
So Rare! Collectibles Manager is a Microsoft Access 2000 (you probably have Microsoft Access on your computer as part of Microsoft Office 2000) program that offers great flexibility and is provided free to collectors that want a complete and easy method of maintaining and accessing information about their collection. In addition to the standard collection parameters you may input as many pictures as you desire for each collectible item. You can print complete collection reports and lists of collectible items and collection pictures.
No installation is necessary. Run CollectiblesDB.exe to uncompress files to My Documents. Start CollectiblesDB by clicking on the Windows 95/98/2000 Start button and on "Open Office Documents" in the Start menu. Double click on CollectiblesDB. Microsoft Access will open with the CollectiblesDB menu displayed.
Alternatively, you can run Microsoft Access and open CollectiblesDB.mdb.
For convenience place a shortcut on your desktop by opening Windows Explorer, right click on CollectiblesDB.mdb and drag to desktop. Click on "Create Shortcut(s) Here". The default desktop icon is the Microsoft Access icon. To use rarecomics.ico right click on the desktop icon and "Properties" in the descending menu. Click on the Shortcut Tab. Click on the Change Icon button. Browse to find sorare.ico, e.g., C:\My Documents\sorare.ico. Click OK.

You can enter data for each field as shown in the above picture of the data entry screen of So Rare! Collectibles Manager. This data includes each collectible item in your collection, the series/style, type (figurine, plate, etc.), manufacturer or brand, identifier or part number,model, production run, era (for antiques or period pieces), condition (standard grades or any scheme you want to describe the condition of your collectible), production year, retirement date, sell price, market price, the price you paid, original price, the date you acquired the collectible, sell date, any description, comments or notes you want to add, pictures (you can include as many pictures as you like for each collectible item).

You can display and/or print your collection data in a variety of forms and content. Most reports can be filtered to display just the collectible items that you want, e.g., filter by "Madame Alexander" to display only those items manufactured by Madame Alexander. You can also sort or order the reports by many parameters such as acquisition date in ascending or descending order. You can also make a simple list of your collectible items. Reports can also be displayed and/or printed with pictures.