You wrote:
> So maturity boils down to caring more about money... Otherwise you wouldn't
> mind the space the originals take up & the money they cost (or that you can
> get for them). Don't get me wrong, I agree completely - a modified Star Wars
> set is more practical than having both. But this "maturity" road if taken
> too far leads to bad things...
Perhaps it is time for Steve to publish his "Evolution of a Collector" FAQ so
I have something to defend myself with ;-)
As with most of us, $$ is not the driving issue (or my case, any issue...I
prefer trades). My collecting maturity is more focusing on those things that
had special meaning for me as a youngster, and not going after the most rare or
most complete collection (same reason I traded my Blaster set and am selling
my Joust 2)
Put another way, you'll pry my Tempest from my cold dead fingers, but if
someone else can find joy in owning an original ESB, I'm more than happy to
help them out. If anything, the availability of the ESB hack means that those
that really care about the game (rather than just playing it) will be the only
ones bidding (==cheap). More power to them, and I'm glad for it...
Now if someone could drum up an original Atari Pong for me, I'd be in hog
heaven (first video game I ever player, and I still get goosebumps thinking
about it)
Ray
Received on Mon Mar 9 15:15:06 1998
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