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Well, I should imagine many of us here collect video games of one sort or another. Aside from that I'm curious what everyone here collects.
Collecting is quite a curious mentality to me. It's interesting to know why people collect the things they do and what meaning those things have to the one who collects them.
Personally, here are my collecting addictions.
BattleTech / Batltledroid or Mechwarrior miniatures - Mostly I'm collect the older BattleTech miniatures but will buy newer ones when I get a good deal, or if it is one really want. I don't get to play the game very often and seldom get around to painting any of the miniatures, however I've several thousand dollars of the stupid things. I quit counting figures back when I hit 1k mech miniatures. I've sold off a shit load of extras I didn't want over the years as well, and almost always have regretted it.
I think the thing is that I always wanted these fuckers when I was a kid and couldn't ever get any.
Atari 2600/5200/7800 - I've boxes and boxes of carts and systems. They don't really ever get played. I just buy the shit when I get a deal on it and into storage it goes. I sold off about 1k of excess extra stuff a while back but still have a metric fuck tonne of the crap.
I don't really know what the attraction here is, other than some misguided reliving the past bull shit. I like the box art and stuff, but can't really stand to play most of the games.
VHS - What the fuck is wrong with me. I've so many tapes. I keep buying them when I get a good deal on them.
Aside from there being lots of stuff still not released on dvd, there isn't much reason to have them other than nostalgia I suppose.
Collecting is quite a curious mentality to me. It's interesting to know why people collect the things they do and what meaning those things have to the one who collects them.
Personally, here are my collecting addictions.
BattleTech / Batltledroid or Mechwarrior miniatures - Mostly I'm collect the older BattleTech miniatures but will buy newer ones when I get a good deal, or if it is one really want. I don't get to play the game very often and seldom get around to painting any of the miniatures, however I've several thousand dollars of the stupid things. I quit counting figures back when I hit 1k mech miniatures. I've sold off a shit load of extras I didn't want over the years as well, and almost always have regretted it.
I think the thing is that I always wanted these fuckers when I was a kid and couldn't ever get any.
Atari 2600/5200/7800 - I've boxes and boxes of carts and systems. They don't really ever get played. I just buy the shit when I get a deal on it and into storage it goes. I sold off about 1k of excess extra stuff a while back but still have a metric fuck tonne of the crap.
I don't really know what the attraction here is, other than some misguided reliving the past bull shit. I like the box art and stuff, but can't really stand to play most of the games.
VHS - What the fuck is wrong with me. I've so many tapes. I keep buying them when I get a good deal on them.
Aside from there being lots of stuff still not released on dvd, there isn't much reason to have them other than nostalgia I suppose.