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Re: How did you come out of your Dark Ages?
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Fri, 24 Nov 2000 19:10:42 GMT
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In lugnet.people, Kevin Zwicker writes:
> Hello,
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> 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?
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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.
Cullen Gardens is _not_ at the border between PQ and Ontario...It's about 5 hrs
away from the border! (Trust me-we went from Pickering (about 30 min west of
Cullen Gardens) to just west of of Montreal this past summer (at 120K...my
dad's truck won't put up with beyond about 120K/hr...but, hey, it did get
to/from on $50 worth of diesel...)
It is a wonderful place (quick web page
hunt...
http://www.cullengardens.com/html/welcome.html
)
> 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...
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> Anyone else want to speak up?
I'll take up the challenge.
I never really had a serious dark age. I didn't buy much Lego between
1990-1996, but in part that was because the availablity _stank_ where I was.
(no decent stores, and other things to spend my $$$ on, like model railway
stuff) The Lego got put away, from time to time, and then would reapear as I
felt the need, but no real dark ages. The last set I bought would have been
one of the small castle sets (strange, for I am also a townie!). The first set
I got after starting to buy more lego was the Shuttle Transcon II, and my big
regret was not going to TRU and picking up 2 or 3 of the train sets, in winter
96 (4564, IIRC).
James P
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| In lugnet.people, James Powell writes: <Snip> (...) You're right. I guess my memory is faulty. But hey, it inspired me ;-). I recommend highly it. It great for the whole family. (...) <Snip> (...) I think alot of Town and Train fans are beating (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.people)
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