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Re: teen FOLs: do we actually exist?
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lugnet.people.teens
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Mon, 17 Jan 2005 02:26:42 GMT
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In lugnet.people.teens, Thomas Jollans wrote:
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> Now, where are the TFOLs? They don't really seem to exist. In the real
> world, at school etc. we seldomly "out" ourselves as LEGO fans.
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> Regards, Thomas
Hello Thomas,
I read this thread and thought about my own son, pushing 15 and his friends. Of
course, just being his "Mom", I have no clue what they say at school (and truly,
I'm sure I don't want to know either) but he and his peers certainly build a
fair amount while they are here (in between cranking tunes and playing video
games, of course). I'm not sure if it's partly because we are from a small
town, and our house is filled with Lego, but none of his peers are every shy
about "outing" themselves around me. Along with that, I have seen some pretty
amazing builds from others that are under 19.
Then I also recalled one few first fans of lego I ever talked to (at Bricklink
Chat), Travis, who just happens to be a teen as well. I was impressed with his
mocs way before I ever knew his age. His age really was of no factor to how I
felt about his mocs, they are well designed, well executed and pretty darn cool.
He has in my opinion, mastered snot techniques and scale, has a presence on the
web, and heck he even does instructions for some his models. I do recall he
used lego for a science project at school so I'm sure his friends are well aware
of his hobby.
Anyhow I hope Travis doesn't mind me sharing a link of one of my favourites of
his http://www26.brinkster.com/tmamone/lamborghini1.html
I would recommend anyone check out his site, not because of his age, but because
he has some great mocs.
I think the only advantage most adults have over any younger builder is that
there is a potential for having more disposable income to buy more parts, oh
yeah, and you don't usually have your mom telling you to "CLEAN UP THIS LEGO
MESS!"
Janey "Red Brick"
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| (...) He most certainly does, that Lamborghini is pretty nifty! (...) "Why is your room always messy!?!?" "I'm building." "*sigh*" It's always neat to have a parent sit down and try to build with their kid. My rather meandering and random 2 studs, (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.people.teens)
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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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