I started with silver strikes. At first they were souvenirs and I had maybe 5 of them. When I had 20, I guess I realized I was collecting them. Around the same time I discovered and the Silverstrikers shortly after. Chips soon followed, and the rest, as they say, is history... I then realized I had a shoebox full of matchbooks and bought an album to put them in... Boxes of pens, too. Now I have albums of slot cards, a few room keys, TITO's, etc. Ad infinitum...