@Casiusco
Starting out my path was similar, only buy one copy of the edition your prefer the most. Trying to be rational & practical about how I collect, but as time passed the truth became more clear & I realized that there isn’t anything rational about collecting in general. If I was truly going to be rational I wouldn’t collect at all. Especially when considering now thanks to technology I can consume my favorite movies without actually owning them physically.
I’m telling you that’s a damn nice edition. I luckily was able to purchase my copy from a trusted eBay seller who didn’t overcharge me because I’m one of their repeated customers.
I can relate, I questioned if a single movie was worth so much, I over thought about spending so much money & lost out on numerous editions. Now looking back on those opportunities I definitely regret passing on some of those editions.
Your thoughts & feelings are all normal, & me personally because of these past experiences I now purchase my editions mostly based off how much I loved the movie. Not based off rational thought, my road map to collecting now is purely Psycho! My only rational thought now a days is “can I fit it in the collecting budget?” If the answer is yes
I personally feel like missing the edition you are excited about hurts more, because even if another company does treatment for the movie it’s still not the edition you originally wanted. With a woman or man there is always an opportunity to find new love because we have chemistry and liked interest with millions of other people.
With a collectable item as time passes the item becomes more & more harder to acquire do to limited quality & in most cases more expensive. There is less opportunity to make up for missed opportunities when it comes to collecting items, but with humans you can literally spend several lifetimes passing up potential partners because there is so many of us on this planet.