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Re: FOTM/LOTM (Loss of the Month) Some thoughts...
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Date: 
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 02:03:06 GMT
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Carlo & All,

True, I think we will lose a generation of AFOL's simply because they do
not have the same kind of sets LEGO used to make. I doubt many of us would
be here today if we did not fall in love with some series, whether it be
space, town, castle, TECHNIC, or train.  it will be interesting to see in
the next 10 years or so.

Folks, just a disclaimer here, seems to be misinterpreted a lot here, I am
just saying "many of us would be here" blah blah blah. That does mean that
it is not 100%, but from what I have seen, and the people I have talked too,
seems to be pretty much the case. YMMV. Right?

Anyway,

Well, I think I'm an AFOL. I'm 39 and my collection is reaching 200K pieces,
(fairly small, from an US point of view, but I'm Italian... ;-))

Well, I am a US citizen, and mine is around there too, Carlo, you must be
hoarding over there in Italy! ; )

I think the AFOL definition stands, regardless.

Still, I never played with LEGO as a child. (I had a lot of FisherTechnik
when I was a teen)

Interesting.

My son (seven) despite having a lot of '80 and early '90 sets to play with,
wants me to buy that Bionicle things....
I don't know what this mean for the future of LEGO AFOLs, by I'm not really
happy...

Happy about what? That your son prefers Bionicle over older style sets?
Hmm... I am not a parent, I would be concerned though, that's just me, it
really depends on the child. I might be out of touch witrh today's children,
Lord knows I was when i was a kid. : )

Scott S.
--

P.S.: ok, I admit, some gears from my son's Bionicles are now in my
drawers.....

I see now!



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"Scott E. Sanburn" <ssanburn@indalex.com> wrote in message news:GG6Mt4.E8z@lugnet.com... (...) not (...) space, (...) next (...) Well, I think I'm an AFOL. I'm 39 and my collection is reaching 200K pieces, (fairly small, from an US point of view, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)

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