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I think for myself, I want all Metal Gear Solid japanese releases in pristine, mint, sealed condition. From the shareholder, to the greatest hits. Anything pre-MGS isn't sealed so my interest isn't as high. Same with the Twin Snakes for NGC.

My previous goal is almost complete. All the Kubrick figures in factory sealed condition. I just need the Cold War Snake in box and the MGS bearbrick (I have both open) so I'm looking at less than $100 easily to finish it off.

Of course, in general like all of you I like collecting everything MGS, but there's gotta be something you enjoy the most.
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my goal is to get all the normal regular edition games sealed (right now)
and then continue with limited edition, collectors, premium, and shareholders sealed.
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TSi wrote:my goal is to get all the normal regular edition games sealed (right now)
and then continue with limited edition, collectors, premium, and shareholders sealed.
Agreed. But I try and find the rarest first, then get the most common. But if I see a deal, I won't pass it up.
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Yeah I'd definately go backwards.

Why?

The shareholder and premium games keep going up and up and up

BUT games like Metal Gear NES or MGS (orig black label) have stayed around the same price for years. You'd almost save money in the long run.
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I dont think i ever had a goal. I simple bought things i found nice. Like someone at a swedish gamingforum sold MGS-PC. I want it, i got it. But now i know you can simply find those items easy at ebay.
But my main goal was all MG - releases for PAL
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I'd love to own anything, absolutely anything related to Metal Gear. At the moment though I do have some goals. I'm looking for all premium packages and all limited editions. After that I'll start concentrating on a specific episode of Metal Gear and try to acquire all stuff related to that episode.
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I want all the mgs 2 promo E3 stuff.

Was look'n thru the document of mgs 2 and holy crap that phamplet looks amazing.

The posters are epic, and that trailer disk looks epic


personally my biggest thing other than that is posters, i'd love to have a poster or 2 from each game. Big fan of frame'n stuff and putt'n it up. Like my big ass french train station smashing pumpkins (final-lol) tour. Till they reunited that shit was worth bank, now it's worth about 50 bucks lol
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whitetrashshayno wrote:I want all the mgs 2 promo E3 stuff.

Was look'n thru the document of mgs 2 and holy crap that phamplet looks amazing.

The posters are epic, and that trailer disk looks epic

personally my biggest thing other than that is posters, i'd love to have a poster or 2 from each game. Big fan of frame'n stuff and putt'n it up. Like my big ass french train station smashing pumpkins (final-lol) tour. Till they reunited that shit was worth bank, now it's worth about 50 bucks lol
I'll be looking at those this evening to see what theMGS2 promo stuff is like, how I've missed them I don't know! I love posters too, and I would love posters from all the games. I think that's my major aim. Once I've got my hands on the MGS "Available Now" Ninja poster and the MGS4 Movie Style Poster I think I'll be finished with posters as I've recently managed to acquire a few cool posters from MGS2, 3, PO and AC!D. I'd still like the EVA and First Bite Poster though.

My other main goal, which I'm close to completing is all the premium packs (minus the MGS4 one - I refuse to buy another PS3 just cos it has the words "Metal Gear Solid" on it. I treat my MGS4 European LE as a premium pack anyway. I don't think I'll get the TTS Premium either unless it's going dirt cheap.). I got the Gold Premium in the mail and I just need the JAP Silver MGS packand I'm sorted. Of course, the PO premiums will be harder to find but if they come around I may get them at some point.

I think my next big goal is to get my hands on the figures and maybe the Kubricks.
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Screaming Mantis wrote:Agreed. But I try and find the rarest first, then get the most common. But if I see a deal, I won't pass it up.
violentsnake wrote:Yeah I'd definately go backwards.
Why?
The shareholder and premium games keep going up and up and up
BUT games like Metal Gear NES or MGS (orig black label) have stayed around the same price for years. You'd almost save money in the long run.

Think about it this way... I'm a student right now, I'm poor. When I get rich, it doesn't matter what kind of prices it will be when I want to get what I want.

Of course, finding it will be more rare and rare, but that comes off as excitement in trying to deeply search for something "precious". I mean, I personally don't think a collection is much of a collection if everything is common. (imo)

And also, shareholder and premium will always be "looked out for" when I go around... but considering that the two regular games that I just need (SOL and Substance) to complete my regular collection... I am already at the step of "shareholders + premiums".
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I guess my reasoning is rather different than the rest of you. I really don’t care about items going up in value as I have no interest in ever parting with my collection. I collect Metal Gear for me. Not to be a collector, not to make profit... I collect because I love the series. My goal was never to obtain everything. For example, I didn’t bother getting the TTS or the MPO premium packs as the contents did not interest me. Both were overpriced because they had a console in them, but there wasn’t much of actually quality items for me to want to spend the money. After a few years I noticed that I was on track with the figures, and kinda stuck with that. Figured I can at least get a complete collection of that. It’s been harder after MGS3, however, as I’m not happy at all with the figures released. MGS1 and MGS2 gave us many characters. MGS3 and MGS4 gave us nothing but Snake figures. At least we got a couple of versions of the MGS4 Raiden out of it. In any case, it’s been very disappointing. I was really hoping for more from the 20th Anniversary figures. How about an MG1 Snake? Or MG2 Big Boss? How about some models of Metal Gear tanks? At least REX! Why not The Boss figure? So many things I would’ve wanted to see them make. But instead we get Snake after Snake, mostly repaints. Very lame and uninspiring.
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A.G. wrote:I guess my reasoning is rather different than the rest of you. I really don’t care about items going up in value as I have no interest in ever parting with my collection. I collect Metal Gear for me.
Slightly unfair comment to make in my opinion, because I think most of us here are collecting for ourselves and I very much doubt that any of us will ever sell our stuff on. I know I won't unless I go bankrupt and even then I'll be hanging on to every little thing I own! lol.
A.G. wrote:I collect because I love the series.
I remember you saying you're not a collector, you're a fan. I'm sorry but you're both mate! However much you try and justify it, you've got a massive collection, none of us like to be labelled as geeks, collectors or fanboys, but sometimes we gotta face up to facts. I know i'm not normal, I had the harsh reality the other day when my 13 year old brother called me "sad" and that I need to get a life! lol. We just gotta remember that at the core of it, we're ALL fans of the series and we collect for that reason. IMO you're no exception! I'm not starting a fight, I just get the impression you think you're different but I really don't think you are! lol.
A.G. wrote:My goal was never to obtain everything.
I don't think that's even possible! :) That's the nice thing about MGS, there's always stuff that will either interest you or not. Who needs everything anyway? A friend told me recently that they lost all their enthusiasm for a collection once they found out it was complete, they'll never go that far again. I'd like to think, I'm not so obsessive that I'd be able to be happy with what I have too.
A.G. wrote:For example, I didn’t bother getting the TTS or the MPO premium packs as the contents did not interest me. Both were overpriced because they had a console in them, but there wasn’t much of actually quality items for me to want to spend the money.
I totally agree, those items are not a priority for me, and I can't really justify buying new consoles just because they say Metal gear on them, but what I'm saying is that they would be cool to own for completion purposes, if they were ever dirt cheap, I wouldn't say no! For now though, I'm more than happy with my console-less Premium packs!
A.G. wrote:In any case, it’s been very disappointing. I was really hoping for more from the 20th Anniversary figures. How about an MG1 Snake? Or MG2 Big Boss? How about some models of Metal Gear tanks? At least REX! Why not The Boss figure? So many things I would’ve wanted to see them make. But instead we get Snake after Snake, mostly repaints. Very lame and uninspiring.
Yeah I second that too mate, I was thinking the same thing. I'd love to see some Eva or Big Boss figures. Better still, other characters from MGS3, and when I get around to playing it, I'm sure there's characters from MGS4 that I'll love and want to own.

Sorry man, didn't mean to dissect your post but you touched on a few things that I have been thinking a lot about lately and I really wanted to talk about them! Hope that's cool with you!
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Slightly unfair comment to make in my opinion, because I think most of us here are collecting for ourselves and I very much doubt that any of us will ever sell our stuff on.
A bit generalized, I know. But all that talk about stuff going up in value... you know?
I remember you saying you're not a collector, you're a fan. I'm sorry but you're both mate! However much you try and justify it, you've got a massive collection, none of us like to be labelled as geeks, collectors or fanboys, but sometimes we gotta face up to facts. I know i'm not normal, I had the harsh reality the other day when my 13 year old brother called me "sad" and that I need to get a life! lol. We just gotta remember that at the core of it, we're ALL fans of the series and we collect for that reason. IMO you're no exception! I'm not starting a fight, I just get the impression you think you're different but I really don't think you are! lol.
Well, it's not really true. I don't collect MG for the sake of collecting. I'm not collecting in hope this stuff will go up in value. Yes, the line there is very thin, but I do believe it exists. I am a collector in the sense that I do have a big collection. I label myself as a hardcore fan, not a hardcore collector. Like I said, I wouldn't think twice about opening a package on the rarest of the figures just to customize it for utmost detail/accuracy. In that sense, I don't match the collector label.
what I'm saying is that they would be cool to own for completion purposes
That's exactly the notion that I don't have. And a lack of that notion is the reason I don't label myself as a collector.
Sorry man, didn't mean to dissect your post but you touched on a few things that I have been thinking a lot about lately and I really wanted to talk about them! Hope that's cool with you!
No applogies needed. :mrgreen: It's all good. Collecting is an indepth issue. I just wish more people on my board shared that interest. Oh well.
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my main focus is things in print form, like promo materials, posters, etc.

collecting media isn't that big of a push for me, tho from time to time i see something that could be neat to collect. i don't need a million discs from every region of the world. all i need is the game for my region, and maybe another region provided extra content or another reason exists to pick it up.

tho i can see things changing, but overall that's my focus.
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My main goal is to collect most of the american releases of Kojima productions works, I don't care too much if they are sealed or opened as long everything is in place. ATM I don't have the budget to start collecting very valuable foreign items, so I just stick with what's reasonable on my wallet.
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hmm not exactly 'goals' but let's say a to-do list :p I had my collection on stand-by for almost 1 year, and i feel i'm missing many things now...

- 'cleaning'/optimizing a bit my collection, selling away some doubles & old-time bootlegs i still have xD (no worries - I always clearly say anyway if some item is official/licensed or if it isn't duh!)

- things i'd like to get, at top of my list: gold premium package, the 1/6 Medicom figures i'm missing, the stealth figures from the 20th anniversary set, some more sealed OSTs...

- to buy another 1:1 size statue! :mrgreen:

- more promotional stuff, posters and standees ^_^
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Lady Serpente wrote: - to buy another 1:1 size statue! :mrgreen:
I gotta see a picture of that!
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TSi wrote:
Screaming Mantis wrote:Agreed. But I try and find the rarest first, then get the most common. But if I see a deal, I won't pass it up.
violentsnake wrote:Yeah I'd definately go backwards.
Why?
The shareholder and premium games keep going up and up and up
BUT games like Metal Gear NES or MGS (orig black label) have stayed around the same price for years. You'd almost save money in the long run.

Think about it this way... I'm a student right now, I'm poor. When I get rich, it doesn't matter what kind of prices it will be when I want to get what I want.

Of course, finding it will be more rare and rare, but that comes off as excitement in trying to deeply search for something "precious". I mean, I personally don't think a collection is much of a collection if everything is common. (imo)

And also, shareholder and premium will always be "looked out for" when I go around... but considering that the two regular games that I just need (SOL and Substance) to complete my regular collection... I am already at the step of "shareholders + premiums".

I know how you feel man, I'm a student as well, I can't wait till I get a good job after college, but I still don't let that stop me with my collection. I think we all find it exciting to hunt for something we've been wanting for long, buy it, then have it in our hands...........never to let it go.

Okay okay..........I'll take trades. :P
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violentsnake wrote:
Lady Serpente wrote: - to buy another 1:1 size statue! :mrgreen:
I gotta see a picture of that!
there you go ;P these are some old pics i took when i received the packages (don't mind about the watermark... R.I.P. my old & nice site :( ). The statue was coming in 3 boxes of around 15-20kg of total weight. I bought it from some German seller, i didn't even pay a lot for the shipping charges (I paid exactly 551 euros for the statue+shipping fees).

Sorry for the low quality but atm my things (including some pieces of my collections) are spreaded among 3 houses and my room looks like an import/export office, but - hopefully soon - i'll be able to get better/new photos. Side note, the little girl in one of the pics is my sister (once some guy was believing that was ME ><!)
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Wow... ahaha, that is crazy cool
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You outta give him some sunglasses. Haha
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I've got no purpose in collecting. No ultimate goal. It's only when I'm sniping n00bs out of a sealed MGS1 shareholder edition. The only time I feel truly alive.
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Marc wrote:I've got no purpose in collecting. No ultimate goal. It's only when I'm sniping n00bs out of a sealed MGS1 shareholder edition. The only time I feel truly alive.
Haha <3
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