Has anyone stopped collecting steelbooks, and why?

[giantqtipz]

So I decided to make space in my room the other day, by selling CEs I dont "need".

How did I determine that? If it doesn't come with a statue, I won't buy it, and I don't need it. Statues can be displayed.

Anyway, while cleaning things out, I finally realized how amazing steelbooks look.

I place them on the shelves and wow! Amazing!

But then I looked at the prices of steelbooks for games that I do not have steelbooks for. And boy are they expensive!

The reason I created this thread is because I wanted to change my collector mentality. If I only buy CEs of games that I like, and they come with statues? I am saving a lot of money!

Now I made a list of steelbooks that I need now to complete my collection, and steelbooks that I need in the near future:

Arkham City Joker Steelbook
Arkham Origins Steelbook
Skyrim Steelbook
Metal Gear Rising Shinikawa Steelbook
Mass Effect 3 Steelbook
Borderlands 2 Futureshop Steelbook
Deus Ex Steelbook
Blacklist Steelbook (Im getting silver edition, but zavii has their own Steelbook!)

For the games that are currently out, getting these will cost me roughly $200+ no?

So... Perhaps someone here can share their story and convince me why its... not worth it? Because I am very close to buying one, and Im afraid I wont stop when I do.

Statues im definitely getting though. I dont buy a lot of games, and when I do, its because they've passed my strict criteria. And not many statue CEs are released so, my budget wont be stretched too much. The only CEs Ive reserved so far are Arkham Origins and Blacklist Silver..

The last CE I purchased was in february.