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Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections...
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Wed, 16 Feb 2000 23:28:53 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:
I would not consider myself a real heavy hitter but hear goes.
> Roughly, what is the size of your collection?
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 the SW peasants then I have more figs that work in a castle
environment).
I would also have to say I have done a lot of supplimenting of my collection
through S@H and that is why I have lots of Gray and both red and black 45
degree slopes.
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> How long has it taken you to accumulate such a large collection?
Well I got my first LEGO in probably 1974-1975 sometime and I still have most
of that and I would say I collected as a kid until around 1987 sometime. I
then went into my Darkages that lasted from around 1987 until just about a year
ago. (I had a very long darkage :-( ).
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> How much of it is from your childhood?
I would guess 2000 - 3000 is from my childhood and the rest I have purchased in
the last year.
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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)
Sounds like you have a situation similar to me. I would say I probably build
between 10 and 20 hours a week on average. The way I get away with it is
because my wife really likes her TV shows on Monday's, Wednesday's, and
Thursday's and I hate the TV so that is when I can get away with building. She
knows I hate the TV and she does not mind me "building" then.
It does get tricky when I get on a role though because weekends can be touchy.
If I am "on a role" I do usually get up first on the weekend so that gives me a
little time in the morning. The rest of the time I just play it by ear.
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> What is your monthly lego budget?
This varies and recently it has probably been in the 300 - 500 dollar range
although for reasons I can't discuss just yet that number is going to fall a
bit. I can only say that this is not because my wife is putting the clamp on
my spending but because we have other places for our money to be spent.
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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)
Not really although I would say I don't think my wife fully understands my
hobby but she does think that it is good that I am meeting people because of it
so for that reason I think she tolerates it more.
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> When you build a large project, do you sketch plans or improvise as you
> go?
I would say both.
For an example of each...
My B-Wing was planned.
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/starwars/bwing/
My Inn was pure improvisation.
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/castle/inn/
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
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