Toy Addiction

Not really. It's more or less waiting for shit to get made. And who looks for toys at stores anymore?

>>6109815
I have spent way too fucking much on gunpla and action figures. I don't even have the space in my tiny apartment to have all these. fuck man... yeah its a problem. But I will be making a ton of money in the future so I ... should be fine... as long as I don't royally fuck up my career plans.

I've overspent in the past, and it did in some ways hurt my levels of enjoyment in collecting, but now I'm on a much more restricted self-imposed budget. It has helped quite a bit, I turn down a lot of really dumb purchases now because I have to figure out how one toy that I buy reduces my allocated pool of money and leaves me less for the rest of the year. When you have to think about it in that sense, you set your priorities right.

I'm not a poorfag (I am the type that averaged $250+ a month in some years) but having a poorfag's mentality on money allocation keeps the perspective of a toy's value in check. It's sort of like learning survival skills by watching the tactics of a homeless bum living on the streets, I guess.

>>6109815
Yes.

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>>6109815
The key is to avoid hoarding and to prioritize. As long as you are functioning (all bills paid, savings set aside, took care of family and yourself in regards of food, health, hygiene, clothes, appearance, some socializing etc.) it shouldn't be a problem to spend your disposable income on a hobby of your choice.
For some people, and I believe that includes you, the hunt is far more enjoyable than actually owning/keeping something. So I would suggest you organize your collection in some manner, whether it be by date acquired or by favorite character, and start selling the older/less important ones. Set a reasonable price (among the lowest available on ebay) and then for every two/three figures you sell you allow yourself to buy a new one. Also try switching your interest between different toy-lines and don't collect too many at once.
Once you open a new figure, try keeping it close or on your desk for a few days, pose around with it, try setting up a diorama, make props and take pictures (it doesn't need to be anything professional, just something funny you can look back on which will make you feel like the purchase had meaning).
Keep a max. of 20 figures displayed and the switch them out every few weeks (keep the ones not currently displayed in their original boxes to make it feel like they're new when you take them out again).

The worst you can do is get buried under your collection to the point where it becomes a physical and mental burden and you end up being unable to enjoy a single figure.

>>6109982
>taking care of your family

>>6109815
>You go out and look for that one figure sold out everywhere and get a rush when you finally find one on the shelf.
nope, I set alerts through sites to inform me of restock to my phone and grab preorders as they go up of the "must haves". I causally brows discount stores when I'm in the area or look over ebay but I never hunt. Also few toys are worth that kind of dedication to me.

>Or you order these expensive 1/6 scaled ultra detailed fig and as soon as you get it you want another.
Not really my thing but I have bought things close together If low stock is a risk but I always make sure the return policy is reasonable in case I do fuck up and buy out of fear of never having then actual wanting it, it hasn't happen yet but I'm sure one day it will.

>Even though you only played with your new one for a few minutes.
I'm more at risk forgetting to buy other things because I get lost in my newest items.

>How do you guys stop the urge to buy a new figure every other day of the week just to satiate your craving for that rush of opening a new toy?
I assume the answer is like all addictions: force yourself to cut back and fill it with a low costing/free hobby. Find a you that is defined by what you buy and find in the store.

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>>6110013
I can't speak for /toy/ abroad but swg, tfg and NECA Generals bring up kids and spouses from time to time. There really isn't a hobby left that is excluded of "normals" or glutted with "virgins" Hell the huge ass porn convention/expo that is the AVN Awards had a record high of couples attending last year making up 70%(breaks down almost 50/50 to of married and just dating), compared to the average of the last decade (34%) it shows a revelation in hobbies that there is no longer a barrier between them and a family unit. Might be one of the reasons suicide in youth is on such an all time high is the fact that there is no buffer between what the others have and them, you can't be like "girls just hate be because I collect toys" but wait, there's John, Chad, and Andy all with girls and what not but they collect shit like dolls, anime status, and robots, those girls accept them, hell Andy looks worse than you too, so it must just be you and no excuse stands as to why you are alone other than you are unwanted.

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>>6110013 just automatically assumed I was talking about significant others or kids and not parents/siblings. I was just including all options because I don't know OP or what kind of life they lead.

I can assure you that teen suicides are definitely not connected to the increase of niche hobbies/interests among the general public. Going by what you're saying, it seems you'd rather have John, Chad and Andy regularly beat up kids that play video games, D&D, etc. and dads reading newspapers or whatever instead of engaging with their kids outside of a shooting range.

In regards to being unwanted in the stereotypical way you're describing... that is propagated mostly my media. As long as only good looking people with minor quirks on film and tv shows get to be heroes, happy and in exciting relationships, while the rest are comedy relief or subject to makeovers, if featured at all, that's how it's going to be.

It would be better to use our energy to crush the stigma that people who aren't the antiquated notion of normal don't deserve to be happy and desirable. But baby steps I guess... if we have enough time left to get there.

Also, Tesla was an eccentric who would gladly see the mainstream embrace all possible weird hobbies instead of hating on each other.

>>6110342
>In regards to being unwanted in the stereotypical way you're describing... that is propagated mostly my media. As long as only good looking people with minor quirks on film and tv shows get to be heroes, happy and in exciting relationships, while the rest are comedy relief or subject to makeovers, if featured at all, that's how it's going to be.
>It would be better to use our energy to crush the stigma that people who aren't the antiquated notion of normal don't deserve to be happy and desirable. But baby steps I guess... if we have enough time left to get there.

Don't you have a disabilities studies dissertation to write lol

>>6110349
Shit, you're right! Thanks for reminding me.

>>6109815
I found out from a shrink today that the reason I have such an addiction to spending shitloads of money on toys is because I apparently have bipolar.

Go figure.

>>6110373
I hope you find a way how to deal with it and get the right treatment. If toys are something that makes you happy, don't give up on the hobby just to replace it with a different coping mechanism. Try to manage it better instead.
Also, pills will get you only so far, once you find the right dose and combination and the chemicals in your brain balance out, you need to keep working.

I have this strange compulsive feeling to buy more figures, that I fortunately have not yet acted upon.

>>6109815
>Chained to a Hasbro Deadpool figure

I'd cry too.

Hopefully with good behavior there's a chance of getting a cangue of the revoltech instead.

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>>6110392
Thanks man, I do really love the hobby but often I feel like I enjoy the actual buying and opening of them more than just owning them.

Cheers for the advice, I get my official diagnosis next week which is when I guess the treatment will begin.

>>6109815
No, that's just plain sad anon.. Get help while you can or it will spiral. Threads pop up every now and then about how people who have huge collections have a sudden realization one day that they have wasted tons of time and money on this hobby and become deeply depressed about it. Don't become one of these people. It happened to me, but with video games, it's not nice.

I've spent a lot but I barely have anything. while I feel like I could do without some I just sell them and move on. Never go full retard though. I made a rule and that was 12 max or one display cabinet and one or 2 things on a desk to mess with.

I'm more just impulsive. I don't think about it until i see something i want badly. The collecting its a way i cope with my emotional instability and lately I've been doing better better.

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Ive spent nearly the last holiday season looking for this piece of shit. ive been late for parties, work, sleep, etc because of one toy. I have it now, but all that driving and time consumption was just regretful

>>6119260
Dude

those shelf warm everywhere around my area

>>6119260
Same story with me and Deadpool looked for him for 2 weeks straight spent $20 on fuel got defeated, and paid scalper prices.