collecting timeline -

1980 - 1984 - not yet cognitavely able
1985 - 1992 - transformers, masters of the universe, thundercats, hot wheels, books about outer space or dinosaurs
1993 - 1994 - break for the embarrassment of middle school
1995 - 1998 - old star wars toys, new star wars toys, comic books, spawn toys, the tick toys
1999 - 2001 - old star wars toys, new star wars toys, old transformers, new transformers, comic books, tron toys, random/obscure action figures, weird old pc computer stuff, nes games
2002 - 2003 - old transformers, japanese-only old transformers, random godzilla-godzilla related toys, western vinyl, japanese vinyl boredoms albums
2004 - 2006 - japanese vinyl, boredoms albums
2007 - japanese vinyl , vintage japanese vinyl, boredoms albums
2008 - japanese vinyl, vintage japanese vinyl

if my collecting continues to follow this pattern, the only certainty is that i will never have extra money.

I was a huge tick geek. Ben Edlund was from two towns over.

I still have the Tick omnibus that was released and signed by all of the people involved. A treasure from my childhood.

yes

I should specify though

this hobby, maybe
collecting toys, most likely
collecting in general, absolutely yes

I collect so many things and I'm always getting interested in new things. there are so many fascinating things out there, so many things that I find inspiring and culturally important that I think should be preserved. I should have probably gone into museum/library studies or something. I'm not one of those people who limits himself to one or two things. sometimes it's hard because I get spread so thing with all of it, but I do my best to keep as focused on multiple things as I can. I usually say I collect collections.

deep down I honestly hope that for anything you can think of that there is someone out there who collects it and keeps examples in good condition. I'm really just fascinated by die hard collector culture.

I honestly think with some people that collecting is in their blood. for some it's just a hobby, for others it's more. for me, it's something I've always done, and something I always see myself doing, because I enjoy it, but also just because it's my nature.

I remember being about 4-5 years old and I got a big manila envelope and started collecting all the comics from Bazooka bubble gum wrappers. once a had a bunch, it only made me want more, and so I started buying cases of Bazooka. at one point I must have had well over 1000 comics. I don't know what ever happened to them all. I'm sure my mom threw them out or something.

God knows how many things there are since then, and I rarely give up one thing go to start another. I just try to horde it all. I'm such a packrat.

when i'm feeling all artsy-fartsy i think, man, it would be cool to have all my vinyl toys boiled down and then have my body encased in it in a solid rectangle, sort of a plastic coffin or a modern day mummy with one word carved on each side of the box:
"He" 'Lived" "In" and "Plastic"
and then donate it to some museum and let them deal with it.

I voted no, but I think that's just wishful thinking. Every time I say I'm going to take a break I don't because I keep finding something I've been after. I'm sure I'll slow down eventually. I collected the other vinyl for years and that really slowed down as I lost interest in dj'ing....but I never got rid of my collection. I guess i'm just a collector at heart, Hopefully all of us will have mini museums (or big ones) in our old age. Like the Citizen Kane movie.....

I guess i'm just a collector at heart, Hopefully all of us will have mini museums (or big ones) in our old age. Like the Citizen Kane movie.....

then i vote yes. i want to take it to the next level!

I say yes, it to late to turn back now and I dont want to.