Hosive

i already have a column about comic books but i also wanted one exclusively on collecting(mostly toys). so i thought of the collector…the supervillian identity of the comic book guy on the simpsons….this is a nerdy homage to him, collecting and indirectly to matt groening.

i read somewhere that we are all collectors. its part of human nature to collect. so a question to ask, that is strangely revealing, is what is it that we collect?……handbags, music, stamps, coins, shoes, clothes, memories, gadgets, junk, plastic bags to reuse, rocks…what’s your poison of choice? my father in law collects expensive liquors and figurines. i have a friend who collects lighthouses. my mom loves little trinkets and toys. my dad collects pieces of wood. no joke.

i collect all kind of things…too many things….including some toy lines that are highly regarded as some of the best ever…the playmates simpsons line, for example. more about them in a later post.

i also started collecting these futurama figures….there are 6 figures in the line so far…each comes a part to build an additional figure: a robot to boot. so buy 6, get one free. i am a sucker for deals like that.

i got these on sale in texas. i rarely pay for anything full price. its the chinese in me.

i love a few things about this line. i love the sculpts of the figures. the figures look like mini-versions of the characters. this is not always the case…as some figures don’t look anything like the originals.

i love the attention to detail. even the packaging shows love and care. the art is not just slapped together but well thought out and executed.

i love the fact that its a new line of figures and i can collect it from the beginning as opposed to getting into the game late and having to chase sold out figures on ebay. i also love that since the series is relatively short, the line will not cost me an arm and a leg. i hope.

and i love the motivation for collecting all the figures to get the last figure! its old school. i remember getting excited about give aways and mail aways as a kid.

it is doubly ironic for me and my profession to be excited about this bonus figure. for those faint of heart, i take off the horns and its just evil robot! or chinese new year, red robot!

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