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In a new weekly feature, we investigate proud packrats who put their weird collections on display to the captive web audience. From Puzzles, Beanie Babies and stamps, Internet, show us your junk!

puzzle collectionEveryone has tried out a Rubik's cube puzzle at least once in their lives, and most of us put it down frustrated or started trying to peel off the colored stickers to cheat the system. But not these intrepid collectors, who are all about cube puzzles. Puzzles of all shapes and sizes, themes and designs, all lovingly (and sometimes awkwardly) documented in the videos below.

My puzzle collection by Thrawst



The info for this puzzle speaks volumes: "Some I solve, some I don't. My Puzzle collection hasn't changed (much) since I made the video, so no I won't make another one." Alright then. This video does feature some actual puzzle solving and a really neat contraption that times your puzzle work that we think would be fun to use to time your completion of any general tasks. Competitive bubble gum unwrapping anyone?



My Puzzle Collection 1-18-09 by tabby1292



At 1:39 the videographer breaks out the coolest cube ever -- The Scarface. Not any more difficult than any other 3 x 3 cube, but it has Scarface on it, so it's already 100 times more thug and moves this Show Us Your Junk collection up to MTV Cribs level.



Tony Fisher's puzzle collection (just the ones I made) by KaiXevandStanley



While sometimes the voiceovers on Junk videos are awkward, nothing is more awkward than silence. Combine that with roving closeups of cube puzzles for more than 2 minutes and you'll get the chills. Really.



Puzzle Collection Update 3 by VanquishSDude



Custom puzzle shelf! Detailed listing of all the videographers cubes! 9 minutes of explicit description of each of his 70 plus cubes! Personalized names for each of his cubes that the videographer can't remember (but he wrote down somewhere)!!! Mid-video break to check his iPhone! Ending with his friend playing a casio keyboard and a switch to black and white. It's like we've died and gone to Show Us Your Junk heaven.