How much of your collection is on display?

[liegeprime]

Most likely you'll need a whole room for it AJ.... and then some more , INvest on Glass cabinets they make an awesome collection look even more so than DIY ones, Sadly I didnt think of that vefore I went apeshit on buying shelvings when I got my place coz I was excited to finally fullfill my goal of finally haing a display/toy room.

[GoktimusPrime]

Sadly, not even 2%.

I just don't have the space unfortunately... my collection is mainly G1, and have a LOT of it. Most of the G1 figures, some MIB and MISB etc...

My G1* collection is 86% (379/440**) complete and I only have 1 (arguably 3***) figures in storage. Mind you, most of my G1s are loose (just the way I like it!).

But I have a huge amount of G1 stuff like place mats, plates, cups, Optimus Prime Cookie Jar, NES and C64 Video Games, books, comics (including #1 of both UK and USA issues), car race set, S.T.A.R.S set, Optimus Prime AM Radio, pencil cases, VHS tapes, bed sheet set, sleeping bag, posters (including a massive 1986 promo movie poster - I can't remember the dimensions but its huge), original Pepsi Prime, Fort Max box, board games, jigsaw puzzles, audio tapes, and who knows what else.

Comics, books, tapes etc. take up relatively much less space than toys and are easier to shelve. I place my comics in cardboard magazine holders then place the holders on shelves. Board games can take up some space after a while though... basically anything with boxes takes up space, so I try to keep as few boxes as possible (although with board games ya kinda hafta).

Most likely you'll need a whole room for it AJ.... and then some more , INvest on Glass cabinets they make an awesome collection look even more so than DIY ones, Sadly I didnt think of that vefore I went apeshit on buying shelvings when I got my place coz I was excited to finally fullfill my goal of finally haing a display/toy room.

For me, the thing I don't like about glass cabinets is that it makes it bit of a hassle when you want to randomly grab an assortment of figures out to play with then put them back.

I like how your collection room has nice wooden book cases and not those cheap and nasty metal tool shelves that I have. I'd like to replace them all with wooden book cases eventually... don't think I'd go glass go... I don't even like having my Megatrons in a glass display unit (I wouldn't do it if it weren't a legal requirement in NSW).

[5FDP]

For me, the thing I don't like about glass cabinets is that it makes it bit of a hassle when you want to randomly grab an assortment of figures out to play with then put them back.

Surprisingly I don't seem to have this problem

[Vector Prime]

Surprisingly I don't seem to have this problem

I don't think many people do... only Gok

[GoktimusPrime]

So for those of you who don't even display your toys; what do you get out of collecting them? Where does one draw the line between being a collector and being a hoarder? Because apparently compulsive hoarding is defined as "the excessive acquisition of possessions and failure to use or discard them."

[SkyWarp91]

So for those of you who don't even display your toys; what do you get out of collecting them? Where does one draw the line between being a collector and being a hoarder? Because apparently compulsive hoarding is defined as "the excessive acquisition of possessions and failure to use or discard them."

I play with them, I would like to display them but my residence has frequent family visitors, (young too! ) and there's no room to display them on my shelves and thus most are in storage - but that doesn't stop me from going to the storage boxes frequently to get them out, play with them - then put them back in their boxes. It's just a neat/obsessive compulsive thing to do really.

[GoktimusPrime]

Allow me to clarify, what I mean is people who don't display nor play with their toys. i.e. all they do is purchase toys and keep them in storage and thus "fail to use them."

If you play with your toys, then you are using them for sure. If you display your toys... well, I guess that's a kind of usage (as much as displaying a piece of art is I suppose). But if you just put them away and do nothing with them then are you really collecting them or are you hoarding?

Playing with toys; you get the pleasure of playing with them.
Displaying toys; you get the pleasure of looking at them.
Just storing your toys; what's the pleasure in that?

[SkyWarp91]

Allow me to clarify, what I mean is people who don't display nor play with their toys. i.e. all they do is purchase toys and keep them in storage and thus "fail to use them."

If you play with your toys, then you are using them for sure. If you display your toys... well, I guess that's a kind of usage (as much as displaying a piece of art is I suppose). But if you just put them away and do nothing with them then are you really collecting them or are you hoarding?

Playing with toys; you get the pleasure of playing with them.
Displaying toys; you get the pleasure of looking at them.
Just storing your toys; what's the pleasure in that?

Sell them later for profit?

[Vector Prime]

Just storing your toys; what's the pleasure in that?

The joy of ownership.

I collect many things besides TFs (sneakers, video games/consoles, basketball memorabilia) and quite a lot of it sits in storage.

Call me materialistic, but I buy and collect stuff (or hoard it as you call it) because I have the financial means to do so and it brings me pleasure having it in my possession.

If I had enough money, I would probably be one of those guys that collects cars - many of which I would probably only bring out for a drive every once in awhile, but sadly I don't have that sort of money (yet) so what I collect (hoard) is all relative to my financial position.

[Hursticon]

As of now? - 99.85%:

I now have my Desk and TV Unit back!