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Subject:	Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community
Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:45 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes: > Over the better part of the last year, I've done a lot of thinking about the > LEGO hobby and the LEGO community, trying to develop a philosophy on it > which I use to channel my efforts, energies, and interactions. I'm > interested in hearing others' thoughts on the LEGO community. > ... > -Tim I am sure it also happened to you: you see a thumbnail on BrickShelf and immediatly you know who is the model author. Lego is much more unlimited than i thought at first. Each builder has unique building style and techniques. And also a unique building process, from carefully chosen individual bricks, to wild assembly. The good news: Your experience with lego is both intimate and unlimited. The bad news: You experience it alone. You can't share it. You share only excitement. So, in a certain sense, the lego community includes everybody but excludes everyone. Damien

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		Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
(...) Hi Damien - I'm afraid I don't totally understand what you're getting at. I've built projects with other LEGO fans, and shared the experience of building projects with them. I've built things that would not have become what they did were it (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)

		Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
"Damien Guichard" <damien.guichard@wanadoo.fr> skrev i meddelandet news:HDCyp9.8rw@lugnet.com... (...) I don't agree. There are many ways where you actually share the experience, not only by watching: - Build together - I do it all the time with (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)

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		Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
Over the better part of the last year, I've done a lot of thinking about the LEGO hobby and the LEGO community, trying to develop a philosophy on it which I use to channel my efforts, energies, and interactions. I'm interested in hearing others' (...) (21 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community) !!

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