title: Laravel Collection <> Model hybrid for non DB Entities?
body: <p>A pretty simple question, but apparently not such a simple answer:</p>
  <p>Is there a hybrid between Collections and Eloquent Models that uses the features of dynamic methods but not linked to a db connection?</p>
  <p>e.q. One of my most favorite features of Eloquent models are the accessors and mutators. But I don't really want the overhead (or accidental 500 SQL error) that comes with Eloquent models.</p>
  <p>Is there a Collection set somewhere that will offer those features, without the overhead of Eloquent?</p>
  <p>I often find myself resorting to just making my object a Model ... but honestly it's more like &quot;Record&quot; that's not connected to any back-end data sources.</p>