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I always say I'll be picky about stuff, but I end up not being that way. It seems whenever I do my MOC stuff, I end up selling it off!

I draw to explain to a lot of people, I only buy 1 toyline. I cater to only 1. I only collect one. That's GI Joe. I don't have a budget to do Star Wars and Marvel and and and. At the same time, I don't know what I'd do with that stuff. People ask me to join their toy websites but I just don't in the end because I only do GI Joe therefore, I only need a few sites. Even then, I don't visit the JBL much anymore and rely on people HERE to clue me in on what's going on.

I found quickly on the JBL, people would say, "You should totally get this, it's awesome!" and then a week later after I get it, I'm saying (in luke skywalker voice), "What a piece of junk!"

The Splitfire, Quickfire, Tigershark (or was it TigerHawk?), just a lot of stuff. Even that Joe Snow vehicle didn't get me jiggy with it even tho I had two of 'em. Learn to be picky? Not quite cuz I was still buying stuff JUST IN CASE I needed it for later on. By VvV, I was trying to be picky. I never did get a Coil Crusher. Never got the removable helmet CC and a few others.

25A hit and I decided I'd get one of everything. And then I started a MOC collection. :\ I was game for single packs and was pretty... relax about comic packs and even the special 7-pack sets (arctic and desert, command 3 packs, etc). I really like the look of the single MOCs. They look great. I'm also staying away from the Hall of Heroes too. Is that picky enough? (Have yet to buy a blue ninja but that's for MOC purposes.)

Yet, I DO buy other toylines. My reasoning? For the DIOs! For the stories! Microman (Transformations), Spiderman's Lizard duder (TF), Alien Racers (TF & Island), McFarlane's CyberUnits (Island) and a few other random toys here and there. I have a bunch of Microman figures now (as does DeathAtMidnite!) simply cuz they ARE pretty nifty.

By staying faithful to just one line, I'm figuring I can save a lot of $$$ and can always focus on the stories.

I don't know where I stand on the Resolute figures. I like 'em but if I can make some versions w/o going that route, word. Like Roadblock and Gung Ho. I'm considering on how to do a Resolute version.

Movie figures... I'll be buying mainly Joes to use. I'd like a Scarlet is actual military garb (same w/ CoverGirl). Their Breaker will end up my DialTone, y'know? Staying away from the Cobra side tho.

The story AFTER DoomsDay Machine will bring in a toy or two from another line just for kicks.

04-27-2009, 03:47 PM	#7
Sonneilon aka 'Paul WS Anderson' ;) Offline --> Posts: 7,751 --> Join Date: Jul 2005	I always say I'll be picky about stuff, but I end up not being that way. It seems whenever I do my MOC stuff, I end up selling it off! I draw to explain to a lot of people, I only buy 1 toyline. I cater to only 1. I only collect one. That's GI Joe. I don't have a budget to do Star Wars and Marvel and and and. At the same time, I don't know what I'd do with that stuff. People ask me to join their toy websites but I just don't in the end because I only do GI Joe therefore, I only need a few sites. Even then, I don't visit the JBL much anymore and rely on people HERE to clue me in on what's going on. I found quickly on the JBL, people would say, "You should totally get this, it's awesome!" and then a week later after I get it, I'm saying (in luke skywalker voice), "What a piece of junk!" The Splitfire, Quickfire, Tigershark (or was it TigerHawk?), just a lot of stuff. Even that Joe Snow vehicle didn't get me jiggy with it even tho I had two of 'em. Learn to be picky? Not quite cuz I was still buying stuff JUST IN CASE I needed it for later on. By VvV, I was trying to be picky. I never did get a Coil Crusher. Never got the removable helmet CC and a few others. 25A hit and I decided I'd get one of everything. And then I started a MOC collection. :\ I was game for single packs and was pretty... relax about comic packs and even the special 7-pack sets (arctic and desert, command 3 packs, etc). I really like the look of the single MOCs. They look great. I'm also staying away from the Hall of Heroes too. Is that picky enough? (Have yet to buy a blue ninja but that's for MOC purposes.) Yet, I DO buy other toylines. My reasoning? For the DIOs! For the stories! Microman (Transformations), Spiderman's Lizard duder (TF), Alien Racers (TF & Island), McFarlane's CyberUnits (Island) and a few other random toys here and there. I have a bunch of Microman figures now (as does DeathAtMidnite!) simply cuz they ARE pretty nifty. By staying faithful to just one line, I'm figuring I can save a lot of $$$ and can always focus on the stories. I don't know where I stand on the Resolute figures. I like 'em but if I can make some versions w/o going that route, word. Like Roadblock and Gung Ho. I'm considering on how to do a Resolute version. Movie figures... I'll be buying mainly Joes to use. I'd like a Scarlet is actual military garb (same w/ CoverGirl). Their Breaker will end up my DialTone, y'know? Staying away from the Cobra side tho. The story AFTER DoomsDay Machine will bring in a toy or two from another line just for kicks.