Why did you start collecting?

[LowlyAssassin]

ok i cant find where i have put this before
other then my epic bio

so i`ll try again
i started collecting becuase i wanted a set of all the popular consoles from times gone by with a selection of popular games to play on them

then i really got into the AC game and loved the depth they devs put into the story and research they used, so thought i would pay my repects by giving them lots of my money in return for some "collectors" things
then i decided to get CE`s of the xbox exclusive titles (excluding overpriced halo)
and that is about me i think
unless i`m lying its hard to tell these days

[rapister]

well i dunno what to say, except that its fun
sleeping in my room at night, lying in bed, surrounded by games and collectibles....

sweet dreams ~~~~~~~~ !

[Redmagster]

I bought a copy of Battlefield Bad Company and some idiot sent me it in a wierd metal case instead of the standard plastic Playstation case and I thought 'what are they trying to pull here with this weird shit??'

Then I noticed how this shiny gold case was glinting in the light with its cute little grenade on the front so I opened it and inside was the game I'd been after along with a great poster!

I hit google and found out what I'd got and discovered that there are editions of games with extra stuff and amazing cases and lots of add ons and the rest, as they say, is history

Officially, without reserve, collecting junkie....

[buttah42]

to escape the pain

[SwiftDeath]

I bought Star Wars the Force Unleashed II CE for 20 dollars brand new

Game was terrible (well just too short) but I quite liked the CE

BUT it was really the steelbook that came with it that got to me, I just thought it was beautiful, not cool looking, not nice, but truly beautiful

After that I was buying some other games on ebay and saw the same metal cases available for other games

And so I decided to try and get a steelbook for every game I was going to purchase in the Fall 2011 release window (That included Dead Island & Saints Row the third )

In order to complete the above task, I had to innovate how I ebayed.

Went off book as you might say and visited foreign ebays for the first time. Starting talking to random people around the world and just fell in loving with collecting steelbooks

Granted those early days were bad. Paid way too much for FS steelies but you live and learn. That's just a part of collecting....or you know life

[Cosmic_Link]

I specifically started buying Video Game CEs over standard games as I was sick of paying 40 quid for a disk in a box and ultimately wanted more for my money and a keepsake for if I really enjoyed a game.

Long before Video game collecting, like a few people here, I was always collecting something, be it pokemon cards, POGs, Tazos, Yu-Gi-Oh cards. Most of my teens years were spent collecting Yu-Gi-Oh cards and playing in local tournaments. It was always the excitement of buying a booster pack in the hope of getting that one card you've been dying to get for ages but couldn't afford to pay the price the guy in the shop wanted for it on it's own! >.< Pretty much like here. Waiting for that 1 good deal to come up when you can't afford what other people are charging.

So yeah, my main reason for video game CE collecting is my dissatisfaction of standard Ed games and my want to have the best version of things tat get released which I may want anyway!

[Gazereths]

I never really collected things before MGS and Mass Effect, TBH I can't even give a reason of why I started collecting other than I really enjoy it.

[Redmagster]

It seems a massive step forward from the stamps and triangle cheese spread labels I used to collect.....

[comaamen86]

Originally Posted by Redmagster

It seems a massive step forward from the stamps and triangle cheese spread labels I used to collect.....

ww2 ration book stamps> yeh i done it!! called you old 8D

before games i used to collect pogs and spongebob plushies

[kittychloe]

Id explain mine but lowly seems to be some kind of creepy uk clone of me born 1 month later than i was...

But i started collecting with the hopes of creating an interactive gaming museum.. Australia doesnt seem to have a propper permanent one, just a 3 month convention.. Its just difficulft to get funding or a grant.. Or donations