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Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:01:29 GMT
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Scott Wardlaw wrote:
> The other day I got another "You still play with LEGO?". I replied with: "No, I
> design and build models made from LEGO." That didn't seem to help much.
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> I'd like to start a list of ideas and suggestions on how we might improve how
> other adults view LEGO as a hobby. Any ideas?
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> Something that I think would help is LEGO or LEGO branded items in the work
> place. Nothing cooky or over-done, but something that is detailed enough to
> have people ask "Wow, is that really made of LEGO?" I thought about making nice
> looking book ends for my text books or a business card holder.
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> Of course, I'd also like to see some other things like a leather note pad with a
> subtle LEGO logo and other items used or worn in the work place.
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> Thoughts? Any other ways to improve the hobby image of LEGO?
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> Thanks,
> Scott
Well, I've been doing something for the last two year I'd like to share and I
think it works because I'm sill doing it.
OK, so some people have thoughts about us playing, building, being fans of,
whatever of LEGO but I've found it's easy to change those ideas. In 2006, I was
asked to be a speaker in a group called Epilepsy Advocate where people living
with the condition would go out and motivate others living with epilepsy to get
out into the open.
At first, I wasn't sure what I should be talking about but it soon dawned on me
living with epilepsy since childhood and being a LEGO fan since childhood had
stuff in common. Most important being I only told those close to me and asked
them to keep their mouth shut. (I certainly don't do that anymore.) In the
opening paragraph of my speech, I tell people of my passion for LEGO. Further
in the speech I talk about my "silent ages" of my teens and the discovery of the
AFOL community in the 1990s and how it's helped me to speak up about epilepsy.
When I stand in front of the audience, I'm wearing a brick badge I got at a
BrickFest and people always ask where to get one.
If people see how LEGO can motivate an individual, as it has myself and many of
us, then that's sure to improve the adult image of LEGO.
Adr.
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