I want my preciousssssssssssssssssssssssss...
toys, that is.
I have gone through several "phases" in my LOTR action figurine hobby: from limiting my collection, to totally ignoring it and suddenly going berserk when I realise that there're other available sources for my figurines. Now I understand what an addiction is - a combination of tumultuous torture and pleasurable pain.
Now that I'm almost done collecting the Trilogy packs, I've moved on to the Retro packs. I'm selective though, and will only buy figurines which were never released in the Trilogy editions: Easterling Warrior, Grima Wormtongue, Grishnak, Faramir, Gondorian Ranger, Eowyn in Armour and Gollum (which came together with the Eowyn figure). The damage done to my bank account in the last month was, ahem, "respectable", in US dollars or pounds. Most of the goodies were won through ebay auctions in USA and UK, and I have made arrangements for the toys to be delivered to my cousin's office in Canada and my Lieutenant's honeymoon suite in UK.
Trying desperately to curb my impulses a bit because I also realised that my cousin will be saddled with bulky toys when he returns to Singapore. So will my lieutenant when she flies back in October. (Really don't wanna make enemies out of friends and family members.)
The hub has been giving me evil, sinister looks every time he glances over my shoulder to audit my websurfing activities, primarily when I'm checking out the ebay and yahoo auction sites.
"Please. Stop buying already. There's NO SPACE for your toys!"
Naturally his pleas have fallen upon deaf ears.
Have turned my attention to posters now. Since I've got my own cubicle in the office to decorate, LOTR postcards and posters line the walls and I even bought an extra Helms Deep Legolas on Skateboard (My favourite figurine) to place on a shelf. My very own Middle Earth in my workspace located in the forest of ten pines. *HEAVENLY*.
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