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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)
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(...) Alas, no, it's not that sophisticated, although it did have such esoteric units as drams and fathoms. I should write my own utility and plunk it up on the net. All it is is simple math. (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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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)
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(...) I'm going to need to count my castle theme minifigs soon. I just counted my pirate theme minifigs the other day and came close to 1000, I bet I have a similar number of castle minifigs. (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Robin Williams, definiteley... although he doesn't look too goo with a beard... (...) LOL! Agree to both ;-) (...) Hmm, you'd have a prob with Leo and Matt in the same movie... they look too much alike. I don't know all my cast, but here goes: (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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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)
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(Warning, sacrilege ahead. Not intended for the faint of heart :) OK, I've actually done it. I cut up a lego piece. (I've joined the dark side :) See it here: (URL) This is my design, nobody told me about it or inspired me. It came to me while (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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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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(...) 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)
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(...) (Just a note - Richard Marchetti is the one who thought about the Jet face modification. However, Craig brought my attention to it in his page. Thanks, both of you!) -Shiri (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Welcome to the dark side...(muffled maniacle laugh.. mmmmmmmwwwwwaaaaahah...ahhahaah!) Next thing you know, you'll be collecting clone pieces for their interesting atributes... well, like me. Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (...) (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)
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Hi everyone, I just noticed Pawel's site is nominated to Cool Lego Site Of the week! Congrats, Pawel, I hope you win! (You deserve it!) -Shiri (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) LOL! (...) Well, I don't know about that... but a month ago, I wouldn't have thought I'd ever customize a piece either... Ya never know, I guess. -Shiri (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Since I used the Qui Gon head for Erik I guess I could cheat and say Liam Neeson. After all he can use a sword and has an accent (that's not american). The only draw back is I see Erik as about 20 years younger. Hmm, I'll think some more James (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Since I used the Qui Gon head for Erik I guess I could cheat and say Liam Neeson. After all he can use a sword and has an accent (that's not american). The only draw back is I see Erik as about 20 years younger. Hmm, I'll think some more James (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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You say that now... but when you start getting a hankering for a Viking hull, I'll be hearing all about Mega Bloks, and where can I get one then. Hehehehe. Rich Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (No, I don't work for (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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