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Subject:	HELP! I'm out of control!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Fri, 8 Dec 2000 18:38:04 GMT
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Help! My name is Kevin and I am a Legoholic. I don't know what has come over me. I'm spending way too much on Lego! In the last 2 months, I have spent over 4000$ on the little plastic bricks. I have accumulated more parts than I can ever use. And forget about ever sorting them even if I could live to be 150! Boxes are piled in the basement, the bedroom and the living room. Sets are displayed on shelves, the kitchen table, in the cupboards and in drawers! Furniture is completely buried. We lost the dog under some boxes for a few hours the other day. Those darned holiday sales are to blame! This one is always better than the first one. One store trying to beat the other store. 20, 30, 50% off!! When will it all end??! Heeeeeeeeeeeeelllllppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kevin Z (Drowning...in ABS... bricks...) #142

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		Re: HELP! I'm out of control!
(...) Get a grip man. And then get organized. If I can limit LEGO to a single room (BAYLIT and all...) So can anyone. 1) Disassemble all your sets. 2) Separate all packaging and instructions (parts rule afterall) 3) Recycle all buckets (their (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: HELP! I'm out of control!
Boy, do I feel for you. I hope my X-mas bonus will allow me to buy my first set in eight months..... Duq "Kevin Zwicker" <kevin1@netrover.com> wrote in message news:G59IFG.8At@lugnet.com... (...) bricks. I (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: HELP! I'm out of control!
(...) 1. Put yourself on a budget. $100 a month, $50 a month, whatever. I save my budget up for sales. 2. To help in the above, narrow your focus and limit what themes you want. Trains and Town or Space/Star Wars or maybe Castle and Pirates (that's (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: HELP! I'm out of control!
(...) Welcome to the club Kevin. I've accumulated an almost complete Lego Technic/Mindstorms/Expert Builder/Throwbots/Slizzer collection in a year. On the 200 sets I bought this year, about 10 are not MISB. Some sets date for 1977! You can imagine (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: HELP! I'm out of control!
He - he ! So as it seems that soon you'll become the seller and I the buyer :-))) ... But honestly I've got the same problem - I always keep more sets for myself then I sell ... meaning - spending too much !!!! And space ... I only have few (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: HELP! I'm out of control!
(...) Only $400? I think my record for one month was back in 12/99 when I spent $1100. I got two 6991 Monorails from DYA and the first space monorail for like $230 and then a bunch of Star wars sets. That was my last major purchase, and this is my (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: HELP! I'm out of control!
<trimmed from .off-topic.fun After all, there is nothing o-t about this :-)> Kevin, Like I told you, you are too rich. Perhaps you could ask your fellow MonLUGers to ease your burden by giving them each a big christmas gift. <grin> (I had to try.) (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

		Re: HELP! I'm out of control!
(...) You know, this IS a problem. But it is one to which I am happy to say, "I'm with you!" When you start to notice that it has taken hold is when you complete a series in your collection, then start buying extras. Then you branch out into other (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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