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Re: Letter to the LEGO President...
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Thu, 4 Nov 1999 21:04:58 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> writes:
> [...]
> ....The online LEGO community numbers well over one thousand Adult
> Friends of LEGO (AFOL for short).  This number has doubled in the last
> 18 months, and will probably double again in the next year, and continue
> growing fast into the future.  [...]

I haven't studied the growth rates, so I can't confirm that hypothesis, but
it's safe to say that it numbers well over three thousand.

--Todd



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  Re: Letter to the LEGO President...
 
(...) Oh -- I almost missed pointing out something pedantic. :) AFOL can certainly mean whatever you want it to mean since it's a made-up acronym and not anything official, but I hafta point out that no one ever uses AFOL to mean Adult *Friends* of (...) (27 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Letter to the LEGO President...
 
Folks, The letter for the LEGO President and the Executive Committee has gone thru 8 rewrites. I finally think I got it right. I have to appoligize for not getting it out sooner, but I've been real busy these last 2 months, and the letter runs to 5 (...) (27 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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