Quantity or Quality?

kymaera · Post by **kymaera** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:38 pm

I don't think that's there's a black and white answer to the question. It's a
matter of trade-off's. I'd rather have a good $100 cel than 100 blah cels
that cost me a dollar each. However, if you gave me the choice between
a $1000 cel that's spectacular and 10 $100 cels that are pretty nice, I might
go with the ten cels.

Fever's Break · Post by **Fever's Break** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:56 pm

I like my cels like I like my men...definitely quality.

kisara · Post by **kisara** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:56 pm

Voted for quality. Though my budget generally only allows for quantity type cels. lol Though it has occured to me that if I weren't buying so much quantity, I could probably get some quality. But I'm far too compulsive for such logic.

Has never denied her insanity.

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:05 am

You don't necessarily HAVE to shell out big bucks for quality. I've gotten quality cels for great prices. Some websites out there sell cels for high prices because they claim that their cels are higher quality than usual. Truth is, I've found dozens of high quality cels on YJ and eBay that were very high quality.

kisara · Post by **kisara** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:12 am

blueheaven wrote:You don't necessarily HAVE to shell out big bucks for quality. I've gotten quality cels for great prices. Some websites out there sell cels for high prices because they claim that their cels are higher quality than usual. Truth is, I've found dozens of high quality cels on YJ and eBay that were very high quality.

Don't ya love ebay. I did just pick-up some good quality Inuyasha cels at my "quantity" budget. I guess when someone says quality, I'm thinkin' more OP or hanken type cels. But yeah, I agree that cost can have nothing to do with quality. Just so happens, that's usually how it works. I don't really think there's anyone in here that's gonna run around buying low quality cels just for the sake of having more cels.

hyelakingsfan · Post by **hyelakingsfan** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:18 am

Looks like quality is owning quantity. Everytime i hear both quantity and quality either once or more than once in one sentence, my head starts spinning, after a while i get confused on which one quality and which one quantity is

but after reading it couple of times it turns out alright

and so i see that there is only one person who really likes quantity over quality, and thats not a bad thing, actually putting many cels from the same sequence together look as good as one quality cel and if im wrong please correct me, well i am going on a little vacation for 2 days so ill come back then and check on what happened to my topic and hopefully i will get some real good posts...... come on you can dooo ittt

kira · Post by **kira** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:38 am

i want both.

didnt we do this thread a while ago.

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Post by **In_Gabriel_We_Trust** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:42 am

I'll have to go for quality. Quantity takes up way too much storage space.

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:46 am

Quality..all the way

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Post by **In_Gabriel_We_Trust** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:55 am

Quality and Quantity

Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard.... (okay the comparision stops there)

star-phoenix · Post by **star-phoenix** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:44 am

OOOOOO!!!! Aya!! *drools*

Remi · Post by **Remi** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:49 am

I'd rather have a good $100 cel than 100 blah cels
that cost me a dollar each. However, if you gave me the choice between
a $1000 cel that's spectacular and 10 $100 cels that are pretty nice, I might go with the ten cels.

I agree with this. I'd like to think I go for quality, but to someone else's eye my collection might look like quantity.

I buy whatever shows up that I really like, if I can afford it. So my budget and availability are the determining factors on the quantity, not my conscience.

As for quality, I buy what I like. That alone gives them quality in my eyes. Are they quality cels in someone else's opinion? Don't know, don't care.

star-phoenix · Post by **star-phoenix** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:53 am

Most of the things I look at as quality tend to go for $100++++ range, especially lately. *looks at hole in wallet*

However, there are some series that I like that nobody else knows about (wait, I did meet ONE PERSON who has heard of j-Decker at Ushicon!!), and I can find top-of-the-line primo cels for $25-40 (and I mean the BEST). So, I guess it is all in the type of series you collect rather than monetary value.

Krafty · Post by **Krafty** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:24 am

Heh, I've put some thought into this and couldn't vote either way.
I buy a lot of cels and see a degree of quality in all of them. To acquire any artwork from a series we enjoy is wonderful, even if they're B-grade cels. Gathering a large number of such cels simply makes for a cool collection because I can't classify 2 or 3 premium cels from 1 series as a collection.

Of course I like to see extensive collections of just A or B-grade cels but that doen't happen often with so many exciting scenes/characters in an anime.
The best kind of collection is one that sums up each scene of the entire episode/movie. It's a pleasure to view a collection like a stroyboard so you can follow the plot; filling the narrative gaps would incur some poorer quality cels...

Gonzai · Post by **Gonzai** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 10:43 am

heh - seems like everytime I start collecting a new series,
I go off the deep end and get whatever is available. Then I
sell them off and get down to just the quality cels. At one point
I had around 50 DBZ cels - now I have 5. I do that with Naruto
as well, though I have my Naruto down to just what I think is
quality items. I started collecting a new series recently, and
have been real good about only going for quality sets. But, once
in awhile I get spontaneous.

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Quantity or Quality?

Which is better for cels, quantity or quality?