Series Speculation

I bought a thing

Actually six things.

I wonder if collectors all have a particular kryptonite?  One of mine is that I can’t pass up a special series.

This is slightly odd, as with the main bulk of my collection, the brushables, I’m not a completionist at all.  Which is not to say that I don’t have complete sets (I have several) but in instances where I decide that I only want 5 of the 6 ponies offered, I have no problem with passing up the 6^th pony and considering that set complete for me.

Sorry, Tassles

It gets different when we get into special sets.  Suddenly it’s like I’m chasing Pokemon and no, I don’t want just one, I want to catch them all!  Slap an anniversary sticker on it, or make a convenient collection of all the main characters, and I am on that like a sweet tooth on discounted high end ice cream (this also applies to me). 

Funnily enough, with the original 6 Basic Fun ponies, I had intended to only get Snuzzle and Cotton Candy.  My cousin happened to get me the other four ponies for Christmas that year.  Clearly the universe intended me to have all six.  At least I managed to keep the Rainbow ponies down to only my three favourites (Windy, Moonstone, and Skydancer).

There is an element of sense in this.  The set still has to appeal to me.  I won't pick up a special set just for the sake of having it.  There is still an aspect of curation here, even if it's slightly overshadowed by a bit of mania.

I don't see a change in my mentality happening here any time soon, and that's not a problem until I run out of space. As that hasn't hapened yet (I'm surprised too), I'm not overly concerned.  It gives me another fun aspect of the collection to ponder and go on about.

Elf

The Next Generatiion

We’re in an interesting moment in our collectors’ home here. Roomy’s MOTU fandom is on an uptick, with the recent She-Ra reboot, the new He-Man continuation, and all the associated toys (note to Mattel: needs more POP).

On the other hand, I look at the new G5 toys and I just…no. I think the animation looks great, I’m looking forward to watching the movie, and if kids like the toys that’s fantastic, but the toys are doing nothing for me.  It’s the heads. Those faces (eyebrows?!?) make me think of them as people in horse costumes, and I’ve never been the biggest fan of the times when MLP veered more toward doll than pony.

Still my favourite generation

This is not a bad thing.  On the one hand, I don’t have to figure out how to fit another Generation into the Geek Cave (yet).  On the other, it’s not such a bad thing for only one of us to have a major influx of new toys at a time, especially when our display spaces are being adjusted and can’t actually display new items yet. The family room is starting to look a bit like the backroom of a toy store, with all the unopened figures in there, but it’s a temporary state.  Who’d have thought that finding an appropriately-sized cabinet for the space would turn out to be so difficult? If only Grayskull fit on a Billy bookcase.

In the autumn we'll get back to organizing things.  There's months of winter to spend with our collections coming up.  Something to look forward to.

Elf