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Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections...
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Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:19:29 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bill Farkas writes:
<snip>- 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:
Hi Bill I've never felt odd in the Lego aisle, ever. I'm drooling too much to
notice.
> Roughly, what is the size of your collection?
I have to update my data base too, just like Jeff. I'm in the 70K region in
just Lego, but I'm closer to the 90K if I add in the clones.
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> How long has it taken you to accumulate such a large collection?
I've been collecting since I was 11. That's 26 years. For the most part even,
(and especially as a child,) I've had to buy for myself. So the childhood Lego
are considerably less than the adult portion of my collection.
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> How much of it is from your childhood?
See above, and my "list",
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/1334/setlist.html
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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 create when I can, if I can. Even if I have to jot notes to myself.
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> What is your monthly lego budget?
Now that the kids are mostly grown, it depends on what else I keed. $10-$500
sounds right.
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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)
Let's put it this way: I haven't stayed in an adult relationship for that
long. I'm still looking for my Legowoman.
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> When you build a large project, do you sketch plans or improvise as you
> go?
It really depends on what's going on around me. I built a train car just out
of the blue during last weekends train show out of available parts. Sometimes
things just come to me. Other times, I like to figure it out with a sketch.
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> 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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