fatboy Posted June 14, 2013 Report Share Posted June 14, 2013 So what is you favorite thing to collect? I thought I'd start a thread so people can share their strange collections. Whatever it may be. Bottle tops, Whiskey bottles. Jakes entire Enter Shikari collection, All your boxsets, CDs, vinyl, DVD, VHS, Blurays, guitars, effects pedals? How obsessive a collector are you?, what silly purchases have you made to go towards collecting? I've been working on, retro consoles and games, snes, n64, mega drive, ps1. my alien/predator dvd/bluray collection rekorderlig bottles, I'm going to build a xmas tree out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Consoles. I have an Atari 2600, Master System, Mega Drive, NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, PS1, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, DS... Tons of games... They're currently taking up space in my mates house. Actually considering selling the lot if anyone is interested. Whenever I find a button I pick it up and take it home and throw it in my button bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 I tend to get addicted to this sort of thing. It's been really hard to keep it to just Enter Shikari. I think I'm going to collect the Metal Gear Solid stuff. Books/comics/games, maybe even soundtracks. I do buy a lot of vinyl. I like collecting vinyl. I know of a guy who would collect one of every kind of fag packet. That bits of tobacco left at the bottom came in hand when he was skint apparently. I collect comics too. Need to buy more stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Other peoples children, in a van. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Probably Buffalo Sabres merchandise. Here's an old photo. I have a lot more now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Some more, from a trip to New York... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Giles Walker Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 I have loads of records, does that count? Like tonnes of them, piles and piles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted June 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 yup anything that you actively collect I'm interest in seeing hoping more people would have been keen to upload their things! especially since this is a music forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Giles Walker Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 I have maybe 6/7000 records, i leave them spread out all over the floor like this a lot. This is a pile of garage/dubstep/grime and sublow (a kind of offshoot of garage, that ran alongside grime and petered out in the early to mid 00s) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Was cleaning my cupboards the day and remember I have a fairly big collection of band t-shirts,if that counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cool Thinker Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Cinema tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 I have maybe 6/7000 records, i leave them spread out all over the floor like this a lot. This is a pile of garage/dubstep/grime and sublow (a kind of offshoot of garage, that ran alongside grime and petered out in the early to mid 00s)That's a formidable collection, have you collected many genres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 I'll be unpacking over the next few days, i'll post pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 Renaissance art. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 If I'm reet bored tonight I might try and take a photo with all the band t-shirts I have. But I doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseyBoi Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 I collect tropical fish..What started as one tank in the hoose is now 50 tanks in the shed . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skacel Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 I collect gig tickets from gigs I have been to. Been collecting since 2003 so got quite a few. I also started collecting posters from gigs I had been to. Either the ones advertising the gig or from merchandise stalls. The decent ones I plan to frame and stick up on the wall. Got 2 up so far still got plenty more to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 I collect tropical fish..What started as one tank in the hoose is now 50 tanks in the shed . . . WTF? Pictures, please. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 collections are nothing without pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skacel Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 WTF? Pictures, please. I concur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eupraxia Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 I collect maps. From ordnance survey maps of areas of particular significance to me, to a small collection of antique maps and street plans. I also have a large interest in Word War II battle maps, and I was gifted a couple of Normandy maps which I love. I think maps are beautiful to look at, and full of a wide range of interesting information, as well as acting as a great memento of a visit. When I was playing in bands and touring, several places really captured my imagination, and my map collection stemmed from that, as I would always endeavour to pick up maps of my favoured towns. I bought Mrs Eupraxia an antique map of Lille a while back, and it features a prominent star fort; it looks like Optimus Prime. It is similar to this, but zooming in more on the star fort itself. I have also started to collect whisky, especially single malt Scotch. I hate having costly inclinations. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 I collect maps. From ordnance survey maps of areas of particular significance to me, to a small collection of antique maps and street plans. I also have a large interest in Word War II battle maps, and I was gifted a couple of Normandy maps which I love. I think maps are beautiful to look at, and full of a wide range of interesting information, as well as acting as a great memento of a visit. When I was playing in bands and touring, several places really captured my imagination, and my map collection stemmed from that, as I would always endeavour to pick up maps of my favoured towns. I bought Mrs Eupraxia an antique map of Lille a while back, and it features a prominent star fort; it looks like Optimus Prime. It is similar to this, but zooming in more on the star fort itself. I have also started to collect whisky, especially single malt Scotch. I hate having costly inclinations.interesting, I like looking at maps of aberdeen from long ago, good to see how the place used to be laid out. Whats your favourate or most valued piece? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eupraxia Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 interesting, I like looking at maps of aberdeen from long ago, good to see how the place used to be laid out. Whats your favourate or most valued piece? I totally nerd out over old maps and town plans and relate them to Google maps. It's really fascinating, especially when comparing maps and prospects of London from the 1600s to today - the street layout within the old city walls is still intact. I recently stood on the spot William Wallace was effectively eviscerated, which I was able to identify due to old maps and layouts of the Smithfield area. My most treasured map is a D-Day battle map, showing the whole of Normandy, denoting where all the British and American airbourne drop zones were, the five landing beaches, Point du Hoc, and all of the key battles immediately following D-Day. These are not especially difficult to come by, but it's an interesting thing to look at and assimilate. My favourite online map resources, for anyone interested: http://maps.nls.uk/towns/ http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/mapmakers/braun_hogenberg.html#maps The above Braun and Hogenberg collection is absolutely fucking awesome. And the remarkable John Slezer: http://digital.nls.uk/slezer/find.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseyBoi Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 WTF? Pictures, please.Ill take pictures tomorow...Just finished setting up a marine tank this evening...Fish going in isx1 Coral Beautyx2 Green Chromisx1 Boxer shrimpx4 hermit crabsx6kg Live Rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Some of my band t-shirts. I'd name them all but...arsed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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