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The following is a small part of the responses to the rec.toys.lego Roll Call. Refer to the Table of Contents or the Alphabetical Index for other parts of the Roll Call.
From: "Eugwe Coral" <h_and_g@bellsouth.net> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 21:34:55 -0500 Reply-To: "Eugwe Coral" <Eugwe@yahoo.com> Name: Gene Weissinger Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 give or take Location: Knoxville, TN E-mail Address: Eugwe@yahoo.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Not YET... Marital Status: Married Children: none - unless I am in the drive through od McDonalds Occupation: Sales - plastic signs - ooohh exciting! On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 10/1/99 ? # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 197 give or take... unopened sets in collection: zero - can't build with unopend sets !!! # of LEGO Pieces: God only knows # of LEGOfests Attended: none yet... # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none yet... First LEGO Set: Lego space - somewhere around 1980-81 LEGO Dark Age: 18 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: some sort of Ice Planet, I'm sure Favorite Theme(s): Classic Space Favorite set(s): 487 cruiser Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): futuron Set/theme you would like to see: more castle / pirate / space Current LEGO Project: an entire lunar 'city' scape Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Talking my wife into letting me buy more... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Hiking in the smokies, photography, hanging out with my wife
From: "Ryan Smith" <kyblue2@zoomnet.net> Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 22:39:25 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Name: Ryan Smith (A.K.A. $mitty) Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1985 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Ashland, Ky E-mail Address: kyblue2@zoomnet.net or smittyclassof2003@yahoo.com LEGO/home page URL(s): NONE Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100 or so # of Unopened Sets in Collection: NONE # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000-? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: McD's Promo ( not sure) LEGO Dark Age: 1997 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Res-Q set Favorite Theme(s): Town, train, Res-Q Favorite Set(s): 6399, 6597, 6571, 6398, 6482 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1X4X5 red windows Set/theme you would like to see: Town monorail again Current LEGO Project: Finishing my city with the train in. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: NONE Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: R/C Airplanes, basketball, football, soccer, swimming, SLEEPING, music.
From: "Todd A. Junker" <abt@thrusters.com> Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 12:41:35 -0800 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Name: Todd Junker, Architect Gender: Male Year of Birth: 7/20/67 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 32 Years Old Physically, perpetually 10 yrs old regarding Legos! Location: Santa Rosa, CA E-mail Address: cptcosmo@pacbell.net LEGO/home page URL(s): N/A Marital Status: Single, but have a wonderful girlfriend Children: 0 Occupation: Mechanical Engineering Designer/Draftsman/Architect On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 10 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: ~12000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Man, I don't remember... that was 27-28 yrs ago! LEGO Dark Age: Ages 16-31 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8448 Super Street Sensation Favorite Theme(s): Technic/Mindstorms Favorite Set(s): Mindstorms RIS Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Piece: Lego chain links and shock absorbers, gears, anything Technic! Minifig: Not into minifigs Set/theme you would like to see: Would love to see another 8460 type crane truck with 5000 parts or so, including pneumatics Current LEGO Project: Prototyping a large Mindstorms robot using 2 RCX's and roughly 4000 parts so far Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I use Legos to prototype mechanical assembly concepts before building the real world equivalent. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Architecture, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Astronomy, Theater, Cinema, Books, This Old House & New Yankee Woodshop (TV shows), finish/rough carpentry, Arts & Crafts, Macintosh computers, brewing beer at home, 3D computer modeling, Designing (Design is my life), my girlfriend Rebekah, and general geeky stuff
From: jamie1123@webtv.net (Jamie)
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 20:59:33 -0500 (EST)
Organization: WebTV Subscriber
Name: Jamie Hickey
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 11-23-75
Mental Status/Age of inner chid: 13/14
Location: Saginaw, Michigan
E-mail: jamie1123@webtv.net
Lego U.R.L: None
Marital Status: Might as well be married!
Children: Just my dog "Scrappy"
Occupation: Volunteer Fire Fighter/ Stock Clerk at Meijers
On R.T.L. since: August 1999
# of LEGO sets in collection: 28 for now!!
# of unopened sets: none
# of pieces: ?, not enough
# of fests attended: none yet, one day!
# of theme parks attended: 4
1st LEGO set: Galaxy Commander
LEGO Darkages: 91' thru about 96'
Favorite Theme: Classic Space, Star Wars, Technic
Favorite Set: #8880, #8448, #5580
Favorite piece/ mini-figure: Darth Vader
Set/ Theme you would like to see:
An official Millennium Falcon that doesn't suck. AT-AT
that isn't grossly under-sized. Another huge Model
Team Semi, like #5580.
Current LEGO project: Building a Millennium Falcon,
hopefully that won't suck. Give me a couple months
Greatest claim to fame: Finishing collage
Other non-LEGO interests: Music, Movies
I added this one:
Biggest pet-peeve about LEGO: Juniorized parts and
pieces, not acknowledging AFOL
Please allow me this oppertunity to make a shameless plug: If you have
any gray LEGOs are willing sell, please contact me! Thank You!
From: b-keenan@uiuc.edu (brian e keenan) Date: 9 Nov 1999 20:12:21 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Name: Brian Keenan Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Healthy Location: Illinois, USA E-mail Address: b-keenan@uiuc.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Single Children: Occupation: Desktop Support/Development On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 2 weeks ago. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: around 40? most shared with brothers # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 404 (or 912?) LEGO Dark Age: After age 14 or so, until last year First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8838 plus most of the SW stuff Favorite Theme(s): Technic, SW Favorite Set(s): RIS, SW (probably 7181 & 7191, too :) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Vader Set/theme you would like to see: Star Trek ( can you say "7 of 9 minifig" :) SW minifig boxes - Battle droids, stormtroopers, & rebel troopers Current LEGO Project: motorized 4 legged walker w/ articulated legs. Probably run by RCX with sensors, etc. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Posting this message? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Board and miniature gaming (I'll probably buy tons of the ninja & mounted Samurai minifigs and try to come up with rules to run a game with them :)
From: "Scott T" <twisdom@tri-lakesonline.net> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 18:28:45 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Reply-To: "Scott T" <thewiz@att.net> Name: Scott T Age-13 Location-CO in the US Number of sets-maybe 100 or less Number of pieces-??? First Lego set-Buried Treasure Age started building-2 Current Projects-none at the moment Description-I'm just a middle schooler in Colorado that likes to build with Lego and play around with computers. I enjoy playing basketball and baseball and I play a lot of computer games.
From: Steven Coallier <scoallier@ea.com> Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 15:35:18 -0800 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Name: Steven Coallier Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1965 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Inner child (mental age 10) lives in a small, comfy LEGO cottage. Location: San Mateo, California E-mail Address: scoallier@ea.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Home page is http://www.hooked.net/~coallier/lego.htm Marital Status: Single Children: None (but my girlfriend has 3) Occupation: Entertainment Software Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 7 / 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~25 (would be a lot more if it weren't for my mother givin' 'em to other family members who won't give 'em back...) # of LEGO Pieces: ~100,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: One First LEGO Set: Some Universal Set Favorite Themes: Technic, _BASIC_ Basic, Star Wars, Mindstorms Favorite Set: X-Wing Fighter (#7140) Favorite Minifigure: Darth Vader (although he needs to be taller!) Current LEGO Project: A Life-size Superman Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A 5'+ model of the Transamerica Building Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Sheesh. Too many. Check the web page listed above for a full description, there's dozens of them Desperately seeking set: Tan bricks! I need lots of tan bricks for a life-size model of Superman I'm trying to finish.
From: "Thomas" <southernstar3@prodigy.net> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 18:45:54 -0600 Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999 Name: Scott Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1983 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 16 Location: Tennessee E-mail Address: bozeman1941@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/3019/Lego.html Marital Status: not married Children: none Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September 2, 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 183 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 # of LEGO Pieces: unknown # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: 6612 Fire Chief's Car LEGO Dark Age: None! Favorite Theme(s): Town and Space Favorite Set(s): 6380 Emergency Treatment Center 6990 Monorail Transport System Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Colonel from The Wild West and the Admiral from the Imperial Guards Set/theme you would like to see: Vikings! Current LEGO Project: Rebuilding everything Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: model railroading
From: "Tolliver Family" <tolliver@tstar.net> Organization: Giganews.Com - Premium News Outsourcing Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 06:18:12 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999 Name: Adrick Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1986 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: Texas LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: NO!! Children: NO!!! Occupation: NO!!! On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Some time in March of 98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: Lots more. # of LEGOfests Attended: None :( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None :( First LEGO Set: A DUPLO rattle LEGO Dark Age: None so far!! Favorite Theme(s): These are a few of my favorite Themes.... Pirates, Star Wars, Adventurers, Wild West, Town, Space and Castle. Favorite Set(s): #1 5988 My 1st big set! #2 6975 #3 6268 #5 6280 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Darth Vader. Set/theme you would like to see: More new Adventurers sub-themes, New Pirates and Space Themes Current LEGO Project: Nothing right now. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Star Wars, Star Trek.
From: Tim Strutt <tim.strutt@sympatico.ca>
Organization: Sympatico
Name: Tim Strutt
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
E-mail Address: tstrutt@canada.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/tstrutt
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1 (unborn)
Occupation: Equipment Technologist / Computer Science Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: '98
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: >100
# of LEGO Pieces: can't count that high
# of LEGOfests Attended: none 8^(
First LEGO Set: a basic system set with large gears, etc.
Favorite Themes: Technic, Trains, old Town, Race, Pirates, Star Wars,
Divers,
can't afford Mindstorms yet.
Favorite Set: owned - Red Beard Runner (#6289), wanted - Metroliner
(#4558)
Favorite Minifigure: none in particular
Current LEGO Project: customizing train cars, race cars, transports
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers
Desperately seeking set: 4558 Metroliner - but can't afford it yet
From: Bagheera, the jungle scout <bagherra@my-deja.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 20:11:46 GMT
Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy.
Name: Jason Cordes
Gender: Panther
Year of Birth: around the time of Dirt
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: wavering in late adolescence
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
E-mail Address: bagherra@my-deja.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.frenzy.com/~jaebear/
Marital Status: happily(?) married
Children: do I count?
Occupation: something about space ships and little green men
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec 97
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: good question, I'd guess about 60
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 14
# of LEGO Pieces: I lost count.
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Disneyworld Lego Pavilion
First LEGO Set: Snowman polybag from McDonalds in like 91?
Favorite Themes: TRAINS!, Adventurers, Ice Station 2002, Space Port
Favorite Set: Deep Freeze Defender
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): crystals, all three colors
Set/theme you would like to see: Dungeons (deep dark caves, ogres,
minotaurs You're basic D&D stuff)
Current LEGO Project: Mountain Fortress (medieval)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have a 24Karat Gold 8 stud lego that was
custom made for me
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Programming, Space Flight, Large Cats
(lions, tigers, etc), Board Games, and Global Domination.
Desperately seeking set: A box of 9000 crystals, 1000 each in the colors
- trans blue, trans red, metallic blue, metallic grey, silver, metallic
green, trans yellow, trans clear
Or a ramp for the 9V train system :)
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