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(...) Okay, it looks like you must have had a nice amount of time on your hands in order to come up with such a question - time I would normally spend building. (...) Step back and look at the arrangement of themes. For some reason, the community (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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"Adrian Egli" <aegli@san.rr.com> skrev i meddelandet news:HD34nv.uo8@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) I don't agree with you there! At least if by 'the medium' you only mean real, physical bricks. I haven't got much opportunity to build with real Lego, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) I don't disagree, but being a member of 'The friendliest place on the internet', I like the idea that people 'into Lego' are automatically included just because they are intrinsically valued as people to begin with. Hmm...here's a (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) My personal feeling is that the "LEGO community" doesn't really exist. That is to say there isn't a singular entity that can qualify to classify the group that might make up this definition. But rather, in my mind what you might really be (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Certainly anyone who does is welcome, but perhaps being a part of the community, or one of many 'LEGO communities' is a matter of individuals actively identifying with such groups...? -Tim (23 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes: SNIP (...) HUGE SNIP (...) basically, any one that plays or works with ANY Lego building product. Jeff (23 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Great topic, Tim! Hmm... Well time for Hendo to babble again... :) In my analysis, the term "Lego Community" is a group of humanity that reaches far beyond any of the limitations you have suggested. The entire Lego Community includes TLC (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Thanks, Felix. (...) I haven't had time to formulate thoughts in reply to the other posts, but they're floating around in my head somewhere. You bring up a very good point, I think. Some individuals identify only with some components of "the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Hi Tim, These kind of conversations are what help us develop as a community. I applaude you for bringing it up. Its nice to see us going a step beyond merely coming together to share likes and dislikes. By stimulating this type of (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:HD21C7.1yst@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) WHEW! This is quite a topic to cover! But, hey, I like it :-) (...) As someone has already mentioned, LEGO is a medium. If someone uses that medium (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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