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Re: teen FOLs: do we actually exist?
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lugnet.people.teens
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Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:44:09 GMT
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Thomas-
As a member of SCLTC, I can tell you there are plenty of teenage Serious LEGO
Builders out there (forgive me, I dislike the term AFOL). I meet a lot of
visitors at our LTC shows who are teenagers and/or in college. The teenage
issues are two-fold: Too many things to do (school, work, dating, sports, life)
and the perception that LEGO is not “cool” at that age. I’m lucky that my sons
Thomas (17) and David (14) are building bigger and better things than ever, but
I recognize that there are a lot of pressures for their attention. Still,
building LEGO at 14 and 17 is considerably more acceptable with their age peers
and friend peers than it was when they were in 6th grade. Thomas has had a LEGO
watch for 6 years, and he wears it everywhere every day. In 6th grade, he was
more likely to get teased for it. Now it’s always a “Whoah! Where did you get
that? Cool!”
Hang in there!
-Ted
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| (...) Hi everyone, I couldn't agree with this more. Probably the only reason this happens is because the mind of a 6th grader if far more sensitive to peer pressure and teasing in general than a teen. Getting older as a person, a teen becomes more (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.people.teens, FTX)
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| These are just a few thoughts that I have had: You can easily divide LEGO fans into groups. first of all, the little kids from about 0-9 that just play with LEGO. this group is becoming the only group LEGO (r) cares about, if you look at the impact (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.people.teens)
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