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Got a King DDD statue in yesterday, it's been cool to have a nice flow of statues coming in recently, feels like it stagnated for a long time!

I've been away on a work trip for a month in Virginia, because of that I had to have this guy redirected to a hotel because they would have sent it back due to requiring an 'adult signature' which is new. Ironic that the one I have always wanted to exist ended up being not only expensive, but also a bit difficult to obtain and then get back home.. That said, I finally have a statue of my favorite game character design, Zero! I spent some time today putting him in place and tidying up everything, I'll throw in a bonus picture of Jigglypuff and crew since that's also new.

I did an old tradition today and went around locals to pick up a bunch of stuff 'near the tail end' of consoles lives, overall I spent more than I hoped to, but not a bad result. Will be a nightmare to log and put away, but that's how it be sometimes.

So I recently redid a lot of my lightgun setup, but it motivated me to buy some remaining light guns I didn't have (still waiting on them), but also to rig up a way to display/access them. This took me all day today between finding an adequate spot for it and trying to space it all out, I suspect more hours will be dumped into it before I think it's good enough, but I figured I'd post an early shot. There are guns on the other side, but mostly just redundant ones you can already see here. Edit: Since I altered the rack a bit today I updated the picture, I still have stuff to add to the back, but eBay will have me waiting there.

I'm not a PC collector, but because I'm a huge fan of Mega Man I did deviate and bought the set for that, so I figured I could contribute a tad?

Hey all, one thing I've taken a liking to while working on my game area over years, is that I like to be able to look back and see where it was, versus what it is. Right now my whole area is a bit messy since I've been half ass adding a bunch of modifications, but I am hoping to do a nice updated tour sometime this year when certain things come in. With that said, I was browsing memory lane a bit and decided it might be fun to have people share various timeframes of their collections, and it can be any part of it really. Where did your set start versus ended? Have you moved and had to redo your area? Trimmed down? Taken on new interest? Whatever it may be, I think it could be cool to see what you all may have to share over many years, even if it's something as small as getting a new TV, everything matters on the journey. Since my room is pretty big, I figured I would cover one part of it, and maybe try to do other stuff over time as I collect photos into one spot. I'll start with my favorite one though since the work was among the more custom work I've done by myself. I consider it kind of the crown jewel of the room as far as 'display' goes, but I figured a strong start might draw some people to wanna post their stuff too. What I'm going to display below is kind of a timeline of where I first started with an area, and where it more or less is now. Some changes have been made since, but I need to rework the wiring and orientations a bit to accomodate new stuff, so I can't go the whole way just yet. If you want to scroll the entire gallery for this display, you can check it here https://photos.app.goo.gl/E7pqCzsRbkayev4g8 I feel a lot can be learned over the decisions made in this sort of thing over time, lots of stories, memories, or questions can be posed in such things. I figure the potential may exist for some fun discussion or just showing off. The Displays!

Unfortunately my setup pictures are kind of a mess since they take place over many different years. I haven't committed to redoing the whole room in one shot since it's been ever changing, but I think in a few months I'm expecting my favorite character to finally get a figure delivered. If so I think that will motivate me to tighten everything up and get it sparkly again, so I'm hoping to do a nice up to date room tour in the first half of the year since from that point the modifications will be much more subtle. I do enjoy looking at the different years for the setup though, a lot of evolution over the course of a decade, especially since I moved once. Maybe one day I can make an elaborate historical setup post in the show off subforum Also those cabinets are open face as it were, so the damage would be to the figures rather than glass, I have wanted to consider some kind of strong acrylic shielding for them, but unfortunately many of the figures stick out a bit from the displays, so I'm not entirely sure how to approach that. Otherwise I have considered removing the pool table in favor of more display area, but again, always a WIP.

You're limited to using short sticks, but to be fair it kind of always was that way since right behind those cabinets were windows. This just came with the house and I worked around it, but we do have people play from time to time. Not drunk people, and not kids, but people who understand not to be stupid

I haven't tallied it up in awhile, or taken new pictures in awhile, but I planned to solidify everything this year sometime, so old pics and semi current data will have to do Intellivision: 87 Colecovision: 73 Atari 2600: 181 Atari 5200: 58 Atari Lynx: 45 Atari 7800: 42 Atari XEGS: 32 Jaguar: 46 Jaguar CD: 14 (Full set) NES: 359 GB: 324 SNES: 323 VB: 14 (Full set) N64: 160 GBC: 243 GBA: 496 GCN: 146 DS: 766 Wii: 487 3DS: 307 (4203) Wii U: 119 Switch : 800 (Estimate, probably more) Sega Master System: 83 Sega Genesis: 361 Game Gear: 173 Sega CD: 89 Sega Pico: 20 (Full set) 32X: 26 Saturn: 154 Dreamcast: 164 Philips Cdi: 24 NGPC: 32 (Full set) N-Gage: 54 (Full set) Game.com: 21 (Full set) Turbografx/CD/Super CD: 109 3D0: 94 PS1: 540 PS2: 572 PSP: 325 PS3: 276 Vita: 302 PS4: 600 (Estimate) PS5: 50 (Estimate) Xbox: 446 360: 606 Xbox One: 175 (Estimate) Series X: 10 PC: 15 Total: 10443 (estimate, but well over 10,000)

SMO still sells millions yearly, they won't pull it until it stops. You could find Mario DS after the 3ds hit for years. Nintendo owns the retail space at this point, they won't nix games that can keep selling. We have to assume the Switch 2 also won't have dozens of titles at launch.

Yeah this isn't gonna be a thing, especially for stuff like SMO which was listed. This isn't the first time this happened either, things sell out during the holiday and they will restock whatever they feel is needed. It also could be in an effort to introduce a players choice line or something, but unless the Switch 2 isn't BC there is no reason to discontinue games if they are still selling, the 3DS had a solid couple years after Switch.

I don't see how comparing life experience with... requiring someone to do the thing before being able to have a viable opinion is the same thing. You can judge games without making them, you can judge sports without playing them, etc. That's a pretty ridiculous comparison. If you think children on average hold opinions with true experience that's fine, but the bulk of the world disagrees. It's why they try to restrict minors from certain decision making, they aren't exactly well versed in anything to be making great judgements. It's why getting married young is usually catastrophic, and it's why trusting a kid who grows up playing games that are effectively slot machines with viagra ads on mobile phones, is generally not a good idea. Of course exceptions apply, but I would imagine 95 percent of people alive would look back on their prior taste and say they have evolved significantly merely through experience, and this honestly likely keeps going forever, just you start to likely plateau when you hit your 30s or so. My young nephew into his teens refused to play any games without guns because he was afraid of being made fun of, he's in his 20s now and is much more comfortable just doing whatever, which is another variable. While it's true people do lose parts of themselves as they age, they often times are also permitted to become the person they may have hid as a child growing up due to fear of being outcast. Anyone who grew up during the Pokemon craze knows exactly what that means, and as an adult, you usually just don't care anymore and let yourself decide.. Well I'd like to think so anyways, some never gain individuality, but that's another matter. It's perfectly fine to listen to the opinions of young people and even respect the perspective, but if you're not allowed to use your age and wisdom as part of the criteria for experience than there really is no such thing as growth. As someone who only casually listens to music or does not partake in sports, I absolutely consider my perspective on those subjects limited and would not think otherwise if other people are enthusiast on those matters, and that includes younger folk too. I have a coworker who is half my age and he knows everything about shoes in my eyes, where as I know nothing, and that's fine too. Future him though, will likely know far more than he does now if he retains his interest, and that's all I meant.

I don't buy into this at all actually. As an individual I possess the ability to recognize qualities in games even if I dislike them. I don't like sim racers, sports titles, I'm not really into GTA, Assassins Creed, etc, but this is not my judgement to them as being bad games. I also don't prescribe to the idea that the opinions of young children hold real merit to actual quality, as they are literally defined by their low standards in marketing. A game like say, Style Savvy may be a great game that is designed for girls, there may exist a great Barbie game just as there do exist good Spongebob games.. Age however usually brings wisdom, almost all adults can likely define things they loved as children, but realize are not good as adults, even if they carry a special nostalgia for them. My 6 year old niece may not be thrilled by the standard in which I collected as a now nearly 40 year old man, but I don't hold her taste as equally respectable judgement because she has at least another decade or more to go before her sense of taste and understanding of things is likely to be developed. It's why we don't really care about what kids who would still eat mud think about culinary arts, they just aren't experienced enough to make well thought out decisions. They need a lot more growing before they become respected perspectives, and that applies to nearly all people. My opinions on game quality versus my game preferences exist in separate silos, I think Forza is an incredibly impressive series, it just doesn't suit my interest just as people who dislike fantasy games may love Madden. I can still look at Madden and tell its a generally competent game made with some level of care. If you like those and collect them I never feel your collection is in turn inferior, just different taste. Imagine Babiez on the other hand, is designed by people who know the threshold of experience of the expected demographic is very low, and thus the effort is a low bar at best. I do not believe I have ever encountered an adult who would say any of them are "actually pretty good!". Where as something like Cooking Mama may look like a trash game, but it's actually pretty fun and retains an adult fanbase because it's competently made. Also if ever you tell me, I really, really love the Imagine Babiez series, I'd at least hear you out with an open mind, but I would certainly have reservations personally. There is a reason most adults grow out of watching shows like Sesame Street though, even if they are great kid shows, they don't hold up to adult scrutiny and they shouldn't have to. Unless I have a personal nostalgia for it in that case, I see no reason to keep it around personally. If you do, that's cool too.

It's all perspective, imagine collecting against say, a buffet. If you have a choice between 2 buffets, one of which has nothing but great food, and the other which includes all the great food but also dog shit and dead mice laced around said buffet, you most likely would stick with the one you know only has good selections. Even if you don't eat every selection, you'd want to know every selection has potential to be great each time. Even if the good options exist to select, not everyone is going to want bad options thrown around. Collecting of course is a bit more nuanced, maybe you find the history of some games interesting, etc. That's not that likely if you're going for a full set, at that point you're checking boxes and at best expressing intense love towards a specific platform, which is fine too, but it's easy to see why people often avoid it, especially people who elect to want games they would play. You can of course draw another comparison such as history, wanting to include the good, the bad and the ugly to paint the full picture, but I think the major point will always boil down to why you collect, people like myself don't collect sealed games for a reason, we want the potential to interface with it to exist, and perhaps to be fun.

I have a bit over 10,000, and of course I'll never get to play through them all, but as a selection of games you can rest assured most of them are good to great games. When looking through my shelves I'm not greeted with Imagine Babies and what have you by the thousands, and that matters too.