I've been collecting Zoids since I was a wee little sprout.
I fell in love with them back in the day when they aired episodes of Zoids: New Century on Toonami.
We didn't have cable tv at home, so I'd only be able to catch episodes on VHS I could find or at the local youth center my brother and I would hang out at with all the other local kiddos.

One addition I've been wanting for my collection has been the dual sniper rifle and missile pod CP for the Hasbro/Tomy König Wolf model kit. I waited way too long to ever get one, and after the pandemic it's now nearly impossible to find one for a good price that I'm wanting to pay.
But Kotobukiya announced that they were going to make an HMM version of this model + CP parts, and that was finally my chance to have this specific version of the König Wolf in my collection.

Even though this set isn't for my original Hasbro/Tomy version of the model, I still consider it a gain for my collection and can cross it off of my wish list.

Aside from making a custom or two in the future, I think my Zoids collection is officially complete now that I have a König Wolf with the dual sniper rifle and missile pod CP.
It's a weird but satisfying feeling to feel content with a collection, because capitalism and our culture doesn't ever want you to feel content with what you have.

I think about that too when I look at my model horse collection as well.
Are there other models I want? Sure.
But are they "have-to-haves"? No.
Unless there is ever another heart horse, I honestly feel very content with my horse collection too.

Seeing the lengths people go through to obtain a cup, and the sheer amount of travel mugs people have in the Stanley cup community, really made me feel some type of way about collecting and consumerism in general.

Collecting things can be a really fun hobby, but seeing some of the out-of-control, mindless consumerism online—and how people attach their value and worth to such objects (not to mention scalping and scamming being issues as well) in some of these hobbies is giving me pause.

I don't ever want to become that kind of person that doesn't know when what they have is enough.