dathon wrote:bclarkie wrote:I hope that this is not who I think it is.... I'd guess Aneoth. It's a damn shame when people sell and then regret it.
bclarkie wrote:I hope that this is not who I think it is....
MShipley88 wrote:I am not buying role-playing publications. I am buying the past.
KingOfPain wrote:MShipley88 wrote:I am not buying role-playing publications. I am buying the past.I can definitely identify with this. But I am specifically buying the past that I wished that I had. My girlfriend still doesnt understand why I still have an Atari 2600.
MShipley88 wrote:Also...mark my words...in a distant time one of you will see my daughter on the future version of Antiques Roadshow with my game collection on proud display. Even the commons will have become rares.
bclarkie wrote:KingOfPain wrote:I can definitely identify with this. But I am specifically buying the past that I wished that I had. My girlfriend still doesnt understand why I still have an Atari 2600. Hell yea, I actually bought a bunch of Atari 2600 games back about 6 years ago on Ebay. I also bought a bunch of Commodore 64 games and accessories too. One of these days I am going to go after Collecovision and Intellivision stuff too.
KingOfPain wrote:I can definitely identify with this. But I am specifically buying the past that I wished that I had. My girlfriend still doesnt understand why I still have an Atari 2600.
MShipley88 wrote: In the best episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Picard is zapped by an alien space probe and lives the entire life of a member of an alien race in a few hours of real time.
MShipley88 wrote:I am not buying role-playing publications. I am buying the past. In the best episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Picard is zapped by an alien space probe and lives the entire life of a member of an alien race in a few hours of real time. In the end, Picard picks up the flute that he loved in his alternative life and finds that he now knows how to play it. He plays a favorite song from a life that never happened...it is possibly the most poignant moment of that series. I can identify with that moment. I remember places and people...some of whom never existed. Collecting the old publications gives me the feeling that there is someone else who still remembers the old days. Having the old books on the shelf gives me the comfort that maybe someone else will still remember in years to come. Also...mark my words...in a distant time one of you will see my daughter on the future version of Antiques Roadshow with my game collection on proud display. Even the commons will have become rares.
bbarsh wrote:I think my collection is my version of a photo album. It is my window into a time when gaming was a big part of my life and, more likely than not, something that impacted me in a positive way and got me through. If I did not have that connection, I probably would not be a collector. But then again, this stuff is still cool after 30 years!
Prufrock wrote:On that note, I have decided I will not sell. Just take a break from going after everything that my eye fancies. I would like one day to have the collections some of you have.
bbarsh wrote:Excellent post. I think many of us are in that exact boat. The collection is simply a physical link to specific moments in time that are meaningful for one reason or another.
GraysonAC wrote:bbarsh wrote:Excellent post. I think many of us are in that exact boat. The collection is simply a physical link to specific moments in time that are meaningful for one reason or another.Yup. This is also why, imo, the old D&D books won't keep their values long-term. Very, very, very few folks in their 20's or even early 30's played with the old D&D stuff. At 24, I'm one of the folks that started with D&D, and moved straight to 2nd Edition, without ever playing 1st. So not many of the 1st Edition books have much meaning for me.