Every year, January / February, I like to empty my roof space and take stock of what I have and what I still have yet to get for my collection. During the year I buy my MISB set's and a lot of the time they go straight into the roof and in the past I have duplicated some of the smaller set's.
I also scan or photograph the boxes open them up scan the parts inside or the instruction sheets for my blue folders, this takes a couple of days, then I try and put it all back better than before to make more space for new stuff.
My collection is made up of Knights, Pirates, Western, Indians and Vikings, I don't just buy boxed sets I also have lots of boxes full of DS items as well.
I only generally buy one of everything, but when I go into a toy store to look for the latest releases or older set's I feel guilty if I just walk out without buying anything, so I grab a special or two. I now seem to have small armies of 4611 castle guards, 4628 union soldiers and 4622 confederate soldier's, also when ordering from DS, to get free postage I add a set or two of 7675 redcoat soldier's. I'm not going to part with them, they look great all set up in rows, but when I added the cost of them all up I was a bit shocked it worked out about £2.00 a week for a year, not a lot of money per week I know but I could of bought a castle for that.
Any way here's some pics I took last January after emptying my roof
