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Re: End of Year Thoughts
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 1 Dec 2001 02:49:57 GMT
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> Ironically, it was the BlockCAD program that first got me thinking about
> LEGO as an adult and quickly lead to the end of my dark ages. Then I got
> the taste of real bricks in my blood again, and I don't use it very much
> now. :)
for me, it was just over 2 years ago, I was doing good fighting urges to
go back to collecting the lego, avoiding the toy stores, trying hard not to
look in the toy advertizements. Then I made the mistake of going into
a toy store, and seeing the Railroad Express. Then I found E-bay, ironically
near the same time, and won a bid for a 4559 Cargo Train.
It was a long pent-up desire for Lego Trains, that brought me out of my
(2nd) dark age. Since then, I have (practically) tripled (if not quadripled)
my collection.
Lugnet, Brickbay, and Brickshelf don't help (neither does Lego.Com / shop @
home). Though, I ain't complaining. It has made me go from a build the
basic model, to now build your own stuff....
<slaps myself to get back to reality>
... it would help though to have a much larger bulk section on shop @ home,
or else go back to designing classic sets...
Benjamin Medinets
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