Do copies hold the same sentimental value?
Let's say that you have a prized possession and it got lost or broken. Would a replacement copy of that item still be important to you? I am a collector of memorabilia from a childhood cartoon. I have hundreds of items from this series including dvds, vhs tapes, toys, computer games, books, and other items that were made for this cartoon. I really love the toys. I got a lot of the toys and figurines when I was a little kid. I did not take good care of these toys when I was little and I ended up losing pieces to the playsets, some of them broke, and the original paint rubbed off. They no longer make toys for this series, so I can only find them on Ebay. These toys were very special to me when I was little and they still are. I have since gotten replacements of these toys off of Ebay because they are much nicer than the ones I sort of ruined and they are complete with all of their parts. Even though they are not the exact ones I had when I was little, they still hold that sentimental value to me and they are in much better condition. I take better care of the new copies of the toys than I did with the original toys I had. I have sold some of the worn out toys that I had on Ebay. People still bought them even though there weren't in the best shape. For me, I've got to have all of the pieces and parts and I want them to look nice.
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A couple years ago I bought a Ninja Turtles action figure on Ebay, not the new ones, but one of the older ones because I had a lot of those when I was a little kid I liked the show and the live action movies. I regret that somehow I ended up getting rid of pretty much all of them over the years, aside from one because it seems like it would cost quite a bit to get even close to the full collection I had as a child.
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It might, i like having my original Commodore 64, but i could do just as well with another box that i bought from eBay, it's mostly a museum piece nowadays anyway, and today i mostly play using emulators.
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Right now I feel bad I sold my Super Smash Bros. Melee game a few years ago. Even if I found a copy second hand they'd probably charge even more for it than what it cost originally. I never even fought Giga Bowser and knew nothing about his existence until I played the later SSB games.
Of course, I want the game back so I can play it. Otherwise what's the point of owning a game? In fact there doesn't seem any point in owning something that doesn't give you any emotional pleasure even if it did at one time, otherwise you're just a hoarder or you're selfish. But then again, if I really believed that I'd give away nearly all of my stuff. Nothing left but my computer, my artwork and maybe some books. I've tried doing it before out of guilt.
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Of course, I want the game back so I can play it. Otherwise what's the point of owning a game? In fact there doesn't seem any point in owning something that doesn't give you any emotional pleasure even if it did at one time, otherwise you're just a hoarder or you're selfish. But then again, if I really believed that I'd give away nearly all of my stuff. Nothing left but my computer, my artwork and maybe some books. I've tried doing it before out of guilt.
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