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Argh... the age old question, to store or to sell?

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Old 05-24-2012, 02:12 PM   #1
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Argh... the age old question, to store or to sell?

I knew this day would come, and here it is. After delving into G1 Season 2, I have run out of display space.

So right now, I have my Prime and WFC toys currently sitting on the floor. So I am going back and forth. What to do with them? Should I keep or should I sell?

Keep side says:
- Were still pretty cool. You have nothing against us.
- If you decide to continue to collect us, we are still affordable, so there is no chasing going on
- If you keep us sealed for 20 years, hey you never know, maybe we'll be worth something.

The sell side says:
- OK, so you can buy more, but what the F are you going to do with them? You have no place to display them.
- You may make back some decent money selling us, and spend that on competing the piece on your G1 figures, or even getting more G1 figures
- At least they are not sitting somewhere in the basement doing nothing

So I ask you, do I store or do I sell? I still enjoy playing with these guys and transforming them, but where the F do I put them. It's not like I am a kid still playing with these things. Maybe once in a blue moon will I pop em out.

So what do you guys do?

Also, scary enough, I find myself looking at the classics line again and thinking, F it, sell em.
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Old 05-24-2012, 02:17 PM   #2
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I'm in a similar position myself. I'm getting rid of stuff that doesn't fit in my collection. Much as I love Trypticon and my other G1 stuff, it just didn't go with my Classics and BTs/MPs. I'm gradually purging other stuff, like movie trilogy that I didn't even like in the first place.
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Old 05-24-2012, 02:21 PM   #3
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Unless there utter shit keep them. I don't see the point in buying something recent and selling them shortly aftwards especially if you've played with them and like them. Store them away for a bit if you have no room, absolutely nothing wrong with that.
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Old 05-24-2012, 02:27 PM   #4
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Sell. If you don't, you'll end up with a closet full of storage bins packed with toys that you haven't looked at in months. All of the regrets that I may have from toy collecting involve not being picky enough about my purchases and not getting rid of more stuff before I filled up a room and a closet.
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Old 05-24-2012, 02:29 PM   #5
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Hoarding > Selling

Seriously though, unless you need money or have no interest in the stuff at all, don't sell shit because you'll probably end up spending more to get em back later on. Like, even if there literally isn't any more space (which I don't believe in on account of the law of gasses taking charge), you can always rotate shit around.
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Old 05-24-2012, 02:40 PM   #6
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If they are figures you still like then I'd say store them for a bit.

Maybe reassess them after a year then see how you feel.

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Old 05-24-2012, 02:47 PM   #7
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Sell. If you don't, you'll end up with a closet full of storage bins packed with toys that you haven't looked at in months. All of the regrets that I may have from toy collecting involve not being picky enough about my purchases and not getting rid of more stuff before I filled up a room and a closet.
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Sell. If you don't, you'll end up with a closet full of storage bins packed with toys that you haven't looked at in months. All of the regrets that I may have from toy collecting involve not being picky enough about my purchases and not getting rid of more stuff before I filled up a room and a closet.
I have figs I haven't touched for years so what?
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Sell. If you don't, you'll end up with a closet full of storage bins packed with toys that you haven't looked at in months. All of the regrets that I may have from toy collecting involve not being picky enough about my purchases and not getting rid of more stuff before I filled up a room and a closet.
I am feeling exact the same right now. Normally I'm all for keeping them, but at this moment I really wish I'd have sold them off

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I have figs I haven't touched for years so what?
Depends on how much space you have. I'm sharing my toyroom with my younger son (he's got a little Lego city going) and frankly it's hard even to walk around with TFs and Lego bits.
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