aphong2681 0 Posted March 27, 2009 After years of collecting, how do you keep track of all of your collection? How can yoube sure that the model you bought is not the one you already have? Why not make betteruse of our mobile phone? Spoiler: For me, I would prefer to snap at least 1 photo for each of my collection. It's easy, simple yet very helpful to me especially when I'm hunting for variants.Spoiler: Once you had taken all the photos, you can upload it into your pc to rename the files. I have my own naming convention which is: year_of_production+card_number (08001.jpg for 08 FE '07 Shelby GT-500). You can even group all the cars for the same year into 1 folder.Spoiler: Once it's done, download it to you mobile phone! Walla' you have just created your own HWcatalog. Spoiler: I used this because official catalog by the big M never include recolors or variants. Hope this be useful! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
enyomic 0 Posted March 27, 2009 good idea ... since we hav so many software expert here .. maybe they can write some open software for all of us .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarieJuliette 0 Posted March 28, 2009 Well, I'm not software expert, and it's not that sophisticated (although with my new Blackberry I could do it!), but I'm just using my photobucket. Snap the pic and upload it there. Ok I don't have access all the time (well, I could enable the browser..) , but I'm Ok with that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zint3000 0 Posted March 28, 2009 hehe...ur style same like mine larr aphong...easier to hunt with those pics in hand...coz last time before using that method...always double purchase... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SanLino 0 Posted March 28, 2009 i keep track of my hauls by taking pics & catagorizing/labeling them by the date i bought it.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jhc7598 0 Posted March 29, 2009 SanLino wrote:i keep track of my hauls by taking pics & catagorizing/labeling them by the date i bought it..real collector here.. i always double purchase ( and sometimes even triple )but later just rape slaughter those doubles ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zint3000 0 Posted March 29, 2009 ur right jhc...doubles are meant to be loose and display~hehe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SanLino 0 Posted March 29, 2009 hahaa.. single/double.. all NO MERCY! hahahaa! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinclair 0 Posted March 29, 2009 Thanks for your ideas, aphong! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphong2681 0 Posted March 30, 2009 So do I..bought doubles if possible, but the problem is that I collect variant as well. So sometimes bought the wrong one thinking that I haven't got the variant yet. So to me, this method helps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoneShaker 0 Posted March 30, 2009 I bring my walking catalog/database, my son, Impavido. He practically remembers every model and color variant that he/we have, unless i bought without telling/showing him! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aphong2681 0 Posted March 30, 2009 BoneShaker wrote:I bring my walking catalog/database, my son, Impavido. He practically remembers every model and color variat that he/we have, unless i bought without telling/showing him! Wow, father & son team up together! Great! Ya, I do agree wif u, kids do remember better than us adults hahaha.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zint3000 0 Posted March 30, 2009 Hehe...nice lar boneshaker...got walking catalog also...I hope one day I have kids like that toohaha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eight 0 Posted March 31, 2009 thanks for the idea mr aphong... keeping the photo in your handphone is very handy when go hunting... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YU5H 0 Posted April 2, 2009 mine's nokla.. 3310.. how to snap pic... great idea... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elgee 0 Posted April 2, 2009 BoneShaker wrote:I bring my walking catalog/database, my son, Impavido. He practically remembers every model and color variant that he/we have, unless i bought without telling/showing him!yup Impavido knows every piece there is to their collection. nuts! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YU5H 0 Posted April 2, 2009 kids could remember everything.. their mind still "bersih" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jhc7598 0 Posted April 2, 2009 gonna make my own "walking catalog" someday.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zint3000 0 Posted April 2, 2009 lol jhc...lets all make walking catalog someday~haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoneShaker 0 Posted April 3, 2009 jhc7598 wrote:gonna make my own "walking catalog" someday.. zint3000 wrote:lol jhc...lets all make walking catalog someday~haha Wah, like this the club gonna double in size in no time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jhc7598 0 Posted April 3, 2009 haha.. but i really take time.. huhu.. gonna need at least 4-5 years for our walking catalog to be functional. huhu.. and of course the catalogs will be joining this club. HW never die, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zint3000 0 Posted April 3, 2009 haha...the word "to be functional" really makes me LMAO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redkop 0 Posted April 11, 2009 I find it easier to rely on the catalog and pure memory. Constant reference to the catalog will also help to memorise the cars that we already have and those in the pipeline. I've tried using photos in the handphone but when under real circumstances at the toy dept, coupled with the stress, duress, hustling and bustling around when others are also looking for cars, no time to dilly dally with the handphone, one has to decide there and then whether to buy or not to buy and pick up whatever you can before it dissapears before your eyes and more often than not ended up having doubles or triples. Thank goodness Mattel Malaysia is slow in getting out the cars onto the maket to allow us time to register the cars that we have in our memory and catalog, otherwise kaput, you get doubles or triples very often. It will also be useful if one can design a simple personalised catalog by allowing variations to be recorded as some cars look the same when your eyes are betraying you and you tend to miss out. There's no fix and fast rule as to how the personalised catalog should look like but as long it suits you then fine. Besides that, regular trip to your favourite toy departmental store (s) will also help as it would allow you to identify new cars on the shelf much easier, relying on the catalog and memory of the cars that you already have. If one doesn't drop by the toy shops often, you'll get something like; "I don't have that, no wait a minute I think i have that, but again no I don't", so we end up buying the same car and have to be slaughtered eventually as someone has mentioned earlier on. Just my personal opinion on the whole matter after some costly mistakes made over the years. If the photos in the camera suits you, fine why not it's easier to handle that way instead of stack of papers to carry. It's purely a personal choice. Cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
renji 0 Posted April 11, 2009 im still prefer using my own brain memory. since some of u guys here were always go out hunting, there is no way for u forgot which cars u have buy or not yet, rite....? after all human brain is the greatest weapon.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zint3000 0 Posted April 11, 2009 renji's rite but sometimes we human also makes mistakes...so in case forget...better have some extra options...but training the brain to remember every cars is worth it~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
