So what do you collect?
 

And I don't mean Fleetwood Mac stuff ;)

Books? Weapons? Games? Toys?

Thought it would be interesting to know this about anyone who cares to share.

I've recently begun re-collecting Smurfs. :shocked:

I collect debt, dust, and scars.


seriously, I never been into anything long enough to actually build a collection.

I wasn't sure if I should laugh, but I did chuckle... :o

I used to collect rubbers, or as you guys call them erasers. Then i had a stamp phase when I was like 11 (so tragic), but at the moment nothing :lol:

I collect pens. Its not a conscious thing...I just love them :)

I collect Beethoveniana -- mostly books, general-interest journals, CDs of course, & even throwaway stuff like T-shirts, jackets, & mugs. I might start collecting Beethoven stamps too.

I also collect letter openers. I have letter openers from all over the world, including a scrimshaw opener from Japan, a teak opener from Ireland, an opener from Israel, & an Old Spanish opener from the early days of California.

I used to collect carnival glass, but that got too expensive & difficult to find.

I collect first editions of books by Miss Manners, Bernard De Voto, & Jacques Barzun.

I also collect The Underground Grammarian pamphlets by Richard Mitchell. I have about 70 percent of them already.

Well I think I have too many collections really....I need to stop really....besides Stevie Mac stuff :

I collect: Don Henley/Eagles....other music artists but not really collections maybe cds/rare cds...of the ones I like/Boston/Heart/Natalie Merchant etc....
**Josie & The Pussycats **comic book /cartoon (but not the stupid movie) I used to watch the cartoon when I was little in the early '70's /and read the comic book.
**some Garfield/M & M's candy stuff/too much 'junk' as my mom would say....I need to start selling on ebay.....thats probably the main stuff though really....:shrug:

I collect Kentucky Derby mint julip glasses. I have every one going back to 1969.

Yeah don't say that to me Cheyne, or I'll giggle inappropriately ;)

I collect sea glass. Whenever I go to the ocean I look for it. Most of the pieces are brown, white or green. Blue is rare. If I find a blue one it's like finding gold. I got all my nieces and nephews interested in collecting it too.

:laugh::laugh: Americans :rolleyes:

I just got this mental image of video taping someone asking a stranger to help them carry a box of rubbers to their car (stranger thinks they are erasers) and on the way you "accidentally" drop them and its a gross of condoms :lol:

I love carnival glass and have often thought of starting a collection. Where do you keep yours? When I was a little girl, there was a house I used to pass on the way home from school that had a big window with lots of panes. The owner had different pieces of carnival glass on the pane's shelves. I was so fascinated by that!

Never even heard of carnival glass... i just googled it. interesting!

My house is FULL of collectibles! I collect Barbie dolls, Fisher Price Little People accessories, video games, video game systems, and arcade based toys. I also have old lunchboxes, Strawberry Shortcake dolls, and Mickey Mouse toys ( not really a collector of them, but have had them a long time!) My husband collects Halloween collectibles and toys from the '60s, and my son collects Power Rangers! We have nowhere near enough space for all of this. Of course, we also have lots of books and music too!! It's an interesting mix!!

I used to collect all different kinds of action figures, but now I just collect Wonder Woman ones. I also have the Halloween comics.

You & Jannie, see my blog for more on carnival glass:

http://claverandconverse.blogspot.co...4/f-enton.html

Brandon are you old enough to remember this? lol. It was probably so bad for you, yet tasted so good! :lol:

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2077/smurfcereal.jpg

Hmmm...
 

compact discs is my prime enjoyment in the world of collecting.

I move too often and have way too little space to collect anything, at the moment. Someday, maybe.

:distress:

Yeah I had about 800 CDs I sold before moving back to NZ. I still regret it.

I don't think I really collect any one thing...

PS... I DO remember Smurf Berry Crunch...! :shocked:

I had a dozen or so of them when I was a wee one... I now have about 35 or 40 Smurfs in the collection. I could never collect them all... there are hundreds of them. :rolleyes:

Yeah sometimes you forget about all the stuff that was out or products you may have eaten or used while growing up. I've sat on Youtube before looking over old retro commercials and I just laugh.

I remember they had E.T. cereal. :shocked:

As a general rule, I hate "stuff", and like to have as little of it as possible (speaking of that, anyone want a Wild Heart tour program? PM me). That said, I collect Tiki-culture related stuff- memorabilia, historical artifacts, everything. Its a major interest of mine (amongst many.. although this seems to be the only one that involves physical collecting)

Oh, and anything "Mac Tonight".

We could start to fill pages of long forgotten stuff but I don't want to get off topic :lol:

Remember that little Con- Tiki doll that hacked up Karen Black in Trilogy of Terror?

I had forgotten about these ugly dolls until I was searching retromercials one day. It seemed every kid in school had them, except me. And that was ok really lol.

I did a double take because I thought you meant condoms at first...

I found a blue piece about 3 inches long and .75ish inch narrow at Margate beach in NJ. My girfriend had it made into a pendant and the lady who did it said she would have charged a few hundred dollars for it had she not been supplied with the glass.... I can't believe the value attached to it!

funny story: I had never looked for sea glass before, so when I found it I naively said "Is this a good one?" ...you should have seen her face!

As for me, I have a few collections:

-Guitar Pics
-Drum Sticks
-Autographs
-Coins
-Seashells/sharks teeth/ coral, etc

I am going to need a huge office when I get a house... a lot of my stuff is still at my parents house. I dont have room for it all at my apt

Wow, are you telling me people pay money for sea glass? I'm rich, I'm rich!!! Hey, I used to visit my sister in the 1970's when she lived in Margate. What wonderful memories. I haven't been to Atlantic City since 1986!

I've owned 2 DeLorean cars (will get a 3rd one of these days), so I've got loads of DeLorean paraphernalia... scale models, dealer brochures, posters, books, magazine advertisements, newspaper clippings, videos, shirts... lots and lots of junk :D.

I seem to have a small collection of crystal balls going... I'd probably own more if I had more money. Damn things are pricey! :laugh: That could probably be lumped under the Fleetwood Mac header though, so disregard! :p

I've got a love for most anything mid-century modern... I have funky mod furniture, flip clocks, lamps, stuff like that. I have a thing for the 1960-1990 time period (hence Fleetwood Mac and the DeLorean), and have a growing vintage clothing stash too. Though I wear it everything, so it's not really a collection at all.

Well....I don't collect anything else but Fleetwood Mac music... :(

Pathetic really :lol:

I collect art glass - bowls, vases, vessels, jars, etc. I like all colors, but gravitate more toward cool tones, like blues and purples. I also collect some crystal. And jewelry, if that counts.

My parents and extended family will collect about anything: arrowheads, Fenton, Hummels, teapots, bottles, coins, etc.

stevie nicks items of course
books, i love, love them
dachshund items
celestial, moons especially
cool looking perfume bottles
a christmas story stuff, especially to do w/ the leg lamp, i even have a leg lamp, just like the movie...electric sex:nod::laugh:
black hills gold
stuffed animals



i have an awesome collection of 'precious moments' figurines, that i have put away~

Used to collect LPs (amassed about 4,000 of them)...then the industry changed to CD format, so I started collecting CDs (up to close to 4,000 of them, too)...still into CD collecting....a LOT!!

Not "collecting" so much as just "acquiring" (since they're "tools of the trade", I don't really consider that "collecting ")...guitars & guitar gear (including amps & effects)...I want lots of them, but can't afford 'em...at least not unless I win the LOTTO, that is!! :)

My Top 10 guitar "wish list" (in no order of preference):

Gibson Les Paul Traditional (honeyburst or "iced tea" finish)
Reverend Jetstream HB (tobacco sunburst finish)
Turner-Renaissance RN-6 acoustic/electric
Gibson ES-335 "Fat Neck" (cherry red finish)
Godin 5th Ave Kingpin (conac burst finish)
Fender "Road Worn" Stratocaster (2 tone sunburst finish)
Fender "Road Worn" Telecaster (2 tone sunburst finish)
Alvarez-Yairi WY1K acoustic (natural koa finish)
Gretsch G6120-DSW-R Chet Atkins Relic (orange over gold finish)
Rickenbacker 360-12 (fireglo finish)

4,000 CD's and 4,000 records, CHILI?!! :shocked:

Where do you put them all?

I used to eat that!!!