>>5219425I only have 2 figures, quite possibly 2 others after some work, out of the 300+ I have on display which I consider up to my standards. I still have fun with some toys randomly but I absolutely require hip joints to be a certain set of materials (Preferred is POM on POM, no serious additives such as lubricants without being externally applied, which I tend to do to all pom on pom setups anyway, PA is fine if it isn't a shit PA, ABS is okay... only really on legos, though, and Metals/diecast, though I don't like how loose most get, are nice and acceptable most of the time.) and in tact to a very specific degree (mold errors and etc are almost always a no go). They also can't pop off easily (again, to a certain degree). I'm also often fine with loose hips if they can hold poses, like RD heavyarms, but not okay with loose hips that are just a disaster, like RD shining gundam. I'm anal about appearance but not on the same level. I just try to make what I buy look as best as I can and move on, but if the hips aren't how I want them to be and I'm unwilling to replace them with raw POM it's pretty much just going on to the shelf to stay until I play with it when I haven't touched it in months.
I'm currently on some OCD meds but they've never made much a difference. I think I've learned too much about certain things and it'd take some serious therapy to really stop me from being as anal as I am about my figures.
I still enjoy collecting and hope for the best, but it tends not to be that way about 99% of the time. This is also one of the reasons why I almost never buy western stuff, cannot handle the stupid PVC everything sockets/some joints on all of the american figures. I buy some diecast cars and stuff in the US still, though. Even cheapo hotwheels, although not really high on my standard list just in overall appearance, can be okay in my book if the diecast shell lacks mold errors and things.
