of a hobby as building is to my dad, or just like how my grandma and her arts and crafts, or my mom and her gardening, or how my uncles view hunting. but they fail to understand |
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Post by Branjita on May 18, 2014 19:00:36 GMT -6
If you collect a lot of diverse things, maybe collect less stuff. When I only collected 5 inch scale DBZ stuff, I was happier. I've been buying a lot of smaller scale stuff the last year, and it's not as satisfying to me. When I buy that stuff, it's like I'm trying to make those small scale figures as complete as my 5 inch scale figures. I also have some old 90s X-Men figures and some Speed Racer figures from the early 2000s, and that stuff just doesn't get appreciated by me at all, it's just in storage containers in my closet and attic.
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Post by smalldogjr on May 18, 2014 21:10:00 GMT -6
If you collect a lot of diverse things, maybe collect less stuff. When I only collected 5 inch scale DBZ stuff, I was happier. I've been buying a lot of smaller scale stuff the last year, and it's not as satisfying to me. When I buy that stuff, it's like I'm trying to make those small scale figures as complete as my 5 inch scale figures. I also have some old 90s X-Men figures and some Speed Racer figures from the early 2000s, and that stuff just doesn't get appreciated by me at all, it's just in storage containers in my closet and attic. I have the same thing going on, I got totes of marvel and DC and clone/storm/different types of troopers from star wars under my bed in boxes and totes., I have about 5 boxes of figures that been there since I moved, I had the giant Irwin mint in package goku with kid gohan, sadly the wait of the figures caused the plastic film to collapse causing my figures to fall into goku's box ;/ The strange thing about me, is that I can really get into collecting one thing for a long wile. for example star wars clone troopers one year, then lose interest and put them away and start getting into Hanna Barbera, then lose interest in them for a little bit, then start focusing on DBZ, then go to focusing on Pokémon, then put them away for a wile and the cycle starts again. Now I am into DBZ(always been my number one priority) and S.H figuarts Sentai Rangers. Another problem I have is were to display most of my collection, I filled up both my big curio cabinets already, so the majority of my figures are under my bed, in the closet, in drawers etc. I know I could always sell some that I have packed away, but I know for a fact I will probably get into them again, almost all the items in my collection I have an attachment to and couldn't get rid of them and parting with would be very hard |
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Post by iami2eapei2 on May 19, 2014 1:39:15 GMT -6
If you collect a lot of diverse things, maybe collect less stuff. When I only collected 5 inch scale DBZ stuff, I was happier. I've been buying a lot of smaller scale stuff the last year, and it's not as satisfying to me. When I buy that stuff, it's like I'm trying to make those small scale figures as complete as my 5 inch scale figures. I also have some old 90s X-Men figures and some Speed Racer figures from the early 2000s, and that stuff just doesn't get appreciated by me at all, it's just in storage containers in my closet and attic. I have the same thing going on, I got totes of marvel and DC and clone/storm/different types of troopers from star wars under my bed in boxes and totes., I have about 5 boxes of figures that been there since I moved, I had the giant Irwin mint in package goku with kid gohan, sadly the wait of the figures caused the plastic film to collapse causing my figures to fall into goku's box ;/ The strange thing about me, is that I can really get into collecting one thing for a long wile. for example star wars clone troopers one year, then lose interest and put them away and start getting into Hanna Barbera, then lose interest in them for a little bit, then start focusing on DBZ, then go to focusing on Pokémon, then put them away for a wile and the cycle starts again. Now I am into DBZ(always been my number one priority) and S.H figuarts Sentai Rangers. Another problem I have is were to display most of my collection, I filled up both my big curio cabinets already, so the majority of my figures are under my bed, in the closet, in drawers etc. I know I could always sell some that I have packed away, but I know for a fact I will probably get into them again, almost all the items in my collection I have an attachment to and couldn't get rid of them and parting with would be very hard WEll i dont see the point of collecting so much when most of your stuff is under your bed. My dad has also had it with my figure collection/addiction. Its also hard for me to get rid of stuff but i have to do it. I will only be focusing on dbz and hot toys ( dc/marvel/ starwars/and smash bros) everything else i will sell. I decided what scale i want to collect and stick with it.I have so much crap in my room right now with boxes and toys i dont care for that i cant even admire all that i have. one of these days im going to put a ton of crap on ebay and begin making my room look more like a beautiful museum with awesome displays instead of a hoarders house lol. |
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Post by Branjita on May 19, 2014 1:48:45 GMT -6
I'd say if the stuff is actually valuable and you're just keeping it under your bed, sell it. The reason I haven't sold my X-Men is because they don't sell for more than about $3 each. The Speed Racer stuff is only like 8 figures and some model cars. Everything fits in one Sterilite container so it doesn't bother me much. If I had hundreds of dollars wrapped up in stuff I could actually sell for a profit, I'd do it.
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Post by Adrenaline on May 19, 2014 9:12:22 GMT -6
I been collecting since I was little, since then its been a hobby of mine. I never had a gf before to be honest sadly, but collecting has help cope with the loneliness and has helped me tremendously. often times I will collect more when I am bord, lol if I am realy bord I will spend the whole day surfing through mandrake,ami,ebay. I add a whole bunch of things to my cart. my family are kind of fed up with it, they tell me I shouldn't collect so much, there even talking about having an intervention because a wile a go there was a time were like 5 boxes came in from japan and my mom went through the roof. My grandma, aunts and loved ones all told me that I was obsessive with collecting and that I need to be more wise with my money and they also told me I should start dating and such. but in my eyes its not an obsession, just a hobby I always had Don't sweat it. As Vegeta said, dating is for wimps lol Nah, you'll have plenty of time for girls. I started collecting when I was 13 and didn't have my first gf until I was 19. To be honest, I thought it would have taken longer. I knew once I put the time into it, I could make it work. Ended up getting married at 22 and my family thought I never would. Shocked the world with that one. Funny though, from late 2009/early 2010 when I met my wife til late 2011, I did NO collecting, so you'll have to slow down at some point, but never quit. Sell stuff you really don't want and buy stuff you do want. My mom used to always say crap like "I collect men" ....LOL I showed them. |
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Post by smalldogjr on May 19, 2014 23:12:11 GMT -6
it be hard to part with few of the things I got stored under my bed lol I am attached to my clones, DC Universe classics. Probably the only thing I can part with are maybe some of my 90s marvel figures and doubles of my famous marvel collections but I probably will get next to nothing for them. I am trying to focus on just DBZ and try my best not to watch DC or star wars related things lol so I wont be tempted. I also have the habit of keeping the boxes and packeges that a lot of my figures come in and those are taken space under my bed as well, I just want to find a way to store my packages so it wont look so cluttered such as figma and Irwin boxes, without having to throw them away. under my bed is like a maze of totes and boxes lol figures etc
Adrenaline lol yea I had something similar like that my grandma and aunts would always say stuff in like
"parar de coletar plástico e começar a coletar uma figura de carne" which means "quit with the plastic collecting and get yourself an figurine of flesh!" Basicaly my grandma insisting on me getting a gf lol
"desses brinquedos não pode beijar você. obter-se uma garota viva e real" relatives telling me that toys cant kiss me and that I should get myself a living breathing girl. they would also tell me things like when my father was younger then me he was collecting girls. when I would order things and my grandma would say things like that better be a girl crammed in that box haha my family are just really corny at times. they are concerned about why I never date and think my collecting is whats getting in the way. ive heard rumors that there going to get together and give me an intervention and another lecture about my collecting habits. |
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Post by TPereZ on May 20, 2014 0:42:19 GMT -6
Hey man, let me come at you from a different angle. Perhaps your collecting has become a problem. I know you probably don't wanna hear that, especially from us on here who understand you. But sometimes it needs to be said.
Its a hobby but it can easily become an addiction, and when you have stuff that you don't even like that much in boxes everywhere it gets kinda depressing; the reality sets in.
You start to feel just surrounded by these things all over your room and life. Everyone i'm sure has a similar revelation, eventually followed by some sort of intervention.
I caught myself earlier this year when i realized the sheer number of figures id collected in a short time. I had no space to hold all the boxes and display things.
Figures were on my bookshelf, dresser, desk, closet. I became somewhat disgusted. I love my figures but they were just cramming my life.
About your family, thats pretty funny man, but to be honest they aren't lying! As someone who has not had to sacrifice the carnal joy of women for my collecting, the harsh truth is that it is unlike anything else that can be experienced. I'm not sure how old you are, but regardless you'll always have time. It's not something that can be replaced though. It doesn't mean you need to be a pimp either lol, but I know you're curious about women like anyone else. So if thats a goal set that for yourself. It reminds me of your dream, which i kinda interpreted as a fear of women, who have been represented as cats, can be vicious, and your family is urging you to copulate with! lol.
But forreal man. Set goals for your collection. That's helped me alot lately. Everything Reaper said i agree with. I had to narrow down my collection for my own sake, i just got sick of it and crap was unnecessary. I was just buying every awesome thing that came out which leads to getting sucked into lines and completionist syndrome. I decided to make a list of properties I really felt deeply about and that were sentimental to me. I was able to break them down into TV/Movie, Video Game, and Anime. and then sub genre series from there. Organization will help you feel better and more efficiently manage your collection
Fortunately i've been collecting since i was much younger without realizing it. I would get toys as any other would, and the ones i liked I kept. the others would be given to my brothers. My two longest standing figures are my buzz and woody, but i have all my childhood sbc irwin and jakks dragonball stuff (so glad i didnt get rid of it) as well as sonic, megaman, nintendo, and square enix play arts stuff.
As a kid and teenager i would just ask for figures and videogames for christmas and birthday haha. So my parents are fine with my collection for the most part. I dont live home now so what i have here is my jurisdiction.
But to bring it full circle, one of my concerns with cleaning my collection lately was because of how I imagined I appeared to women. It sucks to admit it, but people are ignorant and judge very easily. We know our hobby is not universally accepted, however every girl i've dated has been fine with it and has even respected or admired my collection to a degree. It's when it becomes excessive and overwhelming that it becomes a problem. When it overrules the function of your room, feels claustrophobic, just makes you feel negative ... its time to revevaluate your collection goals. Hope this helps!
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Post by Branjita on May 20, 2014 8:56:19 GMT -6
That was a great post TP. You said a lot of things I was going to.  Smalldog, how old are you? If you're a teenager, you can keep right on doing what you're doing. If you're in your twenties, you really can't replace the joys of going out with girls and stuff. Eventually, when you get to about 26, a lot of your friends end up married, and a lot of the girls your age are already taken. Which means you have to expand your options, go younger, go older, etc. I'm 28, and go through that a lot. And when I meet significantly younger girls when I go out, 18 to 22 particularly, I find I am starting to have trouble relating to them, as a lot of things they are going through and experiencing are things that I've been through so long ago and so many times, that I'm bored with those things, have too much experience, and I almost feel like I'm fathering these girls. Not a cool feeling. At first I thought your family was wanting you to get a job to pay for your collecting habits. If you already work, then that must not be it. I thought the reason they wanted you to stop is because they were tired of paying for it. If that isn't it, perhaps your collecting is out of hand like they say. You may be focusing on it too much. You really can't replace the years of being young and falling in love, and heart break, and all that. You definitely won't want to be 30 years old, wake up, and decide you want to go on your first date or something, because it will be comparable to deciding you want to go to elementary school at that age. I didn't start dating until I was 21 because my parents divorced when I was 15 and from then on I was poor from having to help support myself, my mom, and my sister. I was still able to collect DBZ stuff, which was great, but I didn't have money to go on dates, so I didn't. I also didn't have a car of my own, I was sharing with my sister, and actually in the beginning, all three of us were sharing that one car. It wasn't until I was 20 that I had my own car for myself, and it wasn't anything to be particularly proud of, so I didn't like it, felt like a dork in it, etc. But anyway, I only went out with one girl during college, and so after graduating is when I started really dating and stuff. And I felt like I was playing catch up. That was fine at that time, but I wouldn't want to be in that same situation at like 25. So if you're around that age, you should reprioritize your life, and at least include dating in your mix. I mean, you really need to have the experience of making out in the back of your car till 5 am and stuff like that while both you and the girl are young, able to survive off two hours of sleep, and able to work/go to school the next day. I couldn't do that right now if I had to, and it's one of my fondest memories I wouldn't ever want to forget. |
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Post by smalldogjr on May 21, 2014 0:46:43 GMT -6
It would be nice to go on my first day and find myself a girl, this really is an eye opener for me, and now that I think about I am a bit worried that when I reach my 30's I will be in the same position which I hope not. and now that I think about it more it dose sadden my a little bit that I never got to experience any romantic relationships in high school. I recall when I was very little I use to go through a lot, and when I collected it helped me forget about problems I had of the real world..it really helped me coupe by taking my mind off of problems I had. it was my escape. Dragonball z was realy special to me because when I was very little I came to a new world and didn't have any friends, but that series made it so that I could relate to people, I remember getting my first AB Vegeta, and took it to kindergarden school, suddenly I made all kids of friends with others who liked DBZ. I was able to perfect my English. me and my friends would collect and trade figures together, watch the show after school. we use to get in trouble at school because we would re-enact fighting scenes, throw each other off the play ground equipment and stuff lol. When I collect it brings back those old memories as well. My friends would always try to hook me up with girls but a lot of them were not to interested in me, not because of my collecting but because of me being short lol but I never really sweat it. most girls I came to contact with would mostly treat me as a friend never quite had any that showed any attraction towards me, but then again I never really tried that hard to get a gf lol. most girls never realy knew about my collecting or collection, but if I was ever asked I would not be ashamed of it . but for the most part I was mostly know as being a loner, most things about me were keepted a mystery, my nationality,hobbies etc very few people knew much about me. I had a random girl I knew chill wit my I remember showing her my room and she saw my collection and she told me "I never would have guessed I guy like you collected toys, I thought you were a mean gangster guy" she thought my collection was cool and stuff. but probably if I was to meet more girls I wouldn't realy know how to get them to like me more then a friend or acquaintance. Now that I think about it, it would be nice to go out of the house and go on a date, I rarely ever leave home, I work from home doing payroll for contractors and stuff like that. Lots of people I know get shocked when they find out I never had a gf, because people think I am loaded and have lots of money and they say things like "dude if the girls knew how wealthy you are girls would fight to be with you" lol but the last thing I would ever want is a girl that would want me for money. but for the most part I consider myself broke lol. ive had friends say things like "lets get you a girl friend, let her know that you will buy her some Micheal Koors purses and watch them suddenly see you as very handsome" things like that. I just hope someday I find someone who can like me for me, and help me coupe with some of my habits lol |
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Post by Adrenaline on May 21, 2014 7:32:21 GMT -6
Don't feel bad you didn't have any romance in High School because (sorry for those that are still in it) high school is a complete joke, full of a bunch of mommy and daddy supported pricks and sluts that just want a piece of the other. There's no real love....not until you're at least 20 do you feel what love is. High school is lust and bouncing from one host to another. It's disgusting and our young generations are getting worse. I had no gfs in High School despite liking a few. It was only partially because I was quiet and pretty much anti-social, but I had my opportunities, I just didn't jump at them. I was a good looking guy too so that wasn't an issue. I guess I just didn't want to "be like everyone else" and you know what? It kept me out of trouble and I thank myself everyday for it.
So seriously, High School, don't have regrets. For college, get comfortable with your schedule and job and then probably by your sophomore year in college, that's the time you should get serious about getting a gf. Because there's a chance you could meet the one at any time. In High School, almost any relationship is bound to crumble. According to my experience, it only takes 2-3 yrs of dating to know how it works and get experienced. There will be some failures along the way, no doubt, but at least they'll be real.
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Post by smalldogjr on May 21, 2014 20:52:48 GMT -6
Don't feel bad you didn't have any romance in High School because (sorry for those that are still in it) high school is a complete joke, full of a bunch of mommy and daddy supported pricks and sluts that just want a piece of the other. There's no real love....not until you're at least 20 do you feel what love is. High school is lust and bouncing from one host to another. It's disgusting and our young generations are getting worse. I had no gfs in High School despite liking a few. It was only partially because I was quiet and pretty much anti-social, but I had my opportunities, I just didn't jump at them. I was a good looking guy too so that wasn't an issue. I guess I just didn't want to "be like everyone else" and you know what? It kept me out of trouble and I thank myself everyday for it. So seriously, High School, don't have regrets. For college, get comfortable with your schedule and job and then probably by your sophomore year in college, that's the time you should get serious about getting a gf. Because there's a chance you could meet the one at any time. In High School, almost any relationship is bound to crumble. According to my experience, it only takes 2-3 yrs of dating to know how it works and get experienced. There will be some failures along the way, no doubt, but at least they'll be real. you do have a point there I knew one person who would up getting married wile he was in high school which was pretty funny his relationship was probably one of the few highschool ones I heard that were serious but it was super weird. He was very laid back, and would date different girls, he was sort of prepy/jock. one day he met this nerdy Cambodian girl and suddenly this guy was brainwashed. he entered a program to graduate early and married her at age 17. It was so strange. most people rarely saw him after that, the girl rarely let him leave the house and she controlled him completely, he was like a robot he did anything she told him, from what I heard she would mistreat him too and he cut communication with most of his friends from school. the whole situation was spontaneous and left most people kind of puzzled and how fast things un raveled. |
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. the only bad thing is my family is getting fed up with my collecting, but its almost impossible to stop because I've been doing it pretty much my whole life. I just wish the folks at home were more understanding. My mom has even threatened to call hoarders lol, my dad is extreamly upset as well. my grandma and aunts are too. I tell them its as much of a hobby as building is to my dad, or just like how my grandma and her arts and crafts, or my mom and her gardening, or how my uncles view hunting. but they fail to understand
