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Toys

Technically, that would be my computer, probably.

But otherwise, I have a bit of a toy obsession. I collect kind of offbeat toys, so I have tons of "favorites".

I have some favorites for nostalgic reasons- stuff I've had forever, or stuff I got at an interesting place when I was younger.
And then there's some that I just really like- ex: my wind-up tin rocket ship from 1960's Japan.

I've been through tons of phases of collecting toys and end up with a lot of unusual collections over time. Dice, "art toys", weird/old card decks, star wars / retro space themed toys, etc etc.
 
ruennsheng said:
Oh, you like retro themed toys. So do you collect Star Trek toys?
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Oh god, I love Star Trek toys- I have a few, but they're more difficult to find (I guess, until they make a sequel to the movie).
I'd love some of the vintage figures though...

If only I could win the lottery :P
 
kasmanaft08 said:
Oh god, I love Star Trek toys- I have a few, but they're more difficult to find (I guess, until they make a sequel to the movie).
I'd love some of the vintage figures though...

If only I could win the lottery :P
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With me striking lottery, I'd love to have more board games and Ken dolls for my niece to play :D
 
My custom built desktop? I tinker with the hardware and software, so would that count as a toy?
 
Well, my computer is used for business and pleasure, so not really a toy. Not interested in having an iPad, although I do have an iPhone...

My favourite toy is Transformers Dirge. I've got three versions of him sitting on my desk - an original from 1984, a recent re-issue [Transformers Generations, I think], and a small plastic figureine. I'm quite specific in which Dirge I like - he has to be a plane, and he must be painted in his original colour scheme. I know there was a Beast Wars Dirge [or something] that was a wasp, but to me that's not a proper Dirge.
 
I have been collecting toys for a long time (and even then, it's mostly Japanese ones, from Super Sentai to Gundam). And I still have them since 2004.
 
Right now I severely lack space to collect toys and put them on display... since there's only little use to have a toy for me unless I can put it on display. I guess that's the main difference between adults and children with toys to some extent I guess. And by that I mean toys in the traditional sense; action figures, cars, things like that.

And as much as I love board and tabletop games I don't always find people to play with/against. Nor do I currently have a big table in my room to play said games.

The few things I have on display on some shelves are a few of my tabletop wargaming figures I painted over the past few years. But clearly not all. A lot of them are stored in foam trays and cases. I should get a glass showcase for them at some point... when I have room to do so. Though my reasoning for them to be stored away rather than be on display is pretty much that compared to toys which you might just collect, the painted wargaming figures are used for a game as well... and if there's one aspect I hate about it all is packing up all the figures, unpacking them, packing them up again... and then, when at home unpacking them again. It's fun if it's 10 figures... if you're talking 200+ figures along with tanks, robots, planes mixed in it's not as much fun at times. But then again, it depends on the gaming system and the army you collect.

And clearly there's always an itch to get more wargaming figures and start new armies (or even pick up a totally new tabletop game), because... well, I guess changing armies around a bit at times isn't the worst. Having different armies with different playstyles does help rules comprehension and all a bit better since you're not going on autopilot.

That all being said I have a few transformers figures sitting on a shelf. Nothing really big or fancy though. Recently I bought a Star wars modelling kit only to discover I actually don't have any space to put it. So it just sits around and gets moved around every once in a while when it's in the way. That's the same with a few props I made... I could probably fill a decent shed with all my stuff just to make my bedroom a bit more tidy (and probably make it just a bedroom and not storage facility)

I guess at some point I need to relocate and find a bigger place anyway, but I just see how that goes then. More space means more space to put crap. A big reason why I don't go overboard with collecting (and I guess one can call it hoarding) is because of limited space.
 
These days i collect gundam from japan and also classic transformers. I collect Magic the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, and WoW TCG cards which i play in tournaments. There are a lot of good conventions too where other like minded adults go, often aspies.
 
Geordie said:
What's your favorite toy? The board game or the yo-yo or the iPad?
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Child of the 80's.. I'd be suprised to find anybody that has not encountered lego of some kind :)
So I'll throw Generation One Transformers out there, enjoyed collecting them and then figuring out how to change them.. plus because of the old style toys were made, this things survived childhood
(and are hibernating in a box somewhere incase I need a few grand in an emergency)

Got into computers fairly young though
 
Geordie said:
What's your favorite toy? The board game or the yo-yo or the iPad?
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This looks like a category question.

Board game = taking turns playing with people in real time
Yo-yo = toy for a single person to manipulate, physical/spatial skill
iPad = (mobile) computing device

I am not very good with physical toys. I had a yo-yo when I was a child. I could (barely) manage to do the basic up and down move. I did enjoy playing with it as if it were a creature on a leash, pulling it along.

Board Game....I like thinking up games. Nobody around to play them with me, though.

Of the 3 choices, my favorite is Computer.
I don't know much, but I enjoy using it.
Keyboard is best way for me to make words that I can see.
 
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