I enjoy collecting a um... single digit number of 
series fairly seriously (at least I think it's still 
single number ^^;) and then getting a handful of 
cels from other series/shows I really loved.  I'm a 
big fan of the misc but I can't afford to collect too 
too broadly.

When I started out, I was collecting anyseries I 
found vaguely amusing for my misc handfuls.  I 
was also settling a bit for shots that weren't 
perfect for me but were of the right character.  
Again, due partially to taste and partially do not 
being able to afford that, I decided to only go for 
shots that were 'just right' for me.  I'm willing to 
wait for that, in most cases, something comes 
around eventually.  Also, I decided to raise the 
bar on which series I would even collect.  I have 
some sort of internal by-feel 
cost-to-'love-of-series' function to determine that. 
 When I made that change, I also dropped a few 
series and sold off some cels.  The thing about 
cels already in my collection though, is there's 
always something unique and loveable about it, 
so it's very hard.

There are also certain series I declare myself 
'done' on.  This means that I have all the cels I 
want and don't want any more from it.  It's nice to 
be 'done.'  Additionally there are some series I 
consider 'done with a few exceptions.'  Because 
it's unlikely the exceptions will show up or show 
up at a price I want to pay for them, I can sort of 
consider myself done with the series.  I'll still 
keep my eye out and buy that perfect wish cel if 
it pops up, but otherwise I'm pretty much just 
window shopping when I look.

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