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Hard to choose between these two: When I was twelve, there was a building contest to celebrate 25 years of Lego (here in the Netherlands anyway). I won the local round in the Technic category. That got me (apart from the honour) a Lego jacket (that (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) I have a few.....the first would be using all my bricks as a kid to make a town with an amusment park (using those old large, colored lego gears)...yeah, way back in the 70's.... Then there was the Star Wars licensing...growing up, my brother (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) [groan] habit. (those darn perfectionists..) ;-) -Suz (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Well, actually, it is in part *because* of all my cool Lego experiences that I simply could not give up the hobby (as described in my post above). As far as which is my "coolest", that is very hard to say. I have documented quite a few cool (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) Nope--it has something to do with a canning pot, boiling water, and my entire LEGO collection (at the time)... See: (URL) to the bottom of the page. The trauma! The horror!! Yeah, not a good thing. Dave K. (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) Did you mean to say "Jim has a toy rabbit" ?? -s (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.people)
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(...) thank-you. :-) Actually, I'm not sure how this'll work out... Jim has a toy-habbit too and the house we're most interested in has twin spare bedrooms. Jim's immediate reaction upon seeing them was something like, "Ooo, look! There's *YOUR* (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Three days living in a sorority house, without a wink of sleep the whole time, surrounded by LEGO: (URL) beget reality beget dreams .... ;) -s (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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Here's a story I posted a couple weeks ago to the rtlToronto group: (URL) have another story in progress about one of my LEGO robots, ( (URL) ) entitled "me & my LegWay". In the next chapter, I'll be on TechTV. But that's been rescheduled (again) (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) [snip] Fabulous story, thanks for sharing it! Hobbies are a Good Thing, aren't they? Kevin (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) One hesitates to ask, if that was your second worst, what was your first worst Lego experience? I hope it didn't involve a pair of rollerskates, a cat, and a bowling ball... -Hendo (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) I was thinking this morning about a similar question. I was going to wait a few days before I posted about it, but since it seems topical... I was thinking about the things I had built as a kid. You know, before many of us had tens of (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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Jake (and all), Here is my fav Lego experience: (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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Well, actually, there are two: First, after my Castle had been included in LegoMania Magazine in 1996, I was asked by Lego Enfield if they could use photos of my Castle in the Lego Creator Manual. I was thrilled. They then invited me to tour the (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) My coolest LEGO moment (and there are so many...) is when, after I made a movie using LEGO bricks and forwarding a copy to the Canadian head office, I got a letter from Jack E. Chessman, the then Vice President of LEGO Marketing, Canada (this (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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Not sure if it's my "coolest" experience, but it was the start of me re-entering the world of LEGO. Back in 1996 I was at TRU to get some HO train track to try and fix up and old HO train set I had from my childhood, well this TRU kept their LEGO (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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Inspired by John's post ((URL) I would love to throw out a question! What is your coolest LEGO Experience? Maybe you built an amazing castle when you were eight years old. Or perhaps you've had a more recent experience like watching an FLL robotics (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people) !!
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In lugnet.general, John P. Henderson writes: <snip> (...) Wow, long story--glad it's going someplace better, i.e. not drinking to excess. My story will be a bit shorter... LEGO has always been a part of my life, since before I can remember. There (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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Well, the title of this post might be a little presumptuous, as the story isn’t really over, but I thought it sounded nice. Anyway, I thought with Lugnet being slow and people away studying for exams and preparing holiday feasts, that I might share (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people) !!
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(...) I request that you and Jim go off and buy a house, move lotsa LEGO into the house, and enjoy the LEGO... I mean the house. Dave K. (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people)
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