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Re: Some Lego buying stats
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 5 Jun 2001 21:27:52 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Duane Hess writes:
> In lugnet.general, David Eaton writes:
> > I was curious just a bit ago about how much I spend on Lego per year, and
> > how quickly I acquired Lego-- So using semi-rough guesses on my collection
> > based on year, I found:
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> > Childhood: 1,425 pieces per year =~ $150 per year
> > Dark Ages: 0 pieces per year = $0 per year!
> > College: 5,363 pieces per year =~ $600 per year
> > Out of College: 32,647 pieces per year =~ $4,000 per year
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> > Anyway, I'm really just rambling with very little hard data whatsoever-- I
> > could be *WAY* off, I dunno... Does anyone out there have some more
> > realistic numbers to toy with?
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> > DaveE
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> I don't have a piece breakdown (yet), but I do have a dollar breakdown...
> 1983 - $85
> 1984 - $275
> 1985 - $200
> 1986 - $175
> 1987 - $200
> 1988 - $200
> 1989 - $125
> 1990 - $35
> 1991 - $125
> 1992 - $150
> 1993 - $425
> 1994 - $150
> 1995 - $150
> 1996 - $350
> 1997 - $150
> 1998 - $250
> 1999 - $575
> 2000 - $725
> 2001 - $125 to date
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> Total - $4,470
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> Not a staggering amount, but not insignificant either. It's interesting to
> see the drop in 1990 (more of a grey age, not really a dark age) and the
> slump around '94-'95 (Juniorization). Interesting data for TLC to look at...
I need to do a breakdown at some point, but it scares me. I've got somewhere in
the 300-500k pieces rance, acquired over 2.5 years so far...
Frank
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| (...) Ditto on the scary part - I know I have well over 500K pieces (99% bought in the last 3 years), which is why I am Ebaying off a ton of sets/parts over the next few months, and Brickbaying off a few 10K of new bricks - to make ROOM so that I (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I don't have a piece breakdown (yet), but I do have a dollar breakdown... 1983 - $85 1984 - $275 1985 - $200 1986 - $175 1987 - $200 1988 - $200 1989 - $125 1990 - $35 1991 - $125 1992 - $150 1993 - $425 1994 - $150 1995 - $150 1996 - $350 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.general)
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