Hobbyist and toy collecting

they made toys but they where for children to play with, where made out of steel and lead as to retard-proof it.

I wouuld appreciate it if you read all of my post before replying

I did, and I don't think people just collect things because they are rare.

There were a lot of nice model cars, though.
I remember seeing some of them.
I can't say someone wouldn't put one on their shelf.

Dead labor would still be destroyed under communism even if it was just accidental. There's tons of regular parts that we've lost the ability to produce, and people can tell when something is bootlegged even today.

If people want statuettes they can just print them. Collecting is based on designed scarcity. There will still be people collecting old shit that's not made any more though, like antiques and shit. There will still be people collecting rare books and comic books and shit.

People literally collect pretty rocks they find.
Scarcity can be a factor, but it's not the only one.

I was referring to a more specific kind, like collecting figures or pokemon cards or whatever.

The idea of cryptocurrency as an investment is hokey - it's a currency and the value is derived purely from exchange. It seems like with an influx of people just getting currency and holding it and increasing the scarcity, it would become a bit harder to get. Wouldn't that reduce actual use of it and thus the economic activity that gives it practical value in the first place?

Some collection is based on genuine interest and fascination, but much is simply conspicuous consumption. I guess people will always want to have pretty things to look at, whatever so happens to be pretty to their eyes in particular.

Oh right, I forgot that 3D printing technology has already reached it's endpoint and won't develop further.