Collecting Action Figures: Who Does? Who Does Not?

Henry W Jones said:

Didn't really like it? You don't proudly display your "Veiny D!ck and B@lls Playset" er, um, I mean "Akator Playset" on your coffee table?

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For shame!!! And you call yourself an Indiana Jones fan!!

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Hmmm, it may eventually end up in the attic to make room for something else...

No surprises I voted Yes in the poll. I'm a nut on the subject

I especially like the vehicles - again no surprise. (Tank anyone?)

The only thing stopping me doing more customs is a stack of military models ready to build!

I may be getting old, but I refuse to grow up!

(Doesn't work for everyone but I know what I like to do for fun when fully clothed!)

NickTurner said:

I may be getting old, but I refuse to grow up!

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That's the motto I live by!

Yeah I still do . . .

It's the hobby I refuse to give up and the part of my life I tend not to disclose to anyone, except close friends . . . and my parents are nice, don't care either way and buy me a bunch of toys on holidays/birthdays .

I was pretty diligent with Indy stuff and, for some reason, I have virtually every "Star Wars: Power of the Force" figure (I'm really debating whether or not to sell all my SW crap )

I also tend to jump onto other franchises: I went crazy for Tron: Legacy stuff and I'm currently hunting Transformers Prime Figs.

I don't. In a way I'd like to, but I just don't have the space, and there are other issues too (not going into that right now, too complicated). But I like them, so I just look up pics of them every now and then for fun.

I said no, I used to collect Star Wars figures and have a sizable collection but I no longer buy them (After I bought a couple for Episode III I stopped collecting). I have only one Indiana Jones figure, the large Disney figure that came out a few years ago...which I think looks much better than the Temple of Doom version they have out now.

I am 40, but have the perfect excuse for still collecting. I'm a dad with an 8-year-old son. So there's no collecting carded figures for display. But I do still get to enjoy shopping for figures and searching for them online.

I handed down all of my vintage Star Wars and Secret Wars (Marvel) toys to my son. Nothing really expensive in those lots, so it's okay for him to play with them. I have also bought him a bunch of Narnia figures (not happy with the quality of those), and Indiana Jones figures, playsets, vehicles, etc. Fun stuff.

Kept a few for myself for little displays in my office at work. The Indy figures go well with artifacts I've collected on my travels (statues and carvings, masks, Egyptian funerary cones, drums, crosses, and so on).

I thought I would bump this up. I playing with action figures religiously as a kid all the way up till 8th grade when it died overnight basically. I'm 26 now and I still buy figures though only certain characters. I have quite a few Indy and Han Solo figures but my main collection is Jack Sparrow and Boba Fett. I have a lot of Star Trek figures as well. I dunno, it's just something I enjoy. I only display a few of them in my studio. Most are in a box in the attic. It's the most accessible box in the attic. I made sure of that!

I've collected action figures since I was 4 yrs old, so maybe around 1995 or so. I always wanted Indy toys when I first watched the movies when I was 8 yrs old and when KOTCS came out I had pretty much stopped buying toys through local retailers (like Walmart and such.). So I went out and bought as many Indy figures as I could. Now I'm only missing 4 Indy things all together. Other figures I collect are:

- Jurassic Park
- Star Wars
- Lord of the Rings
- TMNT
- GI Joe
Also a bunch of assorted figures like Ghostbusters, Gargoyles, Small Soldiers etc.

Yea i was done buying figures when CS came out to. I actually didn't even get them when they came out in stores. i had to play catch up on eBay last year. Since I like to open them anyways I got some good deals. I'm still missing quite a few. Maybe I should try to get the whole line??? Could be cool.