COLLECT - A Documentary about Collectors, Collecting & Collections

This is so well done on many levels. I’m a collector myself (toys, video games, Lego, board games, etc) and loved this video as much as anything I’ve seen on Netflix or any other streaming service- if not more than some!! Great video.

It’s the hunter/ gatherer part of our instinct.

Great video!

That was a really good watch

I also am a collector...VINYL etc of my fav artist CONNIE FRANCIS and i'm still after 52 yrs adding stuff. From that collecting i was introduced to Stamps from New Zealand, Greece, Britain, Cyprus, Cook Islands. I am still looking for wooden angels from Italy in the 1950's and in full it was fantastically done on a roundabout with mother angel hanging from a silver crown. I have 4 little angels that survive, and when i make the christmas cake i put them in the top icing.

Lol Disney got er with the ol' free pin ploy.

I only collect online cosmetics in games mostly with my spare money 😂 but i get it dont worry lol

There are only two kinds of people in this world: Those who collect, and those who don’t.

I am learning so much from watching your videos. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing source of information. This one is quite helpful.

I am just a little lost- the dude talking about Skylanders mentioned playing it in middle and high school- isn't the game fairly recent (with the understanding this video was made 2 years ago)?

First generation Beatles fan since they came to the US to do the Ed Sullivan Show on Feb.9, 1964. As a kid in '64...I started with the records...the magazines...the bubble gum cards...you name it...I had it. Now I have lots of "one off" items from The Beatles...personally owned items...autographs...owned and worn clothing...all kinds of stuff. Used to travel to all the major Beatles shows in the US & Canada and put everything on display....

As a dealer in collectibles a few comments:

1. Collect because you like it...not because you THINK it MIGHT go up in value. It may very well go up....and it may very well NOT.
2.Avoid Funko Pops - buy them ONLY because you like them. They are the "Beanie Babies" of the 2000's. Tomorrow's garage sale FODDER I assure you. They don't even get used like comic books or baseball cards.....no ONE takes them out of the package to ever get damaged or used. They remain pristine...FOREVER. Big mistake in collecting....
3. Condition, condition, condition
4.Just because it's rare doesn't mean it's going to be valuable.
5. Just because it's old doesn't mean it's going to be valuable.
6. Just because it's old AND rare does not necessarily mean it's going to be valuable. The item needs to be popular too.
7. If someone is offering you "crazy high money" for something....I highly recommend you take it. Odds are, you'll never get that amount offered to you AGAIN.
8. That "digital skin" shit.....biggest CON that ever came up...Wish I had thought of it. Don't do IT! BUY THE PHYSICAL. Bits and Bytes are worthless. EVER hear of FTX and the scammer Bankman-Fried? If not - do the research!

See you all at the next comic or anime show....or at the next flea market.....

Awesome I have many collections.

Collectors of collections..... Oh yes thats spot on!!!

Here 2023

I collect poodle ordiments

I'm trying to collect the original 151 pokemon figures. Been getting a lot of hate and belittlement from uncles/aunties who don't understand. Watching documentaries like these to make myself feel better.

collector hobby is pretty niche and expensive

that's why some people kinda looking down on this hobby

i think it's all about perspective

I’m hopping onto this video almost 2 years after it’s production (and wow, how amazing is it you made this in that shaky year 2020,) and I’m blown away! The quality in this is so amazing; the editing and the cuts to different collectors helps to keep the video flowing, and it’s so awesome to see a group of fellow collectors brought in to shed some light on the topic of their hobby and telling their stories.

Everyone has a different collection, no two are the same, and they grow and change along with the person; in a sense it’s a physical representation of them and their life. It’s so easy to point to something and pull a memory from it, which is some of my favorite parts of collecting. This documentary really explains from the inside how collecting feels and how it grows and evolves from childhood. We want to remember and reanimate the memories of our youth.

My dad has battled with cancer for many years now, and collecting helps me through it. It brings me memories of the times I spent hunting for the movies and DVD’s I collect, asking him about the movies of his childhood that I can experience for myself. Collecting can be very personal to people, and I loved the woman who collects ornaments especially. She encapsulated to me my feelings on collecting, how it brought her family closer, and gave them special times together.

It really is in the thrill of the hunt! Thank you so much for putting so much time and effort into this project, it was a labor of love and it shows your passion for storytelling. Definitely coming back to this when I’m feeling low, just to remember how cool it is to be a collector, lol.

I started collecting dragon type yugioh cards, crystals from mexico, dragon alebrijes, and want to start collecting dragon ty beanie babies. Basically I collect thing from mexico and dragons lol

I’m only a little more than 10 mins into the video, but really do appreciate and respect the points that one of the speakers brought up about their wife and her unknowingly collection of clothes in her closet. This documentary brings up both direct and indirect collecting, not to mention the plethora of things people collect. Very well done!

The lady who said its dumb paying for itunes cause u dont have it physical is just as bad as game collectors haha doesn't matter as long as u pay a fee as digital will always be there with some form of access even with the fortnite reference the other kid made. Not gonna trounce through a 100 cds just to listen to one song lol all about the journey and memories

I no longer play video games but i collect them instead.

The problem with collections is they become baggage that owns you. That why I’ll treat myself to a few high end collectible like XM Studios, HotToys , etc. I’ll always sell once I have more than two statues. I’ve also restricted mu books, collections, around my desk. To each their own but anybody who’s built large collections knows what I’m talking about even if they enjoy it or not.

I have like 10k comic books.

wow since 2020 and just so very few likes and views without a doubt this video is a hidden gem of collecting
I have been a collector of video game consoles of neca figures and now of figures in 1/6 scale. and i'm always looking for rooms tours it's a nice coincidence that to this day your video appeared on my home page. Congratulations for the video and you already have a new sub

I'm a baby boomer and have been a collector of many things throughout my life. In the 1970's I collected tv and movie trading cards, cartoon and superhero glasses, stamps and occupied Japan figurines , in the 1980's-1990's I collected coins, an extensive Prince music collection, Batman items, and Snoopy/Peanuts. Moving forward I collected Hard Rock Cafe pins, retro candy containers, vintage bouncy balls, Funko Pops, rubber ducks. I love collecting items.

Don't forget about us women, we collect toys and dolls too.😀✌

Love it

DOPE

So, everyone from utah is a collector then

I think collecting is a luxury as someone that has lived in studios and had moved around a lot (4 moves in 4 years). My first move I was able to put my stuff in a small flat bed trailer. By my 3rd move (at this point, out of a studio and had lived in a 1200 sqft house) I had a 26ft UHAUL (largest Uhaul) and my car was full. I did now own couches, and tables, and a fridge, treadmill, which were a lot of LARGE objects but I still had a lot of boxes. I had to get rid of a lot, a lot of kitchen stuff, clothing, half used beauty products, junk drawer supplies, half finished crafts, that drawer filled with birthday plates and gift wrap, etc. I left my corporate job, so all that business wear, etc. The 1200sqft house had A LOT of open space, did not look cluttered at all. But it's funny how linen closets, cabinets, closet space, laundry room space, etc - can hold stuff. I had to downsize my sentimental items to a large tote. On my 4th move, I was able to transport what I needed in a Uhaul van and car trunk (from a 26ft Uhaul). I practically had to give away stuff to downsize. Not only did I have to pay for the largest Uhaul, I had to pay for helpers to move the items, I moved within 2 hours of previous location, supply cost, Uhaul, workers, still $1500-ish for stuff I had to give away and couldn't keep after the move.I didn't realize it until after but instead of boxing and packing - 50%+ just needed to be garage sale'd for the weekend, and anything left donated. I still can move with a Uhaul van, currently. But "collecting" just isn't practical for people who don't own a home. Especially, if you think it'll be "worth" something later. It's expensive to move. I'll never repeat the $1500 move again. Nothing more than a van move (at least while I'm single). I have a friend from AU, that spent thousands moving his sentimental collections, he used custom cargo crates to put on a ship to get to the US. And he has paid storage on it for 3 years now, with no place to display the items as he's renting rooms (LA is expensive). He can only pull a few of the more meaningful items to display. So I'd say if you don't own a home, don't collect. Just my .02. -- Update: I just checked Budget rentals for a 1 way van rental, popped in Houston to Orlando, flexible dates, you're looking at $600 for the rental, with about 10 MPG, 1000 miles, $500 in fuel, so again $1100+ to move just that. My studio and 1 bedroom apt peeps, might be better off starting over and taking what they can in their car, that prob won't have space for collections.

Wow! This is a cool documentary that brought back to me many of the reasons I collect. I had many types and genres of from old Coca-cola memorabilia to Todd McFarlane pieces, posters, sports and non-sports cards like Star Wars to Desert Storm, DVDs of science fiction to antique silver ware to Conan the BARBARIAN comics and magazines to National Geographic magazines.
I have pretty much touched beginning collecting new items but had to stop because I knew I would be way too over my head to keep track and catalog every single item from fourteen different collections! At one time I had over six hundred Star Wars pieces which included school supplies, hygiene, clothing, activity books, toys, games and wow...
I really tried to stop collecting but then friends and family knew my love for it and they have given me more so I have just slowed down and going at a snail's pace about it now but right on for your video on this subject!!!
Happy collecting!!!

I Love being a collector

About digital collections, some games have tradeable items and they have real money value. I've made 1000s of dollars trading and collecting virtual game items.

I love the concept but they're not enough different collectors in the video and the range of collections is very limited. Still good work but I kind of tuned out after you you kept going back to the same people. Maybe vinyl collectors or books, art, or even people who collect really weird things.

Way before it became super trendy I was collecting mid-century modern furniture, art, pottery. I became so good at it that I started getting occasional work as a consultant for some of the local vintage shops. I somehow ended up as an expert in vintage German and Italian modern pottery. Now I'm too broke to buy any of it and I avoid looking at it like the plague because it just bums me out.

And nowadays people even collect digital item where you not physically able to touch or feel

Some people just collect oxygen, I don’t judge.

I collect sports cards cars video games hats stuffed animals posters Lego’s and action figures

Great doc Conor, nicely put together. Keep up the good work bro. Thank you.

Packrats

This is dope ngl, this deserves more views

It’s a cool hobby but some people take it too far. I’ve known people who got divorced or financially ruined because of their obsession. It’s all just plastic junk in the end.

I love toys and collecting things.

rc/s

I collected toys when i was a kid. Though as an adult all i collect are antique swords/weapons/armor & ancient knowledge. I dont see much of a point in collecting anything modern & plastic but more power to ya if thats what your into i guess.