Why Collecting Toys is Like a Heroin Addiction.

[Sky Shadow]

By number 2) in the article - I lost interest as I couldn't relate to what he was saying.

That's interesting, since to me point two sounds exactly like you! "As for Masters of the Universe Classics, I actually kind of hate them. I hate that they're mostly just bigger versions of the ‘80s figures instead of the awesome 2002 redesigns; I hate that they reuse parts like the classic line (even though they cost me $30 each); and most of all I hate that Mattel constantly assembles the toys incorrectly, meaning figures have mixed-up arms, legs, shoulders and more. And I'm paying $500 a year for these things."

Maybe your addiction is less like heroin and more like someone who moves from one drug to the next - you finished G1 and went on to Masters, you finished with Hasbro and moved on to third parties. (I don't know if they're necessarily 'harder drugs' or just different ones.)

I agree with #1 - it's expensive. And that's coming from someone who predominantly pays retail prices, and I already find it expensive. I cannot even fathom how f'expensive collecting toys off the secondary market would be.

For years, Australian retail has been more expensive than the secondary market for new Transformers. So maybe you still need that hit of finding the toys on the shelves.