Part 2
Busts
For the most part, I'm not a fan. They tend to be smaller (see my size preferences above), plus I just overall like the look of a full figure.
Ultimate Storm will probably be my only exception. I love the sculpt so much, plus there isn't a full figured version of this version of Ororo. Which leads into...
Duplicates
For the most part, I want just one figure to represent a character in my collection. But as shown by my love of Cammy, this guideline is very flexible. There are a few characters I want to own multiple versions of, but for the most part I plan to stick to this.
Collecting to pay homage to Childhood
Although for the most part, my statue collecting is an opposite of my action figure collecting of childhood. But maybe it's not... maybe it's the evolution of that hobby.
Quite a few pieces are better renditions of characters I loved as a child or mean something to me from some period in life.
This quote summed things up a lot for me: "People collect as an attempt to re-capture their childhood. As we get older and lurch to adulthood and beyond... all the responsibilities that come with life, especially if you create for a living... you have to stay in touch with your inner 10-year-old. This is the touchstone for why we started doing all of this in the first place." -
Modern Collector: John Murdy