Laspector
Master Member
I've never been one of those "mint in box/never open it" type people. I just can't do that. If I am going to spend my hard earned money on something you better believe I'm going to take it out and mess with it.
I have this friend who is that way though. He buys all this stuff, never opens it, and it just stacks up in his garage. I'm always on him about "Let's open this up and check it out!" and he is always "No, it is mint in box and opening it decreases its value". Now, this guy is single with no kids and personally, I'm pretty sure he will always be that way. Sorry, but that is just the way it is. He really has no interest in relationships with women (or men), so I'm pretty sure he is happy being alone. So it is not like he is saving this stuff for a college education for his kids or anything. And he NEVER sells any of it. What is the point?
Why buy all this stuff, keep it, never even look at it, never sell it? It's not like most of the stuff is going to be really worth much anyday anyway. It's not like it is limited editions and such. It's just toys and props and stuff. If you are just buying stuff for the resale value, get into real estate or something.
I could never be like that. I buy something cool, the first thing I am going to do is take it apart, rebuild, repaint it, whatever. To me collecting is not about monetary value. It's about how much fun I can have with it. To me the gratification of holding it, looking at it, working on it, then being proud of what I have done is worth way more to me than some odd handful of dollars I might get for it twenty years from now.
How do you feel about the subject?
I have this friend who is that way though. He buys all this stuff, never opens it, and it just stacks up in his garage. I'm always on him about "Let's open this up and check it out!" and he is always "No, it is mint in box and opening it decreases its value". Now, this guy is single with no kids and personally, I'm pretty sure he will always be that way. Sorry, but that is just the way it is. He really has no interest in relationships with women (or men), so I'm pretty sure he is happy being alone. So it is not like he is saving this stuff for a college education for his kids or anything. And he NEVER sells any of it. What is the point?
Why buy all this stuff, keep it, never even look at it, never sell it? It's not like most of the stuff is going to be really worth much anyday anyway. It's not like it is limited editions and such. It's just toys and props and stuff. If you are just buying stuff for the resale value, get into real estate or something.
I could never be like that. I buy something cool, the first thing I am going to do is take it apart, rebuild, repaint it, whatever. To me collecting is not about monetary value. It's about how much fun I can have with it. To me the gratification of holding it, looking at it, working on it, then being proud of what I have done is worth way more to me than some odd handful of dollars I might get for it twenty years from now.
How do you feel about the subject?