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Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 5 Oct 1999 16:02:59 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.general, James Brown writes:
> > I can't think of *anyone* I know, nephews and neighbors included, that don't
> > have either 0-1 or 10+.
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> I know a few... mostly, I'd say people fall in the "under 10" category or "way
> over 10" category. My younger brother and sister's collection (they don't care
> for it nearly as much as I) is about 4 or 5 sets... Also, our neighbors family
> has a collection of I'd guess between 5 and 10 sets... Then of course, when I
> was a kid, there were 2 other kids in my class that had whopping collections
> like me (the "way over 10" category), but the rest (that I ever saw) had
> between 0 and 10. I think for the most part, kids get it as a gift here and
> there... I know that in my brother and sister's case, only two came from • inside
> the family (parents/aunts/uncles/me/etc), and the other few came from birthday
> parties... I think that Lego is often thought of as kind of a generic good
> gift when you don't know the child too well...
True. I was just thinking that with Primo/Duplo, then Lego, it's really easy
for a family to climb past 10 sets, especially when you consider the dozen or
so sets under $5.00.
Also, it strikes me that the people who aren't into Lego much, are very
unlikely to be randomly cruising the 'parents' section of the website, just
for yuks.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| (...) I know a few... mostly, I'd say people fall in the "under 10" category or "way over 10" category. My younger brother and sister's collection (they don't care for it nearly as much as I) is about 4 or 5 sets... Also, our neighbors family has a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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