What do you collect?

My interest in collecting certain things comes and goes in phases. One phase was collecting business cards (it's the cheapest souvenir you could ask for -- I have 'em from different states and different countries), then playing cards (about 70 decks), and when I was in elementary school I collected bookmarks (and when selecting a bookmark for a book I'm reading, I still match the colors and/or subject matter to the book's cover). I also collected certain comics at different periods of time (Sonic the Hedgehog until around issue 104, any comics involving Venom, Dawn comics, etc).

Originally Posted by Denicalis

I have this thing for old books. I love the smell and the feel of them. I spend literally hours upon hours in used bookshops in every new city I go to.

Awesome . I'm the same way...only one of my friends can keep up with me when I'm in a book store. My parents certainly don't like to spend hours with me in them.

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Originally Posted by McCloud

Holee-shit. The Archie ones? I have from about issues 50-100. That was about the only point where I really got into it. Before that was too cartoony for me (in comparison to the events of 47-50), and later then that it seemed they were trying too hard to blend their own story with the plot of the games and whatnot. The art was getting pretty weak too (I recall one issue where it was basically copies of the art from pervious issues), but nothing irked me as much as the dialogue.

This was apparently a phase a lot of people went through, myself included. I was really into them for about 3 years, and when they released the Knuckles solo book I actually liked that better than Sonic by that point. I was such a StH nerd for the better part of my elementary/middle school years. Then the comics went to shit, and I had to force myself to buy until around 100. But by that point, I figured I was just getting a little old to appreciate the comics, and perhaps the deterioration in the writing was my imagination o_O.

I hated when they changed Robotnik/Eggman's appearance to match that of the games -- even though the games' design came first. I liked the Archie version of Ivo Robotnik .

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Originally Posted by Oric

And then language books. I'm a language nerd...

Me too... I love to go to used book fairs/stores/etc. and buy big dictionaries and guides to learning languages, even though some of them I doubt I'll seriously learn. So far I have stuff on/in Spanish, Latin, German, Norwegian, Japanese, Russian, Italian, ancient Egyptian, Nahuatl, French and Dutch. I already (sortof) speak Spanish, want to learn Norwegian and Japanese, keep the German around for musical references, and the rest are passing fancies .

I forgot to mention the things I collect *now*: Liquor bottles, preferably hard liquor (ie: liqueurs, vodka, tequila, etc.) with unique or interesting bottles. And they have to be kept sealed, so all the liquor is intact with no taste testing. Of course, I don't like to drink, so this is easy for me -- maybe not for other people. I think it's hereditary as well, because my dad and two of his siblings also collect alcohol and work or have worked in bars.

I also collect classical LPs. They usually feature the best performers, stellar recordings (unless really scratched), and I can get things that have been out of print for decades for very little money. And usually classical records are in good shape, because nobody listens to them that often. Except for me .

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I would like to collect Sega consoles. So far I have a Sega Genesis, Dreamcast and Nomad . I have a controller and game for the Saturn, but what I really want is a 32X so I can play Kolbri and Knuckles Chaotix.

And yes, I know ROMS exist. But I like to have the actual system.

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