kommenttia All saved up for pre-orders!!

Nice work! Collector spaces tend to be really blasé about the finance aspect so I always appreciate people pushing back on that and talking about it openly. It’s a sensitive topic when people come to this site from all different backgrounds and reasons to collect, but it’s very true that almost anyone can budget in the way you described and it takes a lot of the stress out of the equation.

Back when I was really broke and still pretty financially ignorant, I’d save up pocket change for trading figures and stuff like that after I realized that I just couldn’t afford to spend more on the hobby at the time. I think sometimes there’s a lot of pressure on people without a lot of expendable income to just take the preorder on a figure they really want because it feels like the only chance they’ll have to get it. Now that I’m a little older and wiser I’ve learned to approach the hobby with more patience and that eliminated any temptation I ever had to spend money I didn’t actually have in the bank.

Well done; your responsibility has paid off. <3

Congrats and nice article! I'm the type of person who likes to save up for something before buying it. And well, it turns out I guess this unwritten rule has applied for my preorders as well. :)

Either way, when you have the money saved it's so stress free it is absolutely lovely.