For those who wisely avoid giving Disney $8 per month, “this is the way” is an oft repeated phrase by Mandalorians in the show The Mandalorian. They’re an austere, Spartan warrior race who prepare to relocate their settlements at a moment’s notice because they’re enemies of the Empire, so hoarding useless future landfill is about the least Mandalorian thing one could do.
Having a physical copy of something is always superior than online DRM based downloads. A ton of of games these days only have their physical edition as a limited release if it's not a first party one which has caused physical game prices to spike up to scalper hell levels on the aftermarket. There's more space efficient methods of storage but having a cartridge box is large enough that you won't easily misplace it. It's a similar frame of reasoning to keeping CD cases.
Might include games from Limited Run and other small time publishers. They're basically the ultimate godsend for consoomers, publishing physical editions/rereleases of old games that have been out of print for ages or big indie games, of course only in small quantities making them artificially "rare".
Limited run pisses me right the fuck off with the aritificial scarcity bullshit. It's not just obscure/old rereleases with them. Usually it's just them signing deals with new game releases, worst offender in recent memory being the shit with the scott pilgrim game being a limited run preorder exclusive when the game is made by Ubisoft, who for some reason don't just re-release it no strings attached and have been putting people who wanted it legally available again through the fucking ringer. I ended up begrudgingly preordering it and my copy still hasn't arrived somehow. Fuck limited run. for enabling and contributing to the consoomer mindset of making their releases all "numbered collectibles"
It's like the room was designed by an AI. It seems is located in someone's house, but it has such a strange layout that no sane human would want in their house.
If funko made a limited edition Klan figure, there would be some major chimpout on twitter, followed by collectors quietly buying it. The only thing that will stop them is the ticking off the clock, where they will become unfashionable like Beenie Babies.
They've started doing a ton of these "toys" that are just straight up advertisements for other products lately. The next stage of consoomer culture.
quite a few posts you quoted were literally people just talking about how consooming is akin to hoarding and the guys are driving prices of shit up to have a vast quantity of some shit they'll never even use. I'd understand if it was actual consoomer guilt type shit but there's only a few off topic-ish posts you can construe as that in this sea of quotes lmao.
i swear to god these people just hijack other subcultures and rot it from the inside
I don't blame the wife but what's with these fucking relationships. If I wanted to go buy something with my own money that I work for as an adult why should I need to convince my girlfriend to let me buy it. I understand that relationships are about compromises but why can't he just go get it, what is the problem? Is he that pussywhipped (yes)?
I imagine they’re on a monthly budget and $800 is a lot of money to most people. Also, they’re married, so it’s different than you and your girlfriend, who I assume don’t share finances.
I see pool sticks which means that he has friends over who see that. Anyone who sees that isn't thinking "Wow! That sure is neat!" They are experiencing second hand embarrassment.
What I find interesting about those pictures is that, as far as I can see, the person hasn't gotten into model kit building and have stayed with lego when it comes to Star wars vehicles. I find it pretty common that a lot of these consoomer types never really go past the easy to collect/display types that require not much work on their end to set up. Like, I have a lot more respect for someone who'd spend their time building those Star wars model kits and making them look nice with paint/weathering since it shows a bit more care in their interests (if that makes sense). Even just an OOB Gunpla build had the person spend several hours actually putting it together.
If they're on a budget don't spend your money on a fucking 200 dollar LEGO ship then. But I guess that's the root of the problem then.
Odds are his only IRL friends are fellow soys themselves, because who else would want to hang out with a weirdo like that?
I attend a lot of yard sales / tag sales, mostly because they're frequently a great way to get something I've been looking for at a great price (and a bit used, but that's part of the experience). Anyway, one of the things I most frequently find at these sales is large collections of children's toys and stuffed animals whose former owners have outgrown them. Since this is a yard sale, all of these toys are the hottest things from 2007, and I often have "oh, remember X toy" moments when looking at them. I guarantee that sometime in the next 5-10 years, I'm going to come across a dusty pile of Funko crap and go to myself, "oh, remember Funko?"
Those shelves look fucking disgusting. You can afford thousands of dollars worth of Funko Pops, you can afford to buy some fucking IKEA Billy’s to store them on.
This would be a boring thread if it were just a loop of pictures of Star Wars hoards and then a bunch of replies like "lol what a RETARD!!" with no discussion over what makes these people do what they do.
lol ragequit
Fair enough argument, though they're still by and large sticking to Star Wars-branded sets, and to assemble a set, you read instructions designed for children.
I feel ill just looking at this fucking thumbnail
