There's something kind of ironic about the timing of this thread just because I'm reading stuff at Scum right now that I find disturbing...
There's a movement, and don't get me wrong because there's some people involved in it that I get along with, but I just simply disagree with the philosophy that I'm seeing there...
There's a mini-rage flowing over people quitting collecting, either it be all together or simply quitting a segment (IE: quitting collecting of prequal items). Things tossed about in the debate are "You're not a real fan..." blah blah blah.
I for one don't think you can judge fans by that... To me, I honestly don't care if the line continues or not sometimes. Sometimes I really want certain things, other times I think it's just time the line end because of various reasons... Not to get off on a tangent there, it just struck me kind of funny talking about the "end" of the line with Star Wars and all...
Anyway, myself, I think if the line ended that two things would happen with me.
First, I'd first be putting more time, $, and effort into customizing than I do now. I dont' put much into any of that really, though I should be. It's one of the better parts of the hobby I've found, and one that can yield the best rewards to me as far as satisfaction from collecting. I know if I wasn't shilling out $5 a figure, multiple figures at a time most of the time, that I'd have the extra scratch to do what I really want to be doing... Oh well.
The other thing is that I'd be collecting, as I do now, is the military figures I collect... I doubt I'd do much more with that than I already do. I can't get one of everything there... Planes are just too big to store. So I'd just army build what figures I want, get what ground vehicles I could, and pick out planes I like here and there... Same as I do now.
Beyond that, customizing (especially since I really would know what I needed to work on) would be a major focus. I'd get a lot more established there.
Between school, family, finances, social life, etc. though, I just don't do as much in that end of the hobby as I'd like to. Mostly finances have held me back though, to do exactly what it is I wanna do, the way I want to do it.