As many of you know, or may not know, my wife and I live humbly. In that we usually don’t get to spoil ourselves with nice or new things. We’re not poor by any means, but when it comes to collecting things or hobbies we just have to make choices sometimes. ”Do i want this yarn or do I want to go get a burger sometime this week?” To a lot of you it may not sound like much. And Maybe some of you are of the opinion that we’re well off.
We are well off. We have a lovely studio home, somewhat of an A/C unit, running water, power, internet, and a working car! We know we’re blessed to have those things. But every once-in-a-while we long for something new or shinny.
Recently, and now to what may be my regret, I mentioned in passing to my Dad, as we were at lunch during a work day, that I’d like to get back into model cars (making them) or World of Warcraft Figures as a hobby once I found a decent job. He inquired more about the later (the WoW figures) and I explained what they were and where they were found. Granted I had no idea what was to follow.
A week later I recieved a package containing 3 WoW figures: Thargus Anvilmar, a Dwarf Warrior, Wildmoon, a Night Elf Moonkin, and Garrosh Hellscream, (marked on the box as an Orc Warrior) Warchief .
I later found out they were sent directly from blizzard store and I wondered who did it. It turned out to be my dad. I promptly thanked him. This story doesn’t end there though. Today I recieved yet ANOTHER Large box from Blizzard. Upon opening it i found these contents:
Taz’Dingo, a Troll Hunter, and Chen Stormsout, Pandaren Brewmaster.
Upon inquiring why more were sent he simply said that he though it should start the collection off well. However, he also mentioned, that the “Panda man reminded me of you.” Uh…lolwat?
Anyway…here i am with a great start to a collection and now I have a first world problem…do I keep them in their boxes or take them out to display. Let me know please! I wont decide until tomorrow. Please comment or let me know on twitter what YOU think I should do. I’ll choose the most popular answer!
Personally? I’d take them out. I don’t see the point in having toys in boxes that are clunky to display, and don’t let you pose the action figures differently from time to time! On the other hand, I also am not a toy collector, and I don’t care much about the “mint in box” sort of thing. ^^;;
It really depends on what you have in mind.
If you have these in mind as an investment in any small degree – leave them in the boxes – you can always take them out later and they will be worth more unopened.
If this is something solely for your enjoyment and you don’t care about mint condition and possible damage [hey, stuff does happen] take them out and display them.
I have collected toys and the like in the past. Some I have displayed and some I have not. I have to admit I couldn’t resist putting my full sci fi collection of hallmark ornaments on the Christmas tree one year…