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OK. This is rather odd but I'm just wondering if I'm doing OK in the head
here or I've just not grown up and don't know it.
For the record, I'm 29.
Currently, I have a large number of LEGO sets that I've gotten since I was
4. There were some from my childhood that I relied on Christmas and
Birthdays to provide, and then some when I got to be 26 and had disposable
income to actually purchase large amounts of sets. In the last oh three
years especially have I really gotten serious about picking up old sets I've
always wanted as well as purchasing anything LEGO system related.
I'm wondering, Am I the only one that walks by a set, for example, the
Explorian Starship is sitting downstairs, broken (meaning ship got a wing
knocked off, not the pieces) but I find myself wandering by in the afternoon
when no one is around and literally playing with it.
I don't mean picking it up and trying to fix it, I mean having the little
conversations of the men trying to figure out what happened to their ship
and trying to get it repaired (not outloud, just in my head). Opening up
the bay and exposing that Explorian Blue Core thing and acting like it's the
main power source trying to come online or something along those lines.
These are the kind of things I did as an 8 - 12 year old when the classic
space sets came about. I'm just wondering if anyone else around here
actually reverts to their child like minds and just 'plays' or does everyone
around here just think of these as stuff to design models with?
Tom
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In lugnet.general, Tom Boucher writes:
> OK. This is rather odd but I'm just wondering if I'm doing OK in the head
> here or I've just not grown up and don't know it.
>
> For the record, I'm 29.
>
> Currently, I have a large number of LEGO sets that I've gotten since I was
> 4. There were some from my childhood that I relied on Christmas and
> Birthdays to provide, and then some when I got to be 26 and had disposable
> income to actually purchase large amounts of sets. In the last oh three
> years especially have I really gotten serious about picking up old sets I've
> always wanted as well as purchasing anything LEGO system related.
>
> I'm wondering, Am I the only one that walks by a set, for example, the
> Explorian Starship is sitting downstairs, broken (meaning ship got a wing
> knocked off, not the pieces) but I find myself wandering by in the afternoon
> when no one is around and literally playing with it.
>
> I don't mean picking it up and trying to fix it, I mean having the little
> conversations of the men trying to figure out what happened to their ship
> and trying to get it repaired (not outloud, just in my head). Opening up
> the bay and exposing that Explorian Blue Core thing and acting like it's the
> main power source trying to come online or something along those lines.
>
> These are the kind of things I did as an 8 - 12 year old when the classic
> space sets came about. I'm just wondering if anyone else around here
> actually reverts to their child like minds and just 'plays' or does everyone
> around here just think of these as stuff to design models with?
>
> Tom
Heck ya, I do that all the time. I'm 27 and I catch myself doing that too,
having the minifigs carry on silly conversations and the like. I'm not
really ashamed of it, but I can see how 'grown ups' would think that as a
little odd. I have a friend who goes one step further and whenever she gets
a new minifig, her other minifigs react differently to the new member of
their population- some are shy and hide, some are curious and go introduce
themselves, they all have names and personalities. Whatever you choose to
do with your LEGO is up to you, you can either buy it to keep it in the box
hoping to turn a profit later on or you can have a whole civilization with
interaction among the populous and have a lot more creative fun with it. =)
If you're going to play, *PLAY!* =)
~Nathan
www.castle-world.org
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"Tom Boucher" <trekkie@spamyou.nomorestars.com> wrote in message
news:G5ty6r.6pH@lugnet.com...
> These are the kind of things I did as an 8 - 12 year old when the classic
> space sets came about. I'm just wondering if anyone else around here
> actually reverts to their child like minds and just 'plays' or does • everyone
> around here just think of these as stuff to design models with?
What is a model of a spaceship for if not for spinning it around in your
lego room making 'rrrrrrrrnnnnn!' noises?
Or, to put it another way, yes, I play with them.
-john
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In lugnet.general, Tom Boucher writes:
> OK. This is rather odd but I'm just wondering if I'm doing OK in the head
> here or I've just not grown up and don't know it.
>
> For the record, I'm 29.
>
> Currently, I have a large number of LEGO sets that I've gotten since I was
> 4. There were some from my childhood that I relied on Christmas and
> Birthdays to provide, and then some when I got to be 26 and had disposable
> income to actually purchase large amounts of sets. In the last oh three
> years especially have I really gotten serious about picking up old sets I've
> always wanted as well as purchasing anything LEGO system related.
>
> I'm wondering, Am I the only one that walks by a set, for example, the
> Explorian Starship is sitting downstairs, broken (meaning ship got a wing
> knocked off, not the pieces) but I find myself wandering by in the afternoon
> when no one is around and literally playing with it.
>
> I don't mean picking it up and trying to fix it, I mean having the little
> conversations of the men trying to figure out what happened to their ship
> and trying to get it repaired (not outloud, just in my head). Opening up
> the bay and exposing that Explorian Blue Core thing and acting like it's the
> main power source trying to come online or something along those lines.
>
> These are the kind of things I did as an 8 - 12 year old when the classic
> space sets came about. I'm just wondering if anyone else around here
> actually reverts to their child like minds and just 'plays' or does everyone
> around here just think of these as stuff to design models with?
>
> Tom
Well… if your imbalanced, then I'm totally --==Insane!==--
I'm 21 years old and go to York University. (For the record)
I collect Castle Lego; my troop force is around 560 men. I love Medieval
BrickWars and have become quite enthralled with the dynamics of my Army. I
refer to my little plastic ABS minifigures as “my men” and occasionally
mutter orders out loud! My mother has been known to periodically question my
sanity when I give commands to one of my divisions. I can be over heard
saying “Into the BREACH!!!” or “Release the dogs of WAR” and “Flank the
incoming marauders.”
I attempt to disguise my ‘playing’ by calling it a hobby, or through
discussing the dynamics Warhammer® and applying it to my Lego games. But
even through the relevance of such actions, I still simply ‘play.’ I become
the Dark Lord of my Army and use my imagination just as I had when I was eight.
Nothing has changed… (Well, I’m now 6’1, go to University, and teach
Kickboxing at Twin Dragons Martial Arts club.) However, the manner in which
I enjoy my Lego has remained relatively the same. (Well, my architectural
prowess has developed, and now with my resources I can create actual
existing castles to minifig scale, or simple design proportionately huge
super structures.)
Therefore, no matter the level of lunacy, or the way in which you play, any
facet of creative imagination is a positive endeavor. Simply enjoy what you
do, and always remember… “Just Imagine”®
Sincerely,
Richard
You can reach me @ SHROUD_OF_KUNG_FU@Hotmail.com
-Lego good, Canada great-®
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In lugnet.general, Tom Boucher writes:
> OK. This is rather odd but I'm just wondering if I'm doing OK in the head
> here or I've just not grown up and don't know it.
You say that as if it were a bad thing...
> These are the kind of things I did as an 8 - 12 year old when the classic
> space sets came about. I'm just wondering if anyone else around here
> actually reverts to their child like minds and just 'plays' or does everyone
> around here just think of these as stuff to design models with?
No comment, although my wife could tell stories of spacecraft making
landings atop her head...
J
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You're only as crazy as the rest of us.
Yes, many people may believe you to have some level of clinical insanity
You haven't played until you've cried when a minifig breaks his legs or
permanently loses his hand or the like.
In short, who gives a hoot if everyone thinks you're nuts.
--
-TiM
NB, CA
http://echofx.itgo.com
t_c_c@yahoo.com
3ch0fx
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Tom Boucher wrote:
>
> OK. This is rather odd but I'm just wondering if I'm doing OK in the head
> here or I've just not grown up and don't know it.
>
> For the record, I'm 29.
>
> Currently, I have a large number of LEGO sets that I've gotten since I was
> 4. There were some from my childhood that I relied on Christmas and
> Birthdays to provide, and then some when I got to be 26 and had disposable
> income to actually purchase large amounts of sets. In the last oh three
> years especially have I really gotten serious about picking up old sets I've
> always wanted as well as purchasing anything LEGO system related.
>
> I'm wondering, Am I the only one that walks by a set, for example, the
> Explorian Starship is sitting downstairs, broken (meaning ship got a wing
> knocked off, not the pieces) but I find myself wandering by in the afternoon
> when no one is around and literally playing with it.
>
> I don't mean picking it up and trying to fix it, I mean having the little
> conversations of the men trying to figure out what happened to their ship
> and trying to get it repaired (not outloud, just in my head). Opening up
> the bay and exposing that Explorian Blue Core thing and acting like it's the
> main power source trying to come online or something along those lines.
>
> These are the kind of things I did as an 8 - 12 year old when the classic
> space sets came about. I'm just wondering if anyone else around here
> actually reverts to their child like minds and just 'plays' or does everyone
> around here just think of these as stuff to design models with?
>
> Tom
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In lugnet.general, Tom Boucher wrote:
> I don't mean picking it up and trying to fix it, I mean having the little
> conversations of the men trying to figure out what happened to their ship
> and trying to get it repaired (not outloud, just in my head). Opening up
> the bay and exposing that Explorian Blue Core thing and acting like it's the
> main power source trying to come online or something along those lines.
I don't do that, but then again, I never really did, even when I was a kid.
I'll fly stuff around, and land my planes at airports, and run trains
around the track, and make all the neat Technic functions go, and put the
minifigs in various "situations", but I never really act out the day-to-day
lives of the citizens of Legoland.
I think I should probably go get counseling, and find out what's wrong with
me.
Steve
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> In lugnet.general, Tom Boucher wrote:
>
> > I don't mean picking it up and trying to fix it, I mean having the little
> > conversations of the men trying to figure out what happened to their ship
> > and trying to get it repaired (not outloud, just in my head). Opening • up
> > the bay and exposing that Explorian Blue Core thing and acting like it's • the
> > main power source trying to come online or something along those lines.
>
> I don't do that, but then again, I never really did, even when I was a • kid.
> I'll fly stuff around, and land my planes at airports, and run trains
> around the track, and make all the neat Technic functions go, and put the
> minifigs in various "situations", but I never really act out the • day-to-day
> lives of the citizens of Legoland.
>
> I think I should probably go get counseling, and find out what's wrong • with
> me.
Indeed. I knew there was something wrong with you Steve! ; )
Scott S.
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Want LEGO Elements at Great Prices?
Visit The Sanburn Systems Company
www.sanburnsystems.com
Scott E. Sanburn, Owner
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Tom Boucher at trekkie@spamyou.nomorestars.com wrote:
> OK. This is rather odd but I'm just wondering if I'm doing OK in the head
> here or I've just not grown up and don't know it.
<snip>
I don't sit down and enact scenarios anymore, but I do take every
opportunity to supply creations with the appropriate sound effects, as well
as a whoosh or two (or three) around the room.
:^)
~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
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Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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In lugnet.general, Tom Boucher writes:
> OK. This is rather odd but I'm just wondering if I'm doing OK in the head
> here or I've just not grown up and don't know it.
Your story sounds like mine. I'm 30. Last year I got an 8459 and that was it.
Since then I've accumulated 90% of the Lego Technic collection and since I'm
almost done with that theme I switched to 9v Trains and recently Pirates. Every
other day before I go to bed I start a drooling session where I pick one of the
numerous sets that are all over the place and I play with it for a good half
hour. My reading before sleep is the lego catalog (new and old ones). I think
this is just great that we can, for a moment, forget about the rat race of
living and get into our world. To finish I would say you don't get old when you
age you get old when you behave like you are old. Just keep playing.
Eric
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In lugnet.general, Tom Boucher writes:
<snip>
> I'm just wondering if anyone else around here
> actually reverts to their child like minds and just 'plays' or does everyone
> around here just think of these as stuff to design models with?
>
> Tom
The 'saga' that happens surrounding my mini-fig collections is getting
almost operatic (castle, obviously). This is considered normal behavior. If,
however, you attempt to put different hats on, move arms and legs etc on
real people, then, and only then, should you seek professional help.
Have fun!
Rich
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Tom & All,
> OK. This is rather odd but I'm just wondering if I'm doing OK in the • head
> here or I've just not grown up and don't know it.
>
> For the record, I'm 29.
>
> Currently, I have a large number of LEGO sets that I've gotten since I was
> 4. There were some from my childhood that I relied on Christmas and
> Birthdays to provide, and then some when I got to be 26 and had disposable
> income to actually purchase large amounts of sets. In the last oh three
> years especially have I really gotten serious about picking up old sets • I've
> always wanted as well as purchasing anything LEGO system related.
>
> I'm wondering, Am I the only one that walks by a set, for example, the
> Explorian Starship is sitting downstairs, broken (meaning ship got a wing
> knocked off, not the pieces) but I find myself wandering by in the • afternoon
> when no one is around and literally playing with it.
>
> I don't mean picking it up and trying to fix it, I mean having the little
> conversations of the men trying to figure out what happened to their ship
> and trying to get it repaired (not outloud, just in my head). Opening up
> the bay and exposing that Explorian Blue Core thing and acting like it's • the
> main power source trying to come online or something along those lines.
>
> These are the kind of things I did as an 8 - 12 year old when the classic
> space sets came about. I'm just wondering if anyone else around here
> actually reverts to their child like minds and just 'plays' or does • everyone
> around here just think of these as stuff to design models with?
Well, I for one do as well. Actually, I have my whole minifig universe going
on inside my head when I am bored at work or whatever. I do it a lot when I
have my city / spaceport as well. I play a lot with it, it's fun! : )
Scott S.
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Want LEGO Elements at Great Prices?
Visit The Sanburn Systems Company
www.sanburnsystems.com
Scott E. Sanburn, Owner
>
> Tom
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Ok we all need some time to be kids again. Im sorry to say that everyone
does it. when a 60 year old woman (my mom)gets hooked on spyro that she got
for my son to play at her house that just goes to show my point.
Or when parents take their kids to the zoo they remember being there as kids
and enjoy it just as much now as then. Most people just dont realize it.....
YET
Now my wife thinks im crazy but it keeps me free of mind
Robert
lego carnage
http://members.nbci.com/legocarnage
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> I'm wondering, Am I the only one that walks by a set, for example, the
> Explorian Starship is sitting downstairs, broken (meaning ship got a wing
> knocked off, not the pieces) but I find myself wandering by in the afternoon
> when no one is around and literally playing with it.
>
> I don't mean picking it up and trying to fix it, I mean having the little
> conversations of the men trying to figure out what happened to their ship
> and trying to get it repaired (not outloud, just in my head). Opening up
> the bay and exposing that Explorian Blue Core thing and acting like it's the
> main power source trying to come online or something along those lines.
Um... I think we are sharing a brain. I did this last week after
re-building my Explorien Starship. Must be them cool little holo-computers
transmitting brain patterns from Starship to Starship. Right now I find
myself playing my preliminary Chess Castle set against myself and having
these same things going on in my head. It ain't wierd to those of us who
*know* that LEGO is something akin to the Meaning Of Life.
Best,
Aaron (over and out)
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In article <G5uyJL.C1v@lugnet.com>, Aaron West <maniac@netwebb.com> wrote:
> Um... I think we are sharing a brain. I did this last week after
> re-building my Explorien Starship. Must be them cool little holo-computers
> transmitting brain patterns from Starship to Starship. Right now I find
> myself playing my preliminary Chess Castle set against myself and having
> these same things going on in my head. It ain't wierd to those of us who
> *know* that LEGO is something akin to the Meaning Of Life.
> Best,
> Aaron (over and out)
After all these responses, now I feel like a weirdo, like there must be
something wrong with me.
I just build stuff. Starships only get a few good swooshes; I want to know
if parts are liable to fall off. Once it goes on the rack, it just sits
there; the next time I pick it up will not be to swoosh it, it will be
to tear apart half of it and rebuild it.
In fact, sometimes a starship gets no swooshes. I've got an ongoing project
starship that's now only passingly related to the Galactic Mediator. I can't
swoosh it. It's way too big now...
It's been this way since I was a kid. I've always prefered the design and
the creation to the actual "play".
-JDF
--
J.D. Forinash ,-.
foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu ( <
The more you learn, the better your luck gets. `-'
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Well I'm glad to see I'm normal.
I tried to ask my wife about it before posting here and she went down the
path of 'you do that because you're a control freak and they're the only
things you can control'
I didn't agree with her, I thought I was just havnig fun.
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