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(...) Now that I think of it, You're right, I was thinking of the mall crowd, but my train show experience (albeit non-LEGO) lines up pretty well with your observations. What AFOL's need is a subtle way to get the point across that one Cafe Corner (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You may be right, but it is my experience displaying at model railroad shows here in the Midwest that the crowds tend to be predominantly middle class. (...) Well, if my Bionicle-loving nephews are any indication, Exo-Force should do at least (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Shame on you, John! Haven't you read all of the Bionicle fan-posts here over the years? Bionicle's tightly limited range of single-purpose elements actually improve creativity, rather than restricting it. Why, with your collection of Bionicle (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I think you underestimate the emotional extortion buying power of the average upper-middle class suburbanite child. ;-) (...) Inspiration really is one of the best functions of displays. I remember the special Lego displays that used to come (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmmm. I see your point, but I also think that when you finish your sentence, "You can buy that one directly from LEGO for $140", it might make the public blanch. Sure, piece for piece, it is a great value, but that type of analysis is a bit (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Karl Paulsen wrote: [...] (...) Good point Karl. I was thinking the same thing. When people see are train display we are always proud that nearly everything is home built. However, it would be very nice to be able to point to an awesome looking (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Tim David wrote: . I sometimes feel unusual in the AFOL (...) Right there with you Tim. I buy to build! I bought one and my wife and I had a great time building it together and I finaly added a ground floor interior last weekend. (...) (17 years ago, 31-May-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Bought it, built it. Right now it's in my "work room" but my son loves playing with it. He's actually getting pretty good at rebuilding it after ripping it apart. I'm considering buying another for parts, but I'll have to wait and see what (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.general)
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Nice, I add: Kjelt's first attendance of a large LEGO event Custom Sets, and one of these evolving into the famous official (URL) Blacksmith Shop> set The 'Designer' line of sets Snot-lettering grafitty appearing on walls in LEGO layouts Set (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I'll start (in no real particular order)... rec.toys.lego Lugnet LUG online forums popping up everywhere JLUG Local Lego clubs Lego conventions Ldraw/Lego CAD programs coming out Legend line re-releases Ambassador program Auczilla BrickLink (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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