[gmunny]

Great thread, AD. I do collect sports cards, mainly baseball and basketball from mostly the 70's and some of the 60's. Also sports programs, baseballs, etc. I have not been actively buying stuff now as I have been sidetracked with poker and casino chip collecting!

Here's a few shots of my topps baseball, I think the first is 1976 and the 2nd is 1970.



I am a fan of Sandy Koufax stuff.

I was trying to finsih the 1965 topps set and a 1950 bowman set, when my first kid was born...jeesh that was 8 years ago..



I love the old basketball cards. Recognize anyone?





This has to be my favorite basketball set.. screams Semi-Pro, don't it?


I have tons of LA Dodger programs, here's my oldest one:

[northernferg]

Sheesh, I thought I'd get the +1.... wasn't Rizzo (the Muppet) the original collector of spores mold and fungi lo those many years ago....?

[EDIT - Sorry, I just looked it up to see if my mind was playing tricks on me and I was wrong, it was Gonzo who originally had the spores, mold and fungi collection, not Rizzo, so please excuse my misidentification (but I still think it has to be the earliest pop-culture reference to such a collection - maybe somebody was borrowing or paying homage....) I'm sorry for my Muppet misidentification!]

Neil

[AlbinoDragon]

Originally Posted by northernferg

Sheesh, I thought I'd get the +1.... wasn't Rizzo (the Muppet) the original collector of spores mold and fungi lo those many years ago....?

[EDIT - Sorry, I just looked it up to see if my mind was playing tricks on me and I was wrong, it was Gonzo who originally had the spores, mold and fungi collection, not Rizzo, so please excuse my misidentification (but I still think it has to be the earliest pop-culture reference to such a collection - maybe somebody was borrowing or paying homage....) I'm sorry for my Muppet misidentification!]

Neil

OK... despite the goof, you'll get +1 too, just because you did the research and dug up something I didn't know!

[northernferg]

Originally Posted by AlbinoDragon

OK... despite the goof, you'll get +1 too, just because you did the research and dug up something I didn't know!

Thanks! I always relish a +1. I just remembered the Muppets talking about it and telling my kids it was a funny line - I guess I'm a bit too old to have tuned in to the reference you were making.

Great thread, by the way (see, I am an old fogey, I didn't use "BTW" )

Best regards,

Neil

[links_slayer]

I collect (and I use this term relatively loosely) chess sets. I've got sets from Poland, Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Brazil, and Mexico along with sets from around here (the cliche Civil War, LOTR, etc. sets).

I'm terrible (and that's putting it nicely) at chess, but I think they look neat. I should snap a few pics one of these days....

[jdunford]

Originally Posted by links_slayer

I collect (and I use this term relatively loosely) chess sets. I've got sets from Poland, Italy, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Brazil, and Mexico along with sets from around here (the cliche Civil War, LOTR, etc. sets).

I'm terrible (and that's putting it nicely) at chess, but I think they look neat. I should snap a few pics one of these days....

Ummm... ditto. I suck at chess (well, I'm definitely not "good" anyway), but I have this thing for sets. I only have 7 or 8, none particularly expensive (although I recently inherited a pewter Franklin Mint "Battle of Waterloo" set that's pretty sweet), but I have them scattered around my apartment and get made fun of by my wife. I have a (cheap) resin LOTR, and a reasonably nice South African stone set. I rarely play with them, though. A $30 glass set you could pick up at any mall gets the most use.

I also have a lot of board games from the '60s-80's. Poker chips (specifically high-end playable sets) are really just an extension of my "game" collection, I guess. I used to have an awful lot of playing cards, too... not really from collecting per se, but I'd buy a deck, wear it out, buy another deck, etc., and never throw any out (until about 8 years ago).

[dap325]

You guys have some nice collections of stuff other than chips. Other than poker chips, I collect beer bottles and pint glasses. I love the microbrews and hometown breweries. I actually just got back from vistiing the Ommegang and Cooperstown breweries in Cooperstown, NY today. I'm gonna guess I have over 200 different bottles that I've collected over the last 5 or so years. My pint glass collection isn't nearly as big, but is steadily growing.. (added 2 today!). Sorry that I dont have any pictures. Most of them are packed away.

[Ligarius]

Originally Posted by AlbinoDragon

+4... One for acknowledging the reference, +2 for the link and +1 for being cocky!

Maurice is amazing. There will be times I see his name in the credits and think "whoa!!! He did that!" H may not be a Mel Blanc, but he's darn close!!

I like where this thread is going. Just what I hoped. Keep 'em coming!

Thank you... Thank you... Hopefully you can get in touch with Maurice. If not, you'll probably have to go to a Comic-Con to meet up with him.

Indeed. Mel Blanc is the stuff of legend, but I would have to say that the all-time voice artist king is definitely Frank Welker. The volume of work he has done in his career is absolutely incredible. Take a look at Welker at iMDb and be astounded.

[Couga]

I collect Nutcrackers. I have pretty much stopped because I have as many as any one person needs (around 20) and I used to get 1 for christmas when I was a kid. I put them away with the Christmas stuff every year and haven't actually gotten them out for about 5 years because I just have been lazy. I don't really even remember which I have, except for my favorites. But each time I break them out it is like Christmas all over again. It is a great feeling unpacking them and all these memories come back. Only one thing though and I let my parents know right from the start they have to be Steinbach (they are the Endy's of Nutcrackers). I am such a Chip and Nutcracker snob.

- Couga

[AlbinoDragon]

Originally Posted by Couga

I collect Nutcrackers.

Originally Posted by Couga

I am such a Chip and Nutcracker snob.

- Couga

Really unique and actually a neat collectible.

Just so long as you don't put your chips in the nutcracker. That would be bad (probably for both).