Ever find yourself collecting things you had no intention of collecting?

I picked up a lighter with lights and a torch and now I cant walk by a different one without seeing if its cool and if so buying it. I dont even smoke.

then I get a little flahing light pin from a hockey game and now I find myself looking for them on ebay and trying to find them when I go to stores.

I've never intended to collect these things among other gadgets and stuff I end up with, but feel that "got to have it" feeling with them. I've got a collecting problem thats for sure. Its like I cant have just one of something. If I find something I like, I feel the need to have more than one or every version of whatever it is. Am I the only one that feels this way?

get over here!
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hey buttmunch! I answered that! no I'm addmitting I have a problem here, dont you have something to say about it?

Sadly, Yes. A while ago I picked up a bunch of those Comic Book Champions pewter figure from Marvel and DC. I was in a dry spell at the time, and now I am kicking myself for shelling out money for the damn things. Still have them somewhere collecting dust.
http://i15.ebayimg.com/01/i/01/84/07/0f_1_b.JPG

yep.

you don't have a problem, you're just in denial, tell me something new [img]tongue.gif[/img]

we're all obsessive compulsives here [img]eek.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/beer.gif[/img] [img]wink.gif[/img]

Let me think...

Ummmnnn
Comics
action figures
coins
injuries

I think that is it.

bought an ink pen that lights up too. thought it was just too cool and great for writing ambulance reports at night etc. well I ended up with almost 10 of them. some because I thought that I should have more in case one breaks and I cant find them again. then different color lights and then moving lights and now I can hardly walk past them without looking to see if I can find something I dont have

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Originally posted by virtualNYC:
you don't have a problem, you're just in denial, tell me something new [img]tongue.gif[/img]

we're all obsessive compulsives here [img]eek.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/beer.gif[/img] [img]wink.gif[/img]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, I've noticed how you always seem to be obsessively compulsing beer here. thhhhfffttt!

well, some has to do the beer thing, since I don't anymore...
every board needs a town drunk.

booze is just a waste of money. you have nothing to show for it after its gone! drinking would just cut into my money for other things, therefore I cant even waste my time spending money on something you drink and piss away

Not me, nope , Uh-uh, would never do that..
I started out with the intention of collecting Star Wars 3.75,SomeSpawn, and a few MM.
I now own
Star Wars..3.75, Ships, some 12" and Unleashed
MOST Spawn (ALL since series 13)
MOST MM
Kiss
Music figs
TS 1&2 and 12"
Marvel Legends
LoTR
DCD
Trigun
GoTS
Some Hockey
Some Baseball
NASCAR
Art Asylum Star Trek, Bruce Lee, 24" Music, "N the Box"
Alien/Predator
M.A.C. Witchblade, Darkness etc..
Mezco
A number of Mini Busts,
Keychains (whenever I find one that "looks cool")
Not to mention a disgusting amount of CD's, and a
large Die Cast collection (That one..I do plan to sell..eventually)
But I'm fine..really.. [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img]

Not me, nope , Uh-uh, would never do that..
I started out with the intention of collecting Star Wars 3.75,SomeSpawn, and a few MM.
I now own
Star Wars..3.75, Ships, some 12" and Unleashed
MOST Spawn (ALL since series 13)
MOST MM
Kiss
Music figs
TS 1&2 and 12"
Marvel Legends
LoTR
DCD
Trigun
GoTS
Some Hockey
Some Baseball
NASCAR
Art Asylum Star Trek, Bruce Lee, 24" Music, "N the Box"
Alien/Predator
M.A.C. Witchblade, Darkness etc..
Mezco
A number of Mini Busts,
Keychains (whenever I find one that "looks cool")
Not to mention a disgusting amount of CD's, and a
large Die Cast collection (That one..I do plan to sell..eventually)
But I'm fine..really.. [img]graemlins/whatever.gif[/img]

you got it bad too Darth!

No. I get what I like, what I want, and nothing else. I am not a completist, and I don't need more then one of the same thing.

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Originally posted by Angelus of Death:
No. I get what I like, what I want, and nothing else. I am not a completist, and I don't need more then one of the same thing.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's a beginner's mantra. I used to say those word too. But now, I'm a full-blown junkie, compelte with needle-and-spoon accessory, bloody version. I got duplicates. LMK if you need one...

Oh crap, see what I mean? [img]confused.gif[/img] [img]eek.gif[/img]

Believe me, I have no plans on changing. I don't particularly like the HellSpawn 2 so I didn't get him from the Comic Covers 2, and I'm not too keen on Creech either. I get what I like. I only wanted Sabyr from RotC and that's what I got. I was only interest in Smith and Neo from Matrix 2, and that's all I got.

I get what I want. I don't feel the need to get every last one.. Or even more then one of them (Unless an Exclusive, then I get one MoC with one open.. Cept the Monkeys and the i98.. I only have one of those, the Monkeys being only MoC and i98 opened. I let someone else keep the opened monkeys. Figured they'd enjoy them more.)

everyone changes.... i only collect what i like now but i am sure if i see something that i really really like i will just have to have all of it! [img]wink.gif[/img]

Oh yes.. everyone changes. I know that all too well. [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by Angelus of Death:
Oh yes.. everyone changes. I know that all too well. [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">lets not go there here dude. please

Only thing I regret I wasted money on was the LOTR of Toybiz.. dont thing the figs are that bad some are really good but collect to muhc..SW , TF,Spawn and other McFarlane stuff and TMNT ..why did I start that line..luckely I got to seel them all of

I started getting into Disney pins when I went to Disney World. Luckily, that has passed. Those things get insanely expensive...

I'm pretty much like the kid you take to the candyless checkout line at the super market. if you dont, I'll be begging and trying to get whatever looks colletible at the check outs. I'm a sucker for a nic-nac or gadget

http://store2.yimg.com/I/gun-sword_1782_1368013

so you collect guns too?

Chaser, just got into collecting replica, non-firing Colt and cap and ball old west guns. I might start getting some blank firing ones too. The reason I collect non-firing, is one, I don't have a gun card, not that it would be hard to get one, , but two, the firing replicas are freakin' expensive, and I am not interested in modern guns. These look great and feel real, so that is good enough for me, at least for now, lol.

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there's some cool replicas out there. think it was budk.com that had Jesse James replica on a plack with a pic of JJ and some other stuff