What do YOU collect?
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There were four ducks in the Pond War seriesWhere did you find the Darth Duckie? I want one.
Duck Fader
Pond Trooper
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All of them are glow in the dark ducks. You put them in water and their oscillate though their colours. Duck Fader is especially menacing when he turns red as seen here
I bought mine off Australian eBay. Unfortunately I looked on the web and they seem to have sold out everywhere. They were made by a UK company and don't seem to have had a US distributor.
The same company also bought out Ducktor Who and a Mr Spuck (the only Trek duck I have).
That is entirely too awesome.
I'm not sure I 'collect' anything, but it really depends on your definition of a 'collection'.
I have an enormous collection of books, both at home and in my office, and an almost equally enormous collection of CDs. But I don't consider myself either a book collector or a CD collector. I just read a lot, and listen to a lot of music.
A book collector, it seems to me, is someone who's interested in books themselves, as objects--like Miss Chicken and her rubber ducks. I'm much more interested in what's written therein.
I have an enormous collection of books, both at home and in my office, and an almost equally enormous collection of CDs. But I don't consider myself either a book collector or a CD collector. I just read a lot, and listen to a lot of music.
A book collector, it seems to me, is someone who's interested in books themselves, as objects--like Miss Chicken and her rubber ducks. I'm much more interested in what's written therein.
I don't know what I collect any more. I could say swords and armour, but who has money to do that any more? I do have a big book collection, but I'm not the sort to 'collect' them so much as read them. I do have a collection of Miyazaki movies.....
I do have a lot of Lego, though that's just been for my son (and daughter now)'s future enjoyment.
I did collect old electronics, but I gave a heckuva lot to the Sally Anne because we needed the room.
I do have a lot of Lego, though that's just been for my son (and daughter now)'s future enjoyment.
I did collect old electronics, but I gave a heckuva lot to the Sally Anne because we needed the room.
Well, books. Lots of books.
But as for actual collections, I have Galaxy syrup bottles, made by the Space Foods Company, and they are pretty much the coolest useless things in our house. They are these bottles that were supposed to contain flavored syrup (used to flavor carbonated drinks), and they are shaped like spacemen - they've got these little molded rayguns and everything. I never even heard of such a thing until I saw one in a little antique mall and fell deeply and hopelessly in love. There are 10 different kinds ("Fleet Admiral," "Space Ace," etc.), and I have nine of them. Here is a photo from somebody who's managed to score all 10: http://smackyandbucky.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html
I also love space toys. Most of mine are reproductions (I've got a lot of robots), but I do have a vintage raygun that makes me very happy.
I also collect weird sterling silverware, preferably Victorian, but the only essential criteria is that it be sterling and weird: an ice cream spoon/straw (the handle is hollow and can be used as a straw), a tomato server, a berry fork, a berry spoon, a pickle fork, a bon-bon server, a lettuce fork, etc. I yearn - yearn, I tell you - for an ice cream fork, a terrapin fork, an orange spoon, asparagus tongs and, of course, a chocolate muddler, etc., etc., etc....but alas, no luck so far. Well, actually, I did find ice cream forks once, but they were silver plate instead of sterling, and the one and only time I found orange spoons (spoons meant to eat oranges with, of course), the dealer had an entire set and didn't want to break them up, and I couldn't afford all eight.
But as for actual collections, I have Galaxy syrup bottles, made by the Space Foods Company, and they are pretty much the coolest useless things in our house. They are these bottles that were supposed to contain flavored syrup (used to flavor carbonated drinks), and they are shaped like spacemen - they've got these little molded rayguns and everything. I never even heard of such a thing until I saw one in a little antique mall and fell deeply and hopelessly in love. There are 10 different kinds ("Fleet Admiral," "Space Ace," etc.), and I have nine of them. Here is a photo from somebody who's managed to score all 10: http://smackyandbucky.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html
I also love space toys. Most of mine are reproductions (I've got a lot of robots), but I do have a vintage raygun that makes me very happy.
I also collect weird sterling silverware, preferably Victorian, but the only essential criteria is that it be sterling and weird: an ice cream spoon/straw (the handle is hollow and can be used as a straw), a tomato server, a berry fork, a berry spoon, a pickle fork, a bon-bon server, a lettuce fork, etc. I yearn - yearn, I tell you - for an ice cream fork, a terrapin fork, an orange spoon, asparagus tongs and, of course, a chocolate muddler, etc., etc., etc....but alas, no luck so far. Well, actually, I did find ice cream forks once, but they were silver plate instead of sterling, and the one and only time I found orange spoons (spoons meant to eat oranges with, of course), the dealer had an entire set and didn't want to break them up, and I couldn't afford all eight.
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In terms of collecting, I don't think I've ever finished a collection of anything. Most of my collections are stuff from childhood that I can't part with, or worse, have added to. I try hard not to, but there's those times when I go to a garage sale or flea market and "but these old He-man/GI JOE/Star Wars figures are soooo cheap".
badges. the pin variety. these days, GI Joe and Action Force figures.
these are my Cobras
these are most of my Joes. I say 'most' because I've since bought Stalker v2, Scarlett (a 1982 non-swivel arm original from America), Falcon v1, Torpedo v1 and I've got a Steel Brigade 'E' type en route from the US as well.
these are my Cobras
these are most of my Joes. I say 'most' because I've since bought Stalker v2, Scarlett (a 1982 non-swivel arm original from America), Falcon v1, Torpedo v1 and I've got a Steel Brigade 'E' type en route from the US as well.
Mr B... the button ?
Crap! In trouble with the boss again! "What are you laughing at, (Mistral) ?"
Have collections, not collecting-have child now instead of money.
Have SCIFI books-about2000+
Comics:Kirby 4th World Originals, Xmen(Clairemont era), Batman, others
Hot Wheels-about 2-3 dozen in Package for display purposes
Albums: 16 milk crates at 30-40 per, mostly 60s-70s album rock with some seriously rare early rock mixed in
also collect dust bunnys, children's toys(mostly broken, dirty, heavily used and completely involuntarily), fingerprints on glass doors (usually around the 3 ft level) and mysterious black smudges on my once-pristine white tshirts
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I collect plastic toy soldiers. I have thousands of them. I have loved them since I was a kid and continue to collect them.
I was in Japan last June. It was pretty sweet, and I'm considering getting qualified to go back there and teach English. And I'm teaching myself Japanese now, so hopefully if I do go again I can speak with the people a little bit.
I'm not a college student actually.
I dropped out when I was 21...and I'm 27 now. I have about half of them in a big book shelf in my bedroom (that has gotten too full and spilled onto the floor in front of it), and the rest are in my mom's basement.Yeah Bukowski! I have the poem The Finest of the Breed tattooed down my spine.
Apparently, I collect ghosts.
Here's a small sample of my Madame Alexander dolls (I have probably 50, counting ornaments), and most of my Genes:
Looks like someone forgot to save the world this morning...Mr B... the button ?
[
grabs the failsafe key]
Yep, it is new for me also. I use to just let things pile up, but lately I've been wanting to remove as much junk as possible and have as little objects as I can, nice clean and neat.
Yep, it is new for me also. I use to just let things pile up, but lately I've been wanting to remove as much junk as possible and have as little objects as I can, nice clean and neat.
I've been attempting to do the same thing. I move every couple of years and I've gotten really sick of moving so much shit that I never use. It's really hard to get rid of some stuff though. Salvation Army has gotten so much of my old stuff since I moved a block away from it.
Exactly, helps ease moving. I moved out of state last August, a 1,000 mile move from where I was. The apartment I am in now though is only meant to be temporary, a year or two, then I will move into a much better something. Therefore I really want to minimize also so my next move will be as easy and cheap as possible.
I have more super hero figures than most people.
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