Topic: Gratuitous Material Wants

Hello all...

This is a thread to share your most gratuitous wants!

Let us all bathe guilt-free in the decadent waters of ultra-materialism and share some of the stuff we'd really like to buy - but are just a bit too frivolous and/or expensive to justify.

Perhaps something will catch your eye that you'd never considered... who knows?!

To start - well, let's start small...

I love a square Casio G-Shock. For all of the brilliant watches in the world and some of the nicer one's I've owned; may favorite watch ever is my current G-Shock GMW56101ER. It's sized perfectly, keeps as near to perfect time as is possible, takes a beating, is solar powered and as has a great retro look. And, it was only £100 new and looks as good as when I got it nearly 2 years ago.

Casio recently released a stainless steel version with an updated module and even sharper styling. It still works as a beater watch but is just so. damned. good looking!

Alas, for reasons, it's retail point is £450(!) with a pretty strong after sale market going already. Dumb as it sounds, were I to suddenly come in to a lot of money - this would probably be my first purchase.

How about you lot? What are your deeply shameful material demons?

@Kidfried That's pretty sharp!

Is there an option and expensive cover too?

I have very little vinyl and nothing to play them on now anyway. I'd quite like one of the old Sony 'flamingo' players though.

@RogerRoger oooooh... A mate had an Xrocker thing many years ago. He loved it, I just felt like a kid sitting on the floor - which just didn't suit my then oh-so-cool irreverent teen sensibilities! 😂

Though space for more books is always worth it.

I have yet to replace one of my broken shelves... 😲😂

Very good point about the watch... May have to get people to club together 😁

I hadn't owned a digital watch for years before my current G-shock. Just prior I'd been using a Sony Smart Watch 2, which was great and fully intended to upgrade to the 3 as a birthday gift. So glad I spotted the g-shock though; illustrated quite nicely how I'd really let myself become a bit of a sad slave to notifications for everything!

The most material thing I usually want is a nice car. Growing up I had a thing for cars, and I decided that I wanted either a Chevrolet Corvette or Dodge Viper when I had a chance. I don't want super high end like a Bugatti or Pagani, since that's basically inviting someone to try and steal it. I just a car I think is cool, and those to me fit the bill.

On a much lesser example, I've always wanted a leather jacket. I almost bought one with my tax returns last year, but that all went to necessities instead. What I had left couldn't meet the $155 price.

I’d like to own at least one of those full-sized authentic long swords. Like an actual sword that would be used by a medieval king or knight. Not like a knock off replica, but an actual functional sword and scabbard, forged legitimately from fine steel and worthy of battle.

I’m nerdy that way.

Actually, I think it would be so cool to have a full sword collection. A samurai katana, a Persian scimitar, a Greek xiphos, a Roman gladius, and a Viking axe for good measure.

Yeah, not very practical. But just would be really cool conversation pieces. ...And a home defense system as a bonus.

I want a Tesla. I really want a Tesla. Not many things more gratuitous than that. However, this is too expensive to buy without buying a house I don’t have to mortgage to buy it. I’m not sure that’s what you meant, but I want a Tesla.

@RogerRoger I'd say a really nice 'office' chair would probably fit the bill, and not be inflated for the 'gaming chair' moniker?

Yeah... Thankfully I'd moved my Vita from the shelf below the books the night it collapsed!

He's right on the money. After I stopped wearing mine I shut off notifications for everything barring texts and calls and had a 6 month break from using Facebook and Twitter. Don't have any notifications for them still. Much better.

@DerMeister Cars and good leather count! Any particular style?

@Th3solution the only problem with a real functioning sword is the danger of hurting yourself 😂
I had a replica Blade Daywalker sword. Only 440 steel and 'faux sharpened'... Still managed to cut a gash in my knee (pissing about, admittedly) with it. I could pretty much see the 'what a ******* nerd' amusement on the nurses face when it turned out it really wouldn't stop bleeding 😂

@Jaz007 Which one?
I quite like the flamethrower! 😉

I think I would like to get a really expensive watch, something along the lines of TAG, Omega, Bremont or Breitling but this is pure pipedream stuff. Also I would love an Aston Martin as they are the best looking cars on the market (in my opinion), probably a DBS or a DB9 as I think these look better than the new ones although they won't be as good.

@crippyd I'd go for a V8 Volante (the custom hard top from The Living Daylights)

@RogerRoger Ludicrously expensive gaming tat? Don't see why not

@RogerRoger Your brother sounds like a pretty cool guy! I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to put together a collection of ancient weapons, but I am jealous of those who do. It’s a by-product if my interest in history and fantasy/Sci-fi. But life and it’s stupid practicalities dictates the use of my funds elsewhere.
And the fact you are a fencer is very interesting! Not a common hobby. Are you competitive or just for fun?

@RogerRoger Nice! Especially the Batman Ninja - which incidentally is the next small crossover pack for the DC Comics Deck Building Game! It looks like it'll play really nicely, even with a castle endgame; not sure about the bat-monkeys just yet though...

Regarding the fencing - I imagine you going full on Die Another Day!

@RogerRoger That’s me too. I had to make a conscious decision to not participate in competitive sports because I didn’t like who I become under the pressure of competition. I don’t like how I get hot-headed and grumpy so I very rarely engage in competition — a lifestyle that has bled over into my gaming as well. I usually don’t play online and against other players as a result (SP all the way!) I’ve been known to throw controllers and walk out of a friendly PvP match because I took it too seriously. I can barely watch my favorite sports teams play anymore. Keeping to myself is a much safer bet. 😅
Back on topic: Love those statues. Both Laras are great, but especially the dynamic pose. That Ninja Batman is very cool and I love the artistic lines and feeling of motion it portrays as well.

@RogerRoger hahaha - "... what do you mean, 'never'?"

@RogerRoger The right answer with Lara Croft is of course to get both. 😁 But yes, when art gives a static image or object a feeling of motion, that makes it so pleasing to look at and never tire of.

@RogerRoger I was neck deep in booze and debauchery by that point in time

@Th3solution My uncle actually has quite a weapon collection. A few are decoration pieces, but most of them have actual cutting power. I have a few swords myself, one is very ornate and very impractical- The scabbard itself has a sapphire in the center, two dragon heads on the ends with both sides having gold decoration pieces, and at the top is a miniature crystal globe. Safe to say, it's not fit for combat.

I also have two katana, each with Japanese script on the blades, which are pretty dull now. There's also a sword modeled after Ichigo's Zangetsu in Bleach, albeit much smaller than the actual thing and it completely black in coloration.

I also have a Keyblade. It's not entirely accurate to the eeal design, but it's cool nonetheless.

@KALofKRYPTON There's not a particular style of jacket I'm looking for, but I'd rather not a cheap one. If I get one, I want it to last for a long time.

material wants

does a full home cinema count, as in great big comfy chairs, a top of the range projector and screen, surround sound system all in a stand alone building with a popcorn and drinks machines

@DerMeister Sweet! Glad to see I’m not the only one who thinks swords make for cool decor and collectibles, even if impractical.

And true to the statement “we always want what we don’t have” — I actually have a leather jacket. Actually I own two right now. A brown Indiana Jones style one that’s the short / waist cut and a longer brown one that covers the rear end. I wouldn’t mind also eventually getting a leather duster to compete my collection. I think those are cool too.

Here you are a rare, magnificent raw ham from Siena. I only had the chance to taste it once, but I'd like to exchange one of my kidney for one of this. Actually it costs around € 500 (€ 80 per kilo).