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misery chastain loves co.

misery chastain loves co.

MORE Count Chocula please.....
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Okay folks, lemme know how you feel about this subject. I imagine there are a few collectors on here. Some of you I may not want to know exactly what it is you collect (OoO comes to mind ;;D)but I'm referring to things other than SK items.
I am a big horror fan and I like to buy the action figures and toys and get my posters autographed at conventions. I have a room just for this stuff and it is getting packed full. If you walked into this room and didn't know who owned it you would think a college age male put it together and not a soon to be 42 year old woman. There is also a beer fridge. Sometimes I feel guilty when I buy something because I think to myself "really? you're 42 years old! Do you need another horror figure?" Well, yes. I love the stuff and have some extra money for it but I look at that room and think "this is getting ridiculous" No hoarding issues, it's all neat and organized.
Anyone else collect and feel this way? Any guilt or should I just continue to throw caution to the wind and keep on collecting?
 
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doowopgirl

doowopgirl

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misery chastain loves co. said:
Okay folks, lemme know how you feel about this subject. I imagine there are a few collectors on here. Some of you I may not want to know exactly what it is you collect (OoO comes to mind ;;D)but I'm referring to things other than SK items.
I am a big horror fan and I like to buy the action figures and toys and get my posters autographed at conventions. I have a room just for this stuff and it is getting packed full. If you walked into this room and didn't know who owned it you would think a college age male put it together and not a soon to be 42 year old woman. There is also a beer fridge. Sometimes I feel guilty when I buy something because I think to myself "really? you're 42 years old! Do you need another horror figure?" Well, yes. I love the stuff and have some extra money for it but I look at that room and think "this is getting ridiculous" No hoarding issues, it's all neat and organized.
Anyone else collect and feel this way? Any guilt or should I just continue to throw caution to the wind and keep on collecting?
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Life is too short to worry about silly things. Enjoy yourself and keep collecting.
 
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GNTLGNT

GNTLGNT

The idiot is IN
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...sweetheart, you just right on grubbin' up what grabs ya...I'm soon to be 54 and anytime I get the chance and a place has a toy store-I'm so there!...I collect Hot Wheels and Matchbox, action figures, comics and all sorts of eclectic things-including the moose bone skull I snapped up at the Kon in Maine...to much sadness in life, not to counterbalance it with whimsy...
 
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pegasus216

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I'm 66, and I collect all things Hello Kitty. I love that little kitty!
My mother was 72 when she passed, and she had 2 cabbage patch dolls. One was in a cradle. So you are never to old for anything. She also had a big poster of Cal Riplin in her sewing room. She loved baseball, and could tell you everything about it!
 
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swiftdog2.0

I tell you one and one makes three...
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If you dig it, keep on digging it.

I'm a soon too be 42 year old Swiftdog who collects horror action figures, movie props, diecast cars, rock show posters, horror artwork and other things. My DVD / CD / Vinyl collection seems to multiply by itself. And let's not talk about my GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome). My guitar addiction is getting worse. I'm up to seven guitars now. And I'm not even playing out anymore :hopelessness:
 
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kingricefan

kingricefan

All-being, keeper of Space, Time & Dimension.
Jul 11, 2006
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Don't worry about what others think about your collection, just do what fills your heart with happiness. Really, the only thin I collect is books. I do have some prints by Jeffrey Jones (not the actor) and Michael Whelan, but other than that it's books, books, books. For some reason, when new friends come to my house and see all of them, they immediatly think that I am smart. I'm not going to sway them on that idea......
 
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SharonC

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misery chastain loves co. said:
Okay folks, lemme know how you feel about this subject. I imagine there are a few collectors on here. Some of you I may not want to know exactly what it is you collect (OoO comes to mind ;;D)but I'm referring to things other than SK items.
I am a big horror fan and I like to buy the action figures and toys and get my posters autographed at conventions. I have a room just for this stuff and it is getting packed full. If you walked into this room and didn't know who owned it you would think a college age male put it together and not a soon to be 42 year old woman. There is also a beer fridge. Sometimes I feel guilty when I buy something because I think to myself "really? you're 42 years old! Do you need another horror figure?" Well, yes. I love the stuff and have some extra money for it but I look at that room and think "this is getting ridiculous" No hoarding issues, it's all neat and organized.
Anyone else collect and feel this way? Any guilt or should I just continue to throw caution to the wind and keep on collecting?
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If that's what you like to do then what
 
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Grandpa

Grandpa

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I'll offer both a supporting and dissenting view.

My mother liked to collect all things Rabbit. My daughter liked to collect all things Dolphin.

When my mother died, I was picking through a metric ton of Rabbits. Some of it I gave away, some of it seemed like it might have value so I kept it (like Hummel stuff, or whatever) without really wanting to, and the rest got wrapped and boxed up for... I dunno. Because Grandma is a tender-hearted person and couldn't bear to take my mom's collection to the landfill.

My daughter saw this and immediately was cured of her Dolphin collecting. She just didn't want to leave her mountain of dolphin paraphernalia for others to deal with. She hasn't collected dolphin stuff since.

Having said that - Do what makes you happy. Life it too short not to. When you leave the mortal coil, those who remain will choose with what to do with your stuff. Let them. Whether they distribute it, keep it close, or throw it out, you're the one who enjoyed it while you had it. Don't deny yourself that.
 
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Alexandra M

Alexandra M

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I collect postcards, have been since I was 4 years old. I have over 4,000 now all indexed and in storage containers. Whenever friends go somewhere they bring
back postcards for me and I send the money and postage for them. Family brings them too (but they are free). I sometimes wonder what any of my daughters would do with these when it comes time. Wonder too if I should just give it up and get rid of them. But I really enjoy them and spend a lot of time looking at
them. One of my cousins is in Rome right now; can't wait to see what he has for me. Can't seem to get any of the Scandinavian countries though; Norway,
Denmark, Sweden; oh, Iceland too. They are tough to get. Maybe one day ...
 
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danie

danie

I am whatever you say I am.
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When someone asks me what I collect, I say, "Money."
But that's just a joke. I don't collect anything. My mother-in-law has about 3000 snowmen, and I just don't get it. I don't like repetition. But as Grandpa said, you should do what makes you happy. Not collecting makes me happy, so I'm sticking to it.
 
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blunthead

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danie said:
When someone asks me what I collect, I say, "Money."
But that's just a joke. I don't collect anything. My mother-in-law has about 3000 snowmen, and I just don't get it. I don't like repetition. But as Grandpa said, you should do what makes you happy. Not collecting makes me happy, so I'm sticking to it.
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I'm collecting dust.
 
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