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Re: What's your LEGO Specialty?
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Wed, 29 Mar 2000 08:24:19 GMT
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Wayne R Hussey wrote:
> I was just browsing and noticed one LUGNETter asking another "what is your
> LEGO Specialty?"
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> I thought this might be an interesting question to ask the whole group.
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> So, what is YOUR LEGO specialty?
Oooh, good question. Kudos humongos, or some other flippantly misspelled term of
approbation. ;)
> Mine is collecting individual elements, building space ships and other
> vehicles. I have catalogued approximately 2,600 different elements spanning
> all LEGO themes and age groups - from Duplo through Technic and Znap, Fabuland
> through Scala - you name it. I've built many larger space ships and dozens of
> smaller ones. Plus large custom models of a 727, a ferry boat, racing cars,
> etc.
Hmmm...well, I have three specialties, really, and in the spirit of those who have
answered non-LEGO-thematically, I will instead answer "lugnet.thematically":
-.boats/.pirates = I build large, semi-accurate minifig scale WWI-era warships
(but recently an 1860s French ironclad).
-.off-topic = I'm the professional historian of the bunch--not the LEGO historian
(that's Gary by a country parsec)--but I enjoy drawing context for models and
themes. Yes, I'm making use of those four degrees...
-.shopping/.b-s-t = I'll have to toss down the "bragging contest" gauntlet here,
but I think I've become one of the LEGO retail shoppers par excellence over the
last two years. I put in an enormous amount of time (and mileage!) driving
around, schmoozing retail managers, and collecting the fruits of my efforts at a
fraction of retail. And yet, somehow they like me! I usually then turn around
(here's the .b-s-t) and pass them along to the group at a couple bucks' profit a
set--just enough to keep a tenth or so for myself and cover my original outlay. I
enjoy "spreading the wealth"--it's a good feeling--especially when I get to wallow
in a little bit of it myself. :) (Yeah, yeah, I do a handful of auctions, but
I'm small potatoes on that front, and again, it's to recoup my costs.)
Yet despite these three, I find myself dreaming of building a large starship. I
guess that's the beauty of the Brick--it drags you in all sorts of neat
directions.
best
Lindsay
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