Plagued Consoomers / Consoomer Culture - Because if it has a recogniseable brand on it, I’d buy it!

[Patty Hitler]

Has this thread discussed 'Disney Keys'?

They're hard lumps of plastic that I am told resemble keys. They don't open anything or do anything aside from exist for Disney fans to collect. Some are only offered in blind bags, some are given out at Disney Stores (with a minimum purchase, of course), and some you can buy online. Of all the things on this thread, this one puzzles me the most. They don't resemble characters, they don't do anything, and obtaining them is difficult.

At 1:14, a lady who collects them tries to explain what they're about and even she seems confused:

 

[Toolbox]

Has this thread discussed 'Disney Keys'?
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Disney's actually selling their metaphorical keys to consoomer's nostalgia and they're buying it up. Doesn't get any more obtuse than this.

 

[Kosher Snake]

Has this thread discussed 'Disney Keys'?
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They're hard lumps of plastic that I am told resemble keys. They don't open anything or do anything aside from exist for Disney fans to collect. Some are only offered in blind bags, some are given out at Disney Stores (with a minimum purchase, of course), and some you can buy online. Of all the things on this thread, this one puzzles me the most. They don't resemble characters, they don't do anything, and obtaining them is difficult.

At 1:14, a lady who collects them tries to explain what they're about and even she seems confused:

its like some weird way for the mouse to make KH things without giving Square Enix a share

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

The "consoomer" meme is nothing more than "people like what I don't like and that's (((their))) fault", always has been. Otherwise most of this thread wouldn't be trying to justify their massive gun/anime/Joker merch/tabletop figure collection as not consooming.

All collecting is hoarding, all collecting is consooming. No exceptions. Playing guitar is a cool hobby, collecting guitar is a stupider one.

Everyone is consumeristic to some degree, there's always gonna be whatabaotism but threads like this are for the obvious irrational excesses and mindless trend following.

 

[Kabuki Actor]

All transactions are consoomption.

 

[BootlegPopeye]

There is a frenzy to the Consoomer that is lacking in the collector IMO. People have been collecting coins for centuries, and the hobby has changed little since the 19th century, but coin collectors aren't known for loserdom.

I noticed with some of the video game consoomer it's more the dopamine hit from the getting and having stuff surrounding them, rather than having some games they enjoy. I've seen many a 'collector' buy entire classic game libraries only to sell them all once they have everything. The act of getting is more important than anything else. So they are never satisfied with a large but static library of anything, be it games, movies, books, toys, whatever.

 

[Doinker Marmalade]

Uh oh, one more and you loose the right to vote

Learn the difference between 'lose' and 'loose' before making decisions over who gets to vote, lmao.

 

[Kosher Snake]

There is a frenzy to the Consoomer that is lacking in the collector IMO. People have been collecting coins for centuries, and the hobby has changed little since the 19th century, but coin collectors aren't known for loserdom.

I noticed with some of the video game consoomer it's more the dopamine hit from the getting and having stuff surrounding them, rather than having some games they enjoy. I've seen many a 'collector' buy entire classic game libraries only to sell them all once they have everything. The act of getting is more important than anything else. So they are never satisfied with a large but static library of anything, be it games, movies, books, toys, whatever.

actually, its pretty hard for me to tell where the line is between collector and consoomer, mainly because people(heck, even in this thread) has a different line drawn between collection and consoomption a la Ian Brandon Sonichu

 

[John Titor]

We're back to this discussion again? I think a main problem is we have different interpretations of what a consoomer is. I posted the Fallout76 example a while back because a normal person could have bought FO76, enjoyed it (lol) or got disappointed; consoomers on the other hand will fight to the death to protect it from "haters".

I think we're mostly targeting Funkos because they're more mass produced compared to anime figures, so they'll show up on the radar more. I would also define a consoomer as someone who has no self-preservation. If you can afford your collection, more power to you; but if you're behind rent because you spent it on Funkos, nigga, what are you doing?

And maybe Nendroids are just the nicer looking Funkos, I don't think we've seen the equivalent lolcow yet.

 

[The Curmudgeon]

As awful as Funko Pops are, I do think their backstory is interesting. Mike Becker, a toy collector, wanted to make his own line of coinbanks. Then he decided to focus on bobbleheads when the licensing for his Big Boy Restaurant coinbanks fell through. Finally, he sold his company to a man named Brian Mariotti who turned it into the vinyl pop culture nightmare it is today. Put another way, I think it's funny that one collector/consoomer at least tried to be innovative even if it did become something like Funko Pops. I guess...

Here's the story!

 

[Staffy]

We're back to this discussion again? I think a main problem is we have different interpretations of what a consoomer is. I posted the Fallout76 example a while back because a normal person could have bought FO76, enjoyed it (lol) or got disappointed; consoomers on the other hand will fight to the death to protect it from "haters".

I think we're mostly targeting Funkos because they're more mass produced compared to anime figures, so they'll show up on the radar more. I would also define a consoomer as someone who has no self-preservation. If you can afford your collection, more power to you; but if you're behind rent because you spent it on Funkos, nigga, what are you doing?

And maybe Nendroids are just the nicer looking Funkos, I don't think we've seen the equivalent lolcow yet.

Maybe there are irrational hoarders of nendoroids. In the case of funko pops the reason they are easier to spot is because there are times where some of them collect the same character but in different outfit/color and sometimes the telltale signs. Not to mention the product seems to be in low quality.

I haven't seen a nendoroid collector go for the same character wearing different shit yet.

 

[Reshiram Battle.mp3]

Nendo collection tends to fall under the same umbrella as generic waifu figure collection to me, I've never seen a particular sperginess unique to that line. I think the fact they're so damn fucking FRAGILE is part of it. I only have one of a character I like, and god forbid you try to pose and adjust their joints it feels like a fucking heart surgery sometimes. It's disappointing too, they'd be the perfect size to hold and use like a figurine toy, but they're built more to be wrestled into a cute pose after changing their faceplates, then put on a shelf and never touched again or else an arm will pop out the socket.

Funkos are soft plastic too, but they aren't articulated so delicately that it can be to their detriment, at least. I'll fucking give them that. Unfortunately that means they're idiot-proofed for manchildren.

 

[Postal_Rat]

Honestly if we are so autistic that we need to develop a standard for coonsoomers so we can stop arguing about what is and isn't coonsooming we could list everything that bothers us about funko people and work back

Lets see my list is as follows

• 1. Wasteful the person buys more than they could feasibly ever use
• 2. Mindless there is little to no engagement required
• 3. Bland there is no meaningful difference between experiences or items
• 4. Compulsive despite requiring little to nothing of the persons time or energy it some how it takes up all of it
• 5. Trivial no matter how you slice it the thing isn't important

 

[Gar For Archer]

Maybe there are irrational hoarders of nendoroids. In the case of funko pops the reason they are easier to spot is because there are times where some of them collect the same character but in different outfit/color and sometimes the telltale signs. Not to mention the product seems to be in low quality.

I haven't seen a nendoroid collector go for the same character wearing different shit yet.

I mean... part of the reason absolutely is that Nendoroids are fucking EXPENSIVE. We're talking $50-80 MSRP for a standard figure.

$200 will get you a solid shelf of bottom-of-the-barrel Funko pops. That same money will get you... 3-4 cheap Nendoroids. It's much harder to feed an addiction for unboxing and buying shit with Nendoroids than with Funko pops.

 

[mr.moon1488]

Honestly if we are so autistic that we need to develop a standard for coonsoomers so we can stop arguing about what is and isn't coonsooming we could list everything that bothers us about funko people and work back

Lets see my list is as follows

• 1. Wasteful the person buys more than they could feasibly ever use
• 2. Mindless there is little to no engagement required
• 3. Bland there is no meaningful difference between experiences or items
• 4. Compulsive despite requiring little to nothing of the persons time or energy it some how it takes up all of it
• 5. Trivial no matter how you slice it the thing isn't important

Probably should get a big list of coonsoomerist behaviors and require people to meet a certain number of items in the list to meet the criteria for coonsoomerism, similar to how most mental disorders are diagnosed in psychology.

 

[BootlegPopeye]

Honestly if we are so autistic that we need to develop a standard for coonsoomers so we can stop arguing about what is and isn't coonsooming we could list everything that bothers us about funko people and work back

Lets see my list is as follows

• 1. Wasteful the person buys more than they could feasibly ever use
• 2. Mindless there is little to no engagement required
• 3. Bland there is no meaningful difference between experiences or items
• 4. Compulsive despite requiring little to nothing of the persons time or energy it some how it takes up all of it
• 5. Trivial no matter how you slice it the thing isn't important

I'd also add a rule about the getting being more important than the having; see the Disney shopper video someone posted a video of a few pages ago, where they couldn't even remember the things they bought before.

This also makes me think to compulsive shoppers and how they relate to consoomers. Compulsive shopping is way older, but the (mostly) women who do it don't seem to be as brand loyal as consoomers are.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

I think we're mostly targeting Funkos because they're more mass produced compared to anime figures

And Funkos makes licensed stuff from the biggest media brands like Disney (now including soy wars, marvel, etc) and Disney is always the most visible target.

As awful as Funko Pops are, I do think their backstory is interesting. Mike Becker, a toy collector, wanted to make his own line of coinbanks. Then he decided to focus on bobbleheads when the licensing for his Big Boy Restaurant coinbanks fell through. Finally, he sold his company to a man named Brian Mariotti who turned into the vinyl pop culture nightmare it is today. Put another way, I think it's funny that one collector/consoomer at least tried to be innovative even if it did become something like Funko Pops. I guess...

Here's the story!

i wouldn't condemn most businessmen who saw an untapped market and went ahead and took advantage of it In most cases is really the consumers who should exercise more critical thinking and self control. If i have a hot dog stand is really not my problem if some lard ass buys so much of my food every day he becomes deathfat and dies from cardiac arrest. I am just a hot dog seller in this scenario, over-comsumption falls on the buyers end.

 

[The Curmudgeon]

i wouldn't condemn most businessmen who saw an untapped market and went ahead and took advantage of it In most cases is really the consumers who should exercise more critical thinking and self control. If i have a hot dog stand is really not my problem if some lard ass buys so much of my food every day he becomes deathfat and dies from cardiac arrest. I am just a hot dog seller in this scenario, over-comsumption falls on the buyers end.

Fair enough and good point. Mike Becker was a collector who realized he could get rich from exploiting the urge to consoom. He knew exactly what he was doing!

 

[Kosher Snake]

Nendo collection tends to fall under the same umbrella as generic waifu figure collection to me, I've never seen a particular sperginess unique to that line. I think the fact they're so damn fucking FRAGILE is part of it. I only have one of a character I like, and god forbid you try to pose and adjust their joints it feels like a fucking heart surgery sometimes. It's disappointing too, they'd be the perfect size to hold and use like a figurine toy, but they're built more to be wrestled into a cute pose after changing their faceplates, then put on a shelf and never touched again or else an arm will pop out the socket.

Funkos are soft plastic too, but they aren't articulated so delicately that it can be to their detriment, at least. I'll fucking give them that. Unfortunately that means they're idiot-proofed for manchildren.

YES. The fragile feel is absolutely the reason why I immediately put mine back in its box, and was like, "even rocket science is easier than this shit". I'm in the same boat, bought only one nendo. And thats it.

 

[Postal_Rat]

Probably should get a big list of coonsoomerist behaviors and require people to meet a certain number of items in the list to meet the criteria for coonsoomerism, similar to how most mental disorders are diagnosed in psychology.

Well if we are doing that I was thinking about this some more and one thing I'm fairly certain of is that there are two types of consoomers or at least two motives for it one is the obvious dopamine hit we monkeys all get when we acquire some thing shiny and the other thing is that some people are buying their way into an in group and consumption grants social status in this group.

I'd also add a rule about the getting being more important than the having; see the Disney shopper video someone posted a video of a few pages ago, where they couldn't even remember the things they bought before.

I would say in the second case this wouldn't be quite true in that the collection sort of becomes proof of standing in such a pack of leeches.

At 1:14, a lady who collects them tries to explain what they're about and even she seems confused:

I didn't realize they made soy face in woman's sizes