A COLLECTION DESERVES A PROPER RECORD
Hello, dear resident. Moose here, Head Archivist. A collection worth ten, fifty or a hundred thousand dollars deserves better than your memory and a shoebox of receipts. I've seen the shoeboxes.
Fire, flood, a burst pipe, a burglary: when something happens, an insurer asks what you had, which version, in what condition, and what you can show for it. Sixth-scale makes that harder than it looks. A Standard and a Deluxe can share a face; a reissue can share a name; two copies of the same figure can be worth very different amounts. A proper inventory answers all of it before anyone has to ask.
WHAT A GOOD INVENTORY HOLDS
For every figure, head sculpt, accessory set or diorama you own:
- ▸Exactly which one. The maker, the figure name, the product code (SKU) and the edition. Two copies are two lines.
- ▸Its condition. Sealed, displayed or posed; whether the box, the accessories and any certificate are all there.
- ▸Photographs of your copy. The maker's promotional pictures identify a product; they do not prove the one on your shelf.
- ▸What you paid. The receipt or invoice, with the shop, the date, the amount and the currency.
- ▸What it cost new. The original retail price, which helps anyone judging a replacement.
- ▸Any value evidence. A dated appraisal, if you have one, with what it was based on.
A gap marked as a gap is more useful than a confident guess. I'm very firm about that.
THE REGISTRY: INSURANCE & PROOF
OPEN NOW IN YOUR VAULT
The Registry is a room in your Vault that turns your collection into exactly that inventory. Every figure you own sits in one private list with its photo, condition, box, price paid, original retail price and receipt, with the totals worked out for you.
- ▸Download it for your insurer. A tidy PDF and a spreadsheet of the whole list, ready to hand to an insurer or broker.
- ▸Keep the receipts with the figures. Attach a receipt to each copy. Receipts stay private, even when your Vault is public.
- ▸Photos that can be checked. A photo sealed in the Registry carries a stamp and a code. Anyone you give the code to can check at kollectorium.com/verify when it was sealed, which figure it shows, and that it is unaltered.
- ▸Pre-orders kept apart. Figures still on order sit in their own list, because they are not on your shelf yet.
Open your Vault and choose THE REGISTRY, beside the Coffers. Start with your most precious figure; I would.
WHAT YOU CAN RECORD TODAY
Your free sixth-scale collection tracker already holds most of it. Find a figure in the Archive and its maker, product code, edition and release year arrive pre-filled; you add what is yours: the price you paid, its condition, how many copies, and your own photographs.
Pre-orders and their payments live in the Coffers, and a spreadsheet you already keep can come in through the Vault's CSV import. Less typing, fewer gaps.
WHAT THIS IS NOT
Kollectorium is not an insurer, a broker or an appraiser. Nothing here is an insurance policy, a quote, a certified valuation or a value any insurer has approved. It is your record and your evidence, kept in good order, for you to take wherever you insure.
On value: the Vault totals what you paid and the original retail prices. A market value is a dated range with evidence behind it, and a figure reads “not valued yet” until that evidence is honest. I don't guess with other people's money.
COLLECTORS ASK
Can I use Kollectorium to insure my figure collection?
Kollectorium does not sell insurance. It builds the thing your insurer asks for: an itemized inventory of the figures you own, with the exact edition, condition, photos, price paid, original retail price and receipts, downloadable as a PDF and a spreadsheet. You take that to your own insurer or broker.
What should an insurance inventory for a collectible figure collection include?
For each figure: the maker, figure name, product code (SKU) and edition; its condition and whether the box and accessories are complete; photographs of your own copy; the purchase receipt with date, price and currency; and any dated appraisal or value evidence you have. Two copies are two lines, especially when their condition differs.
Does home insurance cover a Hot Toys collection?
It depends on your policy and where you live. Many home policies limit how much they pay for collectibles, and some insurers offer cover for valuable items listed one by one. Ask your insurer or broker, and bring an itemized inventory: it makes that conversation, and any claim, far easier.
How much is my sixth-scale collection worth?
Your Vault totals what you paid and the original retail prices of what you own, today. A market value is a dated range with evidence, and Kollectorium shows one only when the evidence is honest; until then a figure reads "not valued yet" rather than guessing. Researched valuations come later.
Are my receipts and photos private?
Yes. Receipts and evidence in the Registry are yours alone and stay private even when your Vault is public. Nothing is shared unless you download it and hand it over yourself.
Can my insurer check that my photos are real?
A photo sealed inside the Registry carries a stamp and a proof code. Anyone you give the code to can check it at kollectorium.com/verify. It shows when the Keep sealed the photo, which figure it is of, and that the photo has not been altered since, without ever showing the photo or who you are.