Catalog Overload or why I barely collect toys anymore

[palitoy]

In organizing my new work space, I thought I had planned out enough space for my catalog collection, which prior to this had taken over the whole house. Well, I managed to get about 2/3 of into this space before I realized two things:

a) I have a problem
b) I have waaaaaay too many vintage catalogs



I need to get back into action figures....

[vulcan2074]

Thats alot of Catalogs. I wish that I would have kept some from my childhood. I used to love starring at all the toy ads and wishing that I had them all
Sammy

[Sideshow Spock]

Ahhh, those JCP spines sure bring back some memories. We used to have two or three years worth stacked under our coffee table cuz my mother never threw them out..

[GAFan]

Looks like the top shelf IS bowing a bit.

[Mikey]

Wow !!!!!!!

It's nice to see Plaidstallions isn't anywhere near being completed yet

[Drain]

Brian, you can always send me some of the stuff off the book shelf to the right, this will free up some space.
Thomas

[Drain]

Looks like the top shelf IS bowing a bit.

He is right. You may need to make some movable spacers for bracing. I had to do that for all my bookcases because I like to stack to fill air space.

[cjefferys]

Ah, you're just keeping them all for the vintage ladies' underwear pictures.

[highquality]

When I was a kid, I didn't understand there was a time limit for ordering stuff. I'd collect old comics and see something really neat I wanted in the back.

Of course, the offer expired about 15 years earlier.

[Marvelmania]

I'd call that a fire-hazard if I wasn't so jealous! Good thing you don't collect phone books too!

[BlackKnight]

yeah,.. thats a ton of mags Bro...
Used to have a toyfare collection like that,.. untill the Old Lady showed me a Magic trick & they dissapeared one day before I got home.

[HardyGirl]

I wish I had the space, or I'd collect more. I only have a '71 Spiegel, a '73 JCPenney's and a '74 Montgomery Wards. (all Xmas editions) I love looking through them and remembering when. And I love that old, musty smell, don't you?

[Marvelmania]

How long have you been collecting those and what years do they cover?

[MysteryWho]

I know that this is going to sound stupid, but have you considering storing them all digitally? A lot of current printed things, such as academic journals, are being replaced with digital only versions. The hard copies are quite limited. I know that you've already been doing something along these lines at your site, but I guess I mean you could scan them or have them digitally replaced and store the hard copies somewhere more convenient.
Like I said, it's kind of already what you're doing, but there has to be a better way, there usually is.

[Earth 2 Chris]

You should try a Guiness Book stunt by stacking them up and standing on them. Watch out for those airplanes though!

Chris