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Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections...
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Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:47:58 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:
Don't know if I qualify, but...
> Roughly, what is the size of your collection?
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.
> How long has it taken you to accumulate such a large collection?
About a year and a half.
> How much of it is from your childhood?
not more than about 2000.
> 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)
It varies. On average, 5 or 10 hours.
> What is your monthly lego budget?
Everything that doesn't get spent elsewhere. Lately that hasn't been much
(clearing debt load & and prepping for a baby), but for a while around last
winter/spring, it was easily in excess of $1000/month. Probably $2000.
> Does any of this cause family conflict? (For some of you, I wonder if
> you have contact with anyone NOT made of abs)
Yeah... we both get irritable when we can't spend money on Lego - my wife is
as bad as I am. :)
> When you build a large project, do you sketch plans or improvise as you
> go?
Yes. :) More precisely, I don't sketch, but I will build case studies and
prototypes and test models... typically only for something big though. Small
stuff is almost all improve.
HTH
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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