How often do you buy/collect, especially if it's a childs collection?

I'm struggling with this issue. I normally try not to give my daughter toys except on Christmas, birthday, Valentines Day and Easter...but I just started her a Schleich Bayala collection and there's about a zillion pieces I want to get for her. If you're a parent buying for your kids or if you're a kid whose parents buy for you, do you only get new pieces on special occasions or do you get to have new items every month?

welcome om forum! I usually buy toy figures to my niece, not according with traditional festivities but according with her enthusiasm amd of course my possibilities. So it is not easy to find a formula amd the fact is that i ended also collecting.

Hi, again, Momma !

As far as I remember, your daughter is quite young, and I do not think you will make her happy by giving her models all the time. She doesn't learn the joy of getting a new one.  

I read between the lines, that you are fascinated by them, so you could start collecting them, too ? Then you two could have fun together, comparing and sharing the fun

I suppose you regard it as a lesson for 21st century living for your daughter, that if animals (or anything else she wants) is full price in a store, she'll have to wait until Easter/whenever next scheduled, but if a whole bunch of them are going really cheap on eBay, at a local garage sale, or other 'one off' opportunity to grab a bargain, she can have it now.   

DaveScriv wrote:

I suppose you regard it as a lesson for 21st century living for your daughter, that if animals (or anything else she wants) is full price in a store, she'll have to wait until Easter/whenever next scheduled, but if a whole bunch of them are going really cheap on eBay, at a local garage sale, or other 'one off' opportunity to grab a bargain, she can have it now.   

Great point

I buy for daughter Bayalas, mostly the comics or if they have a discount. If i find too much, they are also presents for christmas or other things. The comic she get every month an some cheap Bayalas often 

She is a collectors daughter, and i find many more for me every month   

DH and I looked through the schleich site last night discussing somewhat of a wish list and agreed with what many of you have said here, stick with our usual - no new toys until next holiday and in the meantime, if I see one of the items we want at a good price, I can buy it and set it aside for a holiday. The trouble with including DH is that the wish list grew exponentially once he saw all the choices...hahahaha! The wish list somehow went from just elves to include dragons too - haha!

Is DH your daughter ?
In that case she is a very, very sensible child   

SUSANNE wrote:

Is DH your daughter ?
In that case she is a very, very sensible child   

DH = dear husband   

The child is 4 yrs old so she is not sensible in the least when it comes to frequency of gifts   

When I was a kid I got Schleich animals toys for major holidays (Christmas, Easter, and my birthday) and then every time we went to CAL-Ranch (my local store that sells them) I would ask to get a few and sometimes I would get a few. Basically (and this is an estimate, by no means a fact or anything) about every other time we went to that store I would get three or four figures.
Otherwise it is totally up to you to decide when to get something for your kid, and as mentioned before I don't think she will realize how often she is getting toys.  

PreemieMomma wrote:

SUSANNE wrote:

Is DH your daughter ?
In that case she is a very, very sensible child   

DH = dear husband    

The child is 4 yrs old so she is not sensible in the least when it comes to frequency of gifts    

    Greatings to your DH, - and to your 4-year-sensible daughter