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1 hour ago, Saito2 said:

I think it also may have something to do with why we buy them. There is the collection standpoint and that leads to a lot of cars. I wanted all the early 4wd buggies, vintage or re-re.

VERY similar here. I started out just to restore my old bashers as I still had 2 of them and managed to get the third back (returning boomerang). I then wanted all the 4WD from my Boomerang to the end of my Thundershot series....Then decided as I liked the SuperShot so much to add it, just bought a HotShot so now I just need a HS2 and I have every 4WD from the first to the FireDragon (less the Avante as it just has no pull to me as was unrealistic as a kid)

I also added a LunchBox to keep my Pumpkin company

Then a Madcap as found one locally at a silly price and I wanted one of them as well back in the day. Then another Madcap to convert to a Saint Dragon to keep the MadCap company...

I love looking at them as its a real live version of the old guide books I had back as a teenager. I also bought one of those and both myself and the kids constantly change which is our favourite. I have a few projects as well and we now bash with Traxxas Stampedes and the Tamiya stuff is just not a robust when they hit each other flat out!!! GOT to love the kids!

Hobbies are definitely cyclic so the interest comes and goes in waves. So selling up is a massive mistake UNLESS you have to, then you have to.

I now have such a collection of maybe need that parts and with good lady no longer working have set myself a much lower budget for buying. BUT selling of all the bits and bobs I don't need has meant I can keep buying what I really want.  

Having ready access to your collection helps I think. Mine is a display about 2 feet from where I am sitting at the table we all eat at on display for all to see all the time. Makes me smile, what more can you ask?

This photo was taken about 20 min ago. I have a list of things I want to do to improve it as I know (if we can manage to be honest with ourselves) that I will always fettle with it to improve it.

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Note to self : Buy a Midnight Punpkin to keep my Lunchbox company too!

My current wave involves going after bigger trucks like the Bullhead I just acquired (and am looking for another big 4WD) that I can make use of now the weather is about to improve with visits to grassy parks with the little one.

This has meant I've had a good long look at my collection of on road chassis and shells and recently sold off about 8 of them as they don't get any run time and the future wasn't looking bright... I've keep a few on road cars that I've invested a lot of effort into (Hyundai i20 and Black Tiger striped Escort Cosworth to name a couple) but others have gone.

Saying that, I still have 3-5 clear on road shells awaiting painting that I've always wanted, and some spare Roller chassis's to sit them on, so I know this on road collection will grow again at some point.. it's just a personal choice which cars make the keep list.... culling out the least favourite.

I hope I don't regret letting any of them go as I'd hate to buy them again later but I actually needed the space and funds from those sales,  so I can still sleep well at the moment.... but hearing other members stories about sales regrets!

 

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1 hour ago, Jason1145 said:

Note to self : Buy a Midnight Punpkin to keep my Lunchbox company too!

 

 

Two Pumpkins on eBay at min end tonight and are still humble money.

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1 hour ago, Baddon said:

Two Pumpkins on eBay at min end tonight and are still humble money.

I think you're called an "enabler" like a "feeder" ;)

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12 hours ago, Re-Bugged said:

I had a concern for a friend of mine who was addicted to Brake Fluid, but he reassured me he could stop at anytime.

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lol... In real life, I have a friend who said he could quit computer games any time (he hasn't).  

About enjoyment, however... 

Back in the 90's, I had another friend who was into photography.  I had my grandfather's Nikon FM2, plus 3 lenses.  I just used 60mm macro I used 95% of the time.  My friend, however, had dozens of lenses.  One day, we went to Mt. Hood in Oregon for some outdoor photography.  

If we found a good scenery, he'd dig out one lens from a huge bag.  He'd fiddle with it until the waterfall went dry (no, it didn't really go dry).  He shot less than 1 roll through the entire day.  There is nothing wrong about collecting lenses.  If he enjoys having 7 lenses with him that could give him a variety of options, why not?  

I was more interested in learning to shoot.  You only set speed and aperture, but those two options decide a lot.  I shot 3-5 rolls.  After getting them developed, some shots I thought was good, wasn't good, or vice versa.  I would get 1 good photo out of 50 shots, but I learned from them.  (This photo-snapping habit continues to this day... I take shots of everything. RC or otherwise. My wife and mom didn't like photos taken.  I said, "you got it backward. Don't think you'll lose weight and be pretty and then take photos. Just think how young and pretty you'd look when you look at this photo in 10 years."  They are not photo-shy anymore.)  

Anyway, what I learned on Mt. Hood was that all hobby is "in your head."  It's about one's own enjoyment.  To me, it was about one good picture that I could capture, with an old camera.  My friend was into the mechanics of all the new lenses.  Oddly, as I age, I've gone 180 degrees from "do more with what I've got" to just "have more."  It doesn't have to be, because it's all in my head.  

Everybody wants the best.  Since it's about oneself, the "best" can only be defined by you.  It could be the fastest motor at the risk of breaking stuff.  Some people want the shiniest parts for the "showroom-look."  Some people would want "original 80's parts only."  Some care only about how high it can jump.  Some find joy in scratch-building and modifying.  Some try to shave seconds off in races.  Some want to preserve the Tamiya heritage, so they buy as many NIB kits as possible for posterity.  People collect stamps, even though they'll never use them to send postcards.  How we enjoy RC is all different. But we all love Tamiya cars.  

It's just that my gear got shifted from "buying" to "finishing."  Might be my wife's influence.  She bought a few sets of crystal wine glasses on sale.  This spring, she said, "what's the use stashing them away for years? I'll just use them. If I break them, so be it. I'm sure I'll come across other sets on sale."  So yeah, I got enough Tamiya cars.  I'll finish them and enjoy them now, instead of buying them now to enjoy later.  If you've been heavily modding from the start, try bone-stock before modding.  If you only have shelf queens, try a cheap basher.  If you have been crawling, try on-road racing.  Enjoy what you've got in a different way also.  I just figure life is too short to be stuck in one way.

 

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