Lately I've started collecting MIDI gear as well; I'd forgotten until recently that MIDI was actually pretty good until everybody started using that wretched Roland sample set that ships with Windows.
MIDI is awesome and just as useful today as it ever was. Thing is, people have to remember that MIDI is a communication protocol like serial or USB and has nothing to do with a particular sound-set. i.e. MIDI can be used to control theatre lighting, automate mixers, etc.
