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Re: Do you build every set you buy?
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lugnet.build
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Thu, 29 Mar 2001 15:17:45 GMT
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In lugnet.build, William R. Ward writes:
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> Ever since my little-kid days I have always felt a need to build the
> set using the instructions at least once, even if it's a really dumb
> one that I just bought for the parts. But lately I've started buying
> more than one of some sets, and am finding that to be kind of silly,
> though I haven't yet stopped doing it. When I'd buy a pair of sets
> (which I did at the recent Kmart BOGO50% sale), I'd sit down with my
> wife next to me and we'd each build one of them. That was kind of
> fun, since it's usually hard to share Lego with someone.
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> Am I the only one who feels this odd compulsion? Sometimes I'll tear
> it apart very soon after building it, but it just doesn't feel right
> to not build the set that Lego designed. It's kind of like paying
> tribute or something...
I'll build the first time, on the off chance that there's something funky in
the design that isn't immediately obvious, but I mostly consider Lego's
theme sets to be oddly designed bulk packs. :)
James
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| (...) LOL!!! (...) I am the same, although I do have sets I bought for the set itself and not the parts, such as the Millenium Falcon and some recently acquired Classic Space sets. But on the most part, I look at a set as a collection of parts that (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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| Ever since my little-kid days I have always felt a need to build the set using the instructions at least once, even if it's a really dumb one that I just bought for the parts. But lately I've started buying more than one of some sets, and am (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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