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Re: Do you build sets you buy for parts?
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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 23:08:16 GMT
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I *only* build the set. I haven't built a MOC in years. I just love the way
the sets look. I buy them, build them, let them sit around for awhile, then
tear them down and build some of the older ones I may have. I keep all the
instructions in folders, divided by theme. I strive for completeness of
themes, even if I don't like a particular model in a theme that I may like
(right now I'm trying in vain to become complete in Wild West). I know it's
weird, seeing as how Lego is a building toy that is supposed to stir
imagination. I don't know . . . I just like the way the little minifigs look
living in their little minifig world. :)

-Jonathan



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  Re: Do you build sets you buy for parts?
 
I have purchased some sets for their parts from resellers. (Don't tell me, let me guess, some of you have, too!) In some instances those sets were not NIB -- usually at my request, as I would rather save shipping costs than receive a box that I'll (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Do you build sets you buy for parts?
 
Let me tell you how it works with us younger modelers... whenever I but a Lego set, I ALWAYS build the first (main) model in the instructions, even if it's some small useless set. It simply interestsme to see how all the parts are working together, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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