What programs do people use for cataloging?

[Sinnertwin]

I've always wanted to invest some time on Shmax. Thanks to your step-by-step, RC, i just might

[Paulbot]

Why not try local first? With iTFdb.com you get friendly local support from a fellow board member.

[1orion2many]

Why not try local first? With iTFdb.com you get friendly local support from a fellow board member.

It's been so long since I have been on the site i have forgotten my log on details

[BigTransformerTrev]

Cheers everyone! Ozformers turns out to be mega helpful as always!

By the looks of it, the easiest for me at this point is to transfer everything over from Microsoft word tables into a Microsoft excel spreadsheet so will go with that for now. Does everyone give every category its own page (example, G1 Autobots get their own page, Animated Decepticons, Armada Mini-Cons etc) or combine multiple lists on one page (all the G2 stuff on one page, all the Cybertron etc)? Thinking will give everything it's own page, even if that means I end up with 40 separate pages.

Not sure I've got the time to tackle Shmax - but damn does it look cool!

[DELTAprime]

I'm on the Mac so I use Numbers. I've never been any good at figuring out spreadsheet programs so if anyone knows how to get cool looking graphs out of the data I'm all ears.

The categorise I use are

Year/Company/Line, Class, ID Number, Toy Name, Characters per package, Sets in collection, Retail price, Total retail price, Package condition, Figure condition, Current Price, Notes.

I update the current price once a year and use the best realistic price from eBay , RK or BBTS.

[GoktimusPrime]

I've never been any good at figuring out spreadsheet programs so if anyone knows how to get cool looking graphs out of the data I'm all ears.

Excel has a Graphs Wizard tool that easily allows you to convert stuff into bar graphs, pie graphs etc. - you can make them 2D or 3D. Believe me, if I can work it out, anyone can.

[Jetfire in the sky]

I just use the program between my ears to remember what I have and the conditions they are in. Sometimes the two things in the front of my head need to look at stuff to confirm what the other thing thinks is there

[Paulbot]

I keep everything in one sheet sorted put purchase order. That way when I'm adding new toys in bulk (like now when I've not updated the sheet in over a year) I just do it at the bottom of the sheet rather than skip between different lists.

Then when I want to see all my Animated toys (for example) I use Sorts (and sometimes filters) to list them altogether by series. And the extra fields means I can then sort by allegiance then name or size class or any particular combination. Works fine.

And then you can sort back by purchased date when you're done and still know which you was your 1337 acquisition for example. Or keep them sorted by series after you've added new toys. Year of release can help with that and keep Energon before Cybertron etc.

When I sell stuff I move it to a separate list though.

[M-bot]

I've got a Mac too. Does anyone know if Shmax downloads a compatible spreadsheet? Or will I have to convert it from Excel format myself?

[lancalot]

Was mucking around with Shmax.com ... very easy to use...thanks RC
I like it much easier when clicking add to my collection then typing a list out from scratch.