Collections

Anna Gregoline | October 8, 2004
Inspired by the "Coke" discussion, I thought about all the weird things people collect, me included. What have you or do you collect?

John E Gunter | October 8, 2004
Anything that strikes my fancy. That doesn't mean that I collect it to the point where I run out of space, but I'll just list some of the things I have collected over the years...

dice
playing cards
minature figures
weapons - mostly of the plastic variety, but I do also own a vintage flintlock
action figures
magazines
tins - like cracker and cookie tins
comic books
antique furniture

Mostly I like antique and very futuristic type items, but that's not the only things I collect.

John

Anna Gregoline | October 8, 2004
When I was little, I had a habit of picking up sticks and rocks that looked cool everywhere I went.

I collected tins that were cats when I was little cause I was nuts over cats.

I currently collect miniature glass bottles, toy toasters, and random quotations.

Jackie Mason | October 8, 2004
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Melissa Erin | October 8, 2004
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Anna Gregoline | October 8, 2004
Oh yeah I guess when I was really little I collected glass figurines too. I wonder what happened to them.

Mike Eberhart | October 8, 2004
Here's my list of things that I collect.

Firearms (pistols, & imported rifles)
Baseball/Football cards
Chess sets
Wine

That's about it for my major collections

Lori Lancaster | October 8, 2004
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Erik Bates | October 8, 2004
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John E Gunter | October 8, 2004
"Animation cels of fav characters"

Cool! I was collecting pictures from different sci-fi shows, mostly from the 70s, but they got to be a pain to keep track of and any of them I have anymore aren't in good shape. I've thought about collecting animation cels though, just never quite got far enough to purchase any.

"Coins when I was younger. I have a few coins that are from germany. 2 of them are from world war 2 with the swaztica, a few from when the berlin wall was up, and I think a german mark or pfennig from re-unified germany."

I have some foreign & domestic currency. Started collecting the foreign currency when I was a waiter. Guy tipped me in Bahamian money. Thought he was being funny, but I didn't think so.

Have some Russian rubles, they were given to my grandson, but I knew he wouldn't take care of them, so I've got possession of them. When I no longer need them, he'll get them. They might actually be worth something then.

I'd love to see the Nazi deutsche marks! Those are definitely a piece of history you need to keep and take care of!

John

Kris Weberg | October 8, 2004
comics

Steve West | October 8, 2004
Comics, too. One of my biggest regrets was selling my collection. Seemed necessary at the time but now... Still own a few of the undergrounds - Fabulous Furry Freak brothers are hilarious, Wonder Warthog is my fav though.

Lori Lancaster | October 8, 2004
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Scott Hardie | October 9, 2004
I don't know whether "collecting" or "accumulating" is the proper term any more. I collect CDs I want to which I want to listen, DVDs I want to watch, and books I want to read, but they're not a collection in the sense that I take care of them. Only the DVDs are on display properly, but I couldn't keep up with all the Special Edition re-releases if I tried.

Collections are certainly useful for one thing: Giving other people easy gift ideas when it comes to your birthday or holiday gifts. But I always ask for CDs, DVDs, books...

John E Gunter | October 12, 2004
Nice images of the coins, Lori. I'm not really into cel collection anymore. Got to many other things I want at the moment.

But as far as what I used to be interested in, or what I might get in the future, providing the time and the money...

Macross
various Disney
Valley of the Wind
Project Aiko

That's about all I can think of for now.

John