Cheesey Toys/high end stuff..why the $$$

[Scatter]

  I don't have any kids so the toy allowance is all mine. Bring on the seasonal beer!!!

I hate you. 

[marsattacks666]

I hate you. 

Don't hate the player......hate the GAME!!!!! 

[Scatter]

I spend very little really on collectibles. I just don't have the disposable income with the kids and the house and the incessant and unrelenting parade of bills and everything.  But really, I don't mind it. I go out a couple times a month and scour thrift stores and garage sales looking for stuff,and I really love it. I get as big a kick out of getting something cool for cheap as I get for actually having the item displayed.

[Scatter]

Don't hate the player......hate the GAME!!!!! 

LOL!! Nah, I got nothin' but love for my brethren and sistren here!! 

[marsattacks666]

I spend very little really on collectibles. I just don't have the disposable income with the kids and the house and the incessant and unrelenting parade of bills and everything.  But really, I don't mind it. I go out a couple times a month and scour thrift stores and garage sales looking for stuff,and I really love it. I get as big a kick out of getting something cool for cheap as I get for actually having the item displayed.

I think a majority of us here (UMA) and the rest of the world do not have a disposible income
anymore. Cheap stuff is good, and always cool to find little surprises a garage sales.

[Sean]

When we move, I get my man-cave, which will be a media room that I alone decorate---with stuff that represents special things to me.  Some sports stuff and some monster stuff for the most part.  I have all kinds of plans for said room-----and anything that won't be displayed prominently in there simply won't be bought.  So, no.... I have no drawers full of goodies-----not that I am against that... it just isn't in my plan.

[Opera Ghost]

When we move, I get my man-cave, which will be a media room that I alone decorate---with stuff that represents special things to me.  Some sports stuff and some monster stuff for the most part.  I have all kinds of plans for said room-----and anything that won't be displayed prominently in there simply won't be bought.  So, no.... I have no drawers full of goodies-----not that I am against that... it just isn't in my plan.

Ah yes, so lay the best laid plans of Mice and Men....that was the plan, before the wife and the LM intervened.

[BaronLatos35]

When we move, I get my man-cave, which will be a media room that I alone decorate---with stuff that represents special things to me.  Some sports stuff and some monster stuff for the most part.  I have all kinds of plans for said room-----and anything that won't be displayed prominently in there simply won't be bought. 

I am dreaming along with you my friend. When we move my wife wants walk in closets and I want my man cave...one day....

[marsattacks666]

I am dreaming along with you my friend. When we move my wife wants walk in closets and I want my man cave...one day....

My entire home is a man cave dedicated to Horror/Sci-Fi/ Cult. I guess I'm the lucky
one.....and a cool Wife.

[Anton Phibes]

Patience is a virtue. So is any degree of talent. I offset the price of high end items I want by painting for other people-- and having them pay me in "stuff" most of the time, or cash with which I buy the "stuff". I also let someone else be the impulse buyer. That way when they are tired of the impulse buy and are wondering "why did I buy that?", I can pick it up for a good rate when they want to dump it. It works more often than not and has helped grow my collection immensely in the last 20 years. My friends think I am "cheap", but I just think its smart.

[Mord]

That's a brilliant strategy!  It's great that you can use your talent to make others happy while enhancing your own collection.

[Scatter]

Ah yes, so lay the best laid plans of Mice and Men....that was the plan, before the wife and the LM intervened.

What he said.........