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Re: How do you guys do it?
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lugnet.build.military
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Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:57:26 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Dave Lander wrote:
> Ya know, I've been into Lego for a while myself. I haven't had the time or money
> I'd have liked to have for it over the last few years, but I do still love
> Lego.
> I've been coming to this site for a while now, and I just have one question for
> everyone. How do all of you pull it off? Everything I've seen on this site so
> far just blows away anything I've ever even come close to attempting. Even the
> things that you people say you need to work on are far ahead of anything I've
> ever done.
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> Anyway, I'm hoping to get some time together to dust off the ol' bricks, and if
> I can, get some cash for some new bricks too. If I ever get a chance to make
> any posts feel free to ask whatever questions, and give whatever advice. Above
> all, everybody keep up the great building.
Many excellent suggestions have been given to you so far. They are all good
ideas.
As for getting more Lego to build with, you don't have to consider buying more
Lego to be a major purchase. If your cash flow is small, just buy Lego in small
batches. A small or medium set once a month and a large Lego set twice a year
may be a good goal for you for now.
Don't go skipping meals to buy Lego, but if you cut back on less important
spending, you may find you can afford to spend more cash on Lego. For example,
if you go to the movies once every two weeks, switch to video rentals to watch
at home and use the leftover cash to buy a bucket of bricks or a new set. You
can watch the videos while building with Lego.
If you like to buy your lunch every day at work, cut back some and bring a lunch
from home a few times a week. Your grocery bill will go up a bit, but your
total food bill will be less--restaurant food costs more per meal than a brown
bagged lunch. Take the cash you just saved and buy Lego.
Trips to vending machines get expensive. Buy larger quantities of drinks and
snacks at grocery stores for far less money per serving and then limit your
consumption to portion sizes similar to vended products. I never will
understand why some people put money into vending machines on a daily basis--I
guess they just do not value their money as much as I do.
For me, I used to drink a lot of alcohol. But when I realized it had seriously
cut into my Lego buying budget, I cut back and eventually stopped going to bars
and even drinking much at all. Spending $20 a night out drinking does not have
any lasting effects but spending $20 on Lego lasts many years. I now have much
more relaxed evenings at home in the Lego room than I ever had at any tavern.
You can view Lego purchases as rewards for things you have accomplished. For
example, if you are not late to work for a whole month, you can reward yourself
with a nice new Lego set.
As was suggested, do no forget about BrickLink.com
Just about any item ever made my Lego is available there. You can spend as much
or as little as you like. The best thing about BrickLink is the ability to buy
just exactly what parts you think you will need for a project without having to
buy any parts you do not find useful.
Bottom line is that buying Lego does not have to be a burden on finances.
Simply take stock of what other things you can reduce spending on so that you
can spend more cash on Lego. And remember that smaller purchases over time may
be much more rewarding than a few big purchases.
__Kevin Salm__
buyer of Lego for over 25 years
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| In lugnet.build.military, Kevin Salm wrote: Some excellent followup thoughts and money saving tips! ... But one or two I gotta riff on... :-) (...) Am I misremembering or didn't you formerly have something to do with vending machines??? :-) If so (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build)
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| (...) -Major Snippage- (...) To further what Larry P. mentioned in a previos post, as well as Kevin Salm's above... I've had the experience of placing my own 32 foot long cable-stayed suspension bridge of 33,000 LEGO pieces in the front window of a (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.build.military)
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