TDIRunner's Collection

[TDIRunner]

I finished a new project this past weekend.  The old fireplace was unusable and would have needed a tremendous amount of time and money to rebuild, and we didn't plan to using for wood burning much anyway.  This way looks better (in my opinion) and will be much more functionable for the way we will use it.


Before




After

[Tech13]

very classy looking.

[Bear78]

looks great man!

[TDIRunner]

Thanks.   

[marioxb]

Thanks.   

Is that a fake fireplace down there? (Excuse me if I don't know the correct wording. I've never had a fireplace outside of my parents home like 100 years ago and I've never shopped for one, real or otherwise).

[TDIRunner]

Thanks.   

Is that a fake fireplace down there? (Excuse me if I don't know the correct wording. I've never had a fireplace outside of my parents home like 100 years ago and I've never shopped for one, real or otherwise).

It depends on how you define "fake."  It's an electric fireplace and it generates heat.  The flames are not real.  They are generated by a bunch of LEDs and several mirrors on a rod that spins causing the flame effect.  The nice thing about it is that you can use the flame effect without heat.  If you enjoy the look of the flame, you can run it in the summer time and leave the heat off. 

More traditional people might baulk at the electric fireplace, but the wood burning fireplace we had before could not be used safely due to a multitude of issues from the previous owner and builder.  It would have required a complete tear down and rebuild from the ground up and I wasn't interested in doing that.  Plus that work would have been outside the scope of my abilities, and I was able to handle this project myself without any issues.  Overall, it was surprisingly easy.  Installing ledgestone was a lot easier than installing porcelain tile and I went into it expecting the opposite. 

[wiggy]

That fireplace is hot (sorry, dad jokes are all I’ve got anymore).

Nice work!

[TDIRunner]

That fireplace is hot (sorry, dad jokes are all I’ve got anymore).

Nice work!

Thanks. 

I live my life around Dad jokes.

Last year, my daily calendar was a Dad joke calendar.  This year, it's The Office trivia. 

[TDIRunner]

Also, I meant to post this last week, but I hit a milestone recently in the PS1 collection.

I surpassed 800 total PS1 games (including variants and imports).  I also surpassed 700 unique US titles (out of the set of 1,284).






And for kicks, here is a edited version of a pick from a while back showing my entire Sony collection from about 10 years ago.

[Lumberjack42]

Also, I meant to post this last week, but I hit a milestone recently in the PS1 collection.

I surpassed 800 total PS1 games (including variants and imports).  I also surpassed 700 unique US titles (out of the set of 1,284).






And for kicks, here is a edited version of a pick from a while back showing my entire Sony collection from about 10 years ago.

Are you going to add any of those to your PS1 raw scans?

Lumberjack42

[TDIRunner]

Are you going to add any of those to your PS1 raw scans?

Lumberjack42

I'm happy to scan anything that is requested, but due to time constraints, I'm probably past the idea of scanning everything that I own.  It's actually worse with PS1 since for any given game there are usually at least 3 different scans to take. 

[wiggy]

Wow!  So are there are lot of high dollar titles remaining still?  Or do you have those mostly covered?

[TDIRunner]

Wow!  So are there are lot of high dollar titles remaining still?  Or do you have those mostly covered?

A few weeks ago I went through the US list to see what was still missing.  Out of the approximately 580 games missing, about 1/3 are sports titles, 1/3 are non-sports commons, and 1/3 are higher end games.  When I say "higher end" games, I don't necessarily mean super expensive.  Many in that group are around $15 to $20, but unfortunately, there are also several fairly expensive games that I'm still missing.  As a general rule of thumb, I prefer to look for the more expensive stuff fist and save the cheap commons for last, but at the same time, if I can grab commons from lots, or find them for a buck a piece or less, I will always grab them. 

I'm not sure how realistic getting a full set really is.  Prices seem to keep climbing and fewer and fewer games are appearing in "the wild."  But I still enjoy it and I will still continue to look for deals even if it take me another 10 years of looking.  I still collect for other consoles as well, but outside of PS4 or Switch, it's pretty rare for me to buy anything else right now.  I still haven't jumped to the PS5 gen yet, and I don't see myself doing that anytime soon. 

[wiggy]

When going for a set, I do the exact same. I find it hard to convince myself to by expensive items at the ragged end.

[Bear78]

PS1 games look great man!  I'm pretty much going for a full Genesis (cart, no Outback Joey) set at this point even thought I don't want to admin it :p  It's a lot of fun!