I've got one or two boxes left, but the bulk of the count is done. Far from it being c3,000 figures, It's topped 21,000:
My favourite period would appear to be Classical Ancients, which I wouldn't have guessed 20+ years a go.
The breakdown by manufacturer and size looks like this:
No surprises here. I thought 15mm was my biggest collection, and therefore that Peter Pig is my favoured manufacturer in metal. Next is plastic 1/72, with Hat making up nearly 60%. BTW The numbers don't tally here as some units - the way the figures are sorted in the database - have figures from more than one supplier, so there's some double counting. You'll note, also, that I don't differentiate between 25mm and 28mm.
Tanks, trucks and artillery, plus large things like elephants, are counted as "models". The split for those is:
Again, Peter Pig comes out top, as I have a lot of artillery across a lot of periods, plus baggage waggons and trucks. There's some double counting here, too, for the same reasons as above.
I need now to decamp to Shedquarters for an afternoon to make sure I've got everything. One off games like Warriors on Ice, Call it Qids, and Old Charlie aren't in the numbers. Oh, and neither are my various ship collections. And I've got a load of 54mm WW2 skirmish figures somewhere...hang on, what's that down there?
Sorry, gotta go now.
Graham, you have a very impressively large collection of figures. Thinking that you had about 3,000 before you began this exercise and have now topped 21,000 is eye-opening. There may be a lesson in here somewhere.
ReplyDeleteThe lesson is never ask me to estimate anything, even when I should have a good idea.
DeleteYeah, that is a good take-away...
DeleteDwarfs my modest collection of c.500 10mm Pendraken Napoleonic figures. How dare I call myself a wargamer!
ReplyDeleteMay they continue to give you much pleasure.
I wasn't aware that figures feature massively in the games that you play. BTW, have you checked? Based on my experience doesn't that mean you have nearly 4,000?
DeleteI dare not count my figures, as I think I would be somewhat shocked. Maybe one day...
ReplyDeleteI never thought about it until recently. I blame Jon Freitag
DeleteMr "I have a database" and "I've got 30,000 figures" says not fair.
DeleteYou’ve done us all a good service there. Thank you. I’m going to make sure my wife sees those tables. 😁
ReplyDeleteIs this a "See dear, my hobby isn't out of control - look at what he's got. Plus he has a wargames shed."
DeleteThis is EXACTLY what he means! You are now the Poster Boy for “Wargamers Gone Wild.”
Delete"And he spends ages writing and publishing his own rules. I'm, like, really normal".
Delete"And his wife brings him cups of tea whilst he's playing"
DeleteSo true. You lead a privileged life, my friend.
DeleteRarely a day goes by when I do not reflect how lucky I am. I spent a lot of my career in an office with big screens showing world news. I have a lot to be grateful for.
DeleteWell done Graham. I can barely manage to count my box files, let alone enumerate the contents. What an impressive collection.
ReplyDeleteShow off. Too many boxes to count indeed. Just do a few a day, and mark the boxes with a sticky dot when they're done.
DeleteThat's a can of worms I'm quite happy to leave unopened...
ReplyDeleteCome off it you. Know. When Stalin said "How many Divisions has the Pope?" he knew that you'd know exactly how many you had.
DeleteImpressive. I may do a count when I retire, but not before
ReplyDeleteWell, I am retired, so can't argue with that. Although once you've decided to go ahead, you can do it on a box by box basis over a period of time.
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