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Hakan Kutluay
("Man on the Moon")
Favorite LEGO toys/themes: Definitely Technics are first, mindstorms, couple starwars sets, racers and some Lego System sets. I would never say bionicles.
My fascination with LEGO began... When My dad went to Germany. He stays there three months and sees every kid plays Lego. He thinks this is the right toy for his 6 years old little kid. Then He brought me my first set 544-Universal Building Set (1981). I was playing with it all my time. You cannot believe what I was making with such a small Lego system set. After a year, my dad bought 6950-Mobile Rocket Transport (1982) for us. I am saying for us, because he was playing with me. My mom is also very supportive to us. After a while two sets were not enough for me. I wanted to do something but I was going short of pieces. When I begun to keep wanting new sets. One time my dad bought model plane. I tried to play, but I didn’t like it. I have too many reasons for that. Not very often but my moms and dad’s friends and our parents are coming to Turkey. They were bringing Lego for me, like a gift. But they were bringing fake Legos kind a megablocks. Believe me my friends, I tried, I push myself to play fake loges. I build house , when I tried to disassemble it, It was almost impossible. I was hurting my fingers. The pain I got from them didn’t go away copule days. Until today, I cannot touch fake legos or megablocks anymore. I remember that pain on my fingers. I broke my fake Legos and megablocks by using by hummer and throw them away.
I once built... Technic car with Droit Development Kit and Darkside Developer Kit (9754) microcontrollers (Micro Scut) and Invention System RCX, I will post that monster pictures on my web page. I just finished a week ago. It took my 6 months (Planning, searching, designing, etc.)
Someday I will build... A Heart. Yes I did read correct. Satomi, sent me out Legos from Japan. She was not know much about before she met me. Now, she is a Lego fun too. For her, I started to make a heart, not big not too small, reasonable size. Of course, it is red and has a her and my initials. I am designing that using by Lego CAD. For a long time, I have not touch Lego systems pieces, but for her I have to do.
LEGO is great because... You can use pieces any other Lego set without having problem (I am not talking about Bionicle sets, useless!!!) Ok, Lets go on , not talking about bionicle. I have 22 years old sets, I have new sets also. When I took 22 years old yellow piece and stick on new yellow pieces. You would not recognize which one is new or old. It fits perfectly and there are no differences between color tones. This is really hard; I work textile fabric for a while as a quality engineer. I was programming their Scada and ERP systems. I didn’t know that color matching process is the hardest thing in textile industry. They are mixing paint and some chemicals for 3.000.000 meters blue row cloth. Ok. 3.000.000 meters clothes are exactly same tone of blue. But when they want it one more 3.000.000 meters blue. You can see the differences between two products. Then I understood it is really hard to make a color match. How Lego is doing that?
Lego is great because; I bought around 500 sets (small and huge sets). I didn’t see any missing pieces in new set that I just opened.
Lego is great because; after you build any technic set, you are just like so impressed, about engineering, perfect design. Every gear fits, every beam goes just work perfect. You cannot believe how big and great model you can build with so many small pieces.
Lego is great because; small Lego guys or technic guys always smiles. Figures are smiling, how beautiful it is. Even they are representing bad person like a prates or vampires, they are smiling. No violence.
Lego is great because; they have best customer care system. One time I ordered couple sets form Lego. They said that it will be at my office 5 business day. After 5 business day, I didn’t receive my sets. I phoned Lego and they send me same sets again by using express mail. And they said if you would received first packages we send you before, just keep it, it is our gift and sorry to any inconvenience. I was like wow. How beautiful customer service is it.
My very good friend Brian Ferguson told me one experience too about Lego customer service. I should mention that. The guy buys new Lego at the store. He goes home and starts to make it. Suddenly guys dog comes and eats some pieces. He gets so angry because he is not able to finish that model. He was so sad; he writes an email to Lego customer service. He tells what happened. They responses that they need new Lego set’s receipt; he sends receipt by email then Lego sends pieces to him with out charging.
Lego is great because; they put new technic sets each year for adults. They never forget people who were kid long time ago. That means my Lego friends, Lego Company’s market addressing adults also.
Lego is great because; which toy you can play and still enjoy with your kid even you are too old to play toys.
Lego is great because; when I play with it, I just go through another world.
Lego is great because; everyone I met who is engineer, touches at least one time Lego. I graduated engineering faculty. (1998- Electronics Engineering). I became an engineer; because of Lego might be.
Lego is great because; you can be the master builder.
LEGO fans are great because... They speak same language. They are smart. They can use their creativity with out using computer. They can think fast, decide fast. Here is the point. Old sets instruction guide pages do not show pieces which are using on particular page. You had to look next page what pieces they put and where they put. Black Seas Barracuda (6285-1989) is one of them. 865 pieces, around 100 pages. Every single page you have to be so careful and to be focus on. I call brain storms. You would never have done that kind of brain exercises with any other toys or computer program. Lego Fans are great because, they smile, when they heart that sentence “Lego is about bricks and just for kids”.
Lego fans are great because, they didn’t get any violence from Lego. They always smiles as like Lego figures.
My favorite Non-LEGO Toys: Not for me sorry.
My favorite Hobbies & Interests: Diving.
My favorite Foods: Ottoman and Turkish plates are my favourites. Japanese Teriyaki, sushi I should mention.
My favorite Movies & TV: Back to the Future, What Dreams may come, Man on the Moon., Flight Club, Selvi Boylum Alyazmalim
My favorite Artists: Jim Carrey, Robin Willams, Michael J. Fox
My favorite Music: Baris Manco, Brian Adams
My favorite Pets & Animals: Dogs, cats, fish.
Words which best describe me: Happy, peaceful
I love it when... I meet Lego fans.
I hate it when... Bionicle came out. I hate bionicle. Useless, wasting money.
I can't seem to get enough... Time to build my Lego.
I always seem to have enough... Reasons to like Lego.
I hope I always... Be happy and healthy with my family.
I could never... play non Lego toys or Chinese fake Legos even you pay me!!!!
I hope I never... loose my Lego loving and little kid inside me.
I wish I hadn't... Seen bionicles on the shelves.
Believe it or not... My personal Lego playing record is 18 hours one sit. With out going anywhere, eating anything. Just drinking tea and juice. My sister was bringing me tea and juice, I never stand up 18 hours front of my Lego. Also, I did not let my sister or anyone touch my Lego or coming closer my playing area.
If I were super-human... Probably, I would be alone. I don’t wanna be alone .
More & Less:
- more Happiness, less Hate
- more Compassions, less Resentments
- more The People who can understand my taughts., less Non Educated people.
Rules I try to live by:
- Be happy, always smile, and make people around you happy.
- One day we are all gonna taste dieing. Always remember that.
- Respect my family and my wife. Respect goes away, love goes away.
Additional comments:
I have been thinking about joining your club for a long time. I have to thank to Brian Ferguson. He showed me here. And ideas about Lego I wrote; belongs Brian and me. I learned too much things from him.
I have to thank to my family, they always support me. They were giving me money for eat something at school or for some expenses but I was saving money to buy Lego when I was a little kid. They never said don’t buy it.
And thank you Satomi.
I hope everyone can meet Lego.
You can contact me about Lego any time. As long as I have time, we will talk and share.
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