Those darned cel siblings! ^_^

Caroline · Post by **Caroline** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:30 pm

i edited my post a little just to clarify. some of my best friends in this hobby have cels from the same sequence as me, and i couldn't be more pleased. i havent told this to many people but i've received hate mail in the past from people who thought i was being 'greedy' because i do own several cels from the same sequence, and i used to own several complete sequences. i speak for myself when i say i don't see anything wrong with it, but clearly there are people out there who aren't as thrilled.

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:50 pm

Just ignore bad seeds like that. They're not worth the energy.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:50 pm

Do you think they ever could be?

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:51 pm

No, Cloud, they never are. Just delete with no reply. If they continue to hassle you, block their email address.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:51 pm

You cannot access my files that easily, duotrouble.

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:52 pm

Cloud, don't make me block you.

moonrabitt · Post by **moonrabitt** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:55 pm

Mmm....If anything, I'm the other way around. I don't like to OWN sequence mates (because I'm pretty content with one cel/sketch of the cut. Since I won't upload the rest (too much of a hassle) then I think it's better if I keep the one and give the others to people that can love each and every one.
So that's usually my rule. ONE scene from the cut (OF course there's ONE EXCEPTION to that rule....

*yep the gift sketches I have)
Besides that I'm HIGHLY against collecting similar cuts, UNLESS the character moves through the cut (like my FMA ED)....
Since my collection is small, I like variety.

I know that some other people love to own similar cuts, perhaps they have a whole room for it. But I can't really care for so much artwork ^^;

I do like finding sequence mates, then I know that this person and I have similar tastes ^_^

I think that it's good that sequence mates are out there, then you can hope that one of the many owners sells that WISHLIST item to you.
Imagine if someone had the whole cut of a certain scene and said they would never sell it? But with multiple people come multiple opportunities

Caroline wrote:i edited my post a little just to clarify. some of my best friends in this hobby have cels from the same sequence as me, and i couldn't be more pleased. i havent told this to many people but i've received hate mail in the past from people who thought i was being 'greedy' because i do own several cels from the same sequence, and i used to own several complete sequences. i speak for myself when i say i don't see anything wrong with it, but clearly there are people out there who aren't as thrilled.

You can be as "greedy" as you want

j/k... You are not Greedy, they are just angry that they did not get it....
Honestly, I find that CHILDISH and idiotic. How can someone write that to you? It angers me that people are so full of themselves. If they can't afford it, Too BAD...sucks to be them...
It's like a girl that's angry with another girl because she took her ex-boyfriend...Don't feel bad, don't listen to these people, they are just trying to make you sad....

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:19 am

If there's one thing I've learned over the years it's that ANY way of collecting or acquiring artwork is going to annoy somebody if their way of thinking is completely contrary to yours.

....and often you can't tell how much they're bothered by what you're doing until it blows up in your face or you hear about it secondhand.

This goes for your workplace too.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:19 am

If there ever is, I will let you know.

kenshikenji · Post by **kenshikenji** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:22 am

hmmm...what better way to identify siblings than the one and only family tree of cels...

drum roll...

a cel registry!

http://www.anime-beta.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=24182

moonrabitt · Post by **moonrabitt** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:25 am

kenshikenji wrote:hmmm...what better way to identify siblings than the one and only family tree of cels...

drum roll...

a cel registry!

http://www.anime-beta.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=24182

^

That is a great idea

And then when people see how many sequences there actually are, they will feel bad about attacking the one person that owns one scene, but knowing that they should also attack 12 other people.....HAHAHHHAA
And easier to find cel mates too ^_^

-goes off to post in that thread

star-phoenix · Post by **star-phoenix** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:22 am

I have found a few sequence mates to my cels. The one thing that totally bites is that it completely devalues your cel, which you probably paid 3 times more for it than the later ones because you are under the false belief that only one exists.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:22 am

I think I know that one.

Cordelia · Post by **Cordelia** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:50 am

I'd be lying to say that cel siblings didn't 'devalue' my cel at all. In any hobby, rarity/ exclusivity counts. I would be less likely to pay a high sum for a cel that had many siblings as opposed to one that didn't. (That's why I love original matching BGs and A1-Ends hehe)

But still, I do take note when someone has a cel sibling. It's always interesting to compare your cel to that and see the intricate process of animation. And yea, gd to compare prices too

Nene · Post by **Nene** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:50 am

Caroline wrote:i havent told this to many people but i've received hate mail in the past from people who thought i was being 'greedy' because i do own several cels from the same sequence, and i used to own several complete sequences. i speak for myself when i say i don't see anything wrong with it, but clearly there are people out there who aren't as thrilled.

Ugh why are some people so immature in this hobby...

It all comes down to who can and wants to spend the most money on a particular piece (or in the case of dealer sites, whoever is the quickest). The people who send hate mail to collectors like yourself because they either didn't have the money or missed the cel are prime examples of utter childish behaviour.

star-phoenix wrote:The one thing that totally bites is that it completely devalues your cel, which you probably paid 3 times more for it than the later ones because you are under the false belief that only one exists.

True. I don't think I've seen many sequence mates but when they end up going for considerably less than what you paid for yours, it can be rather annoying. In one case I bought a sequence mate partly because it was going for so cheap. I paid over 6X the end price for my first one so no way was I going to let it go for cheap. Some might call that greedy but if those people wanted it, they should have bid. ^_^

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Those darned cel siblings! ^_^

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