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Re: How did you come out of your Dark Ages?
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Date: 
Fri, 24 Nov 2000 20:48:52 GMT
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My Dark Age started about the time I got my drivers license.  It ended 8
years later when I picked up the X-Wing fighter.  Thank goodness for the
Star Wars  sets, otherwise my Dark Age may not have ended.  Since picking up
the X-Wing I've easily doubled my collection, and have had a blast doing it.

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?
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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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  How did you come out of your Dark Ages?
 
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? I'll get the ball rolling. (...) (26 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)

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