Look how pretty she is!!!
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And to think, I hadn't even remembered I had a couple of these until I spotted one in the pictures of that toy shop in Vienna that Jeapos shared. Now I can't wait to have the whole bunch.
My passion for toy collecting had kind of taken a dive in the last year. I was really excited to come back to the forum last fall, but at the same time there is so little left to find for my LPS collection that I couldn't quite regain the enthusiasm I used to have for it. Then in April I set about the task of putting together a complete collection of The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids books (74 in total) for a friends daughter's birthday, and that seemed to spark something.
I finally took a thorough look at Jenna's IMP website. Much like LPS, I was never aware of how extensive the line was when I was young, and only had a handful of puppies and kitties that lived in my pet shop. I'm so excited to have a lengthy checklist to work on again. And after spotting that mermaid in the Vienna toyshop, I immediately looked up their GhostoftheDoll page and spent hours staring at all the pretty colored fins and hair.
Collecting those books (one of my favorites when I was 8 or 9) made me realize how fun it could be to collect things other than toys, so now I'm working on the adorable Serendipity books by Stephen Cosgrove, the Popples merchandise story books, and my teenage years favorite, RL Stine's Fear Street books.
{I've also highly considered collecting Furbys, but they seem so cumbersome to store.
} It's so much fun to have tons of things to hunt for again. Now the challenge will be pacing myself.
I know many people here have gone through slumps in their collecting. How did you bounce back? Or did you give it up altogether? Do you collect anything other than toys? Also, if you had unlimited storage space, what else would you like to collect? Mine would be Grand Champion Horses.
) has multiplied in the last month and I now have four of them, with two more on their way! I'll take a pic once the last two arrive.
I think you're onto something with concentrating on customs, Alie. I've been rereading my long list of custom ideas I came up with ages ago and I think slowly and steadily working on new LPS creations will be a nice way to stay involved in the community.