This is my collection...well, it's actually two collections....plastic crap and pez dispensers.....I have a few others...but this one no one really knows about.... little treasures and super balls from the hair cutting place in town that I have found around my house for the past 12 years...in pockets, the dryer, in my van, in baskets of toys, tucked away in many places.......I guess I collect them for a few different reasons......they're just cute....colorful....and I know this is crazy...but I want them to be a time capsule of when my kids were little....and I'd like to pull them out some day when my kids are grown and and show them and their kids.......I actually have done this with other toys.....I have a few bins of toys and baby things in my attic that I am saving for when I am "grandma" someday....my aunt still has a few of her Fisher Price things that have been at her house for 40 years for all the kids to play with....and they still do!!!!...the original schoolhouse and house......and if they were in mint condition they'd fetch a lot on ebay now!!!.......but there is something comforting in saving them....I just can't part with them.....I'd like to see my grandchildren playing with the same things their parents loved.......anyway.....I'm almost as excited as they are when they open up that treat bag at a holiday party or birthday party to see what's inside....I don't grab the stuff right away.....I let them enjoy it for that 30 minutes or so...........and then when I see it's been left behind for something better, I snatch it up and put it away in these bins down in my craft room.....and the Pez dispensers are just plain whimsical.....I know there are hard core collectors out there......but these are just ones that Santa or the Easter bunny have brought, or from a trip to the store........my older kids could care less about them.....they just eat the packets of candy....but little Cubby has to have it in there and flip open the top........and I have to admit....I do still buy them pretty much just for me so I can add them to my collection.....ones that represent an interest they have or a movie they were addicted to.......I may out grow these bins pretty soon....so when you bend over to pick these little things up to throw them out.....think of me!!!!!
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The thing I like about your collection is that it fits neatly into 2 little bins! I'm in a purge mode here and it they haven't played with it for a year, it's out. I'm convinced that my house is full of Ebay Gold...I just have to find it, and list it!
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