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Re: Lugnet Train Newbie
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Tue, 15 Dec 1998 16:49:59 GMT
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Bryan Kinkel writes:
> Hello,
> Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Bryan Kinkel. I'm 28 and
> collected Lego's all through my childhood.
Hi, Bryan,
While I'm not a very frequent poster to these hallowed LEGO newsgroups, I
thought I should welcome you back to the "LEGOLAND" :-)
> I stopped collecting sometime in 1988, around high school time.
I, too, am 28, collected LEGO from childhood, and had a time of LEGO absence
during college. That period is referred to as a "Dark Ages" in these parts.
> I recently
> go married and purchased a rather large house. This large house prompted my
> parents to haul my entire Lego collection from their house to mine. My wife
> was midly amused.
:-)
> I'm surprised at how anal a kid I was. I have boxes of Lego boxes with
> instructions in mint condition. I also have a shoebox full of domestic and
> overseas catalogs. My copy of the 1980 Train catalog is in great condition,
> considering it is close to 20 years old. I also have the old denim bag
> filled with standard bricks.
That is GREAT. The early 80's LEGO trains were awesome.
> Well, the final straw was the $99 4559 Cargo Railway at Toy's R Us this
> week. That is now my big Christmas present from my wife. Of course, she
> won't let me open it until Christmas. I can't wait to make my first trip
> into the world of electric Lego trains. There are probably about 200+
> minifigs
> waiting to see the light of day in the basement!
I hope I can get to TRUs before the sets are gone and pick one up. Good set at
$99.
> I don't know if my wallet will ever be the same. My wife knew about my toy
> hobbies and she still chose to marry me....
I'm engaged to be married. 10 months until the wedding, and the collection of
LEGO bricks continues to grow.... And, some of those bricks are purchased by
my fiancee :-)
> I look forward to lurking around in this newsgroup and learning all I can
> about trains. They are by far my favorite "theme" in the Lego world.
Welcome kcab!
> Can anyone point me in the direction of a good collection of catalog scans?
> Particularly trains? I found Matt's Train Depot link, Fibblesnork and Lugnet
> as well. Anyother good train resources on the web?
You have found great sources. I suggest that you check out the "Pacific
Northwest LEGO Train Club" (PNLTC) at:
http://www.pnltc.org/
For a most comprehensive index of links to privately created LEGO-related web
sites, I suggest Michael Dorneich's web site:
http://tortie.me.uiuc.edu/~dorneich/lego/Elego.html
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> Bryan Kinkel
> http://www.loseyourmind.com
> helpdesk@loseyourmind.com
later,
James Mathis
http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/
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| (...) In addition to the info James gave you, Kevin Loch's (URL) is a great place for scanned instructions should you be missing any, or if you never bought certain sets but want to see if you can build them anyway. Welcome to LUGnet! From Tom (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hello, Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Bryan Kinkel. I'm 28 and collected Lego's all through my childhood. My favorites during that period were the early Space and Town series. But what really made me excited were the Castle and Train (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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