Here’s the yoyos in my story> 2 Handquakes, Steve’s’ old MG and a rare black Pyro:
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My white Crucial Cream. It feels nice, plays good, looks good, just don`t get much attention.
But it is just nice enough for not selling it 
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I would say I am a collector. The difference between me and most collectors is that the yoyos I keep are usually those that I don’t really like and hence don’t play. The few exceptions are those that I am trying to get a duplicate of to play with because they are so rare and I want to have a pristine one. A lot of times, I buy a duplicate of a yoyo that I think I would like or a yoyo that has a nice colourway so I have no qualms about playing with it but it’s more costly and I get to try less yoyos because of it. My collection will also end up having quite a lot of duplicates. I don’t sell mainly because of the huge hassle of international shipping and expensive postage, and a lot of my collection is more common stuff that people aren’t really interested in, or niche undersized and mini throws that most people wouldn’t even bat an eye at, and a bunch of duplicates of these throws. I don’t have the highly sought after RSOs, G2s or CLYWs, save for maybe a CLYW Orca and a Borealis 2 and the less popular G2 models like the Brass Elite '18, the OC and the GBP.
While that is true, a lot of people couldn’t care less about what the designer intended with a product. Great examples would be collectors of comics and playing cards. Those items are meant to be read and played with, respectively. But collectors end up just keeping them on a shelf or in cases and never using them, choosing to instead read an online copy or use different set of beaten up cards. The best example of people not caring about the designer’s intention is the widespread use of a certain massage device for non-massage related things. (Go search it up if you want, I can’t say it here.)
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