In a world where everyone likes collecting things, what's with the hate against this one specific brand/design?
If someone were to tour my house and poke around, they would likely conclude that I have collections of watches and shoes. I would never call either of these things collections. They are just things I wear that I like and finding ones I like leads me to trying out a lot of them.
I generally have an issue understanding most people who spend thousands of dollars on "collectibles", where the only apparently purpose is to buy it and stick it on a shelf.
I did have a couple Beanie Babies during that craze, since my mom was always at the store looking at them and buying them. I treated them like normal stuffed animals, and did end up making 100x by selling one of them, but that was never my intent when I got it. It was dumb luck that it was rare. I found all of that very confusing.