 | | L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' —Steve Chuck
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| | | In Monday's Los Angeles Times, they had a work and career section describing some out of the ordinary careers. How about being one of those Lego builders? Now about the salary... (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | [cross-posted to lugnet.cad.dev. Followup to the appro ng] (...) Lego (...) Augh! LDraw'ers, get your pixels out. Steve (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | | | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' —John Kelly
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| | | | She had contacted me about salary range but I was worried about getting someone in trouble. If you're really interested I can tell you what the model builders in Enfield made before they closed the shop last month. I started at $7.50/hour and (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' (More) —John Kelly
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| | | | | Just talked to her again... They pay MUCH better at Mattel (...) someone (...) builders (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | Really? Well, that's pretty sad when you have all that talent and everything. I guess I will just have to stay where I am! (I earn a lot more than 9/hr!) Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' —Jesse Long
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| | | | | | Scott Edward Sanburn <ssanburn@aeieng.com> wrote in message news:37B9E3B4.B6B575...eng.com... (...) everything. I (...) Sure, but are you getting paid to play with Lego? Jesse (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | No, but I consider being a model builder "playing with Lego bricks". I consider it using Lego for big construction projects for retailers. Small difference, but it is there. Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' —John Kelly
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| | | | | | The biggest problem for me coming out of being a model builder was not having as many 2x12 bricks as I wanted. :-) -john (...) consider (...) but (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' —John Gerlach
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| | | | | | (...) You mean 2x10 bricks? ;-) And, not having enough in the COLOR you want... John1 (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | (...) From what I remember reading, of the 35 model builders in Enfield, all but 9 got dismissed with this years downsizing. Can you imagine being a model builder for 20 years, and suddenly have to go out and get a real job? What else are you (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' —John Gerlach
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| | | | | (...) I actually got a chance to be a model builder for a couple of hours when I visited Enfield with John Kelly. Yea, it was fun, but I don't think I'd want to do it for long. Building several hundred (or more) copies of the exact same model gets (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' —John Kelly
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| | | | | | You're finally coming out of the closet? :-) Does that mean I can post our pics? John1 even finished his first ever model in the model shop ahead of me..... -john (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Considering the speed at which the real GMLTC site is moving along at, I don't find that surprising. <zing> JK, JK... (just kidding, John Kelly) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters' —Allan Bedford
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| | | | Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in article <37BABC45.D033E4A@umich.edu>... (...) but 9 got (...) builder for 20 (...) qualified (...) provided me with (...) them (...) Be careful what you wish for Gary. Sometimes working in a business where you (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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