Does anyone have them all?

ExC17load · Post by **ExC17load** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:00 am

I'm not trying to equate our hobby to the Pokemon "Gotta get 'em all" craze, but I am curious to see if anyone out there has them all. Now I'm not talking about weird one-and-only prototypes. I will include the Tendor Terror because people had to work for and then wait for it. So, here is the question, does any one have the complete collection of aircraft? All aircraft and all series? Just curious, and well, I personally would be impressed...maybe even a little jealous.

Also, not including home-made or the expensive ones from Skyworks. Just the ones from the Big 3 that we used to hunt for at TRU and WalMart and the like. You guys know what Im talking about.

memaddog · Post by **memaddog** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:50 am

CLOSE!
But No Cigar!
memaddog

ExC17load · Post by **ExC17load** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:17 am

How close?

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 4:08 am

TKO might be up there......

ExC17load · Post by **ExC17load** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:05 am

That's what I was thinking. If no one does, how close is everyone? Just for discussion purposes.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:10 am

normandy wrote:TKO might be up there......

I agree he has all of or most of 21st stuff don't know about bbi.
you should ask him.

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:12 am

I am close as well. Armor I have everything ever made in 1/6 scale and 1/18 scale made by 21st .

On 21st 1/18 scale planes ;

Mustang all incl. TTT

Me-109 E . All

Me-109 G . All

Corsair . Missing the Korean

Fw-190. Missing the Ero Exc.

Stuka . All

P-40. All

Mig. All

Sabre. All

Me-262. All

P-47 . Missing Huc de Buck and Snorting Bull

P-38. Missing the shark mouth.

F-104 . Missing the first silver one.

Spitfire. All

BBI Everything in WW2. Except the newest zero

But I do not get into modern stuff and I am not too crazy about helos. So I only have the F-16 and Pavehawk.

Admiral.

Everything they offer. Except the collectors Sabre. I still hate myself for not getting that.

ExC17load · Post by **ExC17load** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:11 am

I have quite a few, but only complete on the Stuka and the Me-262. Im usually missing one or two of each type for one reason or another.

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:18 am

Almost all my 18th AC have have been from local retailers, around 70; I would guess that at least half of our members have that many and more. I think Lumley in Fla has stated he has at least 145 or so. I missed out on the f-16, f-18 thing altogether.

It's good to brag about our stuff; been that way since the cro-magnon days, give or take a millenia, epoch, eon or whatever

Threetoughtrucks · Post by **Threetoughtrucks** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:19 am

I have at least one of every 21C ground vehicle (not every color scheme but every vehicle). I also have at least one of every 21C 1/6 vehicles except for the 1/6 Bradley.

Planes are "not my thing" so I only have a few "special" favorite planes and helos.

TTT

hotrodrock · Post by **hotrodrock** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:19 am

Have 20 1/18 planes total, but got away from the "have to have them all" several years ago in regards to all of the different things I collect.

ExC17load · Post by **ExC17load** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:20 am

Im sitting around 70 myself, with a couple duplicates. I wouldnt know what to do what twice that number, especially if they were all out of the boxes. My wife has issues with the ones I have now. If they were doubled, I would be enjoying them out in the garage!

Panther F · Post by **Panther F** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:23 am

I think once you reach a certain quantity it becomes less of a hobby/collection, but an obsessive problem.

If they're still in their box, in an attic or garage it's nothing more than hoarding.

ExC17load · Post by **ExC17load** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:28 am

Ill buy that on both accounts. I fully admit it is an obsession, an addiction, whatever you want to call it. But I put them out and admire. I have never wanted to keep them all hemmed up in a box. I wanted them out for the world (and my family and friends) to see.

mikeg · Post by **mikeg** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:30 am

Oh no!!!!!! not the resurrection of the dreaded hoarding vs collecting thread of yore- stay on target....stay on target.....aaaaaaaahhhh.. BOOM

ExC17load · Post by **ExC17load** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:31 am

I hope I haven't brought out a long dead thread. It wasnt my intention!

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:38 am

mikeg wrote:Oh no!!!!!! not the resurrection of the dreaded hoarding vs collecting thread of yore- stay on target....stay on target.....aaaaaaaahhhh.. BOOM

Dare I post my pics again ?

Does 2-15 each count as hoarding ? I am pretty sure that I could fill a UPS truck/van with ease. I keep my boxes.

ExC17load · Post by **ExC17load** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:09 am

I have seen the pics, otherwise known as evidence. I was impressed! I dont know if that would be called hoarding or obsession. Impressive is all I can think of.

Panther F · Post by **Panther F** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:17 am

pickelhaube wrote: Dare I post my pics again ?

No, don't bother posting your bragging ... err, I mean your 'collection' again.

We've seen toy stores that weren't stocked that well.

Threetoughtrucks · Post by **Threetoughtrucks** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:49 am

Hoarders are anti-American. If an item is in the box, brand new, you are not a collector, you are a anti-American warehouse....... Canadians and Aussies are not anti-Americans, they are just not Americans.... sorry.

So, there...

TTT

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:23 am

I'd like to say I didn't hoard them, but

but I had AAS (aircraft aquisition syndrome) same can be said for armor

I'm hoping one of these days to buy an old abandoned school house and display every one of them in the cafeteria or something.

...er I'm half Aussie does that count?

I've got every model, it's just some of the repaints I'm missing.

Still don't have:

Aircraft:

Spitfire: DWK
Avenger: Bunker Hill
ME-262: Yellow 7
P-47 Razorback: Blond Angel, Huckle De
Buck, a couple others I can't remember.
ME-109: Winter
Corsair: Korean War
Mustang: A few of the later ones (there's just too many so I don't really want them)
FW-190 Euro Exclusive

Armor:

Tiger: Winter
Sherman: Olive & Tan camo
Panther: S1 and D-Day Ambush (who does?)

I think I have most of the armor.
I also, like PH have all the 21st 1/6 armor except for the RC Bradley
Lots of 1/6 GI Joe WWII armor except for the Halftrack.

tosborne3 · Post by **tosborne3** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:38 am

Have them all? No

Want them all? Aya, but I wouldn't have the room, or the funds anyways. So, I'll guess I'll just settle for what I have.

Tinman · Post by **Tinman** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:02 am

Gosh, with 25 aircraft, and most of them in boxes in my storage loft, I guess I'm a freakin' hoarder! Then again, if I had room to display them all, none of my 1:18 would be in storage.

Happily, armour tends to take up much less space, so most of that is out to be admired.

Panther F · Post by **Panther F** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:40 pm

So that begs the question ... why buy 'em if there's no room for 'em?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to start anything here, just wanting to understand. I have 9 hanging from my 9'X11' room and that's the limit.

I'd like to have more but have no room to display but cannot understand the fascination of having them but not displaying them.

Tinman · Post by **Tinman** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:08 pm

Panther F wrote:So that begs the question ... why buy 'em if there's no room for 'em? Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to start anything here, just wanting to understand. I have 9 hanging from my 9'X11' room and that's the limit.

I'd like to have more but have no room to display but cannot understand the fascination of having them but not displaying them.

Perhaps I'm an addictive personality, and instead of booze, drugs, gambling, or porn, I happen to have a big 1:18 military toy monkey on my back!

But in all seriousness, sometimes I ask myself the same thing - why buy it if I have no room to display it? Frankly, to some degree it really is an obesession.

Most of my recent purchases, though (I've added more pieces in the last four months than I had in the preceding three years) have been due to concern (realistic or not) that if I don't buy it now, it will be too expensive one or two or three years from now.

I figure that I can always sell a piece later on if I want to (and have I sold off pieces from time to time). Plus the Monkey Depot Blammo sale has been a factor - picked up a number of pieces I never would have otherwise.

Anyway, in reponse to the original question of this thread, I don't have every plane and doubt I ever will.