Collectors collecting collections

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This thread is for discussing, sharing, showing and talking about what you collect, or would like to collect. Come show what you have and update us one how it's going!
Let's keep it about actual, physical objects. File collections and showing off drives is fun too but it's a different thing.
Do you collect anything? How long have you been at it?
Are you looking to start a collection and need pointers?
Are you looking for a rare piece and can't find it?
Stamps? Coins? Cigar rings? Diecast toy cars? Rocks with funny shapes?
Whatever it is, feel free to talk about it here.

I'll start with some of my records.
I don't have a bunch that are that notable, nor do I have complete discographies for now.

Test pressing for Digital - Dubzilla. It barely fits into a large sleeve because it's five twelvers, each with just one track per side. Handy for DJs, not for anyone else.

Original german pressing for Neu!'s self-titled album. Cover is not in the best shape but that's what you should expect from a 50 year old white sleeve.

Bootleg picture disc of Machina 1/The Machines of God aka that one Smashing Pumpkin album no one likes (no, the other one. Okay, the OTHER other one). They went the extra mile adding in a legit barcode to make it look like a real promo release.
Funnily enough, it's both unlistenable and and very listenable.
Unlistenable because it's a bootleg picture disc, the sound is horrendous.
Very listenable because the tracklist is culled from 15 to 10 tracks since you can't fit the whole album on a single disc. And that's good because Machina is pretty bloated.

Promo copy of Do You Know Squarepusher?
Pretty sure someone spilled a beer on it.

Ross_R

I have a crate of 1:64 car models... mainly Hot Wheels. They just lie in a crate, most of them... I'm not even sure why I bought them, to be honest. It's just when I had one of the permanent jobs, I started losing my mind and binge-shopped those little machines just tofind some kind of solace.
Since I bought them, I struggle to make a case for them, and I just can't find the time. If I'll ever put them on a good showcase, there will be photos.

I have a crate of vinyls and other discs too.

There's a number of videos like that on my channel, since I usually only cash out for the stuff I couldn't find online, and so I struggle to put it online for the others. That's the only reason for my vinyl collection, really. Albeit it's been a while since I had time to do a vinyl session, and so I have about ten discs in the queue... One day, hopefully.

Some books too... My main enjoyment is, probably, my motorhead magazines.

Doesn't look that impressive on a photo, I guess. Whatever.
There's no rhyme or reason to these magazines, save for the fact that they are all about american custom machines, of course... Other than that - it's all over the place. There's a bunch from the 50's, a dozen from the 80's, some from the 90's, and a bunch of rather modern ones from 2000 onwards.

That NZV8 magazine was one of the first I bought. From New Zealand, obviously. It is also the only magazine that came with a DVD, and only during previous year I finally got to watch the DVD they shipped with it. Actually was a very cool disc. For what it is worth, I ripped the disc an uploaded it on Archive and YouTube.

That Junk motorcycle magazine underneath it was actually quite interesting as well. It is a british indy magazine, that was made by fans for fans. They made an issue quarterly, and they didn't have even a single advertisement inside an issue. Which is a huge surprise, since usually auto mags have tons of ads inside. As a result though, Junk only managed to last 5 or 6 issues - I'm not sure if the published abandoned them before or after printing the 6th issue.
The Wheels Rod & Classic is a swedish mag... Anyone knows swedish and want to translate an article or two for me? It's very technical, so automatic translators pretty much choke on it.

This bunch of smaller ones from the late 50's (full scale magazine for size) is actually the real deal. Easily the golden era of customs is written in there. A lot of actually practical articles in them. How to do a hood scoop? How to french your headlights? How to draw car? These things actually show and tell everything you might want to use in your garage... Well, might wanted to. Obviously, you shouldn't bring the hammer anywhere near modern fiberglass hoods.

And then, I have a special one here:
https://disk.yandex.ru/i/l_DGK7wfDxBL_w
Remember NFS Underground? You could actually get on a cover of Chrom And Flammen in that game. Anyway...
The story started long time ago. Back when I was a rather young lad, I catched a glimpse of this video clip on TV:

This was the 2001 in Russia though, and that was the TV. I missed the name of the song, so for years all I remembered about it is that it had that cool Mercedes. Didn't even recognize it was Scooter, though I always had awful memory for human mugs. Cars are much more memorable.
I think I searched through Scooter's songs at some point though, when my dad took me to The Place That Had The Internet (his workplace), but missed The Logical Song at that moment.
Either way, somewhere in 00's I suddenly hear the familiar song. During some... school concert or something? Whatever it was, I go out of my way to find some dude who arranged the music for this event, and I ask him the name of the song. Bam! I now know what it is!
Doesn't give me much though. I can watch the video again, but it doesn't give me any more info about the car.
Fast forward to 2015, I'm already wired and, among all places, I do visit IMCDB rather frequently. And in 2015 somebody finally posts here:
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_125170-Mercedes-Benz-560-SEC-C126-1990.html
"Car was dark blue metallic, when featured in the german magazine "Chrome & Flammen" in the late '90s/early '00s."
Bingo! I start monitoring eBay.
It goes on for some time. Plus, yeah, I'm just not sure which issue exactly I'm looking for, so I monitor just all Chrom And Flammens. They do not pop up anyhow often, actually.
And then, suddenly, I locate the issue I need... in fucking summer 2022. By that moment I already have huge troubles with eBay, but alright. I write to the seller first: can I pay you somehow else, as I am from Russia and I do not have access to PayPal right now?
Well, I could've, but i'm afraid for my eBay account, et cetera - so says the seller.
Alright, but at least it sounded friendly. I write to my american pal, ask him to buy it for me and send him the money. Ask him to set the shipping address to the... middleman-warehouse company that I use over the years and that is still somehow operational.
The seller cancels the order and blacklists my american pal.
What the fuck?
Turns out, since that was the address of middleman-warehouse company, it had my name in it. The seller saw the russian name and cancelled the order, citing something like "yadda-yadda-russians circumvent sanctions".
Fuck. You. It's a fucking automotive magazine. What I am to do with it? Light it on fire and throw at someone in Ukraine?!
Alright. Patiently waiting 'till winter. The same magazine is still up for sale, nobody wants it. Cool. I buy it again, now via my estonian pal.
Month and something later I finally have the article and photos in my hands.
https://disk.yandex.ru/i/EFlSt44qH7EbAg
https://disk.yandex.ru/i/jAHsu3oj-H_SAw
https://disk.yandex.ru/i/uB7Kvs7hTo1wSw

And yes, the story above is yet another example of how hard it is for me to get nice stuff. Though luckily so far it was the only time the seller cancelled an order. What a motherfucker, really.

Anyway, this kind of magazines... is like a never-ending chain. I usually hunt for a specific car, but then I get a whole magazine of'em, and it is almost inevitable that it will have at least one another interesting car, that starts a new hunt altogerther... Kind of nice, I guess, but oh so often I just cannot afford'em.

Somnolence

I already love the variety we already have going here, and already the stories that are coming with them.

I collect artbooks! Mostly for games, but there's a few others in my collection. (You'll have to forgive the picture quality, it's a dogshit phone. Good phones are for squares.)
My current collection contains...

Metro Exodus mini artbook.
Soul Calibur 6 mini artbook + Art of Soul Calibur 2
Beksinski
Hollow Knight Wanderer's Journal
Classic Sega Genesis cover art and promotional art.
Art of Reboot (Rare)
Blame! Movie + Blame! and so on
YuGiOh Card Art Collection, OCG Collection, and Kazuki Takahashi's Art + Art of the Cards
Zelda Art and Artifacts
Art of Metal Gear Solid + Metal Gear Rising mini artbook.
Darkest Dungeon
Baten Kaitos
Nier Art + Nier Automata
Resident Evil 6 + Resident Evil 5
Art of Berserk
Dark Souls III Design Works + Dark Souls I Design Works + Soul Arts
Dragon's Dogma Design Works
Tales of Arise
Skyrim + Fallout 4
Art of Deus Ex (sequel series)
Dead Space
Halo Art of Building Worlds + Art of Halo (as in, Combat Evolved) + Halo Encyclopedia (original release)
Blade Runner 2049
Art of Banner Saga
River City Girls
Monster Hunter World
Warframe

And a few others that aren't quite worth mentioning. I am always on the hunt for more- but it's quite an expensive hobby that I haven't been able to maintain since I got laid off, and I have very selective tastes besides. I don't buy something even if I know it'll have good art in it. It has to be a good member of the collection, and be from something I enjoyed. I suppose you can tell my tastes pretty well just from that list.

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