Comments on: When Childhood Hobbies Meet Adult Allowances

By: TStrump

TStrump — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:40:50 +0000

My childhood hobby could probably be considered video games.
I have a Nintendo DS and want the PS3.
The only difference between being an adult vs being a child … as a child I had more time to indulge my hobbies but less money!
Now that I have the money, I don’t have the time.

By: Shock

Shock — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:39:07 +0000

I collected Lego as a kid. When I moved out of my parents house, I had nowhere to put my huge collection, so I GAVE THEM AWAY FOR FREE to some neighborhood kids. I’m now in my thirtys and have started my Lego hobby back up. I’m what the Lego community calls an AFOL = Adult Fan of Lego. I attend the monthly local Lego User Group (LUG) meetings and the local annual Lego Fest. I don’t spend a lot of money on the hobby, but it’s fun.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:48:59 +0000

Husband got into hunting when we moved to Maine. He is accumulating a host of supplies, magazines, etc. This has become his hobby and he throughly enjoys being out in the woods.
Last Fall he got a turkey – no deer or moose yet. He keeps trying, though!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:47:08 +0000

Never did have a collection as a child.
However, as an adult I got hooked on Beanie Babies. What a collection I accumulated until Hubby put a stop to my spending.
None of the grandkids are interested in them and their value has plummeted. I may never get back my investment.
Now I operate under the rule of one thing comes in – one must go out, unless it is an article to fill a specific need or place in my decorating scheme.

By: thomas

thomas — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:51:01 +0000

Man, I want to go buy some cards now! I could never get past the “don’t open” stage.

By: Steven@hundredgoals.com

Steven@hundredgoals.com — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:02:15 +0000

I know exactly what you mean. When I grew up I took on the hobby of collecting He-man @ The Masters of the Universe action figures. I bought a lot of them. Eventually I decided to declutter my life and sold off most of all that I owned. Some of them had appreciated and others became essentially worthless.

If you know what you are doing with collecting it can be a great way of generating income or even an investment. The problem with collectables is that it is hard to predict what the market will do in 6 months or 20 years. You may have the hot item now, but by the time you are ready to sell, there may not be a market for it. It just depends.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:29:21 +0000

What about the memories? And the good times? Stuff can just accumulate!

By: barry

barry — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:04:45 +0000

there’s worse. I play rec league ice hockey. Annual cost: about $1000.

Those fancy new sticks are around $100, and break if you look at them wrong.

And what do I have to show for my little hobby at the end of the season: little aches and pains to remind me that I’m too old to play, and that’s about it!

At least collecting “stuff” you have something to show…

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 17 May 2009 14:02:56 +0000

Awesome post Jim.

By: Paige

Paige — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:42:46 +0000

My dad collects baseball cards, and football cards. He has tons of packs that he hasn’t opened.

By: CuriousAG

CuriousAG — Sun, 17 May 2009 13:05:24 +0000

Wish I had such a hobby too