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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 22:49:40 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Brian Darrow writes:
> Bill,
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> I'm not sure if most would consider me a heavey hitter but I'd like to
> respond.
Me either... I DON'T have a large collection, but still...
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> > For me it's been about eight years since my
> > renaissance (shortly after getting married...hmm, I wonder what that means??)
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> Sounds like you have a good marraige, because you are aware that LEGO has to
> fit in with your other priorities.
Sounds right to me...
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> > 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
>
> Golf and flying are expensive, not LEGO ;)
LOL!
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> > 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 fig
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> 300 seems like a pretty good size army. I have about 350 castle minifig,
> however, I also have been at this a few more years than most. Some of you
> guys/gals have mustered huge armies in a realitive short period of time.
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 army for the
least... But this is growing now that I have access to normal-priced lego. Let
me tell you (Bill might know this), Israel is NOT a good place to get lego...
Now, I earn more (in baby-sitting :) AND I need to pay less per-set.
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> > Roughly, what is the size of your collection?
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> 800 different sets (give or take 25), everything from Homemaker to Technic.
Mine is about 50 sets. Not much...
> >
> > How long has it taken you to accumulate such a large collection?
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> 1983 with ups and downs in intensity.
Since 1988 (age four) with ups and downs as well. Not a real dark age (never
got _rid_ of my lego, thank heaven - only put it in storage) but there were
periods (up to 6 months at most) in which I haven't touched lego.
> >
> > How much of it is from your childhood?
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> None, all were sacrificied to my younger siblings and foster brothers.
Right now, I don't have much of my childhood lego. It's in storage in Israel,
I vowed to bring it here over the summer. It is (right now) about 50% of my
collection.
This, of course, depends on your definition of childhood. Some AFOLs will say
I'm still a child... I draw the line at 14, when I could start working, thus
started earning my own lego.
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> > How much time per week do you spend building?
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> This varies from long winter days indoors building (15-20 hours per week)to
> not
> much (sometimes nothing in a weeks time) during the warmer months of the
> years.
> Family responsibilities have changed in the last few years giving me more
> time to pursue my hobbies.
I spend about 10 weekly hours on real lego, and maybe 10 hours on internet
lego... (rough estimate).
> > What is your monthly lego budget?
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> This is a tough question. It all depends on your disposable income. I buy
> what I want if the price is right (clearance sales at Walmart or Target) plus
> I
> have had the opportunity to purchase a number of collections from local kids
> getting out of the hobby. When my family was younger and the budget was
> tighter, LEGO was not one of my priorities.
hmm. I baby-sit at least once a week, sometimes more. That would make a
minimum of $60 bucks a month, but usually more. I don't spend it ALL at the
same time, though. Sometimes I save for a month or two to get really expensive
things.
> >
> > Does any of this cause family conflict? (For some of you, I wonder if
> you have contact with anyone NOT made of abs)
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> My wife is very sympathetic and tolerant of my obsession. In nineteen years
> of
> marraige you get these things worked out:)
My parents require me to take the lego off the floor weekly so we can wash the
floor ;-)
(I'm allergic to dust so it should be even more often... but I don't cooperate
too much :)
> >
> > When you build a large project, do you sketch plans or improvise as you
> > go?
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> I always improvise, for me this is the fun of building!
I used to always improvise. I found that this is tough with my planned
storylines for CW, though. So I think them out ahead of time, but no real
sketches.
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> I'm really enjoying reading these post.about other AFOL and JrFOL collections
> and interests. Lugnet.castle appears to be much more user friendly that some
> of the others that are always flaming each other.
Hmm... like what groups for example? I enjoy it too, although it is demeaning
for my small collection... :-)
-Shiri
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