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« on: March 29, 2006, 03:28 PM »
I do modest army building. My largest collecting of the 'same' figure is the POTJ Rebel trooper which I got 9 in one ebay auction (I'm actually looking to catch & release 3 of these guys). But beyond that I really don't have more than about 4 of the same figure, together they form a nice little army.
Yes troopers look better displayed when in groups just a c3-po looks better when displayed next to r2-d2. But having 90+ identical figures just sitting on a shelf is hording. If your going to put together an army, at least display it in an interesting way. If you want a picture of 100+ troopers lined up in an identical pose, use photoshop and save yourself several hundred dollars. To me a good army buildling limit is 10, unless you have a specific display need the demands more.
I really think all this boiling anger over hoarding, army building and scapling right now comes from the fact that most of us can not find much of any figures, little lone the ones we are looking for. I would say in my last 10 runs I have found only 1 store that had more then 1 figure. Right now there is a major disconnect between hasbro and collector demand and this anger will only get worse until they find a way of letting collectors get the figures they want. I also believe Hasbro is turning people off from buying their product if no one (collectors and kids) can ever get the figures they want - and that should be a concern to their stock holders.