Collect Stuff? What? Why?

Found myself thinking about this in depth. Call it, collecting my thoughts.
With the Google search it was amazing the endless things that people collect.
It seems we all do it to one degree or another. The following copy is from another blogger who asked most of the same questions I had. (OK, not all my material is original)

So, if you collect, what do you collect? Why? Do you display them, play with them, or just take them out and admire them from time to time? Do you let kids play with them? (Some of mine I so would, and some of them not.) Oh, and here's a question: if you prefer your collectibles to be sealed in their original containers, pristine and untouchable, why is that, and what gives you joy in them? And if you do take them out of the containers, do you keep the containers? Where? How? What do you do about the new-fangled plastic containers that you need a blowtorch to get into? And if they are true collectibles and have little tags tied to them that explain why, do you keep those on, or remove them? If you remove them, what do you do with them?

I collect stuff, then I would get bored with it and either give it away, throw it out or since I moved so often, leave it behind.

I like to know what my friends and family collect because it really helps out when I comes to buying them gifts. So far, my short list of items that my friends like are;

moose

lambs

carousels

teddy bears

penguins

butterflies

dragonflies

elephants

monkeys

shoes

T-birds

Mine was; birds, flags, hats and sea shells. I don't know what I like now. I still like sea shells just have to redecorate this home to have them blend in. Then there are people like Kirk, they just collect stuff.

All treasures to him and junk to me.