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Re: Do you build every set you buy?
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Date: 
Thu, 29 Mar 2001 15:17:45 GMT
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In lugnet.build, William R. Ward writes:

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.

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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  Re: Do you build every set you buy?
 
(...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)

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  Do you build every set you buy?
 
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 (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)

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