How Do You Do It?

[🪦 Pugsly ●]

This hobby is a funny animal. On one end of the spectrum you have uber-collectors that have every piece ever made no matter the price and on the other end of the spectrum you have the teenager who only owns a rubies LF mask but loves it all the same. Then you have what I call specialists who have 16 myers masks or all the Don post calender masks or anything of a specific sub genre. Personally I\'m at the point now where I just don\'t have the room anymore. If I get a new mask I have to figure out where it will go, what will have to go into storage to accomidate it etc... As far as money goes I know I\'ve spent my fair share of it. But it really just comes down to saving and prioritizing. Sure I\'ve missed out on some pieces just simply because I didn\'t have the money, but that\'s also part of the game. When I first started I just wanted one good quality bust of each of the Icons (Freddy, Jason, bubba, Myers) and I pursued that tirelessly. Then once I was finished with that I expanded on it to include all of Jason\'s hockey masks and all of the bubba looks I thought were worthy and then an H2 to go with the H1 etc... From there I went to original higher end pieces. What I\'m trying to get at is that any true hobby/obsession will never be complete. I\'m at a stage in my collecting life where I don\'t have to buy everything that comes along. I can be selective about what gets included into the fold just for the simple fact that I have no more goals. I\'ve pretty much matched all the superficial goals I\'ve set for myself early on so everything now is gravy. I can sit back and wait for the next must have piece to come along and then kick myself for not having the disposable cash laying around for the week it\'s available LOL :thumbsup: What really needs to stressed is that a hobby is meant to be a relaxing escape, not a contest on who has the most pieces. Some of our members don\'t get that, but some do.There are two cardinal rules to mask collecting as far as I\'m concerned : never spend more than you make and never buy a piece just to buy a piece.

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I couldnt have said that any better. :thumbsup: