what do you collect?

[disney_for_life]

With there being so many wonderful Disney "things" to collect I was wondering what does everyone collect? Since I stared the thread I will go first. I collect Disney pins and snowglobes. I also just recently started to collect car toppers. What do you collect?

[ACDSNY]

I've been collecting sericels. The lastest one was "Her Castle Awaits" of Cinderella and I want to pick up "Around the World" at the end of the month. I'm getting out of control...I think I need a 12 step program.

[Mickey527]

I collect snowglobes, I have around 100 of them, mostly older ones from before Disney gave up TDS. I am thinking of selling them though, because if and when I move I just don't want to pack them all up and move them and I am tired of the dusting. I have to check out how things are moving on Ebay and the other sites but I just don't seem to have the energy and time it takes.
I also have Mickey antenna toppers. I have 42 of them right now but they are only Mickey ones, not the other characters.
Pins of course are my number one collection. I have thousands. I was one of those "I have to get every one that comes out" people from 2000-2004. I have cut back since my cancer scare and have probably bought 6 since Sept 2004. I am also going to cut them back soon, to Mickey, Mickey and Friends, Figment and Patriotic. I have so many pins that I keep in a drawer in the pin bag that I don't even look at anymore. Pins deserve more than being put away in a drawer.
I do have alot of other small groups of stuff. I have the 12 "25th" anniversary plates from Hamilton Collection that were made during the Pink Cake castle year. Personally I liked the pink cake. I also have some plates that my mother gave me each Christmas and Mother's Day when she was alive. I have around 10 for each holiday. I cherish them because my mom ordered them each year for me.
I also have the outside flags from the Mickey and Friends Holiday series. My neighbors look forward to seeing the new flag when I change them each month. I got those from Hamilton Collection too. Peggie

[FigNewton]

Mostly pins, but also some pressed coins. Usually I'll only get coins when something special happens. Like the first time I rode Mission Space.

[tmt martins]

Reciepts

I have so many it's not even funny :rotfl2:

No but DD does the collecting for her train garden in her TINK ROOM (see sig ).

Snowglobes , Pins ,Charms are the biggest.

[swebri94]

pins :yay:

[Stitch's O'hana]

Anything Disney! LOL My big ones though are pins, snowglobes, Lithos, DVD's, cups/coffee mugs, Mickey Mouse Ears, figures. To name a few....

[disney_for_life]

ACDSNY: Please excuse my ignorance, but what are sericles?

[we3disneygo]

:thumbsup2 I started collecting in the 5th grade.....watches, figures, stuffed animals, snowglobes, a clock from it's a small world, christmas decorations,glassware, charms from disneyland made in Germany 1.25 .....found those at goodwill :wave: car toppers, t-shirts, picture frames, cookie jars, cereal jars from the 50's, books from the 30's.....that's all I can think of right now..... :rolleyes1

[disney_for_life]

Mickey527: Wow what a fantastic collection!!!!!

[FigNewton]

ACDSNY: Please excuse my ignorance, but what are sericles?

http://www.animationusa.com/terms3.html

[ACDSNY]

http://www.animationusa.com/terms3.html
Thanks for posting the link FigNewton I doubt I could of explained it that well. Basically I like Disney Artwork, but can't afford the real production prints so I've purchased a few sericels. Some have some hand painted areas too.

Here's a link (http://www.register123.com/event/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x364057824) to the two I've purchased this year. I also have "Welcoming a New Millenium" which has all the characters from the 1900s that came out in 2000.

[fabshelly]

Unusual socks and anything with Bae Yong Joon.

[~Kathie]

I collect Tinker Bell figurines from early Disneyland, old Disneyland cups and saucer sets and old Disneyland plates, spoons, and metal pieces.

I do have pins and pin sets, about 10 sericels, some Disney tiles and some Classics pieces, Disney Harmony Kingdoms, and Disney Lenox.

I love the snowglobes too but they started making them so big, that I stopped collecting them. No space.

Tinker Bell is my main focus, but I also collect Peter Pan (and gang), Pinocchio (& gang) Alice in Wonderland (just Alice) and some Sword in the Stone figurines.

Too much stuff!! :blush:

[SWVA BGSU Fan]

Anything Disney! LOL


That sounds like our family! We collect DVDs, pins, lithographs, plates, plushies, and PVC figures.

[hniki234]

I collect snowglobes, Christmas ornaments, and Disney posters. I want to start collecting Disney art, but I can't afford it right now. I'll finally finish school in May, so maybe I'll start collecting it on my first trip after graduation... :scratchin

[disney_for_life]

That sounds like our family! We collect DVDs, pins, lithographs, plates, plushies, and PVC figures.
Where do you get your PVC figures from? I have only been able to find them at the Disney Store?

[SWVA BGSU Fan]

Where do you get your PVC figures from? I have only been able to find them at the Disney Store?

Most of ours have come from the Disney Store, too. We have found some of the Pooh PVC figures at Dollar Tree. We also found some Stitch PVC figures at Mickey Mart in DTD. I count the Happy Meal toys that we've amassed from McDonald's over the years as part of our PVC collection, too.

[harra]

My wife and my largest collection is Disney Christmas Ornaments. For the past 4 trips we've made to either Disneyland or Disneyworld, we buy up almost every christmas ornament we see that we don't already have.

She specifically likes the ones that aren't glass. I just know we have enough to have two or three well decorated trees.

I just started collecting pins (I have no desire to trade).

I want to collect the art you can buy at Art of Disney and the collectible figurines and the buildings

[Brise Nannie]

I've collected pins, cookie jars, picture frames, snowglobes, Christmas ornaments, and watches. I've cut back quite a bit; dusting is not my forte`. :teeth:

[DizneyDogs]

I collect Walt Disney Classic Society, Enesco and Lenox Figurines. Artwork, Art of Disney Cross Stitch patterns (currently working on Cinderella's Castle), Pins, Snowglobes, anything that's purple and Mickey for my guest bathroom, and anything that's blue and Mickey for the the guest Mickey bedroom. Mini snowglobes, Mcd's Disney toy figures, Disney Garden and furniture items, about 50 Disney watches, Disney plush, Disney Yard flags, all the Mr. Potato Head disney parts, the Disney Princess Dolls from the Germany store in Epcot, and finally Disney Dust!

[TheLionKing]

Anything and almost everything related to the Lion King and the sequels. This includes pins, watches, plates, sericels, production cels, paintings, maquettes, and international movie posters.

[Smooshdog]

I collect Disney watches...of course this is a family tradition, my father has a large disney watch collection, so do two of my brothers.

Although I have a bunch of disney watches but I only wear one of my disney watches reguarly...my other collection is coffee mugs, another family tradition.

Here is a picture of a couple of my watches

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m94/smooshdog/IMG_0677.jpg

[JeffM]

Mostly just the Disney Dollars from the parks and the Store. My DD got the hooked on the Pins on her last trip and so I collect those by default with her. Beside Disney, I collect Baseball cards and I still have a few Magic cards left from when I was in high school.

[Sosai X]

http://www.nametagmuseum.com/walt.jpg

Cast Member nametags. You can see the rest at the link in my sig. :groom:

[NHMickey]

A few pins and some snow globes as well as a lot of other Disney stuff. Sorta got lost in the mess but I like trains and lenox disney right now.

[madzilla]

I collect pins but don't really trade. I started buying specific ones in '02 based on which rides I'd been on and hotels I'd stayed in, etc, ad then also got some general ones of my favourite characters/rides/lands/etc. I have quite a few now. :) That's probably the only thing I could say I really collect per se - otherwise it's just general Disney stuff' - a few Christmas ornaments, shirts, plushies, CDs, and various bits and pieces.

I also have a few snowglobes, some POTC merchandise and figures, a few plushies, and am finally starting to build up my classic Disney movies DVD collection - hurrah for the current buy one get one free offer! :woohoo:

I always see so much stuff I'd like, especially household stuff, but there's no way I could get most of it home - also, I'd need to start selling body organs to pay for it all. But I usually manage to fill my suitcases each time I go! :blush:

[WillCAD]

I used to collect those heavy pewter coins that were sold in the parks and resorts all through the 90s. Each park had its own design, and some of the e-ticket attractions like Pirates and Star Tours had their own as well. Some of the coins were pewter colored and some were bronze colored. They sold for $5 when I first bought them in 1990, and only went up to $6 by the time they were discontinued in the late 90s.

I also collect $1 Disney Dollars. I have a $1 note from every year of issue except 1995 (still looking if anybody has one). Since they only cost $1, they're an easy to afford collectable.

[Scrooge McDuck]

I collect a bit of everything, but mostly DVD's, because my father buys and sells DVD's, and has a big collection, and I organize the Disney DVD's.

I've started ith Pin Trading recently, but I don't have many.

[chipmunkfan]

I collect anything that has chip n dale from comic books to happy meal figurines. I love the hunt of looking for chip n dale stuff at flea markets, antique shops, and of course ebay.

[Mr. Snail]

Mostly I collect animation art. Right now my collection is mostly of lithographs, but I'm finally at a point that I can afford to branch out a little. I have quite a few lithographs from reserving DVDs at The Disney Store. I've been told they aren't really worth the trouble of collecting but I do anyway.

I'm also quite fond of The Lion King though my collection is a little small. I have the DVDs of course, lithographs, the Art of the Lion King book, some snow globes, a Timon plush from back in 1994 a few weeks before the film was even released, and I think I even have some trading cards. I almost got an autographed poster but the guy who runs the store I saw it in now insists he never had it. :confused3

I have quite a few Eeyore bean bag plushies though I haven't collected any in some time now. Eeyore and Rabbit are almost the only two characters from the 100 Acre Woods I really like (though Kanga, Roo, and Owl are neat). I know it's probably some kind of blasphemy not to like Pooh, but his powers of cute just don't seem to work on me. Eeyore, though, has personality.

I also have one of the glass steins from Germany and some of the collectable glasses and cups from ordering special drinks at the park, and photos from every ride that takes them so far except the Buzz Lightyear ride at the Magic Kingdom.

Of course I have some pins too.

[SplshMtnLvr28]

I don't collect a specific Disney item, like pins or snowglobes or whatever. Pretty much anything Disney!! Although, I do have tons of Eeyore stuff. (He's my favorite :teeth:) Like an Eeyore lamp, alarm clock, sheets, etc etc etc lol.

[DisGlobeGirl01]

I collect Disney Globes. I have about 18 of them. I love them so much and need a curio cabinet to show them off. I am affraid up breaking them! I would like to also start collecting disney teapots. :love:

[gabrielle2106]

Newbie here, from Australia. We visit DL every 2 years and between us collect most things. My husband, daughter and i all collect pins, different ones though. I also collect watches (only Mickey), plushies and christmas ornaments. My daughter collects pins (only Tink) and anything Tink...and my husband collects pins and collector watches, only the hand drawn ones with the art work..limited edition type. He has Scar, POTC, Mickey, and some others, about 9 i think.
Our house is basically Disney decorated...lol. I love to Scrapbook our pictures and I frame most of our pins with pictures...most of our walls are covered with Disney one way or another.
Vicki in Oz

[gabrielle2106]

OHh, i forgot my most precious items, I collect Mickey ears, I have 2 large display cabinets full, have most of the ears that have ever been put out..including 4 of the YOAMD ones...old 1950s Mousekateer ears etc...

vicki in Oz

[babslittleones]

I collect the Mr. Potato Head pieces. I bought two boxes of pieces at Downtown Disney during our December 2006 trip. I could still buy another couple of boxes of pieces but I guess I'll have to wait for our next trip.

Our whole family just started pin trading this past trip also. We had a blast. I also found out I can use pin trading and photography as a way to presuade my husband to take another trip next year. he he

I also collect PVC figures. I've gotten quite a few off ebay, MC D's toys, and previous Disney trips. I just bought the Figment holding spaceship Earth at Epcot from this last trip.

I always try to get a magnet that has the year we took our trip on it.

My last thing is scrapbooking supplies. I always buy a new scrapbook for each trip plus a small photo album. I bought mickey scissors and a paperpack this trip also. fun fun fun

[denyd]

When referring to PVC figures are you speaking of the little (less than 1") figures that are 18 per set and 4 sets or the 1-3" high figures that come 6-8 per set.

I've got a full set of the little ones and am working on the second. Only have POTC, Lilo & Stitch & Incredibles of the larger one.

I've also completed my POTC & HM diorama collections. These are currently on special sale ($3-5 instead of $19.99) at the Disney Outlet in Fullerton.

My DW started gifting me the Bronze Castings last Christmas and I'm expecting another one this year. DW is into Christmas ornaments and has added a Tink Tree Topper this year.

[gabrielle2106]

I love the fullerton outlet...we went there first last trip to DL...pick up good pins very very cheap and take them to the park to trade, its a great way to save money...

Vicki in Oz