Please School me on Minifigures Collecting

$20 on joe vs dan · 2020-11-06T18:33:19.000Z

When I first crawled out of the cave I was blown away by how far LEGO sets have come...MFs were just an after thought and I could never figure out why JANG would go on and on about a shoulder print on a MF...I was like...uh..what about the set? a couple years have past and now "I get it" since sets are often re-made or can be BrickLinked..the only lasting "uniqueness" and thus collectability of any set are often times the MFs included. Also sets are often too big to display and showing off the MFs is like the equivalent of a token from that set. That said...for those MF collectors out there I would love to hear what criteria you use on your hunt? Help me get learned