Other collectors

erm....non in the family.... hehe...
my older brother is a trekkie though...

One of my daughters collects porcelain dolls, my son colllects hats(basebal, football and basketball).

I've got a few friends who collect models, but none of them seriously.

Nobody in my family collects anything. The closest I have is another friend that has some RC cars, and likes to rebuild 1:1s. (His wife used to be ridiculously into beanie babies.)

My wife has an uncle (he's her great-uncle, in fact) that has a kickass (concour level) stamp collection. His Red Cross collection is the biggest collection of that theme in the whole country. Stamp collecting is big here in Brazil, maybe because we were the 2nd country (after England) to use stamps.

LUW said:

My wife has an uncle (he's her great-uncle, in fact) that has a kickass (concour level) stamp collection. His Red Cross collection is the biggest collection of that theme in the whole country. Stamp collecting is big here in Brazil, maybe because we were the 2nd country (after England) to use stamps.

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........" The first official central royal mail office was opened in England 1516.
Nearly 300 years later Sir Rowland Hill suggested 1835 that letters until the weight of a half english ounze (14.5 g)
should be carried for a uniform fee of 1 Penny.
The receiver had no longer to pay the postage fee, but the sender had to use stamps
5/6/1840
The first two stamps were issued: 1 Penny Black and 2 Penny Blue.
The second country which issued stamps was Brazil in 1843. It issued the so called Ox Eyes. ".......

Yup, that's us. And her uncle has all the Ox Eye's series and the Goat's Eyes series that followed. In fact, he has an exemplar of every stamp ever issued in this country.

Now that is one serious collector :nicejob

Serious indeed. He's in a level that he doesn't even compete in collection shows anymore, he just shows his collection as an attraction to the show.

My brother collects hats and my mom collects jewelry.

My son collects diecasts Gee, I wonder who influenced him??? :giggle Actually, I started his collection before I started on mine.

StygianMax said:

My son collects diecasts Gee, I wonder who influenced him??? :giggle Actually, I started his collection before I started on mine.

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Yeah, I wonder whom..... :lol

My son is not into collecting at all. He just likes to read and plays RPGs on the PS2. My wife on the other hand is a big time Anime fan and collects all sorts of Anime figurines.

My wife collects Disney mini bean bags (eeyore) :danbanna

I collects handwork Russian Napoleonic War soldiers 54mm (besides BMW 1/18) :WTF

dragon_fly said:

I collects handwork Russian Napoleonic War soldiers 54mm (besides BMW 1/18) :WTF

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Those are so beautiful DF!! What are they made of?

Dragonfly,

My little one was yelling at the computer, "Thats Stich", I didn't realize what she was talking about until I looked harder at the pics :lol

StygianMax said:

Those are so beautiful DF!! What are they made of?

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metal :cheers

dragon_fly said:

I collects handwork Russian Napoleonic War soldiers 54mm (besides BMW 1/18) :WTF

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BEAUTIFUL! :nicejob :nicejob :nicejob

DiecastX said:

Dragonfly,

My little one was yelling at the computer, "Thats Stich", I didn't realize what she was talking about until I looked harder at the pics :lol

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It is the same car toy. First - good STITCH, then has removed a cap became malicious :tempted