Getting into collecting at 23. How old are you guys?

[Stuckasaurus (Dino Dad Reviews)]

I'm 34; I've been playing with dinosaur toys all my life, but I first started collecting the figures that are still in my "serious" collection to this day back when I discovered the Carnegie Collection in the mid-90's, probably around 8 years old or so. I went through a phase in my teens where I stopped collecting, but I really ramped it back up again after graduating from college. I was pretty loyal to Carnegie/Safari for a while, but when Collecta started improving I began branching out, though the Carnegie Collection had spoiled me for scale consistency.   
Now I just buy anything that looks reasonably accurate, is in my preferred size range, and fills a gap of some sort in my collection. A couple exceptions: I don't mind purchasing an out-of-scale model if I can reasonably substitute it for a related species that doesn't have a satisfactory model yet (for example, Safari's most recent Oviraptor is filling in as a "Gigantoraptor"). Also, as much as I care about accuracy, I'm generally still slow to "update" my representatives of taxa that have received significant scientific revisions.
One might think my pickiness would limit my collection, but I now have enough models to fill in a reasonably complete archosaur family tree!
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[Creature]

I'm 37. I've always liked dinosaurs, and definitely had dinosaur toys as a kid (the standout in my memory is the grey and white Definitely Dinosaurs stegosaurus - the one with the white plates, not the green), but I didn't actually start collecting them until I ran across David Silva's raptor figure line 4 or 5 years ago.

[EmperorDinobot]

I am 33 and have been collecting all my life. I am not planning to stop, even though I must.

[Bowhead Whale]

I am 45 years old. Being born in 1977, I will turn 46 next March 18. I am neither the oldest one here, but I'm not the youngest either. I started collecting when I was a child. My first dinosaur toys were the 1978 AAA set of 6 brown, hollow, open-mouthed dinosaurs.

[Gwangi]

I am 45 years old. Being born in 1977, I will turn 46 next March 18. I am neither the oldest one here, but I'm not the youngest either. I started collecting when I was a child. My first dinosaur toys were the 1978 AAA set of 6 brown, hollow, open-mouthed dinosaurs.

That was my first dinosaur set too! 

[Ludodactylus]

35 here; have had dinosaur toys on and off through my life, starting with Dino-Riders and the first generation of Kenner Jurassic Park figures. My current collection began in 2018.

[Bowhead Whale]

35 here; have had dinosaur toys on and off through my life, starting with Dino-Riders and the first generation of Kenner Jurassic Park figures. My current collection began in 2018.

I have the Dino-Riders' Megatherium and Placerias!

[Pliosaurking]

I'm 16
I've been collecting seriously for about 6 years now
Since I was a baby I've Loved dinosaurs in fact my first word was Triceratops!

[Stegotyranno420]

@Pliosaurking now that's a real achievement,  your first word is a dinosaur,  that's just epic!

[suspsy]

Turning 44 in October. And I too firmly believe that sharing one's age here should be strictly voluntary.