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Re: Elm Street article
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:14:28 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang writes:
> In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Calum opined:
> > > "heartless thrill" of hunting for lego.....
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> > This one puzzles me, what does it mean? I think it's quite thrilling to find
> > something.
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> I think I was originally trying to explain everyone had differing mindsets
> when getting into Lego: Technic freaks, students, detail modellers
> (Pirate/Town), and collectors. Of the latter, I was trying to get across
> that most folks "collecting" were in it for the heartless thrill of
> finishing their collection vs buying Lego for the fun and joy of it.
I guess I'm slow but I still don't get what's "heartless" about it. My heart
soars every time I think that I'm 9V complete or monorail complete...
++Lar
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| (...) But is it because you're complete, or because you like all the models? :) I'm one of those who believe "collecting" isn't as much fun as building or creating. As a result, I've found the "collector" mentality often to be about "Gotta Catch'em (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Yeah, I sent them about three or four emails and had about two or three phone conversations about it with them. BTW, I provided them the photo, Chris. (...) That came from them-it was in reference to the Globe article they ran a few weeks ago (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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