NakedMoleRat
Master Member
When I sat and seriously analyzed that one day I finally came up with what I think it was! I grew up very poor as a child and didn't have much. School shopping was going to the Salvation Army to see what they had. All the kids in school had Star Wars dolls and I had one C3PO that I collected cans to earn.
So I think it was to go back and 'make up' for not having much as a kid. Then I went mad and became a completist! I had boxes of stuff that would go unlooked at for months if not years at a time!
After my self 'discovery' I was actually able to let go of a lot of my collection and keep only a few items that have the most interest or significance for me.
I frequently now collect a prop that I want, have it for a while, then trade or sell it to someone else and rotate something else in.
Now I limit myself to my current interests and am happy to have just a few items.
So I think it was to go back and 'make up' for not having much as a kid. Then I went mad and became a completist! I had boxes of stuff that would go unlooked at for months if not years at a time!
After my self 'discovery' I was actually able to let go of a lot of my collection and keep only a few items that have the most interest or significance for me.
I frequently now collect a prop that I want, have it for a while, then trade or sell it to someone else and rotate something else in.
Now I limit myself to my current interests and am happy to have just a few items.