Photo catalogue completed

Finally, after 20 months, I have completed my photo catalogue! 8421 photos of all figures in my collection, taken from every angle. It was a mammoth task: Taking photos, selecting those with the right exposure, resizing them and cross-referencing them with my Excel database. Unfortunately, I don't have any mammoths so I had to do it all by myself. I wasn't sure whether I'd ever finish it, so I am pleased I finally did.

As a celebration, here are photos of a random selection of figures:
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Oh wow Roger, great work! I can understand the scope of this task and need to do something similar and update my database. Congratulations on your hard work my friend!

Roger, let me show you a lot of appreciation for the amount of work. With so many models in the collection, I can imagine how much time the entire cataloging must have taken. And since I also strive for each model in my collection to have their own photo, I know how much determination and persistence it takes. And my collection is much smaller... So a huge WOW to you and your collecting enthusiasm. It's amazing!

Wow a very big project indeed! It took me a few years to complete my site. I’m sure you feel very accomplished now that it is done! Over 8,000 photos wow! The photos look great, you have an amazing collection!

Nice! Can I assume these are all 1:32?

Big project

Congats on the task I also try to photograph all my models to keep a record of them all.

Congratulations Roger! What a phenomenal undertaking - over 8000 photos!!
I look forward to hearing more about your project

and already, I am scratching my head wondering if I have already seen a few of these models (which sort of look new to me)

Marvellous work, you have lots of beautiful animals.

Big congratulations ....

Big congratulations for this mammoth task!

What a job to be proud of! Hercules had better watch out.
8421 ! I'm trying to keep my collection just above 3,000 so I don't get swamped with boxes... and photos!

Thank you all!

MartinH wrote:

And my collection is much smaller...

Not sure whether it is, your collection is very impressive. The number of photos is so high because I took photos of all angles of my figures so that I could document their condition. Many of my figures are second hand and not in perfect condition.

bmathison1972 wrote:

Nice! Can I assume these are all 1:32?

Not everything in my collection is 1:32 scale, for various reasons. I am a Britains collector from origin and while they aimed to make things in 1:32 scale, they sometimes got the scale wrong. Same with my Breyer Stablemates. And it happens regularly that I think a model is 1:32 scale, but when I have it, I discover that it is not. I often keep these models because they usually aren't too far off. I also like completeness so I often keep complete tubes and boxes even though only a few figures are 1:32 scale. Finally, I sometimes even deliberately collect figures that are not 1:32 scale. Often because I'd like to have a complete series or sometimes just because I like a model.

sunny wrote:

and already, I am scratching my head wondering if I have already seen a few of these models (which sort of look new to me)

You have seen several but there are others that I haven't shown on STS yet.

Kikimalou wrote:

8421 !      I'm trying to keep my collection just above 3,000 so I don't get swamped with boxes... and photos!  

I have about 3000 models too. Most of them are small. Altogether they probably occupy less space than your Ertl Gorilla alone .

For fun, here is a pie chart showing which brands are most common in my collection:
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Oh wow! I love the idea of the pie chart! Very interesting. I probably have the most from Safari

so few Starlux!

71 Starlux to be precise. As with other brands, I only collect 1/32 Starlux, though I keep "by-catch" too. I am still looking for a few more Starlux, but they aren't so easy to get and postage makes them expensive for me.

what a wonderful pie chart Roger! - what software produced that?

I am curious what my pie chart would look like now, but I don't have the time nor space to do an inventory at the moment.

71 Starlux! well it is enough.. a matter of statistic deceived me . For 1/32 scale Starlux you miss, if I canal help, let me know..

Caracal wrote:

71 Starlux! well it is enough.. a matter of statistic deceived me . For 1/32 scale Starlux you miss,  if I canal help, let me know..

Most of the Starlux aren't 1/32 alas.

Great pie chart

Your pie chart is an excellent idea, i would like make one.

I am so impressed! I once started down that road and got overwhelmed very fast, and that was when my collection was very young and new. I can't imagine the effort of documenting a mature collection!

Thanks, Annette, Fernando and Taylor! I am looking forward to seeing other people's pie charts. I made mine in MS Excel.

Caracal wrote:

71 Starlux! well it is enough.. a matter of statistic deceived me . For 1/32 scale Starlux you miss,  if I canal help, let me know..

Thank you very much. If you see any that are on my [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], let me know. They are getting harder to find.

Jill wrote:

I am so impressed! I once started down that road and got overwhelmed very fast, and that was when my collection was very young and new. I can't imagine the effort of documenting a mature collection!

It's definitely better to start a photo catalogue when your collection is still small. I did enjoy making it. It feels a bit strange that it's all finished after putting so many hours into it.