Anyone else ashamed of this hobby???

im not ashamed but its kinda awkward. but i dont hide it. if im ashamed at something its how this sometimes appears more important than more important things
 
i dont think thats a problem for me. i enjoy it but i guess over all its low on my list of important things.
 
well i guess if anything im ashamed that for about a year now i collected power rangers. i was collecting ml too but i thought it would be cool to have all the power rangers from when i was little. not too expensive realy but im ashamed and glad i did it lol. there is a HUGE power rangers fanbase i never even knew and suprisingly its 20 year olds who cant let go of there favorite saturday morning show. i only have the rangers so compared to others my collection is small lol.
 
Harry Goblin said:
well i guess if anything im ashamed that for about a year now i collected power rangers. i was collecting ml too but i thought it would be cool to have all the power rangers from when i was little. not too expensive realy but im ashamed and glad i did it lol. there is a HUGE power rangers fanbase i never even knew and suprisingly its 20 year olds who cant let go of there favorite saturday morning show. i only have the rangers so compared to others my collection is small lol.
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Dude, you obviously have no idea. "Power Rangers" [Whose real name is Super Sentai] are the superheroes of Japan. They've got a bigger fan following than you think.
 
But in Japan....Not here.


If I were to be ashamed of something it would probably be my Nigh Comlplete line of the Famous Covers figs from the late 90s
 
Yeah, here they're pretty much jokes.....but then again we get the ****ing joker version o the show.
 
Ryo Jin said:
Dude, you obviously have no idea. "Power Rangers" [Whose real name is Super Sentai] are the superheroes of Japan. They've got a bigger fan following than you think.
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i know theres super sentai. they just had theyre 30th anniversary. its just before collecting i had no idea.


rough ur right. our power rangers do suck.most of it is just voiced over but its still terribly. i wish there was more of mighty morphin were there were sparks on the ground and they fought. not the stupid flying after an explosion every 6 seconds. serisoly watch it. thats how it is lol
 
nah they cancelled and i loved anything saban made. stupid disny ruined power rangers but also i loved beetleborgs. "BIG BAD BEETLEBORGS!"
 
I like to think people think I'm shopping for someone esle when I go into that aisle, But I do lose myself when I'm in there and play with some of the stuff. :O
 
Collecting anything is always pretty embarrassing. Back in the old days, were collecting stamps or coins embarrassing? Probably not at the same level as action figures.Right now, collecting action figures will be seen as 40-Year Old Virginish by young generations (people less than 40 years old). Anyone older than 40 will see it as immature and not-grown-up. As a toy collector myself, I prefer the immature/not-grown-up stereotype.There is nothing wrong with being oneself and doing what makes one happy, but collecting action figures is ashame-worthy, mainly due to the process of the hobby. Buying up all the "cool" figures early in the morning before children have a chance to see them is certainly ashame-worthy. And the majority of toy-collectors are like this, even the non-extreme ones. Can you imagine growing up now watching the 80s G.I. Joe cartoon and not being able to find a Snake Eyes or Storm Shadow action figure in the stores? Well imagine how a kid will feel. He might not even realize certain action figures exist because they are never seen on the toy rack. There are kids who buy Marvel Legends and D.C. Direct figures and there are never good ones on the rack, because of collectors. If stamp collecting was as extreme as action-figure collecting, it would be like one going to the Post Office to buy stamps, but they are out of stamps because all the collectors got them first.Opening up figures (geeky) or keeping them in the package (more geeky) is just two different categories how we collectors differentiate ourselves. People who don't collect action figures don't give a rat's ass whether we open them up or not. It's all "40-year old Virgin" to them.Another embarrassing element of action-figure collecting is how people display them. I'm sorry but the majority of the way people display figures are pretty depressing. The trick is to tastefully display them without them looking like the way you displayed them when you were 10 years old. It's like being 40 years old and you still have posters of Cindy Crawford or Van Halen posters thumbtacked or messily taped to the wall. That may be fine if you are single and if you want to stay single, but if you are in relationships or have family, that's pretty sad. Since you are old,at least get a super-fancy frame for the posters so that it looks like you are poking fun at pop culture. Out of all the online photos of action figure displays, maybe 10 percent of them are aesthically displayed. The rest look like 40-year old virgin displays, 10-year old room displays, or like walking in a toy store.So, yes, I will always continue toy collecting because I like it, but it doesnt mean that it's not embarrassing. Sure everyone supports each other here, but if this was a forum for Obese people, people would be supporting each other's fatness as well, but that doesn't make it something to be proud of.
 
toddly6666 said:
Collecting anything is always pretty embarrassing. Back in the old days, were collecting stamps or coins embarrassing? Probably not at the same level as action figures.Right now, collecting action figures will be seen as 40-Year Old Virginish by young generations (people less than 40 years old). Anyone older than 40 will see it as immature and not-grown-up. As a toy collector myself, I prefer the immature/not-grown-up stereotype.There is nothing wrong with being oneself and doing what makes one happy, but collecting action figures is ashame-worthy, mainly due to the process of the hobby. Buying up all the "cool" figures early in the morning before children have a chance to see them is certainly ashame-worthy. And the majority of toy-collectors are like this, even the non-extreme ones. Can you imagine growing up now watching the 80s G.I. Joe cartoon and not being able to find a Snake Eyes or Storm Shadow action figure in the stores? Well imagine how a kid will feel. He might not even realize certain action figures exist because they are never seen on the toy rack. There are kids who buy Marvel Legends and D.C. Direct figures and there are never good ones on the rack, because of collectors. If stamp collecting was as extreme as action-figure collecting, it would be like one going to the Post Office to buy stamps, but they are out of stamps because all the collectors got them first.Opening up figures (geeky) or keeping them in the package (more geeky) is just two different categories how we collectors differentiate ourselves. People who don't collect action figures don't give a rat's ass whether we open them up or not. It's all "40-year old Virgin" to them.Another embarrassing element of action-figure collecting is how people display them. I'm sorry but the majority of the way people display figures are pretty depressing. The trick is to tastefully display them without them looking like the way you displayed them when you were 10 years old. It's like being 40 years old and you still have posters of Cindy Crawford or Van Halen posters thumbtacked or messily taped to the wall. That may be fine if you are single and if you want to stay single, but if you are in relationships or have family, that's pretty sad. Since you are old,at least get a super-fancy frame for the posters so that it looks like you are poking fun at pop culture. Out of all the online photos of action figure displays, maybe 10 percent of them are aesthically displayed. The rest look like 40-year old virgin displays, 10-year old room displays, or like walking in a toy store.So, yes, I will always continue toy collecting because I like it, but it doesnt mean that it's not embarrassing. Sure everyone supports each other here, but if this was a forum for Obese people, people would be supporting each other's fatness as well, but that doesn't make it something to be proud of.
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Well. i can only speak for myself here. No i have never "gotten up early" or otherwise tried to cheat any children out of buying figures...i either see them on the shelf while doing my weekly shopping, get them off Ebay, or buy them from other Hypesters right here...it's possible the folks selling them on Ebay are guilty of behaving like the eway you described, but i have no control over THAT.

Personally, that whole "40 year old virgin" bul**** has gotten pretty old. Just when we seemed to be getting over that old Willaim Shatner SNL "get a life" skit, some wanker had to come along and make collecting seem like something dirty all over again :whatever:

Let me reiterate: Im married. I have children. I own my own home.

And i am ****ing proud to be a comics/figure collector. :word:
 
I own my own Home.....And I am ****ing proud to be a figure collector.
 
Which is worse: proud to be a toy collector or proud to be a canadian? Click on the canadian proud link (http://www.ny-paintball.com/durtydan/proudcan.html)

I'm married, have a child, and own my own home too, but I'm not sure if being a toy collector is something that's in the proud category. Is being "not ashamed or not embarrassed" the same as "being proud?" I like to surf the net and I like to drink apple juice, but that doesn't make me want to shout out "Im proud to surf the net or I'm proud to be an apple juice drinker." I just like doing those things - it has nothing to do or not of being an identity. I'm proud of people's accomplishments or people's skills/talents. Spending money on toys is a choice, it's not like being "proud to be black" or "or proud to be gay." When consumerism becomes the identity, that starts to get a bit disturbing and embarrassing (especially when this particular toy hobby involves non-stop buying and hording).

Collecting 3-inch to 7-inch action figures, or even 12-inch articulated "dolls", or even "superhero busts" is not dirty, it's just wierd. There is nothing wrong with doing it, but one should admit at least that it is a wierd, bizarre hobby, that skirts at the level of embarrassment, no matter what...even if the US President admitted this hobby or if the majority of all americans have this hobby - it's still wierd and interesting of course...(not that there is anything wrong with it!)

Whenever i'm in a comic shop or a toy store, the majority of the people in there are adults by themselves without children. I seriously was into toys and comics when I was a kid in the 70s/80s and I certainly remember the scene of who was in those stores and they were kids.
 
Do I want to click on that link?

Because I am very VERY Proud to be Canadian.
 
At least we don't collect vacuums or something. Yes, there are people that actually do that.
 
I know a woman who's a receptionist and collects phones. :huh:
 
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