Collection Websites?

[Destinie]

I've noticed here on the community and on twitter that a lot of people in Amassment are also collectors of neat things! Like anime figures, Funko Pop!s, books, etc...and was wondering if anyone has made or was thinking about making a collectors website?

I like to look at people's collections. This sort of thing is big in the Pokemon collector's community. Here's one of the sites I like to visit: http://sunyshore.com/

I was thinking that I'd like to make one eventually. I know other people have posted their collections on their respective character shrines but have you ever thought about doing a whole website dedicated solely to your collections?

If so, what would you do for content other than photos?

[Sarah]

I have always wanted to make a little site to showcase my collection of Keroppi goods. I should get around to that someday.. But yeah, I also like looking at people's collections! It's interesting and fun to see what all they have and how they choose to display it, etc. Another neat thing about that kind of site is that it could get others interested in whatever the collectible is.

I've never really thought about what to include besides photos. Until now.. Maybe you could add notes to certain pieces, like "this Pop!/tsum tsum/whatever was my first piece!" or "This one is special to me because it was a gift from a good friend". And you could include info on each piece like when and where you got it. That sort of thing. Also maybe include links to where people can buy the items.

Great topic, Destinie! :D

[Destinie]

Thanks, Sarah. ;D I was thinking about this because my first ever site was a Beanie Baby fansite. At the time, I didn't have a way to put pictures up of my collection but it would definitely be easier now. I like the notes idea!

Other typical things I see are people who list their wishlist and items up for trade, which I also think is neat. The internet can be great sometimes, haha!

[dubiousdisc]

One of my bffs has such a site for their Pokémon things! Here it is. I helped them make the layout, hehe. And yeah, as Sarah was saying, it does include descriptions that explain how is this particular item important and so on, who helped them find them, and other things.

I don't have a specific site for the stuff I have and I prefer to display what I have on the sites in question because I don't really *collect* as much as pick up a few items here and there - I am really selective with what I get. And anyway it so happens that the sites I have/am making align with the things I'd most want to show.
HOWEVER, I do have a Luminous Arc artbook that, as far as I can tell, nobody has scanned, so I am considering to do something about that. On the other hand, I would also want to make character fansites about something from that series (I got the artbook to get good character art for layouts), so maybe I'll end up with a little sub-collective with links to the shrines and the scans.

Oh! This reminded me that Sofia has her media gallery of things she's scanned in a similar vein. :D

[Destinie]

Oh yeah! On a similar vein I love scan sites, too. :> I remember visiting them in the past thinking it was always a nice introduction to the artist.

I like your bff's collection site! (Great design hehe.) I'm super picky about what I buy, too. Sometimes I cannot justify the cost of purchasing a thing even though I really *want* it. And then I decide what am I going to do with it? (I'm a bad collector.) I like the descriptions included, too. :>

[Robin]

I like the idea of having pictures and blurbs about the item! 'Course, our shrines and fansites in and of themselves are kind of like digital collections in and of themselves, so I guess building it like a shrine is cool too :D

[dubiousdisc]

Destinie: Yeah! It was visiting this Castlevania artwork resource that finally pushed me towards getting Ayami Kojima's artbook and I'm not regretting a single cent! :D

And yeah, I am totally like that with collecting. I suppose that part of it is: my dad is a collector of like, everything, and his house is completely overrun with things to the point that there's not an inch of wall that's not covered in bookshelves or cabinets full of ancient coins. While all of these things are gorgeous and amazing, it's also so claustrophobic to be surrounded by them, even with my dad's OCD that forces him to categorize every book by date subject color author etc. etc., it's just that there are simply too many things in too little room, and part of me wonders about how much money has gone towards this immense library...So you can understand why I have a sort of a visceral reaction to hardcore collecting and why I try to not get too many things if I can help it (then I might be on the road towards becoming a plant hoarder, but you can't win them all).

[Destinie]

I totally understand that! There's this part of me that WANTS to collect things but then there's this other part that is like "PSST HEY do you REALLY need that thing? What will you do with it??" So I just end up getting things that I like. I'm pretty frugal unless I can justify the cost and reason for having *the thing*. I guess that's why I really like seeing other people's stuff? I can live vicariously through them, hahaa!

[Mikari]

the plushies! they're so cute!

I don't really know any collection sites, since I'm not much of a collector, but the electric pokemon plushies are soooo cute <3 So many Raichu ^___^

[Emma]

I totally understand that! There's this part of me that WANTS to collect things but then there's this other part that is like "PSST HEY do you REALLY need that thing? What will you do with it??" So I just end up getting things that I like. I'm pretty frugal unless I can justify the cost and reason for having *the thing*. I guess that's why I really like seeing other people's stuff? I can live vicariously through them, hahaa!

Same! I used to collect stuff - I had a lot of Nintendo and Pokemon random collectables. But moving around so much made it such a hassle that nearly everything got sold or donated (I gave most of my plushies - there were a TON of Pokemon and Care Bear ones - to a children's hospital) and now I don't have a lot of extra cash and I'm very aware that I'll be moving again next year so I actually almost begrudge it when people buy me collectibles, haha. I don't even like buying new books anymore, unless I can get them on Kindle. I still have a few things around my flat, but nothing like a collection. (My fav are my FFIV figures <3 I'd never get rid of them. Randomly found them for a couple of pound at an anime convention and it made my weekend.)

But I love seeing what other people collect, especially when they put them together on websites like that. It's fun to see what people are into! :)