Collecting things other then comics.

[G.A.tor]

Every now and then, I try and collect my thoughts. Doesn't happen as much as I would like but it is a work in progress.

any updates on this

[G.A.tor]

most folks know, I like the Mego...

 

[VintageComics]

Still collecting women and watches...

 

You'll stop when women start collecting you.

 

[VintageComics]

Every now and then, I try and collect my thoughts. Doesn't happen as much as I would like but it is a work in progress.

any updates on this

 

I don't think pressing the matter will help in this case.

 

[G.A.tor]

Still collecting women and watches...

 

You'll stop when women start collecting you.

 

I hear the vinyl blow up women come in many diff varieties these days...danny has many more to collect (thumbs u

[MutantKeys]

Still collecting women and watches...

 

You'll stop when women start collecting you.

 

I hear the vinyl blow up women come in many diff varieties these days...danny has many more to collect (thumbs u

[Dick Pontoon]

Postcards of my hometown, Barrington, Illinois. Barrington is quite old for the midwest (founded in the late 1850s), and the downtown area hasn't really changed since about 1925. I have about 75 of them, would be happy to scan some for people if they're interested.

 

Post away. I like that sort of stuff. Town where I live was founded in 1626, lots of great old buildings around.

[Max Carnage]

I collect Six Million Dollar Man toys but I've got no where to display them I need a bigger house !

 

I've got all the action figures, venus space probes, and space rocket

[seank]

Since the divorce and moving into the new house, I've started dabbling in a few new things:

 

Uranium glass:

 

 

which glows under a UV light:

 

 

I've also started collecting vintage barware. This is a recent eBay win, in the original box:

 

 

Some coasters any guy should enjoy:

 

 

And lastly, my tiki mug/cookbook/glass cabinet. The rocket on top is a cocktail shaker from the 1970s. The decanter contains absinthe.

 

 

[comick1]

Been working on these King Features Syroco statues from 1941 for a long time now. Got interested in the Famous Americans syrocos and Pinochio syroco plaques along the way as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is my modest Yellow Submarine shrine. Not a huge Beatles memorabilia collector, but always liked these bust banks of the boys. . .they were actually tougher to complete than I thought they'd be. It's a bit tough to judge the scale, but that's a Let It Be 44 picture sleeve behind Paul's shoulder. They are each about 9 inches tall.

 

[Scrooge]

 

Who's that to the right of the Little King?

[PovertyRow]

I used to collect books on random knowledge and trivia...stuff like road engineering, musical history and religion. Most of that stuff has either been destroyed in one of two basement floods or simply lost since my separation years ago.

 

I also collect stuff like movie stubs, boarding passes, con passes and receipts from places Louise and I have visited since we've been together over the years. I'm planning on scrap booking everything one day.

 

Finally I've started to collect paper artifacts now like letters from creators whose comics I collect:

 

 

Those letters deserve their own thread. They are quite amazing.

 

Could you fix the links on the bottom row? Three of them (1, 2 and 4) point to the ccbeck4 jpg.

 

 

 

 

[Ringfinger]

Those old letters are the coolest!!

[hockey&comicsguy]

I used to collect vintage action figures like Star Wars, G.I. Joe, etc....

 

Now, aside from comics I collect a $1.00 chip from every casino I play at and .5 L German beer mugs made by Gerz. I got a number of them from my grandmother when I was a kid. My grandparents have long since departed but I still buy one occasionally for sentimental reasons.

 

[Duffman_Comics]

Heroclixs !!

 

This brings up an interesting point. I had none of these until a "Convention" a couple of year's back where I was given a few figures.

 

I liked the look of them, the detailing and especially the size (small) and I could hear my inner OCD saying "These are neat! These are cheap! Couldn't be hard to complete a collection!"

 

That's when rational me took over and asked what the set-up was with boxes of this and cases of that and such and whilst I still have the few figures I was given I have successfully suppressed the desire to get any more.

 

Anybody else actually had to say "no, I am not collecting those", simply because you know the strain it would put on "other areas of the household"?

Collecting the heroclix are reminiscent of the “hunt” that I would do when I was a kid. They come in an unmarked box so you do get doubles but also have the chance of finding that super rare figure going for $50 or more on Ebay etc. I liken it to when I use to buy the rolls of coins at the bank looking for wheats (pennies with wheat on the reverse), Indian heads, buffalo nickels, mercury dimes, etc. or pre-1964 quarters and dimes (silver). The internet has taken some of the “hunt” out of collecting so this is a way to relive the glory days of collecting!! Besides they are cheaper than Bowen’s statues and look kewl!!

 

 

 

This is a case where I can see what would have happened down the path not taken. I am not sure, seeing this display, whether I dodged a bullet or missed an opportunity

[esquirecomics]

 

Now, aside from comics I collect a $1.00 chip from every casino I play at

 

I'd be more impressed if you collected $100 chips.

[rodan57]

Postcards of my hometown, Barrington, Illinois. Barrington is quite old for the midwest (founded in the late 1850s), and the downtown area hasn't really changed since about 1925. I have about 75 of them, would be happy to scan some for people if they're interested.

 

I, too, like to collect old postcards of my hometown, Acton, Ontario.

 

 

This is a photograph of the Queen Victoria Jubilee Parade that took place on June 18th, 1897. The town is celebrating Queen Victoria's sixtieth year on the throne. It's a wonderful card. It shows the parade being lead by the Citizen's Band and followed by all the school children of Acton. It's a real photocard by local photographer, A.T. Brown. Posted September 1905. A tribute to Brown's skills as a photographer.

 

[VintageComics]

I used to collect books on random knowledge and trivia...stuff like road engineering, musical history and religion. Most of that stuff has either been destroyed in one of two basement floods or simply lost since my separation years ago.

 

I also collect stuff like movie stubs, boarding passes, con passes and receipts from places Louise and I have visited since we've been together over the years. I'm planning on scrap booking everything one day.

 

Finally I've started to collect paper artifacts now like letters from creators whose comics I collect.

 

Those letters deserve their own thread. They are quite amazing.

 

Could you fix the links on the bottom row? Three of them (1, 2 and 4) point to the ccbeck4 jpg.

 

 

Pov, fixed.

 

There's a thread in the GA section that I started when these letters started appearing.

 

Board member Boot posted his Everett letter win.

 

Linky

 

 

[Darth Corgi]

Star Wars and Toy Spiders.

My studio a few years ago. It's actually gotten worse.

[Agent 007]

James Bond and Stargate !!!!!!