pbroy said:
greenmedic88 said:
pbroy said:
I haven't really thought about collecting these things for all these years, but I downloaded Disney Infinity out of curiousity. It was on sale on XBL and the next day I went to gamestop and bought a base, 3 characters and 2 game crystals. Probably spent a total of 10 bucks after my Power Up discounts kicked in. Set everything up at home and I was hooked on the concept of it all. Not the game itself, but how cute these little figures looked and powering them up. I then proceeded to all the online stores and bought up a crap load of characters that were on sale and even bought a whole lot of power discs and characters on ebay. During my buying spree, I saw some cheap LEGO Dimensions characters and bought those up too. I'm probably setting myself up for a bigger hole in my wallet by doing that. In one week alone, I probably spent $400 that originated from my $20 curiousity. 
I also had a short stint of wanting to collect amiibos a while ago. That was mostly due to hype and the potential of big payouts, but that went away pretty quick. Since the rares were so hard to get.
Anyone else in the same boat? What are your stories? Any pics of your collections?
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Had no intention of playing, even after Disney announced the inclusion of Star Wars into Disney Infinity because it was clearly marketed for kids, but... I picked up Darth Maul and Kylo Ren for $10 a piece over the holidays because they looked pretty nice and they were only $10 a piece.
So I looked at those two figures on the shelf for several weeks, wondering what they would look like animated and found out I needed to pick up a starter set with the USB reader so I picked one up for $50 with the PS4 Twilight of the Empire set and was able to watch animated versions of the figures move around.
Then I picked up the Rise Against the Empire and The Force Awakens sets for $25 a piece to see the other two Star Wars playsets.
And then I walked into a branch of a toy store that was closing and I picked up a few more Star Wars figures, plus Quorra from Tron and Ultron for $7.50 a piece.
And then I picked up the Avengers set and Thor for less than $20.
That was all because I picked up a couple figures for $20. So about $175 for everything.
Not bad, but quite a bit more than picking up a game for $60 and buying a DLC pack later.
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Almost like my coming out story. 😆
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Yeah, it totally sneaks up on you.
The mistake was buying without the intention of playing. Or was the mistake wanting to play after having a couple figures?
The problem, at least with the Disney Infinity figures and sets, is that they frequently go on sale from what I've seen, which makes it easier to justify picking them up.
For me, it's really just a licensing thing since Disney owns Marvel and Lucasfilm. Even then, it wasn't until they added Star Wars that I started looking at the figures. If Infinity was just original Disney IPs, I wouldn't have bought anything.
