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Re: Who has the most Lego?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:32:59 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
> > Shiri Dori wrote:
> > >
> > > In lugnet.general, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> > > > To All,
> > > >
> > > > > The subject pretty much says it all. Who does anyway?
> > > >
> > > > Well, I do know Gary Istok (A really cool guy, BTW! : ) ) is perhaps still
> > > > second, I think he has over 500,000 parts. There is someone else, Conan, I
> > > > think his name is, he is not online or anything, but I heard he has over
> > > > 2,000,000 parts.
> > >
> > > I would agree to those two, but I also think that Frank Filz would be way up
> > > high on that list. Hmmm...
> >
> > Yup, several other people also (actually, there are definitely folks who
> > buy more than I do, I just never get around to selling much of mine).
> > Last I checked, my spreadsheet of cataloged sets came in at over 250k
> > pieces. I'd estimate that I'm pretty close to 500k. Larry Pieniazek must
> > BUY several times as much as I do as do several other folks. Mike
> > Stanley should be up there (how many blue tubs has he claimed to have
> > used for his train layout?).
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> I think you mean Mike Poindexter. Mike Stanley sells a lot of what he buys,
> I believe.
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> My most recent estimate places my collection at 750K but I have essentially
> stopped buying large quantities. I have (just about??) all the LEGO I need
> at this point. Mike is surely ahead of me because of all his tubs, but I
> probably have more rare and older sets still as sets.
>
> >
> > I don't know how rapidly Conan buys compared to others of us, but unless
> > his buying pace is like mine or faster, his collection could well fall
> > behind the leaders (my collection of 250k-500k has been purchased over
> > the course of about 20 months so far).
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> At 2.3M or more (that estimate is a year old) elements in Conan's
> collection, it would take a LONG time for someone to surpass him, even at
> present rates of growth.
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> There *are* limits to growth. Once you get above 250K it gets difficult to
> manage your collection. At 500K it gets really really hard, beleive me, I
> know. Conan's advantage is that much of his collection (was) built into the
> GMLTC layout, making it easier to manage. But Conan is one of the few people
> who sorts by size AND color and still consistently overflows the wall of
> containers.
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> The GMLTC layout got disassembled and is being reconstituted so for a while
> it must have been a madhouse in Conan's basement with all the 2x2 and 2x3
> and 2x4 and 1x4 bricks...
>
> ++Lar
What!!! Larry has more than me!!!!! :-)
Actually I have about 650,000 about now. I quit buying bulk, and have been buying
some rare and scarce stuff. Here's a few quirky insights into my collecting
addiction:
Classic style Windows & Doors: 10,000
Modern style Windows & Doors: 1,000
Regular clear bricks & slopes: 12,000
Regular clear plates: 2,000
Macaroni bricks: 1,000
Red Minifig Heads (old style, no face): 30
Low sloped yellow outside corners: 18
Medium sloped blue outside corners: 140
1x1 rounds in regular clear: 500
Classic Era Fliptop Garage Doors: 25
50's & 60's Town Plan Boards: 6
Yellow 1x4x5 half arches: 14
50's & 60's European Wooden Box sets: 7
Oldest sets: 1956 (one Danish, one German, one Belgian)
Gary Istok
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