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Don't want to give up Action Figures

ActionFigurefan1

ActionFigurefan1

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I love collecting toys and I'm 26....I don't want to give up the hobby though. I feel like action figures are one of my biggest joys now, I love the excitement of seeing what new figures are coming out and unboxing em and displaying em when I get them

It's not financially hurting me, I only buy toys based around things I like...for example I'm not a Game of Thrones fans so I won't buy any action figures related to that, but if I see Terminator or Robocop then I will as I enjoy those films a lot.

Would I look weird collecting in my 50s, 60s,70s and beyond?

Any older members here like toys? Any advice on how to relax myself about it?
 
Don't stop collecting! It isn't weird at any age, trust me. I'm into toys too, but the only problem with me is I don't have the money or the space.
 
Here is about an eighth of my collection,...
Shoe Organizer
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In the early 1990s, Barbie was available with an action figure body. She was a great stand-in for the HTF GI Janes. (Think female equivalent of Max Steel.)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/studio_126/
 
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Warshipsfan1 said:
Would I look weird collecting in my 50s, 60s,70s and beyond?
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Not really

I also sometimes feel bad for liking and playing video games (I'm 38) but at the end of the day I am the one who is in charge of me and I have the right to have the hobbies I want to have.

You are who you are and if others don't like it then you don't need them people in your life.

Keep being you and keep loving what you love
 
Warshipsfan1 said:
I love collecting toys and I'm 26....I don't want to give up the hobby though. I feel like action figures are one of my biggest joys now, I love the excitement of seeing what new figures are coming out and unboxing em and displaying em when I get them

It's not financially hurting me, I only buy toys based around things I like...for example I'm not a Game of Thrones fans so I won't buy any action figures related to that, but if I see Terminator or Robocop then I will as I enjoy those films a lot.

Would I look weird collecting in my 50s, 60s,70s and beyond?

Any older members here like toys? Any advice on how to relax myself about it?
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Don't give up
I love toys as well
Especially stuff like barbies, polly pockets, my little pony. .
 
Here, let me show you something:

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This is from the Dark Souls board game.

Things like the action figures you talk about? They often dont really do anything, people who buy them set them on a shelf or something and... that's it.

But things like the characters and the big monster figure in the photo here? These arent made to sit on a shelf. They are PLAYED WITH. Moved around, knocked over, and many people who play miniatures-focused games (I just call them "figures") also like to take the time to very carefully paint them. And THEN play them in the game they are from. Games that involve figures like these often involve a LOT of them, not just a couple. I've got so, so many of these things, and that's JUST from Dark Souls alone. I could also talk about Zombicide, which has like 5 times as many of them.

I want to stress that this is not a kid-focused hobby. Good grief, no. This is a hobby that STARTS with adults, and if those adults are parents, they may try to get their kids into them so they can all play together (but if it doesnt work... that wont stop said adult from continuing with the hobby). Heck, many of these games would be a bit much for most kids, either being A: way too complicated, or B: way too frustrating.

Look at this:

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This has a wildly different vibe to it, yeah? It kinda LOOKS like it might be a kids game, but no, it aint. The rules for this would be a bit much for many kids (modern board games dont play at all like "family" board games), but also the game is very freaking hard. It's not competitive, it's cooperative (so, you and your team, or just you if playing solo, against the automated "opponent" which is in this case the flame & smoke things all over the board) and playing this one mean you're probably going to lose a lot.

Again though, little fire fighter figures being shoved around the board and bright colorful pieces everywhere.


Did I mention this hobby is for adults? Like seriously that's the target audience. Dont get me wrong, there are certainly games that are specifically family oriented (so, meant to be simple enough to get kids interested) but the vast majority of it is stuff like what I'm showing here.

It's a deep rabbit hole. Too deep. People get REALLY into these.


So... no, you're not weird for liking what you do. Figures and stuff like that, it's all fine.

This aint the 80s, where there was the bizarre hard divide between "kids' stuff" and adult stuff. This goes for video games too. Kids aint the primary audience anymore.

Beyond that though... look, there's no reason to worry about what others think of your hobbies and interests. Instead, worry about what YOU think of your hobbies and interests. And just have fun with them.

Incidentally I have a lot of non-board gaming figures and stuff myself as well, and things like plush dolls.
 
Misery said:
Here, let me show you something:

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This is from the Dark Souls board game.

Things like the action figures you talk about? They often dont really do anything, people who buy them set them on a shelf or something and... that's it.

But things like the characters and the big monster figure in the photo here? These arent made to sit on a shelf. They are PLAYED WITH. Moved around, knocked over, and many people who play miniatures-focused games (I just call them "figures") also like to take the time to very carefully paint them. And THEN play them in the game they are from. Games that involve figures like these often involve a LOT of them, not just a couple. I've got so, so many of these things, and that's JUST from Dark Souls alone. I could also talk about Zombicide, which has like 5 times as many of them.

I want to stress that this is not a kid-focused hobby. Good grief, no. This is a hobby that STARTS with adults, and if those adults are parents, they may try to get their kids into them so they can all play together (but if it doesnt work... that wont stop said adult from continuing with the hobby). Heck, many of these games would be a bit much for most kids, either being A: way too complicated, or B: way too frustrating.

Look at this:

View attachment 112467

This has a wildly different vibe to it, yeah? It kinda LOOKS like it might be a kids game, but no, it aint. The rules for this would be a bit much for many kids (modern board games dont play at all like "family" board games), but also the game is very freaking hard. It's not competitive, it's cooperative (so, you and your team, or just you if playing solo, against the automated "opponent" which is in this case the flame & smoke things all over the board) and playing this one mean you're probably going to lose a lot.

Again though, little fire fighter figures being shoved around the board and bright colorful pieces everywhere.


Did I mention this hobby is for adults? Like seriously that's the target audience. Dont get me wrong, there are certainly games that are specifically family oriented (so, meant to be simple enough to get kids interested) but the vast majority of it is stuff like what I'm showing here.

It's a deep rabbit hole. Too deep. People get REALLY into these.


So... no, you're not weird for liking what you do. Figures and stuff like that, it's all fine.

This aint the 80s, where there was the bizarre hard divide between "kids' stuff" and adult stuff. This goes for video games too. Kids aint the primary audience anymore.

Beyond that though... look, there's no reason to worry about what others think of your hobbies and interests. Instead, worry about what YOU think of your hobbies and interests. And just have fun with them.

Incidentally I have a lot of non-board gaming figures and stuff myself as well, and things like plush dolls.
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That's cool!

I still have intentions of building my collection, I'm actually going into town tomorrow to pre-order a new Mothra that's coming out. If people aren't familar, Mothra is a part of the Godzilla monsterverse: Mothra (MonsterVerse)

I just have terrible anxiety about the day I can't collect anymore
 
Misery said:
Here, let me show you something:

View attachment 112466

This is from the Dark Souls board game.

Things like the action figures you talk about? They often dont really do anything, people who buy them set them on a shelf or something and... that's it.

But things like the characters and the big monster figure in the photo here? These arent made to sit on a shelf. They are PLAYED WITH. Moved around, knocked over, and many people who play miniatures-focused games (I just call them "figures") also like to take the time to very carefully paint them. And THEN play them in the game they are from. Games that involve figures like these often involve a LOT of them, not just a couple. I've got so, so many of these things, and that's JUST from Dark Souls alone. I could also talk about Zombicide, which has like 5 times as many of them.

I want to stress that this is not a kid-focused hobby. Good grief, no. This is a hobby that STARTS with adults, and if those adults are parents, they may try to get their kids into them so they can all play together (but if it doesnt work... that wont stop said adult from continuing with the hobby). Heck, many of these games would be a bit much for most kids, either being A: way too complicated, or B: way too frustrating.

Look at this:

View attachment 112467

This has a wildly different vibe to it, yeah? It kinda LOOKS like it might be a kids game, but no, it aint. The rules for this would be a bit much for many kids (modern board games dont play at all like "family" board games), but also the game is very freaking hard. It's not competitive, it's cooperative (so, you and your team, or just you if playing solo, against the automated "opponent" which is in this case the flame & smoke things all over the board) and playing this one mean you're probably going to lose a lot.

Again though, little fire fighter figures being shoved around the board and bright colorful pieces everywhere.


Did I mention this hobby is for adults? Like seriously that's the target audience. Dont get me wrong, there are certainly games that are specifically family oriented (so, meant to be simple enough to get kids interested) but the vast majority of it is stuff like what I'm showing here.

It's a deep rabbit hole. Too deep. People get REALLY into these.


So... no, you're not weird for liking what you do. Figures and stuff like that, it's all fine.

This aint the 80s, where there was the bizarre hard divide between "kids' stuff" and adult stuff. This goes for video games too. Kids aint the primary audience anymore.

Beyond that though... look, there's no reason to worry about what others think of your hobbies and interests. Instead, worry about what YOU think of your hobbies and interests. And just have fun with them.

Incidentally I have a lot of non-board gaming figures and stuff myself as well, and things like plush dolls.
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They are so fun! Some of them come in digital form.

I like it when people improvise some story around the area they're in after throwing the dice, talk about what is happening and what the character is doing, makes it funny.
 
elgat0verde said:
Dark Souls board game?

Where can one aquire such things?
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Well, that depends on what you're looking for exactly.

I get a lot of my board games from Amazon because I'm a lazy little snot. On there, I'm looking at it here, I see the Dark Souls Board Game Core Set for about $120. Big huge box. Lots of rather pointy minis. Board games are expensive.

There's also a variety of expansions that go along with that, and then there's the recently released "2.0" versions, like Tomb of Giants or Painted World of Ariamas, which are stand-alone expansions, except not quite because they inexplicably dont mesh with the original game without separate elements, but they can mesh with each other. Not sure what's up with that. The company behind the game has some issues.

Quirky game overall, not one I'd recommend to absolutely everyone. A playthrough is looooooooooooooong. Some people quite liked it, others quite hated it.

There's also Dark Souls: The Card Game which I personally think is a bit better than the board game.

If you like Bloodbourne, there's a game for that too, made by a different designer, I've not played that one though but I hear it's quite good. I'm not too familiar with the video game version (though I'll likely get to it at some point) but I do intend on picking this up at some point as well.

The only problem with games of this sort is that they become a hideous mess. I cant stress enough just how much space these take up. Any game with minis is like that. Huge box. Long set-up time.
 
120 bucks? Well... maybe some day

I never played bloodborne because I don't own a PS, wish I did to be able to finish all from software games, I really love Dark Souls a lot! So I'd just have the board game just to have it as a collectors item. Not interested in any social thing ever in my life again, outside of this forum at least.

I'll look them up and thank you @Misery
 
elgat0verde said:
120 bucks? Well... maybe some day

I never played bloodborne because I don't own a PS, wish I did to be able to finish all from software games, I really love Dark Souls a lot! So I'd just have the board game just to have it as a collectors item. Not interested in any social thing ever in my life again, outside of this forum at least.

I'll look them up and thank you @Misery
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It's actually not really a social thing, these games. Not if you dont want it to be.

Something that really surprised me originally was that solo board gaming is a thing. Quite a big thing actually, there's games out there that are made purely for solo play.

Something like Dark Souls is a co-operative game... the enemy characters act based on their own rules and the cards which dictate how they move. Co-operative games in general can be played by just one person, usually. Not necessarily with just one character/whatever. With games like this I usually play using 2 or 3 characters at once (but most can be played "pure" solo too). Since they're all a team, I can do all of them myself. Same with the firefighting game, I play solo against the game itself, so to speak. Much like the enemies and bosses in Dark Souls, the flames arent placed/controlled by another player regardless of player count, they have their own rules as to how/when they spawn or expand. While other hazards/events are controlled by a set of cards that do all sorts of things.

Usually games like these scale based on how many players are currently playing it. Dark Souls has larger enemy groups appear in any given room/area based on how many people are playing, for instance.

It might sound odd but playing board games solo is actually very common, and designers absolutely know this. I wouldnt be into this hobby otherwise, as I've no interest in dealing with other people. Other players can be unpredictable or just impatient and irritating, I like to be able to take my time and come up with my own strategies rather than have to try to get the team to agree on some set of actions.

Quite love this hobby, some games can be pricey (usually the ones that come with 5 bazillion miniatures) but it's got everything that keeps me mentally engaged and there's a lovely tactile element to it too.

Also, dice. I have... so many dice.
 
Fam, you're 100% fine.

Like go to any community of people who collect toys and action figures, you're gonna find tons of people who are in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and even older, depending on what you're talking about.

Especially so if you're talking figures from franchises that have been around for decades. I've been active on a Transformers forum for over 10 years now and a significant chunk of the userbase are people who were kids when the series originally started and are now in their late 40s to early 50s (mind you not everyone there is into the toys specifically but obviously most of them are cuz like the action figures is the core aspect of the whole brand lol)
 
I think the OP is cool.
If I didn't have emetophobia I think I'd work in a childcare place (preschool) because I'd just be mesmerised by all the toys. I don't have the urge to play with toys, but I do just get fascinated by them as I love bright colours. And I like watching children play and engage with each other with toys. Makes me feel motherly all of a sudden.
 
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