So it appears that it took me 5 minutes longer to create the newspost, but I busted my ass to look into this and confirm some of the details.
In just the same way that you say people shouldn't discredit other people's collections, I say you shouldn't discredit other people's efforts to report the news. If you knew how many times we'd beaten RS to the bunch on breaking news, you'd swallow your ******* words.
Jesus dude, don't get your panties in a knot.
Read my post again. What I said was "RS, GH and JD pretty much mirror the same news whenever it comes out these days ". I didn't say anyone did it BETTER, or that YOU did it WRONG. I was simply stating that if you're looking for news, you can get it at all the collecting sites, usually within minutes of each other. I was speculating that that Wal Mart story (then the top story at RS) would be here in a matter of minutes, and sure enough.....there it is.
My point was....There's no one site that gets all "the scoops". This is the internet, and information is instaneous. If one of them has the news, if it's any good then all of them have it within the hour.
I was in no way slandering your incredible reporting skills.....which I'm sure are considerable. But if it makes you feel better, consider "My ******* words" eaten......because I never meant them that way to begin with.
Moving back to my point, all I was TRYING to say....is I don't go to the front page of RS just for news. I like to look at the polls, the little interviews or photo reviews...and yes, the collections. Even though some aren't as impressive as others, I still enjoy seeing how people have their gear set up. Yeah, when I see a picture of some guy's shelf with 6 things on it, that might bring a little chuckle out....but I sure as hell don't go tell the guy he sucks because he was kind enough to share it. It's like when someone posts their picture here. I don't jump into the thread and call them ugly.....even if they are. And I thank most of you for refraining from doing so whenever you see my pictures. I already know what a geek I am, and I'm fine with it.
As for the "******" collections, hey....my collection looked like that at one time.
I remember when I had just 5 figures and that was it, because I couldn't find any more. The only place I could find them was at comic shops, where they cost 15 bucks each, and I couldn't afford that kind of money. So for the longest time, despite multiple trips to Wal Mart and Toys R Us, I had my Luke, Han, Stormtrooper, Vader and Lando proudly displayed on my wall. I couldn't find my Leia, Ben, Yoda or the other "rare" guys ......so my "collection" was 5 figures thumb tacked to my bedroom wall next to a Star Wars poster I won with the balloon darts at the fair. I didn't have ships (they cost too much). I didn't have 12" guys, because they were (gasp) 20 dollars. I had my 5 figures, and to me, that was cool.
That's what I could afford at the time, and seeing collections like that today always make me think of the "early days" and smile. These days I have a whole ******* room of my house devoted not just to Star Wars toys, but any other collection that strikes my fancy. I'm an opener, but I have so many toys now that there are hundreds of figures just WAITING for me to open them down there.
It's a long way from the 5 figures.
To see you guys acting like it's some sort of a travesty against the "news" to see these sorts of "beginners" collections.....I don't know, I see it as rather elitist.
Chris said it best:
It's still a collection and while you may not think it is all that much, it doesn't really matter what you think.
