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Re: How did you come out of your Dark Ages?
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lugnet.people
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Fri, 24 Nov 2000 14:50:05 GMT
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In lugnet.people, Kevin Zwicker writes:
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering if any of you had any interesting stories about what
> prompted your exit from your Dark Ages. Was there a specific set? Did you
> visit someone with a layout? Did you immediatety go on a shopping spree?
My dark ages were rather short. They began in late 1996 when Town Jr.
started to come out. Town sets have lost their touch since the late 80's
and early 90's. By 1999 Star Wars had come out, and I started to become a
train fan. Not a fanatic, a fan.
Kevin
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> I'll get the ball rolling. Personally, I have always been a fan of Town. It
> was 1994. My Dark Ages had begun 3 years earlier, when I was 15. My family
> and I were on our way back from a short vacation in Toronto (I live in
> Montreal, Canada). On the Quebec-Ontario border there is a place called
> Cullen Gardens. The people who build an run the place have set up a large
> diorama using 6" figures mage of clay. The diorama was set in very large
> gardens that supply the "trees". It included a main street, houses, a lake,
> trains going around and a lot more that I don't even remember.
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> I was immediately inspired. As soon as I got home that night, before I
> unpacked my bags, I ran to the basement and started clearing space for a
> Town layout. The next day, I climbed into the attic and found all my Lego.
> It seemed like alot at the time (I have since increased the size of my
> collection at least tenfold, but that is another story...;-) ). I started
> building right away and the rest is history...
>
> Anyone else want to speak up?
>
> Kevin Z
> #142
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