What do you consider a complete collection of MU?

LordMudd · **Posted:** Fri May 06, 2011 6:03 am

GreenArrow wrote:

LordMudd yup I would consider Rhino and most of the villains from the Spider-Man line and Thor line and IM2 line and Captain America line to be part of this (however my rule would still stand, only one likeness of any character, unless a better version comes along in any line that is compatible with the MU line).

However like I also stated I ain't a completist and will only buy Cosmic Characters, unless I think I can use the Buck of a Character for another character.

Now in saying that I have cheated and got some characters that I really liked, I have an archangel in my collection and a few others, I love Captain Britain so any figures of him that are made I will be getting (and I will be breaking my rule for this character as I will be getting him in any uniform that is different from the other, so in essence it isn't exactly breaking the rule more or less just bending it).

So you are a completeist in the sense that you want all of a certain group of characters and will customize to get them?

There is the CB out now, the CB in the 3 pack from the Cap line, and I saw a pic, I think on IAT, of an original CB in the red outfit with the lion on the chest and the staff of right as part of a 2 pack, so look for at least 3 of him.

CCC.

ian5555 · **Posted:** Fri May 06, 2011 8:33 am

stewbacca wrote:

If you are a complete marvel universe collector-- you would have to have all the variants, carded, which includesI think all 3 Galactacus, the Marvel online figures- and all the subtle changes, including the spiderman package variants-- and so on..

It would not include the movie figures because those are different packagings and different toy lines..

And a complete completist has everything-- all package variations (anyone remember the POTF2 days, with all the different decimals on the figures...I mean there were like 30 different versions of the original Carded Boba Fett figure)- and as total completist you would need them all-- When Star Wars Packed all the mini holo figures- I knew people that bought every figure with every different holo figure in the back (6 for each good guy and bad guy (and sometimes mispacks meant the bad guys went with the good guys) , then there was the rerelease of some figures in Red Holos , and then the all star release with silver holos. (not to mention I think one of those had a bubble variation where the gun is located..).
So some people bought 18 versions r more of the same figure- because they were completists--

You can choose what you feel completes your collection, but a true completist has to have everything no matter how small the variation..(read the POTF2 / Sandtroopers site sometime-- you be amazed at what they consider a "variation").

To each his own but I completely disagree with this. Complete collection is one of each figure not one of every variation of a figure just because the company decided to do a Tan vest Luke and then switched to Black. Hasbro made a killing by taking the variations to a new level and the Star Wars fandom fell over themselves trying to get them all. Suckers.

billydj · **Posted:** Sat May 07, 2011 8:10 am

I know at one time I was a completist. I mean to the extreme and it was Batman. I had to have Batman of everything. Well, I ran out of room and was running out of money as well. I remember I made over 5,000 when I finally sold everything. But now I'm a scalist. I don't even know if that is a word but it is now, lol. I like my figures to be inscale as they should be. No way is Johnny Storm supposed to be as tall as Thor. Hasbro came out with the wrong buck body at the first for MU figures. I requested one time for my customizer to redo an entire figure because he got the scale wrong, size and height. I want mention who or what figure but he was pretty upset.

Imaginexus · **Posted:** Sat May 07, 2011 9:20 am

To me a 'complete' collection, no matter which series one collects, is one of every figure OFFICIALLY produced under that lable.

I feel that 'completist' describes the type of collector. I'm a scale fan myself because I LOVE cross-overs. 3 3/4" would be my preference but whatever scale would allow me to complete my cross-over would be the right scale.

So, I'm not a completist, nor do I often go for the complete collection. The 80's comics suffered from too many different covers for the same comic. The same can be said for 90's action figures and it still carries over to today. I don't need a tan vest Wolverine AND the brown vest or the orange loin cloth Sauron and the blue one (RIP Toybiz).

I really liked the Playmate Star Trek figures but when they changed the scale and I wasn't able to get a Captain Archer in scale with Picard, Kirk, Sisko, Janeway, I was pissed.

So to wrap up,

Completist = type of collector
Complete collection = every official character produced under just that lable. This does not include Custom or cross-overs no matter how close they are.

That just my two cents though.

LordMudd · **Posted:** Sat May 07, 2011 12:06 pm

Imaginexus wrote:

I really liked the Playmate Star Trek figures but when they changed the scale and I wasn't able to get a Captain Archer in scale with Picard, Kirk, Sisko, Janeway, I was pissed.

To this, I was collecting Trek before Playmates, and it was Playmates that screwed up the scale to begin with. Mego, ERTL, and Galoob were all able to do it right. I would love to have all of those TNG aliens in the right scale.

CCC.

Imaginexus · **Posted:** Sat May 07, 2011 1:00 pm

LordMudd wrote:

Imaginexus wrote:

I really liked the Playmate Star Trek figures but when they changed the scale and I wasn't able to get a Captain Archer in scale with Picard, Kirk, Sisko, Janeway, I was pissed.

To this, I was collecting Trek before Playmates, and it was Playmates that screwed up the scale to begin with. Mego, ERTL, and Galoob were all able to do it right. I would love to have all of those TNG aliens in the right scale.

CCC.

Oh, don't get me wrong, I much prefer the Ertl (got the four figures), would LOVE to have the Mego Aliens too. I also have the Galoob, but their scale is a bit off.

I am a huge fan of the old Mego Buck Rogers, Black Hole etc figures. Ertl fits right in.

It's just that the Playmates stuffs was pretty extensive and pretty decent sculpts until the end when they suffered from Toybiz-itis. (exagerated and unposeable).

GreenArrow · **Joined:** Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:47 pm **Posts:** 777

LordMudd wrote:

GreenArrow wrote:

LordMudd yup I would consider Rhino and most of the villains from the Spider-Man line and Thor line and IM2 line and Captain America line to be part of this (however my rule would still stand, only one likeness of any character, unless a better version comes along in any line that is compatible with the MU line).

However like I also stated I ain't a completist and will only buy Cosmic Characters, unless I think I can use the Buck of a Character for another character.

Now in saying that I have cheated and got some characters that I really liked, I have an archangel in my collection and a few others, I love Captain Britain so any figures of him that are made I will be getting (and I will be breaking my rule for this character as I will be getting him in any uniform that is different from the other, so in essence it isn't exactly breaking the rule more or less just bending it).

So you are a completeist in the sense that you want all of a certain group of characters and will customize to get them?

There is the CB out now, the CB in the 3 pack from the Cap line, and I saw a pic, I think on IAT, of an original CB in the red outfit with the lion on the chest and the staff of right as part of a 2 pack, so look for at least 3 of him.

CCC.

Theres four figures of Captain Britain I know off, the MU Captain Britain (Which I own), CA Single Pack Captain Britain, CA Boxed Set Captain Britain and MU Original CP Captain Britain (So I am missing three).

What do you consider a complete collection of MU?

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