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The Dreaded Dark Ages
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Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:13:09 GMT
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The process may have been drawn out, and I've just been *slowly* kicking and
screaming for about three years...but I can no longer escape the truth. I write
this the same day that the vast bulk of my LEGO collection was put into a stasis
of sorts; compacted, boxed, and stowed away. Ready for a great reawakening
perhaps, but this time it's for real. It's the long haul. The dreaded Dark
Ages.
I know, as a fact, that some day I will enjoy LEGO again. Maybe I'll have a
house with the luxury of a dedicated room for containing the smiley little
bastards. Aside from the cursed yellowing of white bricks, I know these things
aren't going anywhere. I miss LEGO but can probably rely on it being there,
unchanged, until the day I die.
But that is a luxury that does not extend to people, whom I also miss. I joined
this scene when I was 14 or so...back on the rec.toys.lego. For a kid of that
age I held my own pretty well despite the inescapable aspects of...well, being
14. I participated in Auczilla. I engaged in trades with people who were
adults, and chat up a few. I can't help but wonder, now, where everybody went
with their lives (or if they're still around at all). There was this guy with
an AIM SN of BlueofNoon. Anybody recall? And another who went by the alias of
"FireMed3" to whom I sold a few garage doors/racks (gold at the time) for a
pittance of twenty bucks just because he needed those a LOT more than I did.
That was about a decade ago, I think I heard that something happened to him.
Sad stuff, but anybody know for sure?
These days, the community is fragmented across scores of websites. And while I
would have loved to see Lugnet take the center stage and maintain dominance, I
think it's just too dated to do so. It's found its niche as a newsreader
friendly forum, deferring the greater portion of discussion to sites with php
forums. FBTB and Eurobricks fulfilled my scant needs for a long time, but I
find them full of kids and iffy traders. Despite all the options, features, and
technology, I think I'd take RTL back if I could! Anyone still around from
those days? Hell, anyone recognize me? The bricks will always come back, but
you can't let people drift too far.
-J
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