I completely forgot that I used to watch this this series on BBC2 called Psychoville. One of the storylines on this show is about this character called Mr Lomax and his 'commodities'. Throughout the show he talks about his Beanie Baby collection which he calls his commodities and he calls the collection the Holy of Holies. His storyline follows him trying to find the last toy to complete his collection - Snappy the Crocodile. The series shows all the lengths that he would go through as a collector to get this last toy, he even went as far as sacrificing his eyes. However, his story took an interesting twist at the end of the series when he finally was in possession of Snappy he threw it off a cliff and said that he suffered from Paradise Syndrome which subsequently meant that he's never truly happy unless he has something to long for. So by throwing it off the cliff his quest continues.
This is a very exaggerated and enhanced very of an adult that collects toys but highlights all the stereotypes and views that people have on them. However, they are depicting elements of truth. Often as I've found before, collectors enjoy the hunt and make it a life time mission to complete the set. What the show is trying to say is that it is about the hunt and once complete, they aren't satisfied. It's not actually about the end result.
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