Click on the picture to view this Collection Name: Gary Morales Location: Atlanta Georgia

1- What is it that you collect?
Female figures

2- What was it that brought you to collecting? And what is that keeps you going?
Frank brought me to Collecting, It’s a sickness now!

3- When did you start collecting?
Mid 1990’s

4- Why (what you collect) example:Batman, Star Wars, Transformers, etc…?
I like collecting female figs because I love the female form

5- When did you start displaying them?
Mid 1990’s

6- How do you get your inspiration to organize and display your collection?
Being in Toys R Us and FAO schwartz

7- Do you have a favorite character(s) you collect?
I like them all

8- Which item in your collection would you say is your absolute favorite and why ?
The Goth's, because I like the way the the figures are sculpted.

9- Which item was the most difficult to obtain? And which one is your prized possession?
Wonder Woman figures. Not sure which one is my prized.

10- What is the oldest item you own? and the one with the most value?
I still have the original Bambi action figure from the 70’s. Its valuable to me because my grandmother gave it to me.

11- What inspires you to purchase an item to add to your collection?
The level of sculpting involved. If it looks like garbage then thats where it needs to be displayed.

12- Customizing figures and statues has become very big, have you ever purchased a custom figure or statue and have you ever tried making one?
I’ve tried a couple. I made some figs that weren’t available at the time.

13- What do you think of the custom Craze?
I like it!

14- Where do you make most of your purchases from? ebay seems to be a favorite with collectors these days, are you an ebayholic?
No

15- Is your collection insured?
Only by mind

16- What is missing from your collection that you hope to one day acquire?
The list is too great!

17- What is the usual reaction when people see your collection?
WOW! DAMN! Is that such and such? Can I touch? NO! you can’t

18- Do you attend conventions for some of your purchases? could you tell us about that?
I attend Cons and yes I buy stuff. I try to get stuff that I haven’t been able to get of find and yet not pay out the ass for it.

19- Most collectors today go on what they call a toy run, do you participate in that as well? And what are your favorite spots? Do you have a routine?
My friend Frank and I have invented the toy run. We were a force not to be reckoned with. We hit everything and these runs were planned out to the “T”.

20- How do you decide what to take out of the package and what stays sealed?
I used to keep everything in the package. But a true collector will display them out of the box .

21- At what stage do you think your collection will be at 10 years from now, do you think you would have grown tired of it?
I think my collection evolves. I would like to start collecting statues now.

22- What advice would you give someone who just started a collection?
Collect for the fun of it ,not for the dollar value you might think it will bring.