What else do you collect? (1 Viewer)

I've been more or less out of the arcade collecting hobby for the last 6 years, even though I've bought 5 in the last year :cool:. This video (a local news story about my collection) was almost 10 years ago before our addition, which included a basement extension that added 30 B&W games from the 1970's. I spent about 8 hours a day in this hobby from 1998 to 2008. It was both a time and money soak, far beyond chipping. Similar to restoring old cars, the first one is exciting but then it ended up feeling like a job so I bowed out of the insanity.


On Amazon Prime (and probably some others now) there is a documentary called The Space Invaders. I'm the guy in the orange shirt. The producer flew to my house in NH from CA and spent 3 days out here. We did my interview at 2am after I picked him up from the airport. I had a 102 fever and was out of my mind but I think it pulled together okay. This was a great hobby to be in, everyone was (is) friendly by nature due to the games being friendly by nature. The only tough era was around 2001-2002 when games and game parts were being sold at phenomenally high prices which attracted some of the scumbags looking to make a quick buck only.


Insane! What was your power bill like?!
 
Insane! What was your power bill like?!

Believe it or not the power is minimum. At the time I calculated it was $.25 for one game if left on for 8 hours. When you have a collection of games like this, you never just leave them on like an arcade did in the 80's. You turn them on, play some then turn them off.
 
One collection I do have that has true value is Cookbooks, over 300

Hmmm -- I never thought of them as a collection, but we have a few hundred too (we both cook).

Is the "true value" you speak of monetary, or the value of gustatory delight?
 
Great thread!

I like to collect things... Mostly stuff you can use, but often times I will collect stuff for aesthetic reasons. I have a good number of mini collections, but nothing too over the top (with the exception of poker chips). Here's a list of a few of collections:

4- Legos.. (We had a Lego room, but outgrew it... I think last count was around 40,000 pieces)

Our family is big into Legos, my son's latest pickup was the star wars death star, took like 3 weeks to assemble. I'd love to see some pics of the Lego room if you have any :)
 
Neon. I love Neon. When I was a kid the theater in town had a clock down below the screen that glowed in a way that was fascinating to me. I remember staring at it during movies. I didn't really know what it was but I thought it was cool. When I got my first house I knew I wanted some neon signs. The Olympics had been hosted in my state years before and there were a couple of cool olympic signs that I searched for over several years. I found a listing for one of the signs I was looking for and bought it from a neon bender who I have become friends with. He has built 3 custom signs for me and has repaired a half dozen that arrived broken in the mail and 1 that was broken during a card game. Last year I happened upon the very Glo Dial clock that I had stared at as a boy in the theater and it now hangs in my kitchen. Total I have about 40 signs.
Want to buy a corona neon sign??
 
Hmmm -- I never thought of them as a collection, but we have a few hundred too (we both cook).

Is the "true value" you speak of monetary, or the value of gustatory delight?

Both!! I have several vintage cookbooks and signed copies that are or could be valuable.

My rarest book probably is Food and Finesse: The Brides Bible 1948 signed by Chef Henri Charpentier
 
Both!! I have several vintage cookbooks and signed copies that are or could be valuable.

My rarest book probably is Food and Finesse: The Brides Bible 1948 signed by Chef Henri Charpentier

There were only like 1,000 copies of the Brides Bible printed. That's a pretty rare find!
 
Very cool, what kind of board games?

I have these ones:

Monopoly
Risk
Clue
Video Village
Concentration
Camouflage
Why?
Mousetrap
Coleco Football
Philip Marlowe Detective game
Lie Detector
mechanical hockey game

When I was a kid, I had a 'Challenge the Yankees' baseball game. I guess my mom must have thrown it out, since it never showed up when I looked for it many years ago. I wish I had this, since it would be worth several hundred dollars now. Individual cards can go for lots of money depending on their condition. Don't confuse this with 'NY Yankees Baseball Challenge Game' from the '80s. The original game came out around 1964 and had a picture of the original Yankee Stadium on the cover.

At least I saved the mechanical hockey game, as that was about to be thrown out.
 
I have these ones:

Monopoly
Risk
Clue
Video Village
Concentration
Camouflage
Why?
Mousetrap
Coleco Football
Philip Marlowe Detective game
Lie Detector
mechanical hockey game

How cute. Our cataloged list includes:
6 nimmt!
Aeroduel
Agora
Air Superiority
All The Kings Men
Amoeba Wars
Anchorage-opoly
Animal Rummy
Anti-Monopoly II
Apples to Apples
Aquarias
Arcadia King Ironheart's Madness
Are You a Werewolf?
Armchair Detective Mystery Puzzle Game
Ascension At Firepeak
Assassin! The Final Game
Atlas & Zeus
Authors
Autoduel
Awful Green Things From Outer Space
Axis & Allies
Backgammon
Backwords
Barons of Fyn, The
Baseball Card Game
Batman Game, The
Battle Ball
Battle Cattle
Battle for Italy
Beat Detroit
Before I Kill You Mr. Bond
Before I Kill You Mr. Bond Better Edition
Ben Hvrt
Berserker
Beyblade
Big Cheese, The
Big Dumb Five
Big Idea, The
Big Idea, The Semideluxe Edition
Bitin' Off Hedz
Bitin' Off Hedz Second Edition
Black Death
Blazing Camels
Bleeding Sherwood
Blood Bowl
Boat Wars
Bogart
Bohnanza
Book of Classic Board Games, The
Brain Baseball
Brawl
Buck Rogers Battle for the 25th Century
Bump in the Night
Button Men
Call My Bluff
Candy
Canoga
Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition
Captain Treasure Boots
Car Wars
Car Wars Tanks
Car Wars The Card Game
Carcassonne
Carcassonne the Dice Game
Cards Against Humanity
Celebrated Jumping Frog Game, The
Chainsaw Warrior
Challenge, The
Change!
Checkers
Chess
Chez Dork
Chez Geek
Chicago Scene
Chief Herman's Holiday Fun Pack
Chief Herman's Next Big Thing
Chinese Checkers
Circus Maximus
Classic Battletech
Clue
Clue The Great Museum Caper
Colossal Arena
Con Game
Corruption
Cosmic Encounter
Cosmic Wimpout
Craps
Crazy Eights
Cribbage
Croquet
Crypt the Pharoh's Curse
Cthulhu Rising
Cube Farm
Dante's Inferno
Dark Cults
Darts
Dawn Patrol
Dead Money
Dead Slug
Deadfellas
Deadwood
Deadwood Studios USA
Dej Sem Mozek
Devil Bunny Hates the Earth
Devil Bunny Needs A Ham
Diceland Deep White Sea
Dino Dice
Dino Hunt
Dino Jagd
Diskwars
Dog Fight
Dominion
Dominoes
Don't Break The Ice
Drag-Ominos
Drake & Drake
Dukes of Hazzard, The
Dungeon!
Dungeoneer
Dungeonquest
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Easter Island
Elchfest
Election Day
Emergency!
Empires
Enemy Chocolatier
Escape From Elba
FALLING
Family Business
Fantasy & Romance
Fight City (Deck A: Power)
Fight the Power
Fight!
Fightball
Fish Cook
Fjords
Flip
Fluxx
Football Strategy
Forever Young
Formula De'
Frank's Zoo
Fraud Squad Who Cooked The Books?
Freeloader
Freight Train
Fresh Fish
Gangsters
Geeks The Convention
Generals, The
Get Lucky
Get Out
Girl Genius: The Works
Give Me the Brain
Give Me the Brain Special Edition
Godsfire
Gold Digger
Grass
Gravediggers
Great Brain Robbery, The
GROO: The Game
GRYB
Guillotine
Hacker
HackSys
Hearts
Hex Hex
Hey, Bartender
Hidden Conflict
Hot Death Uno
How Much For The Camel?
How to Host a Kid's Party
How to Host a Mystery: Star Trek Edition
Huzzah!
Igor!
Illuminati
Illuminati New World Order
Ink Blotz
Innsmouth Escape
Iron Dragon
Jacob Marley, Esq.
James Ernest Writes Off Another Trip To Vegas
James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game
Jump
Junta
Jyhad
Karate Fighters
Kill Doctor Lucky
Kill Doctor Lucky Director's Cut
Knightmare Chess
Knightmare Chess 2
Landlord!
Landyland
Legend of the Burning Sands
Legend of the Five Rings
Light Speed
Linx
Lord of the Fries
Lord of the Fries D-Lux
Lord of the Fries Special Edition
Lost Pueblo of Dr. Green, The
Love Letters
Lunch Money
Mad Magazine Card Game
Mage Knight
Magic Realm
Magic The Gathering
Magnetic Games
Make Your Own Opoly
Mana Burn
Management Material: General Office Edition
Management Material: Information Technology
Mandinka
Marriage Material
Merchant of Venus
Mhing
Middle Earth The Wizards
MindTrap
Minion Hunter
Mission Command Land Game
Mob Strategy
Modern Naval Battles
Monopoly
Monstrosity
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Dying Circus
Mork & Mindy
Mortal Wombat
Munchkin
Mutant Chronicles
Myth Fortunes
Mythos
Nano Fictionary
Net Runner
New England
Nexus
No name game (green cards)
Noggin Nockers
Nuclear War
Number 2
Numble
Ogre / G.E.V.
Ogre Miniatures
Old Maid
On The Edge
Once Upon A Time
Once…
One False Step for Mankind
Othello
Outdoor Survival
Outpost
Outreach
Pairs
Paradise Cab
Parts Unknown
Party Pigs
Pass Out
Pay Day
Pennywise
Phase 10
Pictionary
Pig Mania
Planit
Poker
Power Technics
Probe
Proton
Punchcards
Putwoody's Castle
Queensland
Rage
Razoo
Razzle
Red Alert
Renfield
Risk
Road Trip
Roadside Rescue
Robo Rally
Rolled Bones
Rummikub
Rumors
Sack Armies Expeditionary Force
Safari Jack
San Juan
Save Doctor Lucky
Scooby-Doo! Expandable Card Game
Scooby-Doo! Playing Cards and Card Game
Scrabble
Seafarers of Catan, The
Seasons
Secret Tijuana Deathmatch
Senjutsu
Settlers of Catan Card Game
Settlers of Catan, The
Shadowfist
Shipwrecked
Shogi
Showdown Yahtzee
Silicon Valley Tarot
Simply Cosmic
Snap
Snipe Hunt
Spammers
Speed Circuit
Spellfire
Spheres
Spree! Classic Edition
Spree! Hong Kong Edition
Star Traders
Star Wars Episode I
Star Wars Escape From The Death Star Game
Starbase Jeff
Starship Catan
Steam Tunnel
Stellar Conquest
Sternenfahrer Von Catan, Die
Stop Thief
Stratego
Stuff and Nonsence
Summer Camp
Super Quiz II
Supremacy
Survive
Swag
Tablero da Gucci (Baron Steffano's Guide)
Talisman
Target
Terrace
Territory
Three Stooges Card Game
Thunderfighter (remote control car)
Timeline
Titan
Tokar's Arcana
Tom Jolly's Cave Troll
TOM: The Origins™ Metagame
Tony & Tino
Tribes
Tri-Ominos
Trivial Pursuit
Trivial Pursuit Star Wars Episode I
Trumpet
Trust Me
U.S. Patent No. 1
UFO
Unexploded Cow
Vampire
Vegas
Veritas
Very Clever Pipe Game, The
Vizier
Wabbit's Wevenge
War & Sheep!
War of the Networks
Warlord Saga of the Storm (Good)
When Good Neighbors Go Bad
Win, Place & Show
Witch Hunt
Witch Trial
Wizard
Wiz-War
Word Yahtzee
Words Worth
WoRDWeRX
Wyvern
Xanth
XXXenophile
Yahtzee
Yenta
Zendo
Zoki
Zombiegeddon

This of course, does not include expansions, RPGs, computer/console games, or games we have not yet cataloged.
 
Suggest Quarto for a quick and fun game. Quarto is to Connect 4 as Axis and Allies is to Risk.
 
How cute. Our cataloged list includes:
6 nimmt!
Aeroduel
Agora
Air Superiority
All The Kings Men
Amoeba Wars
Anchorage-opoly
Animal Rummy
Anti-Monopoly II
Apples to Apples
Aquarias
Arcadia King Ironheart's Madness
Are You a Werewolf?
Armchair Detective Mystery Puzzle Game
Ascension At Firepeak
Assassin! The Final Game
Atlas & Zeus
Authors
Autoduel
Awful Green Things From Outer Space
Axis & Allies
Backgammon
Backwords
Barons of Fyn, The
Baseball Card Game
Batman Game, The
Battle Ball
Battle Cattle
Battle for Italy
Beat Detroit
Before I Kill You Mr. Bond
Before I Kill You Mr. Bond Better Edition
Ben Hvrt
Berserker
Beyblade
Big Cheese, The
Big Dumb Five
Big Idea, The
Big Idea, The Semideluxe Edition
Bitin' Off Hedz
Bitin' Off Hedz Second Edition
Black Death
Blazing Camels
Bleeding Sherwood
Blood Bowl
Boat Wars
Bogart
Bohnanza
Book of Classic Board Games, The
Brain Baseball
Brawl
Buck Rogers Battle for the 25th Century
Bump in the Night
Button Men
Call My Bluff
Candy
Canoga
Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition
Captain Treasure Boots
Car Wars
Car Wars Tanks
Car Wars The Card Game
Carcassonne
Carcassonne the Dice Game
Cards Against Humanity
Celebrated Jumping Frog Game, The
Chainsaw Warrior
Challenge, The
Change!
Checkers
Chess
Chez Dork
Chez Geek
Chicago Scene
Chief Herman's Holiday Fun Pack
Chief Herman's Next Big Thing
Chinese Checkers
Circus Maximus
Classic Battletech
Clue
Clue The Great Museum Caper
Colossal Arena
Con Game
Corruption
Cosmic Encounter
Cosmic Wimpout
Craps
Crazy Eights
Cribbage
Croquet
Crypt the Pharoh's Curse
Cthulhu Rising
Cube Farm
Dante's Inferno
Dark Cults
Darts
Dawn Patrol
Dead Money
Dead Slug
Deadfellas
Deadwood
Deadwood Studios USA
Dej Sem Mozek
Devil Bunny Hates the Earth
Devil Bunny Needs A Ham
Diceland Deep White Sea
Dino Dice
Dino Hunt
Dino Jagd
Diskwars
Dog Fight
Dominion
Dominoes
Don't Break The Ice
Drag-Ominos
Drake & Drake
Dukes of Hazzard, The
Dungeon!
Dungeoneer
Dungeonquest
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Easter Island
Elchfest
Election Day
Emergency!
Empires
Enemy Chocolatier
Escape From Elba
FALLING
Family Business
Fantasy & Romance
Fight City (Deck A: Power)
Fight the Power
Fight!
Fightball
Fish Cook
Fjords
Flip
Fluxx
Football Strategy
Forever Young
Formula De'
Frank's Zoo
Fraud Squad Who Cooked The Books?
Freeloader
Freight Train
Fresh Fish
Gangsters
Geeks The Convention
Generals, The
Get Lucky
Get Out
Girl Genius: The Works
Give Me the Brain
Give Me the Brain Special Edition
Godsfire
Gold Digger
Grass
Gravediggers
Great Brain Robbery, The
GROO: The Game
GRYB
Guillotine
Hacker
HackSys
Hearts
Hex Hex
Hey, Bartender
Hidden Conflict
Hot Death Uno
How Much For The Camel?
How to Host a Kid's Party
How to Host a Mystery: Star Trek Edition
Huzzah!
Igor!
Illuminati
Illuminati New World Order
Ink Blotz
Innsmouth Escape
Iron Dragon
Jacob Marley, Esq.
James Ernest Writes Off Another Trip To Vegas
James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game
Jump
Junta
Jyhad
Karate Fighters
Kill Doctor Lucky
Kill Doctor Lucky Director's Cut
Knightmare Chess
Knightmare Chess 2
Landlord!
Landyland
Legend of the Burning Sands
Legend of the Five Rings
Light Speed
Linx
Lord of the Fries
Lord of the Fries D-Lux
Lord of the Fries Special Edition
Lost Pueblo of Dr. Green, The
Love Letters
Lunch Money
Mad Magazine Card Game
Mage Knight
Magic Realm
Magic The Gathering
Magnetic Games
Make Your Own Opoly
Mana Burn
Management Material: General Office Edition
Management Material: Information Technology
Mandinka
Marriage Material
Merchant of Venus
Mhing
Middle Earth The Wizards
MindTrap
Minion Hunter
Mission Command Land Game
Mob Strategy
Modern Naval Battles
Monopoly
Monstrosity
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Dying Circus
Mork & Mindy
Mortal Wombat
Munchkin
Mutant Chronicles
Myth Fortunes
Mythos
Nano Fictionary
Net Runner
New England
Nexus
No name game (green cards)
Noggin Nockers
Nuclear War
Number 2
Numble
Ogre / G.E.V.
Ogre Miniatures
Old Maid
On The Edge
Once Upon A Time
Once…
One False Step for Mankind
Othello
Outdoor Survival
Outpost
Outreach
Pairs
Paradise Cab
Parts Unknown
Party Pigs
Pass Out
Pay Day
Pennywise
Phase 10
Pictionary
Pig Mania
Planit
Poker
Power Technics
Probe
Proton
Punchcards
Putwoody's Castle
Queensland
Rage
Razoo
Razzle
Red Alert
Renfield
Risk
Road Trip
Roadside Rescue
Robo Rally
Rolled Bones
Rummikub
Rumors
Sack Armies Expeditionary Force
Safari Jack
San Juan
Save Doctor Lucky
Scooby-Doo! Expandable Card Game
Scooby-Doo! Playing Cards and Card Game
Scrabble
Seafarers of Catan, The
Seasons
Secret Tijuana Deathmatch
Senjutsu
Settlers of Catan Card Game
Settlers of Catan, The
Shadowfist
Shipwrecked
Shogi
Showdown Yahtzee
Silicon Valley Tarot
Simply Cosmic
Snap
Snipe Hunt
Spammers
Speed Circuit
Spellfire
Spheres
Spree! Classic Edition
Spree! Hong Kong Edition
Star Traders
Star Wars Episode I
Star Wars Escape From The Death Star Game
Starbase Jeff
Starship Catan
Steam Tunnel
Stellar Conquest
Sternenfahrer Von Catan, Die
Stop Thief
Stratego
Stuff and Nonsence
Summer Camp
Super Quiz II
Supremacy
Survive
Swag
Tablero da Gucci (Baron Steffano's Guide)
Talisman
Target
Terrace
Territory
Three Stooges Card Game
Thunderfighter (remote control car)
Timeline
Titan
Tokar's Arcana
Tom Jolly's Cave Troll
TOM: The Origins™ Metagame
Tony & Tino
Tribes
Tri-Ominos
Trivial Pursuit
Trivial Pursuit Star Wars Episode I
Trumpet
Trust Me
U.S. Patent No. 1
UFO
Unexploded Cow
Vampire
Vegas
Veritas
Very Clever Pipe Game, The
Vizier
Wabbit's Wevenge
War & Sheep!
War of the Networks
Warlord Saga of the Storm (Good)
When Good Neighbors Go Bad
Win, Place & Show
Witch Hunt
Witch Trial
Wizard
Wiz-War
Word Yahtzee
Words Worth
WoRDWeRX
Wyvern
Xanth
XXXenophile
Yahtzee
Yenta
Zendo
Zoki
Zombiegeddon

This of course, does not include expansions, RPGs, computer/console games, or games we have not yet cataloged.

Dang!

We love board games but we don't have near that many....I think 20 to 30 board and card games. That and my wife loves her Playstation. She's picky about her PS games though...no collecting there.
 
I'll play.

I love to build AR-15s. We only have 4 in our home...2 are mine and 1 for each of the ladies.

I have built around 14 and have 2 more to build for a buddy. I don't sell them but if I know you, aren't nuts and I think you're responsible...if you buy the parts and legally buy and register your lower receiver...I'll help you build it with my tools.

I also seem to collect ice fishing jigs.
 
I'll play.

I love to build AR-15s. We only have 4 in our home...2 are mine and 1 for each of the ladies.

I have built around 14 and have 2 more to build for a buddy. I don't sell them but if I know you, aren't nuts and I think you're responsible...if you buy the parts and legally buy and register your lower receiver...I'll help you build it with my tools.

I also seem to collect ice fishing jigs.
I also enjoy building AR-15's
 
How cute. Our cataloged list includes:
6 nimmt!
Aeroduel
Agora
Air Superiority
All The Kings Men
Amoeba Wars
Anchorage-opoly
Animal Rummy
Anti-Monopoly II
Apples to Apples
Aquarias
Arcadia King Ironheart's Madness
Are You a Werewolf?
Armchair Detective Mystery Puzzle Game
Ascension At Firepeak
Assassin! The Final Game
Atlas & Zeus
Authors
Autoduel
Awful Green Things From Outer Space
Axis & Allies
Backgammon
Backwords
Barons of Fyn, The
Baseball Card Game
Batman Game, The
Battle Ball
Battle Cattle
Battle for Italy
Beat Detroit
Before I Kill You Mr. Bond
Before I Kill You Mr. Bond Better Edition
Ben Hvrt
Berserker
Beyblade
Big Cheese, The
Big Dumb Five
Big Idea, The
Big Idea, The Semideluxe Edition
Bitin' Off Hedz
Bitin' Off Hedz Second Edition
Black Death
Blazing Camels
Bleeding Sherwood
Blood Bowl
Boat Wars
Bogart
Bohnanza
Book of Classic Board Games, The
Brain Baseball
Brawl
Buck Rogers Battle for the 25th Century
Bump in the Night
Button Men
Call My Bluff
Candy
Canoga
Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition
Captain Treasure Boots
Car Wars
Car Wars Tanks
Car Wars The Card Game
Carcassonne
Carcassonne the Dice Game
Cards Against Humanity
Celebrated Jumping Frog Game, The
Chainsaw Warrior
Challenge, The
Change!
Checkers
Chess
Chez Dork
Chez Geek
Chicago Scene
Chief Herman's Holiday Fun Pack
Chief Herman's Next Big Thing
Chinese Checkers
Circus Maximus
Classic Battletech
Clue
Clue The Great Museum Caper
Colossal Arena
Con Game
Corruption
Cosmic Encounter
Cosmic Wimpout
Craps
Crazy Eights
Cribbage
Croquet
Crypt the Pharoh's Curse
Cthulhu Rising
Cube Farm
Dante's Inferno
Dark Cults
Darts
Dawn Patrol
Dead Money
Dead Slug
Deadfellas
Deadwood
Deadwood Studios USA
Dej Sem Mozek
Devil Bunny Hates the Earth
Devil Bunny Needs A Ham
Diceland Deep White Sea
Dino Dice
Dino Hunt
Dino Jagd
Diskwars
Dog Fight
Dominion
Dominoes
Don't Break The Ice
Drag-Ominos
Drake & Drake
Dukes of Hazzard, The
Dungeon!
Dungeoneer
Dungeonquest
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Easter Island
Elchfest
Election Day
Emergency!
Empires
Enemy Chocolatier
Escape From Elba
FALLING
Family Business
Fantasy & Romance
Fight City (Deck A: Power)
Fight the Power
Fight!
Fightball
Fish Cook
Fjords
Flip
Fluxx
Football Strategy
Forever Young
Formula De'
Frank's Zoo
Fraud Squad Who Cooked The Books?
Freeloader
Freight Train
Fresh Fish
Gangsters
Geeks The Convention
Generals, The
Get Lucky
Get Out
Girl Genius: The Works
Give Me the Brain
Give Me the Brain Special Edition
Godsfire
Gold Digger
Grass
Gravediggers
Great Brain Robbery, The
GROO: The Game
GRYB
Guillotine
Hacker
HackSys
Hearts
Hex Hex
Hey, Bartender
Hidden Conflict
Hot Death Uno
How Much For The Camel?
How to Host a Kid's Party
How to Host a Mystery: Star Trek Edition
Huzzah!
Igor!
Illuminati
Illuminati New World Order
Ink Blotz
Innsmouth Escape
Iron Dragon
Jacob Marley, Esq.
James Ernest Writes Off Another Trip To Vegas
James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game
Jump
Junta
Jyhad
Karate Fighters
Kill Doctor Lucky
Kill Doctor Lucky Director's Cut
Knightmare Chess
Knightmare Chess 2
Landlord!
Landyland
Legend of the Burning Sands
Legend of the Five Rings
Light Speed
Linx
Lord of the Fries
Lord of the Fries D-Lux
Lord of the Fries Special Edition
Lost Pueblo of Dr. Green, The
Love Letters
Lunch Money
Mad Magazine Card Game
Mage Knight
Magic Realm
Magic The Gathering
Magnetic Games
Make Your Own Opoly
Mana Burn
Management Material: General Office Edition
Management Material: Information Technology
Mandinka
Marriage Material
Merchant of Venus
Mhing
Middle Earth The Wizards
MindTrap
Minion Hunter
Mission Command Land Game
Mob Strategy
Modern Naval Battles
Monopoly
Monstrosity
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Dying Circus
Mork & Mindy
Mortal Wombat
Munchkin
Mutant Chronicles
Myth Fortunes
Mythos
Nano Fictionary
Net Runner
New England
Nexus
No name game (green cards)
Noggin Nockers
Nuclear War
Number 2
Numble
Ogre / G.E.V.
Ogre Miniatures
Old Maid
On The Edge
Once Upon A Time
Once…
One False Step for Mankind
Othello
Outdoor Survival
Outpost
Outreach
Pairs
Paradise Cab
Parts Unknown
Party Pigs
Pass Out
Pay Day
Pennywise
Phase 10
Pictionary
Pig Mania
Planit
Poker
Power Technics
Probe
Proton
Punchcards
Putwoody's Castle
Queensland
Rage
Razoo
Razzle
Red Alert
Renfield
Risk
Road Trip
Roadside Rescue
Robo Rally
Rolled Bones
Rummikub
Rumors
Sack Armies Expeditionary Force
Safari Jack
San Juan
Save Doctor Lucky
Scooby-Doo! Expandable Card Game
Scooby-Doo! Playing Cards and Card Game
Scrabble
Seafarers of Catan, The
Seasons
Secret Tijuana Deathmatch
Senjutsu
Settlers of Catan Card Game
Settlers of Catan, The
Shadowfist
Shipwrecked
Shogi
Showdown Yahtzee
Silicon Valley Tarot
Simply Cosmic
Snap
Snipe Hunt
Spammers
Speed Circuit
Spellfire
Spheres
Spree! Classic Edition
Spree! Hong Kong Edition
Star Traders
Star Wars Episode I
Star Wars Escape From The Death Star Game
Starbase Jeff
Starship Catan
Steam Tunnel
Stellar Conquest
Sternenfahrer Von Catan, Die
Stop Thief
Stratego
Stuff and Nonsence
Summer Camp
Super Quiz II
Supremacy
Survive
Swag
Tablero da Gucci (Baron Steffano's Guide)
Talisman
Target
Terrace
Territory
Three Stooges Card Game
Thunderfighter (remote control car)
Timeline
Titan
Tokar's Arcana
Tom Jolly's Cave Troll
TOM: The Origins™ Metagame
Tony & Tino
Tribes
Tri-Ominos
Trivial Pursuit
Trivial Pursuit Star Wars Episode I
Trumpet
Trust Me
U.S. Patent No. 1
UFO
Unexploded Cow
Vampire
Vegas
Veritas
Very Clever Pipe Game, The
Vizier
Wabbit's Wevenge
War & Sheep!
War of the Networks
Warlord Saga of the Storm (Good)
When Good Neighbors Go Bad
Win, Place & Show
Witch Hunt
Witch Trial
Wizard
Wiz-War
Word Yahtzee
Words Worth
WoRDWeRX
Wyvern
Xanth
XXXenophile
Yahtzee
Yenta
Zendo
Zoki
Zombiegeddon

This of course, does not include expansions, RPGs, computer/console games, or games we have not yet cataloged.


so were you the guy that bought out Game Store ! dam thats a few..now i know where to send all the old board games when they stopped getting used

i gotta ask how do you play "how much for the camel? " ....:p
 
Started out as a coin collector. Still have a lot but sold some to fund a few chip purchases.
 
so were you the guy that bought out Game Store ! dam thats a few..now i know where to send all the old board games when they stopped getting used

i gotta ask how do you play "how much for the camel? " ....:p

I didn't buy out any game stores, but when @Psypher1000 built his Armory chip set, It reminded me of the game store that I used to frequent every payday, called "The Armory". As it turns out, there is an actual connection. Small world.

Many of the games were acquired when Mrs Zombie and I worked for a game company. At conventions, we would barter copies of our games for copies of other companies' games, thus amassing a gigantic library of games, floor to ceiling, on bookcases that extend out from the walls (like an actual library).

When we purchased our first custom chips, we didn't know anyone that played poker. We figured the chips would at the very least, be filed with our collection of miscellaneous gaming components. What a rabbit-hole that turned out to be...
 
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Cards . . . duh.
Darts, as I play in a League

Straight razors. I use them, but not as often as when I first got the "bug". I have a couple very old ones that I have had restored (over two hundred years old). There is something about shaving well with a naked edge that makes you feel great. And the quality of shave is second to none. The craftsmanship is also a draw. My prized razors were not ground down from billets, but were hammered into shape by hand, forged by a single craftsman, and sharpened for a Customer who might have paid up to a week's wages for one of these functional pieces of art.

I used to have a half dozen book cases full of paperbacks, but they got sold off after getting married, along with my comics collection.

Oh, and I played Diplomacy for several years, along with a few RPGs as well
 
I too am a straight-razor user. I don't use it as much anymore because I am less than 100% at 4-something in the morning, when I need to get ready for work, but I do like it very much. I've only owned 2 though, so it's not really a collection - just a companion of sorts to the knife and sword collection.
 
How much did you pay?


Are you looking for help with a value for your sign? I paid $310 for a sign I have been wanting for about 5 years. The sign was well packed, double boxed, and shipped FedEx ground. I got an excellent deal. Neon signs are difficult to ship. Most of mine that were shipped have arrived broken.
 
My collecting started with baseball cards then to comic books. Missed out on walking dead comics dam it!! I bought Image too, upsetting. Then the video game phase...PlayStation 1, Nintendo 64, and Dreamcast etc. Lately, cigar boxes, gshock watches and now dealer buttons.
 
I'm also a big board game player/collector.


Hey! It's great to see you around again. Your Villagio hot stamps are one of my favorite sets. Great color combos and holographic foil. How about some pron one of these days?
 
Aside from the chip addiction I also collect sports memorabilia, autos and cards. I mainly focus on Leafs and Blue Jays stuff.
 
Watches (nothing really that high-end, but I love mechanical devices, and watches fill that itch)

Dang, forgot to add watches to my list... Ya, I like a nice watch. Nothing crazy high end, but a decent mix of nice watches (Movado, Tag, Citizen-Eco's, Ti Swiss Military, etc...). Most of which I've obtained through bargain hunting.

Our family is big into Legos, my son's latest pickup was the star wars death star, took like 3 weeks to assemble. I'd love to see some pics of the Lego room if you have any :)

We got the Death Star a few years ago. Took my son a day. He's crazy gifted with Legos. He can see a picture of a bug, a car, or anything, and then recreate it in Legos so that you'd easily recognize it as the original. We also utilize Legos when getting him through his math homework. He'll be stuck on a problem, and if we use Legos, his brain works like a calculator. A while back, he was having a hard time with a multiplication problem (something like 14x18). He was saying "Dad, I CAN'T do it..." (he's now 9 btw). I'd say, "If you have a lego square with 14 studs on one side, and 18 on the other, how many total studs are there?". He replied, "Dad that's easy, there's 252 studs, but this math stuff is HARD..."
 
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