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[Mark Olivarez]

My wife keeps them from time to time. She wants to scrapbook some of our earlier ones when we were first dating.

[E.T. & Elliott]

I actually started collecting ticket stubs from movies years back but I stopped because the ink (thermal or whatever) would run or just vanish altogether so the ticket would be smudgy or even blank. Weird. I would just put them in a little box.

[Trent Hoyt]

A few of my stubs from 97 are worn out. They were printed on different paper than the other ones I have. The stubs from National Amusements now a printed on a thicker paper. Although some of them are getting faint.

[Hedji]

I have some old stubs from the 80s, when I used to hang on to them. I should look for 'em and scan them in. I also like some of my old newspaper ads clipped from the paper. The vintage ad slicks were really cool.

[Mark Olivarez]

The only old newspaper clippings I still have are from high school football.


I have Star & Stripes article that features an interview with John Williams from 1992, when he turned 60, and he talks about "retiring". But I cannot find the damn thing. I wanted to post it here.

[Luke Skywalker]

I also colect movie studs... but yes some are 'erased' i think that i will keep the important ones (SW, Indy, etc...) and throw the rest...

I also have some action figures scattered on the shelves,and some WWII planes.

[Wojo]

you've only seen 18 movies since Benjamin Button, hell I saw that many by summer 09.

And you're...proud of this?

I also colect movie studs...

I think you mean "stubs." It's so difficult to keep the authorities from snooping around a collection of well-preserved Hollywood hunk torsos.

I don't collect movie tickets per se, but I have not thrown away important ones. Like I still have the stubs from our first couple dates, or movies that I liked, but I won't keep movie tickets to crap movies. I delighted in ripping up the stubs from those ones.

I'm more interested in saving ticket stubs from concerts or sports games that I attend, since those are far more expensive and rarer.

[Melange]

I don't 'intentionally' collect things now.

But I used to collect different Bererts,Caps,Helmets as a Boy.

From about age 6, I loved wearing things on my head for some reason (particularly berets)

Most of them came via my dad who was in various armed forces, etc.

Collecting those was his influence, because as a Boy he collected things like that.

Apparently he used to own one of those Prussian Helmets (the helmets with the spiked top).

Today I've got a few different hats left over from travels. Such as the Afghan Pakol, Peshmerga Beret, etc.

Bulkier stuff like the Para helmet went the same way as my Dad's Prussian Helmet did (that is,was probably given away to charitys because they were taking too much space in the house).

[Luke Skywalker]

you've only seen 18 movies since Benjamin Button, hell I saw that many by summer 09.

And you're...proud of this?

I also colect movie studs...

I think you mean "stubs."

I suppose you are right.

Too damn many LEGO games played.

[pixie_twinkle]

Love the collection Hedji! Some lovely replicas.

I collect primarily CDs. I tend to get into an artist or composer and try to get my hands on everything I can by them. I have about 10 days worth of Bach CDs, about 6 days worth of Miles Davis, and about 200 days of everyone else. I also collect Dr Who DVDs and 5-inch figures. The figures collection only started a few months ago, but I have about 40 figures already.

[Trent Hoyt]

I have also saved my bibs from every road race I have ever done. I have them all on a big clip attached to my refrigerator.

[Trent Bennett]

I used to collect Star Trek figures...but these days it's mostly CD's.

[Omen II]

Without wishing to sound sexist, I think the urge to collect things is largely a male preserve (unless we're talking about shoes ). When I was little I used to collect yogurt pots (seriously). I even had quite a few from different countries that I would collect while on holiday or that relatives would bring back for me. Nowadays I collect soundtracks (natch) by composers I like, primarily John Williams.

I also like to buy a programme as a memento from every football match I attend, meaning I now have literally hundreds of them. On a similar subject, I suppose you could say that I also collect football grounds - not in the physical sense, obviously - but I always like to watch my team play somewhere I have not been before. It is a great way to see the country and to visit towns and cities that I would probably never have a reason to visit otherwise. So far I have watched games at 115 different football grounds / stadia in England and Wales. The good thing about a 'collection' like that is that I don't need anywhere to store it!

[Mark Olivarez]

Here are some of my collection pics

[king mark]

can't see them

[Trent Bennett]

Here are some of my collection pics

Did you forget to post the links?

[E.T. & Elliott]

This is the greatest Star Wars collectible I own. And yes, those are Jedi curtains. They're in the vacated room upstairs. I saw this standee at a store when I was a kid and I always remembered it. When I saw it show up on eBay MIB for 20-something bucks one day, I HAD to have it. My childhood is rape-proofed because of it.

[Mark Olivarez]

Sorry, Photoshop is not letting me upload them, so I had to upload them to photobucket, then I got busy grilling some burgers and forgot.


Ok Here are few items. There is no way I could post my enter collection and I can't get good enough shots since the spare room my stuff is in is also used as a storage room.

So the first picture is the Lionel Polar Express and Lionel North Pole Central making a run by. Unfortunately they come down once January starts. The rest of the pics include my X-Plus Ray Harryhausen figures, 12" Cyclops and 24" Dragon from the 7th Voyage.

Also X-Plus figures of the 1933 King Kong and T-Rex that were released in 2005 when PJ's Kong was released.

You will also notice the Cloverfield monster from Hasbro, a much more impressive figure in person compared to pics that appeared on the web. The rest consist of some the various Godzilla figures from Bandai, Marmit and X-Plus, to name a few. Also the 8 headed Dragon Orochi from various Japanese films is posted.

[E.T. & Elliott]

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Mega nostalgia. Tim Burton Batman, buff Star Wars, Playmates and Galoob Star Trek TNG figures. I actually had the bridge playset fully stocked with crew, but I sold it on eBay a couple years ago. It needed to be done. Love the thing, but what am I seriously going to do with a 2 foot long plastic bridge nowadays? Here's another cool rarity in my collection that I've been itching to dump on eBay. Late 80s Disney Star Tours travel posters, complete with vintage Disneyland bag they were purchased in. The matte painting on this particular Endor poster (there are two) was actually used in the final shot of Ewoks: The Battle for Endor. Nerdgasm.

[Drax]

Mark, your Godzilla collection makes me so jealous! I'll post up pics of my own collections soon.

[Trent Bennett]

That definitely is a nice Godzilla collection Mark.

[artyjeffrey]

I see your Harryhausen books Mark....

[Koray Savas]

I forgot about my trophy collection. Not real trophies mind you, but digital ones... on the PS3... that ARE real.

But yeah I guess I could officially be classified as a "trophy whore." I don't like to think of myself as one due to one main reason: I don't buy or play games simply to get the trophies. But if I have the game, I try to get as many as I can.

Ones that I have platinum-ed:

Burnout Paradise
Call Of Duty: World At War
Fallout 3
The Godfather II
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time
Quantum Of Solace
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Uncharted 2: Among Thieve's
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

[artyjeffrey]

Might as well jump in.
It's probably more of a hobby, but with model building, once you have enough, then I guess that's a collection. Here's a few, not counting other shelves/cabinets and the bunch suspended above...


...and my "nerd books," or as I like to refer to them, my "never touch these or I'll beat you down" collection...


Believe me, it's more awful than it looks. The rest of the room is more of the same!

[Hedji]

Mark - Cool Godzilla collection!

ET&Elliot - I dig those Jedi curtains!

Jeffrey - Great stuff, dude! Always great to see a fellow Aurora enthusiast! I'd photograph my Aurora monsters, but they only come out at Halloween time. Sadly, a few of them need some repair and TLC. Nice to see you actually framed your Superman portfolio prints!

[artyjeffrey]

Yeah, I picked those portfolio prints up years ago somewhere, sadly they're not a complete set.

I love any Aurora or Aurora-style Polar Lights kits that I can find.

[Trent Hoyt]

I also collect Star Wars autographs. I only get autographs when I meet the celebrity. Currently I have 19 autographs, my collection won't be growing until I go to another convention.

[Mark Olivarez]

...and my "nerd books," or as I like to refer to them, my "never touch these or I'll beat you down" collection...

That's how I am with some of my books.


I had some of the Aurora kits when I was younger, Godzilla and the snap together prehistoric ones.

[E.T. & Elliott]

I have Chewbacca's autograph. I think he's goes to every convention in history. Him and Darth Maul.

[Hedji]

Autographs can be pretty amusing. Here's a few of mine:










The Ford one cost me more than I'll ever admit to.

[E.T. & Elliott]

He has a bloody awful signature. Christopher Lee's is so noble. And David Prowse, well, I guess he IS Darth Vader.

[artyjeffrey]

That David Prowse autograph is fantastic.

As far as autographs go, I only have two. One is from NFL running back Roger Craig, and the other is JW.

[Taikomochi]

The Ford one cost me more than I'll ever admit to.

Dirty things... Awful things... Butt things...

[indy4]

I was almost out of room with my old CD shelf so I recently got a new bigger one. The collector in me is a happy man right now. Maybe I'll post pictures later.

[Koray Savas]

I just ran out of space on my shelf as well. Could make some more, but it'd be all separated and disorganized. I don't like that kinda thing.

[Charlie Brigden]

Finally got round to framing B:TAS and put it with some of the Bat-stuff.

[gkgyver]

Nobody got Klaus Badelt's "The Extra Man" special edition?

Shame on you!

[Richard]

I collect autographs. Currently, I have 2: John Williams', and Jerry Goldsmiths'. Since these are the only 2 autographs that I want, I consider my collection to be complete.

[Wojo]

I collect soundtracks that I'll never listen to.

[artyjeffrey]

Nice Bride of Frankenstein figure!

There are many people in this forum who collect soundtracks that they'll never have the time to truly learn and appreciate.