Don’t worry, you\re NOT the only one who has spent $$$ on AFI stuff. I paid $120 (over ten years ago) for my DOTP EP… just as an example. And yes, your test pressings are quite impressive. I don’t own any test pressings of AFI…
Some of the rarer items I have are things like their Wingnut Records press photo on the train tracks. I’m very proud of that one.
I think I voted purple. Can’t remember the other options now. I bought 2, but sold 1 a year or so later. I only have a few spares kicking about now - silver Miss Murder promo in hand-stamped sleeve and AOD promo cassette. There are probably others, but those stick in mind cos they’re both pretty darn rare.
Was browsing this morning and, according to Discogs, this is how much my AFI record collection is worth:
Crazy. Good to know that if I ever lose my job I could just sell this off. It’ll probably end up with @Acidpickle since he buys up all of the good stuff first nowadays.
Not all of it. I swear there have been a few things this year that I’ve found but were already sold or I was outbid on. Then a few weeks later, you add it to your collection. You’re too quick for me.
I don’t recall the exact releases, just a few Nitro variants from earlier this year and maybe a cassette (or two). AFI cassettes are so unbelievably hard to find.
At this point, I’m only actively looking for vinyl and promo CDs these days and not much else anymore. I gave up on collecting the albums on CDs. Also, people have begun pricing their AFI stuff at laughably high prices recently. It kind of takes the fun out of collecting when you can’t justify paying for things. I’d rather put that money towards other records.