A Question For Everyone
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 12:18 am
Hello, all!
I am new here. I collect Japanese toys, specifically, Takara packaged Transformers. I started this year, by buying the "Encore" line. So far, I have 1-19 + a couple variations. I also have several Japanese toys that came from vending machines, some Mugenbine; etc. I find foreign packaging(s) very appealing, and therefore: I collect what I collect.
With that said, here is my question/topic...
Why is it that 90% of Transformers collectors out there (based on what I've seen) collect/display loose toys, and/or loose toys with the box present? Is it the price? I guess I don't understand how anyone would pay eBay prices to only open the toy...which (in my eyes) turns it from a collectible and in to a common toy...
I'll post pics of my fledgling collection ASAP, but I would like to hear from the community: not a justification, but rather, why one collects what they collect, especially the loose collections. And please; NO offense is meant here.
Please don't misinterpret this as judgment, and/or elitism: just looking for other perspectives. I don't/won't sell my Transformers collection anytime soon; but why open them???
--Steve
I am new here. I collect Japanese toys, specifically, Takara packaged Transformers. I started this year, by buying the "Encore" line. So far, I have 1-19 + a couple variations. I also have several Japanese toys that came from vending machines, some Mugenbine; etc. I find foreign packaging(s) very appealing, and therefore: I collect what I collect.
With that said, here is my question/topic...
Why is it that 90% of Transformers collectors out there (based on what I've seen) collect/display loose toys, and/or loose toys with the box present? Is it the price? I guess I don't understand how anyone would pay eBay prices to only open the toy...which (in my eyes) turns it from a collectible and in to a common toy...
I'll post pics of my fledgling collection ASAP, but I would like to hear from the community: not a justification, but rather, why one collects what they collect, especially the loose collections. And please; NO offense is meant here.
Please don't misinterpret this as judgment, and/or elitism: just looking for other perspectives. I don't/won't sell my Transformers collection anytime soon; but why open them???
--Steve