I find it interesting how many collections come from a continuation of childhood. Maybe it's survivorship bias. I've been collecting Japanese robot figures sin

I find it interesting how many collections come from a continuation of childhood. Maybe it's survivorship bias. I've been collecting Japanese robot figures since I was a kid. I always dreamed of walking into a normal retail store and seeing the figures in person rather than browser-shopping. Most of my "modern" collection is comprised of figures I found in person when I was living in Japan. Not only were they usually much cheaper than online offerings (often by factors of 1/2 to 1/4), but the thrill of hunting through secondhand stores imbues is more romantic than waiting for UPS to drop off a brown box.