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Not sure what to call this.
Right now, I'm looking at seriously downsizing all my collections, but specifically my Pokemon and nail polish collections. It's an issue for a number of reasons--space, financial, my sanity (tied to the space and financial thing). I did some really stupid stuff, my first couple years in grad school. I was stressed and depressed. Some people ( Read more... ) -
A realization, of sorts.
I think I'm drifting a bit from Pokemon collecting. I still have things I want, but I'm trying to focus it a bit more rather than buying random stuff. (This is how I ended up with the 2-ft Substitute, the 55cm Pikazard, a 1:1 Eevee, and so forth. Zero impulse control.) I'd like to downsize my collection a bit, so I have some more space and some ( Read more... ) -
Patience is not one of my virtues
So, this weekend saw the launch of the Pokemon Time Eeveelutions. Yeah. More 'Vees. (Do we really need more?) Every Pokemon Time campaign includes blind-packaged tins. This year, though, there were also blind-packaged rubber straps (in addition to the normal figure straps) and blind-packaged t-shirts. Blind-packaged T-shirts. I have no idea ( Read more... ) -
So mad I could spit nails
This has not been a good couple of months for me as far as the post office is concerned. The big thing was that my order from Pokemoncenter.com went missing. It was shipped via FedEx Smartpost, and marked as "Delivered" two days before it was supposed to be, on the 25th. Well, owing to the fact that it probably was taken to the office, and my ( Read more... ) -
Comm-friendly wants post!
What I'm currently looking for, broken up by Pokemon/line. Pictures are from Google Images; if they're yours and you don't want them to be used, let me know and I'll take them down. It's not my total wants post (see sidebar for link), but these are the harder-to-find items. :)
Italics=grail/minigrail
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Suddenly, scarcity!
One of the other irritating things about collecting. It's the opposite of buying something relatively rare and having 3 or 4 of them pop up for much less. There have been several things I've put off getting because, for the longest time, they were everywhere for largely reasonable prices. Then, suddenly, all the reasonably priced ones disappeared ( Read more... ) -
Ow! My wallet!
So, June is shaping up to be a rather expensive month, collection-wise. I've already pre-ordered the Red Nendoroid figure. (I really hope it's worth it, and I hope GSC and Nintendo team up for some additional human characters from the game or show--I'm hoping a set of the Kanto gym leaders and Jessie and James!) Then, the PokeCen Japanese Design ( Read more... ) -
Tags and sets
I can be a little...anal about some things. Plush hang tags are or are not one of them. For most plush, I don't care too much. If it comes with tags, I treat them carefully, but if there are no tags, it doesn't phase me much. But. My plush sets must match. My Canvas plush I prefer without hang tags (which has the advantage of making them ( Read more... ) -
Slipping through my fingers
Part of the trouble with being on a collectors' website/group is that you find things that you never knew you wanted. And for some reason, for me, I find these things in a group auction or group buy. If it's a group buy, I'm usually too late. If it's a GA...well, I have no luck with these for in-demand items. There was the huge Pokemon lot from ( Read more... ) -
A Leafeon collection? Madness!
I've been playing Diamond again. (I beat the Snowpoint gym recently. Yes, I've had this game since Christmas 2007, and it's taken me 7 years to get this far. Looks like I average a gym per year ( Read more... )