Uncanny Web-Slinger
Super Freak
I just got to wondering from a discussion in another thread about what people attitudes to collecting the same characters multiple times in different versions or variants is.
For example the never ending Iron Man army, various Terminators, Wolverines ect...
So the purpose of this thread is to List all the different versions or variants of the same characters you have or had in your collection and give an insight into what kinds of characters you feel lead to this kind of collecting and which don't and the reasoning.
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I used to have several Iron Man armours, Spider-Man, Nolan Batman and Joker but when I down-sized my collection I sold them and kept one for a definitive version of that character.
At the moment I have no multiples though I'm planning on getting the T2 T800 DX13 for the final battle look in addition to my standard look one and have a second Wolverine on order to represent X-Men Days of Future Past
If Hot Toys were to make a Cannibal Jack Sparrow DX I'd be inclined to get that version in addition to my standard DX, same with a MGS Big Boss if they make a new version from TPP.
Generally my attitude toward collecting several versions of a character is that I like to have only one definitive version of a character to represent that character and movie. That's a collecting quirk of mine, I feel that one key collectible of a character is better than a sea of them as it feels more special and singular
Certain characters I feel lead themselves well to multiple versions.
Characters like Terminator represent the various scenes from the movies, Marty McFly again representing the movies, the various different Predators.
Those often look quite different to each other or are movie or scene specific whereas others even if they're scene specific I feel just aren't as representative.
Another factor is Iconography. Certain characters are iconic enough to have multiples to represent each movie like those listed just above.
Yet another factor is cost, I cant' afford an army of Clone troopers or the like, if I could I'd probably love to have a kick ass display of them all in formations but with the way my finances are I'd rather spend my money of a few key singular versions of my favourite characters than variants of the same ones.
For example the never ending Iron Man army, various Terminators, Wolverines ect...
So the purpose of this thread is to List all the different versions or variants of the same characters you have or had in your collection and give an insight into what kinds of characters you feel lead to this kind of collecting and which don't and the reasoning.
_____
I used to have several Iron Man armours, Spider-Man, Nolan Batman and Joker but when I down-sized my collection I sold them and kept one for a definitive version of that character.
At the moment I have no multiples though I'm planning on getting the T2 T800 DX13 for the final battle look in addition to my standard look one and have a second Wolverine on order to represent X-Men Days of Future Past
If Hot Toys were to make a Cannibal Jack Sparrow DX I'd be inclined to get that version in addition to my standard DX, same with a MGS Big Boss if they make a new version from TPP.
Generally my attitude toward collecting several versions of a character is that I like to have only one definitive version of a character to represent that character and movie. That's a collecting quirk of mine, I feel that one key collectible of a character is better than a sea of them as it feels more special and singular
Certain characters I feel lead themselves well to multiple versions.
Characters like Terminator represent the various scenes from the movies, Marty McFly again representing the movies, the various different Predators.
Those often look quite different to each other or are movie or scene specific whereas others even if they're scene specific I feel just aren't as representative.
Another factor is Iconography. Certain characters are iconic enough to have multiples to represent each movie like those listed just above.
Yet another factor is cost, I cant' afford an army of Clone troopers or the like, if I could I'd probably love to have a kick ass display of them all in formations but with the way my finances are I'd rather spend my money of a few key singular versions of my favourite characters than variants of the same ones.