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From: Andy Boal <andyb@panda.uiowa.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 1995 13:28:52 GMT
Reply-To: andyb@panda.uiowa.edu
Name: Andy Boal
Age: 22 today!!!
M.S.: Single, but firmly attached and engaged :)
Kids: My fiancee has one :)
Employment: Student - 3rd year Economics and ACcounting at Queen's
University Belfast
Number of Sets in Collection: 100s!
Number of Pieces: Lost count
Oldest Set: I've some pre-ABS bricks from my uncles. Oldest own - c. 1976 :)
Favorite Themes: Town & Railways
Favorite Set in Collection: 7740 High Speed train :) The 1981 original 12v
train.
From: "Morten.Steien" <hda9mst@hda.hydro.com> Date: 9 Jan 1995 14:46:10 GMT Name: Morten A. Steien Age: 33 M.S.: Single Kids: None, that i know of. Employment: Self employed consultant in Windows / Novell Number of Sets in Collection: Most large Technics Number of Pieces: Who knows. Oldest Set: Favorite Themes: I collect only Technics Favorite Set in Collection: Super car. Looking foreward to get my hands on the new 95 set(s).
From: julian@gatwick.Geco-Prakla.slb.com (Julian Fitzherbert) Date: 9 Jan 1995 14:37:26 GMT Reply-To: julian@gatwick.Geco-Prakla.slb.com Name: Julian Fitzherbert Age: 37 M.S.: Married Kids: 1 daughter (3 years) Employment: Geophysicist / Software engineer : Geophysical Consultancy Company Number of sets: Approx 10 (since 1985) Pieces: A drawer full. First lego: 1963 Favourite themes: Aircraft and trains (Lego and Duplo railways)
From: jfiles@hdsc16.ucsd.edu (J Files) Date: 9 Jan 1995 17:52:02 GMT Name: James S Files ["Jim!"] Age: 22 M.S.: Alas, Single. Kids: Do roommates count? Employment: Student, Programmer, some-time LEGO arms dealer. See .sig for more complete information. LOOKING FOR SOMETHING FOR After Graduation! Number of Sets: More than you can possibly imagine. I dunno, I can imagine quite a bit. Ok, how's this, no space left. Have about 40 sets that I had to take apart due to lack of space. Have 19 sets that I haven't even put together yet, including El Dorado Fortress and Enchanted Island. Have LEGO assembled on every available flat surface in my room, thinking about either expanding to the living room or to my office. Number of Pieces: No Clue. Had a count once, but that was about 15 years ago, when it was still a reasonable thing to do. Oldest Set: Red <Fire?> Helicopter, circa 1973, still have collapsed box. Fire truck from same time. One other set as well, with a blue trailer, but don't have the box or the instructions any more, so NO idea what it was. Favourite Theme: Castle [Black Knights, Dragon Master, CLASSIC] Pirates [Pirates, BLUE Imperial Guard] Favourite Set in Collection: Classic Yellow Castle Favorite Item: Green Dragon from Dragon Masters. Viewed in profile, and imagined to be all Red, this could be mistaken for a Red Dragon Sagant, which is pretty cool, since that is part of Beta's crest. Now, if only LEGO would MAKE a red dragon. James S. Files, UCSanDiego '95 M: Computer Science m: Anthropology W: Programmer/Analyst I, Mathematics
From: gwl@ch.hp.com (Glenn Lea) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 18:17:53 GMT Reply-To: Glenn Lea <gwl@ch.hp.com> Name: Glenn Lea Age: 43 M.S.: Married Kids: boy 3, girl 6 Employment: software engineer Education: MS, Psychology, but that was 20 years ago Number of Sets: maybe 20, including the kids' sets Number of Pieces: 3000+ Oldest Set: Blue pneumatic set (8042). Favorite Theme: Town, technics Favorite Set in Collection: the last one I bought (currently Hook and Ladder)
From: bfjev@dopey.cc.utexas.edu (John Eric Voltin)
Date: 9 Jan 1995 12:23:04 -0600
Name: John Eric Voltin
Age: 24
M.S.: Single
Kids: None
Employment: ME graduate student, future archaeologist?
Number of Sets in Collection: ??, 50 (maybe?)
Number of Pieces: approximately 1.0 m^3 (count unknown)
Oldest Set: Unknown, I have several from the late 70's including
a neat fire station with three fire trucks
Favorite Themes: LEGO (since they are all compatible), I do like the
trains very much, though
Favorite Set in Collection: I like them all
The University of Texas at Austin
bfjev@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu Mechanical Engineering Department
Home: (512) 835-6693 Work: (512) 835-3081
From: mtidwell@netcom.com (montgomery f. tidwell) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 19:52:30 GMT Name: Montgomery F. Tidwell Age: 33 M.S.: Married Kids: none yet Employment: Programmer Number of Sets in Collection: Unknown Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: Basic set from late 60's Favorite Themes: Space Favorite Set in Collection: Space Shuttle from 1992
From: KopfDC%DFP%USAFA@dfmail.usafa.af.mil (Dana C. Kopf) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 21:02:17 GMT Name: dana kopf Age: 28 M.S.: married Kids: 1 cat, note the large # of cat owners in this group! my cat likes to bat the pieces around Employment: usaf Number of Sets in Collection: ~30 Number of Pieces: n, where n is large Oldest Set: 1990 Favorite Themes: space, town Favorite Set in Collection: ? Favorite Thing I have built: a very realistic looking TIE fighter using the octan twin tank transport pieces, complete with TIE pilot, who is getting a new helmet as soon as i get one of those black auquanaut helmets. Thing I want to build when I get enough pieces: you guessed it - a star destroyer! this will take years and lots of $. anyone care to donate lots of white pieces for this project?
From: cdouglas@ice.lakeheadu.ca Date: 9 Jan 1995 19:35:56 GMT Name: Clare Douglas Age: 24 M.S.: single Kids: none (except me) Employment: Psychology student, and p/t swim instructor Number of Sets: about 40 Number of Pieces: 5,000 Oldest Set: I just started collecting last year Favourite Themes: Town Favorite Set in Collection: Pirate ship Best accomplishment is a 1 1/2 foot unicorn
From: talvey@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (Trever Alvey) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 1995 22:07:47 GMT Name: Trevor Alvey Age: 27 M.S.: Singled Kids: 2 cats Employment: Power systems engineer Number of Sets in Collection: ~20 Number of Pieces: Count all those little bits?? No Way! Oldest Set: 1981? Technic Red Tractor with implements Favorite Themes: Technic, Space Favorite Set in Collection: Technic Air Claw Rig
From: "Edward C. Bennett" <edward@rahul.net> Date: 9 Jan 1995 22:48:59 GMT Name: Edward Bennett Age: 33 M.S.: single Kids: none Employment: Software Engineer Number of sets in collection: ~100 Number of pieces: several thousand Oldest set: train set from early 70's Favorite theme: Trains Favorite set in collection: Space Shuttle -- Edward C. Bennett <edward@rahul.net> 415-967-6849
From: janet lasher <janet.lasher@leland.stanford.edu> Date: 9 Jan 1995 23:58:10 GMT Name: Janet Lasher/Julian Kessler Age: 30something/4.25 M.S.: Married/girls are ucky Kids: 1 child 4.25 (just ask him -- we are answering this together) Employment: Systems analyst/software developer/pre-schooler Number of Sets in Colection: I have no idea/lots and lots Number of Pieces: ditto/millions and millions Oldest Set: circa 1990 (my nephew has all my older ones ~1980+) Favourite Theme: Space / castles & town - mostly trains & dragons Favourite Set in Collection: Train station (Julian out voted me) This is Julian's first post. I think he did quite well. There seem to be very few women on the net who are into legos..... interesting.
From: currentd@carleton.edu (Dan Current)
Date: 8 Jan 95 18:22:03 CST
Name: Dan Current
Age : 20
M.S. : nope.
Kids : Just Me, Myslef, and I.
Employment : Lurker, or student, take your pick.
Number of Sets in Collection : Uh, 100+ probably.
Number of Pieces : Between 10 and 10^7.
Oldest Set : First town fire station with the people who had
moving legs and arms...
Favorite Themes : Town
Favorite Set in Collection : My 'Born to Build' LEGO shirt. ;)
currentd@carleton.edu
From: dougk@cray.com (Douglas Koepke {x66558 CF/DEV})
Reply-To: dougk@cray.com
Date: 9 Jan 95 11:51:37 CST
Name: Doug Koepke
Age: 38
M.S.: Married
Kids: Aaron - 11, Nick - 7 ( dad builds, they play)
Employment: Logic Engineer @ Cray Research
Number of sets: Approx 10 major size sets & 25 small ones
Number of Pieces: Close to 10,000. (tried adding up all the numbers on the
boxes)
Oldest stuff: An old set of red & white bricks my parents gave (back" to me.
Favorite Theme: Technic
Fav. Set in collection: Airtech Claw Rig
From: ez020913@monet.ucdavis.edu (Jayson Entao) Date: 10 Jan 1995 01:36:06 GMT Name: Jayson Entao Age: 23 M.S.: Single Kids: 0.0 Employment: Campus computer lab attendant Number of Sets in Colection: 90+ Number of Pieces: Let me count them...1, 2, 3, 4,..(I'll get back to you), 5.. Oldest Set: Galaxy Explorer, 1980. Favourite Theme: Space and Technic. Favourite Set in Collection: Technic Super Car. As soon as it gets thru customs. -- || Jayson Entao || itlm047@ucdavis.edu || jmentao@ucdavis.edu
From: bdurney@uvsc.edu (DR. BRIAN DURNEY) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 01:20:56 GMT Name: Brian Durney Age: 35 M.S.: double Kids: Jessica (5), Alex (4), Jason (-4 months and counting) Employment: Professor in Computer Science at Utah Valley State College Number of sets in collection: ~10 Number of pieces: a couple thousand? Oldest set: not very Favorite theme: Castle Favorite set in collection: Black Knight's Castle Education: PhD in computer science at the University of Oregon, June 94 Location: Orem, Utah Although castles are my favorite theme, I'm going through a space phase and am designing a noncombative role-playing game for my kids. The game is set in the solar system and uses space Legos. I'm interested in any and all games that use Legos and have looked at (but not yet played) Legowars, Plastic Ships and Wooden Men (or is that Plastic Ships and Plastic Men?), etc. Brian Durney bdurney@uvsc.edu krisian@aol.com
From: dcook@maths.adelaide.edu.au (David Cook)
Date: 10 Jan 1995 09:21:22 +1030
Reply-To: dcook@spam.adelaide.edu.au
Name: David Cook
Age: 24
M.S.: Single (recently, <sigh>)
Kids: Distant future maybe
Employment: Assistant Computer Manager in Maths dept., also studying Arts
Number of Sets in Collection: 57 sets of instructions, some others lost.
Number of Pieces: about 11,500
Oldest Set: 394 and/or 396 ('76 or '77 ... not sure exactly)
Favourite Themes: Space, Castle
Favourite Set in Collection: Supercar (8880)
Been to Legoland: Yes ! In July last year. Great fun :)
PS: I have this crazy idea of sitting down one day and building _all_ of the
sets I have instructions for. If someone out there has 394 (a Harley Davidson
motorcycle) or 396 (a steam train) instructions, I'd like to hear from you :-)
--
David T Cook e-mail: dcook@spam.adelaide.edu.au Phone: +61 8 303 5709
Assistant Computer Manager, Stats, Pure and Applied Maths, Adelaide Uni.
From: mckinney@eleceng.ee.queensu.ca (Alexander (Sandy) McKinney)
Date: 9 Jan 1995 22:09:35 GMT
Name: Alexander R. McKinney
Age: 26
M.S.: Single - but have a girlfriend!
Kids: nope
Employment: Graduate Student - Master's in Electrical Engineering
Number of Sets in Collection: ~100
Number of Pieces: Good bloody question... ~13 000?
Oldest Set: early 70's - the multicoloured gear set
Favorite Themes: castle, technics
Favorite Set in Collection: 6672 - Safari truck (I *love* Africa!)
Alexander R. (Sandy) McKinney Electrical Engineering Grad Student
mckinney@eleceng.ee.queensu.ca Queens University
Kingston, Ont., CANADA
From: psw@tauon.ph.unimelb.edu.au (Paul Weiser) Date: 8 Jan 1995 22:22:08 GMT Name: Paul Stephan Weiser Age: 28 M.S.: single Kids: Just one 28 year old :-). Employment: Physics Ph.D. Student (Uni. of Melb., Australia) Number of Sets in Collection: something approaching 1000 Number of Pieces: tens of thousands Oldest Set: ~1965 an old London Taxi and a Universial set. Favorite Themes: Space, Town, Pirate, castle and Technic Favorite Sets: The Space Monorails and all the extra track packs. Been collecting since: 1979 (Mainly Space and Town, Others 2-3 years)
From: mmichel@us.oracle.com (Mark Lance Michel) Date: 10 Jan 1995 14:15:44 GMT Name: Lance Michel Age: 34 M.S.: Divorced (Lego had nothing to do with it.) Kids: None Employment: Technical Consultant for Oracle Inc. Number of Sets in Collection: 15+ Favorite Themes: Technic, Dacta Favorite Set in Collection: Airtech Claw Rig. -- Lance Michel Office Address: Sales Consultant 290 Woodcliff Drive Oracle Corporation Fairport, New York 14450
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