MarkM wrote:I voted for the second option, but I don't really go for the "Screw sentiment" portion of it. I have replaced figures and vehicles from my childhood with better samples on a few occasions. While that exact, specific figure or vehicle may have been what helped create the memories, I see my collection not as being tied to holding on to those specific artifacts, but more so helping hold on to the memories. In doing this, the more pristine the object, the truer it is, for me at least, to when those memories were formed.
That's what I was going to say, mostly. When I was collecting X-Men comics I would get what I could afford, which was usually a readable copy, but nothing you'd want to seal in Mylar. Once I completed my collection, I went back and bought better condition copies to replace the beat up ones I had. Same issues same memories, but in better condition.
So, yeah, what figure are we talking about, anyways?
