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Re: It's not my "Dark Ages" but what is it?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 22 Nov 1999 15:31:58 GMT
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LPIENIAZEK@NOVERAspamless.COM
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Was at a party yesterday (my grandfather in law's 80th... they have one
great great grandkid already!!) and brought a few "to be parted" McD
sets for the kids to play with... I of course am a kid so did try my
hand... we had 4, 5 and 6, about 1/2 dozen each.
Best I could come up with was a stake truck. Those pieces in and of
themselves are very limiting. You find yourself wanting 1 bys quite
quickly...
(it was 1920s era Mack, you know, no windshield, but the cab roof
overhangs the driver and a bit of the hood... not really worth taking a
picture of)
James Wilson wrote:
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> In lugnet.general, John VanZwieten writes:
> >
> > James Wilson <j_wilson.plateletlab@usa.net> wrote in message
> > news:FLGr7v.L95@lugnet.com...
> > > I've been mostly lurking in LUGNet since its inception and came to know the
> > > term "Dark Ages" as it is commonly used here. Well, I'm not in a Dark Ages,
> > > but I'm in some kind of funk, LEGO-wise. I can't seem to sit down and build
> > > anything original. Most of my time with LEGO is either virtual (L-Draw,
> > > etc.) or in attempting to build someone else's L-Draw creation. I spend
> > > inordinate amounts of time organizing my bricks so when that really cool • post
> > > comes along I can find all the bricks I need to build it. I'm starting to • get
> > > bummed -- almost like writer's block!
> > >
> > > So, what would you suggest this stage be called. Maybe the Plagiarist Ages?
> > > Or Bricker's Block?
> >
> >
> > I found that lots of time spend organizing bricks reduced my non-virtual
> > inspiration as well.
> >
> > My suggestion: buy a $20-30 set and build an alternate model. One of the
> > panelists at MindFest had a great quote, something to the effect that the
> > limitations of "form" actually enhance creativity. By limiting myself to the
> > pieces in one set, I had to be more creative in using those pieces. It's been
> > fun recently buying the McDonalds sets and building alternates--talk about
> > limitations.
> >
> > -John Van
>
> No kidding, John. Especially when all they've got is one set! That was a
> helper, though. Sitting in McD's playing with 4 copies of one of the sets
> while the kids played on the playscape was good for the soul.
>
> James
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| (...) No kidding, John. Especially when all they've got is one set! That was a helper, though. Sitting in McD's playing with 4 copies of one of the sets while the kids played on the playscape was good for the soul. James (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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