"I didn't know I had THAT!" and "Ah crap, I had that already?"

[Jay]

So today while digging for Overkill, I happened upon, of all things, a beautiful-condition Action Force Quarrel.

I completely forgot I had that!
I can't even remember how I got her, but if I have her, it must've been a pretty good deal (I be a penny-pincher, yo).

On the other side of the coin, during the same dig I found out I'd gotten a Crossfire, forgot about him and got a second one later on.

Either of those situations ever happen to any of you guys?

[neapolitan joe]

A lot of times.
Last December finally I made a "census" of all my Joes, but I really do not know how many and what Cobra I have.

[haradrel]

I was looking a a few extra bats to use in pictures here, but thought I had them all on the table...
A week later I find one in the indy truck I took pictures off a few weeks before that and then one MOC....
Shesh...

[Black Knight]

I do my best to avoid things like that. I have all my figures cataloged and orderly... all my Cobra Armies are also organized so that I know how many of each I have at any given time. (I only count my loose, my MOC hang on the wall)

Someday when I stop being so busy, I'll take a pic of my collection and show you all. You can see my earliest collections on my Flickr site, but its gotten bigger and more organized since then.

[Flatline]

MORE THEN I CAN REMEMBER. I LET MY SON USE MINE SOMETIMES AND THEN LATER THAT NIGHT I'M GOING CRAZY LOOKING FOR THEM UNDER HIS BED THE CLOSET..EVERYWHERE!! ONLY TO REALIZE I ALREADY PUT IT AWAY. OR HE DID :p

[emike]

That happens to me from time to time because my collection is spread out over like 15 shoe boxes in 10 different cabinets throughout the house. Once I came across Night Force Sneakpeak that I forgot I had.

[ender098]

My biggest flub? I thought I had given away my 2005 Convention Metalhead and bought another 2005 Con Boxed set! I came back from Iraq, and there was Metalhead, right where I told my wife to look for him, grinning at me deviously! :(

I keep buying VvsV Cobra Commanders. They made like 3 color variants of him. Black, Blue and grey. I keep thinking I don't have either the black or gray, but I actually have all 3....So I keep sending friends copies of him! LOL

[Outrider]

I got to the point where I had so many figures that to keep track of them, I sat there and downloaded every figure's picture from Yojoe.com's archives. Then I grouped all the same character's figures together, and then went through one by one and placed a check mark on the figures I have. Now if I'm not sure about a figure, instead of searching through boxes and boxes of them, I just have a quick look at my "figure identifier". It works so well I ended up doing the same for all the vehicles and playsets too.

[Death_at_Midnight]

I keep a database of all the figures I know about. Have data of all the figures i have and how many. The database tells me what figures I need.

[haradrel]

*You know you are a G.I.Joe addict when you have a database of your figures :D

I should probably do this, as well as for the weapons and other stuff, the collection is getting pretty big by now.

[Darklon]

Never :) . Only sometimes I'am doubting how many Snow Serpents I've got, or how many Overkill's I got (I make armies of the v1 version) but I know all the types of Joes I've got, and I never have buyed a figure that I already have by mistake. Perhaps it is because I'am fairly new in collecting joes (less than one year).

[yorktownjoe]

Sadly yes, this happens to me. I've got mine in shoeboxes, plastic shoebox cases, Ziploc bagged, in copier paper boxes, etc.

I don't buy too much new stuff these days, but it is amazing to find stuff I haven't had out in a while and say: "I didn't remember I had this figure!"

Occasionally I find myself searching frantically for a figure after taking pictures. I try never to interrogate my sons, as 9 times out of 10, the figure is camouflaged or posed into a corner...right where I left him.

Occasionally I ask in a loving, fatherly voice: "I can't find so and so. I was playing with him over in this area. Have either of you boys seen him?" Amazing how many times my sons can find them quickly.

[Sonneilon]

kids are good at that. like hunting for easter eggs. ;)

I find stuff all the time. No specific examples. course, i've also lost a lot too.

[Outrider]

[QUOTE=Sonneilon]course, i've also lost a lot too.[/QUOTE]

I know what you mean G. I put all my motorized back packs in a box years ago, and now for the life of me cannot find it. :(

[Agent Viper]

I tend to keep all my figures in good order mainly on display or in a big ole' container. But I did think I had something when I didn't which led me to pass up aa good price on him only to figure out that I didn't have him!

[Jay]

Well.
First Quarrel. Now Vipers. I always thought I only had one 1986 Viper... but it turns out I have two. Both complete.
Spiffy. :cool:

[Sonneilon]

As I bitched to LordRaven & Carlito, I seemed to have lost upwards of 10 DTC CGs! and who knows what else. I don't realize UNTIL I'm looking for 'em. But I guess with the 25A, a lot of that was rebuilt in terms of what I lost. "where'd that SpyTroops Roadblock go... oh, i got a 25A. that'll work. :\ "

[NiteRaida]

I only have a few figures, so I dont have this problem! :)