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Bret Kramer
Favorite LEGO toys/themes: Castle, Technic, Model Team, Star Wars and Trains are general themes that I enjoy. However, I'm more of an individual set collector, so anything that appears well designed or has parts I want qualifies.
My fascination with LEGO began... When I was 8. I saw a lego set (379 Brickyard) at a department store, and I had to have it. I saved up the $15.00 for the 300+ piece set and bought it. I've been fascinated with LEGO ever since with never really any dark ages to speak of. TLG always seemed to come out with a new system just as I started to lose interest and brought be back in again.
I once built... A four foot tall castle with a gate house, two draw bridges, and stairs.
Someday I will build... A mini-fig scale aircraft carrier. Probably after I retire and win the lottery.
LEGO is great because... It satisfies my need to create in three dimensions. They are modular, so that I don't have to bother designing the pieces with which I want to create. There are plenty of unique and basic pieces so that I can build what I feel like. They are relatively easy to put together and take apart. I am always challenged to solve design issues by using the pieces on hand in different ways. And I get a wonderful feeling when a project is finished and it turns out the way I want it to. Plus I have pieces that are over 25 years old that work just as well with pieces I bought last week!
LEGO fans are great because... With rare exception they are smart, creative and have a genuine desire to share and help each other in the hobby they've chosen.
My favorite Non-LEGO Toys: None
My favorite Hobbies & Interests: Computers, programming, family, weightlifting, cartooning, archeology, architecture, religion
My favorite Foods: All the bad stuff. Unfortunately I can't eat any of it.
My favorite Movies & TV: American football (Pro & college), Documentary Junkie.
My favorite Artists: Berke Breathed
My favorite Music: Ecclectic, but generally stuff from 1972 - 1985 with some exceptions.
My favorite Pets & Animals: 1 Beagle (Daisy), 1 Cat (Sashi)
Words which best describe me: Varied, Ecclectic.
I love it when... Evil people get what's coming to them. Nice guys finish first. I find money. My kids are happy. A lego project is finished (It's done and I can move on to something else)
I hate it when... I miss a deadline. Corrupt people succeed. Children are hurt. My dog runs away. I get overworked. A lego project is finished (The fun is in the building)
I can't seem to get enough... Legos. Money to spend on Legos. Time.
I always seem to have enough... Bills. People pulling on me.
I hope I always... Have full use of my mind and body. Have enough time to spend with my kids. Make the right decisions in life.
I wish I could... Build my own lego room. Travel more. Always maintain my ideal body weight. Take a month and do only what I wanted to do...Heck, a year...Heck, a lifetime!
I could never... Stay angry at my wife.
I hope I never... Outlive my children. Have to work for someone else.
In my craziest moments... I can stick an entire pool cue ball in my mouth.
If I were super-human... What? I'm not?
More & Less:
- more Fantasy, less Reality
- more Teachers, less Talk-show Hosts
- more Marrige, less Co-habitation
Rules I try to live by:
- Never be afraid to try or fail
- Picture the person you want to be, then become that person
- Things are never as bad as they seem. Things are never as good as they seem.
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