Collecting is a hobby that’s just about consuming.
Sure it can be a joy in hunting for the thing, going to estate auctions in weird places you’d never otherwise find yourself, taking a risk on a super beat up <thing you collect> then cleaning and repairing it to make it worthy of being part of your collection. Or better yet making your own <thing you collect> from scratch, or as a Frankenstein of multiple dead <things you collect> into one functioning one
But just hunting for stuff that was mass produced extremely recently and can’t be meaningfully restored, modified or repaired? I just have a hard time seeing that as a hobby. Hobbys are supposed to be time sinks first, money sinks second. A good hobby can usually be done fairly cheaply if you’re willing to put in more work. I don’t see how just buying stuff and putting it on a shelf can be as satisfying as spending hours making/repairing something.
Collecting is a hobby that’s just about consuming.
Sure it can be a joy in hunting for the thing, going to estate auctions in weird places you’d never otherwise find yourself, taking a risk on a super beat up <thing you collect> then cleaning and repairing it to make it worthy of being part of your collection. Or better yet making your own <thing you collect> from scratch, or as a Frankenstein of multiple dead <things you collect> into one functioning one
But just hunting for stuff that was mass produced extremely recently and can’t be meaningfully restored, modified or repaired? I just have a hard time seeing that as a hobby. Hobbys are supposed to be time sinks first, money sinks second. A good hobby can usually be done fairly cheaply if you’re willing to put in more work. I don’t see how just buying stuff and putting it on a shelf can be as satisfying as spending hours making/repairing something.