Do any of your collectibles have sentimental value?

[Dunquixote]

Yes! All my collectibles are special to me but the ones that mean the most are the following (no particular order)

1.View attachment 552863 View attachment 552882@LittleMissPanda was a huge help when I decided to buy the ditto collectible. I had no idea about the price ranges or really anything about them . Will always be grateful her help with this (as well as in general) and the feather which she gifted me later.
2. View attachment 552864View attachment 552865 @oak I’ve been struggling really bad on and off and needing time off here time and time again. Oak surprised me with these two collectibles . They’ve always been so understanding about me not chatting a lot and for coming and going, and always so kind.
3. View attachment 552867 @KittenNoir surprised me with this collectible; it wasn’t necessary but so thoughtful and much appreciated (and I love it too and had no idea about this collectible until i saw it in my notifications one day )
4. View attachment 552868 I found out recently that this collectible belonged to @KittenNoir, which makes it extra special since she has been a wonderful friend. And am very grateful to @Jhine7 for the 50% off sale and for selling it since I missed out on the event and was a bit short on the regular price.
5.View attachment 552869 @S.J. surprised me with this even though she didn’t have to . always so kind and thoughtful .she’s been extremely supportive too while i was away from the forums.
6. View attachment 552881 @WaileaNoRei sold me this egg at a discounted price at the time . I cherish it not just for that but because it’s from her and we’ve been friends for a long time and it is nice to have something to remind me of the fun we had and our friendship.
7.View attachment 552870 @Dio Gifted me this shortly after he received one. It wasn’t necessary but was much appreciated .A nice reminder too of trading and chatting with him in the past .
8. View attachment 552878 I got one from @meri! lt was wonderful surprise since I was only coming on to check a message at the time . I was really touched
8. Two red lunar envelopes: one from @azurill & @Lavamaize . I was not expecting any since I was on and off, but they both sent me one which was really kind and thoughtful of them.

I saved all the collectibles from the presents I got one Christmas . They all made me happy and still do when I look at them.

I just realized I tagged the wrong person about the snowbunny. I’m so sorry @oak & especially @-Blue-; it took me this long to realize this. I’ve been away from the forums too long that I realize I am falling out of touch with everyone. I just wanted to update this and apologize to you both. I’m really grateful to both of you; both of you have been too kind to me. I do mean what I said about the snowbunny being very special to me and the gnome from oak meaning a lot to me .

I want to add to my list these collectibles:

. Those events were some of my happiest days since they were before my kitties got sick and before something happened. I’m really glad I got to participate in those. They all got me into drawing for a bit .

 

[Neb]

Just the old Valentines Day and Christmas collectibles that are no longer active. One of them is from someone who hasn’t been on here in a few years so seeing it is kinda bittersweet.

 

[Suguri]

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[Mimi Cheems]

- My Lobo collectible. Given to me by a dear friend who has since.. passed away. I miss her dearly. This is why any of my Lobos are NFT! He's just too special to me now because of my old friend.

Any of my Valentines Roses. Some were gifted to me by friends who are no longer active here; like my bestie NUH/NoUsernameHere or currently (but inactive) known as Bread Kennedys AND Cheryll! I miss Cheryll so much! I'll never discard these.

Any of my patches. They're never used in lineups, but they are cool reminders of all the friends I've made through each event we've had on site! ^_^

- April Birthstone! One of my good friends birthdays is in April. The date on the collectible is actually his birthdate as well! ^_^

Everyone who knows me knows I've always loved the angel aesthetic. I am an angel >< So when I saw the Angel Wings Potion release, I had to have multiple! I only have one now, but it's okay c:

And that's probably it! Aside from the Dreamy Eggs I worked so hard to obtain again this past year LOL.. I'll never sell a Dreamy Egg ever again!!!

 

[Yanrima~]

The ones that I had the most sentiment with are obviously the star fragments, salmonid egg, bronze trophy, shooting star, ocean pearl, blue Jellyfishes, and the enchanted bloom.

As for the Jellyfishes, I'm planning out to swap out the extra blue ones for the two white jellyfish for variety.

 

[Chris]

Just this one.

 

[Midoriya]

I have a Tasty Cake dated July 17th, 2021 gifted from @Aquilla for my 8th TBT anniversary that year. No matter how much time passes, I find myself always enjoying talking with her. She's a good friend.

I also have five Silent Night Baubles from @Holla , @Mimi Cheems , @Shellzilla_515 , @Ryumia, and @Mr.Fox that were gifted to me the following year during a Christmas event. I find it funny and ironic that everyone knows my favorite color is green, so they all ended up gifting me the green present, which for that year happened to be the Silent Night Bauble!

 

[Seastar]

One of my friends left so there's a bunch more collectibles I don't really want to let go of.

 

[Yoshi155]

Actually nvm

 

[-Mars-]

I really like this thread, actually most of my collectables have sentimental value

My original popsicle which I later date traded and then eventually ended up getting the original one back is my first dream collectable that I never could have gotten if numerous people on the forums hadn't sent me TBT and aided me in my hunt for looking for one. It really makes me tear up how many people helped me get this collectable and how lucky I am to share the forum with such kind-hearted people
If any of you guys just so happen to read this I wanted to give a shout-out to @/Croconaw @/ali.di.magix @/Roxxy @/.: Meri :. @/xSuperMario64x @/MiniPocketWorld and @/BluebearL for all sending me funds for my popsicle and @/LadyDestani and @/S.J. for alerting me a popsicle was being sold!

One of my ice cream swirls was also a dream collectable of mine that @/Firesquids sold me on Easter day 2022 and it is special to me because of that

One year later I get another one of my dream collectables on Easter day 2023 after months and months of searching and feeling like I would never obtain one, @/Zane melts my heart and gives me one as a present?!?

My Pave Pink Feather was randomly gifted to me by @/Midoriya and it makes me really happy that he thought of me and gave me this one because I was sad I needed to sell my original for funds I forgot what for but I will always always keep this one! I frequently use it in my lineup with my Wix Candy! I love it so much

My Pink Hybrid Lily was won in a giveaway from @/kiwikenobi and it is a precious reminder of how kind she was to this whole community, I am sad she had to leave but I respect her choice, her generosity will always be remembered

My Mother's Day Carnation was a random gift from @/ZeldaCrossing64 who saw I was looking for one and gifted me one, it was a surprise gift that made me really happy and was really sweet of them

Numerous of my Froggy Snowmen were gifted to me as Christmas presents and it makes me feel so incredibly touched that people think of me enough to give me Christmas presents?!? I seriously wasn't expecting to log on and see that @/deana @/ZeldaCrossing64 @/Halloqueen and @/Croconaw gave me Froggy Snowmen?! You guys didn't need to do that for me

My March Birthstone is special to me because I purchased it on my birthday and somehow I unintentionally managed to buy it 23 minutes after my exact time of birth and my dear friend @xSuperMario64x put the sweetest message ever on it and I am so lucky I get to share my life with such an incredible friend, you light up my world Bug

 

[Sharksheep]

I do a have a lot of collectibles from friends that no longer visit the forums and don't plan on selling them.

 

[Giddy]

My two red father day carnations have a message about my two cats that I lost late 2020-2021. They were step brothers, but we loved them dearly and I thought red carnations were a perfect flower to have a message about the both of them.

My blue balloon that I have on my collectible side right now, I think it was one of the early times I actually started having messages on my collectibles. And of course it was an IT reference.

My Aurora Sky~ though swapped with another Aurora Sky, I still kept the message as it was to do with the Short Story contest in 2021. I think it was like a raffle thing if I remember correctly.

I also have two special snowflakes, one was a winner and one was a raffle~

My blue and red water potions~ I made a lil short story thing, read the rosewater potion, then the blue rosewater potion.

And honestly, any collectible that I have that has the 39 mins / 03:09etc or the time 11:08AM are sentimental; mainly because 39 number is a massive favourite of mine, which I do not know why, and 11:80AM was the time I was born~

 

[Dunquixote]

I got some more collectibles from friends that now have sentimental value to me .

@Mimi Cheems gifted me this when I was having one of my lowest days. She didn’t have to do that; just her listening to me and being there when I needed someone there meant so much.

@skarmoury gifted me this after I put together her tbt fair signature. She didn’t have to give me anything since I was happy doing it for free and I’m not a professional or anything. It was just for funsies and for a friend .

Lucky wasn’t a gift; I just bought it but it is special to me because I have a friend who loves Lucky so much and the collectible. I wanted something to remind me of her since she isn’t active anymore & also I did want Lucky for awhile anyways to maybe be twinsies if she ever came back .

 

[Yes-I-Can]

There's quite a few collectibles that I've attained that I'm attached to for silly reasons

My famous mushroom, from @jadetine, I love mushrooms because they're so silly and fun shaped

Spoiler: My beautiful shrooms

because there's still a whole shelf left, i have to get more

Quirky doll, which was funded by the lovely @-Blue- who gave me bells after my clay dried out and went all funky >: (

My yellow lily which was given to me by @Xara which is special to me for two reasons, which is A: It was my first ever collectible, and B: my name is Lily and my favorite color is yellow : )

And last but most definitely not least is my duck from @Millysaurusrexjr because i love ducks for the same reason i love mushrooms: they're silly and fun shaped

Sorry for pinging ya'll though

 

[Emolga59]

The majority of my 2020 fair collectibles ngl

Fair 2020 was my fav tbt event but it’s also where i got close with the homies frfr

 

[.: Meri :.]

I'm a little sentimental about most of my collectibles since I tend to go for ones that remind me of things I like, but I'm especially sentimental about ones I've received as surprise gifts ;w; Funnily enough, most of the ones I've been gifted have been pink by some coincidence! I have Yellow Candies from Dunquixote and Yoshi155, a Pink Balloon from Roxxy, a Valentine's Rose from Midoriya, a Pink Moon Jellyfish from Shellzilla_515, an Opal from S.J., a Pink Feather from -Mars-, and was also gifted the last 2014 Aquamarine I needed to complete my very first lineup by BungoTheElf!

Every year I also make sure to save the messages on any Christmas Lights I receive since they sadly don't stick around ;v; I've also still got thirteen Red Envelopes (from S.J., LadyDestani, ~Kilza~, digimon, Aerith, wrenbow, Xara, Hatori, jadetine, CylieDanny, Zerous, mocha., and Roxxy) that I've never had the heart to sell back for the TBT ahahah. I was going to try to narrow it down to ten, since then I'd have the excuse of just keeping a full lineup of them, but couldn't quite manage it.

I'm happy about all my event wins, but my Special Snowflake and Enchanted Bloom are especially special to me ;w; I wanted both so super badly and put a ton of work into trying to achieve them, so I was thrilled to actually earn them!

Winning a Star Glow Wand in Oblivia's 2022 12 Days giveaway also meant a lot to me! I traded it for a few of my dream collectibles (Pink Love Potion, Aurora Sky, Purple Star Fragment, and Moon Ball), so as far as the collectibles themselves go it's more them that I'm sentimental over, but I remember I was feeling kind of upset over something that evening, and in the minutes leading up to the drawing I was wishing super hard for a win... the way my heart jumped when I actually got a notification, and then it really was Oblivia mentioning me in the thread?? And I was already thrilled, but then it was a Star Glow Wand no less?? Instantly cheered me up and absolutely made my night.

 

[Suguri]

Some collectibles I have do hold sentimental value, whether it's because I won an event (Julian Plush) or people kindly gifted it to me (Tera Orb, Purple Balloon, Rainbow Heart Balloon) I think my Bluebird of Happiness plush holds the most of it because it was dated on the birthday of one of my friends and my bestie @ZeldaCrossing64 bought it for me during the TBT Fair. It was also one of my dream collectibles, so there's that.

There's lots more collectibles I'm attached to, but the ones I have listed are my top 5 so far. This might be updated since I only became active here a few months ago. (Plus, I made two other posts here but they were outdated so that's why I deleted them.) Kudos to Mimi Cheems and Yoshi155 for the Tera Orb and Rainbow Heart, respectively! You guys rock. <3

 

[corlee1289]

My Aurora egg because it was the one that I was looking for the longest and a bunch of other users were helping me to look for it.

I'm not using at the moment due to foraging mushrooms in order to get a Shiitake plush room, but otherwise it is one of the eggs that I always have on display

 

[Zerous]

I really love this thread idea It's so sweet to read through!!
I have a couple though!!

- For years I hunted for the wands, (and retro game collectibles, but they were fortunately achieved much quicker) which I unfortunately missed during the event, and the star wand was the last for me. And last year they released this beautiful thing, which I honestly like event more than the original, and THEN I somehow not only won the raffle on imposter day, but FOR the star wand?? It's dated on Christmas for me, and I woke up on Christmas day to see this notification I probably reacted stronger than I should to some pixels, but I had to hold myself back from reacting as I was out in the lounge room with my family when I saw it and started tearing up

- My lotv!! I'd wanted one since the 2022 fair, where I decided to buy crystals instead so I could make a whole lineup, and I finally managed to get one earlier this year thanks to the amazing @/Roxxy who upon seeing me not have enough to buy one, payed for apart of it for me??I feel so lucky and grateful, and I still feel like I need to pay her back

- I bought this raven wings potion because it reminds me of my partner, and it has a message to match on it

And not as big, but these were the first two collectibles I bought! The tasty cake reminds me of my old profile aesthetic, so I'm hesitant to get rid of it, and the garnet is around my birthday!! I've actually been planning a lineup to bring these out again soon, because they haven't seen the light of day in years HAH

I also have kept and really appreciate the red letters I got earlier this year!!

 

[ShinyDungeoneer]

Most of my collectibles are gifted to me, and I don't have the heart to regift them as that seems cruel and meanspirited. I do love my eggies, but the 2 that are the most sentimental for me are my Pink Crescent Moon and my Snowflake Glow Wand (gifted to me by @Roxxy and @LittleMissPanda respectively, thank you both so much), as they were among the first collectibles I ever received on this site, and I was so touched by the gratitude of the users on this site that I felt I had to repay the favor, which started my tradition of gifting people who gift me.