mbassoc2003 wrote:killjoy32 wrote:i love all JG items - i think they just look amazing. like them way more than the majority of D&D/AD&D.That may partly be the rough presentation (or maybe the abundance of naked women ).So how big is your JG collection now?
killjoy32 wrote:i love all JG items - i think they just look amazing. like them way more than the majority of D&D/AD&D.
killjoy32 wrote:......my girlfriend commented on my expanding pile of RPG stuff last night and her words were "do you know, when you get into something, you are totally obsessive. 1 or 2 items are just not enough, you have to have everything that moves".......well what can i say? she's right
killjoy32 wrote:i got a nice SW tarantis the other day - just need one not SW now so i can read it
Aneoth wrote:killjoy32 wrote:......my girlfriend commented on my expanding pile of RPG stuff last night and her words were "do you know, when you get into something, you are totally obsessive. 1 or 2 items are just not enough, you have to have everything that moves".......well what can i say? she's right My wife says much the same things. And it is not just the Current obsession of collecting older D&D for me that she is speaking about either; I do that sort of thing in all of my other collections as well. I have far more Football cards and football memorabilia than I have room for, and the comics too take up loads of space too. I collect other things too, such as rare books and antique scientific equipment. My book collection is growing by leaps and bounds. Far faster than even my D&D collection. Books are easier for me to locate than D&D around my area too. I do not need E-Bay to find them; old booksellers, antique stores, estate sales, and garage sales are the most common places to find those things.I too enjoy the hunt, and the wins as well. They are fun in and of themselves, even exhilarating. Of course the real reason I collect things is that I feel truly good viewing my collection(s) from time to time as well. And some of them I read, or play with from time to time, especially with the grandkids. And the memories that these old things bring forward from the old days of playing the game (Or reading comics, or trading football cards, etc.) are always fond ones for me. My collections help bring those memories to the forefront. I don't HAVE to have the collections to do that, but sometimes it helps.
KingOfPain wrote:Alright Aneoth. You and I need to get together again so I can see just how much stuff you have. I know you have a much larger collection of role playing stuff than I do. But I take pride in my book and comic collection and now I find out you have collections of those as well. Now you will tell me you collect video games as well I suppose. I guess since you are a bit older than I you have had more time to accrue things. I dont feel like such a failure now. And I am not even going to try to compare any of my collections to Badmike's. He apparently has stuff in storage he doesnt even know about. Seriously though, I wish I had more time and money to spend on my collections. My fiance does understand why I do it. She probably wishes I spent more money on her though.
Aneoth wrote:I once bought a Comics/Sports card store's liquidation stock, and then I sold more than 3/4 of that to another store for a nice tidy profit, keeping most of the best football stuff
Aneoth wrote:KingOfPain wrote:Alright Aneoth. You and I need to get together again so I can see just how much stuff you have. I know you have a much larger collection of role playing stuff than I do. But I take pride in my book and comic collection and now I find out you have collections of those as well. Now you will tell me you collect video games as well I suppose. I guess since you are a bit older than I you have had more time to accrue things. I dont feel like such a failure now. And I am not even going to try to compare any of my collections to Badmike's. He apparently has stuff in storage he doesnt even know about. Seriously though, I wish I had more time and money to spend on my collections. My fiance does understand why I do it. She probably wishes I spent more money on her though. I know of NO ONE who can rival badmikes overall collection. Except perhaps the so-called 'fab five' on the Acaeum... (Or is he one of them?) and I feel that even they would be hardpressed to impress badmike.... at least as to shear quantity of items, if not rarity.You know that you have an open invitation anytime. We'll look at my stuff, and then maybe play a game of pool, or a game of D&D on my PS2, or just talk about our collections for a while...BTW: I only have about a dozen games for the PS2/PS1, and almost all of them are the grandkids games, so I have nothing like what you have and no older games at all.....My comic collection is small actually (Compaired to Badmikes anyway), only a couple of those large 150 count boxes and some extras that won't fit in those. Certainly nothing like yours or Badmikes, and my old book collection is smaller than that. I only just started collecting rare and old books. My Football collection is fairly big though. I once bought a Comics/Sports card store's liquidation stock, and then I sold more than 3/4 of that to another store for a nice tidy profit, keeping most of the best football stuff and about 1/4 of the comics for myself. All of the other sports and games stuff (Magic and other games mostly) went to the other store, as I don't collect any other sports except for football, and I was never into Magic or the other games stuff. Looking back, I should have kept the Magic stuff and sold it on E-Bay. I could have bought all of the expensive D&D items I could ever want with the additional profits...... if I had only known how crazy some folks are about Magic..... kinda like I am with D&D. I should have suspected though.... Most of my Football collection and comics collections are from that purchase and some few other buys from other collectors and other sprots card stores over the years.Anyway, just give me a call. Do you still have my phone number? If not, PM me and I will send it to you.
Marlith wrote:Traveller: 101 Robots An Illustrated Cataloghttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 31952&rd=1Not sure how rare....just looks interesting.
Aneoth wrote:Mike, of course you are also invited. And yes, I would truly like to go to the AgiCon next month and I think that I can arrange to get away that weekend, as long as I plan to soon. I cannot attend during the weekdays though, I doubt that I can get time off from my day job during the week.
Aneoth wrote:Can you tell me anything more about AgiCon? Is there a website to download information? What will it take to get hotel reservations? Where exactly do the Agi's hold the big events?
BTW: your wife is perfectly safe with me, I am a Texas gentleman and I am quite proud of the fact that I treat women as they should be treated, including married ones.... With great care and even greater caution....
As for another North Texas Meet, I agree that we need to get together again and do so sometime soon. Yes, Half Price just opened up in McKinney in the last couple of months or so. How did you know? Do you get catalogs and E-Mail notices with updates about new store openings from them as a frequent buyer? Or perhaps you are a part owner in the franchise operation???
I think that we should plan to meet there (Half Price Book Store), and then later on come over to my house and I can show you my small collection and then we can do whatever. Bar-B-Que some burgers and hotdogs, drink a beer or two, and talk D&D, or play pool...This coming weekend is not possible for me though, as all of my free time has already been spoken for by relatives..... Next weekend or any weekend after that is doable for me, I rarely plan much farther than that in advance... Weeknights are possible too, as long as we don't go too long into the night.
Badmike wrote:..........I also have a relative intensive weekend the next few days. Weekend of Saturday 26th ok with you guys? I'm 90% sure I'm free, plus that'll give me time to drive all the way out there. King is ok with that timetable. Mike B.