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When Does Buying Become Collecting?

I was thinking about this after we had a conversation at work the other day. When exactly do you become a collector? Now I buy and own A LOT of shit including DVDs, Comics, Cd's and Toys amongst other things. Even though I buy and thoroughly enjoy all of this stuff I wouldn't refer to myself as a collector of the bulk of it.

For a start I own well over 4 short boxes worth of comics but I really wouldn't call myself a comic collector more of a comic reader.

I say this because I'm not trying to have complete runs of stories, characters, appearances etc. This to me is the behaviour of a collector. I'm a massive fan of Ironman but it is not one of my missions in life to have every comic with an appearance from Ironman in it. I just happen to have the comics that I have because once I have read them there is nothing for me to do with them. I suppose I could a) sell them, b) throw them away/give them away or c) just wait for the trade paperbacks. Now both options a and b would just be me wasting my money and I like the fact I have the opportunity to re-read things. Option c is better but some things take ages to be realeased as a trade or never get released. I also like reading my books weekly as I know there is always something coming.

I am exactly the same when it comes to my DVDs. I do not buy new releases just down to the fact that it is too damn expensive.

I only buy films that I like (or get given ones I don't) and I only get them when they are cheap enough. Now for instance I have wanted both "The Departed" and "Children of Men" for ages and when they were new they were £22.99 and £17.99 but the other day I got them both along with "Garden State" for £20. If I were a collector surely I'd be double dipping all the time for the best version of the film?

The only thing I would really class myself as a collector of would be toys. This is really strange as well considering the fact that I don't actually own that many.

I rarely buy toys nowadays and I have to be really, really impressed with them but when I do I am reminded of why I do buy them. I suppose it is kind of like buying a piece of art that you can have to look at, enjoy and keep. Again though there is this conflict of whether I am a collector or not because most of my toys come straight out of the packaging and go on display. Don't collectors keep them in the boxes?

So when do you become a collector of something? Let me know because I really have no clue whatsoever.

Oh Ebay How I loathe Thee...

This is due to the fact that I lose countless minutes/hours/days sitting here watching and waiting for auctions to end. The most recent one?










A full run of volume 2 of Daredevil from the Smith "Guardian Devil" arc to the most recent issue. 97 issues of mostly great comics. This is among other Daredevil issues including the first appearance of Elektra. Outbid by a pound by some scum who probably thinks he can make a bit of profit. Oh well it is my own fault I suppose down to the fact that I never put in my highest bid as soon as I should.

Thanks to Pappy though I now own all of the variant covers to the first ten issues of the New Avengers. This then lead to an interesting conversation at work. More on that next time though!

The Joker

So its been over a month since I last posted. Why is this? I hear you ask loyal readers. Well I bought myself a 360 which resulted in me leaving all my Uni work till the last minute and only last week did I actually catch up. I am back though with this fantastic picture.

Apparently this is a picture of Heath Ledger as "The Joker" from next years "The Dark Knight". The picture can be found at www.ibelieveinharveydenttoo.com which looks like a defaced version of Warner Brothers www.ibelieveinharveydent.com. The picture has been revealed one pixel at a time by fans by sending an email and recieving a code to put into the site.

I've liked Heath Ledger as "The Joker" since the beginning as it was someone who people weren't crying out for due to the fact that he has not got the stereotypical "Joker" look about him. I think these fears should be squashed now as this looks genuinely creepy. I've already heard the cries of "That red stuff looks crap though" at work today but I love it. I think its there to try exaggerate the fact he has what looks like a "Glasgow Smile" so he puts make-up on his scars as he sees this as his real smile.

I hope that this is real as this along with the news of Aaron Eckhart playing Harvey Dent makes me very excited about this film.

More posts to come soon folks I promise!

I knew it!

I wish I was wrong about it but it looks like I wasn't. Marvel have just put out this variant cover to issue 7 of "Punisher: War Journal". Frank Castle is the new Captain America!

Spidey 3

Aint it cool have posted some pics from Spider-man 3 and this is one of them. I wasn't sure about using Venom up until now but this looks like they could actually pull it off. (Original picture was removed but the bottom left concept drawing is very similar)