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About Collecting Action Figures

By Hervé St-Louis
February 24, 2010 - 06:43

A lady I work with told me I should definitely stop collecting action figures and put my money into something else like vacations and stuff I'll remember like my trip to Europe last fall - oh yeah, you guys remember when I was away for a few weeks in November? Well I was in Europe touring and having fun. Saw Italy, Greece and Turkey. Best vacation ever for someone that claims to take one every six years. Favourite place is Istanbul.

Although the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul sells everything, I don't recall seeing any action figures. I'll have to go back and check.

Anyway, I felt I would blog about action figures today because I reached a milestone in my thesis writing so I feel less guilty. I've got the introductory chapter done - first write up. It will probably change a lot in and be rewritten at least three times, but at least I've got something tangible and I know how to go from there. A bit late though, compared to my original plan.

Anyway, the lady said I could end up regretting having so many action figures when I'm older. I thought she meant I'd be 80 or something with a room full of toys and I'm old and alone. Nah, she said. She said I might regret it way before because of all the money I spend on these things.

To be fair, I've drastically cut down on action figures. I don't follow them as much as I used to because of lack of time and place to store them. But I still like action figures. The last ones I got were from the Resistance video game by DCDirect. I felt that they were quite different from the usual fair from that company. They are smaller in scale and have the type of articulation you'd find on a GI Joe. I haven't had time to take them out of their package. They look nicer than the pic from DCDirect though.

Ephesus in Turkey

I open most of my action figures. The last few years, I haven't opened anything because of time and space constraints. But I will. I still have to go back and review everything I've got in that collection of mine. I used to be more prompt with reviews but got sidetracked when annoying commentators complained that I was reviewing old stuff. I asked myself why I was doing this if all people could think about is how the stuff posted had not come out the same day.

I've also always been bad at hunting for rarer action figures at places like Wallmart and Toys R US. It's just not how I get toys. I'd rather get them from the comic book store with my comics.

Will I stop collecting action figures? Hell no. What will probably happen is that I'll catch up on a few must have items and start reviewing my extensive collection again at the Bin. If people complaint about me reviewing an action figure from 2001, then so be it. That action figure from 2001 is nowhere to be found anyway. My favourite lines have always been DCDirect, Marvel Legends and Sota Street Fighter. That's what I'll continue collecting and review.

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