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@ Anthony, baller...

@Anthony... is that a framed picture of your cat?

Originally Posted by Layd Dly Yeah looked like this in my townhouse about 4 years ago.

Seems you're a Magic fan. Off topic, but what is your (and/or Orlando's) opinion of Dwight Howard forcing himself out to a bigger market? Are you guys satisfied with what you got in the trade? I know the Bulls and Nets both had formal offers on the table, but Howard refused to sign in a cold weather city (according to 670 The Score sports radio). Iirc it was Bulls: Boozer+(Noah or Deng)+rights to Bobcats 2016 first rounder+Bulls first rounder in upcoming draft; and Nets: Lopez, 4 first rounders, and 2 second rounders.

Originally Posted by Drclaw411 Seems you're a Magic fan. Off topic, but what is your (and/or Orlando's) opinion of Dwight Howard forcing himself out to a bigger market? Are you guys satisfied with what you got in the trade? I know the Bulls and Nets both had formal offers on the table, but Howard refused to sign in a cold weather city (according to 670 The Score sports radio). Iirc it was Bulls: Boozer+(Noah or Deng)+rights to Bobcats 2016 first rounder+Bulls first rounder in upcoming draft; and Nets: Lopez, 4 first rounders, and 2 second rounders.

We were just glad it finally ended. the team and fans were finally able to move on. Sorry I cant elaborate but it would affect my paycheck.

I will say im glad to see how much better it has been for him in LA.

Originally Posted by anthony.michael.rosa Currently at 650+ Blu-rays. www.blu-raytracker.com/~anthony.michael.rosa

Amazing collection :-)

That said, and don't mean to bring up a topic I think we've discussed somewhere on CAG before, but in terms of collectable value, I don't see the "fun" in collecting movies. As far as I can tell, they're always going to be available, regardless the medium they are printed on or the system/player they are distributed to.

Videogames, on the other hand, more frequently hold value because they are essentially gone after a system fades into memory. In other words, a limited supply for sale. Granted, digital distribution will start to change the second-hand market, but the fact is there will always be games that are hard to find or simply never made available due to the costs associated with converting them.

Just thought I'd ask folks around here. Do you see any monetary value in "collecting" movies?

Originally Posted by wiggyx That's one clean setup. I don't think I could ever keep a space that tidy.

I could if I didn't have a wife and kid.

Originally Posted by anthony.michael.rosa Currently at 650+ Blu-rays. www.blu-raytracker.com/~anthony.michael.rosa

What entertainment center is that? I remember seeing one very similar at Walmart or Target, but I don't remember it having quite as much shelf space. I love the one I have now, but it would be nice to eventually get something more practical (unless I can eventually make some add-ons for it).

Originally Posted by romeogbs19 Just thought I'd ask folks around here. Do you see any monetary value in "collecting" movies?

Nope. But I feel the same way about video games. I don't buy any of them because of how much money I might make someday; I just buy them because I want to have them handy (and they're nice to look at).

Originally Posted by anarchyoblivion @Anthony... is that a framed picture of your cat?

Lol, when I moved into my first apartment like 4 years ago, that was the first picture my mother sent me framed. It was my cat that I had to leave at my mom's house.

@Saunder - Thank you

Originally Posted by romeogbs19 Amazing collection :-) That said, and don't mean to bring up a topic I think we've discussed somewhere on CAG before, but in terms of collectable value, I don't see the "fun" in collecting movies. As far as I can tell, they're always going to be available, regardless the medium they are printed on or the system/player they are distributed to. Videogames, on the other hand, more frequently hold value because they are essentially gone after a system fades into memory. In other words, a limited supply for sale. Granted, digital distribution will start to change the second-hand market, but the fact is there will always be games that are hard to find or simply never made available due to the costs associated with converting them. Just thought I'd ask folks around here. Do you see any monetary value in "collecting" movies?

I don't necessarily collect movies to then one day sell them as a whole for a lot of money. I collect them because I have found this to be the least expensive hobby that I enjoy. I've tried paintballing, and that hobby is just entirely too expensive for my taste. I also use to collect video games, which is similar to collecting blu-rays, but more expensive.

Everyone has a hobby, whether it be collecting old crap, or trading stocks. Collecting Blu-rays is mine. Eventually you have to pick your poison, and find something in life that you enjoy doing, and the majority of them will cost money. Plus, I sit down and watch about 8-10 movies with my wife a week. So I'm able to knock out 2 birds with one stone

Originally Posted by ZombieToast What entertainment center is that? I remember seeing one very similar at Walmart or Target, but I don't remember it having quite as much shelf space. I love the one I have now, but it would be nice to eventually get something more practical (unless I can eventually make some add-ons for it).

It is an entertainment center I bought from IKEA about a year ago. The whole living room set is from IKEA.

I collect movies too, and it sure as hell isn't because I hope to sell them when I'm 40 so I can retire. Same goes for games. Not everyone collects based on the perceived monetary value that their collection may or may not have. I don't plan on selling any of it anytime soon, so as long as it has value for me, then I'm happy.


Plus, I've watched ALL of my movies. So they already have provided more entertainedment than my game collection ever will.

I also have a real strict rule of not paying over $10 for a Blu-ray. So if you break it down, I don't pay those ridiculous movie theater ticket prices, and I have the luxury of watching the movie whenever in HD and in the comfort of my own home. Just an all around win.

Originally Posted by Layd Dly Yup, Although the middle chair that I sat in the last 5 years started to tear and seperate in a couple places. But I cant complain for what i paid for them. I wonder if i can find a left over One-Arm at a K-mart somewhere.

I have wanted chairs like that for some time now, I couldn't find them on the Kmart website, mind me asking how much those are each?

Originally Posted by romeogbs19 Just thought I'd ask folks around here. Do you see any monetary value in "collecting" movies?

When I was in high school in the early 90s I collected baseball cards for their perceived monetary value. It didn't help that I worked in a shop that sold baseball cards, so I was blowing my paycheck on stuff that is now worthless. Instead of investing $1,000 in baseball cards, I really wished I bought Apple stock. I could have bought 100 shares in 1990 that would now be worth $50,000. A far more realistic hindsight would be an S&P Index fund in which that grand would be worth about $6,600 now.

After that experience I decided never to do that again. Now I collect things that give me enjoyment no matter what they're worth years from now. Mostly it's video games, some movies/tv shows, board games and Lego. If they become worth a lot of money, great, but I try to keep my investing separate from collecting.

I think movies have less--much less--value than games do. When a new movie format comes out (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray) 98% of the stuff from the previous generation loses a lot of its value. Games are different, though. Final Fantasy VII, for instance, is a PS1 game. It doesn't matter how many Playstations come out, it will still be a PS1 game. Games are just a different game (haw haw).

Indeed games are different, but games also cost A LOT more than Blu-rays do... So even though they might still be worth more in the future, they also cost more to purchase. So it kind of cancels it's future value out by originally being so expensive.

Originally Posted by salty tbone When I was in high school in the early 90s I collected baseball cards for their perceived monetary value. It didn't help that I worked in a shop that sold baseball cards, so I was blowing my paycheck on stuff that is now worthless. Instead of investing $1,000 in baseball cards, I really wished I bought Apple stock. I could have bought 100 shares in 1990 that would now be worth $50,000. A far more realistic hindsight would be an S&P Index fund in which that grand would be worth about $6,600 now. After that experience I decided never to do that again. Now I collect things that give me enjoyment no matter what they're worth years from now. Mostly it's video games, some movies/tv shows, board games and Lego. If they become worth a lot of money, great, but I try to keep my investing separate from collecting.

Lets be honest, the idea that Apple would become what it has was a one in a million shot. For every Apple stock, there's probably a thousand Enron, Lehman, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, etc. In hindsight, it's easy to think "if I had done x and my return would have been Y", but it's not so easy to do that at the present.

I went through the same thing you did except I did it with comic books in addition to basketball, Pokemon and other types of trading cards. I must have spent thousands on that stuff that's now worth $100 at best. Luckily, my next collecting hobby after that was late 90s/early 00s Transformers (which have at least held their at the very least) and then video games (which have been a gold mine for me).

A discussion actually came up on CAG about collecting and I said almost exactly what you did. I wish I could find that thread. It was a good discussion.

Originally Posted by Vinny Lets be honest, the idea that Apple would become what it has was a one in a million shot. For every Apple stock, there's probably a thousand Enron, Lehman, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, etc. In hindsight, it's easy to think "if I had done x and my return would have been Y", but it's not so easy to do that at the present.

Yeah, I was shooting for the most extreme example I could think of. No doubt there are stocks right now that in 20 years I'll say "Wish I would've bought that," which is why I also used the more realistic S&P index fund example. That's mostly all I do now.

Originally Posted by Vinny A discussion actually came up on CAG about collecting and I said almost exactly what you did. I wish I could find that thread. It was a good discussion.

When I got out of college I started collecting all sorts of stuff from my childhood -- old and current GI Joes, Star Wars, Playmobil, etc. After a few years I was able to focus my compulsive collecting habit on just a few specific areas.

I hope I don't sound too preachy. I'm just giving my perspective. I love this thread and seeing everyone's collections.

I actually don't like having so much stuff. If I can guarantee that everything I buy digitally can be used 50 years from now (or even 30), I'd probably jump right in. After that, all I'd really collect would be anime figures and the same amount of Legos that I have now.

I'd get rid of most of my games, bluray/dvd, CDs, books, etc. if it was the case. Also, we need captions, and digital media is iffy about it, except for Hulu.

Back in high school and early college, I wasted all my money (estimated) on cigarettes ($500), pool halls ($1500), alcohol (???), and arcades (mostly Tekken Tag + 4, $7000+). Not so much on tangible collectible items.

Edit: And I think Europe is on the right track in allowing digital items to be resold.

Edit 2: My game collecting started as a combination of the GF encouraging it (she doesn't let me sell most of our collection), and convincing myself that it's at least of value, unlike the thousands I spent playing Tekken for hours a day.

I collected Spawn figures for a long time. I had complete sets from series 1-18 including variants, fish tanks, etc. Sold em all in about 2002-2003 and actually made money. Glad I did, cause they're worth jack shit now.

Still cleaning my stuff up, so I won't give a overall shot, but this is what I got so far.

In a effort to get through my 360 backlog,I layed the 360 games I have less than a hour on down horizontally, which annoys the hell outta me. So hopefully it'll help force me to play them.


Bottom shelf is just older gen stuff that I stopped organizing well.



The Xbox is on top of the TV stand, inside is Nintendo consoles. Like the Wii-U, and my now up-converting Gamecube next to it.

Other side that's blocked off is blu ray player, N64, and one of those splitter things for the older consoles.