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Stéphane Simard
Favorite LEGO toys/themes: Technic, Town, Model Team, and Mindstorms. A few of the Star Wars and Racers sets are cool too.
My fascination with LEGO began... I loved Lego for as far as I remember, got my first set 565 Moon Lander when I was 4 year old. Some bricks of that oldie survived the test of time.
My real fascination though began when I got my first Technic set, 8660 (arctic truck), in christmas 1987. Got set 8640 (helicopter) a few months after and I was hooked.
I once built... A huge fleet of spaceships, each fighter ship made of one 1 x 4 brick for the hull and one 2 x 3 plate for the wings. The bombers were made of one 2 x 4 brick and one 2 x 4 plate :-)
Someday I will build... A huge StarCraft Terran Siege Tank, with as many as 5 different motorized/pneumatic functions. StarCraft is a real time strategy PC game by Blizzard, in which that said tank switches from a standard mobile tank to powerful static artillery cannon.
LEGO is great because... I can exercise my creativity without having to sit in front of a computer.
LEGO fans are great because... They like Lego.
My favorite Non-LEGO Toys: From the viewpoint of an adult, the only toy worth playing with is LEGO. I sold all my other childhood toys, including GI Joes. I love video games, but I don't see them as toys.
My favorite Hobbies & Interests: Computer and console games, mountain bikes
My favorite Foods: Changes every 3 months.
My favorite Movies & TV: Predator (with Arnold), Braveheart (with Mel Gibson), Godfather 1&2, Dirty Harry, Reservoir Dogs
My favorite Artists: Clint Eastwood
My favorite Music: Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, Depeche Mode
My favorite Pets & Animals: my brother's dog
Words which best describe me: That's what names are for.
I love it when... Brand new sets just opened reek of fresh plastic. Old sets reek of old plastic. I love that smell. Same for the old technic wheels (from set 8860).
I hate it when... The alternate model needs many parts that the main model doesn't use.
I can't seem to get enough... time to build
I always seem to have enough... gray half pins
I hope I always... stay healthy
I wish I could... convince all my friends and family to be Lego fanatics just as I am.
I could never... own Megabloks
I hope I never... Lose all my Lego in a fire. Seriously, I would be beyond devastated. How would I buy the rare sets that may not be available anymore?
I wish I hadn't... bought Vision Command. The software doesn't work, the camera stinks, the wire is short, thick and bulky, and the included Lego parts are useless. Thankfully, Lego gave me my money back.
In my craziest moments... I stole soft drink from a vending machine (those old vending machines where you took the bottle from a rack)
Believe it or not... During most of my dark ages, every 2-3 months I would have the exact same dream: going to a mall and buying a big Technic yellow construction truck. Any big yellow truck, nothing specific. Then I would open the box and poof, dream over.
What got me out of my "dark ages" was a simple search for a broken helicopter propellor to fix my 8640. Little did I know it sparked my interest again for Lego after 14 years.
As you can probably guess, the very first thing I did was buying the 8431 Crane Truck from Lego S@H (8460 re-release), taken straight from my periodic dream.
If I were super-human... you wouldn't need to read this to know about me, I'd be all over the news.
Additional comments:
Here are some sets for which I want the boxes. I'm willing to pay a decent amount for them.
Technical/Expert builder sets:
- 8859 blue tractor
- 856/951 bulldozer
- 857/8857 blue motorcyle with sidecar
- 8846 yellow tow truck
- 8847 dragster
- 858/8858 Engines
Town sets:
- 6658 Bulldozer (but really a front end loader)
- 1497 Rally Pit Stop
- 1496 Rally Car
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