Do you collect things

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I do notice that my collections are mainly things related to my childhood. Probably I feel drawn to the era in my life where I felt safest,and energetic. So mostly toys,comics,movies and books from the mid 70's to mid to late 80's. I also collect lanterns/hurricane lamps,brass keys,and lighthouse related stuff. The last thing I was a completist about was acquiring a complete set all 20+ books of John Norman's Gor series.

I collect toys i used to have as a child. Mainly 1983-1985 Cabbage Patch kids.

I collect books-virtually all non-fiction (and dealing with my main interests of history and/or politics). I have almost as many as I haven't read as ones I have read (though I have at least skimmed through every book I have). Some people criticize me for this, but the way I see it, it's the only thing I spend money on really.

How did you ever manage to keep the VHS tapes? My mom threw all of mine away. I sobbed so bitterly over them.

You have a rental unit for all your collections? Oh wow. I wonder how long before I can reach that point.

I've been collecting things since I was very young. Started off with lamb toys. Then I used to collect bits and bobs I found around the street. I used to line them up and sleep next to them. Then it was anything to do with The Lion King, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter.

I have a growing Doctor Who collection. I never really collected anything with as much obsession as my DW collection. And NT's have bigger DW collections than me.
I've got music cds, setlists, guitar picks, etc.
Over 30+ band t-shirts.
Books on astronomy and science. All my books are ordered into categories. I've got my Harry Potter, Alex Rider and J.R.R Tolkien books all lined up. Then I've got a section for art and political books. Unlike others I do read a lot and I write. I write sci-fi and my collection is just starting to build up. I have a lot of DW traget and new adventure series books.
I'm starting to build my Nintendo Wii games collection.
I collect antique cameras too in hope that one day I will go back to film.
I'm slowly adding to my Harry Potter collection.

Why do I collect things?

I never really thought about that. It gives me something to do and I like putting my collections on display. I love clutter as long as there is some order to it. Sometimes it just happens. I used to have 100's of train tickets and just interesting bits of paper. I have the a piece of cardboard from my lens pen case on my notice board.
I think I just feel comfortable when all my interests are on display. Wanting to add to the collection is exciting too.
My bedroom wall is full of all my posters and it really feels like home.
I think because I'm a visual person, who likes lining things up neatly and I want to show people my interests, is the best reason I can come up with why I collect things.
It shows my history too. I was obsessive about art when I was younger so I have my art collection as a memory but also to one day get back into.

Coke can tops that have contests, and then rarely ever get around to using them. Somehow I just don't like throwing away opportunities like that.

I collect napkins from the different places I visit and/or eat at. But usually I end up throwing them away or using them. A while ago, I collected puzzle books, but I stopped. I don't know why I collect things. I just do.

I used to collect crap for its nostalgic value, from restaurant serviettes to stupid badges. Also, I had the ticket stub of every movie I ever went to but ended up throwing them away because it got too weird having to ask my friends to please give me my stub if they were holding it. I now collect books, DVDs, pictures of nice houses from real estate magazines, money from different countries and stamps for other people.

Oh brother; do I.

It started when I was 9 years old with vintage TV sets, which I would pick up, repair and keep for my collection. Then it was Toyota cars & trucks with Diesel engines, until I got about 14 of them, and had to pare back since I couldn't pay the upkeep and insurance on all of them. Now it's both of the above, plus air raid sirens. And I don't mean the handheld ones; I mean the huge ones mounted on utility poles that weigh 500-1200 lbs!

Yes, I collect things. But I'm also a neat freak, and I can't sleep if I have any disorder in my collections. If I can't keep something neat in it's place, I sell or give away. All of my vintage TVs are stored and/or displayed nicely, and all of my cars and trucks are clean, licensed, and insured and I do drive and maintain them. I promise myself I'll never let stuff fall to ruin, as so many hoarders do. Right now, I have a couple hundred TV sets in my collection, 12 vehicles, and a half dozen large sirens.

Charles

I want to start collecting Doctor Who stuff as well. However, I don't plan on having a large collection, because I only want things that are specifically related to my favorite Doctors (the 4th and the 10th).

Here is a site that I have used in the past to buy gifts for my friends and family... I have a reputation for finding the impossible and from here I got lots of Doctor Who, Star Trek, Firefly and other pop culture impossible to find goodies..

Enjoy:
Entertainment Earth

I collect some things...
I have a few hundred books. I'll go into a book store for one specific book, or just to look, and walk out with five or six. At least I read them, I guess.
Also, I collect magazines. I don't read all of these, but I look at the pictures. Especially National Geographic and Rolling Stone. I love the pictures in both.
I collect movies. I have a couple hundred of them. I'm obsessive about them. I could name them all right now without looking if I had to.
I also collect posters. I have band posters, posters made from paintings, and movie posters.
Some people say I collect music, but I disagree. I have over 10,000 songs on my computer. My old computer crashed because of this. But I don't think it's a "collection." Collections have to be tangible, I think.
I guess the books are a special interest for me. I've always been obsessive about literature and writing. The music is definitely my special interest. It's the thing I bore people to death with more than everything else combined.

I own lots of books

ruveyn

Same. But my favourite Doctors are the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 10th and 11th. And I want the 1st, 3rd and last Master. Well I have the figure of John Simm as the Master. Colin Baker is my favourite Doctor, so anything to do with him, Tennant and Smithy I want. Yeah, I call Matt Smith Smithy.

I collect language books. I currently have just over 50 real books (several hundred dollars worth) that I've acquired in the past 3 years. I also have 20 gigabytes of books in PDF form, and audio on my computer, probably over 100 books, many for languages I'll likely never learn. I just like looking at them or reading through them sometimes, and like having them.

Several of the paper-books I have I'll probably never use too, like a 400-page Icelandic grammar, or The Little Prince in Maltese, or Elementary Turkish, or a 700-page Mennonite Low German (Plautdietsch) dictionary. I've bought a lot of books impulsively.

I don't think I actively collect anything, though I do have collections of some stuff. I moved a lot when I was younger and always reminded myself "what it would be like to pack up all these and move?" to control my urge to accumulate things. We own our house now so I do collect some stuff, but only small things that can be packed up easily or sold and shipped easily.