Preview Clip of This Week's Episode of the SyFy Channel's Collection Intervention

As if I'd sell of my entire collection. Sure, maybe a few of them that I don't care about, but not the entire collection, especially if a whole lot of them are 1,000 bucks. If someone told me to do that, I'd tell them to **** off.


Well, maybe I wouldn't, but I'd be pissed nonetheless.

I know its natural to be defensive, but so far this show has been excellent, and the host has gone out of her way to prop up collectors and collecting. Just not extreme, hoarding, life altering levels of hoarding. Give it a shot.

But yeah...no way he'd ever get rid of that Breakdown. My heart will heart when he inevitably does.

What's the fun of keeping them in the boxes? I have maybe three or four out of over a thousand that are actually still in their boxes. I don't get it...

its always heart breaking seeing some one having to sell off their collection
for financial purposes it crossed my mind a few times when times are tough
and made me fell awful.

I would never sell my collection, even if I really really really needed the money.

The way I see it, money that's spent is money I don't have, period. I do not look at my collection and think of them as 'valuables' or 'an investment'. %$*& all that. They are MINE and that's all there is to it .

If I wanted to buy things as an investment, there are far more lucrative markets out there (gold for instance). I ain't in it for the money.

I don't have a family, I don't have a mortgage and I don't live off of mommy and daddy so in the very unlikely event that I were ever on a show like this (NOT going to happen obviously ), I'd tell them that I'm keeping the toys. You can sell them or give them away once I'm dead. Until then, they are mine.

It's obvious this woman knows nothing of collecting beyond what her producers tell her in between jump cuts. Fake and forced drama by a faux self righteous talking head... should be ratings gold. I'm going to read a book now.

well there goes his back up retirement plan, people just need to shut the hell up and leave collectors alone. If they can still move around their place and still have room to live & eat then its not a problem, if you cant move around or see the floor then its a problem. And in that case all you need to do is rent out a storage unit or two and your golden. I would never get rid of any of my collections especially my TF one, yeah i might sell or trade a few i dont care to much about(i have a few that to this day i wonder why the hell i got em) but never the entire thing or a big chunk. Hell i plan to be burred with mine,i told my friends and family to make my casket out of my transformers then put my Rodimus' & soundwaves in there with me plus a few figures from other collections. God that host is a moron, she needs to be hit upside the head then fired. If your going to do a show about collecting get someone who knows about the stuff thats on that show, have a different person every week or something just dont use the same host and google. Plus if they really did their homework they'd know the market is crap right now and they're just fraking tha guy over, oh wait i just figured out the show. Still cant get over that Stargate Atlantis & eureka got canceled for crap like this. Give us more Destination Truth and get this garbage off, at least that show is funny and you learn a few things about monster legends.


EDIT: a friend and i were just discussing this and i thought of another reason to leave collectors the hell alone, instead of collecting little action figures or buying a figure to try and cheer us up after a shit day we could be doing crack or getting drunk every night. Yes an argument could be made that collecting is as addictive as a drug but its a hell of a lot less damaging if at all and can always become an investment unlike drugs or booze, unless its a very very very old bottle of booze. Ill stop ranting now, well until next time at least. Qapla'

grayj74 wrote:What's the fun of keeping them in the boxes? I have maybe three or four out of over a thousand that are actually still in their boxes. I don't get it...

It is because there are those who prefer keeping their toys in the same condition they first obtained them. It could be for monetary reasons for some, and sentimental reasons for others. (For example, my collection is being built on the prospect of having a collection that defines me (during this period of my life). That, and while I prepare to have them AFA'd, I find the fun of learning things about them.)

So in the end... The fun can be anything from collecting certain characters to learning about the ones we do buy. And with this series, they also teach collectors that half of the fun of owning a collection is finding ways to display them.

Now if you don't mind... I need to seek out the estimated 2-5 pieces I want to add to my collection.

Soundwave__Superior wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:i thought hasbro was the intervention. they keep making crap people do not want. or they do not release what we do want.

^ This.


But seriously, a show about people getting rid of their collections? This is bad comedy.

LOL
I know that some people will enjoy this show, but from the looks of it, this doesn't look all that exciting for someone who actually collects. I'll watch it though, just to see the toys.

xyl360 wrote:

Megatron Wolf wrote:EDIT: a friend and i were just discussing this and i thought of another reason to leave collectors the hell alone, instead of collecting little action figures or buying a figure to try and cheer us up after a shit day we could be doing crack or getting drunk every night. Yes an argument could be made that collecting is as addictive as a drug but its a hell of a lot less damaging if at all and can always become an investment unlike drugs or booze, unless its a very very very old bottle of booze. Ill stop ranting now, well until next time at least. Qapla'

Why can't we do all of the above, you know, get drunk, collect toys, do crack , only kidding.

Doing crack is frowned upon?