Your most prized possession

[Guest Dids]

I'm on the childhood stuffed animal kick as well. That and my baby blanket. I don't get down much with caring about material stuff. I've got a leather jacket that I'm obsessive about simply because it's the most expensive thing I own.

[Dr. Tom 0]

Magic players will know what I'm talking about here. I have a Beta Black Lotus in good condition, signed by both Richard Garfield and the artist. It is officially teh r0x0r, and is part of my Beta Power 9 set.

[Guest Jimbo]

3 stuffed animals and my "blankie" from when I was young and my wrestling media connection.

 

Sad? Yes, but true.

 

I probably have some other stuff I cherish, but those 2 things popped into my head first.

[Guest Astro]

My He-man toys, and my Multimedia collection of Games, Movies and Wrestling

[bob_barron 0]

My Wayne Gretzky autograph

My Avril Lavigne autograph

My issue of Entertainment Weekly signed by all 4 SATC castmembers and

 

my VHS copy of Dirty Work

[Guest BANKYWOOD]

My Avril Lavigne autograph

*bites lip so he won't sound like a hypocrite*

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

The 23 gnomes left over from the Gnome Wars.

[CanadianChick 0]

My collection of all the dragon ball, dragon ball z and dragon ball gt episodes including the movies and tv specials

Uh, how old are you?

 

Sorry, that sounds mean, but seriously...

Well right now im 14 but i got my collection when i was 11 i think. And it means a lot to me because my dad once heard me say to a friend that it would be cool to have a collection like that and he gave it to me as a surprise ....oh and by the way im not a 14 year old anime geek

 

Cause you know being like obsessed with DBZ might have made you think that i was like one of those friendless quiet kids who just watch japanesse animation all day long.

That's cool. I suck at collecting things. I say I'm going to, but then give up after a month. I do collect pennies though.

 

And calm the fuck down Banky. You of all people shouldn't talk. You're one of the most condescending people here.

Edited April 6, 2004 by CanadianChick

[Guest FrigidSoul]

I have the Todd McFarlane KISS figures in their original packages. Series 1 and 2(half of series 3), along with the Morrison figure. I wouldn't say their my prized possessions though since I'm just waiting for them to become worth something and then I can sell them off. I'll keep the Morrison one though

[bob_barron 0]

My Avril Lavigne autograph

*bites lip so he won't sound like a hypocrite*

Oh come on Banky- let me have it. I've missed you constantly knocking me for my Avril love.

[caboose 0]

My 95/96 Newcastle United Football shirt.

[Guest BANKYWOOD]

And calm the fuck down Banky. You of all people shouldn't talk. You're one of the most condescending people here.

But I am brutally honest, little girl.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

My Avril Lavigne autograph

*bites lip so he won't sound like a hypocrite*

Oh come on Banky- let me have it. I've missed you constantly knocking me for my Avril love.

I once thought I met Avril but when i got a good look I saw it couldn't be her since this chick was good looking.

[Nighthawk 0]

I have the Todd McFarlane KISS figures in their original packages. Series 1 and 2(half of series 3), along with the Morrison figure. I wouldn't say their my prized possessions though since I'm just waiting for them to become worth something and then I can sell them off. I'll keep the Morrison one though

They won't be. Those days are over.

[Guest FrigidSoul]

I'm sure they'll be worth something 20 years from now, or if not like 40 years. I'm hoping they're worth a great deal in at most like 30 years so I can buy a small cabin on a lake and spend my days fishing worry free.

[Hoff 0]

Magic players will know what I'm talking about here. I have a Beta Black Lotus in good condition, signed by both Richard Garfield and the artist. It is officially teh r0x0r, and is part of my Beta Power 9 set.

*jaw drop*

(nerd alert)

 

For me, I'd say my guitar, which got me through a lot of lonely times in college; a simple black Squier strat that's chronically out of tune. I will never sell this guitar.

 

Also of some value is a few old notebooks I have lying around (which I actually paged through today), filled with old poems, songs, free verse, notes, doodles, and fantasy football info, as well as various sketches of Star Trek ships and insignias (nerd alert x2). It's a collection that keeps growing, then diminishing as I invariably lose some -- which I think makes the ones I still have mean more to me.

 

I also have an autograph from former Minnesota Vikings runningback Robert Smith, who was a genuinely cool and classy guy the night my friend and I met him in a nearby convenience store, and by all accounts is that kind of man in all situations, and was also one hell of a football player. When healthy.

 

Oh, and my Twins hat. Actually, Twins Hat v3.0, the first one having been lost to an angry washing machine, and the second being the victim of me hurling all over it.

 

I think that's it, but if I come up with more I'll be sure to share more meaningless personal anecdotes.

[The Metal Maniac 0]

Here's the thing: Items don't become rare collectibles if people buy them just to leave them in the package and wait for their value to grow.

 

There's a reason why old toys are now worth money - because little kids played with them and broke them. Thus, to find one in a package is rare, and thus, valuable.

 

Still-packaged KISS figures won't be rare, because there's a zillion people holding on to the things waiting for them to be worth something.

[The Czech Republic 0]

Somewhere I have a bunch of packaged Happy Meal toys from 1989 to about '93. Might be a gem in there

[Guest BobBacklundRules]

A teddy bear-like monkey that yells if you hit him; I picked him up two years ago at a rest stop in Illinois, and we've been traveling partners ever since. His name is Anxious George (no relation to courious George) and so far we've been to Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Georgia, Texas, Mexico, and tomorrow morning we're going to northern Minnesota.

[Guest Bottled Black]

My Larry Bird autographed picture. My dad got it for me for Christmas one year.

[Guest FrigidSoul]

Still-packaged KISS figures won't be rare, because there's a zillion people holding on to the things waiting for them to be worth something.

Not true, my little cousins have battles between theis KISS action figures and WWF/E wrestlers all the time.

 

I also have a Papa Smurf thing in its original packaging

[SpikeFayeJettEdBebop 0]

Um i dunno. I would say my cds, or dvds, or maybe guitar, as I like all three, but im only 14, so I guess none of those things have really gained value for me.

 

Other than that, I have no idea what to say, I just prize my life damnit. Everyday im happy is a prize to me.

 

EDIT: And also, this really hot chick, who about three months ago, I wouldnt even have thought about us together, and now we are. We're 14, so this DEF. wont matter in 2 years, although I doubt it'll even last a tenth of that time. But fuck it, im happy now, and im gonna go make out with her at the movies. So yeah....Beat that....

[Hoff 0]

I just prize my life damnit. Everyday im happy is a prize to me.

That's a good outlook, mang.

[Nighthawk 0]

Still-packaged KISS figures won't be rare, because there's a zillion people holding on to the things waiting for them to be worth something.

Not true, my little cousins have battles between theis KISS action figures and WWF/E wrestlers all the time.

What does that have to do with anything? Trust me, they're not going to be worth anything. Right now they're worth less in their original packaging than they were new.

[Guest FrigidSoul]

I was just proving that some people do open them. Let me believe that my KISS figures may one day help bring me a good retirement...you're always crashing me down in the shit of reality.

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

I was just proving that some people do open them. Let me believe that my KISS figures may one day help bring me a good retirement...you're always crashing me down in the shit of reality.

Not argument post: Although it's nice to have something that might be worth something one day, it has to be taken inot consideration on the rarity, or how many of the certain item were produced throughout time. If this is something that was marketed heavily around the world for years, then chances are they aren't worth much. But if it's something like "Only 1,000 in existance" then of course you can rake in some money down the line.

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

Here's the thing: Items don't become rare collectibles if people buy them just to leave them in the package and wait for their value to grow.

 

There's a reason why old toys are now worth money - because little kids played with them and broke them. Thus, to find one in a package is rare, and thus, valuable.

 

Still-packaged KISS figures won't be rare, because there's a zillion people holding on to the things waiting for them to be worth something.

This is one of the most interesting threads in quite a while.

 

I'll add my guitar, my collection of guitar books (Metallica, AC/DC, etc., which weren't included in the aforementioned book collection)

 

But The Metal Maniac, you forgot to mention about them not being manufactured anymore - the fact that little kids play with them and break them doesn't mean that that toy is rare to find.

 

And FrigidSoul, don't listen to them - never open those packages, because someday, you'll prove them wrong, and all you'll be hearing during your days is the chirping of birds while you sit and relax, staring out along the river with a cigar in your mouth, a beverage of choice next to (or in a holster of) your chair, and a rod in your hand, as you relax, and think about what got you there.

[dutchse.cx 0]

Magic players will know what I'm talking about here. I have a Beta Black Lotus in good condition, signed by both Richard Garfield and the artist. It is officially teh r0x0r, and is part of my Beta Power 9 set.

 

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.

 

I have all 7 seasons of Deep Space Nine on DVD and skull with black roses coming out the top that dance to a funkified Funeral Dirge when you press a button. And my collection of Gundam toys strewn across the apartment. Bolt Gundam 4 lief.

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

Included in my DVD collection are random Simpsons titles, as well as The Complete First-Third Season DVD Box Set.

 

I can't wait to get all of them.

 

By the way, I need WWE Armageddon to finish off the 2003 DVD Collection, which will be great, and while I get each DVD as it comes out, I know that that same promotion was run in the United States, so if we got it again, so would you - are the 2004 WWE Pay-Per-View DVDs a part of a collection, or just have their own individual spine art?

[Nighthawk 0]

And FrigidSoul, don't listen to them - never open those packages, because someday, you'll prove them wrong, and all you'll be hearing during your days is the chirping of birds while you sit and relax, staring out along the river with a cigar in your mouth, a beverage of choice next to (or in a holster of) your chair, and a rod in your hand, as you relax, and think about what got you there.

Nobody told him to open them, you dumb fuck. He shouldn't. That doesn't mean he's going to buy a cabin with $20 worth of toys.