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| | | Have I gone mad? 300 dollars later I picked up the Star Wars Falcon, Ultimate Collector X-Wing, B-Wing set, and 50 additional bucks for more storage bins. Temporary obsession perhaps but I'm not sure this addiction to Lego accumulation will stop. I (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days??? —Mark Staffa
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| | | | | (...) showed (...) Maybe it is something in the name. I tell you it is like looking a mirror. Today I just bought my UCS X-Wing and last week I got the Millenium Falcon. For me, if I spread out my purchases, I don't feel as having spent as much (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days??? —Marc Cook
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| | | | | | | (...) Hey Mark, Wow --- nice car models. Especially the flames... I was drunk when I was in Toy's R US. Not good. That and using my companies corp AMEX card. Well I gotta pay the bill, but..... - Marc (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days??? —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | | | (...) INTERIOR: DAY FADE into: A bedroom. CLOTHES are jumbled up on the floor of the otherwise neat room, tangled up with plastic SHOPPING BAGS. The camera pans over them to a DOUBLE BED. There are two distinct lumps beneath the covers. Morning (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days??? —A. Mark Wilburn
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| | | | | | (...) Ultimate (...) I was just going to continue lurking, but I now feel like I've just joined AA or something. I also bought the Falcon and the UCS Tie, and would've bought the UCS X-Wing had I found it. I can't actually afford any of them (which (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days??? —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | Marc, (...) Ultimate (...) bins. (...) the (...) showed (...) income. (...) Welcome to the isle of LEGO maniacs. If it makes you feel any better, I spent the better part of $1,000 on inventory, etc. for my online parts store. I am proud of myself, (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days??? —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | (...) showed (...) (Todd Lehman stands up) Class, please welcome our new student! (Several dozens of voices in unison) Hi Mark -Tom McD. when replying, (over the loudspeaker) note that our hot lunch today will be Spamcake Sloppy Joes with Tater Tots (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.fun)
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| | | | | Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days??? —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | (...) But did you have fun?!?! That's the important question!! I've spent practically evey penny that I've made in the past six months on lego (Of course being a teenager I don't have to pay the bills or buy food... but still). And it was worth (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days??? —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | | | (...) You probly paid full price for it. It's only worth half that on a good day, or if you're strapped for more yellow bay windows. -Tom McD. when replying, Underdog's power pill was really a concentrated lump of spamcake. (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days??? —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Yes, I did pay full price, that's why I regret it. :-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days??? —Jude Beaudin
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| | | | | | | | (...) <snip> (...) The $33- US price this week at S@H isn't that bad if you want the set (like me) and like ResQ (which I do). <snipped Tom's spam message> Jude "I have my pride, I am going to go back to highschool and get back my most improved odor (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days??? —Marc Cook
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| | | | | | (...) Shiri, Did I have fun? Well yes and no. Consumption is a short lived high. I certainly appreciate the idea of feeling good about the purchase because I "earned" the money for it. It comes down to the old battle "need vs want". I certainly (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Greg Crisp
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| | | | | "Hi, my name is Greg, and I'm a Lego Maniac." <crowd>: "Hi, Greg!" "I buy Lego by the shopping cart load. I can't help it! I usually spend at least $200-$300 per shopping trip." <crowd>: "It's OK, Greg. You can share with us..." "It's a daily (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —John Robert Blaze Kanehl
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| | | | | | | (...) Hi...my name is John...and I <choke>...am a Legoholic.... CROWD: Hi John! I recently fell off the wagon...I haven't bought a 20 + lb lot on eBay in a month...and I ...I spent over $1000 in 48 hours on SW sets...I can't help it <tear>...they (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Kevin Zwicker
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| | | | | | | | (...) Hi, my name is Kevin and I am a Legoholic... Crowd: Hi Kevin! I recently placed an order from Lego S@H for over 350$ and followed that, the next day with a 200$ shopping spree at TRU. Darn those soccer sets, why oh why do they have to be so (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Paul Sinasohn
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| | | | | | | | "Hi, My name is Paul and I'm a Legoholic...." "Hi, Paul" "I went to Orlando for a conference and spent $750 at the Lego Imagination Center, then went to Fresno to help Mike Poindexter build train tables and bought $462 worth of Lego from him, and (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Marc Cook
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Paul? PAUL? I gotta ask.... your consumption - does it lead to building your own creations or just collecting and building sets? Well I would probably spend more but I do have to feed the wife and scrub. - Marc (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Paul Sinasohn
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| | | | | | | | | | I'm here Marc.... Actually, it is a bit of both. Some sets I build for themselves (and then put away), while the rest of my acquisitions (some sets, and all mixed lots) will help build my Lego Amusement Park. Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | | Bargain buying (was: New support group: Lego Anonymous) —Anne Jorunn Midtkil
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| | | | | | | | | (...) When we who are considered grown-ups (by others at least), find the greatest buys in some store, and then buy the rest of the sets who are the best bargains - should we feel guilty since the kids do not get the sets? My husband and I found (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Bargain buying (was: New support group: Lego Anonymous) —Paul Sinasohn
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| | | | | | | | | | Anne, I can sympathize with your dilemma. This past weekend I went to a Zany Brainy to pick up 2 7171s that had been transferred to the store for me. The clerk said that a lady had been in and was distrought that both were on reserve, as she wanted (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Bargain buying (was: New support group: Lego Anonymous) —Jennifer L. Boger
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Last fall Dan and I were going to ZB to get our very first train. we showed up, picked up the last 4559 and went to the counter all dancing with excitement. Just as we were about to pay, i hear a little boy say to one of the floor clerks (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Brian Lanning
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| | | | | | | | ok, I have to confess my two greatest finds. It was when we were first starting collecting lego sets. The first find was *three* unitron monorails for $100 each at a TRU in kentucky. I thought we would never eclipse that one, but we did. On a (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Will Middelaer
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| | | | | | | | | (...) So, I'm not the only one that has received that call. Dya has set them off twice for me. The funny part is that my first really big order from DYA (~$900.00 US) did not trigger anything, but later purchases did... Will (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Brian Lanning
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| | | | | | | | | | That's strange. For us, I think it was multiple purchases in multiple states in less than 24 hours. I'm really not bothered by it, it makes me think they're on the ball. brian (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Oh heck, that's happened to me SEVERAL times. You'd think they'd learn ;-) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | | | | | (...) ROFL! Been there, done that... Great story, BTW! Kevin (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Brian Lanning
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| | | | | | | | | | I filled a shopping cart at TRU in a bad chicago neighborhood once also. They had space police, a shuttle launch pad, and lots of other goodies. The interesting thing is that we had to squeeze between these poles to get in the store. I thought that (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Janetta McCrery
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| | | | | | | | Wow, that's amazing. did this happen a long time ago (the Florida trip) or was it recent? (...) came (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | (...) crowd: no, really. *Share* with us. Fork over the bricks. ;) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New support group: Lego Anonymous (Was: Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days???) —Marc Cook
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| | | | | | (...) Exactly --- I mean after filing away my new sets into my storage systems I was unable to get the motivation to start building something new. I started on something and quickly got frustrated. So I'm fairly content in just looking at the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | Re: $300 on Lego in the last 3 days??? —Tom Stangl
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| | | | Add another zero on the end of that amount, and you MAY get close to what some of the crazies on Lugnet have spent in a day (no, I won't admit whether *I* have or not. I will admit to spending $1500 in 5 minutes at least twice). So NO, you haven't (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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