Exchange between collectors and customers interviews #2

Since we are a team of passionate people, we want to share and exchange around the Japanese cards and the different TCG we propose and collect.

What better way to do that than to get to know you : you, our Cardotaku.com customers ! Today we would like to propose you the interview of one of our customers : Florian.

Who is the collector of the day ?

It's Florian, he's a 28 years old collector, father of a family and passionate about Japanese culture. He likes the anime of his childhood and loves the different licenses like Dragon Ball, Pokémon and others... Let's go to the interview !

How did you get the desire to collect ?

"I'm a rather introverted person in everyday life : I don't wear t-shirts with the logos of my favorite licenses but it's once at home that you can discover my universe...

The eccentric side of manga and anime has always attracted me ! I have a big brother and a big sister, we grew up with Club Dorothé, the Knight of the Zodiac or Dragon Ball on Game One and AB1.

When I was a kid, I had a few video games and that's where my passion for collecting started, I've kept everything since then : old posters, Carddass cards, lots of stuff from the 2000s and from my childhood... Everything I liked !"

What do you collect ?

As I said, I like a lot of licenses, but like many collectors, I had to make choices and I decided to focus my collection on Dragon Ball !

I like collecting Super Dragon Ball Heroes cards, and especially sealed products, beautiful items, well worked, neat, rare and with beautiful visuals.
Staying in Dragon Ball products, I also like posters, clear files, figures, video games and their collector versions.

What do you like in the collection ?

Beyond having beautiful objects, I give even more importance to the notion of sharing and community. I like to share the moments of unboxing with my relatives, my friends, to make lives on social networks and to create memories in connection with the collection and the objects I have.

In my collection, I find that the notion of community and sharing is almost as important as the products themselves. In any case, it's really linked.

What would you like to see in your collection ?

At the moment, I would like to realize some decoration projects. I have a dedicated room full of boxes that I haven't unpacked yet. I would like to have the opportunity to showcase my different products and make a beautiful room dedicated to my collection to put different displays.

How would you describe your collection ?

It's mostly composed of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Super Dragon Ball Heroes products. I have products of all languages : Japanese, French, English and even Spanish. I mainly focus on the favorite products and the exclusivities.

Concerning the products, I have about 300 cards unpacked and 4000 cards of Super Dragon Ball Heroes waiting for next openings and opportunities !

Can you give me a Top 3 in your collection ?

It's very difficult to choose ! There are so many sealed products and cards that I love!
I think I would choose these :

- My binder "Special Set Super Dragon Ball Heroes 11th Anniversary" in Japanese version : As the name suggests, it’s released for the 11 years and has a very qualitative imitation leather and chrome effect! It’s a birthday gift so it has a very high sentimental value.

- The Super Dragon Ball Heroes pamphlet : this is one of the most recent products I imported from Japan. I'm very, very fond of official catalogs from movies.

- Limited edition of the movie Dragon Ball Z "Battle of God". It includes: an artbook, the DVD and blu-ray of the movie, a figurine and other posters of the movie.

 

What are your dream products ?

I would dream of many Dragon Ball items and products : like any collector.

Assuming that there is "no limit", I dream of a life-size figure of Freezer. From memory, the one I could see was about 1.50 m wide and 2.40 m high : A WONDER !

There is also the Tsume Art figure with Broly, I think it's really incredible !

And my ultimate dream would be a personalized dedication by one of the voice actors in French or even in Japanese."

 

"Thank you very much for this interview. We wish you great adventures in your collection and to please yourself."

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Article written by Manon