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(...) Well, jeez. I only have 44,000 bricks. And yet every person who sees my collection has said "That's a lot of lego!" It makes me wonder, idly, who has the largest collection on lugnet. Adrian -- (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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Well, I know Gary Istok has at least 500,000+ pieces, there are a few more that he knows of, one person has over 2,000,000! :) Gary? Scott S. (...) ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn CAD Operator Affiliated Engineers, Inc. Work Page: (URL) Page: (URL) LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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That would be Conan (don't know his last name, but Larry P. does). He has 2.3 million. He is a member of GMLTC, but doesn't participate in LUGNET. But his collection is of rather recent vintage, if memory serves me correctly. In the number 2 spot (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The 2.3 million number is an estimate, but the people who did the estimating are several current and former LEGO 'Model Shop' employees - the people that work on the big creations you see at LEGOLAND parks, Imagination Centers, etc... So, they (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) i caught the follow-up to that show... a few people complained and wrote letters/emails about Lego not being included (i looked for LUGNET monikers, but none looked familiar)... people thought it was a travesty to have not included Lego in the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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This thread brings up a question I have mulling over for some time: How does one get a fairly estimate pieces-in-collection count? I am currently going through my boxes-and-instructions closet making a list of what I have for insurance purposes, in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) purchased. (...) think I have somewhere *around* 50,000 split between my old stuff at mom + dads house and here at home. The problem for me is what are the proper names of all the bricks? How do I inventory them so other people know what I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Whenever I add a new bucket to my "master bin," I tend to measure how full it is. That's how I get my ballpark figure; I assume that my "sorted special pieces" probably number about 3,000. The total is probably close to yours, Aaron--I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) names (...) mean? (...) is. (...) I've (...) out of (...) I (...) to (...) to 1990 (...) tomorrow. My (...) at (...) Ah, the basement. Those of us whose bricks out-number ants in the yard seem to dwell in basements of ABS hysteria. We are dark (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have an Excel spreadsheet, with all the sets I have verified, and the ones I don't, I usually make a pretty good guess on what I do have. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn CAD Operator Affiliated Engineers, Inc. Work Page: (URL) Page: (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I "only" have about that many too...any more and my LEGO room is going to burst! (...) I wonder who's sold the most pieces? <duck ;-> --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) here's how those of us in the Lego CAD communicate with one another about the parts to which we're referring (and it's newly added to LUGNET!) (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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