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Re: The cold, hard reality of Lego Renaissance
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Fri, 16 Mar 2001 19:55:17 GMT
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 05:54:53 GMT, Mike Rosulek
<mjr@powersurge.net.nospam> wrote:
Welcome to .castle
> I now have a new appreciation for the volume of bricks you guys/gals all
> have. Not that I didn't have appreciation before, but now I have a new
> one. Throughout my whole childhood, I'd always prided myself in having
> "a ton of legos." I have never met anyone in real life with more. I can
> easily come to grips with the fact that I didn't have enough to build a
> big castle the size of most I've seen around here, and that compared to
> most of you my collection is laughable. That's understandable.
>
> Very recently I decided to start playing with my legos again. More
> specifically, the Castle stuff because we all know Castle is by far the
> coolest. I'd been lingering around here a bit, checking out auctions,
> etc.. but today, I spent a while working on a few ideas I had floating
> around for my "dream castle." It was upsetting to realize that I didn't
> really have enough grey bricks to complete just the *gatehouse* of my
> main castle wall. Yikes. This I have a little more trouble coping with.
> I may have to rethink this whole getting-back-into-LEGO thing.
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> I find a few things running through my mind concerning this:
> 1) I have to buy my own bricks this time around. I can NOT put "10,000
> assorted grey legos" on my Christmas list for Grandma anymore.
Hmm, have you checked out the Lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands group?
(think Battleship and Aircraft Carrier).
/me keeps a wary eye out for incoming flames :^)
> 2) LEGO is still not cheap.
I'd say it is still not inexpensive, it is not and never has been
'cheap'.. With some things you pay for the quality.
> 3) I'm not what most people would call "in the money"
You are NOT alone in this :^)
> 4) Why the hell did I get so into Technic for the last 10 years of my
> LEGO upbringing when Castle is where it's really at?
It interested you, most people have their interests change over time,
nothing wrong with that.
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> My conclusions:
> 1) I can try microfig castles for a while...
Sure.
> 2) I could build a decent-sized black, red, and yellow Technic castle
> ;) ... blech!
Think outside the box, err brick?
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> Anyway, just a few rants. But it's true that I have a LOT more
> appreciation and respect for the scale of everyone's castles around
> here. I guess you must make this a pretty serious hobby, eh? ;)
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> You guys/gals rock! Thanks for listening ;)
>
> Mike "send me all your grey bricks" Rosulek
Not a chance :^)
Mike
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All other themes are just spare parts for Castle! :^)
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