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Re: Too much Lego?
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Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:24:37 GMT
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"Ken Nagel" <knandjn@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.general, Thomas Main wrote:
> > The recent discussions about the color change and people's buying habits • got me
> > thinking about how much we as individuals spend on Lego. In particular, • at
> > least a couple of people in this thread
> > (http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=46284) admitted to spending between
> > $2,000-$5,000 or more per year on Lego. Frankly, this struck me as a • HUGE
> > amount of money to spend on Lego.
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> To each their own. Even the most extravagant Lego train hobbiest can't • hold a
> candel to the modle train guys spending $300+ for a single locomotive.-Ken
Hmm, I wouldn't be so quick to assume that AFOLs don't have models
approaching or exceeding this price. Actually, we're more likely to have
structure models that exceed $1000 in cost (now you can spend hundreds of
dollars for structure models for traditional model railroading [and I own
some surprisingly expensive kits], but I think us AFOLs have that beat by
quite a bit, though it's possible a Fine Scale Miniatures kit unbuilt in
mint condition would reach into the $1000 range). Of course you're off by at
least one order of magnitude on the cost range a single locomotive can
reach, I've seen adds for $5000+ live steam models, and $300 is actually the
low end for brass locomotives.
As to the question asked... It really depends on what you do. I have a
collection of about 600k pieces. I have just about decided that that's about
the largest collection that's really practical to maintain, at least with
the sorting and storage methods that I use. There are collections in the
millions of bricks. These very large collections can support brickscaped
terrain for layouts. My mountain scene has ~200 BURPs in it, and is at least
2000 pieces, possibly exceeding 10,000 pieces.
Is my collection sane? I don't know. I probably should sell a bunch of it
off. I'm not sure what my minifig population is, but I doubt I could ever
use all of them. I've also got thousands of pieces that are totally
unnecessary for anything I might ever build. I have sold some off, but
selling pieces is just a pain.
Frank
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| "Frank Filz" <ffilz-lists@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:Hv00x4.1D5n@lugnet.com... (...) Frank hits the nail on the head - Once you start seriously purchasing Lego kits for the parts instead of the main model, you inevitably end up with a (...) (20 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Too much Lego?
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| (...) at (...) the (...) Good point. I have a LEGO lift bridge controlled by 2 RCX's. The total estimated street value is just over $1200 (that's cost ladies and gents...) My collection is a small collection in my own mind. I now, only after many (...) (20 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) To each their own. Even the most extravagant Lego train hobbiest can't hold a candel to the modle train guys spending $300+ for a single locomotive.-Ken (20 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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