I know everyone around here collects games and VGM... but I thought it would be interesting to flesh out beyond that a bit and see what else people collect, or it they collect certain franchises and such.

Here's some of my collections, past and present:

Baseball Cards (don't really do this anymore since the sport kind of crashed in on itself)
- Don Mattingly (New York Yankees/Dodgers Manager) cards
- Javy Lopez (Atlanta Braves Catcher) cards
- Atlanta Braves cards from the early 1990's (holy hell did the Braves have a lot of great players!)

Collectable Card Games (don't really do this anymore since I sold my cards off)
- Pokemon (collected back in the beginning when the first three sets hit)

Video Games (I've kind of put games on hold since I have most of the ones I'm looking for)
- Mega Man original
- Mega Man X (have every game)
- Mega Man Legends (pretty much have most of the stuff released in the states plus the soundtracks)
- Castlevania (all eras... but I'm not making it a point to get every game since some are lackluster)
- Wild Arms (had all the game and soundtracks... but I'm only keeping the ones I consider good now)
- Metroid (easily my favorite Nintendo franchise)
- Breath of Fire
- Ninja Gaiden (the original NES trilogy/GB stuff, haven't touched the new stuff)
- Strategy guides (if I can get a good deal on the price)

VGM (I've kind of put VGM on hold since I have most of the ones I'm looking for)
Self explanatory

Bands/Music
- Sonata Arctica (my favorite band, hails from Finland. I am starting to get serious about collecting now)

Books The books I collect aren't very heavy reading material.
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Big Nate (I think this is better than WImpy Kid in many ways)
- The Oatmeal

The first thing I recall collecting were Go-Bots. Transformers came out next and I kind of forgot about Go-Bots. Around 1987 I started collecting baseball cards and stopped collecting them in 1994. I still have a lot of pre-1980 cards (which are the most valuable to card shops).

I started collecting game music in 1999 and still do.

I collected Korean movies from 2005-2013.

I started collecting science fiction novels sometime in the 1990s and still do.

I have a pretty sizable movie, book, and game library, though for me personally I don't really think of buying those as collecting. I've had collector's mentality for most of my life, though; when I was a kid, I wanted all the Mario toys. Though the focal point has changed with time, the mentality hasn't. In middle school I began collecting video game music (Secret of Mana was my first soundtrack) and in high school/early college I had a thing for Evangelion.

In present day, I maintain an interest in collecting Megaman/Megaman X items, but I've generally stuck to the action figures and model kits. I have a few Nintendo character figures as well (I really wish I got Professor Layton when it debuted; too expensive now!). I'm a bit of a toy hound in general and have a varied assortment on my shelf--some relics from the past, some modern acquisitions. I'm susceptible to Gremlins, M. Bison, Krang, and even Sailor Soldiers. Sometimes I'll get something just because it's delightfully weird, like Cy-Gor from Spawn (never read a page, but it's a cybernetic ape, c'mon!), or a wrestling figure that bears an uncanny resemblance to a high school teacher.

The big collection, though, is Pokemon--specifically Meowth, though I collect some other Pokemon too. I've been collecting Meowth merchandise since 1998, not long after the games debuted stateside. It kind of started out as a joke but eventually became a goal, in true Pokemon spirit, to catch 'em all. I certainly haven't, but I'm certainly among those who have come closest. I haven't done a formal count in a while, but the number of Meowth items I own is easily in the hundreds. One of the best aspects of collecting Pokemon is that you make new discoveries all the time. You think you've seen it all, then wham, an old plush from 2001 you've never seen before unassumingly surfaces.

One of my favorite aspects of the holiday season is the chance to add new Christmas tree ornaments to my collection, though I don't think there's anything new for me this year. In keeping with my primary collection, 40% of my tree ornaments are Pokemon related, though only one of them features Meowth. A guiding rule in my ornament collecting is that is has to pertain to Christmas or winter; just plain ol' Spider-Man is no go, but Spider-Man swinging on a string of lights would work.

VGM was really the first thing I collected and that was more or less the combination of having disposable income for the first time and discovering how much was actually out there. I've actually been knocking out a few holes over the last year, since I discovered how easy it was to get stuff off Amazon Japan without a middleman. I have been adding some of the old Capcom/Konami/Taito albums from the 90's. I'm actually pretty close to having all the old Falcom albums (1997 and prior, sans drama albums).

I supposed I "collect" NES/SNES games, but more like I just want to be able to grab and play the real things, so it's mostly just getting the ones I want. I have a few holes to fill, but I'm not trying to make a perfect set or anything. The prices are pretty offputting at the moment, so I will probably just go the flashcart route for SNES at some point.

Pretty much just video games and game music for me. Those two keep me plenty busy, but I'm not as much of a collector as I used to be, especially with VGM. My desire to track down the more obscure things has waned, and now I pretty much just get the stuff that's easily accessible along with a few of the harder to find things. For example, I am still collecting every Japanese Club Nintendo CD, but I stopped trying to track down every Final Fantasy related CD a few years ago. That said, I have been taking advantage of the weak yen to order some CDs that I previously was planning on skipping...

Quoted for emphasis. For people that don't follow the exchange rate, this is a great time to be a buyer on the Japanese market. I never thought I would see the US dollar at 120 yen on the exchange rate again.

I avoided Japanese goods like the plague when the US dollar was at 80-90 yen over the last few years.

Totally. When I went to order the Rockman Vol.2  Box I was pretty thrilled that that dollar was rather strong on the yen. It's usually the other way around when I want to get something.

Giant robot toys and models. Gundam, Evangelion, Virtual On, VOTOMS, you name it. Drives me absolutely nuts, especially if it's really detailed (Bandai's Perfect Grades from 1998 - 2006 I think, are absolutely unbelievable).