2009 Hobby Expenses

Please don’t remind me of how much I’ve spent. I bought 85 figures in 2009. “orz

My goal is to buy no more than 2 figures per month in 2010. I should be left with a lot of spare cash then. XD

Happy New Years!
.-= Tommy´s last blog ..One Year of Inferno Project =-.

Oh my….. 85 figures is quite a lot for 1 year. That’s like 7 figures per month ^^;;. Happy New year and I hope you meet your goal in 2010.

Are you a Sadist?
I dont wanna think about how much money ive blewn last year.That would probably make the little Blowfish cry.
I mean your list is still so small compared to mine and the Cash involved already that high XD
.-= Blowfish´s last blog ..Masters of Queens Blade Excellent!! Official Figure & Visual Book =-.

Haha no, not really. I’m just trying to save $$$… you know for the future and not to blow everything on figures.

You got Alter Saber Maid the same time I did? How come I was not aware of this =O

Regardless, it’d be less painful if a) you stopped using EMS and b) you start looking at American/Canadian stores. I don’t think I’ve spent that much in the past year, though my spendings involved figures (and one artbook), and didn’t factor in stuff like primer and paint.

WOW u spent a lot of money~!! at least you got all those figures to keep you company~
Happy New year btw~!
.-= Argyle´s last blog ..Happy 2010!! Also Some Updates =-.

Hobby Search will offer SAL this year so it will be less $$$ for the shipping. Are they cheaper American/Canadian stores ? Aren’t most american stores using UPS for delivery ?. I will be cutting down even more this year. Hopefully, it will be less than $1,500

Hey Argyle, Happy New Year too. Have you checked Rin’s (koiaichaku.com) spending ? ^^;;. I am planning to cut down to $1,500 this year.

i never got into figure collecting. somehow i thank my lucky stars that i never did. although – i do understand that its a bucket of fun. i guess its akin to having a michaelangelo statuette in your own room – but cuter.

I used http://www.bigpfeiffer.com/catalog/ and paid around $140 (shipping included) for my Saber Lily. While their price seems slightly higher they have a flat shipping rate of $7.50; on top of that they are based in Canada so you can avoid tariffs. The downside is that they’re slow, but they are faster than AAA stores.

The other is http://www.otacute.com/ ; their price is more or less the same as the ones found in Japanese hobby stores except the price is in USD, and thus is more stable and cheaper once conversion factor is considered. The downside is that you can’t cancel your pre-orders, but they do offer exclusives (such as http://www.otacute.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2687 which I didn’t hesitate to pre-order)

Overall, look around and keep an eye on the conversion rate. Right now it’s 1 CAD to 89.23 yen so there’s not much to worry about.

Figure collecting is just one of many hobbies out there and since you are not into it, it’s not one of your hobbies ^^

Thx for the tips. I will give both a try on my next pre-order ^^

There’s a reason why I don’t do these expense reports because I don’t wanna look back. All I know is I blew about 2K on figures alone so I will leave it at that.
I guess my goal this year is to cut back big time. Suppress those urges and try to limit myself 1 per a month whether it maybe a nendo, figma or scale figure. I already canceled 1 this month to make way for Nanoha.

So far, February looks good as I’ve got nothing coming in.
.-= Optic´s last blog ..MOSAIC.WAV feat. Miku Hatsune – Heartsnative: My Impressions =-.

2k is more less the same as me. I am planning to cut it back to $1500 if possible and keep 1 figure/month limit which worked really well last year.

I usually just look at how much Rin spent and I feel better right a way ^^;;

My average spending on goods every year is really low… about $700CAN. But that’s cuz I am very peculiar at what I purchase and only make good and cheap grabs ^_^ Hopefully you can commit to your new years resolution ^_^
.-= Robostrike´s last blog ..Non-CTRL-A events =-.

Very nice $700 in a year. It’s a good thing to be peculiar and that’s what I am trying to do this year. Last year, I met my quota for having 1 figure per month, however, I bought quite a few expensive figures ~$100-$150.