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Re: Do you build sets you buy for parts?
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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 00:21:08 GMT
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message
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> Ben Jackson <ben@ben.com> wrote:
> > When you buy a set for parts (or multiple copies of it) do you always • build
> > at least one of the actual model? I may have just bought too many sets • in
> > the last few weeks, but I don't really feel like building a 4561 (much • less
> > 4 of them, although all the coaches together might be entertaining), or • the
> > R2D2 droid, or a couple of technic cars...
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> I never buy things for the sets -- all of the purchases are for parts. • That
> said, I usually do put together the set first thing, partly as a sort of
> Lego Ritual. With a lot of technic stuff, I'm glad that I do -- I often
> learn interesting construction techniques.
I agree. These days I put together technically interesting Technic sets
(the only thing that I buy), but not most of them. A recent example is the
Space Shuttle, I built it to figure out how everything worked. If I bought
another simple car set (anything but the current Super Car) then I doubt
that I'd build it though.
Sometimes I build sets far enough to see what the cool function is, then
don't finish them. My Space Shuttle is actually in this state right now
(its missing a few of the decorative pieces).
alex
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 | | Re: Do you build sets you buy for parts?
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| Out of curiosity, am I one of the few who buy the sets for the sets. I don't typically build to many MOCs, and if I do it is from an old carrying case full of misc. pieces. Also, I store all my sets in their original boxes with instructions. Am I in (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Do you build sets you buy for parts?
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| (...) I never buy things for the sets -- all of the purchases are for parts. That said, I usually do put together the set first thing, partly as a sort of Lego Ritual. With a lot of technic stuff, I'm glad that I do -- I often learn interesting (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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