Why I Sold My Collection 

As a wise man once said; The things you own end up owning you

I went through a huge personality crisis several years ago and vowed to limit my collecting to just Spider-Man (with extremely rare exceptions for really cool Star Wars, Batman, & pop culture items). Even with Spider-Man, I only get it if I'm at that point where I go "I gotta have it!" I don't just get everything with Spider-Man on it.

One time I had to sell my body so I could keep collecting...😞

What a wonderful video Dan!

This video truly speaks to me. I started collecting Hotwheels in March of 2014. At first I picked up only the cars that I really liked. Then I would begin to hear all kinds of “buzz” about how valuable a particular release was going to be in the future and I’d have to run out and buy 10 or 12 copies of it. Eventually I just started buying every car that I thought looked cool in multiples. One day, when I reached approximately 8,500 cars, I knew it was time to start selling off a huge chunk of my collection and go back to the way I started out. Only buying my very favorite models. I’m now down to under 1,000 cars and they are only the cream of the crop.

The comments on this video make me feel a lot better lol, I only collect Transformers and I hit 200 not too long ago, over the course of a decade collecting. That alone was too much and I'm in the process of reducing that number significantly. But I feel like less of an addict seeing some people's stories and numbers.

I just started collecting super 7 muscles its hard to stay in focus now I want original matel muscles but its easy to get out of control great vid I relate even though im in the early stage of collecting

Fantastic outlook on collecting.

I started collecting hot toys over an year ago and thought never thought I’d have as many as I have now and I don’t see an end to it as I still have about 50 figures I want to get that I don’t have. Although I do feel addicted I still enjoy them but fear of many of the things you shared.

It must've been rough being a collector before eBay. I consider myself lucky to always have the opportunity to pay double MSRP for another Legends on the Bucky Cap body. Jokes aside, this video has been validating and therapeutic. I've gone through the exact thought process of buying two of an action figure to keep one new in box. Not to sell, but in case my first one breaks somehow. It's my backup figure. I've since grown to value toys less into adulthood, and I'm not opposed to letting things go. It seems like life has been a constant process of striving to put less sentimental value in material possessions. I don't have to buy an action figure of every character I like. Plastic only degrades over time, and there are better investments for me elsewhere. Power to those of you who are still able to find joy in toy collecting.

This 8 minute video saved 30 years

I've been collecting all my life, but always "on and off". I have ever only bought what I liked and never got hit by the FOMO as they say. Collecting has to be fun. I want books that I want to read and enjoy.

Thank you for this video.

- "Why I sold my collection" - Billions of figures in the background.

„I’m not an addict, I could’ve stopped anytime“ - every addict ever

I worked at Toys R Us when Gundam Wing model kits arrived. I literally spent my weekly paychecks on Gundam figures. Went broke for 3 months. At the time, I thought I was awesome but now I look back and realize how stupid I was. But when you're young and you live at home with your parents and pay no bills, anything was possible.

I could never sell my toys because I have a unhealthy emotional attachment to them. Probably from a childhood full of neglect/abuse at home and bullying at school.

When my favorite toy company stop producing my favorite series of toys altogether, I only have one thing to say to it: Thank you for releasing me from my pain.

True story - sold off my comic collection years ago. About 10-15 years later I was renting a house and about ready to move out because the owner was planning to sell. Some things had been stored there by the owner. They said "Just clean stuff out if you can. If it's something you want, keep it, if not, throw it out." Well the landlady was pretty cool so my roomies and I decided that sure we'd clean the place out before we moved out to make it easier for her to sell. There... In a closet full of worthless paperback books, broken electronics, and various junk were 2 boxes... WITH MY OLD COMIC COLLECTION! You can not understand that feeling of finding a thing you'd regretted getting rid of years prior. I was so fortunate. Moral of the story? There isn't one. I was lucky. 😂

I sold my children

This video spoke to me on many levels. I went through the exact same stages. I like to use the term "Cherry pick" now for my collection going forward. I have to admit a collection is more impactful to yourself when its filled completely with things you absolutely love as opposed to having to have it there because it is part of the set. The single characters are what bring most nostalgia, not always the entirety of the collection. Great vid!

I to had to thin out my collection When i realized there's a fine line between collecting and hoarding

I'm 2yrs late on this video and no idea if anyone will read this. I wasnt/haven't been a "collector" since I was a kid. From my teens to my early 30s, I was a minimalist and in a sense, still am. Because of Covid, around last September, I felt like I rewoken a beast when I purchased my first "toy"/lego set at Target out of boredom. I built the set, felt the rush, bought another, then started finding youtubers who reviewed and worse, did toy hunting videos. More recently, I started getting into action figures like Black Series/Marvel Legends. I was finding my small studio apartment couldn't fit anything I was buying, I had a shopping addiction. I have roughly $2k+ worth of sealed Lego Sets still in their boxes and a way too many action figures than I initially intended to buy. I decided to start returning/selling some excess and narrowing down the collection to things I really enjoy too. It's weird still wanting to have the minimalistic aesthetician while being a collector. I think the 2 can go hand in hand. Main thing is to focus on what is important to you and what brings you the most joy in life.

this could be a good TEDtalks' speech

This is the realest shit

When it comes to selling, I factor in 2 things: - how replaceable is the piece - how happy it would make the buyer to own it

My collection (used to) grow whenever stressors in my life reached an overwhelming level. The way I manage it, is by reverting back to my childhood and dive in to all things nostalgic. By removing myself mentally from those stressors, I am able to manage them much easier however, in the beginning it was just watching videos, old cartoons, and toy commercials on RU-vid and channels like yours, or purchasing a random retro toy catalog on eBay or a cool find at a yard sale. Before I knew it, those stress relievers were becoming expensive! The pandemic isnt helping matters either, but Im showing restraint, lol

I think I have reached the end of my nostalgia. I'm so thirsty for something new.

After moving several times, and then having kids of my own, I decided to pare down my various collections. Some things of were sold, others donated. Marie Kondo's quotes on discarding things that do not bring you joy really changed my perspective on collecting. By asking myself if a particular toy/game/whatever brings me joy or not, it was easy to part with a lot of them.

The obvious solution to accumulating more stuff is to get a bigger house. When I die, my collection will be buried with me like an Egyptian pharaoh, and I will play with them for eternity in the afterlife.

Every now and then, i rewatch this as it really resonates with me in regards to where i feel i am mentally heading towards as a collector. It's not out of hand yet but i find myself questioning whether im even collecting for myself anymore or "stocking" up towards a situation that will likely never even happen. This video deserves way more views.

Sold my Entire GI Joe RAH collection when I went off to college in 1990. I. Had. Everything. Sold it for 900.00 dollars. I’ve regretted it ever since.

“Collecting” to me is something I did when it was hard to collect things. Before the internet, and it was really an accomplishment to find something. And it wasn’t always just a matter of having money to do it. I used to collect sugar packets as a kid. Every restaurant I’d go to is take a sugar packet home with me. I had a move ticket stub collection. A box of them, every time I went to movies I kept it and it had the date, time, show and place on it. Now I grow up and people “collect” funkopops or just basically stuff that is more just a matter of “ok, I can afford another one, click the buy now button.” I never felt l in a this was “collecting”. I know it sounds like gatekeeping or an old person dumping on different times. I don’t know. Collections are great reflections of us, and there’s something to be said about a collection that was actually sought out vs something that you just went online and bought from the same place over and over again.

I took my collection through the weeding process and created a business selling toys. I buy stuff I like, put a price on it and get to keep it and look at it till it sells. Then I buy more. An ever repeating loop that I throughly enjoy.

Never sell your collection. Just get rid of things here and there.

"How far will you go to justify that something should be a part of your collection just to be able to add to your collection". I'll have to keep that in mind.

I did this last year. As the best decision I've ever made. My collection is very focused now. I cleared out a whole room in my house.

I actually had nightmares about loosing my figure collection it ruins my day when I think about it.

I revisit this video whenever I feel like I'm slipping down the rabbit hole of collecting. Thanks Dan for always reminding us why we loved collecting in the first place.

I love this video so much. It really was something of a gut punch from reality as to what a collection could end up being: bloated and wasteful. It's so easy to let yourself go nuts and try to justify it. I love how you ended with your new mentality: collect things that you really love, that mean a lot to you, that brings you joy and not just for the sake of some arbitrary goal of collecting. As usual, keep up the good work. This is a great channel.

"I collect spores, molds, and fungus."

Every time I consider selling my collection (it happens to us all) I find figures that I love to pieces or had forgot about and can't let go. Can't believe your dad is snake eyes from gi Joe. That's pretty Cool!

gearing up to sell my 'star wars' 6" black series. it was fun when i started about 3 years ago, and it cost a pretty penny getting up to par with most everyone else. but, i'm somewhat of a completist and inbox, not to mention the hunt is a huge part of the fun for me. problem is hasblo is coming out with just too much stuff, i can't keep up. i think in 2019 they had something like 62 releases, and by the end of this year probably closer to 70. a lot of retailers just aren't stocking them well in my area, and walmart just quit having them altogether. while it was always a challenge to get the new stuff to begin with, online hasn't made it any easier between all the exclusives and new figs which are snapped up within seconds by bots, scalpers, and other collectors. counting on hasblo pulse to have their act together is like hoping today will be good beach weather at the north pole. then if you do get it in the first round of pickings, hopefully it's not packaged by an ape. being inbox, the condition of the package is everything, but amazon is almost a guaranteed disaster. then you order something that's on back order for four months and start seeing it on shelves by then. that's if your order isn't cancelled. it's almost worth paying an extra ten bucks to a dealer to get it in good condition and reasonably on time after a month or so. that's okay, i'm so far behind that i'm about a year behind anyway. retailers are clearing beginning to give up handing over shelf space for bullshit product that collects dust unless it's a hot ticket item which are hard to get in the store. because most stores have an automatic re-ordering system and department managers who just couldn't give a shit, the inability to sell ten rose ticos prevent new orders. it's all heading to online collecting, but that's a fucking mess, too. one person in one of my collecting groups said they have *41* BS figures in his queue he's waiting on, a lot of the pre-orders (which is yet another layer of bullshit right there). wheeeeeeee!!! yeah, i'm bitching about it, so what? the bottom line is it's just no fun anymore. i can't afford to keep up, fed up with online bullshit and not knowing if, when, or what condition you'll get it, always hated exclusives and there just seems to be more of those, i have other shit to do in life than dedicate it to collecting online and being in the right place at the right time just for the slim *chance* of getting something the very second it's released, and while there being a challenge to it doesn't turn me off, it's to the point where what they do/don't do and how they do it is going to drive no small amount of collectors out of the game. i recently found a probot on the shelf, much to my shock, and it's a great figure. i set it back down because my heart just wasn't in it. that's when i knew i was done.

You are a very eloquent speaker. I really appreciate that about your channel

It’s really about holding onto your youth and that feeling of being a kid. It reminds you of an easier time when you had very little cares in the world. I did the same recently, purging most stuff I’ve held onto for years just because it reminded me of simpler times. Now I just have a very small amount of keepsakes that actually have true meaning and tell a story.

Watched this because thinking to slow down on my toy collecting. My toy collecting became worse after I started ordering online. In the past I only bought from stores, and if the stores didn't have the figure, I had no way of buying it. It is tough, but I will start trying from today. Hopefully in 2024 I will be able to control my collecting

The singular moment that made me change the way I collected Transformers... The Lego movie. Will Ferrell as the dad to be specific. I was becoming him. So I changed. My kids go hunting with me. They get pieces as well. It's now about family.

Dan, I’m always amazed at the professional production of your videos. This one in particular hit a note with me and has given me clarity with regards to my incessant need for stuff! Wonderful stuff, keep it up my friend!

I got my six million dollar man and incredible hulk stuff in acrylic cases as well as my buck Rogers corgi die cast, none of that is going anywhere.

The hobby is so much more fun at Collection 3.0.

I never sell any of my collection...just add...I can't get myself to part with anything I own and have no desire to

I lost 95% of my G.I. Joe collection to a fire back in 2014. Before then my collection consisted of anything and everything that I was able to find that had the G.I. Joe logo. I started the collection in 1982. After the fire I was done collecting. A few years later I missed it and so I began to re-evaluate what I collected and why. It was fun and brought me joy. I have since returned to collecting G.I. Joe and while it is a slow process to find items I lost, I am enjoying it more than the first time around. Part of what I enjoy is the sharing of information about the hobby and that brought me to RU-vid earlier this year. Thank you for your videos. I have enjoyed your channel a lot.

I remember selling my Gamecube Collection. It was really difficult, but there are more Important things in my life than My Gamecube.

I totally understand you. Before the internet we all thought everything was never going to be re made. And so here we are 2018. Wow Sometimes I long for the simplicity of my younger years.

I did the same thing. I bought tons of Gijoes and it got out of hand. I eventually sold almost my whole collection in 2008. except for a few figures I loved. just recently I decided to rebuy some of my figures but Only the ones I really like. I didnt care about getting every figure made anymore.

My childhood collection is long gone and scattered to the winds. In my mid-20s I acquired a handful of figures, but after a year or two I gave all those away. Ten years later I began my collection 3.0. It's all figures I had as a kid and loved, figures I wanted, and a few modern figures like Black Series and that Robocop/Terminator hybrid. My collection is focused just on what I love, and nothing else.

When I was in Marine Corp boot camp my dad sold my collections. That consisted of pretty much every Star Wars figure, vehicle, play set, diorama, mail in limited editions, collectors cases, t shirts, bed sheets, comforters, curtains and desk made from A New Hope to Return of the Jedi. This was thousands and thousands to include a Star Destroyer that took up my entire bedroom and had to be raised and lowered on a set of pulleys. It was so big I could dock a Tie Fighter, Vaders Fighter, the Tie Advanced Intercepter, Tie Bomber, Millennium Falcon, an X wing, A wing, B Wing, Cloud Car in its hanger as well as an AT AT ans AT ST if the legs were folded under them. I had never seen anything like it till I got it and have not since. Granted I was a kid and my mom and dad financed all of that collection. GI Joe consisted of every comic book from #1 to the last issue I purchased in 1990 3 days before leaving for boot camp. All of the 3 3/4 tall action figures released from 1994 to 1990. The third collection sold that darkened my dad's drive way and yard. 1975 Dodge Dart Swinger Gold with black vinyl 3/4 top with a 318ci, auto trans modified with 340 heads. Headers, posi rear end, 1968 Plymouth Barracuda Fast Back Big Bid Yellow changed from a 318ci to a 426 big block hemi with a B&M shirt stack blower, 2 holley 750cfm carbs, headers, 4 speed Trans with pistol grip shifter, 8 poing roll cage, high Cowell hood. 1970 Dodge Chalkenger road runner green340ci 6 pack carbs, 4 speed Trans with pistol grip shifter all stock. In the yard 426 hemi, 2ea 383 Magnum, multiple sets Mopar wheels, a rolling Super Bird Shell with no motor from the Hurtz Rent a Racer fleet. All there when I left in June gone when I came home in Sept.

I needed this. Thank you. I've got a lot of reflecting and considering to do

I sold my collection due to lack of space issues and like letting go of an old relationship. Big mistake to this day I still look back at the good old days.

I remember the day I sold off my entire Comic Book collection ......

Hey this is Bob in Connecticut it’s about 4 o’clock anyway I gave up bartending about 10 years ago because of comic books. They have taken off like a rocket you can never lose money with comic books . There is never the right time to sell. I still have a few comic books left but I sold mostly everything thank God I still have my two copies of amazing fantasy 15. well my amazing fantasy 15 6.0 I bought that for $4000 about 10 years ago in New York City well 6.0 just sold for $96,000 last week. How about the X-Men they are almost as popular as Spiderman. I have a copy of X-Men 17.0 I paid $300 for that book years ago it was not graded at the time. Well it is Saturday, April 17 and there is a 5.0 right now on eBay it’s around $24,000 with over a day left. So I guess my copy is worth $50,000 plus.😳😳😳

Sell my collection? Man I hope never :P I want to give it all to my son and daughter :D put on a museum idk.... sell is the last thing I want

Sometimes I see other click bait-y RU-vidrs who start to talk about quitting their (a little intense) collecting habits...only to double down for the LoLs and say they'll be collecting til they die and they'll never stop. That's why every once in a while, I revisit this video to hear something more rational and logical.

I still have collection 1.0 Collection 2.0 too collection 3 is the problematic one. I went too far! But the thing is, this video didn't go too far and was well done. Good video/10

It's an Addiction, you go from Super-heroes comics to action figures to Movies, (I didn't go X-Box, playstation-Gamer so that saved me) then it became Anime both Cartoon to live action statue, thank you GOD I didn't go STAR-WARS crazy, but that addiction turn into Si-Fi & Horror DVD, I couldn't go out with out buying a bunch of comic books or action figure ,(max-out your credit cards) or an ANIME, then it happened "POKEMON" got to catch them all, once I completed the150 collection little stand toys , then came in More, NOOOOO, that when I stop Video taping the show, 200 vhs tapes,? What am I on? the fun didn't stop there Godzilla, XENA, Buffy, Reboot, beast Wars, more MARVEL & DC, add Malibu, image, the Simpsons, Dark Horse , My Social life tanked, but I didn't care as long as I have my comics & Toys, I never gift myself, if every day is my birthday, But the Cat never suffer, she got her shots her food, toys, she does have a lot of things too, I took on her addiction too. I did get another job ,so that keep me busy

Man, you are speaking to my heart and wallet...thank you for sharing this! You break down the psychology of what so many of us have gone through beautifully...and articulate a happier, healthier goal. Sounds strange, but you made my day because I feel a stronger sense of direction about/for my collection than I ever have.

I currently own somewhere around $75000 worth of Pokémon cards, and no plans of selling anytime soon. That’s memories right there.

This video helped me more than I could ever say! Thank you!!!

so at the end... you didn't sell your collection. what a bait bro.

Good for you Dan. However, almost fainted when I read the title of this video believing it to the end of ToyGalaxy. With this obviously not being the case, I am now Looking forward more than ever to new uploads from you guys.

Always have to keep in mind, whatever you sell you can always buy back later. Can't be too attached, especially if collecting starts impacting you negatively.

I still remember when I remember my older brother sold his collection of Jim Lee X-Men cards in the early 90's of which a considerable sum of it was bought with part of my money that I won from an art contest. And he sold it for a like, cheap so he could buy more Image titles. It was my money, but it wasn't my collection... but up to now I still feel the sting.

I just bought two Red Hood figures, one in a box and an loose figure. I am not an addict, I can quit, honestly I can quit...just ask me, I don't want to do it now, but I can quit...I just don't want to right now.

I remember when my mom got rid of all my mint, gen 1, pokemon cards... when I told her that I could have payed off my debt and probably bought a house I think she felt worse then I did

I keep coming back to this. This might be the most essential toy collecting video Dan has ever put on RU-vid. And no matter how long ago it was filmed --- it will always be relevant for someone at some point in their collecting journey. Thank you Dan.

I love board games and bourbon. I dink most of my bourbon, so I have lots of board games. Cheers, J.O.

Long before I used to collect gundams, from RG, HG and even the expensive MG one's. I stopped eventually. Still got 3 gundams left from before. But now I started collecting again, this time it was for Azur Lane ship Waifu's 1/7 scale models. And Fate Grand Order 1/7 figures. Ordered all the way from Japan. In one case there was a rare figure I really love from the FGO game but was re sold by people at crazy prices to this day. But I left it to simmer and eventually the urge to buy her regardless of price died down. Now I mostly buy pre order or release msrp and never the re sold overpriced one's. I even bought my first detolf for my small collection. One thing I can say the characters and the sculpts are very beautiful. But I am trying hard to keep to that Azur Lane / FGO only collection. Cause it is very easy to go astray and just buying figures left and right from each game or anime I love. Or even sexy figures I have no idea where they come from. Cause like I wake up in the morning and see the detolf and figures beside the bed and it's different when you see the figures you bought that you actually like vs the one's you bought on a whim. And had no history on (by history, I mean you like the character first from a game or anime which made you buy them instead of just buying it cause its there and it looks nice). As for clarity. Good example was me who loves computers and computer parts. I used to always upgrade to a better gpu and cpu on a computer Cause I wanted the best of the best each generation. But eventually, I had a moment of clarity, and with life constraints and curve balls. It made me realise you do not need to do that all the time. All you need is a cpu and gpu, and as long as it serves your current purpose or is good enough for your needs base on what games or monitor you are powering. You do not need to upgrade each time. And that made me stop doing that. I only ever upgrade now if either a pc part broke or I need a powerful rig which I don't anymore. This applies for every other thing in life too including collecting. Life is full of lessons, and you Learn everyday. Some lessons take a while to learn or sink in. Some maybe faster.

Yes. I've lost my collection twice. The first occasion happened when I left home at 18. Pretty much every toy I had ever owned was lost overnight. I was only able to spare my recent collection of Marvel Legends waves 1, 2, 3, & 4. At the time, those were the only waves available from Toy Biz. But, I was smitten and knew I couldn't part with the fantastic new line. Everything else that I had left at home with my parents (mostly the toys I grew up with) was gone in less than a year. By that point, I was already working my first job and my collection of Toy Biz Marvel Legends was extra special to me. It was an accomplishment and symbolized something I had truly worked for. It was something my parents didn't help me cultivate. And it was Marvel! As I struck out on my own I spent nearly every spare cent collecting Legends from Walmart, Target, and KB Toys. I had all but the most rare of legends figures twice. Naturally, one figure was to pose on the shelf and the duplicate was to hang boxed on the wall. Rather redundant really. I told myself I was making an investment in my future. And as I worked towards my Bachelors Degree, I continued this questionable practice. Then news came that Toy BIz was done and Hasbro was taking over. And after the Annihilus Wave and Blob Wave of Hasbro Legends, and the company's seeming preference for smaller scale Marvel toys, I assumed the Legends line was nearly done for. With college graduation around the corner, I sold all of my figures, and their duplicates, (except the X-Men) at convention and made enough money to buy a (then) $500 PlayStation 3 and some starting games and accessories. That was it. My years of investment turned into less than $1000 worth of fun in one weekend. I was ready to move and leave collecting in the past. I thought my collection was the biggest thing I had ever seen. The biggest collector achievement I would ever accomplish. And for a few years, that was it. Then, Marvel Legends came back in 2012. I started with Hope Summers, the latest X-Character to hit the line at the time. I was hooked, lined, and sunk all over again. I now own more Marvel Legends then I ever did in the Toy Biz days. Easily triple the numbers. It's been a crazy obsession. And up until last year, I had to be a completionist again. But now with my collection of nearly 400 Legends figures, I've decided it's OK to just collect the ones I really want. And I'm happy. I'm happier now as a collector than I ever have been. Thanks for sharing guys. This is one of the most sentimental videos you've done yet. And it struck a cord with me. All the best. -Rob

Mahahahah lesson you buy toys , don’t have a family and get a good job for space to store amazing in !!!!

I sold my soul once, but it was returned within 90 days.

I collect dust. It's super easy. Barely an inconvenience.

My collection in my mancave is the coolest part of my home,my girlfriend and our kids say I'm a grown child but when we have company everyone and their partner's wish they had this room,including cable technicians ! Therefore I'm considered the coolest guy they have ever met. Keeping my collection for life haha.

This video helped me "reassess" my collection. I originally set out to collect 90's X-Men and Batman the Animated Series figures but It quickly grew into Spiderman and Avengers figures too. I sold everything off but what I had originally intended to collect and now my collection feels much more complete and affordable to maintain. Thanks for making this video. You saved me a lot of money and anxiety while making collecting enjoyable again.

Never really understood the in box collector. I understand not all do it to resell but are you really a collector if you are just trying to make profit no you’re a gambler....

So “why I sold my collection” was because you didn’t really sell your collection.

Just sold my random game collection. Now I have a very small focused collection

So in short, you use to buy 3 of every single toy you see, and now you only buy the toys you actually want..

I haven’t sold my collection because its like 7 figures but i’d imagine its like deleting the save file on a really long and hard video game

I loved how Dan told his own story with the same intonation he uses with the rest of the videos. Very important lessons for collectors. You have to take the time to curate your collection and decide what you want it to be, otherwise it will become unwieldy and unmanageable. Not to mention financially unsustainable

I'm now hooked on these why do I collect videos as I'm getting rid of stuff.

As a collector, a lot of this really resonated with me especially about the FOMO and the ever justifying growing of the collection and having to own multiple copies and the running out of space and the addictive qualities of it. I appreciate how honest and upfront you were about it. It can very, very easily get out of hand but it's also one of life's pleasures for those with a collector's heart (like myself) so finding the right balance for you is key.

One of the more meaningful vids on toy collecting I've seen in awhile. Now, where do I start getting rid of some of this Stuff!?

I was started when I was a kid an on sale collector. Just buy anything half decent and kinda like at discounted price. So I ended up with just the bad guys for a series. I grew older and now I just collect what I like at reasonable price. So a lot of secondhand and discounted items. Rarely new items. Since I open all my toys and don't plan to sell anything.

I sold my toy collection about 6-7 years ago and don't collect any longer mainly because I have other hobbies that take up the little bit of free space and money that my kids have not managed to consume. I collected late 70's through late 80's action figures with a ton of carded figures. The greater percentage of my loose figures were complete and my G.I Joe collection was pretty impressive. In addition to the space and money issue I started having figures break just from picking the dang things up. I also had the bubbles falling off of a few carded figures. I began to have nightmares about picking up one of my rare Joes only to see stress cracks on his elbows or have the crotch fall off. These are not worries a grown man should have :)

Currently selling my collection except the comic movie figs, power rangers, and transformers. I’d like to say this video really gave me perspective on how far I’ve gone during this long expensive journey of collecting. Also collecting at the high paced level I’ve achieved has awarded me little to nothing in life and should not be as big a part of my life as it is. Hope no one else is finding themselves upside down this far into addiction as I find myself now.

This is the best advice for any collector. Great video.

I’m at this point. I just woke up one day, looked around the collection room, and felt numb.

I started a small comic collection in 1991, when I was in my mid-20s. There was no online commerce to speak of at that point, so everything I bought was from local comic shops. (I did mail away for a couple books: Image Zero and the UNICEF Special Edition Spider-Man: Trial of Venom.) Although plenty of what are now modern keys were on the shelves and in the bins, at, just below, or just above cover price, I was making not much more than minimum wage, so I couldn't go much further than that. After about two years, just around the time when the market was starting to bottom out, I quit collecting and set aside my collection of a few hundred boarded, bag, and boxed books. In 2018, about 25 years later, I revisited my collection, and when I started pricing things out, I saw that a lot of my books had not only not lost value, but they had held steady or increased exponentially in value. I found all this out going online. I had no idea about professionally graded comics or about the robust marketplace that existed on eBay and other online platforms. Well, once I saw and procured my first CGC 9.0 Spider-Man #1 Platinum Edition, it was on, and I went quickly off the rails buying graded and ungraded comic books on eBay fueled by my Parkinson's medication (a dopamine agonist) and a lack of emotional, psychological, and spiritual grounding at the time. At the height of the purchasing madness, I was sleeping maybe one hour a night, and I was monitoring my bids at work and even in church. I would come home from work to find anywhere between 1 and 10, maybe 15, packages a day. The more I bought, the more I had to have, which is the insanity of "completism"! Then, the more I spent, the more I had to buy so that I could resell the premium items at a better price to cover my losses from overpaying for those premium items, buying from sellers who didn't ship the items carefully, and speculating another items that just didn't gain the anticipated market traction. At the point where I had spent about $15,000 in savings, which I was accumulating for a down payment for a house, and I had overextended myself by another $15,000 using "plastic", I hit bottom. I knew I had to stop and flip most everything but I had accumulated, but with transaction fees and the costs of shipping, I knew I would probably not be able to break even. Then, by the grace of God, I saw an Craigslist ad for 45 boxes of comics (42 shortboxes and 3 longboxes), with many modern keys and full runs, which I was able to secure for $2,000 cash. I stopped buying all together within about two months of that purchase. Many of the keys I was able to send out for professional grading, and after hundreds and hundreds of seller transactions my negative financial exposure has thankfully been reversed. However, for about a full year, I spent nearly every waking hour that I wasn't at work (or whatever else) sorting, boarding, bagging, boxing, grading, researching, photographing, pricing, listing, negotiating with buyers, packaging, and making runs to the post office. I have learned a lot, and, as derailed as I was, I have enjoyed much of the process on both sides of collecting: the buying and the selling. Most everything that I was going to list is now listed or off at the graders, so the business is streamlined. I still find the business occasionally stressful and time-consuming, but I have also found (or been shown) that the most redemptive aspect of all this is the joy of approaching each transaction relationally. When someone is stoked with the good deal and the careful shipping, I'm probably just as stoked than I would have been holding on to the item(s) indefinitely. Besides, I've cleared out just a little more space in my place and in my life to inhabit more sustainably and appreciatively.

In fact I’m selling my Star Wars Collection tomorrow and this review helps me a great deal . Thank You !!!

YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE