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Manage My Collectibles (MMC) has developed over 300 titles of software programmed for specific collectors and their collections. \These software programs have been developed to help collectors manage their often vast collections for better record keeping as well as insurance purposes. Since 1999, our programs have been developed in close cooperation with collector groups. This means extensive research and collaboration to ensure that the most valuable information is gather for a specific collectible. Manage My Collectibles software is a Windows based program that will run on Windows platform from Windows 95 to Vista. MMC saves collectors time and protects their investments by creating an easy-to-use database record of their collections. This electronic record is invaluable in determining value, missing pieces of a set and being able to create hard-copies for insurance and personal records. Our mission is to create an affordable and easy to manage software solution for collectors to keep an up-to-date inventory of their collections for both insurance and personal records. If you don't see a title for your collectible let us know! We're always looking for new ideas and are happy to work with avid collectors to create a new solution! If you have any questions feel free to contact us at
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. Manage my Collectibles, LLC is a subsidiary of Hill Country Productions, LLC. NOTE: Manage My Collectibles, LLC and Hill Country Productions is not affiliated with any of the companies reflected in our software.
Recent Review of our software by a model railroad magazine Manage My Model Train Collection Version 10 is available on download. Published by Hill Country Productions LLC/Manage My Collectibles LLC, of Wisconsin for $29.95. There seems to be many model train inventory management programs on the market today. They range in price for a few dollars into the hundreds. This one is on the low end as far as price but seems to be on the high end when it comes to versatility.Upon starting the program you are presented with six menu options including an owner registration screen. This screen is unique in that it does not actually register you as a licensee of the program as most programs do but is ultimately used to personalize some of the reports you generate in the program.The main menu item on this screen is the Inventory Entry menu. This is where you enter information on the pieces of trains in your collection. This screen contains twenty-five fields of which only one, the record number self-populates. You can enter whatever you wish in the remaining fields. (The illustration with this review is of the inventory entry screen.) Over half of these screens have drop down menus that are populated by you through the other menu items on this screen. Two of the fields on this screen are for a description and operating features. I doubt that you will ever even come near to filling these fields as they both allow over 65,000 characters. The program also allows the addition of two pictures to each record. I was able to add records in JPG, BMP and WMF formats. I am guessing that you could probably also add pictures in JIF, GIF, and TIFF although I did not attempt those formats. One thing one must keep in mind with this and most inventory programs is that they only add a pointer to the location of your pictures – not a copy of the picture. You will lose the pictures “attached” to a record if you move the picture from the directory they were in when you “added” them to the record.The next menu option is the Train Date Entry menu. Clicking on this option leads you to another menu containing seven additional menu selections where you can enter information on prototypes.Option four is the Model Data Entry menu. Here one can enter information on distributor, manufacturer, series, material, condition, and where a specific piece is located.If that isn’t enough the next option leads you to thirty different reports. I found this a bit interesting in that if you wanted to know how many red pieces you had in your collection there is a report that will tell you that!We all have certain pieces that we wish we had in our collections. The last option allows one to create their own personal wish list including item number, retailer – which could be used to list a manufacturer instead, cost, and remarks.Any additions made through the Train Data and, Model Data menus are then available in the many dropdown selection boxes on the Inventory Entry screen.I found this program easy to install and very easy to use. If you are looking for a toy train inventory program that is powerful yet simple to use I suggest you investigate Manage My Model Train Collection. I intend to use it.If you are looking for a plastic village inventory program, one is in the design stages per the publisher. It will be a collaboration of the publisher and members of the PCA. Manage My Model Train Collection is available for direct download to your computer by Manage my collectibles LLC, Wisconsin, US - 920-778-0059 , www.managemycollectibles.com. The cost of the software is $29.95. A letter from another recent satisfied customeri Tom, I just wanted to let you know how much I like this new version 10 software for my Wee Forest Folk collection. It is Great!! I'm still in the process of re-entering my whole collection but I'm loving how it looks and it so easy to insert a photo. Sometimes people write just to complain so I wanted to let you know I think you did a great job and I love the new software. Keep up the good work. Thank you again. Best Regards,Pam N******* !
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