Currently:
Groupons/Living Socials/Twongos/etc
Laptops in various states of disrepair


I used to do baseball cards and coins when I was a kid and I'm still wondering what to do with all that crap. I also collected a ton of shotglasses while I was in the military...at least those are still proving useful

9/13/2011 3:22:04 PM

I, too, did baseball and other sports cards as a kid (up till late 90s). Back in maybe 2007-2009 I got back into it a little...but I've since lost interest. Other than that, pretty much nothing.

9/13/2011 3:23:38 PM

Can tabs.
I have two huge vases full of them.
They represent thousands of cans of soda and beer that I'd probably be better off without.

9/13/2011 3:32:52 PM

Vegetable seeds
Fabrics- divided by color and texture
Nursing books (at least that's what it seems like at the moment )
Lumber- We could have our own lumberyard in our backyard, sheesh

9/13/2011 3:34:36 PM

dollars.

9/13/2011 3:35:17 PM

beer glasses

9/13/2011 3:37:58 PM

Quote :

"dollars. "

Ditto. Not big on collecting. Likely the by-product of growing up with hoarders.

9/13/2011 3:46:08 PM

norwegian clay trolls
coconut monkeys

[Edited on September 13, 2011 at 3:47 PM. Reason : used to, anyways. they's all in boxes]

9/13/2011 3:46:47 PM

kate spade purses

9/13/2011 3:55:38 PM

Comics - not actively collecting. Just holding what I bought years ago.
Old obsolete computer stuff. My best items are a 15" hard drive platter and an inexplicably thick mouse owners manual. Just grab free stuff where I can.

I probably collect other stuff as well, I guess it depends on what someone would consider a normal quantity of things.

I'd actively collect other stuff, but I'm poor.
Edited: \/ I've spent $0 on my collections over the last decade or so.

[Edited on September 13, 2011 at 4:04 PM. Reason : -]

9/13/2011 3:58:53 PM

a good way to be not poor is to stop collecting "stuff"

9/13/2011 4:02:37 PM

big collector of military models: typically diecast planes and helicopters, diecast tanks and other armor, navy warships (mega-bloks brand)
also have a bunch of batman lego sets from over the years. will prob get more when the new batman sets hit stores.
all kinds of sports memorabilia too for yankees, giants, rangers and ncsu

9/13/2011 4:08:16 PM

legos, but mom gave away my collection at home. now i have to start over. i'm ok with that. nothing i had at home was really worth anything and there was no way i could remember how to build it again.


I also have a rock collection of sorts. Lots of rough/uncut and cut gemstones. I think that collection is finished since I don't work at the mine anymore.

[Edited on September 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM. Reason : .]

9/13/2011 4:10:18 PM

soccer jerseys

9/13/2011 4:13:39 PM

SHOES!

9/13/2011 4:19:06 PM

vehicles.

tools.

9/13/2011 4:22:34 PM

Books. Between my girlfriend and myself I'm sure we're well over 500 volumes (assisted by my great-uncle leaving me his library of a couple hundred books when he passed away last year). Yes, they're a bitch to move.

Die-cast cars. Still have most of my matchbox/hot wheels from childhood, plus I collect "superfast" era matchbox, recent 1/64 American Muscle series, and some of the current M2 1/64 models. Plus anything that catches my eye in the current matchbox/hot wheels lineup. I also collect 1/18, but as those tend to be large and can be expensive, I only have about 15 of those.

That's about it. I still have a bunch of baseball, football, and NASCAR cards from when I was younger, but as they're not worth much right now they sit in an attic. Got back into football cards briefly in 2004-05 but the interest was short-lived.

9/13/2011 4:34:28 PM

t-shirts

9/13/2011 4:43:41 PM

cars but right now my collection consists of 1

9/13/2011 4:48:15 PM

stress

9/13/2011 4:50:09 PM

NES Stuff. Over 400 games now, ~100 manuals, and 80 or 90 complete in the box.

Only NES systems I'm still missing are the Sharp TV, and the Sharp Twin Famicom.
Still got to find a U-Force and Power Glove, but I've got wireless controllers, NES Advantage, Taito Arkanoid Controller, Light Guns, Power Pads and the like.

Loove me some old school NES

9/13/2011 4:51:25 PM

Have a bunch of comics from when I was younger. Don't know when I should try and sell them. Probably not worth it at this point.

Now I just collect the videogames I have played. I have quite a large collection. I hate selling them back to Gamestop why because fuck Gamestop I guess.

9/13/2011 4:51:29 PM

LEGO
shoes
jackets

i don't really intentionally collect those last 2, i just like them & seem to have a lot of them. we seem to accumulate duffel bags also.

oh and threadless t shirts. i have somewhere close to 30 of them.

[Edited on September 13, 2011 at 4:52 PM. Reason : ]

9/13/2011 4:51:52 PM

Nothing that interesting. I like physical, hardcover books and I like getting 1st print and/or special prints or just versions with cool bindings. They are almost always books that I already know and love and I'll run across a cool copy of it in a used bookstore or something so I get them fairly cheap.

[Edited on September 13, 2011 at 4:55 PM. Reason : ]

9/13/2011 4:54:14 PM

I used to collect California Raisins. Ill still buy them now and then if I see one for a good price at the flea market.

9/13/2011 4:54:25 PM

spores, molds, and fungus

9/13/2011 5:17:27 PM

Electronic media

9/13/2011 5:18:02 PM

but seriously...

beer glasses, though most are in boxes since i've moved. I probably display 30-40.

used to collect shot glasses, not they're in boxes.


right now i'm not actively collecting much of anything. things like sports/concert ticket stubs lost their sentimental value after i started going to a ton of them. I still have a few from when i was young that were memorable

9/13/2011 5:25:38 PM

autographed memorabilia from pro athletes

9/13/2011 5:58:10 PM

Garden Gnomes

9/13/2011 6:25:36 PM

As a kid I collected marvel comic cards, then pogs, then Magic cards. Still have all that in my attic.

I used to collect knives and swords. I was a big medieval nerd in high school.
I have well over 40 knives, 15 swords, and a full steel shield. I have a real katana from WWII Japan as well as a Japanese walking stick/ sword that were given to my grandfather after the war.

I also collected shot glasses from every state and country that I went to. Still have most of those, but they rarely see light.

I used to collect foreign currency and older currency. I have maybe a few hundred invested in that.

I now collect firearms.

I also have way more jackets and coats then appropriate (probably 20).

[Edited on September 13, 2011 at 6:42 PM. Reason : .]

9/13/2011 6:41:08 PM

Used to collect baseball and basketball cards. Still have all of those at my parents house. Now I collect bottle caps (one from each new beer I try).

9/13/2011 6:54:24 PM

Polo shirts

9/13/2011 7:26:15 PM

dust

9/13/2011 9:01:11 PM

Pokemon! I gotta catch 'em all!

9/13/2011 9:15:38 PM

Quote :

"dollars."

9/13/2011 9:27:26 PM

Brass from consumed pistol cartridges.

Pop tabs from soda cans.

Phone numbers from all the classy ladies.

9/13/2011 10:00:15 PM

Asian kids.

Just like Angelina.

9/13/2011 10:45:32 PM

tools

souls

9/13/2011 11:02:37 PM

Beer glasses, something around 100 spanning 6 boxes after my last move
Old NES games... I'm up to 80 nevermind the Virtual Console's a bit easier to keep up w/

9/14/2011 12:39:38 AM

phone numbers

9/14/2011 1:46:20 AM

comics
records


i keep all my ticket stubs to everything.

9/14/2011 8:23:55 AM

i have a lot of coins and baseball/basketball cards from when i was kid, as well

right now, i collect knives, but only insofar as i can use them (i don't just let them sit there collecting dust)

9/14/2011 8:37:10 AM

Quote :

"i keep all my ticket stubs to everything."

I forgot about this. I don't know if I'd call mine a "collection" just because I don't actively collect and look through my old ticket stubs...I just don't throw them away and have a shoe box where I'll toss them.

9/14/2011 8:54:37 AM

big dork here

I used to collect comics, magic cards, various other CCG's. I still have all of those plus the baseball cards from when i was a kid. Right now I just collect/game with table top wargaming models.

Also collect firearms and tons of books ( I have worked at Barnes and noble for years). I really need to get rid of a bunch of this stuff that I dont even look at anymore.

9/14/2011 9:30:56 AM