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Post by Flitter on Aug 11, 2014 15:31:16 GMT -5
I've started threads similar to this on forums for other things I collect and they always seem interesting, especially as people's collections grow and change and they change their mind about things. So, how do you collect or plan to collect Zelfs? Catch them all? Only a few favorites? --------------- Myself, I've been collecting 1 of each character medium Zelfs only. Recently though I'm feeling like I won't be able to keep up and am not enjoying having, and hunting, so many as much as I should. So, maybe I'll downsize soon.
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Post by Snowanne on Aug 11, 2014 15:43:44 GMT -5
I collect my favourites. Ofcourse that tends to be about half a series each time. xD
Series 1: Lunanne, Pega Sue, Elfa, Mermalade (masquerade version but ssh) & Flamy. Want Angelala & Miss Clover. Series 2: Snap Jack, Birchy. Want Lochlan, Have Dandy-Lion (not really a fave) and plan to get Webina. Have a few more I wouldn't mind getting but aren't actively seeking out. Series 3: Float, Ty & Sealia. Wanting Dolly & obviously some of the unreleased 2nd half.
I probably would be a completest if it wasn't for the fact I started collecting late when all of series 2 was already out.
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Post by Pinkamena on Aug 11, 2014 15:59:32 GMT -5
ALL OF THEM!!!
Started off, meds only. And even then only one or too. I collect MLP and various dolls so I didn't need another money draining hobby. Then I bought a couple minis, then a few more, then more and more mediums, then a large....and now, well....yeah, all of them.
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Post by dreamcatcher on Aug 11, 2014 16:03:43 GMT -5
Because I can't afford a whole collection of mediums, I'm collecting the tinies and painting them to look like the mediums. If I get a character that gets a new version later (let's say, Masquerade Flamy or Berry Buttershy) is no matter, but the day I get repeated Zelfs with no new version (like Lunnane or Garny) I'll buy mediums or larges of the ones I don't have. Weird way to collect, I know, but it's fun.
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Post by Starkle on Aug 11, 2014 17:44:45 GMT -5
Yeah I try to collect all of them. Its like if I only bought a select few of each series I would feel like I'm missing something, so I tend to try and complete each set. Which costs time and money, but the feeling of completion is satisfying. I started off with a couple, finished series 1, wanted series 2 and completed that then onto series 3!
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Post by Tomalade on Aug 11, 2014 20:32:26 GMT -5
I decided right from the start that I will only collect my absolute favourites. I would love to have ALL of them, but I just don't have the funds or the space for all of them! Heheh!
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Post by SephXIII on Aug 12, 2014 8:16:20 GMT -5
I only meant to get my favourite mediums as I don't have that much money to spend. Definitely didn't intend to "collect". But I ended up getting almost everything available on the websites to save on shipping. XD And now, since I have every medium (except for the rares, zeelicious and masquerades), it's a question whether I will get every zelf from the second half of Series 3, or sell half of them when they finally get home. XD
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Post by Violet on Aug 12, 2014 13:09:30 GMT -5
I'm not a completist-type collector, BUT I've somehow managed to acquire all the Series 1 mediums except Clover, half the mediums from Series 2, and half the mediums from Series 3. I've actually bought more than I meant to. I'm getting all the ones I really like, and not buying my least favorites. The problem is that I like MOST OF THEM. LOL. So, most of each series is going to end up here at some point.
And it's been so difficult to find the medium Zelfs in Alabama that I've ended up buying several times from the Toys r Us web site, which means getting a few more Zelfs than I intended to just to save on shipping (like SephXIII said). Eeeps!
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Post by Garny on Aug 12, 2014 16:43:19 GMT -5
I collect them all, but very gradually. I start with my favorites, then wait until any potential sale comes along before I buy the others
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Post by rickadams1980 on Aug 13, 2014 3:41:00 GMT -5
I would love to have all of them but that means I would need all the limited edition ones and the rarer ones which would cost too much and so I'm just collecting my favourites (which is still quite a few!) managed to find Ty Foon yesterday YAY!
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Post by Darkfairy on Aug 15, 2014 11:06:40 GMT -5
I started out trying to have a complete collection of the Series 1 mediums. With there being 10,000 Miss Clovers, I thought for sure that I had a decent chance of finding one in the wild. I went to TRU a lot (even more often than I try to go now while on the hunt for Manny) and collected all of the other mediums, even Tressa.
The frustrating thing is that my TRU would get new Zelf stock in all of the time. Sometimes the shelves would almost be overflowing with Zelfs, but I never found a Miss Clover. Then Series 2 came out, and some of the medium Zelfs that I was interested in from that series weren't so great in person. So, between being discouraged about finding a rare Zelf (I've still never seen one at my TRU) and a lack of interest in the ones from Series 2, I reduced my collection to only the Zelfs that I really love (there have been so many so far with Series 3!). The only one I am being a completist with right now is Vampula (although I wouldn't mind owning all of the Garnys and Lochlans).
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Post by werepuppy on Aug 16, 2014 9:54:42 GMT -5
I tend to go mainly for the mediums, starting with my favourites in each line. I have a thing about only having one of each character in the medium form, so I haven't got any of the masquerade line. Or the scented repeats. But yeah, I'm afraid my collecting habits are very simple, nothing much to write home about them really.
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Post by Galexia on Aug 17, 2014 20:05:25 GMT -5
At first I was only collecting the ones I liked, because it can be rather pocket draining.
Then while at another TRU searching for a rare I found Buttershy, Flamy, and one more I can't rememer I decided to start clearing all the mediums, excluding doubles, and that's where we're at today!
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