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Re: Questions for those with LARGE collections...
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Date: 
Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:44:51 GMT
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>     Roughly, what is the size of your collection?

115,00 plus pieces

>     How long has it taken you to accumulate such a large collection?

23+ years

>          How much of it is from your childhood?

Don't know, would guess >20 K pieces


>     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)

3-10 hrs, depending on homework

>     What is your monthly lego budget?

$300 (CDN) is what I get/month for hobbies

>     Does any of this cause family conflict?  (For some of you, I wonder if
> you have contact with anyone NOT made of abs)

No.  My wife is free to play with all my lego, but doesn't tend to too much
(she will sit and build with me, but not on her own)


>     When you build a large project, do you sketch plans or improvise as you
>       go?

Build.  I don't do drawings until I am happy with the plastic result.  (I only
have 2 Ldraw drawings done of my own)

James Powell



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  Questions for those with LARGE collections...
 
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 (...) (27 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)

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