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    Questions for those with LARGE collections... —Bill Farkas
   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 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
   
        Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections... —Jeff Stembel
     (...) 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)
   
        Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections... —Jeff Barnett
     (...) 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... —Richard W. Schamus
     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)
   
        Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections... —Eric Lind
     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)
   
        Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections... —David Eaton
     (...) 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... —Frank Filz
     (...) 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... —Brian Darrow
     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)
    
         Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections... —Shiri Dori
     (...) Me either... I DON'T have a large collection, but still... (...) Sounds right to me... (...) LOL! (...) I have (as I mentioned earlier) much less than that. I have around 100 minifigs but most aren't castle figs. I wish I had a 100-minifig (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
   
        Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections... —James Brown
     (...) 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)
   
        Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections... —Eric Kingsley
     (...) 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... —Dan Moquin
     (...) 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... —John D. Forinash
     (...) 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... —James Powell
    (...) 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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