ITT, You write a letter to your 10 year old self.

[jamuko]

I liked collecting them, but I sure loved them too.

The collecting bit taught me about the secondary market and supply/demand at a young age. I was even a subscriber to "Mary Beth's Beanie World" (freakin' expensive magazine).

But I loved them too. My friends and I played with them during recess every day in 4th grade... they had lives. We made clothes for them, houses, wrote plays starring them and acted them out, and even had weddings... it was hardcore.

Of course, I was a girl.
...And a freakin' obsessive kid.