The Collectors Thread

Pighead

As a kid, Pighead was a brilliant collector of stuff. Every Friday, Roy of the Rovers, Tree of Knowledge and a packet of Panini football stickers would wing their way into the bedroom courtesy of a strange gift bearing woman known as Mam.

Of course they all ended up ina big black bag and fcuked up into the attic. There must be thousands of dusty Roy of the Rovers up there. You'll often hear Pighead say "If you leave paperback publications somewhere dark and musty, then be fully prepared to find that they're dusty"

Unfortunately, the Tree of Knowledge and Roy of the Rovers ceased trading sometime back in the early 90's thus leaving Pighead with nothing to collect. My 20's were spent searching for something to religiously collect to fill the void. As the old saying goes "He who does not have a collection of some sort, is only but half a man"

Thought about becoming a tegestoligist or an arctophillist but eventually decided that being a Paroemiographer would make me happiest of all. At the end of the day "He who hesitates shall make a better decision in the end"

Pighead has friends who collect all manner of weird and wonderful things. Even on boards there seems to be a fondness for collecting stuff. DublinWriter is an avid collector of bans according to his sig, Beruthial collects cobwebs in her nether regions as she bravely sticks to her decision from 1997 to retire from riding, and Spankeh collects MAJD posts to masturbate over when he goes to bed.

Anyway what do you collect?

Ruu_Old

Used to be a stamp collector when my name was Melvin.:( I bought a heap of stamps when I was younger from a collection place and auctions but missed the Penny Black. Beano comics and pogs for a short time.

Basq

Callcards.. still have a good collection of them in an album!

DaBreno

Vintage Star Wars figures.

Neeeerrrrrrdddddd!

Heisenberg.

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Slow Motion

Had the first 1 to 200 episodes of the 2000AD comics when I were a lad, while out at school one day my dad put them all in a black plastic sack and gave them to the childrens ward on a local hospital, because he said they were a fire hazard. Still bitter about it to this day, the wonga they'd be worth now

Dave!

I used to collect pogs... those things were awesome.

I also collected Pokemon... the cards, not the creatures.

Now I don't really collect anything except money!

monkeyfudge

Slow Motion wrote:

Had the first 1 to 200 episodes of the 2000AD comics when I were a lad, while out at school one day my dad put them all in a black plastic sack and gave them to the childrens ward on a local hospital, because he said they were a fire hazard. Still bitter about it to this day, the wonga they'd be worth now

Progs! They were called progs.

Slow Motion

monkeyfudge wrote:

Progs! They were called progs.

Damnit ! I was wracking my brain trying to think of that as I wrote the post ! Cheers that would have bugged me all day

Kinetic^

Skulls from people who have crossed me the wrong way throughout life.

Earthhorse

I used to collect Kinder toys when I was a kid. My dad used to travel to Brussells a lot and would always come back with something for us, usually a Kinder egg for me, which is where it all started. Not sure if they've been thrown out, haven't seen them around the house in a while. I had over a hundred of the little blighters.

As an adult I don't really collect anything. I've a small collection of boardgames I suppose but nothing to shout about.

watna

Ruu wrote:

Used to be a stamp collector when my name was Melvin.:( I bought a heap of stamps when I was younger from a collection place and auctions but missed the Penny Black. Beano comics and pogs for a short time.

I also collected stamps for ages..... oh the shame! I also have all the Bunty annuals for about 10 years. I got one from "Santa" every year. My mum says whenever she sees them at xmas she always considers buying me one, even though I'm about 15 years to old for them!

5starpool

What are these pogs/progs that people are speaking of and what vintage are they? I used to have every Shoot/Match/Roy of the Rovers for several years as well as every sticker album and league ladders thingy going as a younng fella. Now all I collect is more volume for my midriff.

Slow Motion

As I've gotten older I've aquired a nice collection of extra inches around my midrift

Edit : 5Starpool beat me to it

jester77

I was an avid naval fluff collector until I saw this guys collection and became very disheartened that he had a better collection, plus he had some better colours as well, damn you Graham Barker So I gave up on that and I am now an avid beer gut collector sampling my way through the worlds best beers, not stopping until my collection is complete!

Slow Motion

5starpool wrote:

What are these pogs/progs that people are speaking of and what vintage are they?

Issue #1

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5starpool

Slow Motion wrote:

Issue #1

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Oh right. I was at a wedding yesterday so I only have memory capacity for about 2 posts. It is fairly obvious upon rereading.

jebuz

fridge magnets. that is all.

Wibbs

I'm sad enough to know that wasn't issue numero uno of 2000AD this was; www.2000adonline.com/books/assets/2000_ad_1.jpg Didn't google beyond the first page eh? Get back in your box ya newbie.......:D Worth a fair few quid that one. I've issue/prog 2 somewhere about the place.

Slow Motion

Wibbs wrote:

I'm sad enough to know that wasn't issue numero uno of 2000AD this was; www.2000adonline.com/books/assets/2000_ad_1.jpg Didn't google beyond the first page eh? Get back in your box ya newbie.......:D Worth a fair few quid that one. I've issue/prog 2 somewhere about the place.

Out Nerded !

AlmightyCushion

Slow Motion wrote:

Out Nerded !

He was out-nerded by the very nerd who was trying to out-nerd him. How ironic.

Slow Motion

AlmightyCushion wrote:

He was out-nerded by the very nerd who was trying to out-nerd him. How ironic.

Subtle eh ?

Wibbs

Now I don't have to post in the how much of a geek are you thread now. You see, nerdy and efficient. There's a lesson in there for you all.:D

seabee

See my sig ¬

Dragan

Do dead hookers count?

On a more serious note when i was a kid i was big into Games Workshop stuff. Still have shed loads of it in the parents gaff.

Pighead

Earthhorse wrote:

As an adult I don't really collect anything. I've a small collection of boardgames I suppose but nothing to shout about.

Pighead strongly recommends you reaquaint yourself with the art of collecting. As the old saying goes "He who does not collect, will most likely fail to deliver"

Giblet

I collect excuses to ban Pighead.

Pighead

Giblet wrote:

I collect excuses to ban Pighead.

Pigheads days of getting banned are well and truly over. Impetuous, crabby Pighead has been replaced with something a lot more buddha like. Pighead loves everybody* on boards and thus will never again get himself in a position to be struck by the fearsome banhammer.

*Excluding Sarky, ShowMeYourXbox Peter Collins and 70% of the fat fcukers and baldie bastards.
They're all cnuts.

Agamemnon

Pighead wrote:

Pighead loves everybody* on boards and thus will never again get himself in a position to be struck by the fearsome banhammer.

*Excluding Sarky, ShowMeYourXbox Peter Collins...

You don't have to worry about Peter Trollins any more, Pighead. Good ol' Ruu opened a can of ban-ass on him. On-topic, I collect hangovers and orgasms myself.

Pighead

agamemnon wrote:

You don't have to worry about Peter Trollins any more, Pighead. Good ol' Ruu opened a can of ban-ass on him. On-topic, I collect hangovers and orgasms myself.

He he he he he. Pighead hasn't been this happy since earlier on at lunchtime when I seen there was hot dogs in the canteen. Well done Ruu, your place in heaven is assured.

Crumble Froo

quotes.

and drinking bottles... we totally need to move our asses to the bottle bank...

Numina

Nine Inch Nails stuff, heres a picture of just the cds http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/1493/dsc00604ll3.jpg

Also used to collect Beanos and Dandys as a child, still have a box full of them somewhere. also Pokemon card, god I love pokemon. i counted all of them one time and the total came to around 832 cards

_blank_

Pighead wrote:

As a kid, Pighead was a brilliant collector of stuff. ..Tree of Knowledge

I used to collect ToK aswell, my dad used to get it free in the shop where he bought his smokes.

Now, I collect Pin-badges of football teams. It's one of the nice things about being in Div1, getting to go all these grounds and get them personally. I have a decent collection now, and my gf is buying me a fair few in every city she visits on a world tour too.

And they are cheap too, I get a good few rare Shels ones from eBay.

AlmightyCushion

Pighead wrote:

Pigheads days of getting banned are well and truly over. Impetuous, crabby Pighead has been replaced with something a lot more buddha like. Pighead loves everybody* on boards and thus will never again get himself in a position to be struck by the fearsome banhammer.

*Excluding Sarky, ShowMeYourXbox Peter Collins and 70% of the fat fcukers and baldie bastards.
They're all cnuts.

That wouldn't have anything to do with the amount of votes you had in the least favourite poster thread by any chance.

Slow Motion

Pighead wrote:

70% of the fat fcukers and baldie bastards.
They're all cnuts.[/SIZE]

Don't worry ! There's a warm welcome waiting in the bar for you as well !

Pighead

AlmightyCushion wrote:

That wouldn't have anything to do with the amount of votes you had in the least favourite poster thread by any chance.

What wouldn't have anything to do with the amount of votes Pighead got in th least favourite poster thread?

The fact that Pighead hates Sarky, Peter Collins ShowUsYourXbox and 70% of the fat fcukers and baldie bastards? Whats that got to do with the price of spuds?

Wake up AlmightyCushion, you're babbling incoherantly. Its almost 9.30 for goodness sake.

Duggy747

Slow Motion wrote:

Don't worry ! There's a warm welcome waiting in the bar for you as well !

Is the BBQ all set up already?

Eh.............hmm, I don't seem to be collecting anything at the mo'. I do have an unhealthy amount of empty milk cartons and empty tins of beans around my flat but that's because I forgot to throw them into the recycling bag earlier, DURP!!

That and I'm building up quite a DVD collection from the Xtravision across the road, 3 movies for €20 and there's tons of hidden gems snuggled in between the..........eh, other classics like Beethoven 4.

Anyone see that godawful movie last night; Surviving The Game? Yeeesh!!

AlmightyCushion

Pighead wrote:

Impetuous, crabby Pighead has been replaced with something a lot more buddha like.

Sorry you obviously aren't as bright as I thought you were. I was asking would this have anything to do with you getting a lot of votes in the least favourite poster thread.

Pighead

AlmightyCushion wrote:

Sorry you obviously aren't as bright as I thought you were. I was asking would this have anything to do with you getting a lot of votes in the least favourite poster thread.

Pighead relishes all those votes in the least favourite poster thread. Without hate there cannot be love. So if Pighead can inspire hatred amongst his fellow posters then inversely he is also creating love as well.

Some may call Pighead brave and heroic for taking all the hatred on board but to be honest its a labour of love.

AlmightyCushion

Pighead wrote:

Pighead relishes all those votes in the least favourite poster thread. Without hate there cannot be love. So if Pighead can inspire hatred amongst his fellow posters then inversely he is also creating love as well.

Some may call Pighead brave and heroic for taking all the hatred on board but to be honest its a labour of love.

Or it could be denial.

Terry

Enough.

Pighead

AlmightyCushion wrote:

Or it could be denial.

Pighead categorically denies being in denial. As you well know AlmightyCushion it's far easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a prig.

Mahatma coat

I have a large collection of diesel engines at the farm, does that count?

Pighead

Mahatma coat wrote:

I have a large collection of diesel engines at the farm, does that count?

Of course it counts Mahatma, this thread is about collections and the fact that you pluralised "engine" indicates to Pighead that you've got more than one.

Mahatma coat

yeah
2 single cyls
a Vtwin
2 4pots
5 6cyls
a V8

and 2 CAT marine V12's

tis more of a hobby tho than a collection, I intend to atach them to diferentthings and make my own fuel

AlmightyCushion

I have a large collection of beer cans in my house that really need to be dumped.

Pighead

Mahatma coat wrote:

yeah
2 single cyls
a Vtwin
2 4pots
5 6cyls
a V8

and 2 CAT marine V12's

tis more of a hobby tho than a collection, I intend to atach them to diferentthings and make my own fuel

The inventor of the diesel engine commited suicide almost a hundred years ago. You should invent a new fuel to coincide with his death. Respect to Rudolph Diesel.

Mahatma coat

well its not so much inventin a new fuel as reverting to his original design for the engines,the engine was invented towards the end of the 1800's and the fuel we call Diesel was invented in the 1930's


AAANYWAY, back on topic, I used to collect cigarette packets from different countries back before they started putting those stupid health warnins on them

L31mr0d

never understood the need for people to collect without purpose. If it isn't functional in some form then what is the point in having it? I always ask myself "if I was running out of a burning house what would be the one thing I would take with me". The only thing I would take that I can't replace is my external hard drive full of personal photos and videos. Everything else is disposable. So if it isn't serving a purpose i'll get rid of it.

I understand collecting items which the collector hopes will one day be valuable (i.e. an investment). But pointlessly and neurotically collecting rubbish i'll never understand.