@spinning_bird i see your point, and what you say does resonate with me. i, personally, have an aversion to collecting old plastic, and see it as a bit too greedy and consumerist; in fact, i criticize this behavior severely in several OCG essays (the Romancing SaGa one especially iirc) and i also agree with the view that things are ephemeral, especially physical media. it's a nihilistic perspective that can be taken two different ways: