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(...) No doubt about it- it was the 950 fork lift in 1979 (URL) (...) Again, the 950 fork lift gets the honor (...) As John Neal has posted, it was finding BrickLink and how it made it easier to get the parts I need thats allowed my models to be (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) [LEGOSet 10020] was quite a Eureka moment for me. SNOT construction and realism all at a scale (:P 8-widers) that made me thing I could do something like that. For a long time I used it as my ultimate goal... to make a toy that looked like a (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) -Snip- (...) Ditto! I used to stare at that book and wish I could build all the stuff in there. Wow. The memories. Thank you for bring that up. There was another book that didn't have any Mini figures in it too. I don't remember what it was (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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What AFoL (Adult Fan of Lego) MOC (My Own Creation) gave you that first "aha" moment when you saw it online or in person? How did it affect you? For me it was first seeing Mladen Pejic's "Mirage" Mecha. While learning to use the internet prior to (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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In lugnet.build, Karl Paulsen wrote: Interesting question and some telling answers... (...) For me as a kid, it wasnt actually a "set" but a Lego product... (URL) 6000 LEGOLAND Idea Book Although the buildings are simple by LUG layout standards, I (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure that my AFOL building experience was changed greatly by any set in particular, but my childhood building style was affected by lots of sets. - 6080 King's Castle had me obsessed with the idea of "opening" buildings with hinges. (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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(...) ...AND the plasma sales;-) JOHN (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) **snickers** Grown up? I may be getting older, but I refuse to grow up! As for the building thing...the job and credit/debit thing helped a bit, too...! :) Matthew "The Brick Detective" (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) From what I remember of my youth, the discovery of the headlight brick was probably what made me understand and memorize brick geometry; in particular the fact that you could have a rotated (nobody said "SNOT" at the time) 1x1 brick between (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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(...) Oh, yes. BrickLink is the single thing that has most changed my approach to and understanding of the hobby, followed by the rest of the online AFOL community. And being a grown up with a job and a debit card has helped too... (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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