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Hi Paul! GREAT DESIGN! I did not compete in teh design contest, but I have only one question: Are we able to use non-classic pieces? The wheels you used as engines are perfect, but I don't know if they were part of the classic series. But I still (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.people, lugnet.build.contests)
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Hi Everyone - I'm a long-time lurker, first-time poster. My name is Paul. I'm 32 years old and live in the San Francisco Bay area. I'm a graphic designer by trade, recently married, and I love Lego. By now my story is a familiar one - I packed up (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.people, lugnet.build.contests)
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I came out of my dark ages in late 1995. At the time I was interested in my old Atari computers and was reading the comp.sys.atari.8bit newsgroup. Occasionally, I would glace through other newsgroups and one day saw rec.toys.lego. What intrigued me (...) (26 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Maybe not so interesting but here it is. My dark ages started around 1984-1985, the time I started high school. Actually my interest continued through the years in some extend. (I didn't give away Lego to nieces / cousins etc., although I give (...) (26 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.people)
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Well my dark age started about 1988, i was starting High School and it just wasn't cool to like LEGO so it gradually got put away.... The Dark has only just lifted in the last month or so, I have a young nephew who loves cars, bikes and the like so (...) (26 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.people)
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I came out of my dark ages because I bought a house that had an extra room I wasn't using. Previous to this, I had a small, 1 bedroom condo. All my childhood LEGO was packaged up at my parents house. At Christmas, I would get out my pre-dark-ages (...) (26 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) My exit from my Lego Dark Ages was prompted by fatherhood. My son, Spencer, was born in 1996. I bought him some Duplo when he was two. He enjoyed it well enough, but preferred his Matchbox cars. Last year, my folks instructed me to clear the (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.people)
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David!! Your story is so similar to mine!!... I don't remember a moment in my childhood when I didn't have my LEGO out and ready to build. In 87 we moved from Calgary, Alberta to Denmark, and two years later moved back to Canada, but to Vancouver. (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I have always loved building blocks, Lincoln Logs, etc. but I didn't discover Legos until 3 years ago!!! Absolutely fell in love with them even though I am almost 40 now and mother of 3 boys! Surprised everyone when I insisted all I wanted for (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) <nod, nod> I never had a true dark age, but I had a few years of "dim ages" in which I only went up to the attic (the "lego" room) once in a few months... it went off and on. I had more weird looks from my family than from my friends; my older (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.people)
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