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| | | OK. This is rather odd but I'm just wondering if I'm doing OK in the head here or I've just not grown up and don't know it. For the record, I'm 29. Currently, I have a large number of LEGO sets that I've gotten since I was 4. There were some from my (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —Nathan McDowell
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| | | | | (...) Heck ya, I do that all the time. I'm 27 and I catch myself doing that too, having the minifigs carry on silly conversations and the like. I'm not really ashamed of it, but I can see how 'grown ups' would think that as a little odd. I have a (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —John C. Fiala
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| | | | | "Tom Boucher" <trekkie@spamyou.nom...stars.com> wrote in message news:G5ty6r.6pH@lugnet.com... (...) everyone (...) What is a model of a spaceship for if not for spinning it around in your lego room making 'rrrrrrrrnnnnn!' noises? Or, to put it (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —Richard Noeckel
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| | | | | (...) Well… if your imbalanced, then I'm totally --==Insane!==-- I'm 21 years old and go to York University. (For the record) I collect Castle Lego; my troop force is around 560 men. I love Medieval BrickWars and have become quite enthralled with (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | (...) You say that as if it were a bad thing... (...) No comment, although my wife could tell stories of spacecraft making landings atop her head... J (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —Tim Culberson
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| | | | | You're only as crazy as the rest of us. Yes, many people may believe you to have some level of clinical insanity You haven't played until you've cried when a minifig breaks his legs or permanently loses his hand or the like. In short, who gives a (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | (...) I don't do that, but then again, I never really did, even when I was a kid. I'll fly stuff around, and land my planes at airports, and run trains around the track, and make all the neat Technic functions go, and put the minifigs in various (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | (...) up (...) the (...) kid. (...) day-to-day (...) with (...) Indeed. I knew there was something wrong with you Steve! ; ) Scott S. -- Want LEGO Elements at Great Prices? Visit The Sanburn Systems Company www.sanburnsystems.com Scott E. Sanburn, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | (...) <snip> I don't sit down and enact scenarios anymore, but I do take every opportunity to supply creations with the appropriate sound effects, as well as a whoosh or two (or three) around the room. :^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —Eric Lanteigne
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| | | | | (...) Your story sounds like mine. I'm 30. Last year I got an 8459 and that was it. Since then I've accumulated 90% of the Lego Technic collection and since I'm almost done with that theme I switched to 9v Trains and recently Pirates. Every other (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —Rich Moberg
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| | | | | In lugnet.general, Tom Boucher writes: <snip> (...) The 'saga' that happens surrounding my mini-fig collections is getting almost operatic (castle, obviously). This is considered normal behavior. If, however, you attempt to put different hats on, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | Tom & All, (...) head (...) I've (...) afternoon (...) the (...) everyone (...) Well, I for one do as well. Actually, I have my whole minifig universe going on inside my head when I am bored at work or whatever. I do it a lot when I have my city / (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —Robert Thomas
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| | | | | Ok we all need some time to be kids again. Im sorry to say that everyone does it. when a 60 year old woman (my mom)gets hooked on spyro that she got for my son to play at her house that just goes to show my point. Or when parents take their kids to (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —Aaron West
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| | | | (...) Um... I think we are sharing a brain. I did this last week after re-building my Explorien Starship. Must be them cool little holo-computers transmitting brain patterns from Starship to Starship. Right now I find myself playing my preliminary (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —John D. Forinash
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| | | | (...) After all these responses, now I feel like a weirdo, like there must be something wrong with me. I just build stuff. Starships only get a few good swooshes; I want to know if parts are liable to fall off. Once it goes on the rack, it just sits (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Confessions of a LEGO Maniac —Tom Boucher
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| | | | Well I'm glad to see I'm normal. I tried to ask my wife about it before posting here and she went down the path of 'you do that because you're a control freak and they're the only things you can control' I didn't agree with her, I thought I was just (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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