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Re: This is cool!
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:43:48 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, A. Mark Wilburn writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Craig Hamilton writes:
> > ADOLS ~ Adult Despisers Of LEGO... scary to think that for every one of
> > us, there is one of them! i've met people who think my passion for lego is
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> If you change that to Adult Despisers of Lego Fans, you've got ADOLFS, a more
> accurate/descriptive acronym.
mark, you're a genius! ROFLMAO!! they are an evil lot and have been dubbed!
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> > I've gotten hundreds of messages telling me my site sucks.
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> > i have'nt gotten any of those, but i've gotten some pretty weird e-mails
> > from non-afol webtv-ers when my site was featured in the january webtv
> > newsletter. they all were pretty positive, and the worst i got was someone
> > informing me that i have way too much free time. (ha! if they only knew!)
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> I've gotten that comment a lot too (oddly, from people who casually collect
> Lego). Friends who normal think lego is far to childish and immature and
> reflects poorly on me change their tune when they see either a really large
> model I've created or just one that happens to tie into something they're a
> fan of (Star Wars, military aircraft, Transformers, etc). At which point the
> comment "Oh, I didn't know you could do THAT; I meant Lego like the toys I had
> as a kid... that's the stuff that's too childish"
i've heard people remark,"lego(s) sure have changed since i was a kid."?
i always smile and say, "no, that's just it; they have'nt."
> I think it would benefit all ADOLFS to see something they're fanatical about
> interpreted in our favourite bricks.
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> Mark
i think that's why my site has non-AFOL appeal. i get favorable responses
from comic fans and goth/horor fans. frankly i'm scared of what ADOLFS are
fanatical about.
later ~ craig~
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| (...) If you change that to Adult Despisers of Lego Fans, you've got ADOLFS, a more accurate/descriptive acronym. (...) I've gotten that comment a lot too (oddly, from people who casually collect Lego). Friends who normal think lego is far to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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