Collect to play?

Discussion in 'The Toyark' started by Rattrap Primal, Jun 13, 2009.

  1. Rattrap Primal

    Rattrap Primal Geek Overlord, Botbot Collector

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    Ok, does anybody play with their figures still, or do you just pose them or keep them MISB? In my case, I still play with action figures, even though I'm 30 years old. I've mixed and matched toylines for one cohesive universe (TF's have all the Autobots and Maximals working together against the Decepticons/ Vehicons/ Predacons while my Marvel Legends coexist with DC Universe, MOTU, Street Fighter and Wrestlers) geeky, I know but I can't help it.
     
  2. Scythe

    Scythe Future Foundation

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    I play with my little cousins and my two nephews. Sometimes my fiance gets bored and starts attacking me with her TF's, and I gotta defend the fort, but I usually pose them and collect them.
     
  3. Lintson

    Lintson Active Member

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    I usually pose them. I transform occasionally when i'm bored. Don't think i've had a good play in a very long time.
     
  4. Faxon

    Faxon Well-Known Member

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    I have no MIB or MISB figues. 90% are out on display, with figures getting a good ammount of play every couple of weeks or so. For instance, the figures being used this morning are my Spyshot, Zoomout and Speed-dial in thier truck.
     
  5. MidnightBliss

    MidnightBliss Well-Known Member

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    I'm a Poser!! :lol :
     
  6. ZeroEdge

    ZeroEdge Geass'd

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    I never EVER keep anything in the box , in fact if I buy a toy, and I knows it has any articulation at all, even if it's limited it's coming out of the box.

    I'm in this hobby because I enjoy toys, not because I want to make a mint on them somewhere down the road.

    to answer your questions though, I don't really "play" with them per say, I change how I display them every now and then, or fiddle with them when I get bored but that's about it.
     
  7. phate

    phate Well-Known Member

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    i'm a poser as well and i release my TFs, Marvel Legends, DCUC, etc once I get them (as long as I have space to pose them though).

    What's the fun of collecting them when you just keep them in their cages?
     
  8. Spoon

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    Yes I do.

    Then I make a webcomic, in an attempt to justify my behaviour.
     
  9. Sage o' G-fruit

    Sage o' G-fruit Critics gonna critique

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    This.
     
  10. Rattrap Primal

    Rattrap Primal Geek Overlord, Botbot Collector

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    I hope to eventually get a digital camera so I can try my hand at webcomics
     
  11. starsaber888

    starsaber888 Well-Known Member

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    i don't play with toys anymore, i only pose them and take photos. sometimes i just sit there and admire them... i quite like the idea of webcomics!
     
  12. LigerPrime

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    I open them up and fiddle with them! I can't stand my stuff sealed! Its simplyto torturous for me! :D 
     
  13. Dremare

    Dremare It's pronounced "dreh-mare"

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    Same here. And it's just fun to play with them. : D
     
  14. jorod74

    jorod74 Psycholagnist (Ret.)

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    I recently cleared out a large section of my collection, I sold off 98 percent of my McFarlane/odds and ends figures, i boxed and stored my Gundams.
    All that i have out to display now are my TFs, B:TAS and my G.I. Joe stuff. i pose them, and leave em be mostly.
    i kept a few things for webcomics.
    Like using the Bob and Doug Mckenzie figures for a talk show themed comic.
    I haven't had time lately, but wanna keep doing em.
     
  15. Epsilon Prime

    Epsilon Prime ^ Just call me E

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    I hate keeping my tfs MISB. I play with them. They are toys, after all.
     
  16. Autobot Burnout

    Autobot Burnout Que Sera, Sera

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    Me three, photocomics are a more 'mature' way to play with your toys in a sense, except after you take the shots you can us photo editing programs like photoshop to really make them fire lasers at each other like idiots:lol 
     
  17. Skylock

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    I'll play from time to time, but mainly pose them.