davidd's A Doll A Day 2019

[davidd]

I suppose the first step we could all take toward addressing the "too much stuff" problem would be to simply stop buying new stuff, but where's the fun in that?

I know a guy who does fairly well in adhering to the "one in, one out" rule... but then, much to his frustration, his other family members proceed to fill up the space he clears with their stuff.

3 November – Monster High Power Ghouls Cat Tastrophe aka Toralei Stripe

This one gets to stay in the box, because the comic book style packaging is too cool! I have all the Power Ghouls and had intended to keep them all in their boxes, but prior to moving four years ago, in an effort to save space, I deboxed them. I have regretted that decision. The figures look really fun in their packages. Once unboxed, they're kind of just another doll. This one I picked up somewhere since moving.

From time to time I have considered tracking down boxed examples of the others, but then I begin to wonder what I would do with more boxed dolls. Would I set them on shelves for display? Would I pack them away in boxes, and just take them out to look at them once in a while? Would I begin to resent them as simply adding to the clutter?

Some years ago I knew a guy who collected action figures, mostly Star Wars, and had a goodly sized collection of mint-on-card examples, which he kept out on display. Then, at some point, he suddenly asked himself, "do I really want my house to look like the toy aisle at K-Mart?" He ended up dramatically downsizing, selling what he could, and donating or dumping the rest, keeping only a few favorite pieces.

The clutter issue can be addressed in a number of ways. One of those approaches is to look at what we want to do with our toys, dolls, and figures. Are they decorative items? Collectibles? Do we enjoy the hunt, working toward the completion of some kind of set or collection? Or do we want to play with them by dressing them, modding them, or photographing them?

Anyway, the Power Ghouls, to me, are more fun boxed than unboxed. (Same was true with the Bratz Action Heroez, all of which I also unboxed and now wish I had not.)

Just for fun, and on a completely unrelated topic, here's an ancient throw-back image (2010) in memory of Laika the Space Dog, launched in to orbit on this date back in 1962:

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