The Old School Otaku Lounge

I've bumped into a fair number of fans who, as time went on, cleaned out portions of their collections that they later wished they hadn't.

I tossed out a bunch of tapes...

Drat!

What about you?

Oh, gosh, I could probably list a million things I wish I hadn't gotten rid of...

-My old VHS tapes (some titles I got rid of never got a DVD release, like Leda: The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko)
-Most of my old single-chapter manga comics (back when they released them as monthlies like American comics. I still have some, but I used to have BOXES of them!)
-My old early-90s Japanese Newtype mags ;3;
-my old Sailor Moon & Ranma 1/2 posters (I know they were bootlegs but dammit they were cute!)

I'm a bit of a hoarder, especially with anything remotely related to anime stuff I collected, so I didn't toss out, donate, or sell much. Though I do have some regrets because of financial troubles or moving...

- My VHS and DVD collection I got rid of about 5 years ago. Basically my watching collection from the beginning part of my love for anime to when I got a job and bought my first DVDs. I got rid of alot of stuff I'm going back to collect. Though the bright side is many if not all are still findable and available in boxsets.
- "bootleg" VHS tapes of anime never released on DVD. And the VHS are hard to find for a good price.
- FFIX Zidane plush, the first thing I ever bought at my first anime convention, I had to sell due to hardship.
- Ranma 1/2 manga graphic novels, only had a few volumes

I gave away a lot of stuff over the years to promote clubs and conventions. I never really missed it. I'm considering putting up shelving in my house to showcase the toys I collected and get them off the floor. I'd like to do the same with the magazines and tapes but I'd run out of wall space, so storing them in a back room is the best I can do for now...

The first three or four years of AWA, the pre-reg numbers were low enough that we'd stuff the packets ourselves, and a LOT of my smaller posters, magazine inserts, comics, promo materials, and other unwanted stuff went into the packets.

I have deposited unwanted fanzines on the 'free' tables at conventions many a time. I still wind up with unwanted anime-related promotional items from time to time, but they usually get to a convention free table before the year is out.

I have regrets sometimes of selling my LD's...but keep an eye out on the Sell Thread, I'm about to sell a lot of VHS and older manga comic books (not graphic novels but when each chapter was sold as comic books from Viz and other companies)

kndy wrote:I have regrets sometimes of selling my LD's...but keep an eye out on the Sell Thread, I'm about to sell a lot of VHS and older manga comic books (not graphic novels but when each chapter was sold as comic books from Viz and other companies)

Yes, I did the same thing. I call it "The Great Jump to DVD Fiasco"
You really can't beat the beautiful artwork laserdiscs have. I too have been re-purchasing some laserdiscs and also LP's.
Sometimes you can find these frames on sale if you go to michaels art supply, And Laserdiscs/LP look great framed.
http://www.michaels.com/LP-Frame/fr0500,default,pd.html

As a matter of fact, here is a pic of my computer desk with some:
http://imgur.com/kGOwfgK
Notice the glasses and cholesterol medicine on the desk ~_~
Totally not planned.....

Oh wow, those look great!

I wish I hadn't sold all my Ranma 1/2 manga to Bookmans (a used books and media chain) before I moved to Japan. I had at least 2/3rds of the series, but I had to make some painful decisions. I also had kept the boxes for all my anime figures, but I had to toss out the boxes to so many of them to maximize space when shipping them to Japan. I also sold several of the figures to Bookmans, and they probably paid me for more than I originally bought them for in Japan. The move was painful, but it forced me to really analyze what I truly wanted and what was just clutter.

While I was up in WA, I managed to go through a few boxes of old stuff of mine my mom had tried to keep that accidentally got put in her tool shed instead of their storage space in the garage. I was sad to see that a few old issues of Animerica I had in there got water damaged, so I had to toss them, along with some old issues of Protoculture Addicts, Animerica Extra, and my old Baka-con/Sakura-con booklets. :/ I did manage to find some old VHS tapes that magically stayed dry & safe, though, and a couple of old magazines. So not a total loss, at least!