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I am one of those people who wants to own her entire discography, and I've been collecting since about 2005 so I've had time to steadily build a collection. About half of my collection is from gifts (birthdays + christmas + graduations) and the other half is my own money. I have all her albums including compilations. I have almost all her singles except for Moments and a couple of the re-releases. I've started collecting her remix albums and have about half, maybe a little more. I own about half her concerts, both old and new.
I have a slight advantage in tthat I've lived in Japan twice now and both times had the great opportunity to hit the used shops and buy most of this stuff very, very cheap. Three of her concert DVDs I bought in great condition for only 1000 yen each. I've bought many albums and singles for only 250 yen each. Getting them home was a pain in the ass but totally worth it as my main collecting hobby is CDs and other music memorabilia.
So right now I kinda collect as she releases, and I'll usually buy an older item with the new preorder so I can get free shipping =P (it's gonna cost me the same anyway, so might as well get more items!) Right now money is really tight though so I'm going to wait a little bit, and if the MOON/blossom preorder gifts/covers aren't my thing I'll wait for the next single after and might get them all together later. (maybe even for my birthday since it's in the fall)
For collecting her older stuff, if you're interested in the singles at all I would suggest at least the rare stuff if you can find it cheap enough for even as an investment. appears, Fly high, kanariya, AUDIENCE, SURREAL, and Daybreak were all limited releases and can be hard to find now.
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