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Re: Misnomer: we are all Lego collectors!
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In lugnet.castle, Jimmy Park writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Eric Sophie writes:
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> > Hmmm, interesting, Yep I buy a set for the Pcs. When I built my Praying
> > Mantis I brought tons of Castle sets. I have'nt purchased a set and built
> > the featured Model in years. I belive the last one was the Technic controll
> > center with the Mechanical T-rex. I'm with Mark, I'm a builder, builder and
> > collectors are two different animals. Yet we share many of the same traits.
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> That's because people are trying to redefine the term collector and it's
> confusing people. You might consider yourself a Lego "builder" but to 99.9%
> of the world, you are a Lego collector. If someone plays with Hot Wheels, I
> would call him a Hot Wheels collector, not a Hot Wheels Driver, not a Hot
> Wheeler, not a Hot Wheels user, or whatever else that person is trying to
> term themselves.
>
> Again, Lego, Lego Direct, and every employee of Lego I've ever talked to
> refers to us as "Lego collectors." For whatever reason, some people want to
> demonize/stigmitize the term as bad. It's not. In every other collecting
> field, the term collector usually denotes a fan of the series. I'm just
> trying to clarify the definitions to prevent future misunderstands.
>
> Jimmy
My girlfriend calls us all "LEGO nerds".
-Marc Nelson Jr.
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| (...) That's because people are trying to redefine the term collector and it's confusing people. You might consider yourself a Lego "builder" but to 99.9% of the world, you are a Lego collector. If someone plays with Hot Wheels, I would call him a (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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