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Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters'
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Date: 
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:17:00 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
> 
> 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 qualified to do?
> 
> Too bad TLG doesn't freelance.  I'd almost do it for free (if they provided
> me with the bricks to build models with).  But I couldn't bring myself to
> glue them together.
> 
> Gary Istok

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 old in a hurry!  (And I only built *two* copies of the model -
the model shop had a contract to do several *thousand* copies...)

John1, GMLTC
  (by now you know to remove the ".nospam" to reply, right?)



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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 (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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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 (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)

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