As CopperRevan mentioned, I think it's important that we're honest with you as your sincere request for feedback deserves an honest response.
Personally I'm offloading some of my collection (not MR pieces but Star Wars props) while it has some value and I can recoup most of my money. Star Wars as a brand, the way we've known it for the last 45 years is in a decline as the market changes, as the brand itself changes under new leadership, and as an aging property naturally doesn't have the same impact it once did, even among it's oldest fans where they aren't always buying things the way they did in years past. Not that Star Wars is going to go away altogether, but in a decade we'll be looking at a very different community and the prop collecting world of Star Wars is going to operate under different conditions as we age. The same could be said of certain toy collecting communities too. The brand sees constant reinvention and the older generation tends to be the only ones interested and when those fans pass away, very few tend to carry the torch.
Not that I mean to sound dour about it, but there is a reality that we need to acknowledge and many of us here are getting older and it's a reasonable thing to reprioritize our hobby and collecting habits as we age. I think it's a natural step and a healthy one at that. Just like you'd reasses your business, or education, or family life, every once in a while, it's good to reflect on where you stand with collecting and what you want out of it. Given these factors it might be worth considering selling of some of your MR sabers if recouping your investment is a concern for you because markets shift and values could alter drastically, so if you want to part with them, now might be the time to let them go. If you feel that you'd just have to replace all the items you'd sell though? At that point you're better off not selling in the first place because those pieces check all of your boxes for what you want in a prop, so why go through the hassle of having to sell only to repurchase everything?
It's really a matter of whether your MR collection is fitting your current collecting needs. Granted you're going to have to decide for yourself, but since you reached out to the community with some concerns, perhaps this is a sign that you need to make a change. What that change looks like is up to you, but going through the effort of creating a thread to get feedback suggests this is a serious matter to you worth dedicated consideration and not just a daydream scenario you don't intend to act upon.
I hope you found this helpful.
Personally I'm offloading some of my collection (not MR pieces but Star Wars props) while it has some value and I can recoup most of my money. Star Wars as a brand, the way we've known it for the last 45 years is in a decline as the market changes, as the brand itself changes under new leadership, and as an aging property naturally doesn't have the same impact it once did, even among it's oldest fans where they aren't always buying things the way they did in years past. Not that Star Wars is going to go away altogether, but in a decade we'll be looking at a very different community and the prop collecting world of Star Wars is going to operate under different conditions as we age. The same could be said of certain toy collecting communities too. The brand sees constant reinvention and the older generation tends to be the only ones interested and when those fans pass away, very few tend to carry the torch.
Not that I mean to sound dour about it, but there is a reality that we need to acknowledge and many of us here are getting older and it's a reasonable thing to reprioritize our hobby and collecting habits as we age. I think it's a natural step and a healthy one at that. Just like you'd reasses your business, or education, or family life, every once in a while, it's good to reflect on where you stand with collecting and what you want out of it. Given these factors it might be worth considering selling of some of your MR sabers if recouping your investment is a concern for you because markets shift and values could alter drastically, so if you want to part with them, now might be the time to let them go. If you feel that you'd just have to replace all the items you'd sell though? At that point you're better off not selling in the first place because those pieces check all of your boxes for what you want in a prop, so why go through the hassle of having to sell only to repurchase everything?
It's really a matter of whether your MR collection is fitting your current collecting needs. Granted you're going to have to decide for yourself, but since you reached out to the community with some concerns, perhaps this is a sign that you need to make a change. What that change looks like is up to you, but going through the effort of creating a thread to get feedback suggests this is a serious matter to you worth dedicated consideration and not just a daydream scenario you don't intend to act upon.
I hope you found this helpful.
