Once you have collected all of something and it's been compressed into it's teeny tiny trophy format, I suppose you could also just collect them all over again. I know that sounds like a pain, but at least you wouldn't imperil your trophy if somehow you lost or for some reason gave away one of the trophy collection.
Bean bags would cut inventory slots compared to generic bags which was why I discounted my own suggestion. If there are going to be 10 types of beans later, thumbs up.
When you complete a collection, have a yes/no choice whether you want to trade it for a trophy. At worst, you'd have to drop and pick up one when you're ready to trade.
We're going through the collections and making some decisions on which ones you'll get to keep once you have all items, and which ones you'll lose. Tell us what you think - it's on the discussion table now!
gems since they're mostly about cash i'd say its ok to turn gems into something.
music blocks have some other in game uses, so i can see people wanting to hold onto them (or be more annoyed if they magically disappeared on you as a result of getting the last one unexpectedly)
i don't know any others to comment, but i think this is a good line to draw - if you need to use something for something else at least ask before converting it.
Collecting a set of music blocks should turn it into a media center for your house. Sort of the same concept as a trophy but useful. Then you can select different music to play (and later on, streaming videos through Tiny Speck's kick-ass cross-marketing with a media provider like Netflix :-), especially cool if you host parties at your place.
I have mixed feelings about streaming videos or Pandora or whatnot in one's house. I see the appeal, but somehow the idea of walking into someone's house and seeing a minute version of "The Hangover" playing on a tiny screen would jar me right out of the carefully crafted game atmosphere and not in a good way....
....although, that does make me think how hilarious it would be if you were a no-no powder user and you died, and when you came back, there was a tiger in your house, and all your animals were gone.
Well, that video part was sort of a joke, though I'd like the idea of some sort of non-annoying cross-marketing that would reduce subscription fees. Real Clamato and Foreman grills anyone?