Why Collecting Toys is Like a Heroin Addiction.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Yeah, I'm looking at my Transformers addiction this month - not all toys, all comic books, all TV shows and all the internet - just the ones that relate to Transformers.

Even Lugnut?!

[5FDP]

Smoking is an addiction... which I quit 19 months ago by going 'cold turkey'. Transformers is something I enjoy and does not negatively affect others around me, most importantly, my family in a financial sense. I do not relate to this article at all. I actually find it quite disgusting to liken toy collecting to a drug addiction (anyone who has known someone with a drug addiction would understand why).

[Ploughmans Lunch]

Smoking is an addiction... which I quit 19 months ago by going 'cold turkey'. Transformers is something I enjoy and does not negatively affect others around me, most importantly, my family in a financial sense. I do not relate to this article at all. I actually find it quite disgusting to liken toy collecting to a drug addiction (anyone who has known someone with a drug addiction would understand why).

Thank you!

[1orion2many]

I can understand addictive behavior but to compare toy collecting to heroin addiction is bordering on the absurd. Maybe this guy needs to a little more research into substance abuse before putting something like that up. I've known a person who was on a high and tried to kill themselves by bashing their head into a brick wall. Luckily they knocked themselves out instead and went to hospital. Not in my wildest dreams would I compare the two.

[Raptormesh]

Gok I do understand what you're trying to say but in all seriousness the article should probably have compared it to say a shoe collection addiction instead of substance abuse no matter what the underlying psychological similarities are. I'm not saying toy addiction can't be damaging and is not legitimate cause for concern but as it is, I can't take the article seriously and am a bit miffed the author made light of a such serious issue that its almost insulting.

[The_Damned]

Smoking is an addiction... which I quit 19 months ago by going 'cold turkey'. Transformers is something I enjoy and does not negatively affect others around me, most importantly, my family in a financial sense. I do not relate to this article at all. I actually find it quite disgusting to liken toy collecting to a drug addiction (anyone who has known someone with a drug addiction would understand why).

that is what i was trying to say

[Megatron]

At least with toy collecting you can sell off items and recoup your money, should you ever need to do that, or say if you start loosing interest in them. With drugs or gambling, you can't do that. So yeah, bad comparison.

[Trent]

Smoking is an addiction... which I quit 19 months ago by going 'cold turkey'. Transformers is something I enjoy and does not negatively affect others around me, most importantly, my family in a financial sense. I do not relate to this article at all. I actually find it quite disgusting to liken toy collecting to a drug addiction (anyone who has known someone with a drug addiction would understand why).

Gok I do understand what you're trying to say but in all seriousness the article should probably have compared it to say a shoe collection addiction instead of substance abuse no matter what the underlying psychological similarities are. I'm not saying toy addiction can't be damaging and is not legitimate cause for concern but as it is, I can't take the article seriously and am a bit miffed the author made light of a such serious issue that its almost insulting.

I can understand addictive behavior but to compare toy collecting to heroin addiction is bordering on the absurd. Maybe this guy needs to a little more research into substance abuse before putting something like that up. I've known a person who was on a high and tried to kill themselves by bashing their head into a brick wall. Luckily they knocked themselves out instead and went to hospital. Not in my wildest dreams would I compare the two.

At least with toy collecting you can sell off items and recoup your money, should you ever need to do that, or say if you start loosing interest in them. With drugs or gambling, you can't do that. So yeah, bad comparison.

Alot of people upset about this comparison and making light of drug addiction, yet the term 'plastic crack' gets thrown around this board on a daily basis and no one says a word against it.

High horses anyone?

[Defcon]

Yeah I think the comparison of toy collecting likened to drug addictions, was just a shocking title for the blog, like to grab a readers attention. I don't think the author went on to explain the connection, If he did that would be just ignorance. But I can understand how some would be annoyed, or offended, escpecially if they have friends with addictions. Also its just really carries a negative connotation as well. I really do hate when people say I'm addicted and I have a problem because I have a collection of toys! sometimes I feel a little bit guilty, but I really enjoy this hobby.

[Megatron]

Alot of people upset about this comparison and making light of drug addiction, yet the term 'plastic crack' gets thrown around this board on a daily basis and no one says a word against it.

High horses anyone?

I'm not sure why I was quoted. I'm not upset or anything, just making an observation from a financial aspect.