Collecting Explained
Jasmine: Yeah, it’s a neat toy. But why buy two of them?
Jack: Actually, they’re two different toys. See? One is clean and the other is dirty.
Jasmine: Can’t you just clean the dirty one?
Jack: No. The dirty one is a paint variant. There were only 500 of them made. It’s very rare.
Jasmine: I’m not surprised. It looks horrible.
Jack: That’s on purpose.
Jasmine: So why’s that one in box?
Jack: Well, I bought one to keep in box and one to play with. That increases the collector’s value if I ever decide to sell.
Jasmine: Are you? Going to sell them?
Jack: Well…no…
Jasmine: … … …
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