Quote Originally Posted by 5FDP
My comments are not intended to disrespect any individual or made in direct relation to the collecting habits of any board member past, present, or future
The same goes for my comments too We are all passionate and dedicated to this hobby/fandom in different ways, which is what makes us all fans (remembering that "fan" is an abbreviation for "fanatic" ).

Quote Originally Posted by heroic_decepticon
Dedication arguably isn't. Dedication to a self-serving cause (which collecting is), isn't priceless. It's not priceless because it is a value that you ascribe to an action that you can resolve to take, for-your-self.
By price I meant monetary value. There certainly is value in dedication, without which such a venture would be arguably meaningless. And that would go for both self serving and non-self serving ventures, e.g. dedicating yourself to a life of charity or service is something that would be valued by yourself and/or others (e.g.: medals for military service). What I meant was I don't think you can place a defined dollar-value on something like your passion, dedication and love for Transformers.

You could place a monetary value on all the toys and merchandise etc. that I've purchased, but I don't know if you could place such a value on my love for Transformers. All the endless hours that I've played with my toys, watched videos and DVDs and read comic books over and over again, drawing fan art and interacting with other fans (e.g. fan meets, conventions, cosplay etc.).

And if there could be a monetary price for my 25 years' of dedicated passion and love to Transformers... how much do you think I could sell it for on eBay?