Collectors?

AZ200cc · 02-06-2010, 03:10 PM

Just curious if we have any collectors here. And if so what do You collect?
I collect old coins, I have some from the mid 1800's and up, Silver gold stamps etc. An old coffee percolator from the 1800's
I also am building a small collection of old HIFI equipment starting with one Ghettoblaster we've had since the 80's and another I got from ebay that is built in 1987..I am adding some old Walkmans and a ton of old cassettes to that collection.

And a ton of baseball cards and the like, They're not really worth anything really because the are from the 80's but I keep em just the same.

My plan is to wait for a better economy and sell all this off and start an account for my daughter, We'll see how that goes. :roll:

Add that in with all My Atlanta Falons memorabilia and I have no room to even display the stuff

So who else keeps old stuff around

:?:

TeamCheap · 02-06-2010, 04:01 PM

I have a ton of old radio control car stuff.
Some of it is worth quit a bit some of it is just about worthless for the next 10-15 years then it may be worth something.

I dont keep it to sell so much as I just liked running RC's years ago and some of the old stuff is really cool.

I plan to make many many shelfs in my garage to store/display all the RC stuff and hopefully go through all of it and sort it all out.

With the new house having such large yard I plan to put in an RC track sometime so I can walk out back and run them around once in awhile.

I just got back from the poor mans mall (flea market

) and they have a bunch of old electronics there.

AZ200cc · 02-06-2010, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TeamCheap

I have a ton of old radio control car stuff.
Some of it is worth quit a bit some of it is just about worthless for the next 10-15 years then it may be worth something.

I dont keep it to sell so much as I just liked running RC's years ago and some of the old stuff is really cool.

I plan to make many many shelfs in my garage to store/display all the RC stuff and hopefully go through all of it and sort it all out.

With the new house having such large yard I plan to put in an RC track sometime so I can walk out back and run them around once in awhile.

I just got back from the poor mans mall (flea market

) and they have a bunch of old electronics there.

Sweet, I had an old tcyo Typhoon and fast traxx back in the day. I still have a tyco mini bandit.....I had a lot of fun with those.

katoranger · 02-06-2010, 04:59 PM

I just have alot of junk. Pretty good license plate collection going though.

AZ200cc · 02-06-2010, 05:25 PM

Some of old plates are worth some dinero.

TeamCheap · 02-06-2010, 06:57 PM

My RC's are mostly tamiya, kyosho, losi, ofna and team associated.I have some radio shack X-mods 1st gen and a bunch of the zipzap monster trucks as well as a few odds and ends.

I seem to have a collection of old junk tractors going now also and I almost bid on the lot of 30 but it was 300 miles away 8O .

AZ200cc · 02-06-2010, 07:31 PM

Those cars are expensive 8O ANd I thought you were cheap

FastDoc · 02-06-2010, 09:15 PM

Military firearms. I have arms from the Civil War to current. Representitive weapons from most all combatants represented. I shoot all of them, frequently. I also load my own ammo, which is critical for shooting a weapon that was produced 120 years ago in a country that may not even exist anymore.

I also collect antique cameras.

Ex wives also, but I'll stop that collection at 1.

tokarev · 02-06-2010, 10:30 PM

I do Military vehicles and firearms mostly

AZ200cc · 02-06-2010, 11:27 PM

Aww yes, Two fire arm collectors, Some beutiful weapons out there. I can't afford that hobby though guns are like gold anymore. People are in some sort of panic mode 8O ...And wices are to be left at the alter not in the courts

frostbite · 02-17-2010, 01:54 PM

Old computers and video game consoles. I must have at least 3-4 Atari 2600's, Commodore 64's, VIC-20's, Apple II's, etc...

Once the new house is built - arcade cabinets!

I'm going to call my basement the 'Nerdsonian'.

Jim · 02-17-2010, 04:57 PM

I got rid of most of my junk when I moved, don't have a lot of space so trying to keep the extra stuff to a minimum.

I have a lot of DVD's not sure if you'd call that collecting?

tokarev · 02-17-2010, 08:57 PM

It doesnt take long to run out of room when you collect trucks.

AZ200cc · 02-17-2010, 09:26 PM

I was looking at getting at old nes system, Maybe a saturn also.
If I find them at thrift stores I will just wind up selling them on ebay

Just started my new collection...Lunchboxes.

Cars are too expensive for me to collect...Dicast maybe

fishman10 · 02-17-2010, 10:29 PM

before my divorce i too had alot of rc stuff mostly nitro,at one time I had 2 losi LST's ,2 traxxas t-maxx and 2 electric mini's, the losi mini T and associated rc18, I also built 3 t-maxx's from scratch from all my parts boxes and sold them.Now I just work on them for people ,that don't want to pay the high hobby shop labor fees.I still can't believe guys will bring me a $600.00 rc truck or buggy brand new in the box and have me break it in for them and tune.People are missing out on half the fun of rc's which is working on and fixing them after you crash them into a metal pole!

02-06-2010, 03:10 PM	#1
AZ200cc Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Show Low Arizona Posts: 2,889	Collectors? Just curious if we have any collectors here. And if so what do You collect? I collect old coins, I have some from the mid 1800's and up, Silver gold stamps etc. An old coffee percolator from the 1800's I also am building a small collection of old HIFI equipment starting with one Ghettoblaster we've had since the 80's and another I got from ebay that is built in 1987..I am adding some old Walkmans and a ton of old cassettes to that collection. And a ton of baseball cards and the like, They're not really worth anything really because the are from the 80's but I keep em just the same. My plan is to wait for a better economy and sell all this off and start an account for my daughter, We'll see how that goes. :roll: Add that in with all My Atlanta Falons memorabilia and I have no room to even display the stuff So who else keeps old stuff around :?: __________________ <br />2001 Suzuki DR200SE<br />1997 Suzuki RM250 YIKES<br />1995 Yamaha Breeze 125 daughters<br />1991 Honda XR80r Restored<br />maybe a 2003 Yamaha TTR90
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02-06-2010, 04:59 PM	#4
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	I just have alot of junk. Pretty good license plate collection going though. __________________ You meet the nicest people on a Honda Clone.
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02-06-2010, 05:25 PM	#5
AZ200cc Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Show Low Arizona Posts: 2,889	Some of old plates are worth some dinero. __________________ <br />2001 Suzuki DR200SE<br />1997 Suzuki RM250 YIKES<br />1995 Yamaha Breeze 125 daughters<br />1991 Honda XR80r Restored<br />maybe a 2003 Yamaha TTR90
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02-06-2010, 07:31 PM	#7
AZ200cc Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Show Low Arizona Posts: 2,889	Those cars are expensive 8O ANd I thought you were cheap __________________ <br />2001 Suzuki DR200SE<br />1997 Suzuki RM250 YIKES<br />1995 Yamaha Breeze 125 daughters<br />1991 Honda XR80r Restored<br />maybe a 2003 Yamaha TTR90
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02-06-2010, 09:15 PM	#8
FastDoc Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Southeastern Washington desert Posts: 14,761	Military firearms. I have arms from the Civil War to current. Representitive weapons from most all combatants represented. I shoot all of them, frequently. I also load my own ammo, which is critical for shooting a weapon that was produced 120 years ago in a country that may not even exist anymore. I also collect antique cameras. Ex wives also, but I'll stop that collection at 1. __________________ Happy to serve.
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02-06-2010, 04:01 PM	#2
TeamCheap Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: directly under the earths sun............NOW Posts: 2,302	I have a ton of old radio control car stuff. Some of it is worth quit a bit some of it is just about worthless for the next 10-15 years then it may be worth something. I dont keep it to sell so much as I just liked running RC's years ago and some of the old stuff is really cool. I plan to make many many shelfs in my garage to store/display all the RC stuff and hopefully go through all of it and sort it all out. With the new house having such large yard I plan to put in an RC track sometime so I can walk out back and run them around once in awhile. I just got back from the poor mans mall (flea market ) and they have a bunch of old electronics there.
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02-06-2010, 06:57 PM	#6
TeamCheap Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: directly under the earths sun............NOW Posts: 2,302	My RC's are mostly tamiya, kyosho, losi, ofna and team associated.I have some radio shack X-mods 1st gen and a bunch of the zipzap monster trucks as well as a few odds and ends. I seem to have a collection of old junk tractors going now also and I almost bid on the lot of 30 but it was 300 miles away 8O .
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02-06-2010, 10:30 PM	#9
tokarev Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Safety Harbor Florida USA Posts: 214	the collection I do Military vehicles and firearms mostly
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02-06-2010, 11:27 PM	#10
AZ200cc Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Show Low Arizona Posts: 2,889	Aww yes, Two fire arm collectors, Some beutiful weapons out there. I can't afford that hobby though guns are like gold anymore. People are in some sort of panic mode 8O ...And wices are to be left at the alter not in the courts __________________ <br />2001 Suzuki DR200SE<br />1997 Suzuki RM250 YIKES<br />1995 Yamaha Breeze 125 daughters<br />1991 Honda XR80r Restored<br />maybe a 2003 Yamaha TTR90
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02-17-2010, 01:54 PM	#11
frostbite Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada Posts: 1,744	Old computers and video game consoles. I must have at least 3-4 Atari 2600's, Commodore 64's, VIC-20's, Apple II's, etc... Once the new house is built - arcade cabinets! I'm going to call my basement the 'Nerdsonian'. __________________ Frostbite "The beatings will continue until moral improves"
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02-17-2010, 04:57 PM	#12
Jim Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Abbotsford, BC, Canada Posts: 4,880	I got rid of most of my junk when I moved, don't have a lot of space so trying to keep the extra stuff to a minimum. I have a lot of DVD's not sure if you'd call that collecting? __________________ "Be excellent to each other" "We are all human. Let's start to prove it!"
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02-17-2010, 08:57 PM	#13
tokarev Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Safety Harbor Florida USA Posts: 214	collecting big stuff It doesnt take long to run out of room when you collect trucks.
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02-17-2010, 09:26 PM	#14
AZ200cc Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Show Low Arizona Posts: 2,889	I was looking at getting at old nes system, Maybe a saturn also. If I find them at thrift stores I will just wind up selling them on ebay Just started my new collection...Lunchboxes. Cars are too expensive for me to collect...Dicast maybe __________________ <br />2001 Suzuki DR200SE<br />1997 Suzuki RM250 YIKES<br />1995 Yamaha Breeze 125 daughters<br />1991 Honda XR80r Restored<br />maybe a 2003 Yamaha TTR90
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02-17-2010, 10:29 PM	#15
fishman10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: central PA Posts: 770	collections before my divorce i too had alot of rc stuff mostly nitro,at one time I had 2 losi LST's ,2 traxxas t-maxx and 2 electric mini's, the losi mini T and associated rc18, I also built 3 t-maxx's from scratch from all my parts boxes and sold them.Now I just work on them for people ,that don't want to pay the high hobby shop labor fees.I still can't believe guys will bring me a $600.00 rc truck or buggy brand new in the box and have me break it in for them and tune.People are missing out on half the fun of rc's which is working on and fixing them after you crash them into a metal pole!
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