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Subject: 
Biggest LEGO Maniacs (was: First draft of the Lego-Modular Train layout standards posted..)
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Fri, 31 Mar 2000 17:06:50 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter wrote:

[1]  I would put Conan as #1, but I don't think I even fit into the top 10.
I think I sell as much as Frank Filz buys and I am sure there are bigger
fish than me, but I don't know how many that would be.  Maybe I am a top
buyer, but I don't know.  Just curious and not trying to fill some machismo
need.

I doubt we even know the 10 customers (not buy-and-resellers, but people
who actually buy and stockpile LEGO).  Why?  Simple:  they're too busy
with lego to bother with that waste-of-time known as the internet.
Conan fits into this category, correct?

There are bound to be plenty of other Conans out there.  Statistically,
I would not be surprised if the domain "Lugnet readers and posters"
fails to represent the buying/collecting habits of all AFOLs.

Steve



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Biggest LEGO Maniacs (was: First draft of the Lego-Modular Train layout standards posted..)
 
(...) You're probably right Steve. I first found out about RTL/LUGNET in July 1998, although I have been out of the Dark Ages since June 1979. I also think that there are a lot of European collectors who can't speak English (well), who don't (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Biggest LEGO Maniacs (was: First draft of the Lego-Modular Train layout standards posted..)
 
(...) Who is Conan? I keep seeing references to him, but I have never seen him post. (Not that anybody knows who I am either, but at least people don't talk about me a whole lot either.) And if he is too busy with LEGO to bother with the 'net, then (...) (24 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

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