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Re: Pods are good! (caution: longish)
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Tue, 5 Nov 2002 20:24:42 GMT
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Hey, Gil,
Glad to hear I'm not the only one doing more lurking than building. Maybe
we should start a contest (or just a thread): which MOC pulled you out of
your dark/dim ages?!
James
In lugnet.space, Gil Shaw writes:
> I think the events you've described pretty much mirror a lot of people here
> James....it does for me anyways.
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> I had lurked on the edges of the Lego on-line community for my dim ages,
> perusing the Lego webring and Cool Sites of the Week etc for a few years on
> and off. It was coming across LUGnet that really got me back into it, and
> in a big way. Inspired at first by the works for Messers Palmer, Sandlin,
> Keppler, Justinson, Nassir, Jassim et al those years ago, I came to be
> inspired by every builder on here, if only for their devotion to the hobby
> despite the trials and pressures of everyday life. Be it Pod, Neverwhere,
> Alphabet, Nasal Avenger, or just a nifty captain's chair, anything that
> brings people into this ABS oasis is a good thing.
>
> Stump speech ended :)
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> Thanks for sharing your story,
> -Gil
>
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 | | Re: Pods are good! (caution: longish)
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| For me it was not a MOC or Lugnet that pulled me out from the "dark" ages, but that I could hide behind the Minstorm set and say to my friends that I was "programing" (most of my friends are computer-nerds :) But when starting to make my own robots (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| Thread it is! I suppose it was a combination of things. 3 years ago Karim Nassir had a ship called the Titantium Goose(?) that really peaked my interest for Lego again in general. Once I came across LUGnet, would have to say a few MOC's gave me the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pods are good! (caution: longish)
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| I think the events you've described pretty much mirror a lot of people here James....it does for me anyways. I had lurked on the edges of the Lego on-line community for my dim ages, perusing the Lego webring and Cool Sites of the Week etc for a few (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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