 FaxCap
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Re: Are you a "collector"? said by peterboro:As my old collection is so bizarre, and thus I won't post it as it makes Gones look downright sane Nothing would surprise me...I have friends who collect everything
from old spice boxes to bugs and everything in between!
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said by Gone:Haha, mine too! I love amber glass, too.
I got a big heavy "Swedish style" blob of amber glass abstract
ashtray from my mom. My X tried to throw it out....I think that was
the beginning of the end.....I threw her out instead! 
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Ontario, CAN
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I've got a ton of titles too... many new many used. I don't think I'll ever part with them. I've got the Star Wars: Special Edition Trilogy (factory sealed) The Godfather Special Edition (factory sealed) Toy Story (factory sealed)... Akira, T2 Special Edition (factory sealed) ID4 DTS (factory sealed).... I've got too many used and new to list. Got a brand new/pristine gently used Pioneer Elite CLD-99 unit to play them on too. DTS titles sound utterly fantastic along with 5.1 AC-3 titles like Top Gun.
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said by ZZZZZZZ:I love sport's cards and started getting serious about collecting them,when I broke my leg in a softball game years ago. 
Here are a few. 
Mickey Mantle! Had we only known then that they would be worth something today. But then again if everybody saved them, they wouldn't be worth so much. 
Typically, in the 50's, I ate the bubble gum, and attached the cards on my bike with a clothespin so that they made a motorcycle noise when hit by the wheel spokes. Either that or flipped them by holding the card edges between the thumb and index finger, bending the card into an arc and seeing how far it would go when released. |
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Ontario, CAN
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The faces are probably one of the best version to own of Star Wars.
I also ended up never opening or viewing my factory sealed copies of Star Wars: Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983), Star Wars: A New Hope: Making of: As told by C-3PO and R2-D2 (1977), Star Wars: SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
All this collector talk makes me think I'm entering an Elite club...
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRsPheErBj8
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I collect old outboard motors... I have 2 from the 1940s, 3 from the 1950s, 3 from the 60's, and 4 from the 70s... Johnson, Mercury, Scott-Atwater/Champion, Chrysler, Evinrude and Gale so far... who knows maybe this winter I'll add another unit to the collection. It started out with donations from cottagers around the lake where my cottage is... since then I've added here and there - kijiji ads, barn and yard sale finds, etc... |
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join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
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Original prints. A Couple dozen. 1980 -2000 time frame. |
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said by Dustyn:Got a brand new/pristine gently used Pioneer Elite CLD-99 unit to play them on too. DTS titles sound utterly fantastic along with 5.1 AC-3 titles like Top Gun.
Weeeeeiiiiiirrrrrrrrd I have a CLD-D99 and all those discs minus the Toy Story, but mine are all opened and have been watched more than once. |
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Ontario, CAN
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2 edits | It's a pretty fantastic player I think? I'm pretty sure the CLD-D99 is nearly identical to the Elite CLD-99, no? I think it was one of the first "Elite" (maybe last?) players that had the new 3D Y/C separation comb filters.
I love the Rosewood side panels... wish Pioneer still made players/receivers with them.  I have a retired Pionner Elite DVL-91 DVD/LD combo unit in storage also.
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I'm not a really serious collector, but I do have a rather extensive library of contemporary music CDs and movie DVDs. I tend to collect some of the rarer and more eclectic titles so hopefully they will retain some value in years to come. |
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said by FaxCap:I got a big heavy "Swedish style" blob of amber glass abstract
ashtray from my mom. My X tried to throw it out....I think that was
the beginning of the end.....I threw her out instead! Like this?
»www.bigashtray.com/store/large/3···owl.html
If so, I don't blame you for getting rid of her!
My mother has a lamp with an amber glass base and shade. She has to watch it like a hawk any time I am over, as I have made it quite clear that I will steal it, haha. |
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My husband thinks he is a "collector", but I call him a "hoarder".
We have so much junk he "collects/hoards" that you won't find any available space in the closets, under the couch or under the bed. One of the things he has the most of is Kinder Toys. Boxes and boxes of Kinder Toys.  |
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join:2005-03-12
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I may have one of the more obscure collection interests, but ever since I discovered the wonders of P.G. Wodehouse I've been a collector of his books, the vast majority of which are now out of print, and the original editions of which are often rare and very hard to find. Not that my collection is worth much monetarily -- except to me. There are quite a few ordinary paperbacks (albeit in excellent condition) which are worthless to any serious collector except just for reading, but also some original editions going back to the 20's, 30's and 40's, some with the original dust jackets. The original editions are the actual collector's items with real value.
Like a lot of things that people collect, it's enticing because the original items themselves are aesthetic and historical.
Even Sothebys got into the act when the James H. Heineman collection -- the most famous in the world -- went up for auction in New York in 2001. Not that I could afford them, but I could dream!
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I collect dust and cobwebs while waiting for my wife. |
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Toronto, ON
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said by Dustyn:Laserdiscs.
They are the wave of the future!  
Hahah, that was hilarious.
Sounds so damn silly in today's world.
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kudos:1 | Actually, the Laserdisc format ended up becoming a crucial prototype for the DVD format. It had closed captions, commentary tracks, special features, multi-channel sound formats (PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS), widescreen aspect ratios, and even anamorphic widescreen support during its final days. The only items that were missing were menus, alternate angles, and component video (Laserdiscs were analog composite video only).
If the Laserdisc format didn't exist, the DVD format would have had to start from scratch.
But try viewing a Laserdisc on a high definition TV today, and the results are horrific to say the least, mainly because no TV manufacturer wants to shell out good money to support a dying video format, resulting in composite inputs with extremely poor video performances and lousy comb filters.
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join:2002-05-25
Surrey, BC Reviews:
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Very close, Gone but a bit more "brownish". Or you could say "smokie
leaning toward amber.
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said by Hydraglass:I collect old outboard motors... I have 2 from the 1940s, 3 from the 1950s, 3 from the 60's, and 4 from the 70s... Johnson, Mercury, Scott-Atwater/Champion, Chrysler, Evinrude and Gale so far... who knows maybe this winter I'll add another unit to the collection. It started out with donations from cottagers around the lake where my cottage is... since then I've added here and there - kijiji ads, barn and yard sale finds, etc... That is a kool collection! All you need is some space. Takes up a bit
more room that baseball cards.
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said by Wolfie00:I may have one of the more obscure collection interests, but ever since I discovered the wonders of P.G. Wodehouse I've been a collector of his books, the vast majority of which are now out of print, and the original editions of which are often rare and very hard to find. One of these days I will buy 1st editions of Patrick O'Brian's Master
and Commander 20 book series!
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Ontario, CAN
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Yeah. Laserdisc was the grandfather to DVD. Pretty sure you can buy line doublers and upconverters that will make LD's look pretty damn sweet on HD screens... but I don't know much about them nor care to invest in them as I'm continuing to view the analog source on an analog CRT. The next best thing just after LaserDisc was MUSE HI-Vision LD. More or less HD LD.
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