Quote from: LandotheScoundrel on September 22, 2005, 05:19 PM

Notice the spider made the least ****** up web with marijuana. Let that be a lesson to you, coffee drinkers! 

I've never been arrested with a cup of coffee in my hand though.

I think that the reason most of the major collectors don't contribute to these sorts of things is because they don't want to deal with the attention.  I mean, I know a lot of guys who won't even acknowledge that certain pieces are in their collections.  They don't want to deal with all the annoying questions and offers to buy their stuff.  So they just share within their little circle.  Then there's the "I can't believe you paid $1000 for a piece of plastic" crowd they'd have to hear from.  So why go through the trouble of taking the photographs when the only people who will appreciate them don't stray from the RS Vintage forums?

I've considered sending in photos myself, but always end up thinking "Do I want everyone who goes to RS to know I have all this expensive stuff in my house?"  And I always come to the same conclusion.

I have to chime in here, and I certainly don't mean to step on anyone's toes, but I don't see the problem with any of the photos that RS or any other sites show of someone's collection.  Not everyone can afford a huge collection of rare items, and even the people that have such collections with such items are often unable to display them, either for time, space, or money reasons. 

In my view, which seems to go right along with yours Lando, someone who has just started collecting and/or displaying the stuff with ROTS has just as much right to show their collection as someone who has been collecting since 1977.  I'm not going to judge someone's collection based on what they have vs. what they don't have, how old the stuff is or isn't, or the dollar value attached to it.  Some of my favorite pieces in my collection that I am most proud of are things that the majority of people would think are worthless and better in the garbage, but I like them and that's all that matters. 

Every one of us started somewhere, with a very small collection, and if someone with a small collection wants to show photos of their stuff, that's all well and good to me.  My problem with the situation is that most of the time, those photos and/or ads for some overpriced etailer are the vast majority of that other site's content on the front page.  I don't see anything wrong with showing off your collection, regardless of the size, but when that's 90 percent of your "news", then I think it's the site with a problem instead of the collector.

No disrespect intended to anyone whose opinion differs so far in this thread, but a Burger King crown might be as special to someone as a Master Replicas Vader lightsaber prop to someone else.  It's all a matter of personal taste.