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PunkyKat
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20 Apr 2010, 3:29 pm

Probably so they can jack up the price on ebay.



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20 Apr 2010, 3:35 pm

TheDoctor82 wrote:
Moog wrote:
CerebralDreamer wrote:
I usually get around that by not collecting to begin with. Why collect stuff just to have it? It seems to be a very VERY common behavior, and it really seems kind of... primitive...


That's an interesting comment. The urge to hunt and gather is still an integral part of our psychological make up.



Hmmm, definitely worth noting!

I have read though that collecting miniatures goes back centuries for adult males as a zen-like past time; yeah I could totally see that.
Pretty much the entire premise of Pokemon.



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22 Apr 2010, 3:33 pm

For me if I collect a full collection of things, I am then done with them. All the fun of collecting is in the process of it for me. Getting the full set is the ultimate goal, but after it is collected there's nothing to do with it any more. I don't get much pleasure out of just looking at it, and when it's gone, you still know that you managed to collect the whole set. So I can understand why people wouldn't mind selling collections.