COMPLETION

In a whirlwind turn of events I am finally on the verge of acquiring a Factory X Captain America's shield. It is purchased and paid for and now I'm just waiting for it to arrive. While this is absolutely fantastic as far as I'm concerned it's also a little bit sad. I've mentioned several times before that my collection was "essentially" complete, and what that meant was that I was still tracking down one or two big pieces and was simply buying smaller stuff that I ran across in the meantime, usually stuff I ran across while looking for the last big piece.

Last week I picked up a few Spider-Man type pieces to fill that shelf, and that was the end of that. I picked up a few Wolverine pieces to fill that shelf and though I may have space for one more...I may not bother. I picked up three or four pieces for the Rookie and now he's pretty much covered. The first Thing statue from Sideshow arrived last week and as fantastic as it is that one was his. Mine should be here sometime before the end of the month but it looks like it might be too big for the case so I would have to put it on the shelf. I had just cleared a space on the wall figuring I would hang one big picture there when I landed the Factory X Shield, which will now take up that spot. I wrote a few weeks back about ordering a full size Iron Man Bust and a Hellboy 2 version of the Samaritan, but I'm not real sure where I'll be putting those...so I might cancel them. One of the guys I buy off of owes me one small piece, but now that I've acquired the Shield...I'm done searching. Which means I'm done collecting unless something really cool catches my eye.

It's sort of sad, it was a cool hobby. Ok, well, not cool. But fun. I liked it.

It's nice though to know that once again I've gotten everything I set out to get and am done. I think next hobby I'll work a little slower on, make it last a little longer.

Postscript:
My old man is coming home tonight. He's probably going to stop by the office. He's not going to be happy. Knowing him he might just smash the whole thing to shit. I could stop him of course...but if that's the way he decides to handle things I'll just let him, and probably enjoy the show. And then of course start over again the minute he's gone.