What did you spend your money on before you were a gamer?

Gaming can be expensive. I just realized that I stopped buying Lego at around the same time that I started playing games. When I was a kid all my spending money went to Lego, and as a teenager it all went to games. I started to wonder what kind of stuff did other duders spend their money on before they started blowing it all on $600 consoles.

Music..I'd buy a shitload of CD's and also Posters of like weird things
like fairies or owlz stuff like that..but I never had to much money
before I got a job which I do not have anymore..therefore
making me broke I cant even buy weed unless its like
a holiday or I got lucky..

There was a time I did stop buying games. I spent, and still do, money on comics and records (Vinyl kids!).

I never really bought anything partially because I didn't have much money at the time and mainly because my parents bought me most of my things (which isn't much). I never bought CDs or games since I've always pirated stuff over a 56k modem. Being older and somewhat wealthier now I buy my own things now.

Laffy Taffy and Hubba Bubba.

Before I was a gamer was very young, I didn't even get pocket money from my parents.

Wars, mostly. I was just so bored that I looked at a neighboring country and said, "You know, I don't think they're blown up enough."

Legos.

I've always been a gamer, ever since I was old enough to hold a controller. So I've always spent money on games, it's more recently that I've been spending it on other things, like petrol and computer components.

" Music..I'd buy a shitload of CD's"

Buying Mikey Mouse comic books :) One issue every week ^_^

This concept is foreign to me. I buy other things in conjunction with video games, though. There is an Amoeba Record about an hour away from my house so I'll buy rare and out of print records, CDs, and DVDs. I'm really just a media junky. 

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" Legos. "

Lego* "

I started very young...
Probably Lego I guess.

Hardcore drugs. Now I only do mainline ones.

Food.

My wife.  But then, I realized games were more important.  So I bought her a nice suitcase, to keep her remains in. 

By the time I started making money, I was already a gamer.

I've played games since the age of four, but the majority of money spent on me went to comic books and action figures. I still have them all mwahahaahaha

I've been a gamer since I was 2, so I don't know.

Lego.
 
It is pretty cool to see so many who used to buy lego's before they bought games.

Pokemon cards, though I've been buying games since before I can remember. I remember being 5 or 6 and walking out of the Target with my mom, and a copy of Super Mario All Stars for the SENS.

Ive been a gamer since a young child so when I had money I either bought magazines (gaming or the Beano) or saved for games.

I used to buy stupid magazines and cheesy puffs.

Cars and Power Rangers.  I remember playing the Genesis at like...4 or so,, but I didn't become a gamer until my sister got her PSX.

Sex, drugs and rock n roll! No seriously, those lady night walkers don't come cheap!
 
...and strands of Marilyn Manson's hair, freshly picked by fellow 'enthusiasts!'

i always was a gamer.

" My wife.  But then, I realized games were more important.  So I bought her a nice suitcase, to keep her remains in.  "

Yu-Gi-Oh!!!

Well, "before I was a gamer" was when I was younger than 4, but I didn't play a ton until I was 12ish.  So before 11/12ish, I bought a TON of action figures:  Batman, Spider-Man, Star-Wars, G.I. Joe, etc.

Lego! Sweets! Collectable card games of some sort (Yu-Gi-Oh! springs to mind) and just general toys for children since I was a child back then!

Lego sets, Transformers, Micro Machines, Hot Wheels, Star Wars action figures, Star Wars Micro Machines.
 
Man, Micro Machines were the shit. I'm kind of bummed my lil'bro missed out on them.

Becoming a gamer and beginning to have a noteworthy amount of money to spend on my own went hand in hand, so there never really was anything 'else' for me, except for the odd little toy or comic book.

" I've been a gamer since I was 2, so I don't know. "

Been playing games since I was like 3, 4 years old. There wasn't time for a "before".

I'm only 17. The last time I wasn't a gamer I had no money to spend, I was probably about 5. 

What money? I was a kid and I didn't get an allowance. I don't even know how I got the money for the games back then.

" Legos. "

before I was a gamer i was in the womb, and in the womb no currency is required

My obsession before gaming was guitar gear. 
 
Then I graduated, got a job, and could afford the guitar and custom amp I wanted, so I lost interest in shopping for gear.  (I still love playing guitar, but I have what I need.)

Magic the Gathering. Until they got a bit excessive and releasing a new set every month. 

I first started playing games when I was a child, so there was no before.

I was like... 5, so nothing. Well, actually, I bought a shit-load of candy in junior-high. I remember - at the end of one summer - tallying up how much money I must have wasted on candy. It was about six hundred bucks.

" Before I was a gamer was very young, I didn't even get pocket money from my parents. "

there was a time before i was a gamer??