This is a good question because everyone has different circumstances and aims which is backed up with an already stunning & inspiring body of artwork. How much further can we each go in this hobby? Hmmm.
I'll be satisfied once I have a huge range of key artwork from all the shows/characters I love so I can then be worshipped as a cel god.
The thing that satisfies me most about collecting is obtaining a wishlist/special item for a good price. This happened to me yesterday when I got a Wishlist genga set for USD 9.99. Result.
The trouble is I want to replicte this sense of satisfaction regularly so I keep buying and will continue to do so.
My place within the ranks of anime art deity should be confirmed by 2012 so you'd best start constructing a shrine now. LOL
Are you satisfied with your collection?
Wow you guys are lil piggies! 
*oink oink*
LMAO!
nah I'm just messin
I agree w/ Luis thou.
It seems the more you get, the more you want
theres just so many gorgeous shots out there
of every character imaginable! How could you ever be
'completely ' satisfied ne?
Personally,
I think I am satisfied w/ my collection.
If tomorrow I had to quit the hobby 100% and never look
back-- I wouldn't object.
I've been lucky enough to acquire all my major wishlists
and kidney cels/sketches.
Sure theres ALWAYS going to
be that one cel thats so OMG-I-WANT-THAT-SO-BAD
but isn't there always?
Else nobody responding to this
thread would even be here
All in all, I can't get enuogh of the thrill and adventure!
Sure theres bad days and times I wanna just
throw my books in a wastebasket and set them aflame
but in the end I love em.
My real goal these days is being able to keep
what I have and just treasure em.
If I have to go months w/o buying somethin new
so I can bring down my debt and avoid selling
thats just as good enough!
I guess I've come to that point of satisfaction w/ ,my
collection.
:
*oink oink*
LMAO!
nah I'm just messin
I agree w/ Luis thou.
It seems the more you get, the more you want
theres just so many gorgeous shots out there
of every character imaginable! How could you ever be
'completely ' satisfied ne?
Personally,
I think I am satisfied w/ my collection.
If tomorrow I had to quit the hobby 100% and never look
back-- I wouldn't object.
I've been lucky enough to acquire all my major wishlists
and kidney cels/sketches.
Sure theres ALWAYS going to
be that one cel thats so OMG-I-WANT-THAT-SO-BAD
but isn't there always?
Else nobody responding to this
thread would even be here
All in all, I can't get enuogh of the thrill and adventure!
Sure theres bad days and times I wanna just
throw my books in a wastebasket and set them aflame
but in the end I love em.
My real goal these days is being able to keep
what I have and just treasure em.
If I have to go months w/o buying somethin new
so I can bring down my debt and avoid selling
thats just as good enough!
I guess I've come to that point of satisfaction w/ ,my
collection.
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sletia
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My Phibrizzo cels are way under what I want them to be, so no.
In particular, cels showing his mazoku side - I have too many "cute" and "innocent" cels of him in comparison to his awesome evil side.
As for Ah! My Goddess, all I really want is a cel of Noble Scarlet from the last singing scene and I think I'd be satisfied.
In particular, cels showing his mazoku side - I have too many "cute" and "innocent" cels of him in comparison to his awesome evil side.
As for Ah! My Goddess, all I really want is a cel of Noble Scarlet from the last singing scene and I think I'd be satisfied.
~Hellmaster-sama~
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Rabid collector of the little demon
This is a very interesting question to me, and I've thought about it a lot since I started collecting. Why do I like this stuff and why do I collect it? And what is it that makes us human beings pleased with acquiring stuff?
The most basic collection, I guess, is having enough food put away to survive. Since most of us have never (hopefully) faced the true prospect of starvation, we have the luxury of that instinct being put to other uses. Reading all the thoughtful responses, it sounds like everyone has a pretty healthy attitude towards their collection and the part that it plays in their lives.
I think the satisfaction for me comes as much from the process of collecting as it does from the objects collected. This leads to the seeming paradox that my level of satisfaction doesn't depend at all on what things I get. In fact, it could be argued (just me arguing with myself of course) that my satisfaction was as high as it will ever be when I made the decision to purchase my first drawing! Now this isn't as silly as it sounds, I think. Because at that time, I was so excited to simply discover that such things existed, and suddenly, this vast expanse of possibilities opened up, all waiting for me to explore. Now I wouldn't want to go back to just having that one drawing, but at the time, I felt completely satisfied to have it, with no other thought as to what else I wanted.
So even when my collection gets better, my satisfaction doesn't necessarily increase. For example, I just got a nice cel from Kiki's Delivery Service. I've been looking for one for quite a while, but hadn't found one that was good enough and inexpensive enough. (the delicate balance between those two things is another post entirely.) Now, am I even more satisfied with my collection? How could I be when I was completely satisfied before? Most, I'm sure, would regard this as a pointless exercise in fudging the definition of satisfaction, and I sort of agree with that view. But I'm going through it because it leads to a very important point for me, and that is, to use Drac's previous analogy, that the glass is really always completely full anyway and has been from the outset. Any additions just sort of spill over, I guess.
And that's another paradox, that just because I'm completely satisfied doesn't mean that I don't want to continue collecting, lusting after and searching for future acquisitions. It just puts the lusting and searching in the context of the process and makes it joyful and fulfilling rather than a frustrating exercise partially driven by greed or envy.
I think that's what collecting in general has to teach. We've all been through cycles of loss and gain in lots of areas of life; in possessions, in work, in relationships, etc. And part of the fruit of that experience is that we hopefully learn not to attach ourselves to "end" results or objects acquired, but rather to cherish the process itself. Ultimately, "things" themselves have no meaning or purpose, but our attitudes toward them can make them nothing less than a vehicle for our own personal growth.
I used to do a lot of fly fishing for trout in streams, and I counted it as a great step forward for me when I was finally able to fully enjoy an outing even when I caught few or no fish. It took me a while to learn that, (or even to learn that I needed to learn that, if that makes any sense), and I think the same principle is operative here. We all lose auctions and miss out on deals and there are cels that we'd love to have that we know we will never have, but the ideal is that none of these things diminish the satisfaction we have in collecting. It is a given really, that our capacity for desire will always exceed our capacity for acquisition. The sooner we come to terms with that, the more we free ourselves to revel in the process and extract the most from it.
Because in the end, it's all about the stories; the relationships and life experiences of the characters and how they help us to understand and appreciate similar circumstances and emotions in our own real lives. The creators of these stories have given us a great gift, and we even have this chance to participate in a small way by owning these little bits and pieces of the production process. It really is a privilege, and I'm completely satisfied with that, however humble my collection may be.
How's that for an opinion! Sorry for the essay; I knew I shouldn't have had that second cup of coffee this afternoon.
The most basic collection, I guess, is having enough food put away to survive. Since most of us have never (hopefully) faced the true prospect of starvation, we have the luxury of that instinct being put to other uses. Reading all the thoughtful responses, it sounds like everyone has a pretty healthy attitude towards their collection and the part that it plays in their lives.
I think the satisfaction for me comes as much from the process of collecting as it does from the objects collected. This leads to the seeming paradox that my level of satisfaction doesn't depend at all on what things I get. In fact, it could be argued (just me arguing with myself of course) that my satisfaction was as high as it will ever be when I made the decision to purchase my first drawing! Now this isn't as silly as it sounds, I think. Because at that time, I was so excited to simply discover that such things existed, and suddenly, this vast expanse of possibilities opened up, all waiting for me to explore. Now I wouldn't want to go back to just having that one drawing, but at the time, I felt completely satisfied to have it, with no other thought as to what else I wanted.
So even when my collection gets better, my satisfaction doesn't necessarily increase. For example, I just got a nice cel from Kiki's Delivery Service. I've been looking for one for quite a while, but hadn't found one that was good enough and inexpensive enough. (the delicate balance between those two things is another post entirely.) Now, am I even more satisfied with my collection? How could I be when I was completely satisfied before? Most, I'm sure, would regard this as a pointless exercise in fudging the definition of satisfaction, and I sort of agree with that view. But I'm going through it because it leads to a very important point for me, and that is, to use Drac's previous analogy, that the glass is really always completely full anyway and has been from the outset. Any additions just sort of spill over, I guess.
And that's another paradox, that just because I'm completely satisfied doesn't mean that I don't want to continue collecting, lusting after and searching for future acquisitions. It just puts the lusting and searching in the context of the process and makes it joyful and fulfilling rather than a frustrating exercise partially driven by greed or envy.
I think that's what collecting in general has to teach. We've all been through cycles of loss and gain in lots of areas of life; in possessions, in work, in relationships, etc. And part of the fruit of that experience is that we hopefully learn not to attach ourselves to "end" results or objects acquired, but rather to cherish the process itself. Ultimately, "things" themselves have no meaning or purpose, but our attitudes toward them can make them nothing less than a vehicle for our own personal growth.
I used to do a lot of fly fishing for trout in streams, and I counted it as a great step forward for me when I was finally able to fully enjoy an outing even when I caught few or no fish. It took me a while to learn that, (or even to learn that I needed to learn that, if that makes any sense), and I think the same principle is operative here. We all lose auctions and miss out on deals and there are cels that we'd love to have that we know we will never have, but the ideal is that none of these things diminish the satisfaction we have in collecting. It is a given really, that our capacity for desire will always exceed our capacity for acquisition. The sooner we come to terms with that, the more we free ourselves to revel in the process and extract the most from it.
Because in the end, it's all about the stories; the relationships and life experiences of the characters and how they help us to understand and appreciate similar circumstances and emotions in our own real lives. The creators of these stories have given us a great gift, and we even have this chance to participate in a small way by owning these little bits and pieces of the production process. It really is a privilege, and I'm completely satisfied with that, however humble my collection may be.
How's that for an opinion! Sorry for the essay; I knew I shouldn't have had that second cup of coffee this afternoon.
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rallihir
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I for the most part am fairly satisfied with my collection. Not to say that there will never be other cels that pique my interest. I think that after 7 years of collecting, the "got to have that cel" phase is largely past. I've been much more selective and discriminating in my cel purchases, trying to obtain the most representative of the anime art rather than just having one or more cels/sketches from a favored anime. The thrill and anticipation of competition for the few treasured anime cels that come along now is still a guilty pleasure, but I have fewer post auction regrets now. I guess one could say that this is the "mature" phase of collecting.
There is no such thing as too much cuteness
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Cloud
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I am a very patient robot.
The Three Laws of Robotics:
1. A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
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Nat.R
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I'm currently very satisfied with what I have in my collection, especially since I found my absolute whislist cel (Escaflowne movie) 
I will be completely satisfied the day I will have in my collection a movie Sharon Apple production cel from Macorss Plus movie edition
(Sharon have green long hair, little wings, white dress....)
I will be completely satisfied the day I will have in my collection a movie Sharon Apple production cel from Macorss Plus movie edition
(Sharon have green long hair, little wings, white dress....)
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LinaLoN
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I have satisfied enough with my gallery that I don't feel the need to sell anything however, I do wish I had more diversity when it comes to series and cels. I especially wish I had a few more Slayers cels that makes myself and others who see them go: "wow...amazing!". The thing I wish more than anything else is to find Lord of Nightmare cels from sequences I don't all ready have or LoN cels of her with he eyes open. I feel incredibly lucky that I have what I have so far considering how rare LoN cels are but I still feel like there should be more. I'm actually saving money this time to be able to afford a LoN cel like that if it should come around but I don't know how long I keep it with my finacial situation changing so often. If I had lots of money I would be able to afford a lot more and better quality cels. However, I stink with numbers so the lottery is out of the question.
My cat Temperance I call her Tempe for short.
My cat Seeley is a Sailor Moon fan, too!
I didn't anticipate on having a black female cat and a white male cat or I would have named them Luna and Artemis... oh well.