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I want to start a collection but I can't decide on what to collect.
I have over 200 books but they don't count. I'm thinking of going with mechanical pencils, or maybe 3D puzzles.
Do you collect anything? What? How many do you have?
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I may be wrong, but a true collector doesn't think they want to start collecting something, they just do because they are passionate about the subject they are collecting.
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I have almost three hundred vintage cameras.
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What about collecting vomit bags?
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Chris Rhoads / Forum Admin & Webmaster of Sandtroopers.com
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Books.
Many...many...many books.
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Not anymore.. When I was younger, I collected stamps, and butterflies. Nowadays I only "collect" strange coins in a jar, when I see them, but nothing official.
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Posting Junkie
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Originally Posted by dustrho 
Me too.
But I bet you didn't get this for Christmas 
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Originally Posted by dustrho
I'm so sorry.
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Originally Posted by dustrho
Star Wars doesn't interest me, personally, but you have an awesome collection there. Cool setup
For some reason, I keep movie stubs in a little box. I never look at them...what the hell?
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Originally Posted by irunat2am
Star Wars doesn't interest me, personally, but you have an awesome collection there. Cool setup
For some reason, I keep movie stubs in a little box. I never look at them...what the hell?
It's an OK collection. Not a lot of unique or vintage items. I see a lot of newer stuff.
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Being a firefighter I collect different patches from different fire dept's across the US. It's amazingly easy, just walk up to a firehouse and ask them if they have any patches they want to trade and you can buy some off of ebay. I have been collecting for the past 3 years and I love it.
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I collect belly lint.
I have a friend that collects different types of SPAM. (not the email kind)
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Originally Posted by Rumor
I collect belly lint.
I have a friend that collects different types of SPAM. (not the email kind)
Teach me the ways, oh lint master!
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Originally Posted by starman
It's an OK collection. Not a lot of unique or vintage items. I see a lot of newer stuff.
I have a ton of vintage stuff. I collect anything and everything Star Wars, and I love focusing a lot of my attention toward army-building. Check out all the vintage Biker Scouts and AT-AT Drivers in this picture...
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I keep coming back to this thread to be amazed.
It's like a horrible car accident that you have to drive reeeeally slowly past.
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I don't really collect anything. I do have a ton of Apple posters, but the oldest is an Intel iMac one, so really nothing that old.
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antiquarian books and manuscripts, comics (golden and silver age), guns, and swords.
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Old books, knives, and beer bottles. Not intentionally, it just happens.
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Just a few (thousand) Rickey Henderson cards is all.
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Originally Posted by Nivag
I may be wrong, but a true collector doesn't think they want to start collecting something, they just do because they are passionate about the subject they are collecting.
Oh there are no rules.
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Originally Posted by irunat2am
For some reason, I keep movie stubs in a little box. I never look at them...what the hell?
I used to do this back when the stubs were teeny-tiny, like a postage stamp. My stack was a good inch-and-a-half high too.
Once they switched to the larger tickets (early 90s) it didn't have the same cachet for whatever reason.
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Maps.
Although I'm not conscientious of the fact when I'm doing it. It's not like I *must* have a map of every single city I've visited. Only the ones that really resonated with me. Maps of museum galleries. of National Geographic charts. of Coachella. And they're all kept nicely folded in a box that I will probably never share with anyone else. They're for my pleasurable viewing - no one else's. Is that strange?
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"One ticket to Washington, please. I have a date with destiny."
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The only thing I collect is my hair as it falls out of my head
oh wait that's not funny, I'm going bald 
seriously I don't collect anything and I echo Nivag's sentiments.
People who collect stuff do so because they're passionate about the subjects. They love baseball and collect baseball cards. They're into star wars and so they collect that. etc. To be honest I'm not sure I know anyone who wants to collect for the shear enjoyment of collecting.
The only recommendation I could give is go with stamps or coins. People seem to be hooked on doing those things.
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Start collecting money. There are even places that will store your collection for you, and pay you for the privilege of doing so!
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i collect all those items that say "collectible" on them. cause surely, if a manufacture put that on the product, then it must be. right?
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i collect dead batteries. I have almost every brand and size now.
you should collect coins of precious metals since the dollar is going down the tube.
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Cats... Ok, my collection is only at 4 at the moment because I'm afraird that they'll take over the world!
No, actually I collect Terry Practhett books and books about Quedliburg in Germany.
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The gene pool needs cleaning - I'll be the chlorine.
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Well, if anyone remembers the Boy Scouts, they have the Boy Scout Hand Book... well, being the Navy, the Navy has the Bluejacket's Manual they give to new recruits in Boot Camp. I have a small collection of them ranging from 1917 and 1918, and some from the 40's, 50', and 60's.
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I keep everything. Old comics, coins, stamps, knives, computers, matchbooks from around the world, g strings from around the world, airline baggage claims, etc... lotsa stuff aka crap to others 
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I collect spores, molds, and fungus.
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I collect gold and platinum coins. Believe it or not, it used to not be that expensive if you got little ones. I won't be collecting many more of them unless the prices of these metals goes down. Can't afford it anymore.
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Originally Posted by Zeeb
I collect gold and platinum coins. Believe it or not, it used to not be that expensive if you got little ones. I won't be collecting many more of them unless the prices of these metals goes down. Can't afford it anymore.
Indeed. The price of gold per ounce is high right now. Great for my gold & precious metals portfolio, not so great if I want to buy coins.
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I collect "Studio Scale" special effects models.
Here's a picture of the Jupiter 2 from "Lost in Space" It is a second generation copy of the actual SPFX model.
(Last edited by BadKosh; Dec 20, 2007 at 06:50 PM.
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Originally Posted by BadKosh
I collect "Studio Scale" special effects models.
Here's a picture of the Jupiter 2 from "Lost in Space" It is a second generation copy of the actual SPFX model.
Mmm, good picture 
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Originally Posted by peeb
Tropical diseases.
GIANTmicrobes
Me too!
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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My sig is 1 pixel too big.
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"I collect spores, molds and fungus."
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CRAP -- I should have read page 1.
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The souls of the innocent.
Really, books, cameras, coffee stuff.
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Oh c'mon…I know I'm not the only one here who collects porn…
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"Altruism is killing America. We who want to save America must repudiate this killer, root and branch. We must understand and explain to others that the acceptance of altruism necessitates the violation of individual rights... and that the arguments for altruism are baseless..."
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I collect Apple laptops. Too bad I'm broke and have to sell them.
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Bush Tax Cuts == Job Killer
June 2001: 132,047,000 employed
June 2003: 129,839,000 employed
2.21 million jobs were LOST after 2 years of Bush Tax Cuts.
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