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Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections...
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 17 Feb 2000 16:11:55 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:
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> Roughly, what is the size of your collection?
75,000
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> How long has it taken you to accumulate such a large collection?
8 Years
> How much of it is from your childhood?
None
> 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)
Varies from 0 (due to having a young child) to 20+ hours
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> What is your monthly lego budget?
$50-$250
> Does any of this cause family conflict? (For some of you, I wonder if • you
> have contact with anyone NOT made of abs)
Oh yes, but my wife's brother is who got be back into Lego so she's really to
blame!!!
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> When you build a large project, do you sketch plans or improvise as you
> go?
If its a large project I typically sketch it out, but that usually gets
changed slightly as I work on it. For smaller stuff, I usually just build.
> Thanks in advance,
> "I'm NOT PLAYING, I'm CREATING!!"
> "They're NOT TOYS, they're the substance of the imagination!"
> Bill
Dan M.
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