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A not-unwelcome side-effect of having a couple of dozen Mac-related saved searches in my eBay account is that, over the years, I've seen all manner
of weird and random Mac stuff go by, much of which I've often bought in
the heat of the moment.

I've got the American Girl Power Macintosh toy, I've got the Smack-a-Mac stress-reliever, I've got various of the ClassicBot line, and lots of
other bits and bobs. I'm a sucker for tat, it must be said.

A recent third-party Mac thing I've been picking up is the History Of Mac
line of custom Lego that The Printed Brick is selling on Etsy. They're
just small kits but I've got 9 of them now, spanning 1984 to 2022 and they
look quite nice connected together and sitting on my shelf.

The one bit of Mac tat that I don't have but would love is the Steve Jobs Action Figure by Dam Toys. I remember thinking at the time that this was released that it was dumb as hell, but the last couple of years I've
changed my tune and would love to have one sat on my Mac game shelving. No
luck so far on eBay, but I play the long game - my saved search will one
day deliver it to me!

Is this Mac memorabilia fascination shared by anyone else here or is it a sickness unique to me?
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On 2025-11-08 06:06:15 +0000, scole said:

A not-unwelcome side-effect of having a couple of dozen Mac-related saved searches in my eBay account is that, over the years, I've seen all manner
of weird and random Mac stuff go by, much of which I've often bought in
the heat of the moment.

I've got the American Girl Power Macintosh toy, I've got the Smack-a-Mac stress-reliever, I've got various of the ClassicBot line, and lots of
other bits and bobs. I'm a sucker for tat, it must be said.

A recent third-party Mac thing I've been picking up is the History Of Mac line of custom Lego that The Printed Brick is selling on Etsy. They're
just small kits but I've got 9 of them now, spanning 1984 to 2022 and they look quite nice connected together and sitting on my shelf.

The one bit of Mac tat that I don't have but would love is the Steve Jobs Action Figure by Dam Toys. I remember thinking at the time that this was released that it was dumb as hell, but the last couple of years I've
changed my tune and would love to have one sat on my Mac game shelving. No luck so far on eBay, but I play the long game - my saved search will one
day deliver it to me!

Is this Mac memorabilia fascination shared by anyone else here or is it a sickness unique to me?

Keep it up and you may wind up on MeTV's Collector's Corner show with
host Lisa Welchel someday. As often happens they may bring in some
expert appraiser who decides your collection is worth half a million
dollars.

Several years ago I was cleaning out a spare room and found several
Macintosh promotional pamphlets from the early 1990s I had sent off for
which I put up on eBay. Some guy over in Europe somewhere emailed me
and wanted them badly even though I said they were for sale to US
residents only. I told him I'd sell them to him if he wanted to pay the
steep international postage costs which he did.

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On 2025-11-08 09:21:22 +0000, super70s said:

On 2025-11-08 06:06:15 +0000, scole said:

A not-unwelcome side-effect of having a couple of dozen Mac-related saved
searches in my eBay account is that, over the years, I've seen all manner
of weird and random Mac stuff go by, much of which I've often bought in
the heat of the moment.

I've got the American Girl Power Macintosh toy, I've got the Smack-a-Mac
stress-reliever, I've got various of the ClassicBot line, and lots of
other bits and bobs. I'm a sucker for tat, it must be said.

A recent third-party Mac thing I've been picking up is the History Of Mac
line of custom Lego that The Printed Brick is selling on Etsy. They're
just small kits but I've got 9 of them now, spanning 1984 to 2022 and they >> look quite nice connected together and sitting on my shelf.

The one bit of Mac tat that I don't have but would love is the Steve Jobs
Action Figure by Dam Toys. I remember thinking at the time that this was
released that it was dumb as hell, but the last couple of years I've
changed my tune and would love to have one sat on my Mac game shelving. No >> luck so far on eBay, but I play the long game - my saved search will one
day deliver it to me!

Is this Mac memorabilia fascination shared by anyone else here or is it a
sickness unique to me?

Keep it up and you may wind up on MeTV's Collector's Corner show with
host Lisa Welchel someday. As often happens they may bring in some
expert appraiser who decides your collection is worth half a million dollars.

Several years ago I was cleaning out a spare room and found several Macintosh promotional pamphlets from the early 1990s I had sent off for which I put up on eBay. Some guy over in Europe somewhere emailed me
and wanted them badly even though I said they were for sale to US
residents only. I told him I'd sell them to him if he wanted to pay the steep international postage costs which he did.

I've got a folder full of promo pamphlets that I collected at computer
expo shows years ago. Many of the computers were one-hit wonders that
quickly disappeared again (e.g. the Pencil II, the Dick Smith Wizard).
:-)



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In article <10en22i$12fkk$1@dont-email.me>, super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-11-08 06:06:15 +0000, scole said:

Is this Mac memorabilia fascination shared by anyone else here or is it a sickness unique to me?

Keep it up and you may wind up on MeTV's Collector's Corner show with
host Lisa Welchel someday. As often happens they may bring in some
expert appraiser who decides your collection is worth half a million dollars.

I got rid of a lot of my Mac hardware a few years ago - I listed computers
as collection only as it's simply too much of a hassle and too much risk
of damage to ship them. This limited the potential buyers to those who are within driving distance, so I didn't make mega-bucks - but I didn't expect
to for that reason so I wasn't that bothered. In fact, one guy came to
collect a couple of computers he'd bought from me and I pointed at the
pile of other compuers I had yet to list and said "Do you want any of
those, too?", and gave him a couple of iMacs, a couple of pizza-box
Performas, some monitors, and a couple of dead compact Macs. He was
absolutely delighted at the freebies, and I was glad to see them gone
without any hassle. I did make some good money on the Mac stuff that was
small enough to ship, though - drives, motherboards, peripherals,
software. It turns out that people will hand over good money for 40 year
old SCSI hard drives!

Every now and again I do think about listing my Macintosh games
collection; I've got 100+ big-box Mac games (floppy and CD-ROM eras), plus
40 or 50 Mac games in the smaller boxes or DVD-style cases.

Thing is, while it is essentially a one-off collection (I know of only one other UK Mac enthusiast with anything like the Mac game collection I've
got), I can't imagine anybody wanting to hand over the money I'd want for
it. I don't think I'd want to let it go for less than a few grand, I've
built it up over about 15 years or so of collecting and have grown quite attached to it. I just haven't pulled one of the games off the shelf for a
play in God knows how long. :(

Several years ago I was cleaning out a spare room and found several Macintosh promotional pamphlets from the early 1990s I had sent off for which I put up on eBay. Some guy over in Europe somewhere emailed me
and wanted them badly even though I said they were for sale to US
residents only. I told him I'd sell them to him if he wanted to pay the steep international postage costs which he did.

I have been guilty in the past of spending more money than I should have
done on obscure Apple marketing material...
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In article <10eofbo$2srsv$1@dont-email.me>, Your Name
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

On 2025-11-08 09:21:22 +0000, super70s said:

Several years ago I was cleaning out a spare room and found several Macintosh promotional pamphlets from the early 1990s I had sent off for which I put up on eBay. Some guy over in Europe somewhere emailed me
and wanted them badly even though I said they were for sale to US residents only. I told him I'd sell them to him if he wanted to pay the steep international postage costs which he did.

I've got a folder full of promo pamphlets that I collected at computer
expo shows years ago. Many of the computers were one-hit wonders that quickly disappeared again (e.g. the Pencil II, the Dick Smith Wizard).
:-)

Ooh, that's the sort of stuff I'd say is worth making the effort to scan
and upload to archive.org - especially for the rarer/more obscure systems.
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On 2025-11-08 06:06:15 +0000, scole said:

A not-unwelcome side-effect of having a couple of dozen Mac-related saved searches in my eBay account is that, over the years, I've seen all manner
of weird and random Mac stuff go by, much of which I've often bought in
the heat of the moment.

I've got the American Girl Power Macintosh toy, I've got the Smack-a-Mac stress-reliever, I've got various of the ClassicBot line, and lots of
other bits and bobs. I'm a sucker for tat, it must be said.

A recent third-party Mac thing I've been picking up is the History Of Mac line of custom Lego that The Printed Brick is selling on Etsy. They're
just small kits but I've got 9 of them now, spanning 1984 to 2022 and they look quite nice connected together and sitting on my shelf.

The one bit of Mac tat that I don't have but would love is the Steve Jobs Action Figure by Dam Toys. I remember thinking at the time that this was released that it was dumb as hell, but the last couple of years I've
changed my tune and would love to have one sat on my Mac game shelving. No luck so far on eBay, but I play the long game - my saved search will one
day deliver it to me!

Is this Mac memorabilia fascination shared by anyone else here or is it a sickness unique to me?

May not count, but I've got almost every physical issue of the UK's
Macformat magazine and most of the cover disks / discs. The few that
issues I missed for whatever reason, I've got in digital format
instead. :-)



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