Originally Posted By smeeeko I think with any collectible you should only get what YOU like, not what you think it will resell for. Perhaps one day some of these items will be worth something if you take care of them, but until then I would think getting something you like yourself and love having on display is key. We have 3big figs.. Tiki room was our first and then Fantasyland dark rides and lastly the Splash Mtn fig that SeanYoda just got. I've been tempted by others myself.. Stitch big figs or maybe the Tik Toc one with the clock in his mouth.. but I'm ok with the ones we have. They're remarkable and I like them and if anyone asks about them I'm more likely to say isn't it cool than 'yeah whatever' which is the place I'm getting to with all the pins we still have, although we stopped collecting ages ago. I don't enjoy them and can't recall all the stories behind them. TMS syndrome. =) If anyone asks the pins are Sean's. *grin* I'm loving our Shag stuff though.. we don't have a lot and that's ok. What we have are fun items we picked out because we liked them. I like tiki and lounge stuff so I'm still getting my pleasure from seeing them on display. I'm sure they'll be worth more one day.. but right now they're worth more to me than what I can sell them for on ebay. =) I'm rambling this morning, yet again. I'm sure I had a point to make somewhere in there. *vbg*
Originally Posted By irishfan >>I think with any collectible you should only get what YOU like, not what you think it will resell for. Perhaps one day some of these items will be worth something if you take care of them, but until then I would think getting something you like yourself and love having on display is key.<< Couldn't agree with you more, I dont really see the point of buying something just because you feel it's going to increase in value at some stage down the line. IMHO it's just going to take up valuable space while it appreciates in price. I love it when I see a piece for the first time and just fall in love with it. This happend to me with the Olszewski Main St range. Saw them many times online etc and never even considered them as future purchases. Then back in January I walked into the Disneyana shop and saw Main Street Station, jaw dropped and just had to buy it. Four months later, I'm slowly buying my way up Main Street.
Originally Posted By kennect A friend of mine asked was I ready to buy the Minnie that they felt would be released as a life size fig...I told them I doubted it and that I hoped this isn't a new trend with Disney's merchanding....This figure is neat but I just can't deal in the area of four hundred dollar big figs...Not only is the money a problem but size is also...This figure is soooo large...I keep saying that but I really don't think that anyone that hasn't actually seen it could comprehend how large it is.... My math is failing me here...It is over three feet tall, close to three feet wide and at least two feet deep...Do you get the idea that I am still in love with this purchase?
