Anyone ever heard of Cows on Parade? ;)  Its a 
citywide art exhibit that travels all over the 
globe, and in each city it goes to, hundreds of 
artists paint up fiberglass cows which are then 
placed all throughout the city.  I just happened 
to see them when I was in Chicago on a class 
trip, and have been collecting them since.  
Right now, I have 30+ figures (including 2 
banks, 5 little tiny ones, a magnet, and a 
christmas ornament), a puzzle, and the best part 
of my collection are 4 stuffed cows made in 1999 
exclusivly for FAO Schwarts.  They are huge!  
About a foot and a half long, and a foot high, 
and they are so well made, its just amazing. :) 
They only made 4 different styles, and I managed 
to get them all. 

Before Cows on Parade, I collected unicorns.  I 
have probably lost track of how many unicorn 
stuffed animals I have, let alone all the little 
figures.

Right now, I also have a small collection of 
Lord of the Rings toys and other items.  I 
recently tried to bid on a prop from LotR, but 
the prices on those are waaaaayyyyyyy more than 
the most expensive cel that I own, so it looks 
like I will be sticking with action figures and 
movie posters for the time being. :)

Nikki

P.S. (I've also recently heard that Cows on 
Parade will be coming to my city in the future, 
and so I will be one of the first people to try 
to be an artist....maybe my cow could have an 
anime theme??)