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Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections...
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lugnet.castle
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Wed, 16 Feb 2000 20:49:07 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bill Farkas writes:
> 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:
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> Roughly, what is the size of your collection?
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...
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> How long has it taken you to accumulate such a large collection?
17 Years (I'm 20)
> How much of it is from your childhood?
At least half. Of course, I never really had a dark ages...
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> 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)
I've no idea, but not a whole lot. :(
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> What is your monthly lego budget?
Whatever I can get away with. It varies from $0-$1700. :)
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> Does any of this cause family conflict? (For some of you, I wonder if
> you have contact with anyone NOT made of abs)
Well, my mother isn't really happy about how much I've been buying recently...
:)
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> When you build a large project, do you sketch plans or improvise as you
> go?
Usually improvise. That is the way it went for my Steam Engine, my Town Hall,
my B-Wing, and my A-Wing. This is also how I am building my Castle. :)
Jeff
"You can't be a hero hiding underneath your bed"
http://members.xoom.com/aulddragon/
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