Collecting guilt.

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  1. kidclam

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    Collecting guilt.
    dare I ask you what is your budget? I think you and Geo have one of the best collections out there.
     
  2. AladdinSane

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    Collecting guilt.
    Ill take some tonight, It's sitting in two EMS boxes so I can look at them wondering if what's inside is better then the scotch, coke and hookers I could have spent it on.
     
  3. LamourSupreme

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    Collecting guilt.
    that's funny, I hardly spend anything on toys, but live vicariously through other members who do. I guess that's why I'm more addicted to this forum than the actual toys themselves. :D Seriously, everyone that I do paintings for has been extremely generous in providing my vynil fix as well as keeping me busy painting things I love.
     
  4. Frank Kozik

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    Collecting guilt.
    I was really good and didnrt buy much for most of '06, but lately I have been indulging. 2005 I dropped maybe 20 grand on toys and art. Luckily,due to the nature of my business, its all tax deductible so its not a total loss.

    Sometimes though I kinda wish I could sell it all in one big blowout, all 3000 +friggin toys, and forget they ever existed...but my girlfriend would never let me do it.

    MY biggest problem is I have unlimited space, so its too easy to justify aniother showcase etc etc.
     
  5. Taro

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    Collecting guilt.
    I am thinking about acupuncture and hypnosis...
     
  6. Frank Kozik

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    Collecting guilt.
    sometimes I look at all the toys and think 'I am insane', but then I justify it by thinking I could sell them if I really had to and at least I am not spending 100 bucks a day on dope like a lot of people I have known. I laso try to spend as much money on 'real stuff' -cars, savings, furniture etc as I do on toys, but yes I sometimes just feel like I am out of my mind.

    anyone want to buy like 800 bearbricks?

    LOL
     
  7. hillsy11

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    Collecting guilt.
    No, but got any Ikas?
     
  8. rhinomilk

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    hm... anyone interested in starting an business venture? it probably won't make any money & we would probably won't sell much... might also try to classify it as a church also.
     
  9. rhinomilk

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    well, good thing vinyl isn't edible or perishible (well not for at least 50 years or so) or everyone would be screwed
     
  10. Frank Kozik

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    Collecting guilt.
    Anyone who is a 'serious' collector should Incorporate and buy and sell, that way all purchases are tax deductible and all you have to worry about is tax on your 'inventory'. You can also write off buying trips,display cases ,a vehicle etc etc etc.

    I have 2 companies, one is a 'Design Business' and the other is an 'Import/Export' business, its a lot of paperwork but my tax rate averages less than 2% a year as opposed to like 30% a year if I was set up as 'citizen'.

    You also get to buy wholesale on alot of stuff. Well worth the hassle.
     
  11. Frank Kozik

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    Hopefully, after the new GID ones that will be it.

    2 new J vinyls are currently in production-the Usagi and an Ika-based 'salariman' figure
     
  12. locomoto566

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    Hmmm. . . I've got some time on my hands. . .
     
  13. Frank Kozik

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    seriously man, set up a little LLC ...'Loco Toys'. Once the paperwork is done its magical.
     
  14. rhinomilk

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    ^ well i guess this now explains why you charge that annoying sales tax for CA residents for stuff even out of your collection. you should move your operations to oregon :)
     
  15. Frank Kozik

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    Collecting guilt.
    my dream is rural nevada, but my girlfriends career prohibits leaving San Francisco.
     
  16. ratcrtur

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    Collecting guilt.
    That career doesn't have anything to do with having to wear an "ankle bracelet"? :)
     
  17. Frank Kozik

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    no..shes a bigshot over at Adobe.
     
  18. ratcrtur

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    Thats cool... I use her product everyday.
     
  19. Frank Kozik

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    her job is insane. Those people work their asses off. Guess thats why the software is so good.
     
  20. efp3

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    Collecting guilt.
    I have been checking out the beta for Lightroom, pretty cool! I wish Adobe put out cool t shirts for their products. I would love a cool photoshop shirt. Back in the day it was a pain to get an Adobe shirt, I picked up one at the NAMM show a couple of years ago.
     
  21. Locomoco

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    Please have them bring back the old icons for photoshop and illustrator!!! I hate the flowery little new icons that don't mean anything.
     
  22. Anti Social Andy

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    . . . and most of the night when the shit hits the fan! :evil:
     
  23. locomoto566

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    Where would one start?


    Ever been to Elko? Some good Basque food up there.
     
  24. straightoutta..LOKASH

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    Collecting guilt.
    Frank,thats the best advice Ive gotten in a long time, Im doing this as we speak.
     
  25. kidclam

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    Collecting guilt.
    any idea when they will merge the macromedia stuff with Adobe? and will they really kill off my best loved program Freehand? PM me if its way too confidential :D
     

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