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Posted: 9/13/2005 6:48:37 PM EDT
I was noticing I like to 'collect' things like guns... Hot Wheels... I have over 1000 of them over the years and all unopened.... I dont know why I did that... everytime we went to Target I would but two. One for my kid and one for my stash box. Electric Basses... I have 6

What else do YOU guys and girls collect??
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:49:42 PM EDT
[#1]
Old Mopar parts & cars.  ~1964-1974  
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:50:53 PM EDT
[#2]
LOTS of crap i don't need
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:52:45 PM EDT
[#3]
Do ex girlfriends that hate me count?
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:53:19 PM EDT
[#4]
Dollar bills
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:53:23 PM EDT
[#5]
Small block Chevy parts. Tamyia armor models. Gun magazines (the kind you read). World War II books.

That's it.

Oh yeah... and guns.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:53:53 PM EDT
[#6]
Yes.

I collect Magazines and Ammo as well

Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:55:26 PM EDT
[#7]
Coins, but I'm not very active in it anymore.

I also like weird conversation pieces.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:56:32 PM EDT
[#8]
Just guns...
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:56:39 PM EDT
[#9]
Cigars.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:58:33 PM EDT
[#10]
Pieces of history: coal from the Titanic, red "tape" from a Civil War document, a Civil War bullet, Roman Empire coins (though I have doubts that those things are authentic), some fused sand from the first nuclear bomb test, etc. etc.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:58:46 PM EDT
[#11]
Bread ties.  

It's all I could afford after I completed my ex-wife collection.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:58:47 PM EDT
[#12]

Quoted:
I was noticing I like to 'collect' things like guns... Hot Wheels... I have over 1000 of them over the years and all unopened.... I dont know why I did that... everytime we went to Target I would but two. One for my kid and one for my stash box. Electric Basses... I have 6

What else do YOU guys and girls collect??



I am a "sick" man too lol

I have:
3 basses-2 fender precisions and jazz
5 fender strats
1 sg
5 les pauls

5 high end watches
25 numerous fiearms

etc etc
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:59:21 PM EDT
[#13]
It started with Matchbox and Hotwheels model cars....

Then, onto real cars.  Some people bring home stray animals, I bring home stray cars.


As an aside, my Mom was working on a patient, when she noticed that the woman's young son was playing with his Matchbox cars.  The woman (younger than my Mom) asked my Mom if boys ever stop playing with toy cars.  All my Mom did was show her a picture of my then-wrecked race car.  "No, they never stop.  They get older, the cars get bigger and more expensive."
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 6:59:43 PM EDT
[#14]
Flashlights!
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:05:54 PM EDT
[#15]
Watches.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:06:42 PM EDT
[#16]
limited edition electric guitars
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:07:16 PM EDT
[#17]
I should add... HP calculators,  I have a 41CV, 4CX, 42S, 32S & 48GX
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:12:08 PM EDT
[#18]

Quoted:
I should add... HP calculators,  I have a 41CV, 4CX, 42S, 32S & 48GX



But at least that is a side effect of Co School of Mines lol
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:12:12 PM EDT
[#19]
Musclecars and Motorcycles.

When I was a kid it was coins and stamps - still have them - might really be worth something today.

Still have a few of my late '60s Hot Wheels and a couple early '70s Sizzlers (remember those)

Man, Mattel made some cool stuff back then!
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:13:58 PM EDT
[#20]
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:18:12 PM EDT
[#21]
books


I still have a coin collection and a very substantial sports card collection boxed up somewhere from when I was a kid.


oh yeah, movies and cds also if that counts.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:26:29 PM EDT
[#22]
Weapons books and folding knives here
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:27:27 PM EDT
[#23]
Guns & all the things that go with them. If I have an M1 carbine, then  I have to have all the bayonet & mags and accessories that go with them.

Ammo. most for shooting but will save representative samples in collection

Military field gear. helmets gas masks shovels bayonets etc.

mess kits and canteens ,military  Palco, Boy & Girl Scout logo , doesn't  matter as long as they are not cheap imported knock-offs

Old cook stoves and lanterns. Coleman only ( only a few ) One of my favorites is a GI 1950 gasoline pack stove that I found in the trash. The kids and I cook breakfast in the backyard with that one.

I try not to go overboard, My collections are mostly acquired at garage sale, thrift shop or on-line auctions if I can get them cheap. Also, I justify it in my head it will be useful for SHTF use or barter.

 I really like old camping equipment. As a boy I loved camping and slept out in my yard a lot as well as scout trips. The old stuff brings back good memories.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:30:02 PM EDT
[#24]

Hand-painted porcelain  (Royal Copenhagen).  



Quoted:
Weapons books and folding knives here



Great - I'm officially "gayer" than StonerStudent  
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:31:56 PM EDT
[#25]
Besides guns, I collect ammo, all separated in ammo cans.  I also have a kick-ass collection of  autographed baseballs and other autographed baseball memorabilia (mainly Red Sox items).  Me and my kids have quite the Hot Wheels collection going, many dating from a decade or two ago.  
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:33:01 PM EDT
[#26]

Quoted:
Hand-painted porcelain  (Royal Copenhagen).  



Quoted:
Weapons books and folding knives here



Great - I'm officially "gayer" than StonerStudent  



What?......No Wooden Shoes





j/k
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:33:15 PM EDT
[#27]
Photography and computer stuff. Also coins, stamps, and $$$.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:41:21 PM EDT
[#28]
OH YEA




SSSSHHHHHHH


EDT: sorry

I collect coins, Have proofs from the year I was born to current (Thank you granny)
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:42:51 PM EDT
[#29]

Quoted:
Hand-painted porcelain  (Royal Copenhagen).  



Quoted:
Weapons books and folding knives here



Great - I'm officially "gayer" than StonerStudent  




Well to be fair you where raised European so the Gay scales isn't the same.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:43:28 PM EDT
[#30]
I collect horror movie items. Toys,Posters,Autographs,Shirts,etc
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:46:53 PM EDT
[#31]

Quoted:
Yes.

I collect Magazines and Ammo as well




I also collect DVDs.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:48:51 PM EDT
[#32]
well....i had a pretty impressive dvd collection....before the fire
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:49:52 PM EDT
[#33]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Hand-painted porcelain  (Royal Copenhagen).  



Quoted:
Weapons books and folding knives here



Great - I'm officially "gayer" than StonerStudent  




Well to be fair you where raised European so the Gay scales isn't the same.




I'm not sure whether to be insulted or relieved!  
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 7:52:49 PM EDT
[#34]
Dust


____________________________________
The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you are already dead. And the sooner you accept that, the sooner you will be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function, without mercy, without compassion, without remorse.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 8:02:11 PM EDT
[#35]

Quoted:
Flashlights!


BIG +1 there!!! It all started when my mom worked at Target...She brought home 6 of the holiday packaged  D cell maglites for me. After Christmas they all got clearenced out to $1.44 and she bought me all that was left I've probably got 100+ flashlights. If the SHTF and the sun goes out, I'm set till all my batteries run out.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 8:10:04 PM EDT
[#36]
Hey dont laugh at the Hot Wheels.. some of those babies are going for 5,000.00!!!!

the ones I am collecting One is worth 25.00... thats it... maybe my kids will cash them in and make the money.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 8:10:52 PM EDT
[#37]

Quoted:
OH YEA

www.joebabes.net/images/megan_christine_01.jpg



SSSSHHHHHHH



GREAT!!! Now I have to put a BOTD in the title...
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 8:12:56 PM EDT
[#38]

Quoted:
Hey dont laugh at the Hot Wheels.. some of those babies are going for 5,000.00!!!!

the ones I am collecting One is worth 25.00... thats it... maybe my kids will cash them in and make the money.



Do some of yours happen to be Treasure Hunt, or World of Hotwheels convention editions.......some of mine are.  I guess that's the part of me that refuses to grow up.....exacerbated by the fact that I have two sons (and maybe one on the way...find out the sex next week)
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 8:14:45 PM EDT
[#39]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Hey dont laugh at the Hot Wheels.. some of those babies are going for 5,000.00!!!!

the ones I am collecting One is worth 25.00... thats it... maybe my kids will cash them in and make the money.



Do some of yours happen to be Treasure Hunt, or World of Hotwheels convention editions.......some of mine are.  I guess that's the part of me that refuses to grow up.....exacerbated by the fact that I have two sons (and maybe one on the way...find out the sex next week)



Yes I have a few that are Treasure Hunts. but No convention editions.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 8:54:45 PM EDT
[#40]
Hi. My name is Wes and I am a collector.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 9:11:14 PM EDT
[#41]
knives and packs. I don't know what it is about packs. I hike and backpack some but not to the extent to justify all my packs. I have camelbacs in several sizes and several sized backpacks. Sometimes it's in search of the "perfect" pack and I'll get one that doesn't work out at all, like the camelbac flashflow. It's the waistpack version. I was hoping it would be cooler on my back but instead it feels heavy hanging off my waist/hip.

Oh, the worst of all, headlamps and flashlights. My favorite is the princton tec corona. It's an led headamp which has a switch to enable you to choose various numbers of leds and 2 brightness modes for each, plus a blinking mode!
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 9:13:08 PM EDT
[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Quoted:
Great - I'm officially "gayer" than StonerStudent  


Well to be fair you where raised European so the Gay scales isn't the same.


I'm not sure whether to be insulted or relieved!  



I think that's "gay by proxy"
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 9:13:47 PM EDT
[#43]
I used to collect lots of stuff until I found Ebay........
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 9:27:23 PM EDT
[#44]
Hockey jerseys, DVDs, random military patches...  and tons of junk!
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 9:30:03 PM EDT
[#45]
Swords, coins, Transformers action figures, semi-precious stones, fossils, pocket watches, knives, and science fiction novels. Not necessarily in that order.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 9:30:31 PM EDT
[#46]

Quoted:
Dust



Link Posted: 9/13/2005 9:30:32 PM EDT
[#47]
I also collect ex wives.

It isn't a very rewarding hobby, but you keep learning new things about human nature.
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 9:35:55 PM EDT
[#48]

Quoted:
OH YEA

www.joebabes.net/images/megan_christine_01.jpg



SSSSHHHHHHH

id collect that
Link Posted: 9/13/2005 9:43:10 PM EDT
[#49]
I collect GI Joes, here is some of my collection, I have posted this pic before, some day when I get the time I'll do up a dio type thing kind like what Sgt use to do.


Link Posted: 9/13/2005 9:48:17 PM EDT
[#50]
Canon camera & lens.
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