How many character pans do you own?? Which is your favorite?? Which is your least favorite??

I have 30... Don't tell my DH to be though...I hide them well
My favorite is wilton's little hero pan, he is SO VERSATILE!! My least favorite...I ended up with a Telatubby pan Don't laugh, it was in a bundle from a garage sale...

non I don't do character cakes since I sell my cakes.

One....a Hollie Hobbie pan from decades ago when I was in college!

I have almost every novelty pan put out by Wilton. I have purchased them from other people going out of businesss and on Ebay in lots. I would say I have at least 100. My DH says well over.

None right now. Only ever had a Winnie the Pooh pan for my daughter's first birthday, which was 28 years ago !!! I didn't do cake decorating for many years but am just now starting to get back into it. It seems to me that "nowadays" there are so many more options for doing cakes than there were years ago ....and I love it. I don't think I'll buy any character pans unless someone is really dying to have one.

I have over 100 right now. My husband thinks he will find them in his sock drawer one day. He thinks I have them every where!!

Even though I don't use them often, I am addicted to them. It is hard to pick a favorite. They are all so cute!! I love Marvin the Martian so I guess he would have to be my favorite. I just found the Smurf pan at a yard sale and made it for my BF B-day. It turned out very cute!! Now I am on a quest for Smurfette.

My least favorite are the Barbie pans. It is not worth making if you don't have the plastic piece. Since I find most of mine at yard sales, I only have 1 Barbie with a plastic face.

I have about 10 of the actual cartoon type and a total of about 40 shaped pans.

My 2 favorites are Rainbow Brite and Strawberry Shortcake (the old one). My sister and MIL found them for me at yard sales, I've made Rainbow Brite and should use Strawberry Shortcake at some point but I want them mainly to hang on the wall and admire. I played with both when I was little.

I have 350+!

I'd have to say that I like them all about the same, except for Barney.

I started collecting them in 1994 and have continued to this day. Always looking for more!

I don't own any because they seem very time consuming to put soooo many stars just to fill them in although now I am considering getting the spiderman pan for my son's birthday cake. I think he would be tickled pink if I did and if he's happy then I guess its worth the work.

I quit counting at 500. Yes 500, and my hubby has helped me collect. He goies to swap meets and so he kinda knows how many. But who's counting:

WOW 350+ cakelady. I would be out of my house if I had bought that many. I only own 20. My favorite is the old Care Bear pan. My least favorite is the Barbie.

350 plus!!!!! If I ever get busted I'm showing my DH to be, that post...LOL. I have 30 and I thought I had lots.
I don't know what they're worth in the states, but in Canada I pay 20$ per pan...350 pans is 7000$ worth of pans...You are my hero!! Where do you keep them all?? I'd love to hang out in your storage room just to see what I would find!! WOW!!

Debiashwood and Cakelady-Amazing!! How do you store all those pans? You are my heroes I have a huge list of pans that I am searching for and maybe someday, I will have as many as you. I am so addicted to them. Even if I never use them, I just want to have them!! I guess I could have worse hobbies. Cake decorating is expensive, but when I was scrapbooking all the time, I think I spent more money on that!!

500!! Oh my...oh my...deep breath...deep breath...that's like 10 000$ in pans. Clearly I need to get a second job just to compete with you guys...I have SOOO many more to collect...where to start...where to start???

I have close to 100 character and novelty pans. My favorite is Lambchop and my least favorite is Barney

5, only used 2 then learned about sculpting cakes and I hate doing the gazillion stars. There are so many other options as aunt sushi said.

I must have 250 plus I am sure. Don't use them much anymore, to time consuming, Someday I will get rid of them.

I think that I have about 35 character pans (I, along with many others, hide them well from DH)

My favorite is probably the 3D bear (so many other uses than just a bear).

My least favorite would have to be Rugrats (part of a lot bought from eBay)...

... or maybe an old 3D lamb with the ears sticking out from the sides - looks a bit evil.

In the 4 years that I'd been into cake decorating, I have accumulated 211 pans. Alot of them are discontinued which I bought on Ebay all along. The problem with this is to organize them. My basement's walls are filled with them. I organized them by gender/occassion, etc. When I acquire a new one, I hide it from him so this way he never notices. LOL However, beware of Ebay sellers, I just had a bad experience with them, after being their customer for so many years. I like them all.

None- it's much more fun to shape the characters out of sheet cakes and round cakes. And it's cheaper too. The less you spend on pans the more profit you make on your cakes!!

My goodness! I am in awe! I thought I had a lot of pans - and I ONLY have about 26!
I've done Disney Princess and Strawberry Shortcake so many times, that I do them almost automatically. Does that make them my favorites? My least favorite of all is Thomas the Tank.
This week I'll be buying a new pan - Cars.
As Jamiet said, I also do most of my characters from a sheet cake.
Marie

I don't have any, but I really WANT the 3D lamb... I just haven't found a reason to buy it yet.

I only have about 5 - a star, scooby doo, mini 3d bear, beer mug, and a football. I have them hanging in the stairway to my basement.

I have about 70 pans. My Dad keeps picking them up at various flea markets and yard sales. I won't complain because they have been cheap.

Edencakes,
I have 3 3D lamb pans, if you would like I could send you one. PM me if you are interested and we can work out details.

Thanks,
Beth

as I'm reading these posts, I am reminded that when you start hiding something from your spouse then you have a problem, could we say and pan addiction!

Muhahaha...

those of you with coat closets full of cabbage patch doll, rocking horse and the dreaded barney pan.... seek help before it is too late.

( me being in a goofy mood )

mommachris

I have 3 from many years ago. the ice cream cone a cat and Hollie Hobbie. I played at decorating back when my girls were little. I did a Strawberry shortcake drawing on a cake before wilton came out with the pan.

I don't really use them but I have a truck, Dora,a bunny, a snowman, and tweedy.


Sara

I only have about 30-like so many others, I thought that was ALOT. I guess it is, if you talk to my friends and family, but compared to the pros here...... Well, then there's just no comparison.

I use my ball pan the most - for a lot more than just sports, too. I want the 3D Nascar race car pans that come as a kit, but haven't been able to justify the $30 price tag yet. I know I would use it a lot tho', if I had it. I would also love the Dumbo pan, if I ever came across it.