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(...) An excellent thought, Bob. Motivational posters are a great way to extend LEGO's respectability with adults. Imagine a poster of a wall of white 2x4 LEGO bricks, with a single gold brick in the middle, with the caption "...because you don't (...) (16 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) An excellent thought, Bob. Motivational posters are a great way to extend LEGO's respectability with adults. Imagine a poster of a wall of white 2x4 LEGO bricks, with a single gold brick in the middle, with the caption "...because you don't (...) (16 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You mean like Legofan? (16 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You mean like Legofan? (16 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yea, I've been sent that link a few times myself and had a neighbor describe the church also (though that neighbor was also using Bricklink before I shared that I was into LEGO). I have actually not yet had anyone react badly (even cashiers in (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ... and 50% of the time, it's a link to Amy Hughes' church. Well, except for one guy who sends me fresh and new content. Steve (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Ouch again! Bob does bring up a good point (even if it was an obvious one.) Kids are the primary market for TLC, so it’s a good thing that no one has suggested that this change. Leg Godt, (that means Play Well, in case you forgot) Scott (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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Hi, Thanks for bringing this up, it's nice to see some action on Lugnet again. It's become a lot easier fo me to be be accepted as a LEGO builder now than when I was a teen or in my early 20s. Partly that's because my peers are older and aren't all (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Or even "Definitely! Don't you?" (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (URL) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This is so true Bill! Just this morning, one of the girls in our finance department stopped by my office to show me a link to a LEGO movie she had found online. I get stuff like that forwarded to me all the time from various co-workers. Even (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This is a little off-topic, but I gotta agree with Mr. Eaton here. I don't think it's fair to blast LEGO for "not catering to the adult market". If we do a real quick review of sets geared more towards adults in the past 5-6 years I come up (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wait, I reconsidered my answer to this... get yourself one paid project under your belt, and then you can tell people you get paid to do it. Their attitude will instantly change from mocking to jealously. (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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Simple. reply with: "I used to do lots of crack, and now i build with Lego!" Steve (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think it's all in your attitude. And by "you" I don't just mean you, Scott, but AFOLs in general. If you talk about it with confidence and pride, people tend to respect that. If you talk about it with any timidity or shame in your voice, (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You learn fast. (...) That's not something I'm interested in. I make my preferences known by buying the sets I like, and not buying the ones I don't like. (...) I'm unlikely to do either. And I have no idea what posters have to do with this. (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ouch, but taking your own advise, I shouldn't care what you say...right? Actually, I don't loose any sleep over anyone thinking that I'm childish or odd in some way because LEGO is a hobby of mine. The purpose of my post was to spur creativity (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've had three Vikings and two Town guys with a box truck I built with my company's logo on it on my desk for a year or so now. Starting about a month ago, a co-worker started bringing in little green plastic army men (non-Lego) so she could (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Tommy, I believe the joke is in reference to the extinction of this tree: (URL) which was last seen in the wild in 2001 and now exists only in captivity. -Hendo (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Good thread with a lot of responses I relate to. I'll tag on Dave's since he scratched the most on what I wanted to add... In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote: (snip) (...) The comparison to model railroading is one I have long used to describe our (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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