Well for me, I started collecting about a year and a half ago if I recall correctly. Do not disturb and a few other can vouch to that when I went nuts and bought a load of 1/48 in a short time. In addition to adding a crazy amount of CMS series and more 1/48's which have accumulated. I remember buying the 1/60's version 1.0 and at one point had all of them, but decided to let them go and just keep the Ostrich and the Elint. I remember that year I was still in school and had two more semesters to finish. Now that I look back at it, perhaps I shouldn't have jumped that deep =). Then again I didn't really notice all these toys until I joined the forum which god knows took forever. It was kind of weird since my first hobby was my car and I've put a lot of money into it from working at best buy and gamestop for a few years (took some time off school). Glad that I finally finished school and work in the Health care industry. Money and isn't bad and the work isn't too hard. Plus I think finding a job isn't too difficult.
So now with the new shift of hobbies I managed to accumulate a lot more valks (mainly 1/48) and customs here and there. Still have the mac Plus and Zero line, but have not plunged to take the dive for the new 1/60's Ver. 2. I kept thinking that I might just get the 1/60 line in one go when all of them are out. Then again I don't think that's happening this year. Just recently picked up a wedding band last night. I'll probably pick up or jump on the 1/60 bandwagon when all of them are released or out. There's just too many things coming out (i.e. frontier toys and new figures by different companies, kinda confusing), but I will pick up the SDF one. Then again I also will be selling my car since its becoming a hassle having it as a daily driver (i.e. getting followed home by thieves, trying to break into the garage, etc.) which made me spend more money to just get a beater car. Well if everything goes well with selling the hobby car i can use the $$ to buy the engagement ring (moving backwards, i know, but the wedding band price was too hard to resist) and whatever extra i can just get the other 1/60 line. I'll pick up another car next year, no biggie, beater runs fine as it is.