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Aussie Pinball Forums => General Chat - Non Pinball/coin-opp Discussion => Topic started by: v8racefan on February 23, 2009, 10:29:58 PM
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Just thought I'd post this topic to see what other pinheads here collect???, most of us here do consider ourselves as collectors, so what else compliments your pinball collection??
I've collected 43rd scale diecast model cars since 1996, mostly v8 supercar holden models, peter brock diecast, bathurst and v8supercar race programmes.
No words discribe the feelings of adding new pieces to my collections, especially pieces that you've been chasing for a long long time. The fun of collecting will never end!!!
post your other collections
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I collect little snippets of abuse from the Mrs for spending too much time on the pinballs and on the net !!
No - I collect nothing else.
As daggy as it seems I have always 'thought' of setting up a small glass case of selected horror movie action figures and The Warriors figures , but I cant bring myself to do it. !@)
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LOL!!! Anything coin operated!
I have a few gum machines by Stoner etc from 30's and 40's. I want a TV that is coin op also a PULVER gum machine.... if its coin op - im interested!
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Gavin, have you got any coin-op kiddie rides?????
I have an old space rocket, runs on a old washing machine motor, has the cool wringer sounds!!
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I used to collect KISS memorabilia. I think I have around $30K of collectible from the 70's (First EVER KISS T-Shirt / Kiss Ice Cream wrapper), right up to around 1999 (Mint condition SOLO albums signed by original members and all tour books). I have of course 2 Kiss pins in the garage !
I think it will mostly be sold in the near future t feed my pin addiction.
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I collect fantasy knives and swords, i have some modeled on medusa, one on H.R Geiger's alien, Plus the Fang of plus other styles.
All from united cutlery, Kit Rae, not the cheap crap from the markets. ^^^
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Umm, i own Australia's largest 1970/1980's BMX museum &&
I have 200+ bikes & 1000's parts/clothing/stickers, being an ex champ myself ('83).
www.retro-riders.com (http://www.retro-riders.com)
Besides BMX, i collect my old childhood toys, cereal toys, Mad Magazines, Soldiers, CB Radio's, and ship loads too much more....
It's almost time to cash in on most of it and buy a house or 2.....or a lotta pins ;-)
MM.
PS. i used to make fantasy swords....small world. !*!
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Yes, I collect VZ200 and VZ300 computers plus associated peripherals and newsletters and magazine articles.
It's bigger than my pinball collection (but also a bit cheaper to build up).
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hahahaha, i didn't even think to mention my retro pc's and tv games/handhelds stuff....
VZ's, microbees, atari's, apple 2's, dick smith, hanimex, sheen, tandy all all the rest #*#
Luv the vz200/300's....wish i still had my old rtty setup.
MM.
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hahahaha, i didn't even think to mention my retro pc's and tv games/handhelds stuff....
VZ's, microbees, atari's, apple 2's, dick smith, hanimex, sheen, tandy all all the rest #*#
Luv the vz200/300's....wish i still had my old rtty setup.
MM.
Unfortunately I don't have an RTTY kit in my collection - will have to come over and see what you have some time.
The VZ200 was my first computer. It became cheap enough for me to buy, which was great. Good learning computer.
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Music - LP's were before Pinnies and I still have crates of records although having recently started reading Record Colelctor magazineI realise I am no-where near the type of "serious collector" that is out there
I also collect anything horror movie related and NFL gear, especially helmets.
I also like any old-school console stuff and always on the hunt for related items
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I have all the 1:18 Die cast models in the Biante Peter Brock collection, most were signed before he past.
RIP BROCKY
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I have all the 1:18 Die cast models in the Biante Peter Brock collection, most were signed before he past.
RIP BROCKY
Yep I have most of the 1:18 PB collection, I haven't got the latest VK brock/perkins commodore.
Great work getting all them signed, they will be worth some big $$$ now
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I have all the 1:18 Die cast models in the Biante Peter Brock collection, most were signed before he past.
RIP BROCKY
Yep I have most of the 1:18 PB collection, I haven't got the latest VK brock/perkins commodore.
Great work getting all them signed, they will be worth some big $$$ now
Sorry mate, I have given you a bum steer. Although I met Peter a couple of times and have a couple of posters signed by him, I was refering to the Certificate of authenticity that comes with the models, which almost all are signed by Peter.
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My wife managed to get a poster signed by Peter Brock for my brother who is in the racing car scene, but as he is a Ford fan I am not sure if he kept it.
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I collect anything coin operated, Petrol related, Barware, Coke and anything unusual. In the petrol department i have 2 old bowsers 3 hiboy oil pumps and heaps of bottles and tins etc. Barware i have a heap of advert mirrors etc and my most unusuall think i have is an 1970s Voice box which really creeps people out specially when they dont know i can talk normally lol
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I have a huge collection of empty Beer bottles. The local scouts love me :lol
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I collect anything coin operated, Petrol related, Barware, Coke and anything unusual. In the petrol department i have 2 old bowsers 3 hiboy oil pumps and heaps of bottles and tins etc. Barware i have a heap of advert mirrors etc and my most unusuall think i have is an 1970s Voice box which really creeps people out specially when they dont know i can talk normally lol
mate you collect a HQ monaro for the last 20 years NOW FIX IT or give it to me
I will be down with mine very soon
how was the honey moon ?
congrats mate
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I have a huge collection of empty Beer bottles. The local scouts love me :lol
do they take JW ones too ??
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Yep, I normally sneak a few of them in. JD too
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Lol Yeah honey moon was great except there were only 2 pinballs on the island and one was out of order. Ive only had it for 10 years lol im only 27. But one thing im not happy about was the wedding photographer didnt have time to take photos of the missus with the pinballs so once the dress gets back from the dry cleaners ill take one myself. But here is a picture of a fat man in a suit to give you a laugh
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I have the largest collection of "mid-era" items of anybody I know. "Mid-era" means not bought when first unveiled and also not an antique.
Since buying things that are on the bleeding edge of being technological advancement cost tons more than they do a couple years later, I just wait the year or few for the price to drop and spend the savings on other stuff, like bread and milk, etc. There is a constant flow of things that used to be the hot, new thing and is just now being offered dirt cheap. I just time it so I'm on the back side of the wave. Plus, I don't hang out with young people so the stuff is still new and cool to me. &&
I have a few antiques, but that's just because I bought it at the time described above and I'm old enough that it qualifies to be an antique now.
At first I wasn't going to reply to this thread because I don't consider myself a collector, but there is so much stuff in my house that sometimes it's hard to walk from one end to the other without serious zig-zagging, so I reconsidered because I obviously collect stuff. It's just more subtle and less focused.
Honestly though, I used to try to collect things when I was younger, but because a couple siblings occasionally and repeatedly spent phases with expensive habits, anything anybody owned that had any value ended up "mysteriously" disappearing eventually, so I kind of lost interest in even trying and I still don't have much interest in having a collection of anything. I don't mind having a few pins though because they are very difficult to sneak out of the house without being seen. *%*
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More Gold!! @@* You crack me up Vinito! *)*
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Do not have much time to collect much at the moment but i use to collect Bottles of spirits for our bar. We would have just the standard bottles that you get from the bottle shop that you could drink but then we would keep things like Johnny walker black and red in 5lt cradles and 700ml bottles of Blue, Silver and green etc. Rum that is pre aged for 18 years, Jamaican rum that is 70%, Absinth Vodkas and all of that stuff you generally would not open and drink but once you have kids you will drink anything so a lot of it is gone now. I have still kept a 40 yr bottle of JW Black that my Dad gave me and 1 bottle of Distillers no3 Bundaberg Rum no 187 of 1000. When Distillers number 3 was released the first 1000 bottles had serial numbers and a collector number on the back of the bottle. We did have two of them (186) but sold one. No one can tell me what it is worth as they were only released internally into Bundaberg Rum LTD..
We still have some absinth vodka, one of the jamaican rums and a six pack of Millenium Year 2000 Crown larger stubbies but i dont think they would taste too good if you cracked one open..
Other than that and some arcade machines i collect F ALL.. <..>
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I have a Chicago Coin Speedway driving game and a Chicago Coin Carnival rifle game. Have about 15 wall mounted arcade games like flipball, bomb the tank, golf hazard , booze o meter etc 1940's pokie machine.
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I have about 15 wall mounted arcade games like flipball, bomb the tank, golf hazard , booze o meter etc 1940's pokie machine.
Howdy Pinballnz,
Do you have pics of your wall games?
I used to play a wall mount golf game, just wondering if it's "Golf Hazard" where you use side flippers to navigate a 2c coin along the Golf Course without losing it into the holes.
MM.
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I have a Chicago Coin Speedway driving game and a Chicago Coin Carnival rifle game. Have about 15 wall mounted arcade games like flipball, bomb the tank, golf hazard , booze o meter etc 1940's pokie machine.
I have a good mate in the south island that has 20 - 30 of those wall games, yes photos would be good #*# #*#
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being a typical muso i have a fair few guitars and guitar amplifiers... like about a dozen guitars and eight amps!! so i guess that qualifies as the start of another collection :lol
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being a typical muso i have a fair few guitars and guitar amplifiers... like about a dozen guitars and eight amps!! so i guess that qualifies as the start of another collection :lol
Lol, probably like me - guitars are to be bought, but never sold! Although just last night my nephew proudly showed me a nice Godin electric that he has restored to immaculate condition - I told him that is a nice guitar, wouldn't mind that in my collection (I also have a Godin synth guitar among others), when he reminded me that I gave it to him about 10 years ago to learn on! Must have been more generous in my younger days than I remember!
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being a typical muso i have a fair few guitars and guitar amplifiers... like about a dozen guitars and eight amps!! so i guess that qualifies as the start of another collection :lol
Lol, probably like me - guitars are to be bought, but never sold!
lol.. same here, though the only guitars i ever sold were a couple of cheap ones.. ie worth $300 or less. I have a nephew who is learning guitar and he is determined that i have to leave my Fender Strats to him in my will.. lol
Funny how you say guitars are to be bought and never sold.. well i've NEVER sold any pinball ive ever bought!!
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I will never sell any of my pins I own either, they all have their own story, all are keepers!!!