Troop building

[Celticjoe]

When is it enough. I do not really collect action force but do collect gi joe. Looking at some of your collections on here it looks like some of you have 20+ Red Shads and a quanity of other soldiers. So how do you come by these numbers or can you just not resist the urge to buy more. I am trying to but together small squads of 5 or 6 army builders in my collection. Or is bigger better ?

[Andy1672]

can you ever have enough?

personally im not into army building, but in general you can never have enough !!!

[Crimson Rage]

Five of the 'main' soldier is usually enough for me.
Taking the 25th GI JOE figures as an example, I have five of the regular Cobra troopers and five Vipers. When it comes to 'specialists' (Snow Serpents and the like) I only tend to get two of those.

My old AF army is a lot smaller though. Three Red Shadows (and a Red Vulture) plus two Mutons is all I can muster for the bad guys, while each AF unit has two each of their respective infantry (Two SAS Attack Troopers, two Z-Force Infantry etc.)

Some people go crazy. Over at the Hiss Tank forum I see people proudly displaying their twenty of thirty odd Vipers and such. Hey, it's their money, but I don't se the point of having that many just standing there on the shelf.... I guess it's down to how much space and money you have.

[paul463]

It may be about stroking the male ego, "mine's bigger than yours!" That sort of thing!

[Muton]

Crimson Rage has hit on another very good point 'space'. I wouldn't be able to do anything other than put 25 shadows in a box, I don't have the room!
Armies look good, I'll agree with that, but variety is nice too!