I think it may be easier to answer, "what don't you collect"
. I have so many different collections whether I actively collect them, just have them, or just grab them when I find them if the price is right. Almost all collections are linked to childhood nostalgia or memories.
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MLP G1-G4: toys and merch
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Monster High: I have a big collection of G1 dolls and a few from G2. My interest has been waning due to the reboot.
-Ever After High dolls: Have collected since the beginning but not actively collecting anymore due to the many changes in quality, etc.
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Disney stuff (Princesses, vintage items of favorite movies, especially Sleeping Beauty which is my favorite, Disney dolls (Mattel, Disney Store, Descendants), have most of my Disney stuff from childhood such as playsets, and read-along-books, the larger storybooks, Golden Books, Fairy Tale books, quite a few paperdoll books of the princesses, and current merch too, movies, etc. etc. etc.)
-Specific Barbie stuff that I had or wanted as a kid if I happen to come across it. I was never really into Barbie but I do remember some commercials and wanting what was in them. I do still have the dolls I had as a kid too but unfortunately not any of the playsets.
-Strawberry Shortcake Merch, plush, doll pets, PVC minis, and movies/episodes. I really really want the Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins movie
-Care Bears: PVC minis, merch, vintage plush, and episodes/movies
-Rainbow Brite: merch, PVC minis, vintage plush, episodes/movies, and I want some of the new retro stuff but it's expensive. I got a Starlight Itty Bitty.
-Carnival glass in the grape and leaf pattern by Indiana Glass Co. The blue is my favorite.
-Glasses: cartoons, Disney, Kentucky Derby, etc
-Grand Champions, Enchanted Kingdom Horses, Breyers: I have my childhood collection and I grab them occasionally when I find them second hand
-Vintage LPS: I have all the ones from my childhood and collect pieces here and there of ones I am missing
-Kitchen Littles: I have my childhood collection and don't seek them. I have only seen them on eBay though anyway. I had all the bigger pieces but the super market. I have the refrigerator, counter with sink, oven, and kitchen island
-Beanie Babies: kept a few from my huge childhood collection and sold the rest
-Masters of the Universe and Princess of Power: I saved all the ones I could find of my cousins' in the trailer house that my parents used to live in when they were first married, and later was a hang-out for my older cousins. It is now basically falling apart and is a hazard. The things I saved are a mess and still need a good cleaning. Unfortunately, the MotU castles my brothers had, my mom got rid of instead of sending them to my grammas with the rest of them so I am missing the snake castle.
-Vintage dollhouse pieces from Playskool, Mattel, and Little Tykes: I have my childhood pieces and pick more up second hand. I had the chance to purchase the Mattel pink Victorian dollhouse that I wanted sooooo bad as a kid (I got a homemade wooden dollhouse instead of a storebought one) and I passed because it was $50 and didn't think I should spend the money at the time. Now, I regret it, especially since they don't show up in good condition often and it had a tone of accessories
-Fisher Price Fun with Food sets and Little Tykes "house" toys: I have all mine from childhood and pickup the food playsets I don't have if I find them.
-Blinky Bill toys: My gramma got me the school house and a bunch of figures from this, I believe on clearance. I don't add to it but I still keep them.
-The Lion King Jungle Babies: I have the whole set from childhood
-Renaissance Festival pottery cups
-Children's books from my childhood: have mine and still pick them up like Bernstein Bears, Clifford, etc.
-Plush and dolls from childhood or wanted in childhood: Magic Nursery, etc.
-Scrapbooking supplies: been wanting to do more but don't have the space currently so it is all stored at my parents place
-American Girl dolls: I have Felicity, Elizabeth, Kirsten, Samantha, and Nellie. Samantha was mine from childhood and thanks to my mom I have an almost complete set of hers. The others I got when they were going to retire them.
-Movies, especially favorite series/TV shows
-Games from childhood: I have The Babysitters Club game (even though I never read the books, my cousin did and she had the game), Sweet Valley High (another cousin had this one), Herd Your Horses (looking again since my ex-husband would not return it to me. He probably burned it, the jerk), Life (have a few versions, including G4 MLP), and Barbie Prom Queen game, etc
-Cherry Merry Muffin, Cupcake dolls, My Pretty Mermaid
-Puppy/Kitty/Pony/Cub/Bunny Surprise
I know it looks/sounds like I am a hoarder but I promise it's not as bad as it sounds. I just was lucky enough to keep most of my childhood toys and rescue quite a bit from the trash as with the MotU/PoP. Most of these collections are either inactive, "complete"(don't want more), or only get added to if I happen across them. One day either I hope to display many of them or present them to my pwn children with which to play. So sorry for length, I thank you if you stayed with me until the end!
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