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From: Derek Schin <dschin@utech.net> Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 18:16:36 -0800 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Derek Schin Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Usually 22, but sometimes much younger Location: Lompoc, California, USA E-mail Address: dschin@utech.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Not right this minute Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: 2Lt in US Air Force (something in the Space and Missiles career field) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 93 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Over 300 last time I counted # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: I've lost count # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 493, Space Command Center (the one without pre-made craters) Favorite Theme(s): Hmm, does MOC count? Otherwise, Castle, Space, Trains, Outback, WW... Favorite Set(s): 6950, Mobile Rocket Transport Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): My homemade Han Solo Set/theme you would like to see: More "real" town buildings, Castle bucket, brown & green bucket Current LEGO Project: planning Mos Eisley, or at least Docking Bay 94 (love those WW baseplates) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: LEGO Code, maybe my Millenium Falcon Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Star Wars, basketball, Star Wars, weightlifting, Star Wars, hiking, did I mention Star Wars? :Derek -- LEGO: MOC+++ CA[wp+++ fm++ bf+]+++ TR+++ SP++(6950) #+++++ S- LS A++ M+ YB74m
From: David Blakeslee <dblake@triton.net> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 18:35:22 -0800 Organization: Humanity at large Name: Curt Blakelsee Gender: m Year of Birth: 1987 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: still an outer child Location: Wyoming MI LEGO/home page URL(s): none - yet Marital Status: not! Child: currently Occupation: 4th grader On R.T.L (A.T.L) since: Dec. 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 10 of my own, about 60 altogether # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: many hundreds # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Grid Trekkor Favorite Theme(s): Exploriens, UFO (from the pictures) Favorite Set(s): UFO Saucer, Explorien Starship Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Grey bird, Bonehead the skeleton, Tim the Time Cruiser, Nova Hunter Set/theme you would like to see: Time Police Current LEGO Project: playing with them! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built Technic Shock Cycle all by myself Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Science, astronomy, computers
From: lou@pause.com (Lou Zucaro)
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 19:37:45 GMT
Organization: Pause Magazine
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Lou Zucaro
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8
Location: Schaumburg, IL USA
E-mail Address: lou@pause.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): LEGO:
http://www.pause.com/toys/lego/legohome.htm
HOME: http://www.pause.com
Marital Status: Married
Children: Mikey (cockatiel, a little over 1 year old)
Occupation: Computer Game Producer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 12/26/94
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 491
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~100
# of LEGO Pieces: ~75,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (Chicago, hosted by Minx Kelly)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: 190 - Building Set with People
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Pirates, Trains
Favorite Set(s): Galaxy Explorer, Eldorado Fortress, Airport Shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Classic Space Mini-Fig
Set/theme you would like to see: Egyptians with Pyramids!
Current LEGO Project: Figuring out where to store what I got for
Christmas...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Starting the RTL Roll Call; Getting LEGO
to release Wild West months early (unintentionally, and this is
according to somebody who worked for LEGO).
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer games; movies!; cooking; Star
Wars
See ya...
Lou Zucaro
http://www.pause.com
LEGO: FS+(1819) TO+++1(6399) BO+++(709) TR+++(4558) PA+(6416)
SP+++2(497) CA+++(6071) PI+++c(6276) AQ+++3c(6195) TC++(8857)
#+++++ S++ LS+ Hs M+ YB67m
--=={Lego Dragon}==--==(UDIC)==--
"I...I think he was a mandroid."
From: koesel@engin.umich.edu (Mark Koesel)
Date: 7 Jan 1997 03:48:43 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Mark Koesel
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 72
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 3/Insane
Location: Ann Arbor, Mi USA
E-mail Address: koesel@umich.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): maybe some day
Marital Status: maybe some day
Children: maybe some day
Occupation: hopefully some day (still a student)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec 96
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~150
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: ~15000-20000?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: (72-85) Early BASIC set; (96-) 8230 Police Buggy
Favorite Theme(s): Technic
Favorite Set(s): 956 Auto Chassis
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Gear Reduction Unit; Flex System
Set/theme you would like to see:
Technic Subthemes. In fact I'd love to get a whole technic
Town, or even better, space theme going. Unfortunately, this
would probably be tough to market (and the sets would cost
a fortune.). But, I'm imagining something like taking some
existing LegoLand sets and enlarging them, and adding detail
and, most importantly, more realism. And the best part, we'd
finally get some other types of techic figures. And imagine
A technic building with lights and working features, appliances
or whatrever.
Dinosaurs. Automated Walking and moving arms legs and tails.
Give us as many specialized pieces as you need to, just make
them real.
Current LEGO Project: Just getting back into technic after ten
years of absence from lego. I've bought 15 technic sets over
the past two months. I'm building a 6 wheeled buggy using the
large offroad technic tires. It has 4 wheel steering and
suspension for each wheel.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Well, none as far as this group. But
I have done some cool things back as a kid, like building a 4
wheel drive, 4 wheel steering, fully indepently suspended vehicle
back in 83 or so. Lets see, what else. A robot arm with rotating
wrist and elbow (rotating, not just bending). A 6 foot freighter
based on scaling up the lego 'fire fighter' boat.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, software engineering, drawing
biking, writing poetry.
--
(.:.) Mark G. Koesel I don't believe in family values because hey, (:.:)
(.:.) koesel@umich.edu you can't really put a price on your mom. (:.:)
(.:.) Thorn InSide Administrator for the Psychic Friends Network (:.:)
(.:.) BEWARE OF DOG AfxTakeOverWorld(TW_WIN95 | TW_WINNT); (:.:)
From: 73261.530@compuserve.com (Eric Lukac-Kuruc) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 23:06:33 GMT Organization: Sprynet News Service Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Eric Lukac-Kuruc Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1959 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varying widely and abruptly. Location: Belgium E-mail Address:73261.530@compuserve.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/eric_lukac_kuruc/space.htm Marital Status: Not but Yes Children: Mike 11, Alessa 7 Occupation: Electronic Designer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: mid 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: No idea ... a lot # of Unopened Sets in Collection: around 50 # of LEGO Pieces: more than 40 storage boxes # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0, Windsor or Carlsbad planned. First LEGO Set: An electric train with the blue rails. Favorite Theme(s): As long as there are minifigs. Favorite Set(s): Can't decide Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The miniature electric motor Set/theme you would like to see: Sci-fi instead of Space Current LEGO Project: none Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
From: jkraling@iastate.edu (JS Kraling) Date: 3 Jan 1997 16:25:08 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA Name: Joshua S. Kraling Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Status of Inner Child: Still a Child Location: Central Iowa E-mail Address: jkraling@iastate.edu LEGO/homepage URL(s): http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jkraling Marital Status: Single, but attached Occupation: Student/Mac and PC consultant On RTL Since: August 1996 # Sets in LEGO Collection: prolly 25 # Unopened Sets: Zero # of LEGO Pieces: a Lot...I've never bothered to count them # of LEGOfests Attended: Zero # of LEGO Theme Parks Attended: Zero First LEGO Set: A really big universal set with yellow bricks and a batt. pack Favorite Themes: Castle, Outback now Favorite Sets: Wolfpack Renegades, Dark Forest Fortress Favorite Pieces/Minifigs: The set I made that looks like the guys of of the movie "Ladyhawke" Set I would like to see: Tub 'o' Tiles with grey and black tiles, Bring back Wolfpack sub theme!!! Current Lego Project: Collecting the Fright Knights sub theme, aquire the Guarded Inn Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Blacktron Invader Other Interests: Camping, Backpacking, Computers, Music, Reading. That's all!! -- Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. Groucho Marx JS Kraling jkraling@iastate.edu
From: #mroberds@sky.net (Matt Roberds)
Date: 14 Jan 1997 03:10:47 GMT
Organization: Chaos
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Matt Roberds
Gender: m
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Tried to ask him but he was too busy
looking for one of those little 8 tooth Technics gears.
Location: Texas
LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a
Marital Status: n/a
Children: 0
Occupation: Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: About 50 or 60?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 5 or 10? (Not on purpose...
just haven't got around to all of them yet, also unpacking from
a move...)
# of LEGO Pieces: Wasn't this one of the tasks from Greek myth?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
I have gone to a couple of the traveling shows in malls, museums, etc.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: Mid 70s Basic set.
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, especially large models (their old VW,
Model Team).
Favorite Set(s): old Technic "VW" (see below).
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Technic differential.
Set/theme you would like to see: A PC case made from Lego bricks.
A car body (doors, fenders, etc...not frame) made from Lego bricks.
Life size...put it on a VW pan.
Current LEGO Project: Reading RTL; finding all my old sets and
even the directions too sometimes! :>
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Started on a kick-butt castle using
my King's Castle, etc sets, which my sister and her friends
TORE DOWN (&^&%$^%!!!!) at a party....
Also I've only ever broken about four or five pieces of Lego.
One was a 4x8 plate and another was a Technic beam.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Electronic Kits/Projects,
Air-cooled VWs.
Wow...Had seen this group in the list for a while but only recently
started reading it. I hope the extra text here at the end of
the Roll Call is appropriate.
My early memories of Lego included their old black motor, the one
that was the black box with two "bricks" sticking out the ends,
and the separate wires and battery box (3 C, 4.5v). The motor
looked kind of like a Chevrolet logo from the side: _-----_
I_ _I
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You get the idea, I hope. I used to take the hubs from their older
wheels and bother my dad to bring home 1/4" (7mm) wide rubber bands
from the office so I could use them as belts. I made a lot of windmills
by building towers atop the motor until I had streched out the "belt"
enough, then adding vanes to the axle at the top. I also think the
workings of the reversing switch inside the battery box got me
interested in electronics and eventually computers, too. :>
Later I remember one of the first "town" sets, before they really had
a "Legoland" with the big square grey base plates...probably in the
Big People era. I seem to recall it was all blue and had a lot of
tires, it was a building and not a vehicle -- perhaps a service station?
Later was the fire station, then getting some of the early Technic sets.
My favorite Technic was their big model car, about a foot long. I didn't
realize until later that it was basically a VW Beetle minus the body.
This was the car that had the grey "gas tank" up front, rack-and-pinion
steering, red seats on black pans, a 2-speed-plus-reverse gearbox
(the shift was in a blue housing between the seats), a 4-cyl horizontally
opposed engine with faucets for the spark plugs, hoses for the plug wires,
and strange yellow pylons down the lower edges which I now realize were
the VW heater boxes. It also had two of those coil-over-strut shock
things on each rear wheel, the only big departure from VW design (real
Bugs used torsion bars, kinda hard to model directly, but with an axle and
some rubber bands...hmm). By the time I had that I had one of the early
Technic motors, I think. I despaired of having two so I could steer _AND_
propel the car! :>
Then I got some of the first "castle" sets, Knight's Castle, King's Castle,
and a few others. These were cool as you could swing the backs apart
and ring them all around together in a giant castle. This later inspired
me to build a Really Big Castle [tm] but see the sad story above.
More recently I have gotten some of the Model Team sets, the semi cab,
and the flatbed semi w/helicopter. Also, a few of the newer Castle sets,
with the green dragon.
I guess it's a common theme here, but I had noticed over the past few
years that Lego sets were starting to have more 'special purpose' pieces
in them. It started with the old Castle wall pieces, which were OK with
me, because you could still do different things with them. But some of
the newer sets I see have pieces that I can only see fitting that set.
I get the impression this has been hashed over many times before, though.
Reading the ng inspired me to get out my old Legos and to also get a
1776 Blue Bucket O Lego at Wal-Mart. :> While there I also got a
6581 Dig N' Dump, mostly because I remember the bulldozer scoop/truck
bed end piece from waaay back.
I have just started to visit some of the WWW sites in the FAQ. Perhaps
this has been asked before, but is there a listing anywhere of _all_
the known sets, with model numbers, names, piece counts, etc? Or would
legal considerations prevent this if it didn't come from Interlego AG?
I realize there are catalogs, but I think it's a safe bet they don't
have the first couple of Lego sets I ever played with still in there. :>
Well, that's my delurk! Since spamming seems to have become a problem
since I last posted to USENET in volume, please make the obvious change
to my reply-to. Thanks all!
Matt R.
From: whitney@gvtc.com
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 22:21:06 -0600
Organization: Deja News Usenet Posting Service
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Kevin Whitney
Gender: m
Year of Birth: 1965
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: My inner child randomly bounces around
between 8 and 18.
Location: San Antonio, Texas
LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a
Marital Status: NLS
"Children": 4 cats, 2 leopard geckos, 2 spur-thiegh tortoises
Occupation: automotive engineer, exhaust emissions research
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Summer 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~250
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: I've got around 15 unopened sets, many
left over from xmas. The oldest unopened set I have is 2 years old.
Yikes! I keep getting new sets and have never gotten to it.
# of LEGO Pieces: lots
# of LEGOfests Attended: just a small gathering
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: 332 Tow Truck is the first actual set I remember owning.
I think I got it for my 5th birthday. I'd love to get a copy of this
set if anyone is willing to sell one to me. I also had lots of bricks
and gears as a kid.
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Aquazone, Wild West, Trains, Castle
Favorite Set(s): 6973 Deep Freeze Defender, 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab,
8866 Airtech Claw Rig, 6781 SP Striker, 8660 Arctic Rescue Unit
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Ice Planet Babe
Set/theme you would like to see: modular space station or base
Current LEGO Project: redesigning my Mega Freeze Offender (think DFD x 3)
to be structurally sound
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: LEGO turkey used as holiday greeting on Pause
Magazine (thanks Lou!). Take a look at:
http://www.pause.com/toys/lego/originals/whitney/whitney.htm
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: weekend drives in my 92 SE-R, drinking and
brewing beer, reading SF and history, net surfing, watching the Weather
Channel
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From: evansb@sfu.ca (Robert Evans) Date: 17 Jan 1997 18:38:16 GMT Organization: Simon Fraser University Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Jim "Chico" Evans Gender: m Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: somewhere between Elmo and Yoda Location: Maple Ridge, BC, Canada LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a Marital Status: monk Children: one (1) aging Mac Plus Occupation: student, Simon Fraser University On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Fall '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: uncountable # of Unopened Sets in Collection: I consider not opening a set within five minutes a sacrilege. EVEN IF IT MEANS BUILDING IN THE TOYS R US PARKING LOT! # of LEGO Pieces: 2000-2500 # of LEGOfests Attended: a handful # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 - about ten years ago, a travelling Lego show came 'round to Woodwards (a now defunct department store renowned for its devotion to toys) and I went. It was NeatO. First LEGO Set: I actually don't remember not owning Lego. The first set I can remember was a basic or Freestyle set in a white box with a flip open lid. It came with a green, one-brick-tall base-plate that's about 10x20 in size. Favorite Theme(s): Space, Castle, Freestyle Favorite Set(s): 6669 Diesal Daredevil, and I'm just completely in love with the Exploriens sets. Especially the Big Ass Space Ship, which my friend Steve got for Christmas from his fiancee. Oooh, I'm envious. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Chuck War from the above set Set/theme you would like to see: Lego should start supplying Theme Freestyle sets. Say with maybe 300 basic bricks, maybe 100 assorted specialty pieces, and 5-10 minifigs. Current LEGO Project: lately have been further modifying the War Rig (Diesal Daredevil). My ultimate Lego Dream is to build a fully-functional Battle Mech. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Noticed at a party that my friend Jere had a technic hover-craft that just didn't have enough wepons on it. I soon rectified the situation by pulling apart another set (w/ his permission of course) and using the parts. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: theoretical physics and doing silly things
From: CCM <ccm@molalla.net> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:21:09 -0800 Organization: One World Internetworking, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Jarred Lundstrom Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Status of Inner Child: Depends on the Lego set Location: Camp Colton Colton OR E-mail Address: ccm@molalla.net LEGO/home page URL(s): someday Marital Status: Single but living together Children: none Occupation: Self employed camp operator On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown (alot) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15 But I'll get to them # of LEGO Pieces (by volume): just over 100 gallons # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 so far, Let's start one in Colton # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 so far but may parents live in Carlsbad First LEGO Set: Can't remember, but first one I bought for myself was the Exxon tanker truck in 77-79? Favorite Theme(s): My own space creations Favorite Set(s): Whatever is out Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): It's all good Set/theme you would like to see: The less expensive good sets Current LEGO Project: Lego space minig colony Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Only the Legos would understand Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Outdoors, Oregon weather, computers, Managing the Camp, Mary (the love of my life (even though she does not understand having Lego in your blood))
From: palaste@cc.helsinki.fi (Joona I Palaste) Date: 18 Jan 1997 18:15:15 GMT Organization: University of Helsinki Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Joona "I" Palaste Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1976 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12/Secret Location: Espoo, Finland E-mail Address: palaste@cc.helsinki.fi LEGO/home page URL(s): none / www.helsinki.fi/~palaste Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: University student, part-time janitor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan '97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: hundreds # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: far too many to count # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Black "convertible"-style city car, in about 1982 Favorite Theme(s): Space, City, Time Cruisers Favorite Set(s): I don't have any specific favourite sets Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Ditto Set/them you would like to see: Space LEGO that is based on different Sci Fi continua. Star Trek, Star Wars, Hitchhiker's Guide, etc. Currect LEGO Project: Updating my famous LEGOLand model catalogue Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Transformers toys, Dragonlance books, techno music, candy/sweets /----------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Joona Palaste | | | | | palaste@cc.helsinki.fi | | | | | G++ FR FW+ M- #20 D+ ADA N+++ W++ B OP+ |------- -----------------| | |------- -----------------| | | | | | | Finland rules! => | | | | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
From: ejacobs@avana.net (Eric Jacobs) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 13:28:33 GMT Organization: Avana Communications Corp. News Server Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Eric Jacobs Gender: M Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10-12 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA E-mail Address: ejacobs@avana.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Computer programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking on-and-off since about 1993 (A.T.L) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~13 (extra pieces that I haven't needed yet) # of LEGO Pieces: 30k+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Denmark) First LEGO Set: A small puppet that was a mail-in offer from Life cereal. (Mail 2 proofs of purchase, etc.) I still have the directions for this thing. First "real" set was 402, a big Freestyle-type set. Favorite Theme(s): Castle. I keep telling myself that I'm not really interested in Pirate, Wild West or Aquazone, but I have large collections of them, too. Favorite Set(s): Yellow castle, Galaxy Explorer (Of course!) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Dr. Cyber, but only because his head makes a good village idiot. (See "Current Project".) Set/theme you would like to see: Greek/Roman Current LEGO Project: Slowly building a medieval walled city Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Hmmm... Well, during the last "buy 1 get 1 half price" sale at K-mart, I completey freaked a cashier when I walked up with (literally) a shopping cart full of sets. Most of the sets had no price stickers, so she had to scan a few at a time to figure out pairs of sets to ring up together. I'm sure I'm famous to the employees of that store. :-) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer games, Homebrewing Eric Jacobs ejacobs@avana.net, ejacobs@formmaker.com
From: Michel Renaud <mrenaud@nortel.ca>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 08:57:32 -0500
Organization: Bell Northern Research
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Michel A. Renaud
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1954
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 and 20 (The wife would
say between 5 and 12 :-))
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
E-mail Address: mrenaud@nortel.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s): (Only internal to Nortel's Web)
Marital Status: Married
Children: Three girls, 11 months, 8 years and 10 years who think it
is pretty cool to have a dad that still enjoys LEGO and
play with them.
Occupation: Software Design Engineer (Northern Telecom aka NORTEL)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 37
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: No idea
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None
First LEGO Set: That's too far back in time. I believe my first set
was even before LEGO had invented wheels.
Favorite Theme(s): 1. Town, 2. Nautica, 3. Aquazone,4. Divers, 5. Flight
6. Castle.
Favorite Set(s): 6542 - Launch & Load Seaport
4559 - Cargo Railway
4552 - Cargo Crane
8880 - Supercar
6544 - Shuttle Transcon 2
6074 - Black Falcon's Fortress
725 - Basic 7+
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Hinges, colored lens, helmets, complex
instruments panels.
Black falcon minifigs, forestmen...
Set/theme you would like to see: Greek/Roman
Current LEGO Project: Building a whole town and integrating the Cargo
Railway in the design.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: - Held a very successful Technic auction,
here on RTL.
- Bought two 6542 (Launch & Load Seaport) at
39,95$ (CDN) at Price CLub.
- Bought the Supercar at Sears Sale for ~30$(CDN)
(damaged box and loose parts but complete).
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Biking, drawing, swimming, scuba diving,
computers, skiing (on snow or on water)
--
Michel Renaud
Nortel - Public Carrier Networks
mrenaud@nortel.ca
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From: demlow@ahpcrc.umn.edu (Steve Demlow)
Date: 21 Jan 1997 20:43:45 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Steve Demlow
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 26 (26-yr-olds can still do the LEGO thing!)
Location: Minneapolis, MN
E-mail Address: demlow@msc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: Shopping for engagement ring for NLSO...
Children: None
Occupation: Computer graphics/visualization programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: RTL was started (spring '93?)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~250 (not including trade fodder)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~30
# of LEGO Pieces: ~36,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0, but I've been to the LEGO Great Create event
and the LEGO Invention Adventure exhibit
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: 410 Payloader, circa 1974
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic, getting into Trains some
Favorite Set(s): Expert Builder Farm Tractor, Galaxy Commander
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blue (inverse) slope bricks/Blacktron I
Set/theme you would like to see: "Supercomputer Center" :)
Current LEGO Project: Entering data/writing software for a parts auction
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Drove the LEGO virtual world simulator
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Church, Star Wars, Tom Lehrer songs, military
hardware, current events, aforementioned NLSO
--
Steve Demlow - demlow@msc.edu
AHPCRC Graphics and Visualization Support - (612) 626-8075 (voice)
Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc., Minneapolis, MN - (612) 626-1596 (fax)
From: rpweld3@pantheon.yale.edu (Richard P Weld) Date: 22 Jan 1997 23:12:57 GMT Organization: Yale University Name: Richard Weld Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies Location: Grand Rapids, MI E-mail Address: rpweld3@morpheus.cis.yale.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: Archaeologist and Computer Tech On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Gazillions # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Not nearly enough # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: London Bus Favorite Theme(s): Imperial Fleet Favorite Set(s): Deep Sea Claw Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): My centaur Set/theme you would like to see: A city for the Imperials and Pirates to live around. Current LEGO Project: Building all of the Polynesian sets into one well-constructed set. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Combining all of the Imperial buildings into one fortress with the exception of the Eldorado Fortress (The only one I don't have.) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Boxing, Opera, Architecture Richard Weld
From: c&s <CMICIEK@wesleyan.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 06:04:01 +0000 Organization: Wesleyan University Name: Christoph Miciek Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: MA=27/no inner child Location: MIddletown, CT (1/2 hour from Enfield) E-mail Address: cmiciek@eagle.wesleyan.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: married Children: 0 Occupation: Baker (research psychologist) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: what? you expect me to add em up? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 "they're toys, play with them" # of LEGO Pieces: Not nearly enough # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: all red helicopter from 1970's Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): Guarded Inn, represents the medieval town mentality Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the imposing corp of forestmen archers Set/theme you would like to see: Return to the walled city sections for the castle system. more bloody peasants Current LEGO Project: Constructing a fictional Hhadrian's wall under siege at a gatepoint. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Public display of two LEGO sculptures at an art/coffeehouse. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: literature, youth group (volunteer leader), history christoph miciek
From: "T.J.S." <tsciorti@oboe.calpoly.edu> Date: 23 Jan 1997 21:49:18 GMT Organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Name: Tom Sciortino Gender: M Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 19 / Alive and kicking-- age means nothing... Location: San Luis Obispo, CA, USA E-mail Address: tsciorti@oboe.calpoly.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Freshman, Calpoly SLO, Electrical Engineering Major On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 21, 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~200 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: What fun are they if they're not opened? ( 0 ) # of LEGO Pieces: 200 sets worth (I really don't know) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Alpha-1 Rocket Base (#483) Favorite Theme(s): Space! Favorite Set(s): FX-Star Patroller (I have never owned any of the real old space sets, but they look very cool too) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Those inch-long guns w/ the laser sights. The ice planet guy with the white mustache and eyebrows. Also, the classic Blacktrons w/ the black visors. Set/theme you would like to see: First leap into space (a cross between futuristic town and early space) Current LEGO Project: Attempting to take all spare parts and all parts from original monorail and create a space station with them. College kind of gets in the way of that, though... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I believe I have the world's most indestructible battering ram made from legos (no glue, of course). Anyone like to challenge my position?... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Electronics, Music (performance--Jazz)
From: dlawall@ix.netcom.com(Daniel J Lawall)
Date: 24 Jan 1997 05:24:07 GMT
Organization: Netcom
Name: Dan Lawall
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Huh?
Location: Greenville, SC
E-mail Address: dlawall@ix.netcom.com (though not for long)
dlawall@clemson.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: divorced
Children: 0
Occupation: University student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan '97
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 12+
(I gave my previous collection to my brother)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: a medium size box full
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: a lego mail man (w/ the big head) and a cart
Favorite Theme(s): Dragon Matsers & Islanders
Favorite Set(s): Majisto Magic Shack(?)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons
Set/theme you would like to see: Inexpensive ones
Currect LEGO Project: Lego fanstay role playing :)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have a big headed lego person?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: war games, school, action figures, ccg's,
my way cool girl friend.
From: mrehbaum@aol.com (Mrehbaum) Date: 25 Jan 1997 19:08:29 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: M. Rehbaum Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Undeterminable at this time...it's too busy playing!/Loving life. Location: Virginia E-mail Address: Mrehbaum@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None at this time. Marital Status: Soon to be married Children: None Occupation: Teacher On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1997!! # of Sets in LEGO Collection: New sets- 15 since October Old sets.....you know the routine # of Unopened Sets in Collection: NONE!!!! Why buy them if you can't play with them! My opinion will probably change soon though.... # of LEGO Pieces: 9,873 and 1 / 2 (I've got a broken piece :(..............) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I don't know which one came first. I got a police set in the late 70's, maybe 77. It had mini-figures...but they didn't have any facial features, or arms...plus their legs were all one piece! I've still got at least on of those! I also had a Spirit of St. Louis, and a Red Helicopter really early on...So I'm not sure which one came first. My first set with Mini-figures was a coast guard base....that must have been 78 or 79. I also had two of the 79 series space sets. I'd really like to find the instructions for those!! Favorite Theme(s): Space/Town/Train!!!!!!!!!! Favorite Set(s): Probably my first Space set...I don't know the number...but it has a Ship "ID" number piece that says LL924. This is how I always referred to it! My two other favorite sets was the original Kings Castle...Man I still have hundreds of yellow pieces! And a non-motorized European Train set that I got in 1983! Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): My favorite Minifigure is the one that came with my space set. I've used the same head but changed the body as "his" "rank" "increased" (Really as new colors of space figures came out. Set/theme you would like to see: Lego Air force. OR A classics reissued set...with some of the old sets reissued! They do it for Star Wars and other toys why not Lego. (I can hear the collectors screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Current LEGO Project: I'm working up to Modeling a Lego train set....But I've got to save the $$$$$ first!!!! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: In 1980 at the height of Battle Star Galactica I built a Lego "viper" to go with the toy viper I bought. Well it's now 1997 and I still have the same set now! It is built around the pieces from the original Space set and modeled in red. It's gone through numerous modifications but the base structure, cockpit, and wing assembly are still the same! So it's a 17 year old Lego creation!!! My other claim to fame is a three story Lego house modeled in yellow....Can we say Kings Castle from 1984?????????
From: Patrick Delahanty <PatrickD@internet.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 21:52:03 -0500
Organization: The Internet Company
Name: Patrick Delahanty
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 / Unstable
Location: Boston, MA
E-mail Address: patrickd@internet.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://sebago.internet.com/lego/
Marital Status: Single (unfortunately)
Children: No
Occupation: "Websmith" - The Internet Company
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: The beginning (but I was away for a
long time)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200 or 300
# of LEGO Pieces: Probably around 25,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: A 70's Bulldozer & blue (1 piece)
trailer
Second LEGO Set: 442 - Space Shuttle
Favorite Theme(s): Space
Favorite Set(s): 6971 Inter Galactic Command Base
497 Galaxy Explorer (Never had it)
6980 Galaxy Commander (Never had it)
6982 Explorien Starship
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black suited Futron figure
Blacktron 2 jetpack
Current LEGO Project: http://sebago.internet.com/lego/
Best LEGO deal: Too many to list
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My 50+ square feet of Lego
and "Lego PricePro"
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I'm also famous for
http://underground.internet.com/CHiPs/
http://sebago.internet.com/tsfc/
I enjoy designing developing new web sites, skiing, sailing, cycling,
Mystery Science Theater 3000, Star Trek, and just about anything else
that won't poke my eyes out.
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