To display or not display, that's the question now I need an answer

Kevin G · 09-28-2012, 06:48 PM

Hello fellow Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans!,

I apologize for posting as much as I would like to. I have been very busy with my acting class, work and other things. I have a question that I would like to ask you guys. I apologize if this has already been asked and that it will be a very long post. I need all the advice I can get. I understand that what I am about to ask, really boils down to me. However, I like to hear what others have to say. I know it's really up to me and I can make my own decisions and choices, but I figured I ask people who share the same exact thing as I do: heavily devoted Turtles fan.

In my introduction, I said that I am a die hard Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan. Which I am. I have a tote/storage clear bucket that holds all my TMNT figures. I have a huge collection. I have the 1988 figures, 2003 figures, NECA, 2012 figures and the Classic Collection. Lately I have gotten the urge to want to display my figures (at one point I did) on my shelf. However I have a few issues that are preventing me from doing so. One is the girl factor. When I start dating and I bring home a woman, someone who may be a potential girlfriend, I'm afraid that it might make her feel uncomfortable to be in a room with shelf filled with tons of TMNT figures. A lot of my friends would either joke around or be serious and say that if a girl is having sex with someone, they don't want to be looking at toys (or have sex in a room filled with toys). Not that she would be focusing if we were to have sex on my figures, but it may be a distraction. I also heard a lot people say that their wives don't like it when they buy figures. While their are female toy collectors, it's pretty slim I might end up with one or for that matter, someone who is a die hard TMNT fan as I am. I don't want to come off as a horn dog by the way. I don't have sex with someone until we know each other and especially when we are comfortable with one another but I am just talking hypothetically. I also don't want to get that whole speal of "you need to grow up."

Also I hate when people touch my stuff. I am not sure what people say or do when they have friends over and they have their TMNT figures displayed, but my old friends use to constantly touch my figures and it would piss me off. I get that way because I am afraid they might brake the figure or loose an accessory and they use to put my April figure in immature sex positions. When I would yell at them they wound up getting mad at me and say my OCD (which I do have) is showing. Unless it my girlfriend, wife, mother or aunt or me showing my child I don't let anyone touch my stuff.
I also have asthma and I can't be around dust. When I had displayed my figures, the shelf that my TMNT figures were on, it would get extremely dusty.

I don't want to be a horder so I don't know what to do. I figured that they would be safe inside the tote/storage box but being that we will be definitely getting more 2012 TMNT figures, more of the classic collection and I still have more vintage fig rues to collect I don't want to have to have 1-3 of them in my room. I don't (and I have this fear) that I will have a room cluttered with those clear boxes with all my TMNT figures inside. I don't have a small room but it's no where big either. If I do display them I would use either one or two shelves.
But then again, I don't want someone to be freaked out when they come into my room and see that. While as a fan I should be proud of my fanboyism (when my acting teacher made me get up in front of the class and tell everyone about myself, I told everyone that I am a huge TMNT fan and a lot of people gave me "hell yeah" looks) I feel like at 25 what should I do ?

So what would you guys do ? How do you deal with a spouse (I'm sure their are guys who aren't crazy about their wives or girlfriends collecting stuff either) who is not too crazy about you displaying your figures ? Should I display them or keep them where they are ?

I would love to have a room filled with TMNT memorabilia, like Michele Ivey or like others on this board, but reality is not only do I not only have the no space but also the money. I least have (and will never ever part) with my figures. I hope to one day show them to my future child.
When I move and if hopefully has a den or nice finished basement then I would display them going all around, but I live in an apartment.
I should also mention that I have my Cult Classic NECA figures, Mezco's Cinema of Fear and Matty's Ghostbusters figures in their boxes going around my room as well.

While deep inside I love my Turtles, the question is what should I do and am I a bad fan for not displaying my something that I cherish so ?
Sorry for sounding corny or not making any sense, I just need some advice.

09-28-2012, 06:48 PM	#1
Kevin G Hench Mutant Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 417	To display or not display, that's the question now I need an answer Hello fellow Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans!, I apologize for posting as much as I would like to. I have been very busy with my acting class, work and other things. I have a question that I would like to ask you guys. I apologize if this has already been asked and that it will be a very long post. I need all the advice I can get. I understand that what I am about to ask, really boils down to me. However, I like to hear what others have to say. I know it's really up to me and I can make my own decisions and choices, but I figured I ask people who share the same exact thing as I do: heavily devoted Turtles fan. In my introduction, I said that I am a die hard Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan. Which I am. I have a tote/storage clear bucket that holds all my TMNT figures. I have a huge collection. I have the 1988 figures, 2003 figures, NECA, 2012 figures and the Classic Collection. Lately I have gotten the urge to want to display my figures (at one point I did) on my shelf. However I have a few issues that are preventing me from doing so. One is the girl factor. When I start dating and I bring home a woman, someone who may be a potential girlfriend, I'm afraid that it might make her feel uncomfortable to be in a room with shelf filled with tons of TMNT figures. A lot of my friends would either joke around or be serious and say that if a girl is having sex with someone, they don't want to be looking at toys (or have sex in a room filled with toys). Not that she would be focusing if we were to have sex on my figures, but it may be a distraction. I also heard a lot people say that their wives don't like it when they buy figures. While their are female toy collectors, it's pretty slim I might end up with one or for that matter, someone who is a die hard TMNT fan as I am. I don't want to come off as a horn dog by the way. I don't have sex with someone until we know each other and especially when we are comfortable with one another but I am just talking hypothetically. I also don't want to get that whole speal of "you need to grow up." Also I hate when people touch my stuff. I am not sure what people say or do when they have friends over and they have their TMNT figures displayed, but my old friends use to constantly touch my figures and it would piss me off. I get that way because I am afraid they might brake the figure or loose an accessory and they use to put my April figure in immature sex positions. When I would yell at them they wound up getting mad at me and say my OCD (which I do have) is showing. Unless it my girlfriend, wife, mother or aunt or me showing my child I don't let anyone touch my stuff. I also have asthma and I can't be around dust. When I had displayed my figures, the shelf that my TMNT figures were on, it would get extremely dusty. I don't want to be a horder so I don't know what to do. I figured that they would be safe inside the tote/storage box but being that we will be definitely getting more 2012 TMNT figures, more of the classic collection and I still have more vintage fig rues to collect I don't want to have to have 1-3 of them in my room. I don't (and I have this fear) that I will have a room cluttered with those clear boxes with all my TMNT figures inside. I don't have a small room but it's no where big either. If I do display them I would use either one or two shelves. But then again, I don't want someone to be freaked out when they come into my room and see that. While as a fan I should be proud of my fanboyism (when my acting teacher made me get up in front of the class and tell everyone about myself, I told everyone that I am a huge TMNT fan and a lot of people gave me "hell yeah" looks) I feel like at 25 what should I do ? So what would you guys do ? How do you deal with a spouse (I'm sure their are guys who aren't crazy about their wives or girlfriends collecting stuff either) who is not too crazy about you displaying your figures ? Should I display them or keep them where they are ? I would love to have a room filled with TMNT memorabilia, like Michele Ivey or like others on this board, but reality is not only do I not only have the no space but also the money. I least have (and will never ever part) with my figures. I hope to one day show them to my future child. When I move and if hopefully has a den or nice finished basement then I would display them going all around, but I live in an apartment. I should also mention that I have my Cult Classic NECA figures, Mezco's Cinema of Fear and Matty's Ghostbusters figures in their boxes going around my room as well. While deep inside I love my Turtles, the question is what should I do and am I a bad fan for not displaying my something that I cherish so ? Sorry for sounding corny or not making any sense, I just need some advice.