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Re: How much (%) of your collection do you use at one time?
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Date: 
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 12:28:50 GMT
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Greg Kramer wrote:
> 
> I have no idea how big my Lego collection is, a guess is maybe 20,000 pieces
> or so.
My collection is more or less the same. Sorting is not a hell still ;-) but it
starts to be close to this. Usually I build on my bed and need to do cleaning
every time :-( . I have not so  much space to display my MOC (usually I assemble
original LEGO designs once and after that they are sorted for MOC use). So I
display my small MOC only. Nowadays I am trying to create big projects which can
be separated into  few sub-parts.

> I usually work on one project at a time; maybe a large spaceship,
> castle, or something.   But my mode is usually one project at one.
I have another problem - when I start one big project usually I can not finish
it at once. So I need to put onto the shelf for my next free-time portion.
Sometimes it happens only a week later so my ideas are gone and I dismantle this
unfinished MOC :-( Or start with another one which will be unfinished for some
time too... Small things which I build fast enough I display for few weeks on my
bookshelf. Only very few still survived for few monthes. Specially if they have
rare parts I need for my current project :-| Cannibalization of parts - I am
strong in this!

> Currently, that project is a town (multiple structure, but still one
> project).   So far it's used maybe 4,000 pieces.
My current projects are three:
a) castle-headquartiers for my Desert-Ocean world (Space-Western-Town parts)
b) huge submarine for my underwater part of the Ocean world (Aquazone-Space
parts)
c) Creating background history for my Lego Universe
First two projects are finished in 10-15%. Third one - some loose files with
generakl ideas... Beside this I create some Desert and underwater vehicles.

> So fully 80% of my Lego sits unused!   How terrible!
Your count fits my situation too - sometimes I run out of soem parts having a
lot of another ones even untoushed. I rememeber earlier days when I had may be
only few hundreds of parts - all they were used in my big projercts. But these
days are gone...

> Maybe my piece counts are off, but I know the conclusion is right:  at any
> one time, the vast vast majority of my pieces are sitting in bins.    I'm
> imagining everyone has this problem, but my concience will feel better one
> you tell me so.
Don't worry - you are not alone in not-use of your LEGO treasures!

In any case - play well
Gintaras



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  How much (%) of your collection do you use at one time?
 
I've been feeling a little guilty... I have no idea how big my Lego collection is, a guess is maybe 20,000 pieces or so. I usually work on one project at a time; maybe a large spaceship, castle, or something. But my mode is usually one project at (...) (27 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

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