Parting w/ childhood collectibles

[chessie]

I had quite a few holiday barbies. I sold them all a few years back. I had no reason to keep them anymore, had no storage, my parents couldnt keep them. Its not like I would put them on display or anything, figured why not get the money. I have no problems letting things go though.. I chuck stuff all the time.

[halfpint]

I held on to my Barbies for a long time. I don't know that any of them are collectible, but they were mine. Finally my mom just got rid of them when I was living in another state. They'd been stored at her house for a few years, as I didn't have the space in my apartment.

Recently I opened up a "time capsule" that we made for our 6th grade graduation. I had packed away all five NKOTB dolls. Now, had they been in with my Barbies, they could have gone away and it would have been no big deal. But now, because I have them and they've been archived for 20 years, I can't get rid. They're pretty much worthless, though

[mbcdefg]

Not really, but I've never really collected anything to begin with. Nothing of value, anyway.

My mom keeps cleaning out her house and giving me bags of stuff like my drawings from kindergarten. i feel bad throwing it away but I don't particularly want to keep it, so right now it's just in storage until I figure out what to do.

[Awkward]

I have a huuuuuge collection of old American Girl stuff. I'm planning on keeping all of it in the hopes that someday I'll have a daughter to give it to. Same with my collection of children's books (though obviously for a boy or girl).

I have a harder time with my collection of penguin stuff. It's not my taste anymore, but I still remember who gave me which piece and when, and that makes them hard to part with. Current plan is to just keep it in a box and let whoever gets my stuff when I die deal with it.

[aspentosh]

I held onto all my American Girl stuff in case I had a daughter. Otherwise I don't really have anything from childhood.

The only thing I hold onto are all my Kokeshi dolls and stuff from Japan. I don't know if I'll ever get back there so I can't bring myself to get rid of anything.

[definitelyO]

I have boxes of Precious Moments figurines. ugh..... still in boxes and probably ZERO monetary value and no emotional value tied to them anymore either.

[litebright]

Mine has nothing to do with their value, but about a year ago my mom brought us a huge number of my childhood Breyer horses. I was a horse-crazy little girl, loved those things ridiculously and thought they were all lost/thrown out. 

So now my toddler and preschooler play with them. But they're younger than I was when I used them, so they're less careful/harder on them, plus the horses are like 20+ years old -- so we get broken legs. I've tried supergluing them but it never works, they just break again. I have a really hard time throwing them away b/c of 1) childhood nostalgia, 2) feeling bad that they survived so long and my kids managed to trash them and 3) Toy Story-based anthropomorphism/guilt at throwing away a favorite toy.  

If my Black Stallion ever gets his leg broken, though, I'm gluing that baby and putting him on my dresser. He was my all-time favorite (and so far, very sturdy). 

[glitzy07]

The only thing that I have that may be of some remote value is a couple of Santa Bears from 1986 and 1988 or something. I don't have a lot of attachment to them and am a total purger, so I can totally see myself selling or donating them at some point.

That being said, I still have the teddy bear that I slept with every single night since I got it from Santa at age 5 and Toaster Bear will never leave my home if I have anything to say about it, even if he does live in a plastic bag in the closet with the Santa Bears.

[glitzy07]

Oh wait, I also have all 5 Nsync marionnette dolls and I don't know if I'll be able to part with those either.

[aspentosh]

Oh wait... I do have my very first teddy bear and a few others given to me when I was younger. Not sure I'll get rid of them but they aren't very big.

[rootbeerfloat]

I collected teddy bears. I managed to donate about half of them a few years ago, but can't part with the rest. At the same time, I won't display them (and it bugs me to keep my kids' stuffed animals organized) so they are in boxes in the closet. Silliness.