Collection Discussion Thread ♡ NEW Poll!* ♡

[Genba]

I am now fully lost on what to collect next 😭😅
I only have four more cows left, then all my collections (except dogs) are done. There are some species left, that I haven't fully collected yet but they are not really attainable to me:

Sitting Cats before 2010 (I have all cats from 2010 and later) - With all the warrior cats and the UR cat I doubt I have enough to trade for them.
Bunnies - Too many valuable MA pets that aren't easy to get and it wouldn't feel complete without the skelebun.
Rats, Horses and Ponies - Waaay too many of those, also includes valuables and I don't like the linearts at all tbh (except the tess horses somewhat, but there are two URs ugh).
Food pets and plants - Not my cup of tea + most are high value too.
Cerberus and Sleipnirs - Don't even need to talk about those XD

I've tentatively put the malk dragons and omgsr zebras on my WL. They are pretty expensive as well, but at least I like the linearts 🥲 But I am not sure yet if I really want to trade for them, because again it would mean trading away some of my valuable dogs.

[iHolli]

Pet's name: Lucky Squeak ♥️
{IT FINALLY HAPPENED 😭😭😭 AT LONG LAST}


{I was really starting to lose hope cause it was unreasonably difficult to even find people trading this guy much less for mostly C$ but I found the right person with the right offer !!! 11 years and I can finally, finally rest and focus on my hoard 100% 😭🙏💚 I'm so so so happy and excited, I can hardly believe it's real !!}
{I'm going to dress him up and take a loooooonnggg rest from high value trading...I think I'll try to finish my fennecs next, since I've only got a couple of them left, but not for a while XD}

.Holli.

[Catsplat18]

Pet's name: Lucky Squeak ♥️
{IT FINALLY HAPPENED 😭😭😭 AT LONG LAST}


{I was really starting to lose hope cause it was unreasonably difficult to even find people trading this guy much less for mostly C$ but I found the right person with the right offer !!! 11 years and I can finally, finally rest and focus on my hoard 100% 😭🙏💚 I'm so so so happy and excited, I can hardly believe it's real !!}
{I'm going to dress him up and take a loooooonnggg rest from high value trading...I think I'll try to finish my fennecs next, since I've only got a couple of them left, but not for a while XD}

.Holli.

CONGRATS!!

[zenisiti]

somehow i have managed to lose a lion of mine, must have accidentally had it in my trade group ;-;
time to hunt for it to make the collection complete again lol

[BlueEyedKite]

CONGRATS iHolli!!! I am so happy the rats have a home with you. I hope they are spoiled rotten with item dressups and admiring lol.

I think I have decided I am going to collect all 2009 Easter Rabbits! I started just before Christmas collecting bunnies for my secret santa who was just down to a few 09 Easter Bunnies. I fell in love with their cute lil designs I gotta have some too ^^ so far I have 3 of 28!

Pet's name: Cinna

The Brown Speckled

Pet's name: Calvin coffee beans

The Brown Dutch

Pet's name: Banana Pudding

The Yellow Dutch

I am partial to Banna Pudding <3 sweet delicious bun. Gonna be a long road to get em all but I am looking forward to the challenge! Don't point out joker and UR bun are in there xD it'll be fiiiiiiiine fam

[Silver Pandorica]

Y'ALL I am down to only three more pages of items to collect!! I'm so close to a complete
collection, but these last few pages are gonna be a doozy. I still need the cake set, some
valuable Halloween costumes, coveted plushies, etc.

My bun collection is also going swell!
🎊 You have collected all of the Bunnies from 2018! 🎉
🎊 You have collected all of the Bunnies from 2019! 🎉
🎊 You have collected all of the Bunnies from 2020! 🎉
🎊 You have collected all of the Bunnies from 2021! 🎉
🎊 You have collected all of the Bunnies from 2022! 🎉
🎊 You've collected at least 400 different Bunnies! 🎉

Over the past few days I got some really valuable ones I needed. Now I'm out of good
fodder for list buns, but I'm so happy to finally have gotten these two cuties <3


@iHolli
Congrats!! That's a huge accomplishment <3

[mountain tree]

man, the collector in me wants one of every pet, but as i grow older i'm trying to shift out of that mindset. i JUST finished adding all of the pets i don't own onto my wl + i'm now satisfied w my groups. do i really want to switch it up?

i think it'd be really cool to just have a collection of pets i really like and all others fr trade, going just based off of designs. that would be nice because i don't like many of the more expensive pets, like the old lists.

but trying to collect them all is kinda harmless in a virtual pixel game and it's a lot harder to get them all than it is to get rid of them. and back when i used to play a full collection was The Goal. but now as an adult the more i play, the more and more unachievable it feels. i know i'd want a full-full collection which to me means store pets included and there is NO WAY i'd ever get enough for old store pets.

idk, i'm just really torn on where i want to go.

^THIS^.
I am in such a similar situation. God forbid I need to have a couple of jobs and can’t get on to trade for a hot minute...

In beginning to sort my very large ‘Pets without a group’ folder, I actually started separating out some of the pets that I truly love the designs of. Should I forgo the goal I had as a ~politely oblivious~ middle schooler to collect one of everything? Honestly seems unlikely that will ever happen. I’ve been on here since late 2009... you’d think I’d be waaayyy closer to a complete collection. Then again, I am very stubborn. I might just have to keep trading for a complete collection until I die.
I’m curious what others think about this post/situation. I haven’t really seen it talked about but I think it’s important to know that others are also unsure of how to pursue on this game.
Anyway, sorry for the heavy sass. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[Oliverstorm]

The way that I personally see it, and others do as well, is that the longer the game runs, the more impossible it is. Especially for new players or those with only what the community deems as 'low-worth'. It will never matter that a UR rat is OMGSR, no one will trade a red cerb for it. That's just how the game goes.
If you didn't get a foot in the door in the early 2010's, it's sort of like, "Good luck on your hopeless quest." Even as someone with a decent stock I'd traded for before the big Rares List disaster, it still feels as if climbing any higher up is a moot point. It's just the fate of these sort of games. Neopets went through something similar, with an economy based entirely on opinions and values based on unified user beliefs, coupled with old designs that would never be released again (like our beloved store pets.) The 'unconverted' Neopets were the original line arts that users sometimes had the options to 'convert' to the new style or not, and those who opted out of changing suddenly had something of irredeemable value as time went on. It became impossible to trade for them, no matter how much game currency another user had, because they would never be able to be obtained again through legit, in-game methods.
I don't have any answers on how to make it easier. I've been roosting on these thoughts for a while. I'm content with what I've got, I've been more than fortunate, but I understand just how frustrating it's become.

[TheMamba]

I never had the goal to have a complete collection, mainly because I joined in 2018 and I don't spend money on in-game currency so it would be an impossible goal. I'm trying to collect my dreamies but this is already super hard, especially when it comes to store pets. The cerbs and the raven aren't re-released so my only chance of getting them would be trading for them but then I would have to sacrifice literally everything I own and I don't want to do that.
The problem is that they get more and more valuable the older they get => even if I collect many valuable pets I would be willing to trade, the old store's value would have gone up at this point. I have basically given up on getting a cerb or the raven.
At least I collected all snakes and all otters ever released. I plan on keeping it that way - this is a possible goal.

[Silver Pandorica]

A complete collection is almost unachievable at this point unless you started several years ago. I used to have the goal of collecting every store pet and it wasn't until more recently that I realized how impossible that is. I mean there are the cerbs, the punks, the skelebun, the raven, the liontails...all of them trade for ridiculous amounts now because they are so old and valuable. I'll probably change my goal to just collect every store pet 2011 and beyond or something. A complete pet collection was never a goal of mine, thankfully. Even when I first joined I never was interested in that. I can barely get onto the list, let alone collect every pet on it ^^' The skelebun is still my ultimate dream pet, but I know it's probably not going to happen because they are worth so much, which is understandable. It's wild to me that they used to be in such low demand and so far down on the original rares list.