Recently I re-organised my comic collection, or the part of it that's in the UK anyway. I'm rather quickly running out of space and with a few thousand other issues in Australia I'm hoping to one day bring over I think I need to pair things back.

The question is how to do this. As the years have gone on I'm a lot less precious about having full runs (for the most part), mostly thanks to Frew making their re-print Phantom books part of their main series (a move I, to this day, boggle at). Given this, I could go through the collection, remove the issues that I did not enjoy, and just keep those I did. In theory it's a pretty simple process. In practice, it's much more difficult.

It's not just a monetary issue either, in that I've spent money on them. Removing books from the collection that feature characters I enjoy is quite hard, even when the issues aren't great. There is a kind of nostalgic pull to keep everything, regardless of quality, because it represents the larger whole of the character and their history. The opposite of that, of course, is what is the point of holding on to something if it doesn't bring you joy (and yes, that half-acknowledgement of the Kondo Method did hurt)?

I recently raised this very topic on Reddit and someone posted a reply which I thought was quite interesting. Basically, they got a few storage boxes and put the issues they were unsure of keeping in those. After a while (I think it was six months or so) they went back through the box and anything they didn't think "oh yeah, this was cool" when seeing it they sold. I've done something similar thing when I've stripped back my other collections and it's mostly worked with very few regrets, so I might give it a try for my comics as well.

In regards to the site, I've finished adding my Mighty Max collection. I think I mentioned previously that it's not particularly big as there isn't a tone of Max merch out there, especially seeing as the line ended in 1996. My collection is almost complete, but the sets/ toys I still need are, sadly, the rarest ones and thus demand quite high prices so I'm not sure if I'll ever 100% complete it.

Next to be added will be my Sonic the Hedgehog collection. This is by far the biggest as there is much more Sonic merch available than either Max or The Phantom. I've actually had to cut back on the Sonic stuff I buy as the collection is just so big. There are people out there who buy every Sonic item available; I don't know how they fit it all in their house.

I've also started work on the site's first shrine, and have quite a few ideas for others, although they may be a way off yet. I plan to keep adding things apart from just the collection galleries, so I hope folks return to check that all out.

TTFN.