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Questions for those with LARGE collections...
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:27:55 GMT
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I'm always amazed at the pictures that are posted of the large creations and
the large minifig armies. For me it's been about eight years since my
renaissance (shortly after getting married...hmm, I wonder what that means??)
and I've picked up what I could afford here and there over the years, but I've
stepped up the amount of time and money that I spend on this VERY EXPENSIVE
hobby since finding others like me on the internet - before I kinda felt a
little freakish in the TRU aisles shopping for myself. Anyway, my collection
isn't that bad - I have over 300 castle figs and about 25,000 pieces - but some
of you guys are just incredible!! I was wondering if some of you
heavyhitters would mind feeding my curiosity:
Roughly, what is the size of your collection?
How long has it taken you to accumulate such a large collection?
How much of it is from your childhood?
How much time per week do you spend building? (not playing - I hate when
my wife tells me to stop playing and put my "toys"(!) away)
What is your monthly lego budget?
Does any of this cause family conflict? (For some of you, I wonder if you
have contact with anyone NOT made of abs)
When you build a large project, do you sketch plans or improvise as you
go?
Thanks in advance,
"I'm NOT PLAYING, I'm CREATING!!"
"They're NOT TOYS, they're the substance of the imagination!"
Bill
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| (...) Currently, over 100K. This does not include my neighbor's collection and most of my purchases since Christmas '98. I gotta finish updating the database... (...) 17 Years (I'm 20) (...) At least half. Of course, I never really had a dark (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Between 200 and 220 sets. Roughly 50 to 60,000 pieces (...) About 16 years. But i have gone for years where i didnt buy any. (...) I thought you are as young as you feel. I'm still in my childhood. ;-) (...) Any time i can. My lego area is (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections...
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| In lugnet.castle, Bill Farkas writes: <snip>- before I kinda felt a (...) some (...) Hi Bill I've never felt odd in the Lego aisle, ever. I'm drooling too much to notice. (...) I have to update my data base too, just like Jeff. I'm in the 70K region (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| While I'm not a heavy hitter by any stretch of the imagination, I do have a pretty decent collection. (...) 50k pieces is probably accurate. I really need to do another round of sorting and inventory. All of the Star Wars sets (plus bunches of other (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Ah... didn't we all? :) ["They're uh... for my nephew!"] (...) Some of these sound like RTL roll call questions-- maybe we should bug Todd to put some of this info in our member info pages? At least basic stuff like # of pieces, collecting (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections...
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| (...) Well over 200k pcs (I think my set listing which is no wheres near complete, really only shows sets which are built or sorted, I think had over 200k pcs, it's probably about half done). (...) Closing in on a year now. (...) None. (...) Almost (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections...
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| Bill, I'm not sure if most would consider me a heavey hitter but I'd like to respond. For me it's been about eight years since my (...) Sounds like you have a good marraige, because you are aware that LEGO has to fit in with your other priorities. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Don't know if I qualify, but... (...) Best estimate is 60,000+, but my estimates get fuzzier as time goes on - I really don't bother keeping that close a track of it. A very significant chunk of that is in buckets and service packs. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I would not consider myself a real heavy hitter but hear goes. (...) My guess is that I have somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 pieces. And I only have probably 200 or so figs with only about 20 of those being true castle figs (If you count (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections...
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| (...) some (...) 75,000 (...) 8 Years (...) None (...) Varies from 0 (due to having a young child) to 20+ hours (...) $50-$250 (...) you (...) Oh yes, but my wife's brother is who got be back into Lego so she's really to blame!!! (...) If its a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections...
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| (...) My collection isn't all that large, but... (...) Somewhere in the neighborhood of 35,000 pieces. (...) The past 29612 pieces (roughly) have been accumulated in the past five or so years, post-dark-ages. (I know that number because I have all (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections...
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| (...) 115,00 plus pieces (...) 23+ years (...) Don't know, would guess >20 K pieces (...) 3-10 hrs, depending on homework (...) $300 (CDN) is what I get/month for hobbies (...) No. My wife is free to play with all my lego, but doesn't tend to too (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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