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Title: Do you collect anything besides video games?
Post by: jcalder8 on February 10, 2012, 10:35:03 pm
I used to have a sizable collection of DVDs but I have sold off a number of them as I have continued to focus on video games. I have just started to buy video game action figures and other memorabilia.

So what else do you collect?
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Post by: madmax on February 11, 2012, 02:11:12 pm
I've collected semi precious stones in the past and model cars but it was always a small phase that I could not afford in the long run (because of age). I do still have boxes full of semiprecious stones somewhere though xD I also still have my collectible Ferrari's at my moms house but she lives on the other side of the country :( I wasn't able to bring them over to BC.
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Post by: scott on February 11, 2012, 03:28:40 pm
I got into reading comics for awhile, and collected the entire runs of Wolverine: Origins and The New Avengers. I still like to read comics but I haven't bought any new ones in a while. I also have a decent collection of action figures, some of the Metal Gear Solid ones, all the MGS2 ones and a few other game based ones. There is a set of Castlevania figures by NECA I've been eyeing for awhile now. Also, I paint minis for games like Warhammer 40k and my P&P RPG, so I have a pretty sizeable collection of those.
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Post by: darko on February 11, 2012, 03:47:36 pm
I've collected movies in the past. I still buy them but I wouldn't say I'm a movie collector at this point. I think I have ~ 500 between bluray and dvd.
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Post by: dstone on February 11, 2012, 05:52:58 pm
My father and uncle collected comic books for a number of years, so that was something I picked up on. I've been sorting and organizing both my collection and my father's/uncle's collection and am finally starting to get a handle on things. Best thing we ever did was get Drawer Boxes to store everything in.

I also have a bit of a classic computer collection. That one's a love-hate relationship and one that just sort of happened. The biggest piece I have in that collection is the body of a Cray Y-MP EL98 supercomputer (missing the processor cards and memory boards and whatnot).
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Post by: katough on February 11, 2012, 08:50:52 pm
I've recently started collecting the #1 of the Mangas associated with my favorite animes. don't judge. :)
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Post by: pacpix on February 11, 2012, 09:49:43 pm
I collect Weird Al Cds:)
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Post by: jcalder8 on February 11, 2012, 10:37:10 pm
I collect Weird Al Cds:)


Very nice! I have a few of these myself.
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Post by: azai392 on February 11, 2012, 11:55:36 pm
I collect some Gundam Models and anime figures but not very many.
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Post by: tpugmire on February 12, 2012, 06:24:28 am
I used to have a huge Star Wars collection, but it got to be too much, so I sold most of it off.  Not sure if this counts as a collection, but I restore old Vespa scooters.  I've done a 1956 Fenderlight (really rare), a 1980 PX-125, and I have a 1979 PX-125 that I'm currently working on. I also have my 2002 ET4 that I bought new.
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Post by: foxhack on February 12, 2012, 08:45:44 am
http://foxhack.dvdaf.com/ (DVDs, hasn't been updated in AGES because adding new stuff is a pain.)
http://rateyourmusic.com/~Foxhack (CDs, not quite up to date, I still haven't added about 90% of my less than legal digital collection.)
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Post by: killerchameleon on February 14, 2012, 08:59:48 am
Cash, that’s what I like collecting.  I hope one day I can collect enough cash so that I can fill up an entire vault room like Uncle Scrooge in Duck Tales.  Lately it’s been hard collecting cash if anyone has any cash they wish to part with please send to me and make I dream become a reality.
Title: Re: Do you collect anything besides video games?
Post by: scott on February 14, 2012, 09:38:59 am
 I hope one day I can collect enough cash so that I can fill up an entire vault room like Uncle Scrooge in Duck Tales.


Don't forget to take a daily swim in it. :D
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Post by: darko on February 14, 2012, 11:19:07 am
$1 Million in pennies is ~ 1271 cubic feet ~ 9507 gallons ~ a 20' x 14' pool that's 6' deep.

Uncle Scrooge swam in gold coins in a building that was probably ~ 20 x 20 x 100.

Good luck!
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Post by: killerchameleon on February 15, 2012, 04:44:56 am
Can’t blame a man for trying…..maybe one day I will take that swim.
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Post by: psydswipe on February 16, 2012, 04:45:14 am
I don't collect anything anymore but I've got tons of stuff. The problem is I have a really hard time getting rid of things. I was spoiled as a kid and spent too much of my own money instead of saving when I was younger. I also worked in a toy store (around 1995) for a year and a half with a 25% discount which made it hard to resist action figures :) On the way to and from that job I also drove past the comic book store! I've got a lot of toys from the 80s opened and played with, and then some from the 90s mint in box. Most of that stuff is in my basement. I have one bedroom that is home to my video games, sports memorabilia, and comic books. Not sure how many comic books I have; due to money and space I quit reading them in the late 90s. I primarily read Batman and X-Men stuff.
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Post by: killerchameleon on February 16, 2012, 08:51:33 am
Hoarders, your all just hoarders calling it collecting is just a nice way of saying it.
Title: Re: Do you collect anything besides video games?
Post by: madmax on February 16, 2012, 12:04:52 pm
Hoarders, your all just hoarders calling it collecting is just a nice way of saying it.


lol! in my case I wouldn't dissagree. I want a small room for gaming and to keep collectibles in.
Title: Re: Do you collect anything besides video games?
Post by: scott on February 16, 2012, 02:29:35 pm
The difference between a hoarder and a collector is, usually hoarders just let stuff lay about in piles. Where collectors tend to keep things more organized. :P
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Post by: psydswipe on February 17, 2012, 03:13:17 am
Yeah, I wondered about being a hoarder. I'm very organized though and I've stopped adding to all of my collections. I accept that I have too much stuff, just can't seem to part with it.
Title: Re: Do you collect anything besides video games?
Post by: killerchameleon on February 17, 2012, 04:09:14 am
I think a hoarder is someone that just can’t get rid of anything, the TV show hoarders now those people are just trashing there homes I don’t know what they are.  I think I might be some what guilty of being a hoarder.  I just can’t get rid of my collection of game systems, ever since I took my entire collection of gaming magazines to the recycle center I’ve been living in regret.  I had every issue of Nintendo power, Game Pro and Electronic game monthly.  What a shame, what was I thinking.  Well at least I can still look them up on the internet but it’s not the same as holding the issue in your hands.
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Post by: brettybluevein on February 17, 2012, 08:35:42 am
Womens phone numbers ;)
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Post by: foxhack on February 17, 2012, 01:51:19 pm
Womens phone numbers ;)
Ah, so you're a telemarketer.
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Post by: scott on February 17, 2012, 04:29:29 pm
Womens phone numbers ;)
Ah, so you're a telemarketer.


Lol.

Title: Re: Do you collect anything besides video games?
Post by: htimreimer on February 23, 2012, 07:57:27 am
I'm not sure if this counts as a collection its more of a hobby

i have been getting old computers and old computer parts and trying to learn how to get them working  
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Post by: jcalder8 on February 23, 2012, 03:01:53 pm
@htimreimer and then you try to get old porn games to run on it?
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Post by: matt on February 24, 2012, 07:11:41 am
@jcalder8 /slow clap
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Post by: forte on February 24, 2012, 02:15:18 pm
Mega Man, Gundam, Star Wars, and Legos

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Post by: soera on February 24, 2012, 07:07:50 pm
The megaman figure collection is awesome. Ive never even seen any MM toys, didnt realize they made some. My personal other collection is weird. I used to sell hotwheels and I had a favorite called Rigor Motor. Its basically a coffin on wheels. I have every released paint style. Like 17 different ones. Ill get a pic someday. :)
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Post by: scott on February 24, 2012, 09:20:36 pm
@htimreimer and then you try to get old porn games to run on it?


I got a decent chuckle out of this.

@forte that's is an impressive Mega Man toy collection. Really dig the MM1 figs in the first pic.

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Post by: soera on March 15, 2012, 03:20:05 pm
My other "hobby" is my Harley. 1999 883 custom. Ill try to see if I can add some pics.

Well, I tried to add pics ... but I cant make them any smaller :(
Title: Re: Do you collect anything besides video games?
Post by: scott on March 15, 2012, 04:12:14 pm
Well, I tried to add pics ... but I cant make them any smaller :(

If you do [img width=600] the image will be resized to that dimension.
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Post by: soera on March 15, 2012, 04:58:54 pm
I hate computer crap. I like consoles where you just turn them on and play! Anyhow, Ill try this.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1586445867159.2084919.1416175803&type=3#!/photo.php?fbid=3407276146778&set=a.1586445867159.2084919.1416175803&type=3&theater
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Post by: matt on March 15, 2012, 06:26:32 pm
Whatever you just tried, you failed. ha
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Post by: soera on March 15, 2012, 06:42:01 pm
Sigh, what a pain. Ill find some other way to get a pic on here!
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Post by: killerchameleon on March 16, 2012, 08:52:12 am
This is about as close to a hog as I can come to, my wife says I would kill myself on a motorcycle.  I told her what she puts me through killing myself on a motorcycle is least of  my worries.

(http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd512/killerchameleon/Mini%20Bikes/Doodle%20Bug%20DB30/DSCF0256.jpg)

 :D
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Post by: amauriel on March 16, 2012, 01:57:49 pm
Virgil's! We've got a keg of the Cream Soda ready for our next soiree ourselves. That stuff's amazing!
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Post by: killerchameleon on March 17, 2012, 01:25:31 am
Couldn't toss the can, it was too nice.  I knew one day I would find a use for it.  Never thought I'd use is as a fuel tank.
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Post by: blipcs76 on April 04, 2012, 11:46:10 am
My other main collection is movies.  Bought my first DVD player in 1999 and currently have about 725 DVDs and 175 blu-rays in my movie collection.  A big slice of it (probably about 150-200 discs) is anime, which I've been into since the mid-90's.

In gaming the only thing I collect other than consoles and games is Pac Man merchandise.  I'll post a pic of my Pac Man collection someday when I take pics of my collection as a whole.

Outside of the gaming/movie realm, I have a small collections of art deco items, pez despensers, 80's toys and animation cels.
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Post by: tripredacus on July 09, 2020, 12:26:19 pm
Sports cards
Transformers
movies
electronics
Title: Re: Do you collect anything besides video games?
Post by: seether on July 09, 2020, 01:09:11 pm
This thread is from more than 8 years ago.

Only here is this considered a duplicate thread and not necroing.
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Post by: shawndude82 on July 09, 2020, 02:19:26 pm
I used to collect Heroclix figures back when that was popular.  I still have both the Dark Phoenix, and Grey Block Superman Hypertime figures, which can fetch a nice price on eBay these days.

But nothing... Nothing... will ever beat Fin Fang Foom in purple pants!
(https://52f4e29a8321344e30ae-0f55c9129972ac85d6b1f4e703468e6b.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/products/pictures/1111646.jpg)
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Post by: wartoy on July 09, 2020, 07:01:27 pm
I collect and play magic the gathering I have a closet full of them to many to possibly count.Also I collect comic books I have between 11,000 to 12,000 but haven't bought Manny in the last 15 years or so mostly 70's threw 90's stuff. And I collect dvds/blue ray movies at last count I have close to 2000 but slowed down buying them over the last year or so.
Title: Re: Do you collect anything besides video games?
Post by: tripredacus on July 10, 2020, 09:24:46 am
This thread is from more than 8 years ago.

Only here is this considered a duplicate thread and not necroing.

If we didn't want people to necro threads, we would have them automatically archived.
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Post by: telly on July 10, 2020, 10:14:52 am
I have a small collection of music, both CD and vinyl. Only about 50 titles, but I enjoy picking up some of my favorite artists :)
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Post by: undertakerprime on July 10, 2020, 11:18:25 am
Games are actually my secondary collection. My main focus is Transformers, that I’ve been amassing since they first came out in 1984 (Tripredicus belongs to the same Transformers collecting site I do :D)

Now, here’s the weird thing I also collect:
Pro wrestling entrance music. Mainly WWF/E.
I organize it by year, burn it to CDs and listen to it in my car. Sometimes I make my own edits and remasters. I possess a number of wrestler themes that have never been officially released.
There’s actually a small but dedicated group of hobbyists online called “themers” who are into this stuff. I belong to a theming site that keeps track of every wrestler’s music. (Do you have any idea how many themes the Undertaker has used throughout his WWE run? It’s a LOT :D)
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Post by: pzeke on July 13, 2020, 12:32:53 am
If we didn't want people to necro threads, we would have them automatically archived.

Not that I'm fronting anyone's battle, but to be fair, which you and some others don't seem to be most of the time with seether, your forum rules (https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,10628.msg174769.html#msg174769), which funnily enough happens to have a subsection devised specifically after the individual mentioned last, lack any proper mention of anything specific regarding or related to necrobumping old threads. I mean, not for nothing, but a line saying "don't fear to necrobump a thread of two (within reason)" wouldn't hurt a mosquito, would it? Fair's fair.

Anyway, I think I posted something similar elsewhere, but regardless, I used to collect a bunch of stuff in the past, but nowadays all of my collection pretty much amounts to action figures and such, although I'm selective due to limited space. Overall, my collection's main focus has been Spawn for quite a while, but I also have stuff from various other media, video games included. I also finally came to the realization that I like to collect graphic t-shirts more than I like to wear them, so much so that I recently found t-shirt frames at a store near where I live, and since I have the wall space in my room, I though it wouldn't hurt to hang up a few of them to add a bit more flare to my dorkcave. Better to exhibit them somehow if I'm not going to wear them, me thinks.
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Post by: seether on July 15, 2020, 07:21:51 am
I collect stocks.
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Post by: tripredacus on July 15, 2020, 09:26:22 am
I guess I technically collect funds.  ::)