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Re: My Chosen Hobby
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:26:26 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Koudys wrote:
> My nephew (age 12) is a *huge*
> fan of Bionicle, and so are most of his friends.
A question, just because I'm curious: Are they fans of Bionicle to *play* with,
or to *collect*? Do the sets get used, or are they just built and set on a
shelf somewhere?
I've been in too many stores where I heard some kid point out a Bionicle set to
Mom or Dad and said "I don't have this one, yet" or "Here's a new one"...
JohnG, GMLTC
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| (...) They take 'em to the school yard and have their little matches sometimes. I don't know much about the Bionicle, but with the elastics and triggers and stuff on some--they try to knock each others masks off. At home my nephew keeps his Bionicle (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I've seen the same thing happen with the regular sets too. Erm... Actually, *I* do it with the regular sets sometimes. My girlfriend too. She's currently on a kick to get all the sets with Ogel in them. I'm partial to the Adventurers at the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yeah, and a lot of AFOLS buy Lego to be complete. Then, I was in TRU the other day and this boy was unexcitedly staring at Bionicle. Mother: "He already has all the Bionicles." So he got the Space Shuttle. Good choice. -Erik (20 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Its a good question. I know a lot of kids have the collector mentality with Bionicle. One aspect of consumerism I really don't like, but its life. In the toy business, many other people do it, and LEGO has to do it to survive. If that's what (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| This may come as a surprise to many people, but one of my hobbies is creating things with LEGO bricks. Shocked? I know that my parents still are, and this after 30+ years of me playing with the 'Automatic Binding Brick'. It's my chosen hobby--a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general) !
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