Re: [MOPO] Semi-OT: Why Kids Don't Collect Stuff Today
There is a *"Large Type"* edition of the Comic Book Price Guide! What does that tell you about that hobby? Bruce On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art < sa...@comic-art.com> wrote: > http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6664542&page=1 > >Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely > responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] Semi-OT: Why Kids Don't Collect Stuff Today
I have always been a collecting addict. Not just movie memorabilia but stamps at the age of 5, rock collecting, comic books, videos, just to name a few. I gave up trying to get my girls interested in collecting anything and there is some hope for my grandson who was getting a rise out of collecting spider-man trading cards. The hardest thing with collecting stamps today is that everything seems to be either metered or have the same one or two booklet stamps on them. I always loved checking the mail my parents got to see what stamps I could add. Foreign mail is just as bad with most mail being metered there too. Kids collecting comic books got to be more about how much the comic is worth next year than what the story is about. OK, yes, the youth of today have new interests with electronics but hopefully there will be enough new collectors to move things forward and give homes to the collectibles we have been loving over the years. Rick www.ilovefilms.com From: Bruce Hershenson To: mop...@sol03.american.edu Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 3:32:23 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Semi-OT: Why Kids Don't Collect Stuff Today There is a "Large Type" edition of the Comic Book Price Guide! What does that tell you about that hobby? Bruce On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote: http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6664542&page=1 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] Semi-OT: Why Kids Don't Collect Stuff Today
everyone old KID like us, wish we had collected more... but the posters aren't the same the lionel trains or slot cars aren't the same the toys are now plastic isnt it depressing what we threw out but, do you really wish you said your 8 track recordings? i never understood stamps or coinsi sold all my coins and silver certificates that i accumulated just by chane about 10 years ago on ebay.probably got 600.00 or so...and where's that money now??? Lehman Brothers? michael **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] Semi-OT: Why Kids Don't Collect Stuff Today
Kids don't collect anymore because we raise them believing that if something is three years old, it's obsolete. Comic books, lobby cards, posters, army men it's all junk to kids. There's also a lack of interest in playing detective and finding that last piece that rounds out a part of a collection, like that last Casablanca lobby card to complete your set. We live in a world in which instant gratification is the operating force. FRANC - Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] Semi-OT: Why Kids Don't Collect Stuff Today
Succinct, and I think quite a realistic look at the way it works now. Excellent post, Franc. Sure, the economic meltdown is playing a part, but kids now collect quite differently for the most part. They collect "data" in one form or another. And "data" is perfect. Everything has to be "perfect". People talk about the quality of picture and sound on their Blue Ray, I hardly ever hear people talking about the film itself. It's an all consuming, instant gratification world. And it's looking pretty ugly for it. Phil - Original Message - From: "Franc" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 1:58 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Semi-OT: Why Kids Don't Collect Stuff Today Kids don't collect anymore because we raise them believing that if something is three years old, it's obsolete. Comic books, lobby cards, posters, army men it's all junk to kids. There's also a lack of interest in playing detective and finding that last piece that rounds out a part of a collection, like that last Casablanca lobby card to complete your set. We live in a world in which instant gratification is the operating force. FRANC - Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] Semi-OT: Why Kids Don't Collect Stuff Today
I posted this originally on NSF but I'll re-post it here: I hate to disagree with Gary Sohmers, who's quoted in the article and who I watch and enjoy on the Roadshow, but there is a fourth reason people collect: Because it's fun. When my daughter was a kid (she's 23 now), she used to come along with me most Saturday mornings to yard sales and church bazaars. I was hunting for books, toys and games, and she came along because there was all manner of funky (and cheap) stuff that would turn up and she could stretch her allowance a lot further, whether it was t-shirts, costume jewelery, skateboards, weird hats or just cheap reading material. Eventually, though, she got into collecting. When she was 12 I bought her a subscription to MAD and renewed it every year on her birthday. So on our junk hunting trips she started collecting MAD magazines, MAD paperbacks, MAD games, buttons, you name it. Eventually she outgrew it (also she found it harder to find stuff that wasn't already in her collection), but we both had a blast while it lasted and it meant we spent a lot of "quality time" (a term I don't like because as far as I'm concerned it's all quality time) together, most of it laughing. And that whole time she was collecting neither one of us ever looked at a price guide 'cuz that's not what it's about... Dave www.posteropolis.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
Re: [MOPO] Semi-OT: Why Kids Don't Collect Stuff Today
I think some of the reasons stated to explain the lesser interest in collecting are very valid (obsolesence at 3 years, trust in "data", electronics as collectibles) but I wonder if there isn't anotheraffluence leading to instant gratification. Many kids (and I daresay probably my own as well) have no concept of delayed gratification. I know I am showing my age, but growing up in the 50's, there was no weekend visit to Toys R Us to get the toy de jour or the video game just released. I remember saving tons of Campbell soup labels to be able to mail away for a Lassie vinyl wallet! I could sure relate to the kid in "A Christmas Story" who waited breathlessly for the decoderto come in the mail Today's kids seem to get what they want very soon. One of the joys of collecting is that you couldn't or didn't have the means to have all the "stuff" that went along with a character you admired, a movie star or a TV star. Years later, the interest and desire returns as a collecting hobby, and with the experience of collecting, for some, comes the return of the "good times". For the instant gratification crowd, there is nothing to look forward to since you may have it all now... 2 weeks ago, my sister-in-law described to me how my niece referred to her non-Blackberry, non-PDA phone as a "old piece of crap" which she got about a year ago!! Another thing that strikes me is collectors all seem to enjoy the history around the items they collect. If someone is so completely in the moment with no interest in the past, collecting might hold little interest for them. Eric eric...@comcast.net Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
