Ironhidensh wrote:Anybody else have to keep reminding themselves that these toys are just that: toys? Primarily designed for little children, and any efforts to the collector are secondary. I've been way to spoiled by the high end market.
I do, but it doesn't bother me because I've never gotten to put any money into masterpiece or third party figures. So, all in all, there is a certain 'zen' mentality to it, at least for me: accepting these figures for what they are and even finding the fun in them. I've only started collecting as an adult (last time I got a figure as a kid was during Beast Machine) and very little bothers me about the toys I get because they are that, toys, and not a collector display piece like something from lines such as S.H. Figuarts or Revoltech.
They are not the same thing and all I need to remind myself is that its fine and look at the more positive aspects of toys: more affordable and, generally, much more fun to just handle and mess with when bored. I'd never, for example, try to 'transform' (or rather parts-form) my Gunbuster when bored because that thing is a fragile, old revoltech with removeable parts but I sure do love to fiddle with Triggerhappy and his two Targetmaster friends (and remold).
Now I'm sure third party transforming figures can accomplish both role as display piece
and transforming action figure but these remain a mystery to me, despite coming very close to buying Perfect Effect Beast Gorira.