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I guess the key is to just keep your OWN collecting efforts within YOUR values. If you feel like you've gone too far, then maybe you have! If not, then do your thing
I see stuff like this and it just makes me want to reply to the negative commenters:visitors can't see pics , please register or loginIt is literally no one else's business what anyone else collects and most people who look down on collectors are people who are so boring that they have no actual interests of their own and therefore feel justified in judging everyone else's. And I just want to throw it out there that being a collector of MLP, Disney, Pokemon, and other "kid" stuff has made me the favorite aunt of 14 niblings (nephew number 15 is due in the next 2 weeks). Their parents usually ask me for information on whatever their kid's interest is because I know something about it. I handed out Pokemon cards for Halloween this year. Oh, and I turned 42 this last week so I'm definitely "too old" to be into any of that stuff. Pfft. Whatever. (I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys 'R Us kid...)As an artist, I actually have what I call my "Subtle Nerd" line of art. It's stuff that looks "normal," but has a nerdy bend to it if you know what to look for. Like my blue and white Pineapple picture (Psych reference). Or my pink "Welcome" sign that has an acorn instead of the letter 'o' (because Piglet eats "haycorns" and he's pink)--it also comes in grey (Totoro fans anyone?). Anything can be nerdy or have to do with your collection if you know enough about a fandom. I make 'subtle nerd' items specifically for people who have a hard time shutting down the naysayers in their lives because I think that people should have things that bring them joy.
Everything I have to say about this has already been said and much more eloquently than I have the energy for right now. The idea that an adult collecting a *mass produced* toy is taking that toy out of a child’s hands by owning one is absurd. Collecting started for me out of pure happiness to be doing so and has now also become something that helps keep my mental health in check so anyone on Reddit with a negative opinion about collecting can shove it. You know what they say about opinions and a-holes, right?
if you want snarky content and one-liners, that is what reddit is literally for. there are not many communities on the site where thoughtful, intelligent dialogue is promoted. most of those are academic and tightly controlled by moderators.
Oh, the internet's always had nasty people in it and horrible communities for them to cluster up in, but it definitely feels different nowadays. I guess they're more... open? spread-out? ...harder to avoid. I dunno how to put it.But yeah, really what it all boils down to is that there's some horrible, judgemental people out there who derive pleasure from making others miserable. This whole "collectors should feel guilty" thing is just an offshoot of the whole ~*purity culture*~ thing... People see something they don't like and they twist things around so they can insist it's not that they don't like it, it's that the thing is morally wrong!!! and if you argue with them, then you're a horrible sinful person - it's a stupid, pathetic way of trying to get the "upper hand" in the argument.
As someone who sold all of her G2-G3-G4 MLPs and Funko Pops I have to say I started to feel like a hoarder after a while and found that collecting didn't "spark joy" anymore as soon as I have had the items for a couple of years.I didn't stop entirely. I still have collections I appreciate. Like my G1s that I started in childhood. But culling the others felt right and it was like getting rid of clutter. I felt good afterwards and I think that's what counts.If your collection starts feeling like a guilty hobby or even burden (financially, space, etc) just sell some stuff and see how you like it.
Well said, and glad to see you Zapper.
It was fun to give things away (I did the G3s as mystery boxes and the G4s went to people at work with kids who would play with them), provided me with extra space, and made other people happy in the process. I don't regret getting rid of any of them.