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Ditto!  I have a closet full of 45's…

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You guys are going to Laugh at me, but I collect model buildings in any scale(O, HO,N,Z).  I actually look forward to christmass time just so I can set up my Dept 56 buildings.
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What's funny about collecting Dept. 56 buildings?  I have one and my fiance has four.  We're collecting them now because we know they will be worth something one day.  They're great investments (they should be at those prices...goodness!).  

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You guys are going to Laugh at me, but I collect model buildings in any scale(O, HO,N,Z).  I actually look forward to christmass time just so I can set up my Dept 56 buildings.
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Humm since you have those scale buildings SB, do you have the trains to go with?  :D

When I was a kid I loved putting up the train around the christmas tree and setting the HO buildings that went with them, we had  about 15 buildings that my brother and I hand painted... Too bad my dad sold the entire set, we even had a couple of 50's vintage HO marklin train sets as well as some old Tycos

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What's funny about collecting Dept. 56 buildings?  I have one and my fiance has four.  We're collecting them now because we know they will be worth something one day.  They're great investments (they should be at those prices...goodness!).  
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Thr first part is kind of funny because those buildings are meant to go with Model trains, and I don't Collect the trains, just the Buildings.  Most the Dept 56 I have are guy Buildings(IMHO),  a store was closing here last season and I got a lot of them for cheap.  I would never sell any of them.  (a couple of the Mine date back to the early 80's.)

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(a couple of the Mine date back to the early 80's.)
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:o I never thought I would see the 80s used as a benchmark for something being old!  :o

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Most the Dept 56 I have are guy Buildings(IMHO),  a store was closing here last season and I got a lot of them for cheap.
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There was an awesome store in our outlet mall devoted entirely to Dept. 56 collections, but it burned down last year.  There are a lot of stores in Gatlinburg, TN that sell the sets for dirt cheap.  

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There was an awesome store in our outlet mall devoted entirely to Dept. 56 collections, but it burned down last year.  There are a lot of stores in Gatlinburg, TN that sell the sets for dirt cheap.  
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It feels nice to find them for cheap, But I get upset that I paid full price for sum of them.  Perfect example: two years ago I bought the Graceland set for $170 last year I saw it in a store for $70.   They had a new set in that series (the Palms $120.00) but I'll just wait untill this year to see if it goes down in price.

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Have you ever thought about buying from Ebay?  I'm sure you can find some good deals there.  
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I have, but I feel that you have to inspect these before you buy them.  Ebay dosen't give you a chance to do that, plus if its broken you gotta pay to ship it back.

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:o I never thought I would see the 80s used as a benchmark for something being old!  :o
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Pretty dang scary, isn't it? :o

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Same here.  Mostly 12-inch singles and remix service comps.  I only have about 100 full length albums on vinyl.  The other 1900 or so are singles.  Approx. forty 45's, and close to 200 CDs...