Name: Karl H.
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Type: Action figures, primarily Superman
Size: About 300
Value: In the thousands
Description: "As a 44 year old Superman fan, I've built up a massive collection of Superman action figures, over 170 different figures of the Man of Steel (including one from the 1940s so rare, only three are known to exist), not counting the hundred or so figures of Superman villains and the rest of the so-called "Superman family."...
"My collection is displayed on a series of shelves that stretch over 20 feet on the main wall of the living room of the loft I share with my girlfriend. The Superman figures are bracketed with other superhero figures, grouped by character (Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, etc.) and my girlfriend's Star Trek figures."
Thank you, Karl!
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Wow your collection is great! My husband would be so jealous!
view sugarm0mma's profile
That's Super, Man! I totally admire those who are so passionate about their collections.
May I ask, why Superman? I love to hear the reasons behind what attracts people to certain objects and why they start to build a collection in the first place.
view decor8Holly's profile
That red wall makes a wonderful backdrop for your collection.
view wendydance's profile
You've displayed them wonderfully! What an awesome collection...you should be very proud!
view Monica's profile
Woo hoo! Nice work... Ali
view alisonlynne's profile
impressive. most......impressive.
view mfpants's profile
from Karl H. To decor8Holly,
I've always been a fan of the character (my sense of right and wrong comes more from Superman than anything), but about ten years ago, I started displaying the figures together on a shelf and just loved the effect of many different variations on the same image side-by-side.
Dusting them is a pain in the butt, however.
view Pops Gustav's profile
Ha ... I thought the same thing, Karl. I totally feel for you. I have a whole wall of all the Simpsons characters (over 100) in my home office and I absolutely despise dusting them. Especially as most of them have little tiny accessories that fall all over everywhere when I dust. I never did figure out what happened to Sunday Best Marge's bible after dusting a few times ago!
P.S. As I'm originally from Cleveland, I've always had a soft spot for the Man of Steel too!
view ridge_van_winkle's profile
"...and my girlfriend's Star Trek figures." See, there really is someone for everyone... how sweet! Everything looks amazing on that red wall.
Now if I can just figure out how to best fit hubby's X-Men #1 litho into my quasi-regency-traditional decor...
view SeattleMama's profile
Just knowing this exists someplace in Jersey City makes me feel better about living there!
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