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In the August 2000 issue of Antiques and Collecting Magazine, there is an article abour LEGO collecting that highlights Brian Styles' (LUGNET member?) collection. Of particular interest is the statement that Mr. Styles insured his collection of 700 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Kinda off topic but i was wondering... how much do you guys spend on Lego per month? It is addictive, and now when I jumped into it (BrickBay, bidding on eBay) i realized that i spent quite a lot for just one month on Lego... hmmm... got to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) More than I should, not as much as I want to. I do wonder if I'm so addicted it clouds my clarity of thinking... ++Lar (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well I would say that when I first came out of my "Darkages" I didn't manage it to well. I spent a ton on LEGO for about the first year building up my collection. Now I have tried to manage things better. For me Brickbay was a godsend in that (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm 13 and don't get a lot of money. I can usually only spend $20-$30 a month, whihc is my entire allowance. Except in January it is my birthday and I can get a few hundred dollars. Plus I don't live close to a store that has LEGO, and I have (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Larry had the definitive answer: more than I should, not as much as I want. (...) When I decided to build up a very small Pirate collection into a very large Pirate collection, I placed myself on a budget of $60 a month. I could get either a (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yea, me too. Certainly if I had an unlimited budget, there's a bunch of sets I'd have by now. Instead, I just patiently wait (I'm on my way to a 2nd 4563 for example, or how I got my 6286s and 6285s). I did just blow a chunk on K- Mart's BOGO (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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I spend way to much money on Lego(About 300$ a month) Maybe it's because i recently came out of the "Dark Ages". I manage this because i have my own company(in the computer business), with the option to buy Lego without paying VAT. I try to sell (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Since I left my (not too) dark age four years ago, I've spend in average 500 $ per month. :-( That's the bad side, but during the last 12 month after a move my appartment seemed too small for my collection and I started to sell stuff that (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, for me, it has been about $400/month for the last 2 years (damn German EBAY!). And prior to that, it has been about $200/month (since 1980!!!). Gary Istok (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) per (...) So I suppose you to be one of the brick millionaires? Do you have an idea what's your brick count? Ben BTW: what is your nick in German eBay? (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ben, you will always be able to tell if it is me on eBay - "gistok" is my nickname! By the way you don't happen to be "Ben_ aus_BS", are you? For some reason, I hate to bid against people I know. I usually think "well I already have a lot of (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Never seen (or noticed) so far. But I'm mainly in search for train stuff.... (...) Yes, Braunschweig, my hometown has the car number BS and as you certainly know the "aus" means "from"..... (...) have (...) I have no problems with that: (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, but Kurt is bidding on it. :-) Unless it is going for a rediculously low price, I think I better let others bid on them for a while. I now have a few of these. I am going to use some of these garage doors in one of my new buildings, as (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ben, do you currently live in Braunschweig? Isn't that where Heinrich der Löwe (Henry the Lion - the arch-enemy of 12th century German Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa) lived and is buried (in the Cathedral)? I was born in Coburg (the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) lol :-) I bet I'm not the only one who echo's that sentiment. SRC (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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"Gary Istok" <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:39C26A6D.F445AE...ich.edu... (...) the (...) black 2x4 (...) have some (...) (5070 type) (...) I am (...) small black (...) remove the (...) Will I (...) I'm not Ben, but I'll give it a try (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) individual wheels. I was going to try to take a wheel pair apart, but based on what you say, I would be ruining the wheels. So I will be doing what you described (hide the inner wheel on the inside of the Thatcher Perkings boiler). From the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's nearly right, but I have found a good way to take things apart without destroying them: Use an old fork (it might bend a little) and put it with some force behind the wheel. Do it that way, that the plastic pin is lying in the gab (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm at about $300 a month, but that number is dwindling now that I've gotten a lot of back sets collected. I'll probably keep it to $100 a month or less. I want to grab some more ZNap closeouts at TRU (gotta get those cheap motors!!!), so that (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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