Any 2008 collecting goals? • Collecting General • The Acaeum

The Acaeum Forums • Collecting General

Any 2008 collecting goals?
	Page 1 of 5 • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Author

Xaxaxe
Sage Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 2884
Joined: Nov 04, 2004
Last Visit: May 09, 2020

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:55 pm

Okay, here's a lighthearted thread (I hope ...

). Those looking for a serious discussion can join in on the will PPP ever ship again? thread located elsewhere.

Anyway, does anyone have the collecting equivalent of a New Year's resoltion for 2008? In other words, some part of your collection you'd really like to improve in the next 365 days?

I'll start out:

* I wouldn't mind completing my Space Gamer (Metagaming/SJG era) collection. I've got 80 to 85-percent of the issues now;

* I'm still missing some pieces from my goal of having every White Plume Mountain item ever published;

* I'd like to collect every Tom Wham item I can find, especially his boardgames;

* Many of my 1e modules are not in great shape. They could easily be replaced by nicer copies from eBay.

Okay, not very exciting, I admit. But, hey, I'm broke and trying to raise a 1-year-old.

... and I spend too much in other areas, too (comics, DVDs, etc.).

Anyone else want to chime in with their collecting goals for 2008?

Deadlord
Grandstanding Collector

Posts: 5885
Joined: Jun 30, 2003
Last Visit: Jul 31, 2026
Location: Cow Hampshire, US

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:38 pm

I'm mostly doing minis right now. And trying to finish the damn MERP collection......

If you hit a Rowsdower, you get to keep it.

g026r
Verbose Collector

Posts: 1324
Joined: May 28, 2007
Last Visit: Aug 27, 2011
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:44 pm

Goals for 2008?

* To find those last two issues of Avalon Hill's Heroes magazine (Vol. 2 #1 and Vol. 2 #4) and finally complete my collection of it.

* To not spend so much god damn money this year. :lol:

Any other goals are just incidental things.

"Reader, Carthegena was of the mind, that unto thoſe Three Things, which the Ancients held Impoſſible, there ſhould be added this Fourth ; To find a Book Printed without Errata's."

bonk!
Prolific Collector

Posts: 120
Joined: Nov 10, 2005
Last Visit: Mar 18, 2022
Location: Texas

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:32 pm

Jade Hare with Cover!

And purchase that new album by The Cult!

One of these is easily do-able, the other is practically impossible.

bonk!

Last edited by bonk! on Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.

smarmy1
Prolific Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 916
Joined: Apr 16, 2007
Last Visit: Aug 05, 2026
Location: Mobile, Alabama

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:02 pm

My goals....

1) Complete my shrink wrapped Planescape collection.
2) Complete my shrink wrapped Lankhmar collection.
3) Complete my shrink wrapped B-series modules.
....

I think you get the picture

Oh yeah, and most importantly... have fun.

Hello Mrs. Cleaver, Theodore.

Gee, Mrs. Cleaver ... That certainly is a lovely dress.

copycat
Sage Collector

Posts: 2736
Joined: May 31, 2007
Last Visit: Jul 09, 2026

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:09 pm

I would like to finish off my:

Earthdawn collection (1st edition only, and strangely, I don't care for the Earthdawn Journals...)

Shadowrun collection (very hard since Ka Ge, the magazine, rarely appears on eBay)

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay collection (1st edition only; not hard but expensive)

And...

Get:

A woodgrain box set (very unlikely unless someone says I can make payments)

Beyond the Mountains of Madness (original version)

Plus numerous other things, like...

Have Engineering Dungeons get printed

Have Monsters and Treasure (for Castles and Crusades) go into a 3rd printing

Do more work with Gary Gygax

I have little goals, mostly, but they are very meaningful to me.

Those who can, don't. Those who should not, do.

DreamLord_Severin
Active Collector

Posts: 14
Joined: Oct 22, 2007
Last Visit: Aug 09, 2010
Location: UK

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:41 pm

Silly one... maybe ? I really am on the look for one of those fire elemental plastic figures I had as a kid (still am at 32 lol). Been searching for one for ages. Same set as the bendy carrion crawler et al.

Next on the list would be to continue to enjoy collecting again as much as I have been since discovering the Acaeum (a few months ago). I'm starting from scratch again after losing everything to an unfortunate incident several years ago (17 years' worth of stuff). Basically trying to get it all (or most) back together.

Third... nothing fancy, but I'm going for every title that discusses or mentions aberrant races published by TSR.

I'm also looking out for a decent copy of 'Starstone'. My strategy in bidding on this item has been thwarted recently and yet there have been some very attractive copies up for auction.

Small change perhaps but that's my bag.

If anybody has one of those orange bits of moulded plastic...

So, yeah... basically to get my collection together again with a few extras.

Last edited by DreamLord_Severin on Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:54 pm, edited 2 times in total.

obiter
Prolific Collector
JG Valuation Board
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 357
Joined: Feb 21, 2006
Last Visit: Apr 29, 2025
Location: Donaghadee

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:18 pm

MERP only the shire and one other item to go after a successful nabbing of the play by mail merp earlier this year ... problem is i've read the shire & it's crap i just can't bring myself to pay more than $20 for it ... so looks like 2008 will be barren

DAEMON rules by Mike OHREN

Brotherhood of the Bolt, Chilling Chambers, Eldritch Wizardry 5th & 7th

complete the Magma collection, one Ozric tape to go, and some Gentle Giant (whoops wrong forum), PFM ...

and a mint 1st woody in a car boot sale for £1 wouldn't go amiss :lol:

An tÃ© nach mbÃonn lÃ¡idir nÃ follÃ¡ir dÃ³ bheith glic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ajduHx5hc

Plaag
Long-Winded Collector
Subweb Admin
JG Valuation Board

Posts: 4597
Joined: Nov 08, 2002
Last Visit: Aug 05, 2026
Location: Land of 10,000 ponds

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:33 pm

Try and finish my Judges Guild collection.

See what d20 stuff is cheap and get some more of that.

Think that is about it..for now.

ShaneG.

I reject your reality and substitute my own

Kingofpain89
Long-Winded Collector

Posts: 4756
Joined: Oct 31, 2004
Last Visit: May 02, 2025
Location: Caddo Mills, TX

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:50 pm

Let's see...this shouldn't be too difficult:

MERP Grey Mountains
Beastmaker Mountain
The Infernax
Dawnworld (Traveller, never seen one on Ebay)
Bloodstone Pass (in near mint condition no less)
TSR Star Empires
TSR Tricolor
TSR Cavaliers and Roundheads

And if I can get all of these real easy then maybe I can concentrate on finishing up my Heritage USA Dwarfstar collection and getting that elusive Warriors of Mars. I don't think I have set the bar too high at all. Or maybe I have drank way too much alcohol tonight. :lol:

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

beasterbrook
Sage Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 2483
Joined: Nov 06, 2002
Last Visit: Jul 24, 2026
Location: Queensland, Australia

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:36 am

Lets see...

Finish off a couple of rpg collections...

2ed AD&D Collection (22 odd items to get)
Star Frontiers (3 items)
Traveller/ Megatraveller (quite a few mostty boxed sets)
Shadowrun 1/2ed (14 items)
Finish off a couple of other small collections of small compaines (1-5 items to collect) esp Non-tsr stuff...
and of course some zines and magazines...

Upload my zine/magazine index (I've done more just not uploaded it)
Do more of my magazine/zine index

Buy some origional Artwork (so if anyone knows of any for sale;)...

Buy the DVD's on my want list...

Lets see how much of that I can do in a year...

Brette:)

(oops forgot about Gencon Australia mentioned in next post- put that down for me as well.... Also actually doing some actual RPGingas well...)

Being healthy is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

Last edited by beasterbrook on Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:19 am, edited 1 time in total.

AdderMcOne
Prolific Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 656
Joined: Apr 12, 2004
Last Visit: Nov 16, 2023
Location: Perth, Australia

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:46 am

Hmmmm....

Collect at least 2 photos:

1 of me at Gencon Australia...
1 of me at Gencon Indy.

:lol:

"Don't tempt me, I can resist anything but temptation"

Theleb
Verbose Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 1254
Joined: Jan 01, 2003
Last Visit: Jun 13, 2026

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:42 am

beasterbrook wrote:Lets see...
Finish off a couple of rpg collections...

2ed AD&D Collection (22 odd items to get)
Star Frontiers (3 items)

Wow, I'm surprised you haven't finished those off long ago. What do you have left to get in those departments?

killjoy32
Grandstanding Collector

Posts: 8283
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Last Visit: Jun 26, 2025
Location: Wallasey, Merseyside, UK

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:46 am

bonk! wrote:Jade Hare with Cover!

And purchase that new album by The Cult!

One of these is easily do-able, the other is practically impossible.

bonk!

bah! the cult were crap after the love album back in 1985

Are we nearly there yet?

killjoy32
Grandstanding Collector

Posts: 8283
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Last Visit: Jun 26, 2025
Location: Wallasey, Merseyside, UK

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:50 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:Let's see...this shouldn't be too difficult:

MERP Grey Mountains
Beastmaker Mountain
The Infernax
Dawnworld (Traveller, never seen one on Ebay)
Bloodstone Pass (in near mint condition no less)
TSR Star Empires
TSR Tricolor
TSR Cavaliers and Roundheads

And if I can get all of these real easy then maybe I can concentrate on finishing up my Heritage USA Dwarfstar collection and getting that elusive Warriors of Mars. I don't think I have set the bar too high at all. Or maybe I have drank way too much alcohol tonight.

John, well cross off Beastmaker dude. i have 2 yellows, so you can have one which satisfies you. we're gonna trade anyway so its no biggie either way. we will just sort it all at Gencon when i see you ok

Al

Are we nearly there yet?

bombadil
Long-Winded Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 3807
Joined: Feb 23, 2005
Last Visit: Feb 12, 2025

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:51 am

1st print Dwarven Glory, and throw in a nice Misty.

Let mirth prevail!

killjoy32
Grandstanding Collector

Posts: 8283
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Last Visit: Jun 26, 2025
Location: Wallasey, Merseyside, UK

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:52 am

beasterbrook wrote:Lets see...

and of course some zines and magazines...

Brette:)

gives brette a good kick!

*cough* BEHOLDER # 1 *cough*

Are we nearly there yet?

Last edited by killjoy32 on Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:54 am, edited 1 time in total.

killjoy32
Grandstanding Collector

Posts: 8283
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Last Visit: Jun 26, 2025
Location: Wallasey, Merseyside, UK

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:53 am

AdderMcOne wrote:Hmmmm....

Collect at least 2 photos:

1 of me at Gencon Australia...
1 of me at Gencon Indy.

Bren. i really hope you get to Gencon over in the US. would be great to catch up with you again dude and of course, you have an automatic invite into the game if you show up

Al

ps. have a parcel to send to you as well of a few goodies, as a thanks for letting me stay in november!

Are we nearly there yet?

The Acaeum Forums • Collecting General

Page 1 of 5 • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5