My brother in law goes hunting and collects animal heads. I'm not dissing what he likes to do, but what he ends up with is a whole lot of expenses, and, animal heads. Hairy, catatonic, animal heads. At least with what I collect, you can pose them to look cool, unlike with an animal head. Or a mug/spoon/rock/etc. I think collecting Macross stuff is awesome, I can't wait to have a nice display case to shove it all in. If anybody doesn't like it, I can start a nice conversation about what they like to do, and why they think it's superior to what I like. I guarantee in no-time I can make them look just as weird as me. And like everybody else says, just lump your toys into the models category, tell them how much money they're worth, and peoples opinions can change in a heartbeat.