When Is It Collecting?

[Maz]

Can it really be called Transformers collecting when we were children and someone was buying the toys for us? Isn’t that just having toys as opposed to a conscious dedication to the collecting of a particular brand or toy line? These interesting questions were posed by a forum member recently and it instantly made me think of the distinctive aspects of collecting versus having and receiving.

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All the best
Maz

[coldiron]

My current studies are the history of museums, and I would suggest reading up on the wunderkammer & kunstkammer and how they evolved into the cabinets of curiosities. I think you may find the roots of our collecting in relation to these systems.