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Re: Misnomer: we are all Lego collectors!
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:24:36 GMT
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Jimmy Park at madoka@jps.net wrote:
> Nothing wrong with being a collector,
> but I do think it's wrong to try and stigmatize/change the definition of the
> word.
Too late. The word has already been stigmatized. Two words: Beanie Babies.
When someone says "collector" I think of someone who MUST HAVE EVERY ITEM.
I certainly don't fit that description, whether or not someone else
perceives my hobby that way.
~Grand Admiral Muffin Head
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Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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| (...) Hey if you're going to pick a field where people are encouraged to 'buy them all,' you should have picked Pokemon or even Bionicles. ;) But seriously, the terms "stamp collector," "coin collector," "action figure collector," etc. are all (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I think your definition of a collector is fundamentally wrong. Webster's defines a collector as one that collects or a person who makes a collection. No where does it mention that one has to have every set in a series to be a collector or does (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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