| It's hard because this movie really tries to be a satire of obsessive collectors but really ends up empty. The whole movie is about how main dude tries to collect this rare figurine where only three or five of them were ever made. An easy comparison would be everyone in "Trekkies." His friends are just other people who have the same OCD problem. The hunt for the figurine gives him more thrill than actually possessing it. Once he gets rare figurines he just keeps them stored away or hung above his bed for display. It's a really sad look at their lives and how every moment is devoted to the hunt. Knowing that they possess something that is rarest of the rare fills a part of their life that nothing else can give them. What is even wilder is that main guy has a girlfriend, but it takes a while to sink in, she is always barging in his room so you think it's his sister. It is not an upbeat view of collectors like in "40 Year Old Virgin" at all.
This movie is so depressing and boring that afterwards you'll feel like selling your Morning Musume and Ayupan figures because you don't want to end up like them. It is not "The Amazing Race" where he dashes from one clue to another. It's a slow scavenger hunt for hints. During that journey we get to meet other collectors such as the guy who is so devoted to Sci-Fi that he buys a Delorean. Or the guy who collects rare items just to destroy them. In the end it tries to speak its peace about materialism but gets nowhere. The collectors aren't happy when they get the items, the movie watchers are sad that there’s no payoff, the writers felt like the director could have done better, the director hopes that it can find a cult following on video. It is a series of setbacks.
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