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This guy is absolutely NUTS.
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This guy is absolutely NUTS.
I saw this on Gorilla Mask. I got sick of waiting for all those stupid pictures to load.
Wow, wheres he going to put all of this shit when he moves out of mom and dads basement?
He must've had a shitty childhood. All of those toys will never be played with.
How many walls and corners can a guy have?
First of all, I can't believe that guy is married.
Second of all, how fucking big is his basement? He shows like, 10 different compelete rooms filled with shit; and rooms like the Simpsons room, Star Wars Room and MKII rooms are really large.
He has so much shit he had to put it on the ceiling. What an insane waste of money. Thank god I'm not a collector.
I dig the Metal Gear and Spawn stuff, but that's pretty much it. This guy must have a really rich mommy and daddy.
(I've got that same dart board, though. Good stuff.)
Not everyone on the internet is the same age as you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glitch 2.0
My favorite part was that his wifes My Little Pony collection is all jammed in a single display case.
Jesus Christ. I don't get that whole keep it in its box thing. who gives a shit if it won't be mint, boxes are ugly. whatever makes him happy I guess.
lol @ vhs
And what are these?
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a78...Picture180.jpg
Looks like they're from the spawn (mcfarlane) series. Dunno what series or anything tho.
There's a point in every collector's life where they might decide that contentedness is a good thing. They're able to enjoy what they do have to a much greater extent without scrambling to pick up every next big thing. It puts things into perspective, too. You're able to pause for a moment and say "will I actually enjoy and use this?" before you go and drop monies into it.
Maybe he never will, but the further you dive into it, the worse you feel when you get to the point I just illustrated.
*sniff*.......that was just beautiful man :cry:Quote:
Originally Posted by TrialSword
it would suck if his house burnt down or he got robbed.
or he had to move.
That is why I only collect the stuff I actually want. Thats what happens when you go from normal to extreme. I hope he has insurance for all that stuff.
This is what happens when you have more money than you know what to do with.
I don't think it's any worse than collecting sports memorabilia, or art for that matter.
I've never really understood the whole collector/packrat thing personally.
I get tired of stuff quickly and just feel weighed down by possessions, and I would rather spend my money on entertainment or travel.
The first thought that popped into my head: 'I am so insanely jealous of all the space he has'.
You mean all the space he had, before he filled it with toys.
He could probably sell it off now and make some of his money back. His collection is a collector's overload, they'd pay out the ass for some of his choicer digs. Then, with all the money he made, he could buy a life. Maybe even a pool table and a bar. Big screen TV. That'd be the shit.
Well, yeah. Empty, that basement was probably massive.Quote:
Originally Posted by kedawa
I mean, the thing I was most jealous besides the space (lack there of) of was the boxed Inspector Gadget toy. I had that back in the day and that was the shit.
I collect videogames, but at least I can play them instead of observing them. I don't see him setting up a war between the Simpsons and the Transformers anytime soon and then following through with it.
He loves what he's doing...Its on the extreme side of things but whatever floats your boat :)
EDIT:
That guy collects EVERYHTING...he even has a binder full of POGS!!!! POGS people....
Coincedentally, I'm listening to "The Collector" by Nine Inch Nails.
But yeah, that collection is insane. GIGATON, EVEN! :eek:
20 minutes and I'm still loading the pictures off of my company's T3 line...
I didn't even know they made that many different Simpsons toys...
And this guy has like 10 of those fucking replica lightsabers. Theyre like $200 each!!! SWEET JESUS.
I was laughing more at the Cutting Edge on VHS, he must be married. No dude has that movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by MechDeus
the dude has all that shit and has a wife who doesn't mind what he's doing and has a dog.
I think his life is pretty much set.
Wow, what a loser.
He's retired as well, apparently. So he's got a LOT of time on his hands.
She collects My Little Pony. She's fat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Klonoa
I used to collect Action Figures, not quite to the extent of this guy but still to a large degree. I kept them all in the packaging like this too.
Then I realized what good does it do to have toys that you wont play with. I still could not bring myself to open the packages, so I stopped collecting them all together and boxed them up and stuck them in storage. When my kid(s) get old enough they can have them, and if they dont want them, then I will just sell them
Thats why I like video games though, you can actually use what you collect and get a lot of enjoyment out of it instead of having something that just sits on the shelf looking pretty that will never be played with
I went to Otakon this summer and bought some Kingdom Heart little toy models which were like 5 bucks each.
I was unprepared for the awesomeness that came in that little box. It was some highly detailed, high quality stuff.
I want the Kingdom Hearts set now.
Woah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fighter-X
I mean, what the fuck. Seriously.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a78.../Picture17.jpg
Heh. The guy used a T3 figure to make a custom figure of Arnold's character from Predator. Looks pretty stupid in a box that says Predator 2, however. It was Danny "I'm too old for this shit" Glover in that one.
Me either. The few toys I have on display are all out of the boxes.Quote:
Originally Posted by arjue
I still have my Street Fighter Resaurus figures in the box, but only because I've not gotten around to getting a shelf to display them.
My Transformers: Alternators are all out of box, though.
I didn't really care about conventional toys when I was younger, back in the day - the rage for me was LEGOS.
It's all about Legos, man.
Hey, yeah. You could built nearly ANYTHING - and when they came out with those swivel/joint pieces, they were REALLY fun.
There was a time I was really into collecting action figures, and then I realized it was the biggest waste of time and money ever.
he's got like the whole set of clerks figures. Thats just sad. I feel really really sorry for his wife.
From my own observations of the different generations in my family, I believe the packrat thing was birthed by the great depression.Quote:
Originally Posted by kedawa
My Dad's family saved virtually everything. When his Mother's sister passed away we had to deal with her estate. She had a basement that, until that year, I did not know even existed. It was full of junk. There was a room dedicated just to cloth scraps. We found things, that I have no idea why anyone would keep. There was a box full of the bags that go inside cereal boxes.
She and her sisters kept all those things because that was the way they grew up during the depression. By saving everything and using everything as much as they could, they got by.
This trait was passed on to my Dad, and then on to me and my sisters.
I feel the same way. I will admit that I still walk through the toy part of every store I go to, but it has been years since I paid for a toy. For the most part, my extra money goes to things that I can enjoy with others, like games or music. A little plastic person typically, is not a group activity for a bunch of 20 something year olds.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_N_G
However, I would like to have that AT-AT that guy has. AT-At = the own
You couldn't PAY me to dust that room. Hell with that.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a78.../Picture71.jpg
Where the hell did he get Pacer figures? I want! I want!
I bet the guy is gay. No nerd keeps his stuff that clean. My room usally looks like one of those rooms on the Gorillaz site.
or 2-3 hookers if he wasn't married.Quote:
Originally Posted by g0zen
I bet that guy is a normal guy with a Hobbie. I spend 5+ hours a day playing WoW, he collects shit.
*comment on screen loading...
JeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEESUS!
I'm impressed with his alien and predator collection. Hell he's even got that rare release of the original for the AR set that I passed up when I was broke.
You're kidding me. Wow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief~Silver
Lately yeah, I got laid off from my job (well completed the contract etc) so I haven't had much else to do, girlfriend goes to school and everyone else is busy, so I've had a lot of free time. Did some applications today, I hope to remedy that.
neither of these scenarios are "normal".Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief~Silver
thats sad :wtf:Quote:
Originally Posted by hugmuffin
Ordinary people, extrordinary hobbies ;)
I have friends that do much worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
They play before they go to work in the morning.
The come home for lunch and jump on.
Then, they play again for another few hours when they get home again.
That's actually a modest number for most of the die hard WOW'ers around here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
I'm sometimes hearing 4 hours MININUM from some areas of the game.
You mean Mzo?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fighter-X
;D haha
is this OJ???
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a78.../Picture33.jpg
the juice is on the loose
This is about the extent of my collection:
Is that set from the 80's? My cousin was a mad collector at that time.
No. It is not.
When you get to the end game, you really can't play the game casually anymore. You have to devote at least 3 straight hours to do anything. I'd say 4 hours is about average. I think Rampant Frontings longest group run was about 8 hours killing all but 1 or 2 of the bosses in Molten Core.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fighter-X
That's why I stopped playing, the time I needed to put in to do anything worth while was way more than I was willing to give, or even could put in. I'll go on record and say that the idea to do MC runs on fucking Friday night was the gayest shit ever.
I understand why it's friday night, but subsequently planning MC2 to be saturday night was a terrible idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
I do think it's funny though, how people are willing to give up their entire friday/saturday nights but then can't afford to stay up a few extra hours on a weekday.
Nope. It's the brand-new line that is out now. They release 1 or two every few months. Next up is Skids (Scion XB, coming soon), Prowl (Honda Integra Type-R, out now), Sunstreaker (Yellow Dodge Viper, coming soon), Broadcast/Blaster (Scion XB, coming soon), and Alert/Red Alert (Subaru Impreza Subaru Police car).Quote:
Originally Posted by voltz
......and wait, here's the last of my figure "collection". Here's the rest of my figures. I forgot to include shots of the Morrigan figures that 7-Force/8-1 got for me a while back.
I had a lot more, but I realized that I'm never going to use them, so I gave them away to some neighborhood kids. Naturally, they loved them.
I agree! The funny thing is, after I deleted WoW, I realized I had nothing to play. Since I got WoW in November, I didn't buy a single game. I have an Xbox now, so that's not a problem anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by FirstBlood
The extent of my collection is: an 80s Admiral Ackbar figure on my desk, a silver micro machine Vader Tie Fighter, and a Darth Vader Water Sprinkler my girlfriend bought me two weeks ago.
That and like ~18,000 MP3s...
:eek: :eek: :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr-K
I'm working on a getting a good MP3 collection now. I only have a few thousand. I spent most of my free-time overseas hunting them down.
My collection is really just a collaboration between my friends and I. We had an MP3 orgy over the summer and combined our MP3 collections into a super collection for us all to have. It's pretty sweet.
Shermie and Vanessa... a man after my own heart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fighter-X
My "collections," at this point, are Dreamcast (which I need to get rid of), and Japanese idol pics on my computer. I'm nuts when it comes to downloading idol pics.
I guess you could also say I have an anime VHS collection... I still have 700+ legit tapes from when I was doing AnimeFan. I don't WANT that collection anymore, but it isn't exactly easy to get rid of 700+ tapes unless you just throw them away.
Oh, and the first time I saw this collection, through a link from a friend, the main thought I had was, "This guy has the movie to buy all of this crap, and yet he is still watching VHS tapes??"
Sweet tap-dancing nutsacks, that's insane!!!
Gotta get this guy, too:
Ford GT Mirage!
http://www.tfw2005.com/gallery/Hasbr...SC00383?full=1
http://www.fordvehicles.com/fordgt/home.asp
Especially after literally filling the dumpster outside my apartment today with all the shit I've been too lazy to throw away since I moved to Denton last year, I don't understand the point. All that money could've been used to travel the world, or buy useable products. Never thought I'd say anything like it, but this moron's spent thousands of dollars on crap when others could've used it to have a better life.
Too bad Darwin is survival of the fit enough instead of survival of the fittest, else this retard would've been dead years ago.
I understand where you're coming from, but hey, who says that is isn't donating to some charity or something like that regularly? He's retired, and his money. Who says that he hasn't traveled the world? Don't think you know all about someone just from one part of their life that they make public.
My point is that it's a waste of money. I don't usually judge people's hobbies, but buying thousands of dollars of toys to put on a shelf and look at is retarded. Then again, with all these monthly haul threads and crap around here, I'm sure I'm in the minority.
As I get older, I agree. When I was young, I was like, "Wow, collection, how cool!" Now I sort of think, why not instead use that money to better yourself, even in fun ways, like by taking a trip to somewhere you've never been. Or hell, toss that money into a savings account for your kid's college fund. Even buying material goods that improve your surroundings and thus your life, like improving your home or whatnot, would be a better use of the money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Schlep
There is just REALLY no point to collecting and not using things that are meant to be used and enjoyed. I'm not saying you shouldn't spend money on yourself, but spending money on something that doesn't improve your life any and that you can't even interact with seems really pointless, at least at this kind of scale.
These people take care of their action figures, this guy paints his own collection pieces etc, he does shit with it, it's something for him to do, thus, it improves his life a great deal. It's like video games for us, video games aren't going to get us a job, and they can cost a lot of money, yeah, I read a little bit. Like that spawn football guy if you noticed that, he's making that himself and doing the painting etc.
Plus in 30 years a collection like that will sell for god knows much (Granted, I think the people who buy these don't actually do anything with them, so those people may fall into your category that you bitch about Schlep).
It's really no worse than wasting money on expensive art pieces, or obscenely expensive food and drink, or sports cars, or about a thousand other extravagances.
It's still a waste, but it's not my money, so what do I care?
You are most wise fighter son.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fighter-X
You are going to doom America, china, and japan's economy with that kind of thinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by shidoshi
BUY BUY BUY
smoke, smoke, smoke :)