Yup, a few build-it-yourself Gundam kits.

posted by Automatik

Started a record collection last year. I'm only at around 20 or so. I only want stuff that's somewhat rare, limited press, or not availabily on digital. Also tracks that I would DJ in the future if I ever learn to mix vinyl, which is hard as hell. 

I have several hundred records, most from decades ago (some beyond that) ................... a few may become rather valuable at some point, I hope. 

posted by superman

My son has decent collection of souvenir signed footballs and baseballs.   

Bengals football with Carson Palmer and Jon Kitna

OSU football with Braxton, Zeke, Zach Boren, and Michael Thomas. 

Baseball with George Foster

Baseball with Pete Rose

I'd say the best part of my overall Reds collection is my collection of individual autographed balls from the entire Great 8. I still need to add a Sparky ball before I consider that particular collection complete. Finding a decent ball of his isn't easy, unfortunately. I haven't looked in a while, but it does look like their value has dropped considerably in the last few years.

posted by justincredible

I'd say the best part of my overall Reds collection is my collection of individual autographed balls from the entire Great 8. I still need to add a Sparky ball before I consider that particular collection complete. Finding a decent ball of his isn't easy, unfortunately. I haven't looked in a while, but it does look like their value has dropped considerably in the last few years.

Everything my son has came from a personal meeting.   I think that is the best part of his. 

I currently have about 100 bottles of beer that I am trying to drink down. I also have a huge collection of beer glasses. And about a year ago I started keeping all my bottle caps to do something with one day. 

posted by superman

Everything my son has came from a personal meeting.   I think that is the best part of his. 

That's cool. Only a few of my Great 8's are in person, but I have met most of them at one point or another through various events. I think Perez and Griffey are the only two I haven't met in person. George Foster is by far the best of the bunch. 

posted by Iliketurtles

I currently have about 100 bottles of beer that I am trying to drink down. I also have a huge collection of beer glasses. And about a year ago I started keeping all my bottle caps to do something with one day. 

Do you have any carpentry skills?  Google "beer cap table"

Pretty cool, what you can do with a simple piece of wood and some clear epoxy.  

posted by QuakerOats

I have several hundred records, most from decades ago (some beyond that) ................... a few may become rather valuable at some point, I hope. 

Browse Discogs.com for some pricing ideas. HUGE money in used records these days. I'm regularly looking for rare 2-3 track EPs that go for $40+

posted by salto

Do you have any carpentry skills?  Google "beer cap table"

 

Pretty cool, what you can do with a simple piece of wood and some clear epoxy.  

I don't but this was one of the things I thought about doing. I've also thought about getting one of those bottle cap holders in the shape of a state or the USA. 

posted by Automatik

 

Browse Discogs.com for some pricing ideas. HUGE money in used records these days. I'm regularly looking for rare 2-3 track EPs that go for $40+

Thanks ....will do! 

A cursory look indicates I have a lot of potential value in vinyl.  :) 

posted by BR1986FB

Laugh all you want but I used to collect Beanie Babies (ex-girlfriend got in into it). Those lil bastards were worth some $$$$$.

How much? I have in bag new 40 or 50 glad to get rid of them... Want pics ?

posted by Belly35

How much? I have in bag new 40 or 50 glad to get rid of them... Want pics ?

I think the key word was were.

I have about 15 years of consecutive Sports Illustrated covers. Also have the full articles and pictures of anything that was Cleveland or Kentucky related during that time. At some point I might start trying to go backwards, only because it's not all that hard to do anymore.

STD's.....giggity giggity

/sleeper'd

posted by salto

Do you have any carpentry skills?  Google "beer cap table"

 

Pretty cool, what you can do with a simple piece of wood and some clear epoxy.  

I used to collect cigar wrappers.  I was going to do something like this.  We moved, and I think I lost them.

Follow up:

34 pairs of pants (not counting work out pants like sweats, ski pants, tights) but does count 2 suit pants.

33 pairs of shoes not counting flip flops, or slippers but does count cycling shoes, hiking shoes, water shoes.

I'm surprised, thought I had over 40 pairs of shoes, and probably around there with pants.

posted by BR1986FB

Laugh all you want but I used to collect Beanie Babies (ex-girlfriend got in into it). Those lil bastards were worth some $$$$$.

I worked in grill area at McDonalds during that time. Insane. Actually hired a person to simply answer the phone. They were free with a happy meal purchase...limit 5 happy meals per order. People would buy 5 thru drive thru, throw away food and hop back in line. Happy Meals were $2.09, $2.19 and $2.39 back then. Typically we would sell around 100 happy meals a day....during those times we’d sell around 4,000-5,000 a day.

People would sit out in lobby waiting for us to change to next number of beanie baby...when we did they’d all cheer and yell.

I stole several dozens of these sumbitches.

Hope everyone is sitting down for this...but I have a gigantic baseball card collection.

200,000+

posted by Ironman92

Hope everyone is sitting down for this...but I have a gigantic baseball card collection.

200,000+

I appreicate you taking the brunt of my 30+ pair of pants.

posted by Ironman92

Hope everyone is sitting down for this...but I have a gigantic baseball card collection.

200,000+

That is insane, lol. My brother has every Topps complete set from 1980 on, none of them ever opened. I thought he was crazy, but geez. 

posted by justincredible

I think the key word was were.

Exactly. Don't collect them anymore.

posted by Commander of Awesome

I appreicate you taking the brunt of my 30+ pair of pants.

I haven’t bought hardly any since 1996. My son and I enjoy looking through them. I was a touch obsessive from about age 8-18

posted by Iliketurtles

I don't but this was one of the things I thought about doing. I've also thought about getting one of those bottle cap holders in the shape of a state or the USA. 

Man, imagine seeing that in the Guiness Book of World Records in the foreseeable future.

posted by Ironman92

I haven’t bought hardly any since 1996. My son and I enjoy looking through them. I was a touch obsessive from about age 8-18

Same.  My grandfather used to take my brother and I to get many.  I still have my complete box set of Topps 1996.  It's been opened, but the cards are still in mint condition.

But 200K?  I have MAYBE half that, and I thought I overdid it.

I don't really collect anything in particular -- more of an "if I want something, I get it" person, but what I want doesn't tend to lead to me collecting a lot of any one sort of thing.

I have a few DVD'd TV shows and movies, but not enough to be a collection (more cheap-ass horror films than a sane person would have, but not enough to say I have a crap cinema collection, for example).

I might be able to say video games, since I have a large backlog of games I haven't even started yet, but I wouldn't call it a collection because it's nowhere near as large as it'd be if I hadn't traded in so many back in the day. If I kept everything I'd ever bought, I'd have a few hundred laying around the house. Probably have at least 150, but that includes all my old Atari 2600 and NES games I have in boxes because the actual systems no longer work.