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Re: Legoholic
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:26:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dan Jezek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Scott P. Costello writes:
> > Hello, my name is Scott and I am a Legoholic. Since my obsession with Lego
> > begun I lost friends, all my money, and I almost lost my family.
> >
> > Really though, is there any kind of clinic for people with this disorder,
> > Forget Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous, I need Legoholics
> > Anonymous. We need a simple ten step program that operates one day at a • time.
> >
> > Is there anyone out there like me? I feel so alone.
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> I've experienced the same problem as you. In the second half of '99 I've
> spent about 99% of my free time doing lego-related activities like building,
> sorting, looking at catalogs, reading lugnet, buying on eBay, going to TRU,
> etc. It was the same thing every day coming home from work and building with
> lego until I went to sleep and on the weekends the same thing. After about 5
> months I got so sick of it that just looking at Lego was very depressing and
> the answer was to ebay it all off. It was not a money problem but a mental
> problem. I think the answer is to balance Lego with other things. Too much
> of anything is not good, even Lego. After this experience I made a commitment
> not to buy more than one set every couple months.
I came out of my dark ages back in the summer of 98 and started a buying frenzy
that Fall that lasted into early January '99. I built a pretty impressive
Pirate collection from scratch, and picked up a few Town sets. Then the burnout
came. I packed up everything and put it in storage, I didn't want to see
another brick. It wasn't as hard as I thought though, with the debut of the
disappointing 1999 releases (and now 2000). I didn't want to buy the crap
anyway.
I started buying again last summer, picking up a few of the Star Wars sets,
then got back into the full-swing of things in the Fall, concentrating on
building a Town collection. And to make the hobby more self-sufficient I've
taken on the responsibilities of seller and shipper. But I think there is just
not enough building/playing. I get a set, and the most fun I have is marking it
off the list. It's probably time to take another 5 or 6 month hiatus.
But I'll take solace in the fact that I've got a huge back log of sealed sets
(probably 150+ sets, over half of my collection) I still get to build. And with
the UCS Star Wars sets and LEGO Direct on the horizon, there's something to
look forward to when I come back to the brick.
Jim
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