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In lugnet.general, Jake McKee writes:
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> What is your coolest LEGO Experience?
#1
1980ish
Countless memories of me and a friend or two rumming through the big 'ol pile
on the floor asking each other "Have you seen a xxx, I need one".
#2
1986ish
Back in school after the christmas holliday we asked each other what we'd got
for christmas, all three of us had got the 8660 Arctic Resue Unit.
#3
Summer, 1984-5ish
Somehow I had got my biggest money bill ever, a 500 SEK bill, aprox $50, the
second largest bill in Sweden. As kids do I was eager to spend it on some cool
toy and when we got to the toystore and I looked and looked for the ultimate
toy. My eyes fell on the 8851 Excavator and I really wanted it.
My mother thought I was to young for the set though and talked me into bying a
large wheel loader in metal by Tonka. (being 6-7 at the time)
About a year later I had got some more money and I found the 8851 again, bought
the set and was so eager to play with it that I opened it in the car when we
were driving back home. I still can recall the ice cold feeling down my back
when I thought the tubing for the pneumatics was missing - it was "hidden"
under the instruction manual...
A few years ago the neighnour kid I played a lot with at the time told he
always was yelous of that set and his parents did not let him buy it 'cause
they thought he was too old for it (he's four years older then me).
Then, at the brink of my dark ages fading my mother in law was selling some
LEGO , among others the 8851 and the Monorail. Since I was not a die hard AFOL
then I did not care much for it. I picked the 8851 up and wanted to buy it but
found the pricetag a little fat for my wallet. That's a chance blown out the
window...
#4
Late 1999ish
A friend of the computer and the MTB e-mailed a link to some site telling about
the RIS. Early 2000 he had bought one and I went over to investigate. Still nor
sure I wanted to spend the money I went to my parents house and dug out all of
my LEGO (lot's of sets kept built on the attic, the rest sorted by color - se
#5), brought it back home, washed it all and started building once more. I soon
thereafter bought my RIS quickly followed by a sale cleanout at the local
toystore :)
#5
About 1995ish
Having a lazy day with my g/f we brought all the LEGO down from the attic and
started assembling some of the sets. To my suprise I had sorted it all by color
before towing it up on the attic. I still remember the remark my older brother
did about my maturedom... Envy I suspect :)
Best regards,
/Tobbe
http://www.lotek.nu
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| "Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> skrev i meddelandet news:H6uHuw.GBp@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) ?? Are the 10,000 SEK notes discontinued ?? Now what shall I do with a shoe box full of them? <g> -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| (can't believe I forgot this one since it was the coolest) #6 2002 Back then, when I was a kid, a relative that had emigrated to US (from Sweden) used to send us kids dollar bills for every christmas. In this manner I had collected two $1 and one $5 (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| Inspired by John's post ((URL) I would love to throw out a question! What is your coolest LEGO Experience? Maybe you built an amazing castle when you were eight years old. Or perhaps you've had a more recent experience like watching an FLL robotics (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people) !!
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