When you started (or re-started) collecting, did you ever think it would go as far as it did? Whether it is Star Wars, another toy line, or something totally different...did you ever think your collection would grow to what it is now? Maybe some of you never did stop in the first place. For me, I had quite a few vintage Star Wars toys as a kid...most of which I still have..but didn't actively collect anything Star Wars after that. I didn't even jump in initially with the POTF2 re-release (although I did look at them from time to time). For some reason I never just started up. I remember when I first got back, it started with a "I'll just get....and that will be it". For me, it was around the time of Episode I, and I worked at a retail store in college...and I picked up 6 figures: Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, Darth Maul, Yoda, C-3PO, and R2-D2. I got the ones "from the OT", and then the other ones I knew were main characters. I also picked up the commtech versions of Han and Luke, and said that would be it. I just wanted to have those. Well, and a Vader. And a.....
Then...I ended up picking up more loose POTF2 figures via ebay, retail, or online. Ever since then it has snowballed. I wasn't a completist during the Episode 1 time, but did pick up quite a few. Then came POTJ, and I decided to get every single one (I think I did miss one or two at the end though, like Jar Jar w/tongue). Ever since then I have been selective in my purchases (for the most part), but do pick up most of the basic line. I've also expanded into other areas (Unleashed, finishing out vintage line, glasses, Galactic Heroes, etc.). I have also picked up some LOTR, Spidey, and Marvel figures along the way (along with some other miscellaneous figures), that I know I never would have even known about or gotten into if it wasn't for collecting Star Wars. I guess, when you first started collecting in modern times, did you say "just this one, or that one", did you intend to be in it for the long haul? Which figures did you want (who were your "just this")? Did you even realize the scope of what was (or would be) released? I am in no way unhappy with what I have purchased, I really enjoy my collection (and continue to), but looking at it, I never would have guessed it would have went this far (or that I'd have spent this much!). What are your stories?