i have to agree that AC2 was the best part of the AC saga, and that Brotherhood and Revelations couldnt reach the quality of AC2 is also true, AC2 was just epic, one of my fav. video games in this console gen.! and Brotherhood and Revelations indeed played like a expansion!
but i have to say that i liked AC3 alot, i really enjoyed it from the beginning to the end! lets hope AC4 will be good, its sounds indeed a bit strange, pirates and assassins.....and the short release time from AC3 to AC4 (about 1 Year)... yaaaarrrrr!
oh and i can understand why you are sayin your glad not to be a AC collectors, there is really ALOT of stuff out there, and the prices to get this rare stuff... ohhh expensive!!! $_$ i just sold my crouching altair statue because that guy was giving me so much money that i couldnt say no! =)
but i love the AC CEs and Statues, (except the NECA stuff)
Oh i saw this days some great BioShock Stuff on eBay, really awesome stuff, but the prices right now are sooo bad! like that thing
Real Audio Diary
i wish there was a statue of elizabeth (but not that ugly NECA one

) made of resin, THAT would be awesome, i love that character.
Darksiders is also a great game, one of my fav.! and there is quite some cool things out there, like the
TriForce Death Statue or the
TriForce Soul Reaper, this things are BIG! oO
The ChaosEater Sword that i own from United Cutlery is really nice, well made, heavy and really big... its not completly made of metal, metal and resin, otherwise that sword would be to heavy to lift, lol