I miss my old vehicle collection. I could have kept it all, but back in late 2004/ early 2005, I had a lot of vehicles. And it wasn't even close to all the vehicles I could have acquired!!
I think the worst thing about collecting for me is that I want to have it all out, all the stuff out on shelves, ready to be set up for action. Being in a renting situation, though, having a lot of stuff is just a pain to move. And this proved true for me when I moved in the spring of 2005. Where in 2002, I had just one Ford Taurus Wagon filled with boxes and rubber maids when I moved into an apartment, in 2005 it took me almost three.
I may have been able to pack it better or more efficiently to get it down to 2 wagon loads, but either way, it was quite a bit of stuff. And to think of all the other small amounts of toys I picked up along the way. I'm a HUGE toy fan, that's why I came to this town for school to be a toy designer, but I had a lot of stuff. It had to get trimmed.
I started at the 2005 Joe con, trading and selling vehicles for figures I didn't have. From there, I made numerous vehicle for figure trades, or just outright sells, online. And I did a store trade-in with the old www.MyGenerationToys.com.
I moved again in 2008, and still had a lot of stuff, though. I made a few more trades online, and made a trade-in with www.BBTS.com (nearby, so that was cool), and got a lot of more figures in the processes.
I've got things down fairly bare-bones in the vehicle department, especially with Cobra, but I rather like the way things are shaping up.
I'm spending more time, as I get it, with vehicles that I really like more. I have more space, and I can really get everything out on a shelf. It's really been more fun with the simplicity, something I'm thinking of starting to carry over into my figure collection.
