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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8105590" data-attributes="member: 2629">I've played since the 70s and began collecting minis in the 80s.&nbsp; I had a small collection of metal miniatures, then added more and more metal minis slowly through the 1990s.&nbsp; When the Dungeons and Dragons Miniatures (DDM) collectible mini game / D&amp;D mini product was released, I collected heavily.&nbsp; I really enjoyed the DDM game, and being able to construct a massive D&amp;D figure collection for RPG was a great additional benefit.&nbsp; I bought between 1 and 6 cases of each of those sets, and was nearly set complete for every set.&nbsp; Since that game ended production, I've added the occasional mini that fills a gap in my collection, sometimes buying a case of a new Wizkids release that has a bunch of uncommon or common figures that would augment my collection meaningfully, but usually just buying singles. I have about 11,000 minis (6 fully packed floor to ceiling bookshelves, with over a hundred shoe boxes filled with certain types of minim (skeletal undead pt 1, skeletal undead pt 2, zombies, ghouls/ghasts/wights, ghosts/specters, tribal orcs, civilized orcs, leader orcs, etc...) , and enough terrain to fill up a 5 by 5 pub table several times over.&nbsp; I also have my prized minis on display on separate shelves (either my favorite hand painted ones, or expensive ones from over the years).&nbsp; In addition, I have several board games I bought because the minis for it would make great augmentations for my mini collection (I make heavy use of the Far Realms and want to have a wide variety of nightmare creatures the players will have never seen). The one thing I do not have enough of is dungeon dressing and features, such as bushes, graves, tables, stalagmites, etc...&nbsp; I have some, but I find I always want a bit more, but never enough to pay the prices I see charged.&nbsp; I really need to get into some 3D printing.I have way too many of certain types of figures, but I also have two sons and I someday hope they'll enjoy D&amp;D and that they'll enjoy using my collection (and eventually splitting it up).&nbsp; They're 1 and 5 right now - the 5 year old is already playing some story telling games, but is not quite ready to really dive in... although I was just barely 6 when I did.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8105590, member: 2629"] I've played since the 70s and began collecting minis in the 80s. I had a small collection of metal miniatures, then added more and more metal minis slowly through the 1990s. When the Dungeons and Dragons Miniatures (DDM) collectible mini game / D&D mini product was released, I collected heavily. I really enjoyed the DDM game, and being able to construct a massive D&D figure collection for RPG was a great additional benefit. I bought between 1 and 6 cases of each of those sets, and was nearly set complete for every set. Since that game ended production, I've added the occasional mini that fills a gap in my collection, sometimes buying a case of a new Wizkids release that has a bunch of uncommon or common figures that would augment my collection meaningfully, but usually just buying singles. I have about 11,000 minis (6 fully packed floor to ceiling bookshelves, with over a hundred shoe boxes filled with certain types of minim (skeletal undead pt 1, skeletal undead pt 2, zombies, ghouls/ghasts/wights, ghosts/specters, tribal orcs, civilized orcs, leader orcs, etc...) , and enough terrain to fill up a 5 by 5 pub table several times over. I also have my prized minis on display on separate shelves (either my favorite hand painted ones, or expensive ones from over the years). In addition, I have several board games I bought because the minis for it would make great augmentations for my mini collection (I make heavy use of the Far Realms and want to have a wide variety of nightmare creatures the players will have never seen). The one thing I do not have enough of is dungeon dressing and features, such as bushes, graves, tables, stalagmites, etc... I have some, but I find I always want a bit more, but never enough to pay the prices I see charged. I really need to get into some 3D printing. I have way too many of certain types of figures, but I also have two sons and I someday hope they'll enjoy D&D and that they'll enjoy using my collection (and eventually splitting it up). They're 1 and 5 right now - the 5 year old is already playing some story telling games, but is not quite ready to really dive in... although I was just barely 6 when I did. [/QUOTE]

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