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Re: What is it about the brick that has us hooked?
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Wed, 5 Apr 2000 04:45:22 GMT
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Maybe some tings are better left unexplained. Maybe some questions don't
have an answer. I was siting here trying to come uo with a reply and to tell
you the truth i don't realy know why im hooked. Could it be because i started
at early age. Is it a great form of self expression. Maybe its such a darn
good toy i can't help but like it. Or you could be right and there is somethig
in the ABS. I can tell you i like technic do to my facination with all things
machanical. I like castle for the fantasy and historical aspects. But the
reason i like Lego as whole eludes me. Perhaps that mystery just adds to the
fun.
Cale
In lugnet.general, Bill Farkas writes:
> I don't know if everyone else went through this, but when I came out of my
> dark-ages and started buying mass quantities of plastic bits marked for ages
> 5-12...I kinda felt like a misfit. I couldn't help but feel somewhat childish
> or immature, I mean, here I am a married man with kids of my own and I'm
> playing with a children's toy! When I found other AFOL's on the internet I was
> so relieved that I wasn't alone in the universe.
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> Yet, what is it about these little ABS blocks that renews the infatuation with
> them after years of forgetting about them? What is it that makes them so
> addictive to us as adults? I speculated once that there might be some
> trans-dermal absorbtion of ABS that gets into our bloodstreams that keeps us
> hooked. If I'm not mistaken though, it seems that there are more male AFOLs
> than female, correct? I commented in .castle the other day that I think they
> are attractive to us as adults because the constant acquisition of "more" is
> kind of goal oriented, providing a level of purpose outside of our • professional
> lives; also the competitive nature of trying to build the biggest, bestest MOC
> (or even most creative/unique) ever is appealing.
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> These are just a few things I came up with. So what is it? Why is the brick so
> appealing to you? What's got you hooked?
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>
> "I'm NOT PLAYING, I'm CREATING!!"
> Bill
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