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Re: AFOL? Please don't call me that.
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Fri, 16 Mar 2001 19:12:47 GMT
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Lawrence Wilkes wrote:
> "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message
> news:GAAsvv.656@lugnet.com...
> > Funny thing happened this past weekend when someone called me an AFOL. It
> > took me back for a second and I actually felt a bit offended. I wasn't • sure
> > why till I though about it some. I don't consider myself a "Fan of LEGO",
> > but more a "Fan of Building"; it just happens that I have found LEGO • bricks
> > to be the best product to build with. I don't collect LEGO sets; I buy • LEGO
> > parts for my projects.
> >
> > I didn't start buying LEGO products just because I wanted the sets or the
> > parts, but I wanted them so that I could build things and make my ideas • come
> > to life. I will admit that I have fond memories from my childhood of
> > building with my LEGO sets, but there again I don't think it's the sets I
> > enjoyed so much as building and playing.
> >
> > Maybe we need another acronym, Fan of Building (FOB), or just Building
> > Enthusiast (BE).I don't know, but I don't consider myself an AFOL, just a
> > fan of building and being creative.
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> I second that. I build things, I dont collect lego.
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> In fact I rarely buy lego sets.
> I buy bulk bricks and used parts mainly.
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> Frankly the way lego sets are going I shall buy even fewer as I see them as
> being counter to what I usually like to build (i.e. too much juniorization,
> and specialist parts that have little context outside the set or theme they
> are included in)
> Bulk is great though - but we need more variety.
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> I have NO allegance to the Lego brand.
> I am happy to continue to buy lego though as it is currently the quality
> leader.
> I would use an alternative brick source tomorrow if it produced the right
> quality.
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> regards
> lawrence
I am basically the same as both of you when it comes to LEGO. I haven't
bought a set newer than 1998. But funny thing, we post to LUGNET, read other
articles, reply to posts, and discuss LEGO...... Sooooo that would make you
AFOLB's --- Adult Fan of Lego Bricks.
Gary Istok
Royal Anecdote: When 18th century architect James Wyatt petitioned England's
Regent (later King George IV) to change his last name to Wyattville (to
differentiate himself from his famous uncle), George exclaimed "Veal or Mutton,
it doesn't matter what you call yourself".
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| When I hear the word "Fan" I think of 14 y/o girls with rooms covered in N'Sync posters. I do not have my room covered in LEGO bed sheets or, big red logos on the walls. I read LUGNET to share ideas and see how others are using the bricks to build (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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| "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:GAAsvv.656@lugnet.com... (...) sure (...) bricks (...) LEGO (...) come (...) I second that. I build things, I dont collect lego. In fact I rarely buy lego sets. I buy bulk bricks and used (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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