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Re: Do you build every set you buy?
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Thu, 29 Mar 2001 15:17:09 GMT
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Hmmm, I must confess to the opposite problem - I very rarely build the sets at
all, and purchase them for the pieces. The only exceptions from the past 5 years
or so have been the first year Star Wars sets and the Life On Mars mechs. The
Star Wars sets I originally put together, but they were modified shortly after
that. The Life On Mars mechs I built only to get a good feel of how TLG was
putting them together and using the new pieces - but the next days they were
already cannabalized. In fact, I don't think I have a single LEGO set intact as
the actual intended design.
-s
"William R. Ward" wrote:
> 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...
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> --Bill.
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> --
> William R Ward hermit@bayview.com http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others."-Groucho Marx
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