Is it OK to become addicted to toy soldiers?! (1 Viewer)

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I am really enjoying the hobby of collecting soldier figures and creating scenes. I am starting to stay up way to late and spending way too much. Is there an AA meeting for this? Mike :smile2:
 
No not at all as you well know. It is unhealthy to have anything become an addiction and toy soldiers are no difference.
Mitch
 
You need to make sure that you're paying for the hobby from discretionary income and not savings or the household budget; I have seen people do that and in that case it's time to cut back or find a new hobby. This has never been an inexpensive hobby even in the best of times.
 
Flyboy said:
I am really enjoying the hobby of collecting soldier figures and creating scenes. I am starting to stay up way to late and spending way too much. Is there an AA meeting for this? Mike :smile2:
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I asked my dealer this and he was quite certain that there was no problem with it becoming an addiction. {sm4}
 
Jack said:
I asked my dealer this and he was quite certain that there was no problem with it becoming an addiction. {sm4}
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Lol! No offense to anyone but the point was a comic one! It is just a great hobby and I never realized it when my Dad had his around. Once you have your own collection it becomes so much more. Mike
 
Jack said:
I asked my dealer this and he was quite certain that there was no problem with it becoming an addiction. {sm4}
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Some how I can see Brett -- he who must not be denied -- saying this.

Brad
 
jazzeum said:
Some how I can see Brett -- he who must not be denied -- saying this.

Brad
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Brad

It can be difficult at times to drag an opinion out of him but it is generally worth it.

Jack
 
Flyboy said:
I am really enjoying the hobby of collecting soldier figures and creating scenes. I am starting to stay up way to late and spending way too much. Is there an AA meeting for this? Mike :smile2:
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Beats excessive drinking and chasing women! Besides, at least your wife knows where you're at nights.

Just don't spend the grocery money...LOL

Carlos
 
If the hobby stays in the realm of affordability and does not impinge on the household budget or starts to take away from your wife's funds for her hobby, then it is not an addiction that needs to be reigned in.

I started this hobby looking into too many facets of the hobby like: Flats, Composition, Semi-Flats, Farm, model soldiers, in all the different scales, and god knows how many manufacturers and periods of history (history buff does not help) which I see now was the wrong approach in retrospect. My son is on the right path; he chose one manufacturer with impeccable history in quality, and at the moment focusing on one era and period of time (WWII and Battle of the Bulge). Since I am retired now, I have to watch the coins and be very selective on my acquisitions.
 
One thing I would highly suggest to you is be sure and keep all of your boxes for your figures and vehicles. In the event you decide to get
rid of something for whatever reason you will get more having the original box. As far as the Hobby it is addictive and fun. I would tend to say many Hobbies especially ones that involve collecting become easily habit forming. Seems the more that you have.....The more that you want ! For me I have been collecting and buying King&Country since 2007 without any break in my pursuit of "That next Item".

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"Beats excessive drinking and chasing women! Besides, at least your wife knows where you're at nights.

Just don't spend the grocery money...LOL

Carlos"

Amen!

I have an 'allowance', also birthday, X-mas, etc gifts. There's also a few dollars that turn up here and there, which Jack calls 'Black' money. Even so, it would be fair to say that my collection grows discreetly and without a lot of clarity from me on the actual prices of the items!
 
PanzerAce1944 said:
One thing I would highly suggest to you is be sure and keep all of your boxes for your figures and vehicles. In the event you decide to get
rid of something for whatever reason you will get more having the original box. As far as the Hobby it is addictive and fun. I would tend to say many Hobbies especially ones that involve collecting become easily habit forming. Seems the more that you have.....The more that you want ! For me I have been collecting and buying King&Country since 2007 without any break in my pursuit of "That next Item".

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This is exactly one of the biggest reasons I stopped collecting K&C, the more I bought the more I wanted, it got to a point where there wasn't much enjoyment when the package arrived only knowing I have another one ordered, the enjoyment of the individual piece had been replaced with greed for my next order, but we are all different on what and how much we buy so what works for PA 44 doesn't work for me.

As far as the addiction, enjoy whatever you decide to purchase, be it any company, make or model, that's why it's called a hobby, take the time to enjoy the sets you work hard to purchase, whether it be a 1,000 dollar order or a 40 dollar soldier, works for me...Sammy
 
Mitch said:
No not at all as you well know. It is unhealthy to have anything become an addiction and toy soldiers are no difference.
Mitch
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I agree Mitch....Now it is true that there are worse addictions in the world then toy soldiers; no doubt about that.... but as a rule NO ADDICTION is usually good...If not careful I think it could become an obsession{eek3}...and could really affect your available cash and savings making you poorer and dealers richer:wink2:.... If it gets bad enough head for the nearest detox center.:wink2:
 
Vezzolf said:
I agree Mitch....Now it is true that there are worse addictions in the world then toy soldiers; no doubt about that.... but as a rule NO ADDICTION is usually good...If not careful I think it could become an obsession{eek3}...and could really affect your available cash and savings making you poorer and dealers richer:wink2:.... If it gets bad enough head for the nearest detox center.:wink2:
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Very true, this hobby can drive some to total irrationality....:wink2:
Wayne.
 
Well I guess I am too new at it with less than a year involved for some of this. I am glad Dad collected all of them and that I have been able to find the hobby later in life. We were not that close until the last few years due to some personal matters. We put it behind us before he passed and for that I am very happy. The scene building is really the draw for me. I did not get it before to just have dust collectors everywhere like Dad, heck and Mom for that matter with her porcelain items. I never had what you would call a real hobby other than sports. Age has ended sports and soldiers are the hobby now. The hobby lets me relive movies and read up on old battles. One of the best parts is that everyone knows what to get me now for gifts! So no family issues yet!! Thanks for taking the time to answer on a new guys post, Mike
 
as long as you're only spending extra money in your pockets, I don't see any problems in buying tons of toy soldiers. If this is what makes you happy, go for it! If you change your mind, just sell all of it and buy other stuff, travel around the world, buy books, whatever... just live your life to the fullest.
In my job, I diagnose every day in my patients sight threatning eye diseases... and let's not talk about the others lost to follow-up because of death resulting from metastatic cancer, heart disease and so on... since I'm not even 40, it is sad to say that most probably all my patients will die before me...
so just do it before it is too late... addicted or not..

cheers

alex






Flyboy said:
Well I guess I am too new at it with less than a year involved for some of this. I am glad Dad collected all of them and that I have been able to find the hobby later in life. We were not that close until the last few years due to some personal matters. We put it behind us before he passed and for that I am very happy. The scene building is really the draw for me. I did not get it before to just have dust collectors everywhere like Dad, heck and Mom for that matter with her porcelain items. I never had what you would call a real hobby other than sports. Age has ended sports and soldiers are the hobby now. The hobby lets me relive movies and read up on old battles. One of the best parts is that everyone knows what to get me now for gifts! So no family issues yet!! Thanks for taking the time to answer on a new guys post, Mike
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Good thread Flyboy.

As a Hobby Facilitator (!) I have come across a couple of guys who I would say let their hobby get out of
control. One ended up with 300 unopened 12" action figures in his garage despite conversations where I advised
him he could not, for financial reasons, buy every one that came in. He thought he was "investing". If he had
been collecting a certain brand of TS's at that time he would have done very well and could have displayed them.

Another got caught up in trying to collect too many K&C series and ended up "burnt out". Did not have the budget
to collect as he was. I could see the hobby becoming a chore but he was fixated on having every item in a series and bought some he did not particularly like. Happy to report now collecting in a happier way.

So whilst I am a dealer and happy to sell TS's the saying "Buy what you like and what you can afford" is
important to bear in mind. Pick and choose carefully and enjoy what you collect.

Brett
PS Just joking !!!!. Sell the car and house, divorce the wife and buy more TS's now !!!!!
 
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