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Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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I have been getting something like this more and more. After I tell people
the Lego is for me I get a response along the lines of, "I wish I could play
with Lego! I'd feel funny though." I always tell them not to worry about it,
and buy some if they want to.
There's a lot of people older (read - not children) out there that would just
LOVE to be able to play with toys. It's a time of my life (being able to play
all day long) that I really miss, and I took for granted. Being able to
recapture some of that, even if it's for a half hour here, an hour there,
makes me truly happy. People are in WAY to much of a hurry to "grow up".
Don't be. You will miss those days soon enough.
-from a guy who went into his dark ages right when castle Lego was really
smokin', and now kicks himself everyday because he can't put together a
respectable armored heavy cavalry!!!
Eric
In lugnet.general, Erik Olson writes:
> What Scott said!
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> One day, you will bring an armful of Lego to the cashier and plunk it down. They
> will say with a smile "Is all this for you?" and if you dare to reply "Yes it
> is" and you receive in return a wink of jealousy... these things will make up
> for all the boorish checkers that ever got you down.
>
> -Erik
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| Eric, (...) Oh, you know it as well, huh? I kick myself everyday for not buying those wondererful 5.00 Futuron minifig packs when they were out, so I can have a force for my ADF. Sigh..... Did you ever wish you had a few hundreds, went into a time (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| What Scott said! One day, you will bring an armful of Lego to the cashier and plunk it down. They will say with a smile "Is all this for you?" and if you dare to reply "Yes it is" and you receive in return a wink of jealousy... these things will (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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