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Subject: 
Collection status and time
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Date: 
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 19:22:36 GMT
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Hi,

I am very curious about the pace that my collection grows then I decided to
do a quick survey in order to compare.

Can you guys tell us approximatedly how many pieces you have and how long
have you been collecting them?

TIA,

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Felipe G. Coury
Gerente de Desenvolvimento
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http://www.creation.com.br

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  Re: Collection status and time
 
(...) From ages 6 to 12 (childhood): about 10,000 pcs total From ages 12 to 18 (dark ages): nothing new From ages 18 to 22 (re-discovery of Lego, college budget): about 7,500 more pcs From ages 22 to 24 (discovery of LUGNET, REAL budget): about (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Collection status and time
 
(...) Hi Felipe, My story is very similar to yours. I've been collecting for one year, which was preceeded by a 15 year dark age. In the span of one year, I have collected 10,000 - 12,000 pieces from around 40 sets. Unfortunately, I don't have any (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Collection status and time
 
(...) Well for me it goes something like this... ~5-15 7,500 - 10,000 pieces 16-28 Dark Ages 29-31 125,000 - 150,000 pieces Most of the 29-31 was collected in late 1999 to mid 2000. The only real big addition in terms of parts since mid 2000 was 40 (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Collection status and time
 
(...) Fewer than I thought, I think. This week I went through and looked up set numbers and piece counts and added up how many pieces I should have given all the set instructions I have. The number was much smaller than I expected. Thankfully, I (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Collection status and time
 
(...) Since November 1999 when I left my dark ages (Wednesday of Thanksgiving week to be exact) , my collection has grown by a little more than 36,000 pieces. My Pre-Dark-ages collection was very small, somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000 pieces. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Collection status and time
 
(...) Hi Felipe, My rate of expansion goes something like this: From ages 2 to 15: about 15 000 pieces From ages 15 to 18: Dark Ages From ages 18 to 24: about 140 000 pieces Of course, I don't believe that you will get 2 people who answer the same (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Collection status and time
 
(...) My collection is somewhere between 250,000 and 500,000 (probably closer to 250,000), collected since February 1999 (or so - too lazy to dig out when I actually started). In theory the rate of growth has slowed, but then I'm still waiting on a (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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  Re: Collection status and time
 
(...) I'm somewhere around 150,000 - 200,000 pieces. I'm really not sure. I know I have a lot more than can be accounted for by the sets listed in my collection, because I don't track trades, auction/sale purchases, or parts I keep from sets I sell. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Collection status and time
 
(...) Hmm... Well, I've been collecting since I was 7 years old. I'm 22 now. I just counted last night, and I found that I have 223 individual sets. This doesn't count repeated buyings (which I do rarely, but may account for about 10 more sets) or (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Collection status and time
 
(...) I had a bin of legos from when I was younger. Set 555 and one of the 1987 space sets. I saw the MovieMaker set in Nov. and fell in love. Got it the day before Christmas with some gift certificates I got early. Well since Dec 24 my wife and I (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Collection status and time
 
(...) I had some 2000 pieces from the childhood, but it is now around 45000-50000 pieces (in three years) Selçuk (23 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Collection status and time
 
(...) I began collecting again on March 25, 1999. I have 11,740 pieces. In 1999 I accumulated 3,674 pieces, in 2000 it was 7,611, and thus far in 2001 I have added 455 pieces. james (23 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Collection status and time
 
Here's my take on this: I was 6 years when I got my first LEGO...... 1960 - 500 pieces. (one year before LEGO in USA, but relative in Germany sent it) 1965 - 3000 pieces 1968 - 5000 pieces 1969-79 (Dark Ages, but kept all my old LEGO) 1979 - 15,000 (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)

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