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From: cynde callera <cyndecal@durand.com> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 13:02:25 -0800 Organization: durand communications network Name: cynde callera Gender: f Year of Birth: 10/10/72 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 yr/old tomboy Location: santa barbara, ca E-mail Address: cyndecal@durand.com Marital Status: domestic partner Children: 0 Occupation: 3d graphics, digital imaging for mindwire online systems/www authoring On R.T.L. Since: 9/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 13 # of LEGO Pieces: ? First LEGO Set: small, red technic race car Favorite Theme(s): technic, space Favorite Set(s): all technic universals Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): unitron cyborg (silver shades) Current LEGO Project: 4 speed transmission with reverse (with motor) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: taijiquan, ray-tracing and z-buffered 3d graphics, rats, industrial music, manga (esp. battle angel), sci-fi movies/books (esp. william gibson), magic the gathering & rpg if I have time (esp. cyberpunk & advanced dungeons and dragons), rifle and shotgun shooting (I have a MAK90, 12gauge, and ruger10/22) -- Cynde Callera rattusKhroma cyndecal@durand.com
From: Simon Jarvis <jarvis74@volvo.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 22:24:06 GMT Organization: None Name: Simon Jarvis Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 (or there abouts) Location: West London, England E-mail Address: jarvis74@volvo.demon.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a Marital Status: Single Children: Nope (well not that I know of :) Occupation: Senior Computer Engineer (LHR CUTE) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 12 # of LEGO Pieces: Anyone want to count? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: 8865 Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Model Team Favorite Set(s): 8880 Super Car, 5591 Red Bird Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Current LEGO Project: Building all 12 sets so I can take photos Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ??!?? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Home Cinema, Ham Radio | Simon Jarvis - Depressed Computer Engineer & Lurker |
From: ward@math.psu.edu (Brian Ward) Date: 4 Jan 1996 02:55:15 GMT Organization: 999 and the Inverted Morons Name: Brian Ward Gender: m Year of Birth: 1972 (30.9) Location: Graz, Austria; Vienna, Austria E-mail Address: bri@blah.math.tu-graz.ac.at LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.math.psu.edu/ward/lego/ http://blah.math.tu-graz.ac.at/~ward/lego/ Occupation: professional time waster (grad student) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 #of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~200 #of LEGO Pieces: ~22000 First LEGO Set: hand-me-down bricks Favorite Theme(s): Bri's Really Busy Spaceport Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 4x2 black/Custom Blacktron-I pilot (IP-babe's scary twin sister) Current LEGO Project: Big huge spaceport #2 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I am Vienna's LEGO-scouring machine Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, mountain climbing, design
From: dhiga@phakt.usc.edu (Darold Kenji Higa)
Date: 3 Jan 1996 19:39:28 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Name: Mark "Emerson" Chadwick
Gender: m
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: alive and well
Location: Los Angeles (or did you mean my inner child? ;-)
E-mail Address: emerson@apricot.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): No lego in it, but http://www.apricot.com/~emerson/
Marital Status: Single
Children: only me
Occupation: Network support for Infonet
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1991?
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40-50 (w.a.g)
# of LEGO Pieces: no idea. lots, but not enough
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
First LEGO Set: Don't know, was back in '71
Favorite Theme(s): Technic
Favorite Set(s): the ones with the coolest parts ;-)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pneumatics
Current LEGO Project: F-15 (approximately 4 feet long, at present)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Hm. A 747 I built back in 4th grade
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: There are others? Computers, electronics,
Science-Fiction, biking, photography, blah blah blah
Posting from a friend's account,
Mark "Emerson" Chadwick
emerson@soyokaze.biosci.ohio-state.edu or emerson@apricot.com
From: rkbarth@nyc.pipeline.com (Richard K. Barth)
Date: 3 Jan 1996 22:43:52 -0500
Organization: The Pipeline
Name: Richard Barth
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 78
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17
Location: Queens/NYC
E-mail Address: rkbarth@pipeline.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Stockperson/Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 8/95
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~125
# of LEGO Pieces: ?!
# of LEGOfests Attended: None....LEGOfests?!
First LEGO Set: Some family room
Favorite Theme(s): CASTLE; CASTLE is KING
Favorite Set(s): Town Wall Tavern
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): PEASANTS
Current LEGO Project: Building trading docks behind one of my
castles
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My growing and prosperous
castle/town/village with many shops
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Aviation, Hockey, Greco-Roman Wrestling
Richard K Barth
rkbarth@pipeline.com
From: hart@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Colin 't Hart) Date: 4 Jan 1996 14:46:30 GMT Organization: The University of Western Australia Name: Colin 't Hart Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: From 11-16 years :-) Location: Perth, Western Australia E-mail Address: hart@tartarus.uwa.edu.au LEGO/home page URL(s): none :-( Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student; Computer Programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: start of A.T.L. (when was that?) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 7 expert builder and a model team plus lots of other stuff # of LEGO Pieces: Dunno. Too few. # of LEGOfests Attended: What are they? Been to Legoland in Billund, Denmark; Been to 5 or 6 Lego World Shows in Perth. First LEGO Set: Black Police Boat back in 1976. Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains Favorite Set(s): Auto Chassis # 2 (the Black one with the Red seats); the JCB Excavator (I want one still!) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The 8 stud long axle (Technic) I never have enough of these!! Current LEGO Project: Reading R.T.L. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Won 5 (five) lego building competitions when I was a real child. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Baroque music (play the Pipe Organ...); Stamp Collecting.
From: Russell Bornschlegel <kaleja@rahul.net> Date: 3 Jan 1996 21:39:52 GMT Organization: a2i network Name: Russell Bornsch++ Gender: M Year of Birth: 69 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: no comment Location: Cupertino CA E-mail Address: kaleja@rahul.net Marital Status: separated Children: none Occupation: game programmer On R.T.L. Since: 12/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 7 since rediscovery # of LEGO Pieces: ~3500 since rediscovery First LEGO Set: 8800 Super Car Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8800 Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): pistons! fetish fetish Current LEGO Project: motorized Technic tank Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My girlfriend and I built the Super Car in one night Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Programming, stupid computer games, electronic music (making and listening)
From: goran.strandh@mailbox.swipnet.se (Goran Strandh) Date: 4 Jan 1996 21:57:10 GMT Organization: GaMeS-Import Name: Goran Strandh Gender: M Year of Birth: 1956 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Forever Young Location: Lund, Sweden E-mail Address: goran.strandh@mailbox.swipnet.se LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: yes Children: 13, 10 and 3 Occupation: running around in circles and trying to coordinate my company On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov-95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: appr. 50 # of LEGO Pieces: do not care to count them # of LEGOfests Attended: You're kidding, in Sweden? First LEGO Set: Way back in the 60's, some basic set Favorite Theme(s): Train, Castle, TRAIN, Aquazone, Train, Model Team and TRAIN Favorite Set(s): Currently Freigh Rail Runner (4564) and Sea Claw 7 (1822) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): BURP:s (just kidding) Current LEGO Project: Buy a new home so I can put my TRAIN up permanently Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None so far. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Wargaming (where did LEGO Wars go?), painting miniature figures, computers, gaiming ( not gambling), sleeping
From: sue@metropia.demon.co.uk (Sue Gregson)
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 07:00:36 +0000
Organization: Home
Name: Sue Gregson
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Depends : old enough to figure out the
building instructions
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire UK
E-mail Address: sue@metropia.demon.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: as married
Children: Jessica (nearly 4)
Occupation: System Administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1993
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: (entire household) 180+
# of LEGO Pieces: too many to find the particular one you need !
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: My mum has the remnants of an ambulance and fire engine ?
Favorite Theme(s): Pirates, Space
Favorite Set(s): The Pizza shop
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The little Pizzas/The chef
Current LEGO Project: To be Pirate complete (I was 2 sets away from this
until the '96 catalog appeared :( )
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Finding a stash of Jim Spaceborn comics.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Following Blackburn Rovers FC Champions of the
Premiership (UK Soccer), playing with Jessie.
From: beldandy@uclink2.berkeley.edu (Sonya Choi Lee) Date: 5 Jan 1996 09:20:54 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Name: Sonya Lee Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: Bay area E-mail Address: beldandy@uclink.berkeley.edu Marital Status: not Children: none Occupation: law student On R.T.L. Since: Fall 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: A few thousand now. # of LEGO Pieces: I can't even begin to imagine now. I'll try to count all the mini-figs I have over the break. I'm guessing somewhere between 2,000-3,000. First LEGO Set: Old town set. Favorite Theme(s): Castle, space, pirate, aquazone Favorite Set(s): Deep Freeze Defender, Imperial Trading Post, BK Castle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black Classic Space with black visor Current LEGO Project: First I've got to organize my apartment / collection. Then I have to finish constructing my Wolfpack castle. Then I am going to be staging one of the biggest battles in Lego history. Still working out the details. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I can't imagine anyone who has accumulated as much Lego as me in such a short period of time. ;) And the scary thing is that I'm now making some inroads into town. . . Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My anime, action figure, and comics collections are as large as my Lego collection. I like the Animaniacs, the Simpsons, collecting Happy Meal toys, and eating out (though I'm learning how to cook right now).
From: jgowell@ren.us.itd.umich.edu (Jim Gowell) Date: 3 Jan 1996 19:03:43 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Name: James Gowell Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Active Location: Michigan E-mail Address: Jgowell@umich.edu Marital Status: Married Children: None Occupation: Computer Consultant On R.T.L. Since: Lurked since late 93 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 # of LEGO Pieces: ~too little interest to count First LEGO Set: Favorite Theme(s): Castle, anticipating TimeLords Favorite Set(s): Dark Dragon Den Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Royal Knight King (nice sword) Current LEGO Project: Assimilate all blocks of all castle sets, everywhere, for all time. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 150+ "spacecraft" and "skimmers" from my brothers bag of lego blocks. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Erin, Computers, WWW page authoring,
From: Peri Horowitz <ph77@columbia.edu> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 11:05:58 -0500 Organization: Columbia University X-Sender: ph77@namaste.cc.columbia.edu In-Reply-To: <4c80dp$lm@News1.mcs.net> Name: Peri Horowitz Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1976 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: NYC E-mail Address: Marital Status: s Children: Occupation: student On R.T.L. Since: fall 95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 700 # of LEGO Pieces: ????????? First LEGO Set: fire station (510?), basic set 113 Favorite Theme(s): town Favorite Set(s): town stores, houses Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Current LEGO Project: adding to my town which takes up an atic room Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Complaint: everything seems to be the same 2-3 themes. We need more of a typical town (stores, houses, churces, factories)
From: wilson@pangloss.ucsf.edu (Erik Wilson) Date: 5 Jan 1996 10:55:20 -0800 Organization: The University of California, San Francisco Name: Erik Wilson Gender: M Year of Birth: 1955 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I seem to be stuck at an awkward 14 Location: San Francisco, California (new location from last year) E-mail Address: wilson@pangloss.ucsf.edu (also new) Marital Status: married to Terra who also enjoys LEGO Children: none as yet Occupation: biochemist On R.T.L. Since: 1993 (as alt.toys.lego) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: many # of LEGO Pieces: many times many First LEGO Set: (divided into periods) First LEGO period - ESSO gas station (~1960) Second LEGO period - 8042 (blue technic universal pneumatic) and 8074 (yellow technic universal flex system) Favorite Theme(s): space, technic Favorite Set(s): Technic whirlwind rescue helicopter Space Star Hawk II (1993 & 1994 Christmas presents from my wife so I am biased) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Arachnoid alien design (not really a minifigure but it is minifigure scale) Current LEGO Project: *Large* lego space station (redesigned yet again) LEGO Parthenon (partially completed) Christmas monorail with "Santa Kong" atop Empire State Building Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 1) Auctioneer for lego1 auction and lego2 auction (with John Marlin and Rolf Wilson) 2) Author of a *long* (and ocasionally humorous) Lego Space History (you may email me for details) 3) With Andy Foland conducted a 400 minifigure recreation of the battle of Waterloo using Red Imperial Guards and Blue Soldiers Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Board games, Ultimate Frisbee, Computers (maybe this is a given?), Hiking, Science Fiction, Immunology, History, Astronomy and other things too numerous to mention. Actually the world is really a pretty interesting place.
From: bandy@sheepdog.cinnamon.com (Andy Beals) Date: 6 Jan 1996 13:29:43 -0800 Organization: The Willow Glen Fertility Farm Name: Andy Beals Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: South Bay, SF Bay Area E-mail Address: bandy@cinnamon.com Marital Status: married Children: one Occupation: computer programmer On R.T.L. Since: inception if not constantly # of Sets in LEGO Collection: uncounted # of LEGO Pieces: nearly uncountable First LEGO Set: 590? The brickyard Favorite Theme(s): train/space ICE PLANET 2002!!! Space Police Favorite Set(s): metroliner/space police mothership Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): tinted octagonal windows Current LEGO Project: make passenger cars Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: voted for the group Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: programming, playing "blow 'em ups", airplane spotting [no logbook or photographs though], DUPLO [mis-cegnating minifigures], TOOLO [funky cranes], motorcycling, target shooting, plinking, ROLLER HOCKEY!!!!!, skating
From: jgrazado@connix.com (Jason Grazado) Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 21:10:16 -0500 Organization: Connix - The Connecticut Internet Exchange Name: Jason Joseph Grazado Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1/11/68 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 or so Location: Norwalk, Connecticut E-mail Address: jgrazado@connix.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.connix.com/~jgrazado Marital Status: Divorced Children: 2 Occupation: Evaluating desktop technologies for potential deployment in company On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~50 # of LEGO Pieces: ~15,000? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Unknown, have some 'Shell Gas Station' pieces from the mid-70's Favorite Theme(s): Town Favorite Set(s): Airport Monorail Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any piece that has a secret way of joining it to other pieces Current LEGO Project: Building City (New Amsterdam) with kids, web page Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Nice 3D rendering of Towtruck from #6562 Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Juggling, Alternative Music - see my page | jgrazado@connix.com | | jgrazado@aol.com | | jgrazado@eworld.com | | jgrazado@gartner.com |
From: srojo@best.com (Steven Rojo) Date: 7 Jan 1996 03:52:39 GMT Organization: Your Organization Name: Steven Rojo Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: it varies Location: Sunnyvale, CA. USA E-mail Address: srojo@best.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single Children: 0 kids, 1 cat Occupation: network adminstrator On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: fall '94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~140 # of LEGO Pieces: ~24000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: After Lego Dark Ages : Solar Snooper Favorite Theme(s): Town/Pirate Favorite Set(s): Metro Liner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): mine Current LEGO Project: Building a train tunnel. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, sci-fi, guns, women
From: paul@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Paul Vargo)
Date: 7 Jan 1996 20:18:29 -0500
Organization: University of Michigan Computing Club (UMCC)
Name: Paul J. Vargo, II
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location: Lansing, Michigan
E-mail Address: paul@umcc.umich.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): under construction
Marital Status: married
Children: 1 all black cat
Occupation: unemployeed, will graduate w/a BS in CS May 96
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: summer of 94
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~135
# of LEGO Pieces: unknown, not enough time on my hands!
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: 770 Rescue Set
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Space, Town, and Aquazone
Favorite Set(s): 565 Moon Landing
Favorite Piece/Minifigure: Skully and GreenBrown Forestman
Current LEGO Project: Making a Lego phone
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading DragonLance Novels, Nightmare B4XMAS
toy collecting, Brewing my own Beer
LEGO: FS TO+(565) BV-- SP-(483) CA+++(6077) PI+ AQ+ #115
S- Ls-->++ H!? M+ A+ YB69m
From: sgibson260@aol.com (SGibson260) Date: 8 Jan 1996 02:12:05 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Stephen Gibson Gender: M Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12/amazed he has access to the credit cards! Location: Fairfax, VA E-mail Address: SGibson260@aol.com Marital Status: married 4 years Children: Nicole(9 yrs), Kathleen (21 months), Christopher (4 weeks) Occupation: Cartographer (map-maker) for Federal Govt On R.T.L. Since: mid 1994 (mainly lurking) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 400 (a lot of polybags-need more Crusaders and Black Knights!) # of LEGO Pieces: 40,000? First LEGO Set: loose bricks as a kid, Dragon Wagon as a grown-up Favorite Theme(s): Castle, with strong interest in Pirates Favorite Set(s): 6090 Royal Knights Castle, 1491 Dual Defender, 6009 Black Knight, 1463 Treasure Cart, 6286 Skulls Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Crusader minifigs, Castle breastplates, French Imperial soldiers Current LEGO Project: Making rules for Lego Castle Wars with my nine year old helping me. Plus, work on the never-completed "Castle of the Dreaded Moors" Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Last week (1/3/96), got a 6285 Black Seas Barracuda at the Service Merchandise for $30.00!!!!!! Showed the manager that the hull pieces were missing, and he marked it way down. Then Lego Customer Service didn't even charge me to get replacement hull pieces! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: scifi reading, miniatures wargaming, history, politics, and my wonderful family, who make everything worthwhile!
From: dehliatoo@aol.com (DehliaToo) Date: 8 Jan 1996 07:31:33 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Name: Deborah Lipp Gender: F Year of Birth: 61 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Congers, NY E-mail Address: DehliaToo@aol.com Marital Status: married Children: a 5 year old boy with ADHD who you'd swear was 3 kids based on he sound effects. Occupation: Technical Writer/DTP On R.T.L. Since: a few weeks (hi everyone) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: I dunno....75-100? Not counting my son's sets. # of LEGO Pieces: please don't make me count. First LEGO Set: Some basic building sets from 1973 Favorite Theme(s): Space, Model Team, Town Favorite Set(s): My new Model Team sets -- Blue Fury & Sea Jet. We just moved, so I can't find my catalog of all my lego sets, with all the instructions they all came with (I have lego-specific OCD), but there were these GREAT Blacktron sets. One in particular was a ground-based "walker" with a satellite dish on the back. Also the Deep Freeze Defender was fairly awesome. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I like the really girly girls -- with the lipstick and eyelashes. I buy small Paradisa sets to get them, then put the heads onto space minifigures so I can have female space people. Current LEGO Project: Building the alternate Blue Fury model. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Some faves -- a 1/3 scale fire hydrant and slippery when wet street sign; a goddess statue in all white legos, a crescent moon statue, also all white; a valentine with an arrow thru it (I used a red 2x1 brick with a hole in the middle and a technic rod for the arrow) for my husband; Big Bird -- a really great replica including the pink eyelids which I had to buy a Paradisa set for. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Wicca, alt.polyamory, number puzzles, getting the world's fastest score on Minesweeper.
From: weswinkler@aol.com (WesWinkler)
Date: 8 Jan 1996 07:17:32 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Name: Wes Winkler
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1950
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14-16
Location: Seattle, WA
E-mail Address: WesWinkler@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: married, quite happily!
Children: 2 daughters, and 2 dogs
Occupation: Currently "between positions." Was employed as
a sales engineer for companies that provide control
systems and engineering software to electric utilities.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Fall, '95
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 292
# of LEGO Pieces: 21,145 more or less :)
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
First LEGO Set: Way, WAY back in the 50s, I had a set with
fragile red bricks with a building brick design on the
side and long white beams, 2 dots wide. Modern sets that
rekindled my interest were the McDonald's sets from 1990.
Favorite Theme(s): town, Technique Rally cars.
Favorite Set(s): Blacktron Renegade, 6954
Current LEGO Project: auctioning off Lego sets to reduce
storage requirements and to supplement income!
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Mystery and science fiction novels,
bicycle touring, enjoying my two daughters as the grow up
all too quickly, tinkering with PC software.
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