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Re: Is it possible to have too much LEGO?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:26:53 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Markus Wolf writes:
> I have to be careful I don't fall into the "Ugly American" trap, assuming
> that most who are dealing with this issue are Americans. The main pitfall of
> our culture is overindulgence. We overeat, overspend, and fill our homes,
> garages and barns with tons of stuff we'll never need.
> Let me throw a curve ball into the thought process. If I don't have the
> piece I want, it forces me to become more creative in my approach to building
> my project. The orphan child in Brazil who has no toys at all, is much more
> creative then I am. He excited when he finds a glass bottle and plays in the
> sand, pretending it's a bulldozer or a tugboat or a tower. But if I don't
> have 42 2x2 spare black tiles, I get upset because I can't build the Fifties
> Cafe' I'm dreaming of.
> Maybe the secret of Lego isn't buying enough parts to do make whatever I
> want, but to figure out how to do what I want with the parts I have. When I
> was a kid, I only got Legos at Christmas and on my birthday, and I cherished
> every set wholeheartedly. Now I want to buy duplicate sets, or complete a
> theme collection, while complaining about the engineering of the Lego
> Company. In all my stuff, I lost my sense of wonder.
> I dare you to NOT buy every set you want. I dare you to put a
> ridiculously low monthly budget toward your Lego hobby and see how it effects
> the next time you buy a set.
I completely agree with you. When I am judicial with my Lego expenditures, each
set that I get means much more to me. I'd like to keep some of the innocent joy
that Lego brought me when I was a child; when I didn't care much at all about
piece count.
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| I have to be careful I don't fall into the "Ugly American" trap, assuming that most who are dealing with this issue are Americans. The main pitfall of our culture is overindulgence. We overeat, overspend, and fill our homes, garages and barns with (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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