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(...) An interesting question. I played with LEGO all through my childhood years. Now, with the resources of Lugnet, I can actually identify some of the earliest sets I had as a youngster, and I know that they were released only a couple years after (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.people)
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I never really went through a DARK age. I had more of a Tinker Age. I packed up most everything and then only pulled it out every now and again to Tinker. Play a bit with this, and with that... No major building projects. Nothing too exciting going (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.people)
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Hi Kevin and the others ! Well I came out of dark ages about a year ago ... Two years before that I almost got out but then get back ... I've seen UFO commercial on tv and bought 6836 set admiring many new themes and sets I've seen in the '97 (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.people)
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Has anyone heard from craigo-lego (Craig Hamilton) in the past two months? I've sent him several email messages and left several phone calls in the past couple of months, and have yet to get a response. Does anyone know if he's OK? The last posts he (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) ...update... It seems that somehow they were tripping my filter for my distribution list forum--I never have time to read the 60+ messages I get from there per day so I hadn't checked it, but there they were. I've fixed the filter so now it (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) D'oh...well, I'm glad they were at least getting to you. I don't know why I'm not getting them in return--something must have gone the proverbial shape of the pear with my email system (again). I think it's time to find a new and better (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Sorry for the post here...looks like there's mail problems. I've sent several replies to Lindsay (I've been getting e-mails from him). Lindsay - the gist is - the address goof shouldn't cause a problem. FUT: lugnet.people -- Frank Filz (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.people)
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(...) Thanks for posting your stuff! ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.people, lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) What a great way to delurk! I'm not a space fan by any means, but even I can see that these are first-rate constructions. I'm sure we'll all be hearing more of Paul in the future. -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.people, lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) It's not disallowed by the rules, but they try to discourage it. (It is, however, specifically prevented by the rules to use a non-classic-Space minifig.) (...) Those wheels didn't appear until the early 1990's -- 1992 IIRC. --Todd (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.people, lugnet.build.contests)
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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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