End of year Achievements in the hobby/Next years goals?

[wolforrest]

Not sure if it passes as an achievement as such, but I couldn't let a 'round up' of the year's highlights go by without a special mention of a greatly valued new figure in my collection this year.....THE BARON! What a superb convention exclusive figure!
I said it at the time and I'll say it again now, thanks Jim and everyone else who made it possible. Great addition to my collection and I can't wait to buy more characters if you do them in the future

Good call, Baron was a great addition. I would give my prized left testicle to get an articulated squad leader (Pretty please).

[stkhlmdk]

I knew that the past year would be great as my deal with Browny started bac in Dec 2011 and now my collection has been beefed up with quite a lot of army building stuff. As Graham I constantly found or was offered so many nice items that my budget was blown a bit out of proportion and the consequence may be a sell off of some of my priced collection. I was a bit scared when my Excel sheet showed £12.000+ and that was with some very conservative prices and actual prices on some of the rarere stuff……will have to make sure the Mrs' doesnt find that file

[Thundershot]

No long term aims or grand plans I'm just aim on enjoying the journey & soaking up what ever surprises come my way via toy fairs, Charity shops & boot sales.

I'm trying to avoid is buying any more modern stuff (unless a cool t.v. related Hot Wheels car turns up) & keep it all purely vintage.

Star Wars/ wise I really must stop waisting money on buying duplicates of figures simply becouse 'it's in really nice condition' or 'I've got the gun for that one @ home' & instead save up for one of the larger vehicles or playsets I don't have.

[ODB]

I suppose the biggest achievement was getting my Star Wars MOC into some nice display cases, my biggest shock (apart from Roll Call 3) was totaling up my collections into a value. Whoops is all I can say.

I don't have any set goals, I find that the random approach is more rewarding, plus you don't get frustrated if you miss your goals. That is just me though.

[action-figure-supplies]

Like a lot of you I want a nice display case this year and to finish my series 1 collection (would like a really good condition German Stormtrooper).

[ODB]

Lidl are doing a fairly nice display case at the moment for £60:

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg//lid ... =6&nf=TRUE

Might give some people some options.

[stkhlmdk]

I have both of those (£29 & £59) and they are really great. If you view my Figure Collection shots the large one is the one holding my Cobras

[gung-hoeddie]

What can I say I didn't do a huge amount 2012, got a few nice things and got a new display sorted. I haven't worked out how much I spent (I don't care) and I've not really got any kind of target for 2013 a few I might do but nothing amazing.

[Red Baron]

I got a HQ during the year (from Johnny Red), which completed all the items I want in my Palitoy collection. I guess my biggest achievement has been my small custom display at Snibston Discovery Museum.

Since October my collection room has been packed up as I try to sort out some space to display Action Force alongside James Bond. Not much time to allow me to press on with this, so I really want to get this sorted in early 2013 and then my focus will be back to customs (I have 4 or 5 large boxes of toys ready for custom projects).

[paul463]

Lidl are doing a fairly nice display case at the moment for £60:

http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg//lid ... =6&nf=TRUE

Might give some people some options.

Got one of these today! I won £40 on a scratch card so I thought I'd put it to good use. Just finished building it.