Reply With QuoteI've started collecting Lego, such as Star Wars sets that are about to retire and Architecture ones.
Vader, I have no idea how many things I have related to him.
BTW that is me as Vader in both pictures.
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I've started collecting Lego, such as Star Wars sets that are about to retire and Architecture ones.
Jeans, Boots, Knives and Pens!
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Jeans, Boots, Knives and Pens!
I seem to have quite a lot of socks; not sure that really counts as a collection though!
I remember you posting a pic of your table top games machines, would love to see the arcades and pinball tables.Originally Posted by TheFlyingBanana
Yes. I also collect historic signatures, paintings and art, antiques, minerals and fossils, space memorabilia, antique taxidermy, books, film memorabilia, art glass, historic and ancient artefacts, vintage gaming machines including arcade machines and pinball tables, rare British stamps, orreries, clocks, and all kinds of other curios. That do you?
I guess I collect films in a way, have hundreds (probably over 1000 though never counted) of DVDs and BluRays, though most now sit on my server (18TB full and counting). I used to collect records, have hundreds of drum and bass records from 92 to 98 when I used to DJ.
As vices go I normally have 20 or so bottles of whisky on the go, and more stashed in the basement for the future.
My only real collection is my old consoles and peripherals. Recently opened a new office and was asked if I had any nicknacks I could bring in to put on the shelves. I think they were a little surprised with how much I bought in.
That's not all the games, or the current machines I have setup at home, but it's most of the colourful stuff. Couple of rare Dreamcast bits; a system disk, some unreleased versions of games and betas (worked at Sega for a while). I used to keep it all boxed in the basement as the wife wasn't to keen having it all in the living room and loving having it all out. We plug in a different machine each week for some lunchtime gaming, currently loving some Gamecube Mario Karts, Saturn Sega Rally next week!
My biggest gaming piece isn't here though, there wasn't room for my Creature From The Black Lagoon pinball table.
Other collections in the basement include a ridiculous amount of AV cables and power supplies that will probably never ever be needed again (and most I have no idea what they are for), but you never know.
Amazing, really nicely displayed as well, I think that looks great!I remember you posting a pic of your table top games machines, would love to see the arcades and pinball tables.
I guess I collect films in a way, have hundreds (probably over 1000 though never counted) of DVDs and BluRays, though most now sit on my server (18TB full and counting). I used to collect records, have hundreds of drum and bass records from 92 to 98 when I used to DJ.
As vices go I normally have 20 or so bottles of whisky on the go, and more stashed in the basement for the future.
My only real collection is my old consoles and peripherals. Recently opened a new office and was asked if I had any nicknacks I could bring in to put on the shelves. I think they were a little surprised with how much I bought in.
That's not all the games, or the current machines I have setup at home, but it's most of the colourful stuff. Couple of rare Dreamcast bits; a system disk, some unreleased versions of games and betas (worked at Sega for a while). I used to keep it all boxed in the basement as the wife wasn't to keen having it all in the living room and loving having it all out. We plug in a different machine each week for some lunchtime gaming, currently loving some Gamecube Mario Karts, Saturn Sega Rally next week!
My biggest gaming piece isn't here though, there wasn't room for my Creature From The Black Lagoon pinball table.
Other collections in the basement include a ridiculous amount of AV cables and power supplies that will probably never ever be needed again (and most I have no idea what they are for), but you never know.
I thought I had a problem 'til I read this thread.
I was going to confess to a bit of a bicycle thing. At one point I had 6 mountain bikes, 2 road bikes and a fixie but I've got that down to 3, 1 & 1 now.
Cheers. I'm getting little display cards made to stick behind all the consoles on the walls with some of their key stats and facts. It's not going to compete with Game On, but it will be my own little exhibition. If anyone has any old consoles (need to add a NES, MasterSystem and PCEngine) they want rid of give me a shout.
Wet shaving for me.
Film cameras, audiophile releases (CD or flac) and classic soul etc. releases and reissues in general and a few DE razors and fountain pens. Feeling the need less and less as my 2 small kids get more and more interactive...
Or I'm just scared they'll break stuff...
Chairs (Art Deco and 60/70s Danish) and original fashion plates / perfume adverts from the 20s-50s.. I love the artistry and the glamour of them, particularly the abstract variants.
Also photography. Loads of books about documenting abandonments/decay and a few new ones about night photography and star trails which I intend to start having a go at when the weather warms up.
Anything by Eileen Gray?
Started tidying up the living room last night, led to an obligatory photo opp, and a dram of 7.84 (Longmorn)
I have one of those addictive personalities that will collect anything and everything. Club posters was one when I lived in ibiza
Watches (mostly old pocket watches), knives, headphones - now starting on records - if anyone wants to sell any here let me know the genres! :-)
This is right up my street, love this! Good work...
Ha ha ha!! I think we're all a bit watch potty in here!!
I think the gist of the thread was what other than watches are you in to??
john
I've always enjoyed looking at tz-uk - and I'll admit to coveting some things owned by some members, a nice Zenith doublematic, a VC Historique american 1921..As vices go I normally have 20 or so bottles of whisky on the go, and more stashed in the basement for the future.
My only real collection is my old consoles and peripherals. Recently opened a new office and was asked if I had any nicknacks I could bring in to put on the shelves. I think they were a little surprised with how much I bought in.
However as a child of the 80's - your shelves have some serious eye candy dave! Then you go and through in a bottle of lagavulin...its border line pornography. Makes me want to storm the attic - i'm sure theres a bbc micro b, a NES and a megadrive up there! - fingers crossed maybe some scalextrix too!
Think I'll print that photo out, keep it safe for the next time I buy a watch, then show your collection to my good wife!Ha ha ha!! I think we're all a bit watch potty in here!!
I think the gist of the thread was what other than watches are you in to??
john
Thank you
I've (relatively) recently got into cigars... I don't actually smoke that often, but I like the ritual of it and now as a member of a cigar forum I've learned how little I know..!
Years ago i used to collect 80's BMX bikes...
This was before i was married and had kids...
Just a few of the ones i owned, just a big kid really...
Which forum Jack? Wouldn't mind giving it a go...
It's ukcigarforums.com - nowhere near the size of this place but there are some good guys on there and I've had some really helpful responses to a couple of questions I've asked.
Thanks mate, will swing over now and have a look.
I strongly recommend you buy The Playboy Book of Cigars - a cracking good read with lots of piccies. You can get it from Amazon.
I have a collection of vices, mostly woodworking. And back pains, I am collecting quite a few of those
Thanks for the tip, I'll take a look.
Apparently customers also bought the 'Nude Cigar Smoking' DVD... well, all in the name of a hobby I suppose:
"This is the video for anyone curious about cigars-specifically how they look when being smoked by beautiful naked women."
Niche.
Wow those take me back a bit, I hope you kept a couple for your own kids?
Wish I had, my oldest would love an old retro BMX now.
Fraid not, as with most stuff we eventually move it on, i do wish i had kept at least one of them now...
Wow.... Takes me way back, old skool lolYears ago i used to collect 80's BMX bikes...
This was before i was married and had kids...
Just a few of the ones i owned, just a big kid really...
Did you have a mag burner?
My cousin had a Raleigh Burner, i had a GT in my youth until i got knocked off it and my mum gave it away...
I had one of those! Yellow skyway mag II wheels, bombproof wheels. Went on to a mongoose after that, kept the wheels on the mongoose. Those were the days, hours in the woods building dirt jumps.
Yes i had a Mongoose as well, built it from scratch in my collecting days...
The mongoose was a treat! The 80's weren't that bad when you look back...bikes wise anywayYes i had a Mongoose as well, built it from scratch in my collecting days...
Was it Z rims, you put them in the freezer to straighten them out? Lol did that even work lol
I had Z-Rims on the white bike further down the post, i'm not sure if the freezer trick worked or not, never owned them in my youth wheel buckling days lol...
Skyways were the best wheels anyway everyone knows that haha...
And don't even get me started on bear-trap pedals what took a chunk of bone every time your foot slipped...
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I remember you posting a pic of your table top games machines, would love to see the arcades and pinball tables.
I guess I collect films in a way, have hundreds (probably over 1000 though never counted) of DVDs and BluRays, though most now sit on my server (18TB full and counting). I used to collect records, have hundreds of drum and bass records from 92 to 98 when I used to DJ.
As vices go I normally have 20 or so bottles of whisky on the go, and more stashed in the basement for the future.
My only real collection is my old consoles and peripherals. Recently opened a new office and was asked if I had any nicknacks I could bring in to put on the shelves. I think they were a little surprised with how much I bought in.
That's not all the games, or the current machines I have setup at home, but it's most of the colourful stuff. Couple of rare Dreamcast bits; a system disk, some unreleased versions of games and betas (worked at Sega for a while). I used to keep it all boxed in the basement as the wife wasn't to keen having it all in the living room and loving having it all out. We plug in a different machine each week for some lunchtime gaming, currently loving some Gamecube Mario Karts, Saturn Sega Rally next week!
My biggest gaming piece isn't here though, there wasn't room for my Creature From The Black Lagoon pinball table.
Other collections in the basement include a ridiculous amount of AV cables and power supplies that will probably never ever be needed again (and most I have no idea what they are for), but you never know.
*Drool*
Do you have the matching red Chainsaw controller for Resi 4? I think it was yellow for Gamecube and red for PS2.
I've sold almost all my gaming stuff, but currently sizing up another console to collect for - Saturn looks very promising at the moment.
Superb collection anyway, that must have taken some hours on e.bay!
Mine was just like that, but not so clean, well tell the truth, covered in mud most of the time!
I found this pic on the interweb years ago and always found it fascinating.
^ Savoia Marchetti s55
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoia-Marchetti_S.55
Photography:
Porco Rosso!
Yes, I like fountain pens and I have quite large collection spanning from 1930 up today. Most of them are Parkers and Pelikans.
Dream, I absolutely loved that bike and those grips were the nutsYears ago i used to collect 80's BMX bikes...
This was before i was married and had kids...
Just a few of the ones i owned, just a big kid really...
RIAC
Diamond Back Harry Leary with Oakley Grips, the paint was beautiful, was a beaut when i finished it. If memory serves me correctly i sold it to a collector in Australia...
Cheers. I have a few more bits I couldn't find at the time, and then a fair few handhelds and modern machines at home.
The Lagavulin I bought in to toast the opening of the office with, and will be used for celebrating the winning of any big projects, and indeed the completing of them.
I really should get one of the red ones too to go with it. Cracking things, but a bit useless for actually playing any games.
Saturn is a great machine to get into, loads of great arcade conversions. A few of the titles are silly money, but theres loads available for peanuts.
We have been setting a machine up at lunchtime and having a play through some oldies. Recently been playing lots of different versions of Mario Karts and had a blast on Mario Power Tennis yesterday.
None of it was off eBay, they are nearly all machines I have kept. The MegaDrive is a replacement as I sold my childhood one (had an import Genesis originally) and the Saturn I got from a friend as I never had one. The SNES's are replacements as my original broke. The Amiga 1200 was an upgrade from a 600 which was an upgrade from a 500, each being sold to fund the next, wish I still had them though.
I do need to get on eBay though as I want to add a NES, PCEngine, Magnavox, original Gameboy and then a Speccy and C64. Would love more Game&Watch and some tabletops, but probably shouldn't go down that slippery slope!
Lots of music (cd/vinyl). I seem to have quite a few jackets and coats too!
running shoes. 13 pairs and counting. The number I have is 1 less than the number I need...
I do like Bourbon.
I look to try a different one every time I buy a bottle, so far I like Bulleit and Wild Turkey best.
Going to try Heaven Hill next.
I also like watching/ re-watching films and have a huge collection.
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