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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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(...) <snip> (...) The $33- US price this week at S@H isn't that bad if you want the set (like me) and like ResQ (which I do). <snipped Tom's spam message> Jude "I have my pride, I am going to go back to highschool and get back my most improved odor (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Yes, I did pay full price, that's why I regret it. :-) -Shiri (26 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) You probly paid full price for it. It's only worth half that on a good day, or if you're strapped for more yellow bay windows. -Tom McD. when replying, Underdog's power pill was really a concentrated lump of spamcake. (26 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) crowd: no, really. *Share* with us. Fork over the bricks. ;) (26 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Hi, my name is Kevin and I am a Legoholic... Crowd: Hi Kevin! I recently placed an order from Lego S@H for over 350$ 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 (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.fun)
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