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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 (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Imagination (...) and (...) came (...) Lego (...) greatest (...) bargains (...) buy in (...) 349,-, (...) down. (...) get the (...) ¨We (...) the (...) fast. (...) Motor (...) I never have, I don't now, nor will I ever. It is a free market (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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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 (26 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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