So, obligatory collection post
I started collecting in 2014, when I saw the Deacon figure in a local book shop and was like "maaan, that would look rad on my desk" - mostly because it's a small and dark figure, and doesn't look all too action-y. Before that I was sort of prejudiced towards adult collectors, and never envisioned to be one myself, being in one's later twenties.
The Deacon was prancing alone on my desk for the next couple of months, when a thought popped in my head - "gee, I wonder if someone makes video game figures, and if someone made a figure from my favorite game, Dead Space!". Sure they did. And so began the slippery slope of scouring through eBay, looking for the perfect memorabilia and even buying a display case.
I have a really small collection of goodies that grows very slowly cuz I'm picky - I buy figures that I like, and which I find thematically fit with my science horror theme I've got going for this collection. Aside from the figures I collect various snippets, artbooks and lit, and have more stuff not show in the display - mostly artbooks, posters and DVDs. New stuff is on it's way too - NECA's Alien Isolation Xenomorph, and two preorded NECA Cinemachines.