What do you geek out on , besides toy collecting?

[SeattleEd]

I love going to record shops. I literally can spend all day in one!!

Glad to see another musicophile in the midst. I could spend all day in the record shop or record show, which I do, especially when I visit a city. Building up my music collection is my hobby and I've relegated to only high resolution digital audio and CDs along with still buying vinyl. The former two going hand in hand and upgrading to HD audio when available.
I've been a vinyl hound since I was 15 and have purchased at least one piece of vinyl each year so you would thing my collection would be big but it has ebbed and flowed as I would sell as well. I've given myself challenges in collecting, with the current being collecting my desert island discs on colored vinyl. Which so far has been trying to get my entire record collection on colored vinyl. Now I'm aiming on upgrading my TT to this:



Always wanted a clear TT and even though they have been around for years, the price tag was out of reach until this year with Audio-Technica announced this model. I've already upgraded my CD player, now just need a decent receiver/amp and some better speakers...JBL...and I'm set.

I do miss record shows and glad there are more now.

[Mr.Marion]

I only paid .99c at a thrift store, so I wasn't pained as much as you were with the cost.

I did a quick search and found this: According to the Chained CPI measurement, $23 in 2001 is equal in buying power to $35.91 in 2022. Nowadays, $35.00 would net you an HD 4K disc, not just a standard DVD. You was robbed I say! J/K

I'm sure some others have gotten taken worse on the early DVD craze. I just remember that one being particularly bad. The last time I went Ham on dvds was Christmas of 2017 where I got the complete Mission Impossible series and Six million Dollar man season 5.

[shaunaconda]

I love going to record shops. I literally can spend all day in one!!

Me too, I’ve been collecting vinyl again!

[RonnyG]

Other stuff I collect besides toys include, bubblegum cards, vintage comic books (Archie, Josie, cheesy romance, Millie the Model, Wonder Woman, etc.), vintage newspaper comic strips (Brenda Starr, Nancy and Sluggo, etc.) old TV Guides, 60s movie/TV mags, TV shows on DVD, celebrity autographs. I also have many scrapbooks and photo albums of Elizabeth Montgomery, Charlie's Angels and Dark Shadows.

[mike69]

I love going to record shops. I literally can spend all day in one!!

[apes3978]

love vintage Rolex and am lucky to own some, but i wish I kept what I sold over the years....lol. The prices are way out of my league now. I got to try on a Newman and it was surprisingly small to me. =)

thesharkman

They aren't Rolex, and probably not worth Rolex money on the secondary market, but back when we were in High School (mid to late 80s), my cousin had a huge collection of Swatches. It seemed like every time I seen him, he had a new one... I don't know if he still has any of them or not, but some of them have to be worth something (depending on rarity of course).

[apes3978]

I paid $23 for it on DVD when it came out, I forced myself to watch it multiple times. It definitely would be forgettable by today's standards. But Apes fan were starved for new content.

I only paid .99c at a thrift store, so I wasn't pained as much as you were with the cost.

I did a quick search and found this: According to the Chained CPI measurement, $23 in 2001 is equal in buying power to $35.91 in 2022. Nowadays, $35.00 would net you an HD 4K disc, not just a standard DVD. You was robbed I say! J/K

[apes3978]

I've heard something about Peter Macon(Bortus from The Orville) being cast as Cornelius in the next Planet Of the Apes film.

Hmm, then either they're just using the name of an existing character for the new film (same way they used Caesar for the new trilogy), or they're bumping their new timeline way ahead and still using an existing character (my guess is the former). I'll probably watch it to see what they come up with, but it'll be something I either have to watch at the theater or Pay Per View, since I won't be able to do my usual standard operation when it comes to new movies, that being just paying the $15-20 and buying it when it comes out on DVD. Now that The Mouse owns the 'Planet of the Apes' properties, no more DVD/Blu-Ray releases (unless the return of the former Disney head changes that and they go back to releasing to the home video market again).

[Bionicfanboy66]

I 'geek out' on just about anything to do with the original 'Planet of the Apes' era: Anything from the original book to the last magazine (circa 1977) and everything in between...

While the new 'Caesar trilogy' is okay as its own thing, I'm really not into them like I would be with the original films, and the Tim Burton incarnation gets no respect from me at all.

I've heard something about Peter Macon(Bortus from The Orville) being cast as Cornelius in the next Planet Of the Apes film.

[Bionicfanboy66]

Podcasts, live video streaming, radio broadcasting, NASA, Sci-Fi, comics, Seattle Seahawks(despite their underperformance on Sunday), and keyboards(I play a little, badly, but I do play when I get stressed), and the harmonica(same deal as keyboards).

[CrimsonGhost]

The occult and vintage Halloween devil stuff.

[Mr.Marion]

Regarding Tim Burton's 'POTA'- I'm mad at myself for selling myself out by watching it... I refused to watch it when it initially came out, and went over 20 years without watching it. However 2021 found myself viewing it, and hating it. The thing is everything I said about it in 2001, before I even seen it turned out to be true-I "knew" what the movie was gonna be, and my 'predictions' were spot on as far as it being a piece of trash.

It's a generic gripe said when people see a movie they don't like, but "I want my 2 hours back!"

Like I said, I think the new trilogy was okay on its own merits (and seen as its own take on the 'POTA' name), but they're classic cinema compared to the Burton flick.

I paid $23 for it on DVD when it came out, I forced myself to watch it multiple times. It definitely would be forgettable by today's standards. But Apes fan were starved for new content.

[publiusr]

Great interest in tornadoes, HPL…

[apes3978]

I 'geek out' on just about anything to do with the original 'Planet of the Apes' era: Anything from the original book to the last magazine (circa 1977) and everything in between...

While the new 'Caesar trilogy' is okay as its own thing, I'm really not passionate about them as I would be with the original films, and the Tim Burton incarnation gets no respect from me at all.

Regarding Tim Burton's 'POTA'- I'm mad at myself for selling myself out by watching it... I refused to watch it when it initially came out, and went over 20 years without watching it. However 2021 found myself viewing it, and hating it. The thing is everything I said about it in 2001, before I even seen it turned out to be true-I "knew" what the movie was gonna be, and my 'predictions' were spot on as far as it being a piece of trash.

It's a generic gripe said when people see a movie they don't like, but "I want my 2 hours back!"

Like I said, I think the new trilogy was okay on its own merits (and seen as its own take on the 'POTA' name), but they're classic cinema compared to the Burton flick.

[thesharkman]

love vintage Rolex and am lucky to own some, but i wish I kept what I sold over the years....lol. The prices are way out of my league now. I got to try on a Newman and it was surprisingly small to me. =)

thesharkman