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The rec.toys.lego Roll Call is an unscientific, unofficial survey first posted to the Usenet newsgroup rec.toys.lego in early 1995 and periodically reposted. Below is a listing of responses to this survey in approximate chronological order.
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From: oremb@skydivskylit.dseg.ti.com () Reply-To: oremb@lobby.ti.com Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 15:05:46 GMT Name: Bonnie Orem & Bobby Orem Age: 32 3 M.S.: Married Kids: See Name Employment: Software Design Engineer Number of Sets in Collection: 8 (we just started 12/25/94) Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: 1990 Black Monarch's Ghost (P.S. TRU in Plano, TX still has most of the ones on Jeff's list that are marked as not in the 1995 catalog) Favorite Themes: Castle Favorite Set in Collection: Wolf Pack Renegades (the hidden treasure cache is way cool!)
From: 23253mgr@ibm.msu.edu (Kevin Forsyth)
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 11:58 EDT
Name: Kevin S. Forsyth
Age: 25
M.S.: Single
Kids: 0 humans, 3 cats
Employment: Systems Analyst in College of Social Sci., Michigan State U.
Number of Sets in Collection: ~60
Number of Pieces: Unknown
Oldest Sets: 1973 (#420 Police Car, #570 Fire House, #710 Wrecker w/ Car,
#221 Idea Book)
Favorite Themes: Pirates (except Islanders), Technic
Favorite Set in Collection: not a set, it's a blue Futuron spaceman, standing
on a crater plate, reaching out to touch a black 1x4x9 monolith.
Also, #8868 (ATCR) in garbage truck form.
From: marpi0591@aol.com (MarPi0591) Date: 6 Jan 1995 12:57:18 -0500 Reply-To: marpi0591@aol.com (MarPi0591) Name: Mario Valdes-Lora Age: 30 M.S.: Married Kids: 1 2/9 Employment: Attorney Number of sets in collection: 50~60 Number of pieces: No idea Oldest Set: 6010 (Supply Wagon) ca. 1984 Favorite Themes: Castle, Pirates Favorite Sets: 6085 (Black Monarch's Castle); Load'n Haul Railroad
From: gt5471a@prism.gatech.edu (Matthew David Cowley) Date: 6 Jan 1995 15:51:12 -0500 Name: Matthew D. Cowley Age: 18 M.S.: Single Kids: What? I am a kid Employment: College Student, Georgia Tech Number of Sets in Collection: 20+ Number of Pieces: Never added 'em up Oldest Set: No idea! (I'm not the collector type, I just love to play) Favorite Themes: Space and Technic Favorite Set in Collection: All of 'em!!!! Just wanted to tell everybody that even at age 18, the cashiers look at me funny. You're not alone...! Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 Internet: gt5471a@prism.gatech.edu
From: scotto@spasm.cica.indiana.edu (Scott Ostrander) Date: 6 Jan 1995 16:16:10 -0500 Reply-To: scotto@cica.indiana.edu Name: Scott Ostrander Age: 29 M.S.: Single Kids: No thank you Employment: Systems Administration Number of Sets in Collection: Unknown, who keeps track of that anyway? Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: 1993 - Gave older bricks to 2nd-cousin three years ago Favorite Themes: Castle Favorite Set in Collection: None
From: vrparent@mailbox.syr.edu (Victor)
Date: 6 Jan 1995 19:40:49 GMT
Name: Victor Parente
Age: 24
Employment: Computer Engineer, Grad. student in Education, Teacher
Number of sets: about 50
Number of pieces: ? (Almost 50 Lego people in space suits!)
Oldest Sets: I think it is called the "Universal Building Set" - It was
the first motorized set every sold in the US back in the
mid-70's
Favorite Themes: Technic / Dacta Technic
Favorite Sets: all of the helicopter sets.
From: ivanlan@bones.et.byu.edu (Ivan Van Laningham) Date: 6 Jan 95 17:00:09 Name: Ivan Van Laningham Age: 48 M.S.: Married Kids: 3 cats Employment: GUI Programmer (X-Motif-Windows-OS/2...) Number of Sets in Collection: hundreds Number of Pieces: thousands Oldest Set: ~1963--one of the early samsonite kits, #760 (???) Favorite Themes: Trains, Town Favorite Set in Collection: 4564, the brand-new yellow-engined train set. Been collecting since: 1989 (and they didn't have lego when i was a kid) I Live in Salt Lake City, not Provo....BYU is only where i have my internet access.
From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 01:34:02 GMT Name: Dik T. Winter Age: 49 (nearly 50) M.S.: Married Kids: two, 14 and 11. Employment: Scientific research, programmer, system maintenance. Number of Sets in Collection: unknown Number of Pieces: unknown Oldest Set: about 1976; train sets, London double decker bus. alas, my brother has the 1960 VW dealer. Favorite Themes: town Favorite Set in Collection: not applicable -- dik t. winter, cwi, kruislaan 413, 1098 sj amsterdam, nederland, +31205924098 home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; e-mail: dik@cwi.nl
From: Michon@ix.netcom.com (Ted Michon) Date: 6 Jan 1995 22:01:27 GMT Name: Ted Michon Age: 42 M.S.: Married Kids: Thomas age 7 (US national LEGO champion; 1992 LEGO World Cup winner) David age 4 Both are full time LEGO builders Employment: President, Imagination Technology Corporation (electrical engineer) Number of Sets in Collection: 300+ Number of Pieces: 50,000+ Oldest Set: One circa 1976 (pneumatic), all others since 1990 Favorite Themes: Trains (according to Thomas and David) Favorite Set in Collection: Spyrius Monorail (according to Thomas) Biggest project: 3500 brick house on display at national headquarters of Homedco (Fountain Valley, CA) -- Ted Michon Imagination Technology Corporation michon@ix.netcom.com Irvine, CA
From: Jami Stewart <ivars@u.washington.edu> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 18:41:11 -0800 Name: Jami Stewart Age: 26 M.S.: Single, but a parent :) Kid: Chris, 6. Employment: Student @ U WA Number of Sets: 20+ Number of Pieces: (Aargh, why did you ask? Now I want to count them) ? Oldest: ? Favorite: No specific set, but I like Castle, *Aquatron*. My son likes space space space. We fight over the pieces, he even wants to use Castle pieces for space (blasphamy). (No flames, I can't spell blasphamy right, the dictionary is holding up a bed).
From: scott.dawson@canrem.com (Scott Dawson) Date: Fri, 6 Jan 95 21:01:00 -0500 Name: Scott Robert Dawson AGE: 31 LOCATION: Greater Metropolitan Toronto OCCUPATION AND HOBBIES: Programmer, ATE technologist, PC board repair, animation (computer and classical), drawing, architecture and science fiction (clearly a candidate for Legomania) NUMBER OF SETS: Unknown. Bulk of Lego collection dates from before 1980, with recent additions after 1990 NUMBER OF PIECES: Unknown... (I suppose I could weigh them) GENERAL OUTLOOK: I am not so much drawn by the desire to build the pre-defined models, so my collection is not broken out into its original sets. Rather, everything joins together for new and greater creations.
From: jharms@interserv.com Date: 7 Jan 1995 02:53:24 GMT Name: John Harms Age: 29 M.S.: Single Kids: Nope Employment: DTP/PC whiz kid at US State Dept. Number of Sets in Collection: 100+ Number of Pieces: Unknown (fill 6 big Rubbermaid tubs) Oldest Set: Universal set from late 60s-early 70s: also have a pre-Duplo set of BIG (2"x5") 2x4 bricks===Mom throws nothing out Favorite Themes: Space, Model Team, & Technic Favorite Set in Collection: Any set with lots of wing sections Claim to LEGO fame (according to my girlfriend): Had a piece stuck in my ear for three days. A doctor had to get it out. I was 26 at the time.
From: brianste@gpu2.srv.ualberta.ca (Brian Sterenberg) Date: 7 Jan 1995 02:45:27 GMT Name: Brian Sterenberg Age: 25 M.S.: Single Kids: I hope not Employment: Graduate Student Number of Sets in Colection: about 20 Number of Pieces: Good question Oldest Set: A small very basic set of unknown vintage (1974?) Favourite Theme: Technic! Technic! (Model Team is nice too) Favourite Set in Collection: 856 Technic Bulldozer (This is Canadian #, American # is different) What I desperately Want But Can't Afford (especially if I'm going to get that 4 more MB ram): AirTech Claw Rig!
From: tonyw@erinet.com (Tony Worthington)
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 22:37:16 EST
Name: Tony Worthington
Age: 19
M.S.: Single
Kids: Not for a while.
Employment: Network Admin.
Number of Sets in Collection: 42
Number of Pieces: Haven't added it up yet...
Oldest Set: My loving mother sold my old LEGOS while I was on vacation.
<argh>
Favorite Themes: Trains/TownFavorite Set in Collection: Any
trains...
From: unar2@sfa.ope.ed.gov (Andy Rosulek)
Date: 6 Jan 1995 21:53:40 -0600
Name: Mike James Rosulek
Age: 13
M.S.: Single, yet eligible!!
Kids: 1 pet cat.
Employment: Full-time genius, Full-time babe-magnet!! (life is tough,
ain't it?)
Number of Sets in Collection: 50 - 70 (at least 50, I counted!)
Number of Pieces: between 2,000 and 384,036
Oldest Set: 1982-3?? Probably a Basic set: just bricks, maybe Duplo
Favorite Themes: Technic, Model Team, Space
Favorite Set in Collection: Super Car (8880), SR-71, F-16, S.S. Rosulek
(last 3 are designed by me)
From: merritt@u.washington.edu (Ethan A Merritt) Date: 7 Jan 1995 05:53:04 GMT Reply-To: merritt@u.washington.edu (Ethan A Merritt) Name: Ethan Merritt Age: 42 Married?: yep, and my wife's Lego collection is even older than mine (she'll check in separately) Kids: Loren (9) - was head-over-heels into Lego until Magic card mania hit this summer. Employment: Research Faculty (Biological Structure) Number of Sets in Collection: who counts? It's not a collection, it's a toy, er.. tool, er... inspiration Number of Pieces: see above Oldest Set: circa 1962, dunno the set number - large town set with lots of matchbox-sized VW bugs, ESSO trucks, big emphasis on working garage doors. circa 1963, big gears (maybe set #002???). Mostly bought 'em by the bag in those days, not by the set. Claim to Fame: Recent public lecture entitled "Lego block toxins" (no, it wasn't about toxic Lego! It was about how some bacterial toxins seem to mix-and-match pieces as if they were made up of molecular Lego blocks.)
From: etb@netcom.com (Elam Birnbaum) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 06:14:01 GMT Name: Elam Birnbaum Age: 23 M.S.: Single Kids: Not yet, but eventually. Employment: Manufacturing Engineer Number of Sets in Collection: Hundreds Number of Pieces in Collection: Around 26,000 (I have the exact number somewhere... My Mom and I counted all my LEGO, even itemized each into type and color!) Oldest Set: Don't remember, I was 2 at the time! Probably some basic set my Dad got me when we visited Holland. Favorite Themes: Castle and Space Favorite Set: There was a space set of a white and blue spaceship with many laser cannons in front and two detachable pods. Really cool! Best LEGO project: I built a castle, the surrounding charred badlands, and an entire mountainous region (where the robin hood people lived) and a sea shore (where the pirates landed). Also built a detailed castle, complete with escape route for the king and queen, several secret treasure rooms with booby traps, two gladiator arenas, and a pair of portcullis' (sp?) and a thick sliding wall that all together, NO army could possible penetrate! Its all in pieces now, though. :'( My cousin the architect and I are planning an incredible project some time in the near future!
From: dsmall@media.mit.edu (David Small) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 15:17:05 GMT Name: David Small Age: 29 M.S.: boyfriend Kids: I wish Employment: PhD student (MIT Media Lab) Number of Sets in Collection: 100? Number of Pieces: unkown, but I've got a 4'x8' table completely covered - town, two levels of trains and a two-foot mountain with waterfall, plus Neptune Discovery Lab and some Aquanauts under the table Oldest Set: plain bricks from the 70's. Never saved those boxes or instructions (stupid me) Favorite Themes: trains and town Favorite Set in Collection: Super Car URL: http://dsmall.www.media.mit.edu/people/dsmall/ David Small work:617/253-4406 MIT Media Lab email:dsmall@media.mit.edu Cambridge, Mass "please to enjoy"
From: ben@ins.infonet.net (Ben Sinclair) Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 11:37:24 UNDEFINED Name: Ben Sinclair Age: 16 M.S.: I don't think so. :) Kids: Yeah, right Employment: Student Number of Sets in Collection: zillions Number of Pieces: zillions^2 Oldest Set: Maybe that old Exxon gas station? Favorite Themes: Town and Space..Aquazone! :) Favorite Set in Collection: Hmm...
From: jlanders@phakt.usc.edu (Jami Lynn Anderson) Date: 7 Jan 1995 11:22:09 -0800 Name: Jami Anderson Age: 27 M.S.: Married Kids: 4 cats Employment: graduate student (for not much longer!), teaching instructor Number of Sets in Collection: dozens Number of Pieces: probably more than I would like to admit to my husband Oldest Set: Camouflaged Outpost Favorite Themes: Castle (Forest People specifically), trains (Metroliner) Favorite Set in Collection: Guarded Inn
From: tpepper@harp.aix.calpoly.edu (Timothy Charles Pepper (Wintermute))
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 21:23:22 GMT
Name: Tim Pepper
Age: 19
M.S.: Single
Kids: none
"Occupation": computer engineering student
# Sets: about 50(normally all mixed in a big box, but I put them all
together over Christmas and took pictures..any suggestions where to
post theseonce digitized?)
# Pieces: good question...any suggestions for a way to sort/count them?
First Sets: 5th birthday I got the Alpha-1 Rocket Base #483 (1979) and
the expert builder helicopter #8840 (1981)
Oldest Sets: #483 above, old knights procession, and a little blue garage
w/ tow truck
Favorite Set: hmmm tough choice..probably one I never got..like a yellow
Technic plane in the late 80's
Favorite Theme: I mainly have older town, castle and space..none of the
newer ones really. I liked the forest men, and like the pirates,
but castle and space are probably my fav.'s
From: guido@megamed.com Date: 7 Jan 1995 22:26:26 GMT Reply-To: pcguido@megamed.com Name: Tim Cava Age: 12 M.S.: Single Kids: None (I do have a cat though) Employment: Student at Sunnyvale Middle School Number of Sets in Collection: 40 Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: Not sure, I do have some castle stuff from the mid 80's Favorite Themes: Technic Favorite Set in Collection: Super Car
From: blalock@aol.com (Blalock) Date: 7 Jan 1995 17:30:55 -0500 Reply-To: blalock@aol.com (Blalock) Name: Sherri Blalock Age: 29 again (OK 31) M.S.: Married Kids: 1 Cat Employment: Electrical Engineer Number of Sets in Colection: 150 + Number of Pieces: Have no idea Oldest Set: basic building set circa early '70s Favourite Theme: Technic Favourite Set in Collection: Control Lab
From: coulter@fas.harvard.edu (Shelly Coulter) Date: 8 Jan 1995 02:08:30 GMT Name: Shelly Coulter Age: 30ish Long-time lurker, occasional poster: M.S.: Single Kids: None but a couple of god-children Employment: Researcher/Financial Analyst Number of sets in collection: embarassing low Number of pieces: No idea; embarassing low Favorite Themes: Space, pirates Favorite Sets: love those crocodiles
From: wijsman@max.u.washington.edu
Date: 7 Jan 95 18:44:50 PST
Name: Ellen Wijsman
Age: 40
M.S.: Married
Kids: Loren age 9 (already accounted for elsewhere in survey)
Employment: Research Associate Professor, Medical Genetics and
Biostatistics, Univ. of Washington
Number of Sets in Collection: Who knows? The early collections didn't
come in "sets" - just boxes of blocks
Number of Pieces: Unknown
Oldest Set: 1957 - basic blocks (yes, that is right - last survey I think
I had the record for the oldest lego! I got my first at age 3)
Favorite Themes: Space lego, architecture (not that there is much),
castles
Favorite Set in Collection: Hard to say. I don't keep track of sets.
From: chiner@quark.gmi.edu (Chris Hiner) Date: 8 Jan 1995 03:18:27 GMT Name: Chris Hiner Age: 22 M.S.: engaged, to be married in august Kids: Hopefully not (then I'd hafta share my Lego!) Employment: Programming Voice Response/Fax systems Number of Sets in Collection: I have no idea... Number of Pieces: Lesse... 2 milk crates, 2 xerox paper cases Oldest Set: Not sure of the year or #, but I seem to remember a double decker bus, with something like a "Read The Legoland Times" sticker on it. Favorite Theme: Technic Favorite Set in Collection: Auto Chassis... (and anything in the new pnumatics) How do you get rid of cat fur in your Lego collection?
From: RIDLONCA98%CS13%usafa@cadetmail2.usafa.af.mil (Chris "Airwolf" Ridlon) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 03:41:08 GMT Name: Chris Ridlon Age: 18 M.S.: Single Kids: At this age? ;) Employment: Cadet at US Air Force Academy Number of Sets in Collection: 300+ Number of Pieces: Too many to count. . . Oldest Set: 1977? Police Command Van with the older mini-figs- they had no arms and a leg that was all one piece, and no faces. Favorite Themes: Town (Flight) and Space Favorite Set in Collection: The Airport Monorail or maybe one of the really old spaceships- the ones that were all grey with lots of rocket engine pieces. ;) Also, every hook-n-ladder Lego has put out.
From: maguirer@HERCULES.CS.UREGINA.CA (Rob Maguire) Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 03:27:52 GMT Name: Bob Maguire Age: 18 M.S.: Divorced...just kidding! Single Kids: Not that I know of...No Employment: University Student (UofR, Sask., Canada) Number of Sets in Collection: 40-50 (haven't counted...rough guess) Number of Pieces: hmmm...good question Oldest Set: That really small cop car (smaller than the fig!) Favorite Themes: Castle!!! Space in my earlier days... Favorite Set in Collection: Fully Complete: 6086 Black Knight's Castle Various pieces missing: 6980 Space Command Ship Only a few pieces remaing: 6075 Yellow Castle (Destroyed it as a kid, who said innocence is bliss?!?)
From: George Lawrence <glawrence@symantec.com>
Date: 8 Jan 1995 05:52:45 GMT
Name: George Lawrence
Age: 28
M.S.: Married
Kids: 1 (Ashley, 1.5 years old)
Employ: Software Engineer (Norton Utilities)
Number of Sets/Pieces in Collection:
No possible clue, but my collection fills a 30 gallon trash can
and weighs about 50 pounds.
Oldest Set:
Some kind of wheels and gears set from the late 60's
Favorite Themes/Sets:
Lego monorails, Lego trains, Duplo trains
From: carol@alaska.net (Carol)
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 00:11:54 -0800
Name: Andrew Carol
Age: 31
M.S.: Single
Kids: Virtual cat (That's a cat I don't own, yet)
Employment: Computer programmer/Analyst for DoD in Alaska
Number of Sets in Collection: 25+
Number of Pieces: 5,000+
Oldest Set: Parts of sets from early 70's (Mailed from home)
Favorite Themes: Technic/Dacta Technic
Favorite Set in Collection: Homebuilt robots running on Dacta
Lego Control Lab via my Macintosh.
carol@alaska.net carol@ctis.af.mil 71350.3646@compuserve.com
From: wombat@noc.tor.hookup.net (Mark Hornblower)
Date: 8 Jan 1995 10:03:12 -0600
Name: Mark Hornblower
Age: 28
M.S.: Single
Kids: None
Employment: Student (again), production manager of weekly newspaper,
freelance programming and graphics guy ...
Number of Sets in Collection: ~50
Number of Pieces: depends on how many the cats have eaten today ...
Oldest Set: Basic Set #911 (1975) - geared towards making factories and
construction sites and stuff - cool!
Favorite Themes: Town, Technic
Favorite Set in Collection: Air Tech Claw Rig
BTW, in case no one else thought of it, I'm saving all the replies so we
can have this valuable reference information for all time ...
| Mark Hornblower
| wombat@hookup.net
From: hunter@indy.net (Chad L. Miller)
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 19:06:27 GMT
Name: Chad L. Miller
Age: 27
M.S.: Married
Kids: Joy 2.5, Haley 1
Employment: Sr. Systems Analyst
Number of Sets in Collection: >70
Number of Pieces: lots
Oldest Set: All the older ones are kept as parts.
Favorite Themes: Space, Space, and Space (maybe Aquazone)
Favorite Set in Collection: Older Space Police light & sound ship
(the name escapes me)
email: hunter@indy.net
(http://hunter.indy.net/ coming soon...)
From: jenoel@icaen.uiowa.edu (James Edward Noel) Date: 8 Jan 1995 19:14:36 GMT Name: Jim Noel Age: 23 M.S.: Married Kids: Zachary, age 3 Employment: Student Number of sets in collection: 100+ Number of pieces: not enough Oldest Set: The Moon Lander from mid 70's Favorite Themes: Town, Castle, Pirate, Technic Favorite set in collection: 6075 Yellow Castle
From: Steve Dettmann <Steve.Dettmann@mixcom.com> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 20:47:45 GMT Name: Steve Dettmann Age: 36 M.S.: Single Kids: No Employment: CNC turret punch press operator Number of Sets in Collection: 75+ Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: unknown off hand Favorite Themes: Technic and Space Favorite Set in Collection: Airtech Claw Rig Steve.Dettmann@mixcom.com [The following was added later. --DAK] Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 05:50:28 GMT High School Graduate Waukesha County Tech Inst. Graduate (welding) No College sorry I suppose from what I've read here I'm the only blue collar person here. Oh well.
From: acsrds@myhost.subdomain.domain (Robert Schulz) Date: 8 Jan 1995 23:12:05 GMT Name: Robert Schulz Age: 27 M.S.: Single Kids: 1 cat Employment: Supervisor/Govt. Cable TV Channel Number of Sets in Collection: 100+ I can find instructions too... Number of Pieces: +/- 6 cubic ft. Oldest Sets: early 70's Favorite Themes: Technic/Space/Town Favorite Set in Collection: 455 Learjet (amazing what you can do with a bunch of plates...) - - - - Robert Schulz KC6UDS rdschulz@ucdavis.edu
From: 94226@figmnt.tayloru.edu (STEPHEN OLSON) Date: 8 Jan 95 18:26:07 -0500 Name: Stephen Olson Age: 18 M.S.: Single Kids: None, but I have 9 brothers and sisters... Employment: Freshman at Taylor University Number of Sets: 50+ Number of Pieces: 5000+ Oldest Set: A police van with motorcycle from early 80's; it was a "paddywagon" or something like that... Favorite Theme: TOWN Favorite Set: #6389, Fire Control Center from 1991, I think that it was a European set because I never saw it in the stores...(subject to change because I've ordered the metrostation from S@H.)
From: John Reynolds <torgo@u.washington.edu> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 16:09:55 -0800 Name: Christopher Ayers Age: 23 M.S.: Unattatched Kids: None yet Employment: Junior, Psychology, Univ. of Washington No. of Sets: 100+ No. of Pieces: I don't know (they're stored in at least five locations) Oldest Set: Police Car, circa 1974 Favorite Themes: Technic, original Space, Aquazone, Trains Favorite Sets: Whirlwind Rescue, Galaxy Explorer, Seaplane (circa 1980)
From: dot130@duke.usask.ca (Don Tse) Date: 9 Jan 1995 00:47:43 GMT Name: Don Tse Age: 23 M.S.: Single Kids: none Employment: Student with 3 months, 6 days, 18 hours to go Number of sets in collection: 70+ Number of pieces: uh... Oldest set: #377 Shell Station (circa 1978) Favorite themes: Model Team, Dragon Masters, Black Knights Favorite set in collection: Whirl N' Wheel Super Truck, Mach II Red Bird Rig
From: gt5367a@prism.gatech.edu (Anthony Michael Zayas)
Date: 8 Jan 1995 21:25:19 -0500
Name: Anthony Zayas
Age: 18
M.S.: Single
Kids: Not yet
Employment: Student (Georgia Tech)
Number of Sets in Collection: 50+
Number of Pieces: Many
Oldest Set: early 80's (Starfleet Voyager space set (I think that's what
it's called))
Favorite Theme(s): Space
Favorite Set(s) in Collection: Big Huge Ice Planet ship (forget the name)
The one mentioned above
Alienator (Blacktron series 1)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
From: math1ji@menudo.uh.edu (Julie Walker) Date: 9 Jan 1995 00:39:43 -0600 Name: Julie Walker Age: 29 M.S.: Married Kids: 2 cats Employment: Ph.D. student in math and occasional teacher Number of Sets in Collection: 200+ Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: Basic set from 1979 Favorite Themes: Technic & Model Team Favorite Set in Collection: Super Car
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
From: robertsk@tamu.edu Date: 10 Jan 1995 14:55:31 GMT Name: Katherine Roberts Age: 25 M.S.: Married Kids: WHAT?!? And have to share my LEGO! Employment: Expediter for TAMU Number of Sets in Collection: 20 Number of Pieces: Not nearly enough Oldest Set: 1974 (guy in a little truck) Mom hid it for us kids for Christmas years ago, and just found it again. Favorite Themes: Castle! Castle! Castle! (know where I can get any Forestmen?) Favorite Set in Collection: King's Mountain Fortress Claim to LEGO Fame: Took pictures of my real live "dragons" (lovebirds) in and about my castles, then used the vegetable sprayer in the sink to clean off any bird poo. LEGO Goal: Strike it rich at a garage sale and get lots of bricks to build a properly defensable castle.
From: Phil ~Phlash~ Ashby <paa@mround.bt.co.uk>
Date: 10 Jan 1995 17:53:08 GMT
Name: Philip Ashby
Age: 28
M.S.: Married
Kids: Martin 6, Robert 4, Joseph 1
Employment: Professional Software Engineer (paid hacker)
Qual: M.Eng (hons), York University, England
AMIEE.
Number of Sets in Collection: unknown
Number of Pieces: Approx. 5000
Oldest Set: 1975 Police Station (I think, I was only 8-))
Favorite Themes: none (I prefer new design challenges)
Favorite Set in Collection: The newest one (currently the Technics
helicopter / jeep set [8820?])
Phil ~Phlash~ Ashby.
Felixstowe, Suffolk, England.
From: bdelph@pcnet.com (Bill Delphenich) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 18:22:06 GMT Name: Bill Delphenich Age: 43 M.S. Married Kids: 1 son (Lego-maniac Jr.) Employment: Architect Number of sets: ? (more than 30) Number of pieces: ? (about 6 red buckets) Favorite theme: Buildings and trains, also Technics _________________________________ William C. Delphenich, Architect bdelph@pcnet.com New Haven, CT USA
From: coverstone@hpl.hp.com (Randy Coverstone) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 17:29:39 GMT Name: Randy Coverstone Age: 40 M.S.: Single Kids: 10,11, & 10year old cat Employment: Engineering Manager Number of Sets in Collection: well over 1000 Number of Pieces: (est) > 200,000 Oldest Set: 1980? universal set Favorite Themes: Technic, Train, Dacta control lab Favorite Set in Collection: All of 'em
From: schmchrj@rtsg.mot.com (Joseph R. Schumacher) Date: 10 Jan 95 23:01:19 GMT Name: Joe Schumacher Age: 33 M.S.: married Kids: Timmy (4, chief legomaniac) and Emily (9 mo) Employment: Engineer Number of Sets in Collection: Number of Pieces: Oldest Set: Favorite Themes: Space, & castle Favorite Sets: Been collecting since: 1973
From: art6@cornell.edu (Alan Turner) Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 20:30:33 Name: Alan Turner Landscape architect. Currently does not own any lego Introduced to Lego in Berlin, 1963. Why can't I buy a bunch of 2x8 bricks in a single color anymore? Most missed lego parts: 1x1 bricks printed with letters of the alphabet, including vowels with unlauts.
From: Thomas Boyd <ez048001@peseta.ucdavis.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 09:48:03 -0800 Name: Tom Boyd Age: 30 M.S.: Married Kids: Due June Employment: Grad student, mechanical engineering Number of Sets in Collection: 200+ Number of Pieces: If I only knew... Oldest Set: 005 (big colorful gears and lots of blocks - thanks gram) Favorite Themes: lotsa bricks cheap Favorite Set in Collection: There are no individual sets, they belong to the BORG now
From: hdrake@artax.webo.dg.com (Howard Drake )
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 95 12:57:34 GMT
Name: Howard Drake
Age: 47
M.S.: Married
Kids: Twin girls, 16.
Employment: Software Engineer
Number of Sets in Collection: many
Number of Pieces: More than my wife thinks is necessary, but she still
gave me two new sets for Christmas; one a Paradisa set,
she likes the men waiting on the women.
Oldest Set: Early '70s, automatic opening garage doors.
Favorite Themes: Castle
Favorite Set in Collection: The yellow castle, 6075?
Favorite Thing I have built: Large yellow castle from Bill & Mary book, #6000.
From: wchang@phage.cshl.org (William Chang in Marr Lab) Date: 11 Jan 1995 07:15:17 -0500 Reply-To: wchang@cshl.org Name: William Chang Age: 31 M.S.: Married (soon 10 years) Kids: Arthur, 2 (legoholic) and Sofia, 6 months Employment: Computational biologist (CS PhD) Number of Sets in Collection: Few (not a collector) Number of Pieces: Not enough (but lots of dreaded Tyco for fillers) Oldest Set: Back around 1970... Favorite Themes: Space Favorite Set in Collection: Whichever has unusual pieces Perfer (can only afford) small but elegant designs. Has swing-wing bird glider, horseshoe crab land vehicle, Star Wars inspired ships etc.
From: anw@ssm (Andy Watkins) Date: 11 Jan 1995 13:49:41 GMT Reply-To: awatkins@bt-sys.bt.co.uk Name: Andy Watkins Age: err... 23 M.S.: Engaged (and she got LEGO for Christmas!) Kids: None Employment: Visualisation Programmer for BT Number of Sets in Collection: between 5 and 15 Number of Pieces: Dunno - I timeshare with my brother Oldest Set: Dunno - got first sets in aobut 1975ish Favorite Themes: CASTLE Favorite Set in Collection: (currently) Haunted tower (*) (*) I think the glow-in-the dark ghost is Incredible. I'm a grown man, about to get married, and here I am shining a torch and turning the lights out! (I must be nuts!) _________________ | _ _ _ _ | Andy Watkins LEGO | (_) (_) (_) (_) | awatkins@bt-sys.bt.co.uk It's a | _ _ _ _ | New Toy | (_) (_) (_) (_) | Every |_________________| Left: The Classic 2x4 LEGO Brick (Plan view) Day.
From: peter.gruhn@delta.com (Peter Gruhn) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 05:59:00 -0500 Name: Peter Gruhn Age: 28 M.S.: Single Kids: none "Occupation": programmer # Sets: dunno. 20 # Pieces: some First Sets: Some basic set c 1975 Oldest Sets: ibid. Favorite Set: dunno I'm really keen on my front loader. The newmatic crane just might be a favourite when I get it. I like my Technic n handy lessons for your students set. Favorite Theme:technic town (depending)
From: mike@cs.umd.edu (Mike Steele) Date: 11 Jan 1995 14:07:35 -0500 Name: Mike Steele Age: 20 M.S.: Single Kids: none Employment: Student, part time Unix system administration Number of sets in collection: lost count long ago Number of pieces: billions and billions? :) Oldest set: I have no idea what it was called or what the number was, but it was this set with three of the old-style people with the flexible arms: a mother, daughter, and little boy in a baby carriage. (1977 or '78, I think) Favorite themes: Castle, Space Favorite set in collection: M-Tron Huge Vehicle Thingy, Black Monarch's Castle, Aerial Acrobats -- Mike Steele INET: mike@cs.umd.edu voice: (301)405-2720 Univ. of Maryland Dept. of Comp. Sci. http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/mike
From: altenbur@plains.NoDak.edu (Karl Altenburg) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 18:48:16 GMT Name: Karl Altenburg Age: 28 M.S.: Married Kids: Two Employment: Grad student/computer consultant Number of Sets in Collection: 100+/ plus hundreds of spare parts kits Number of Pieces: Several Thousands Oldest Set: Technic Motor Set from early 80's Favorite Themes: Technic and Duplo Favorite Set: Technic Yellow Front End Loader -- Karl R Altenburg altenbur@plains.NoDak.edu North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105
From: akwong@gundam.Eng.Sun.COM (Anthony Wong)
Date: 11 Jan 1995 19:39:30 GMT
Name: Anthony Wong
Age: 32
M.S.: Married (7.5 yrs)
Kids: Just me
Employment: Electrical Engineer (microprocessors)
Number of Sets in Collection: 30+
Number of Pieces: just the sets
Oldest Set: started collecting 3 years ago
Favorite Themes: Space, Technic
Favorite Set in Collection: Multi Core Magnetizer, any Technic
Location : San Francisco Bay Area
Other: My wife and I are saving up for one of the train sets.
At one time we were thinking of getting LGB, but decided
on Lego trains instead.
From: amy_stoklas-oakes@atk.com (First Last) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 18:11:01 GMT Name: Amy Stoklas-Oakes Age: 26 (in 2 weeks) M.S.: Married (to another LEGO maniac) Kids: 1 cat, 1 dog, 1 27 yr old housemate son (Myles) Employment: Process/Manufacturing Engineer # sets in Collection: Ack!!! (to quote others) ?? # of pieces: ACKKKKK!!! (I may have to actually count them) Oldest Set: 6020 Castle Knights Tournament (1986?) Favorite Themes: Castle Favorite Set: 6074 Knights castle
From: dcaudle@lib.auburn.edu (DANA CAUDLE) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 14:28:50 GMT Name: Dana Caudle Age: 28 M.S.: single Kids: None Employment: Librarian No. of sets: I lost count after 50 No. of pieces: enough to fill two 3-cubic meter boxes Oldest set: Town hospital from the 70's Favorite theme: Castle!! Favorite set: Forestman's River Fortress Best accomplishment: I built a two-story gatehouse for one of my castles that had a drawbridge, portcullis, and gates flanked by two towers.
From: jofickli@nmsu.edu (Joey J. Ficklin) Date: 11 Jan 1995 23:36:48 GMT Name: Jordan Ficklin E-mail address:jofickli@nmsu.edu Age:15 Education:Sophomore at Las Cruces High School Occupation: Yeah right! Number of Sets: ?50+? Number of Pieces: 7 cubic feet Favorite Themes: Town and Technic Oldest Set: A fire station no instructions or set number probably 15 yrs old Favorite Set: Technic 9v motor
From: plusch@harlequin.com (Mike Plusch) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 16:56:39 GMT Name: Mike Plusch Age: 26 M.S.: Engaged Kids: 0 Employment: Product manager for computer languages at Harlequin Number of Sets in Collection: 500 Number of Pieces: about 82,000 Oldest Set: '76/'77 Favourite Themes: Technic, (Paradisa and Bellville because of wierd colors) Favourite Set in Collection: Supercar (8880) Been to Legoland: nope. Things that I build: Robots, moving (walking/rolling/climbing) Lego vehicles, and things with lots of motors. Like to Lego-ize non-Lego components such as sensors, computers, replacement metal parts, powerful motors, gearboxes, remote control, etc.
From: ms3079@ARK.SHIP.EDU Date: 12 Jan 1995 02:21:42 GMT Reply-To: ms3079@ARK.SHIP.EDU Name: Matt Sober Age: 20 Location: Shippensburg Pennsylvania M.S.: Single Kids: none Employment: Student (soon to be 2nd Lt. is US Army) Number of Sets: 35+ Number of Pieces: 20,000+ Oldest Sets: Some of the first Universal Building Sets and the Red Tractor Favorite Theme: Technic and just recently Town and Train Favorite Set: Super Car Favorite Thing I've Built: 4WD truck with steering and the 4wd is engaged and disengaged by pneumatics, its comparable in size to Super Car but does have the fancy peices used in that set for AWD.
From: rarz@access3.digex.net (Rod Arz) Date: 11 Jan 1995 22:13:10 -0500 Name: Rod Arz Age: 16 M.S.: Single Kids: None(thank god) Employment: High School Student Number Of Sets in collection: ~30 Number Of Pieces: about 12 sq. feet Oldest Set: Town set from 1984 Favorite Themes: Technics, Space Favorite Set: 6973: Large Ice Planet 2000 Space Ship -- | Rod Arz rarz@access.digex.net : Nemo rarz@sub-zero.mit.edu
From: J.T.Thorpe <John.Thorpe@ClemsonSC.NCR.COM> Reply-To: John.Thorpe@ClemsonSC.NCR.COM Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 16:10:49 GMT Name: J.T. Thorpe Age: 26 M.S.: Single w/girlfriend Kids: None Employment: Information Systems Consultant Number of sets in collection: 16-17 Number of pieces: Why count them? Oldest set: Modular Space Transport Favorite theme: Castle & Trains Favorite set in collection: do I have to pick one? Education: BS Comp Sci - Queens College 1990 MS Comp Sci - Clemson University 1992 Location: Greenville, SC Rather interesting that my Lego preferences match up with my hobbies consistently..... J.T.Thorpe -- AT&T Global Information Solutions
From: gas@globus.ffi.no (Geir Atle Storhaug) Date: 12 Jan 1995 13:00:49 GMT Reply-To: Geir-Atle.Storhaug@ffi.no (Geir Atle Storhaug) In-reply-to: lzucaro@aol.com's message of 6 Jan 1995 00:30:45 -0500 Name: Geir Atle Storhaug Age: 32 M.S.: Married Kids: 3 (1, 3 and 5 years old) Employment: Scientist Number of Sets in Collection: about 30 sets + about 50 liters of LEGO compatible bricks Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: ca. 1991 Favorite Themes: Technic Favorite Set in Collection: Air Tech Claw Rig Education: M.Sc 1986 (University of Bergen, NORWAY) -- ____ ___ Geir Atle Storhaug / ____/\ (__ X400 : G=Geir-Atle;S=Storhaug;O=ffi;P=uninett;C=no; \___// \___) RFC : Geir-Atle.Storhaug@ffi.no Phone (office): +47-63-807658 Phone (home): +47-63-838987 Fax:+47-63-807509 Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt, FFI/VM, Postboks 25, N-2007 Kjeller, NORWAY
From: Steven_Berman@transarc.com Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 10:37:39 -0500 Name: Steven Berman Age: 28 M.S.: Married (Lynn) Kids: 5/9 Cats: 2 (Faraday and Grahm) Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Employment: Systems Software Developer Sets in Collection: 18 complete sets + pieces Pieces: Too many too count (Yeah!) Oldest Set: 001 American (Samsonite) Gear Set and 002 4.5 V motor pack Favorite Themes: Technic Universal sets Favorite Set in Collection: #180 Battery GoodsTrain (EUR:~1974-1976) My wife and I are rediscovering Lego (esp, with the recent clearance sales) and I love building with Technic sets. I only rue having allowed my mother to give away the basic building sets I had as a kid. I am currently constructing the "Rug Warrior" lego robot described in the book "Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation" by Joe Jones and Anita Flynn.
From: cryogen@ionet.net (Jon C. Koerber) Date: 12 Jan 1995 19:37:23 GMT Name: Jon Koerber Age: 28 M.S.: Engaged Kids: Adopt if ever Employment: Database Administrator, American Fidelity Corporation Number of Sets in Collection: 12+ Number of Pieces: Approx. 5,500 Oldest Set: 1972 Universal set (For 6th birthday in Tours, France) Favorite Themes: Anything that has moving parts (gears and junk) Favorite Set in Collection: Original technic "car chassis" 2-spd 4cyl
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 12:32:43 CST
From: Namir Gharaibeh <U50879@uicvm.uic.edu>
Yo. Here. I know I'm young, but I'm still growing. As is the collection.
Name: Namir Gharaibeh
Age: 23
M.S.: Single, but taken
Kids: Do cats count?
Employment: IE Student at University of IL at Chicago (last year!)
Number of Sets in Collection: roughly 50+
Number of Pieces: I build with em, not count em.
Oldest Set: A floatable ship circa 1972
Favorite Themes: Technic, and Space (Blacktron)
Favorite Set in Collection: Whirlwind Rescue chopper, and all
the Expert Builder sets.
Lifelong Ambition: To be an industrial engineer at LEGO.
Hey, if anyone's intersted, I took it upon myself to archive all
of these. Once the flow lessens, I'll post it somewhere. It's
big, I mean, BIG. :) Anyone have ideas as to where I can post
it? I may even compile statistics if I get any requests (1).
Keep the pieces! (Keep the peace, peace, pieces? Nevermind.)
| THE SNIPER'S GUILD : a.k.a. Namir Gharaibeh |
| "Proud Advocates of Creative Mayhem" : U50879@uicvm.uic.edu |
| Viscouse P'pello : University of Illinois |
| Chicago Branch, XQ Division : at Chicago |
From: btharp@infi.net (Bruce Tharp) Date: 9 Jan 1995 03:55:32 GMT In article <3eiki5$m6o@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, lzucaro@aol.com (LZucaro) says: Name: Bruce Tharp Age: 38 M.S.: Married Kids: 2 - boy 2.5 yrs, girl 15 months Employment: Owner, Association Management Company Number of Sets in Collection: None - Starting on trains this month Number of Pieces: None Oldest Set: NA Favorite Themes: Trains Favorite Set in Collection: NA
From: Chris Adams <72701.1621@CompuServe.COM> Date: 13 Jan 1995 01:12:03 GMT Name: Chris Adams Age: 30 M.S.: Married Kids: boys 2 & 5 Employment: Software Eng Number Of Sets in collection: alot (placed ad for used LEGO...) Number Of Pieces: box 2'x3'x3' full. Oldest Set: 4.5v trains Favorite Themes: masks Favorite Set: Toolo is my sons' favorites I have constructed 2 LEGO head that my son and I can wear to LEGO build contests in Connecticut. I have tried to get a job at LEGO in Enfield, CT as a LEGO modeler (US LEGO headquarters), but the best I could do is to work for the company that writes the software that LEGO (US and Denmark) uses to design the boxes that LEGO comes in. -- Chris Adams lpoint!adams@urartu.sdpa.org Artios Corp. Maker of Boxmaking CAD/CAM software tools
From: foster@mecho.cray.com (Paul Foster)
Date: 12 Jan 95 21:10:18 CST
Name: Paul Foster
Age: 28
M.S.: yes
Kids: two - 3 and 5 years old
Employment: systems engineer
Number of sets in collection: >100
Number of pieces: Lot (but not enough)
Oldest set: Lunar Lander set (multi-joint arms on people)
Favorite Themes: Technics for me, Town for kids
Favorite Set in Collection: 8862 backhoe and model Team blue/white semi
Location: Chippewa Falls, WI
Best Accomplishment: building three matching size trailers for the
model team semi
Lego peave: the model team tractor trailers each have different hitch
heights that don't make them interchangeable (without mods :)
--
Paul Foster (Foster@no2sun.cray.com) Cray Research, Inc.
From: tubesing@lanl.gov (Phil Tubesing)
Date: 12 Jan 1995 22:32:33 GMT
Name: Phil Tubesing
Age: 27
M.S.: Single
Kids: No
Employment: Operations Engineer
Education: BS Mecahnical Eng, Carnegie-Mellon: MIS Ind Safety, U Minn
Number of Sets in Collection: ~12 Universal, 5 Space, ~20 Technic
Number of Pieces: More than three
Oldest Set: Lost the box along time ago. Universal set from ~1973
Favorite Themes: Technic
Favorite Set in Collection: Pneumatic Forklift
Location : Los Alamos, NM (since 1992)
Other fields: How about, the thing you have on your desk/in your pencil
case to tell others that you are a Lego addict?
1) Technic front-end loader
2) Car of my design with limites slip differential
Both on to of one of my computers
So far have been able to convert several coneheads to the world of LEGOS!!
| Phil Tubesing tubesing@lanl.gov
| Los Alamos National Labs
| M/S G770 MST-6 Sigma Complex
| Los Alamos NM 87545
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From: akay@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Andrew Kay) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 14:09:34 GMT Name: Andrew Kay Age: 30 M.S.: have co-mortgagee Kids: only me, but we have two goldfish and a full size cardboard human skeleton called Yorick. Occupation: computer scientist First Sets: I don't remember (mid/late 60s) Favourite Sets: Sets? Favourite sets? Sets are just boxes of pieces. Favourite Pieces: technics length 4 "cranks" Favourite Themes: Technics, Dacta control lab Number of pieces: Way up in the high Oodles by now Special interests: walking machines, remote control, robotics Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4 4GA, United Kingdom. Telephone +44-1865 747711; Fax +44-1865-747719 Email: Andrew.Kay@prg.oxford.ac.uk or @sharp.co.uk
From: ggellert@junction.net (Gary Gellert) Date: 12 Jan 1995 09:09:50 -0800 Name: Gary Gellert Age: 25 M.S.: single Kids: none, thank God! Employment: Carpenter Number of sets in collection: 50+ Number of pieces: 10000+ Oldest set: Duplo bricks from early 70's Favorite theme: Technics Favorite set in collection: Not sure of name, but Technics Crane/ForkLift set from early 80's Education: High School Graduate Location: Lumby, BC, CANADA | ggellert@junction.net | fidonet 1:353/353.2 | amiganet 40:800/765.2 | Coming to you live from Lumby, British Columbia, CANADA
From: norska@access4.digex.net (NorskaWood) Date: 13 Jan 1995 19:06:25 -0500 Name: Vikki (aka NorskaWood) Age: 30 M.S.: Single Kids: Do cats count? Employment: Computer Scientist with a major North American government :) Number of Sets in Collection: One Basic, 2 Pirates, 2 Dragon Masters (Hey, I'm just getting started!) Number of Pieces: Beats me.... <500 Oldest Set: #720 Basic (C) 1985 Favorite Themes: Pirates, Dragon Masters Favorite Set in Collection: The newest addition, always. Currently my Magic Shop. Whine: My mommy never let me play with anything with more than one piece to it (ok, slight exaggeration), so I was a deprived child. I'm trying to catch up. :)
From: christy@hpbs2625.boi.hp.com (Christy Rohrig) Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 22:28:33 GMT Reply-To: christy@hpbs2625.boi.hp.com (Christy Rohrig) Name: Christy Rohrig Age: 24 M.S.: Not yet. Kids: None that I know of (and women usually know) Employment: Development Engingeer - Hewlett Packard, Boise, ID Number of Sets in collections: Not enough (only about 6) Number of pieces: Thousands Oldest set: A 1990 Firestation (I never had cool toys as a kid) Favorite Themes: TRAINS Favorite Set in Collection : Load 'n' Haul RR (Got two of them!!!!!!! and it's soooooo cool!) Have a great year playing!!!
From: kkoehn@lichee.csil.sfu.ca (Kaari David Koehn) Date: 13 Jan 1995 22:12:47 GMT Reply-To: kkoehn@sfu.ca Name: Kaari Koehn Age: 22 M.S.: Attached Kids: at heart Education: undergrad Computer Engineering Employment: student Number of Sets: 20? Number of Pieces: 1000+ Oldest Set: 701 (Old Space) & thereabouts Themes: Old Space, Castle, Pirates Newest Set: "Runner" pirate If I weren't doing this by heart, I'd have real set numbers. I just wanted to mention that when Toys&Wheels (B.C. based chain) went bankrupt, I got good deals, but all the stuff I wanted was gone before I got there & my Pirate collection suddenly started. I re-rigged the pirate skiff for working rigging & tiller, using black thread. ____ Kaari kkoehn@sfu.ca
From: zachnzach@aol.com (ZachNZach) Date: 14 Jan 1995 00:26:00 -0500 Reply-To: zachnzach@aol.com (ZachNZach) Name: Steve Delfino & Crispin Richey Age: 27 & 30 M.S.: Unisex spousal equivalents Kids: Not yet Employment: Actuary, Financial Guy Number of Sets in Collection: ~220 Number of Pieces: 35,000 Oldest Set: Some yellow construction sets from mid 70's Favorite Themes: Town, Monorails/Trains, Aquazone, Pirates, Technic, okay, we can't decide. Favorite Set in Collection:Lego TC Logo Robotics PC interface (from Dacta) We also bought 100 Santas from a toy store that was going out of business for the ridiculous price of 23 cents each. That's our proudest lego find. Claim to Fame: Our lego addiction helped an engineer friend of ours get a job at Lego in Enfield CT. We now have an inside contact. Although she still refuses to tell us about upcoming product lines. (What a good little employee)
From: spetermc@iconz.co.nz (Peter McHaffie)
Date: 14 Jan 1995 19:18:42 GMT
Name: Alistair
Age: 15
M.S.: Not yet
Kids: No way
Employment: Student T.G.S NZ
Number of sets: A hell of alot.
Number of pieces: Gerzillions
Favorite theme: Technic is cool. I like building spaceships out of
those standard two nobble wide red pieces.
From: roy@ydwarf.demon.co.uk (Roy B Jephson) Reply-To: roy@ydwarf.demon.co.uk Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 16:58:07 +0000 Name: Roy Jephson Age: 30 M.S.: Not yet Kids: None that I know of (but men don't always know :-) ) Employment: Software Engineer - at a small company in England Number of Sets in collections: approx. 20 Number of pieces: I prefer sticking them together rather than counting them Oldest set: I don't know, probably a technics set from the mid 80's Favorite Themes: trains, space and technics Favorite Set in Collection : The big ones I've thought of a new theme but I attempted to post that to the appropriate thread. So you will have to go looking. :-) -- Roy B Jephson roy@ydwarf.demon.co.uk
From: soholder@eos.ncsu.edu (Sheldon Owen Holder) Date: 15 Jan 1995 19:15:09 GMT Reply-To: soholder@eos.ncsu.edu (Sheldon Owen Holder) Name: Owen Holder Age: 19 M.S.: It is going to be a while Kids: None Employment: I E student at North Carolina Stat University Number of Sets in collections: approx. 10 Number of pieces: Don't have them here, and have not counted Oldest set: Early-80's Basic Favorite Themes: Technics Favorite Set in Collection: Mid-80's 4.5 Volt motor Technic Set (get over it, I have not had the money to updaye yet!)
From: JWSSAUER@WEDGE.watstar.uwaterloo.ca (J Sauer) Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 20:56:37 GMT Name: Jacob Sauer Age: 19 Profession: Engineering student at University of Waterloo, Canada. Lego sets: Many Pieces: 15 years worth Favourite theme: Castle Best construct: Tie fighter that I built just last year Comments: This is the first time I've seen this group. It was great to find so many people who share a love for lego. I still take time to check out the latest sets at the local toy store.
From: lou@tfnet.ils.unc.edu (Lou Sortman) Date: 16 Jan 1995 16:10:45 GMT Name: Lou Sortman Age: 27 M.S.: single Kids: 0 Employment: UNIX system administrator / net.guru Number of Sets in Collection: 10-20 Number of Pieces: thousands; never counted Oldest Set: Expert Builder auto chasis frmo the late '70s Favorite Theme: Technic Favorite Set: Air Tech Claw Rig Been collecting since: ~1977 - hiatus - resumed ~1990 Whoever dies with the most LEGO wins.
From: flournoy@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Raymond Suke Flournoy) Date: 16 Jan 1995 21:12:48 GMT Name: Raymond S. Flournoy Age: 28 M.S.: Single Kids: None Employment: Graduate student, Instructor Number of Sets in Collection: maybe around 50? Number of Pieces: ? Oldest Set: some flat trees and joined-2x2 vehicle hitches from wa-a-ay back Favorite Themes: Castle Favorite Piece in Collection: the ghost! flournoy@cs.stanford.edu Computer Science Dept. Stanford University, CA
From: Jordan Maynard <maynard@ucssun1.sdsu.edu> Date: 17 Jan 1995 06:57:32 GMT Name: Jordan D. Maynard Age: 19.8 Occupation: Student SDSU/ Product Analyst: Electronic Arts Married: Not! Kids: See above. Number of sets in collection: 90+ Number of pieces: 5000+ Oldest Set: Ok, it is a Space Truck with a rocket on it and two pure yellow Space Mini-figs without visors. Early 80s. Favorite Themes: Castle, Space, AQUAZONE! Favorite Set: right now I think its the Big Dragon Masters castle. 6082 Favorite thing I've built: A fantasy D&D style town that took most of the floor space in my room. We used it for a role-playing campaign in which all the characters were mini-figs (or dragons!). I wrote all the rules for the combat before I ever heard of LEGOwars.
From: sally@Violet.CCIT.Arizona.EDU (Sally_Garnaat)
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 17:37:57 GMT
Reply-To: sally@Violet.CCIT.Arizona.EDU
Name: Sally Garnaat Ben Lynn
Age: 43 10 6
M.S.: married nope nope
Kids: yes nope nope
Occupation: Comp App Spec student student
# Sets: 10 hundreds 25-30?
# Pieces: Hundreds Thousands and thousands hundreds
First Sets: Majesto wkshop Duplo misc Lego 3+ plastic box
('handed down Duplos')
(but they weren't )
(ever really mine )
Oldest Sets: " Lego (mom sold the Duplo) Lego 3+ box
(shame on Mom)
Favorite Set: Imperial Trading Last one bought
Post
Favorite Theme: Town Space/Castle/ Belville
Aquazone
Since I can't keep track of what my son has, I made a list of what instruction
books he has. It came in VERY handy at birthday/Chistmas time. I also kept
track of prices for comparison shopping. It is a nice way of seeing what
we have, but is no longer being made. Or what sets we should have bought
but didn't! (I went thru shop at home this summer and entered every item
in the catalog).
By the way, I called Dacta and ordered their catalog. The voice message
system said it would be shipped in 48 hrs. We'll see how long it takes to get
here (now that my son has spent his Christmas money!)
From: "Rev. Doktor Drew" <drewt@rain.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 11:07:33 -0800
Name: Andrew "Dr. Drew" Tuttle
Age: 31
M.S.: double (un-hitched yet very attached)
Kids: Igby (an iguana puppet), Zilla (a plush Godzilla), Tiger Bear (a
large brown teddy bear given to me by my sweetheart), etc.
Employment: None (see location)
Number of sets in collection: more than 20
Number of pieces: more than 20 to the 3rd power
Oldest set: A yellow trailer truck from about 1970
Favorite theme: Islander (currently) also fond of Space
Favorite set in collection: My motorized Technic set
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Andrew Tuttle
Rev. Doktor Drew
drewt@rain.org
drewt@io.com
From: donnac@myhost.subdomain.domain (Donna Coumarianos) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 09:17:43 GMT Name: Donna Coumarianos Age: 25 Marital Status: Nearly married Kids: 4 cats Employment: Admin Officer Number of Sets in collection: 6 sets, plus a number of smaller kits (you dont really count them as sets do you?) and childhood lego bricks. Number of pieces: unknown Oldest set: the lego set I was given when i was about five, would have been in 1974 or 19755. I have no memory of the box it came in, so I do not know what it was supposed to make. Lots of pieces and red roof tiles. Also a family with figures about 6cm high, much larger than minifigures. I still have the little girl from the family intact. Favorite theme: technic, town Location: Brisbane, Australia I am very new to this newsgroup and to lego collecting. My boyfriend and I have only been seriously into lego since about christmas last year. It all started about 6 months ago when we helped some people clean up their house and came away with a small amount of someones lego collection in a tuperware container large enough to fit a cake inside. It sat in a cupboard for six months, then one day just before xmas I walked passed it and decided it was time I washed it. That was it - we were hooked. We both had lego as children, Peters had long since died, but I went over to my mothers and got mine. We got a catalogue, bought six technics kits, got a friend of ours to lend us his childhood lego (he is only ninteen or so, so he had 6080 a cool castle, a train station, and heaps of space stuff), and here we are.
From: hoffinemc@alpha.hendrix.edu (MC SUCKA FOO)
Date: 17 Jan 95 11:53:26 -0600
Name: Matt Hoffine
Age: 21
M.S.: Single
Kids: yes, we are
Employment: Student...Hendrix College
Major: Double major Philosophy and psychology...not smart enough to be
An engineer like most of you...sigh
# of sets: um...100's?
# of pieces: Don't ask
oldest set: All I remeber about it is the person had bendy arms, and a very
large head
Favorite theme: Old space freak...recent Castle convert
Fav. set: Yellow caste...because of the face guards
Favorite thing i have build: A Monkey juicer....it squeezes the juice out
of the monkeys, parrots, and islanders so the
Wizards have something to drink.
Location: School is in Conway, Arkansas....20 min. N of Little Rock
Home is Houston, Tx
I thought my obsession with LEGO's was some sort of childhood trauma...now I'm
at least glad that is isn't unique.
From: s900883@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU (George Georgiou) Date: 16 Jan 1995 07:26:16 GMT Name: George Georgiou Age: 23 M.S.: Single Kids: Nope Employment: Uni Student. (Aerospace Engineering) Number of sets in collection: about 13 Number of pieces: about 5000 Oldest set: LL914 spaceship, (I can remember getting the old floating police boat, which had mini-figs with non-moveable limbs.) but I only have a headless minifig remaining. Favorite theme: Space, Castle Favorite set in collection: Not too sure (I love my mini-figs) Location: Melbourne, Australia.
From: hollis@jacobs.mn.org (Holly Kilheffer)
Date: 17 Jan 1995 21:23:24 GMT
Name: Holly Kilheffer
Age: 25
Occupation: Freelance Artist/Writer
Married: Almost, but not quite (Aug. '95)
Kids: Bleck! Ick! Yuck! Then I'd have to share! :)
Number of sets in collection: 30
Number of pieces: haven't gotten around to counting them yet -- too busy
using them!
Oldest Set: First set I remember getting was a tow rig (#1572 -- 1985?)
Favorite Themes: Castle, Trains
Favorite Set: Train! (I've got the Load 'n' Haul, haven't peruaded the guy
to get me the new one yet :)
Favorite Thing I've Built: Caboose for Load 'n' Haul
General Comments: I've been wanting to collect LEGO since I was very little
(the neighbors had it and I didn't *waah* :) -- I finally
started while I was in high school. Since then I've been
able to persuade almost everyone who is a relative/friend
that "buying Holly LEGOs is a GOOD thing" But I've
made it difficult because 1) I don't like the space themes
2) I don't like anything that has the 3D molded bases and
3) I won't allow anyone (accept my fiancee) to buy me the
large ($75+) sets.
holly k/hollis@abu.mn.org/hollis@winternet.com
don't "r" to the header -- that address doesn't exist! :)
From: drake@wam.umd.edu (daedalus) Date: 18 Jan 1995 05:41:03 GMT Name: Paul D. Samuel Age: 21 M.S.: Nope Kids: None Employment: Student, undergaduate aeronautical engineer, Univ. of MD College Park Number of Sets in Collection: ~100, more or less Number of Pieces: No Idea Oldest Set: Spirit of St. Louis, circa 1975, 76? Set number unknown Favorite Themes: Space, but I think I'm going to really like Aquazone as well (It's sort of space like...) Favorite Set in Collection: I can't narrow it down any further than these 4 sets, so here goes: Blacktron Renegade 6954 Space Police Spy-Trak 1 6895 Inter-Galactic Command Base 6971 X-1 Patrol Craft 6861
From: char@sunburn.racal.com (Charlotte Noll) Reply-To: char@sunburn.racal.com Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:58:59 GMT Name: Charlotte Noll char@sunburn.racal.com Age: 36 M.S.: Married Kids: 5YO son Justin Employment: Programmer Number of Sets in Collection: about 30-40 Number of Pieces: 2 big Plano tackle boxes full and overflowing Oldest Set: Just started collecting when Justin was 2-3YO. Favorite Themes: Space, Technic and New Aquazone Favorite Set in Collection: The 2 new Aquazone submarines are great. My son and I checked out all the toy stores in the area over the last few weeks and bought all the new Aquazone sets except the big one. That will have to wait until our birthdays later this year. Location: South Florida, USA Bragging: My 5YO son put together his first set from the instructions all by himself the other day. It was the new small Apollo space set and boy was he proud of himself. He's always built stuff made up on his own which is great but he always thought the instructions were too hard. Can't stop him now - he's off and building.
From: mdoar@amaryllis (Matthew Doar) Date: 18 Jan 1995 16:18:27 GMT Reply-To: mdoar@net.com Name: Matthew Doar Age: 28 M.S. To be married in April Kids: None Employment: Software Engineer, Networking Number of sets in collection: 100 in lifetime Number of pieces: no idea Oldest set: Basic set from 1971 Favorite Themes: technic, absolutely Favorite set: Supercar Matthew B. Doar Ascom Nexion, Inc. mdoar@nexen.com 289 Great Road, +1 508 266 3468 Acton, MA 01720, USA
From: dan@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Dan Allard) Date: 18 Jan 1995 10:03:05 -0800 Name: Dan Allard Age: 25 M.S.: Single, living with SO Kids: None (well, 1 Iguana) Employment: Programmer/Engineer Number of Sets in Collection: 20-30 Number of Pieces: Unknown (see notes) Oldest Set: Also unknown Favorite Themes: Castle (Forestmen, Black Knight), Pirates Favorite Set in Collection: Forestman's Fortress Education: BS in Engineering Physics, Tufts U. in Boston MA Notes: Some years ago I bought a large box of lego from a friend for 20$, including a lot of the old space sets (the ones with blue and grey pieces, plain spacemen), which is unfortunately still in Boston at my parents house. I can't even guess how many pieces there are in it. I am sure that my oldest set is somewhere here.
From: talbot@vangelis.sandiegoca.attgis.com (Steve Talbot) Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 04:09:15 GMT Name: Eric Talbot Age: 11 Emploment: 5th grade Number of sets: 2 (that are still built) Number of pieces: 1000? Favorite Themes: Space, Technic Favorite Set: Recon Robot Oldest Set: Dragsters from 1990 -- Steve.Talbot@SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM NCR Corporation, LCPD-San Diego 16550 West Bernardo Dr. San Diego, CA 92127
From: gcs@dsto.defence.gov.au (Gary Speechley)
Date: 19 Jan 1995 05:49:05 GMT
Reply-To: gcs@dsto.defence.gov.au
Name: Gary Speechley
Age: 38
Location: Hurstville, NSW Australia
Occupation: Researcher, submarine sonars
Married: Yes, 11 years
Kids: 1 upstart miniature Schnauzer
Number of sets: 40+
Number of pieces: who knows?
Oldest Set: The one I got when I was MUCH, MUCH younger, still with
the original boxes and fold-out town plan.
Favorite Themes: Technic
Favorite Set: The large Technic helicopter
Favorite Construction: I used to make submarines, four feet long.
My first job was with Lego. Their distribution centre was located
where my father worked as part of the Taubmans paint factory at
Villawood. (I think there was a link between Coultalds/Taubmans/Lego
here in Australia in the early days). My job was to complete demo
models received from Denmark if they were damaged in transit. I
recall receiving a half-completed model ship and asked to do the
superstructure. To achieve this, a stack of water-damaged boxes were
delivered to me with the offer that I could keep anything I didn't
need for the ship. Needless to say, I was in to minimalist structures
long before engineers discovered finite-element analysis! My father
eventually became a storeman for Lego, and in my early teens, I'd have
a job during school holidays and some weekends filling orders on the
warehouse, or helping to unload the latest container shipment.
It was my first paying job!
---
D E P A R T M E N T O F D E F E N C E
Defence Science & Technology Organisation
Contact Details: Gary.Speechley@dsto.defence.gov.au
Gary C Speechley CIS: [100236,2246]
DSTO Australia Wk: +61 2 6921432 ph
PO Box 44 +61 2 6600019 fx
PYRMONT NSW 2009 Hm: +61 2 5703870 ph/fx
From: bowerm@hfsi.hfsi.com (Michael Bower) Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 13:47:20 GMT Name: Michael F. Bower Age: 48 M.S.: Married Kids: 2 girls, 2 boys (11, 8.5, 6.5, 5) Employment: data comm engineering, project manager Number of Sets in Collection: Unknown Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: Basic set from early 80's Favorite Themes: Space -- Michael Bower HFS Inc. bowerm@hfsi.com 7900 Westpark Dr. (703) 827-3559 (w) MS-804
From: jwrasse@ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu (john d wrasse) Date: 27 Jan 1995 19:35:42 GMT Name: John Wrasse AGE: 27 M.S.: Married KIDS: Not human; 2 cats and 1 dog EMPLOYMENT: Indiana University Bookstore NUMBER OF SETS: 10+ NUMBER OF PIECES: 2500+ FAVORITE THEME: Technic FAVORITE SET: First Technic set - Go Kart OLDEST SET: Part of the Lego Town CURRENT PROJECT: Lego Cuckoo Clock (this is not a set - yet)
From: jasonha@bgnet.bgsu.edu (Jason Haislet) Date: 28 Jan 1995 17:31:52 GMT Reply-To: jasonha@bgnet.bgsu.edu (Jason Haislet) I just found this Lego newsgroup and i am so excited :) :) :) I have had lego since i was about 5, every year for Christmas I got at least one set of Legos, usually more. I most Have the Town system. I do have a few Questions. 1) where do i find the FAQ for r.t.l? 2) are there any ftp sites? 3) are there any Lego stores? 4) does the Lego company pay poeple for new ideas? 5) is anybody planning a trip to LegoLand? I have created some awesome vechiles and buildings in my Lego years Just some general info. about me Name: Jason Haislet Age: 20 School: Bowling Green State Univeristy City: Bowling Green State: Ohio Major: Theatre I hope to be a regular poster on this newsgroup.
From: deroo@sproing.ultranet.com (John DeRoo) Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 19:38:16 LOCAL Name: John DeRoo M.S.: Divorced Physical Age: 29 Mental Age: 16 Children: 2 Employment: Electrical Engineer (digital chip design for disk drives) Number of Sets: Several of my own, plus several more I "share" with my kids Number of pieces: Many Oldest Set: ~6 yrs - All of my childhood sets "somehow disappeared" while I was a teeneager and I didn't notice until I was about 23 :-( Favorite Themes: Technics, Lego-Logo (conceptually) Favorite Set in Collection: Oh, yeah, all the pieces *did* come from individual sets, didn't they? I particularly like playing with the pneumatic pieces and with the other power-transmission pieces. Location: Marlborough, Mass. Sets I Most Desire: 1) The Technic set with the electric pneumatic pump. 2) A Lego-Logo RS232ish interface Most Memorable Building Accomplishments: A hanging monorail I built when I was 10 after going to Disney Land and an implementation of a vehicle suspension system that I found in Nasa Tech Briefs (mine was simpler and the working model was a *lot* cheaper!) Current Project(s): None :-( John DeRoo, Marlborough, MA. E-Mail: deroo@sproing.ultranet.com
From: iridian@netcom.com (Rebecca Glenn) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 14:23:56 GMT Name: Becky Glenn (iridiank@netcom.com) Age: 27 M.S: Single Kids: No Employment: Desktop Publishing for a major Defense Contractor Number of Sets in Collection: lots Number of Pieces: lots more Oldest Set: Universal Building Set from 70s Favorite Themes: Space, Castle, Pirate Favorite Set: Difficult to say, but it's a draw between my Galaxy Explorer (one of the first space sets) and the King's Castle (the grey one that came out just after the yellow one) Extra Tidbit: I remember this old old set I used to have, and I know I still have the pieces but somehow the instructions went astray. It was one of those London buses, with two levels. If anyone knows what I'm talking about, I'd appreciate knowing that it's not just an acid flashback. -- rlg the reaper iridian@netcom.com and rebecca_glenn@fmc.com
From: mohonk94@aol.com (Mohonk94) Date: 1 Feb 1995 00:20:23 -0500 Reply-To: mohonk94@aol.com (Mohonk94) Name: Chris Stoffel Age: 31 Married: no Kids: no Occupation: Group Billing Administrator at Mohonk Mountain House Career goal: Lego Robotics Programmer Number of Sets:15+ Number of Pieces: not enough + Oldest Set: Air Tech Claw Rig - starting over again, somewhere in my parents attic the really old pieces are waiting to be rediscovered. Favorite Themes: Technic Favorite Set: Air Tech Claw Rig Favorite Things: wheels, motors and pneumatics General Comments: with an interest in computers and robots, I think the Technic sets will let me explore more and have fun at the same time. I'm looking forward to integrating my computers with my Lego sets. Time for fun now and get serious later.
From: Ryan Hagglund <rhagglun@paul.spu.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 22:19:13 -0800 Name: Ryan Hagglund AGE: 20 M.S.: Single EMPLOYMENT: Full-time student at Seattle Pacific University NUMBER OF SETS: 50+ NUMBER OF PIECES: I don't even want to try to count that high FAVORITE THEME: Space FAVORITE SET: I don't know, I buy the sets for the pieces, not for the model they are intended to make OLDEST SET: The old fire station (I got it when I was four). It was before they had the station doors that scrolled up and lego figures with moving arms and feet. CURRENT PROJECT: I don't have room in my dorm room for my Legos; I had to leave them at home :( Ryan Hagglund Seattle Pacific University Seattle, Washington rhagglun@paul.spu.edu
From: stone@uno.cc.geneseo.edu (Leonie Stone) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 14:35:06 UNDEFINED Name: Lee Stone AGE: 34 M.S.: Married (to Paul who doesn't quite get the Lego thing but doesn't complain either) KIDS: Jonathan (8 months-- too little for Duplo); cats (Edgar, Igor, Chan) who think they _are_ the right age, dog (Galen) who is disgusted by everything EMPLOYMENT: Assistant Professor of Economics, SUNY Geneseo NUMBER OF SETS: 30? NUMBER OF PIECES: you must be kidding.... FAVORITE THEME: Castle, Pirates, Train FAVORITE SET: Any of the train stuff OLDEST SET: Gears from my childhood CURRENT PROJECT: Filling my office with Lego
From: reuel_victa@cpqm.saic.com Date: 3 Feb 1995 17:31:53 GMT Name: Reuel Victa AGE: 33 M.S.: Married (wife's name is Terry) KIDS: 6-year old rabbit (Koko) EMPLOYMENT: Programmer/Analyst (Science Applications International Corp.) NUMBER OF SETS: 20+ NUMBER OF PIECES: We'll let the kids count 'em when we have some. FAVORITE THEME: Space, Technic FAVORITE SET: The helicopter. My little cousins and friends like to play with it. OLDEST SET: Some odds and ends from long ago. CURRENT PROJECT: Setting up a town in one of our spare rooms to include our monorail.
From: scottec@netcom.com (Scott Cunningham)
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 16:13:42 GMT
Name: Scott Cunningham
AGE: 26 (mentaly 10)
M.S.: Engaged (wife's name will be Kathy)
KIDS: Dog (mixed Malties - Peaches) Cat (American shorthair - Corky Sherwood)
EMPLOYMENT: Service Bureau Tech
NUMBER OF SETS: 5 (third start - previously 30+)
NUMBER OF PIECES: 1241
FAVORITE THEME: Pirates + Space (Hah! Space Pirates!)
FAVORITE SET: The ones I gave away :-( [snif] (But I'll have new
favorites soon!)
OLDEST SET: Then - Some Samsonite Now - #1715 400pc wonder!
CURRENT PROJECT: Rebuilding my empire of long ago
From: blairiii_r@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Ken Blair) Date: 5 Feb 1995 17:41 CST Name: Ken Blair Age: 23 Married: no Kids: no Occupation: Full time student @ The University of Houston (downtown) Career goal: To graduate from college Number of Sets: 150+ (estimate) Number of Pieces: 25,452+ (count) Oldest Set: #653 - Legoland, small, white red cross helicopter and ambulance from about 1975 or so. Favorite Themes: Technic, train Favorite Set: #8088 Technic Super Car & #4558 Metroliner train set. General Comments: I've been collecting Lego sets for about 19 or 20 years, and after a long lapse, I've recently been very interested in the Technic and train series. I have a Lego railroad made up of over 200+ rail sections that is attached to the ceiling of my apartment. While this is not the best place for a railroad, it's all I have room for. The switch tracks are remote-controlled pneumaticly, using all Lego parts except most of the 80 feet of air tubing which was cheaper at the local hobby store. ---(> Ken Blair - blairiii_r@dt3.dt.uh.edu
From: jkelly3@ix.netcom.com (John Kelly III) Date: 6 Feb 1995 04:14:23 GMT Name: John Kelly III Age: 23 Married: Yup Kids: Nope Occ: Formally LEGO Model Builder; now Computer Tech #of sets: >500 #of pcs: >30,000 oldest set: Orginal Space Lander (Eagle One, I think) favorite themes: train,space,town,aquazone,castle favorite set: Super Car 8808 i worked for LSI in enfield for a year and half as a model builder. i helped build the Invention Adventure (moving to Baltimore I think), toy fair exhibits for 1994, (25x islander firgure, others), and parts of the mall of america change over in 1994. i have a ton of sets that i had been collecting since i was seven. when i ran out of money for college in fall 1992, i came to work at LEGO imagination centre in mpls. after six months there, i was sent to enfield to be a model builder. time of my life. every brick of every color in every shape. technically, we are only allowed to use elements that are found in sets at the time of creation. (2x4 green bricks are made and are allowed because you could make those out of 2x4 green plates.) my wife and i got married after meeting at LIC(LEGO Imagination Centre) it was a "LEGO" wedding. we had LEGO centerpieces on all the tables, and had playtables and a eight foot tower at the reception. i'm new to the 'net, so i don't know how many times these questions have been answered and since i do not have a unlimited bank account, i will not be able to go over all the messages. please email if there are questions i can answer about model building. john kelly p.s. if you email, tell me what my address is. i got on the net esp. to see this newsgroup. (the company mentioned it.)
From: mmany@gosset.math.uno.edu ( Meredith Many)
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 18:38:56 GMT
Name: Meredith Many
AGE: 42
M.S.: Yes (tolerant husband David Eatman)
KIDS: Two - one 3.5 yr old boy(John) - we "share" the legos
and one 12 yr old Siamese cat(Sparky)
EMPLOYMENT: math instructor - university of new orleans
NUMBER OF SETS: 15 (?)
NUMBER OF PIECES: not enough
FAVORITE THEME: Pirates(John) + Castles + Town (me)
FAVORITE SET: no specific set, but favorite pieces: the pirate minifig
with hook on one hand (Captain Hook), a miscellaneous pirate (Smee), and
one lone forestman (Peter Pan)
OLDEST SET: Misc Duplo train pieces - bought second hand - have sustained
1.5 years of constant play.
CURRENT PROJECT: On the drawing board: We'd like to build some sort of
Never Never Land. Involves building and painting the right size table,
then construction of the important parts. The pirates ship is the easy
part, the indian camp, mermaid lagoon, and hangmans tree are still in
hazy idea form. Any suggestions?
From: rgregory@dseg.ti.com (Ron Gregory)
Reply-To: rgregory@dseg.ti.com
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 15:58:12 GMT
Name: Ron Gregory
AGE: 31
M.S.: Married 11 years - wife Tracey
KIDS: Austin (just turned 3 on 1/31)
Samantha (dog - German Sheppard mix - will be 2 on 7/10)
EMPLOYMENT: Software Engineer - Texas Instruments, Plano, TX
NUMBER OF SETS: 30+
NUMBER OF PIECES: 25,000+
FAVORITE THEME: Space/Technic/Train
FAVORITE SET(s): Load N' Haul RR, space monorail, and Technic Control Center
OLDEST SET: old gear set
CURRENT PROJECT: Building a custom LEGO table with drawers and plexiglass top.
Tracey sold the one I built previously, and I haven't built
any LEGO projects, since. I need a new table to inspire me.
From: giannone@valkyrie.LightStream.COM (Tony Giannone)
Date: 7 Feb 1995 10:43:02 -0500
Name: tony giannone
AGE: 38 (next week :-)
M.S.: married
KIDS: Greg (3), Jessica (11), and Aimee (13)
EMPLOYMENT: manufacturing engineer
NUMBER OF SETS: ~30
NUMBER OF PIECES: a whole bunch
FAVORITE THEME: none
FAVORITE SET: the next one
OLDEST SET: don't know (started buying LEGO when Greg was 1yo)
CURRENT PROJECT: create a unique toy for Greg (i.e. one that he won't feel
compelled to destroy minutes after its completion :-)
From: hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R. Ward)
Date: 07 Feb 1995 19:54:09 GMT
Name: William R. Ward
AGE: 23
M.S.: 'living in sin'
KIDS: 0
EMPLOYMENT: Contractor (Unix System Admin/Programmer)
NUMBER OF SETS: lots
NUMBER OF PIECES: lots
FAVORITE THEME: Space & Technic
FAVORITE SET: anything with lots of cool pieces
OLDEST SET: probably the Family set, but some pieces are probably missing
CURRENT PROJECT: none at the moment; last project was a 3-4 foot long
spaceship with lots of cool features
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From: s3500075@nickel.laurentian.ca Date: 7 Feb 95 22:35:26 -0500 Here's my shot! I've been lurking for a while since I found the group and this makes a good introduction: Name: Heather Fraser AGE 20 LOCATION Sudbury,Ontario MS Engaged (Brian, date as yet unset) KIDS None yet (thank god, I'm not done with my lego yet!!) EMPLOYMENT Geology/Engineering Student @ Laurentian University // Keeping useless profs employed, and learning from the good ones #OF SETS 3 @ University and ?? at home #OF PIECES Never Enough FAVOURITE THEME Castles FAVOURITE SET All of them OLDEST SET The house set I was given at my first Christmas (aged 18 days) as a joke on my father who I still have to fight off to get at the lego. CURRENT PROJECT Avoiding exam/study stress and trying to find unique ideas for my wedding Funny but true: I have no depth perception and find it difficult to think in 3-d. When I came to University last year I got strange looks around res. as I'd build models to help with my engineering projects. While tutoring in res this year on calculus (area of revolution with integrals) I got out the lego and spread it out on the common kitchen table to show my point. Everyone called me crazy, but the end result was a 90% on the test, and all night lego fest (5am when I went to bed) and about 10 people bringing back lego after Christmas Break!!
From: kittle@sde.hp.com (Ron Kittle)
Date: 9 Feb 1995 17:13:58 GMT
Reply-To: kittle@fc.hp.com
I figured I better add my name to the list, since Mark Hornblower is
going to post statistics...
Name: Ron Kittle
Age: 31
M.S: Single
Kids: No, just nieces
Employment: Software Engineer at HP
Number of Sets in Collection: 30+
Number of Pieces: 11,000+
Oldest Set: Large gears from 70s, etc. I've got some of those "Two 2x2
'wafer thin' flats connected by a plastic stem" pieces. :-)
Favorite Themes: Technic, Trains
Favorite Set: Super Car #8880, hands down.
Favorite Creation: A Lego Shay steam locomotive. A Shay is a geared
locomotive, with three upright pistons on one side.
My Lego version uses the technic pistons, which pump
as the engine moves (powered off one of the wheels).
Shays were used mostly for logging operations, which
required narrow gauge tracks, tight turns, and steep
grades. That makes the Lego turns a little more
realistic. :-) I plan to put a jpg file on the net
when I get pictures of it.
From: ktatroe@badgercom.com (k.tatroe) Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 12:31:06 -0700 Name: kevin tatroe Age: 23 (or 10, or so :) M.S: SNG (single nice guy) Kids: Two cats; they contribute by breaking things Job: Software Engineer at BadgerCom Software; teacher-in-training # Sets: 300+ # Pieces: 75,000+ (by PPH (piece per head) estimation) Oldest Set: Eagle One (lunar lander) Fav. Themes: Islanders, Technic, Castle, Pirates Fav. Set: All of the Islanders, all pre-87ish Castle Current project: Designing a cathedral. A friend and I have gotten the north wing (the nave, I believe) completed. It's about five SCP (standard castle pieces) tall, and one-and a half of the large gray plates long. We are beginning to run out of pieces, so we're not sure how on earth we're going to do the other three wings. It has a pipe organ. I might try to borrow a friend's QuickTake 100 to do jpegs.
From: ea93boma@hj.se (Magnus Boivie) Date: 9 Feb 1995 15:20:58 GMT Name: Magnus Boivie Age: 21 M.S.: At parents and brother Kids: 0 Employment: economic studying at university Number of Sets in Collection: lots Number of Pieces: lots Oldest Set: From the beginning of the 70:s Favorite Themes: Trains and Technics Favorite Set in Collection: Technics fork-lift truck Location : Jönköping, Sweden
From: normmoesch@aol.com (NormMOesch) Date: 10 Feb 1995 07:51:39 -0500 Reply-To: normmoesch@aol.com (NormMOesch) Name: Norm M Oesch AGE: 29 M.S.: almost :) KIDS: none, they're _my_ LEGO bricks OCCUPATION: Warehouse Manager NUMBER OF SETS: 78(in my 2nd incarnation of LEGO obsession) NUMBER OF PIECES: more than 3(well, it is) OLDEST SET: Black Monarch's Castle(this time round) FAVORITE THEMES: Train FAVORITE SET: the Trial Size pack my fiancee gave me that rekindled my love of LEGO toys
From: justjm24@aol.com (JustJM24) Date: 16 Feb 1995 20:36:17 -0500 Reply-To: justjm24@aol.com (JustJM24) Name: Jean Ledoux AGE : 43 SINGLE KIDS: Girl 23, Boy22, Girl21 EMPLOY: Self #Sets, 40+ #Pieces, Still computing...am working on a data base now FAVORITE..Theme, Legoland...SET Big Truck Stop...love Vehicles! OLDEST SET: Space ship, early 1970's Always looking to buy sell or trade....
From: mmccall@vader.cc.emory.edu (Utopia's Princess of the Universe)
Date: 19 Feb 1995 21:45:44 -0600
I'm having probs with my newsreader, so I will try to do this by memory.
Name: Malinda
AGE: 29 (I think)
Marital Status: single ("living in sin" for past four years)
KIDS: No. LEGOs are mine, all mine. :)
OCCUPATION: Ophthalmology librarian at Emory U. Hosp.
EDUCATION: BA in Fine Arts, BA in English, minor in Communictations
# of PIECES: Er, are you kidding? Answers (choose one):
[a] Too damn many (when no models are built and I have to store them)
[b] Too damn few (especially of one piece/color when building from
imagination)
[c] A kajillion
[d] lots
# of SETS: Um, what constitutes a set? Does a $2.79 Black Knight count as
a set because it is in a box by itself? (See below for listing.)
Claim to Fame: Using LEGOs as stress therapy, building six houses around
a garden square last night using Mega Blox baseplates and a grey LEGO
baseplate: blue police station, yellow duplex, red hotel, white and pink
private home, red private home, pizzaria. Turn the baseplate, all the
buildings have open backs and multiple floors. Pizzaria has outdoor
dining, cars can go around several buildings and the square. No
particular reason. Swiped Mega Blox chandelier, turned it upside down and
made it a fountain in square.
What got me started: Bought #6237 (pirates with chest and parrot) and
#6401 Seaside Cabana together for under $8 when I accompanied my
boyfriend and our tenant/roommate David to TRU (they needed new Frisbees for
Frisbee Golf). That was last year. Never had LEGOs when younger. BF gave
me old pieces including a damaged baseplate that sounds like the one
everyone's discussing: 24 x 40.
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The "o"'s are white dots and the "x"'s are flat areas.
I also have some odd pieces like 1x2 and 2 x 3 POLICE bricks, a piece
that looks like a firetruck piece, some red and yellow "Legoland" bricks,
some red bricks with LEGO on them, a hinged "claw" for a crane, some
pulley/crane pieces, etc, all that Steve had when young. Many of his are
glue-damaged. (He was a destructive child and used to stage actual fires
in Legoland. Glue he used burned satisfactorily I guess.) Lots of old wheels.
SETS owned:
4151 Freestyle with pink items I already posted about, including pink floral
awnings, pink doors and two shades of pink windows, two shades of pink
flowers, pink 'champage' glasses, pink-topped Legolady
6405 Lost box. Horse and girl with grey pants and pink "horse" shirt,
pale green baseplate
6414 Dolphin Point
1860 Try Me! Freestyle in bag with Legoman
1670 Sampler with odd door and window (yellow, with red 2-wide sills)
6430 Police car _Night Patroller_ I posted about earlier w/ 9v lights/siren
6350 _Pizza To Go_ (Box damaged, have only back panel)
6664 _Chopper Cops_. Lost box.
6009 Black knight (smallest set owned) with knight and horse. Period. $2.79.
Yellow saddle for horse.
6034 _Black ??Monarch's?? Ghost_ ghost, knight, mini-castle w/ doors. Blue
saddle for horse.
6319 Trees and flags (kept only back panel of box)
6402 _Sidewalk Cafe'_
4162 Freestyle with green 2 x 3 curved pieces (2x2 top w/ curve, 2 x 3
bottom), green whip, green flag, red & white striped awnings, blue doors &
windows, red "coffee" mugs
6410 _Cabana Beach_
1967 _Bonus Pack ('with free windsurfer model!')_ Includes 1959
Chopper/Flight series, 1969 robot/Space Police series, 1970 flintlock
gun/cannon, two figs/Pirates series, 1971 catapult/Black Knights series,
windsurfer (red) with two buoys. Total of six male minifigs. Found at
Woolworth's in odd Lego package.
6411 _Sand Dollar Cafe'_
6056 _Dragon Wagon_ with dragon, yay! Red saddles for horses, red
'dragon' horse blinders.
6416 _Poolside Paradise_ Bought chiefly for the baseplate and large clear
pieces, mailbox.
6048 _Majisto's Magical Workshop_ Bought for Majisto. Hinged, opens by
putting halves on separate baseplates.
6314 _City People_ Bought for bicycle and champagne glasses (early
purchase, charm has since faded a little. :) )
4011 _Cabin Cruiser_ Gift, no box to be found, do have instructions. Does
float. Has shark.
545 Basic set--comes with six-partitions and two basepaltes to store
"all" your Legos. (Ha!)
6401 _Seaside cabana_. Lost box.
6105 _Medieval Knights_. I like the helmet decorations the best.
6237 Pirates with chest of gold, parrot. Lost box. Small sample set.
5140 Polybagged red bricks from S@H
5142 Polybagged white bricks from S@H
5137 Town accent pieces from S@H
5149 Doors and windows (these have green shutters, red pieces and white
accents)
I have no desire to collect Technic people or Belville. I would collect
Space if I had room. I don't so I collect Town and Paradisa mostly, but I
can't resist the medieval figs/sets. :)
Fave sets: all. Also: last set bought, set I plan to buy next...sets I can't
afford...
Fave pieces: usually the little accent pieces like glasses, animals,
brushes and shovels, swords, plumes and helmet decorations, treasure
chests, bikes, etc. The minifigs are my favorite pieces. :) I don't have
nearly enough hair for the women, though. I do have a LOT of caps.
Majisto w/ wand and dragon and 'scroll'. Knight with ghost. 9V police car.
Least favorite piece: Mega Blox :), tiny 'roof' flats.
(Mega sets I own: barrel of 1000 pieces, blockblaster, house.)
Sets I want BADLY: (Santa? I've been REALLY good...)
6339 Shuttle
6597 Airport
6562 Octan station
6044 King's carriage
6008 King on horseback
6398 Knight with skeleton
6398 Police station
The infamous "Midnight Transport" set I forgot the number to.
6483 _Coastal Patrol_ (9V set)
6399 _Airport Shuttle_
6409 _Island Arcade_ (mostly for minifigs, glasses and seats)
6376 _Breezeway Cafe'_ It's a restaurant with RED accents and a minifig
with a Stetson hat.
6273 _Rock Is. Refuge_
4163 Freestyle (with motor/9V)
4161 Freestyle with more figs and a storage case.
565 Build-and-store chest
737 Freestyle with firetruck & 9V lights/siren action
6419 _Rolling Acres_ To 'complete' Paradisa, though I dislike the Acrade
and Playground sets in comparison to other sets
4554 _Metrostation_ *****
4558 _Metroliner_ *****
4548 Speed regulator
4547 _Club Car_ ********
6345 _Aerial Acrobats_
6090 King's castle
4539 RR Crossing w/ guard
6666 Ambulance
6254 _Pirate's Plunder_
6539 _Victory Cup Racers_
6571 Firehouse (not _Fire Control Center_)
Another idea for lurking LEGO employees: LEGO post office! Children can
enjoy putting letters into lock boxes and blue postal boxes (red for UK
sets), putting the happy mailman in his postal truck with lots of yellow
and white letterds and packages (I imagine some flats printed with sheets
o stamps and flats printed to resempble magazines.) Adults can get a
flintlock gun and play "Disgruntled postal worker!" If a deluxe set, you
can have a motorized conveyor belt moving all the deposited mail to a
waiting bag or container w/ wheels and LOTS of disgruntled postal
workers. :) Maybe a working teeny bell on the counter. Don't forget flats
with "wanted" on them and a draft poster for US sets. :) Maybe even a
place to take "passport photos" complete with harrassed postal-
worker-in-charge-of-passport-stuff. Cool, huh?
I know I mentioned Santa, but I forgot to say that Majisto is already a
good model. Just change the color scheme a little. :)
Ta,
Malinda
From: rcarter@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Ron Carter) Date: 20 Feb 1995 14:30:37 -0700 Name: Ronald L. Carter Age: 40 Employment: President of own computer software company Education: Degrees in art history and EE Location: Colorado, USA Number of Sets in Collection: 30+, mostly small sets, plus buckets Number of Pieces: 5,000 plus Oldest Set: Some loose pieces of Samsonite era stuff Favorite Themes: Ice Planet, Islanders, Technic Favorite Set in Collection: Whatever one I am working on :-) LEGO Claim to Fame: Corrected a typo in one of the LEGO catalogs -- Ron Carter \ Director \ Center for the Study of Creative Intelligence CSCI \ Denver, CO USA \ "AAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!" rcarter@nyx.cs.du.edu \ - Calvin
From: adf4@lns598.lns.cornell.edu (Andrew Foland) Date: 21 Feb 1995 23:55:16 -0500 Name: Andy Foland Age: 22 (yrs.) Sets: 70+ Pieces: 9000 (??) Oldest: Alpha-1 Rocket Base (contemporary with the infamous LL924) Favorite Set: 375/6075 Yellow Castle Theme Interests: Castle, Pirate Current Projects: Battle of Borodin using red and blue Imperial Guards (and one hapless Townee as Pierre Bezuhov); Cathedral. Anyone who finds/has blue Imperials will contribute greatly to the cause (though I gather I'm competing with Erik Wilson in this regard.)
From: kcg@vnet.ibm.com (Kevin Griffin) Name: Kevin Griffin Age: 24 M.S.: Single Kids: None Employment: Software Engineer Number of Sets in Collection: 79 Number of Pieces: Unknown Oldest Set: A set with faceless Lego figures. Favorite Themes: Space Favorite Set in Collection: Galaxy Explorer Location : Rochester, MN
From: jonesnm@mail.auburn.edu (Nancy M Jones) Name: Randall Jones Age: 41 M.S.: Married Kids: Preston,13 and Alana,10 Employment: Pediatrician # of sets: 45 or so Oldest Set: Basics sets from about 1984 Favorite Themes: Alana and me: Castles: Preston: Space, by far Favorite Set: Mach II Red Bird Rig Model Team (new this Christmas) Education: University of Georgia and Medical College of Georgia
From: Chad Leinaweaver <cleinawe@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
Name: Chad Leinaweaver
Age: 23
M.S.: single
Kids: not quite yet
Employment: graduate student of history at Northeastern University
in Boston
Number of Sets in Collection: 75-150
Number of Pieces: 10,000+
Oldest Set: Basic sets from the mid-seventies
Favorite Themes: Town
Favorite Set in Collection: Main Street (from 1980)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts cleinawe@lynx.neu.edu
From: cando@dorsai.org (Alex) Name: Alex Lis Age:18 Married: No Kids: No Employment: Electrical/computer Engineering student. Number of sets: Unkown, all pieces semi-sorted by type (plate, brick, window, etc) in containers. Number of pieces: Between 25000 - 26000 (close estimate). Oldest set: Original Main Street Fire Department set + unkown set circa 78-79. Favorite themes: B Favorite set: Technic pneumatic line & older main st. sets. Education: ...getting there.. credit by credit... Notes: Build (only) large, fully detailed (inside, out) buildings. Biggest gripe: Not being able to buy Lego in large quantities & LSAHS not having and WHITE WINDOW & DOOR SETS!!!!!! Red windows don't stand out with RED brick!!
From: Barry Shell <shell@sfu.ca> Name: Barry Shell shell@sfu.ca Age: 43 M.S.: Married Kids: 7YO son Sam Employment: Science Writer/ Hacker Number of Sets in Collection: 20 + Number of Pieces: Thousands + Oldest Set: ca. 1989 Favorite Themes: motorizing, Castles, Vehicles, Technic and New Aquazone Favorite Set in Collection: The electric motor and battery pack. Location: Vancouver, BC Canada Bragging: Interested in putting together an on-line team to create a Lego CD-ROM software game that allows you to build virtual 3D models rotate them, animate them and even play with others over the network. Ideally, in the true sense of the hacker ethic this would be shareware. I'm collecting ideas and names of interested programmers.
From: teel@is2.nyu.edu (teel) Name: Kay Teel Age: 27 Married: No Kids: No Employment: Librarian Number of sets: Circa 30, maybe Number of pieces: No idea Oldest set: I had basic building sets as a kid, which my wicked parents gave to a yard sale! The oldest set that I still own is one of the little blue spaceships, bought in 1986. Favorite themes: Pirates, Castle. Favorite set: Black Seas Barracuda. Education: B.A., History, Boston University; M.S., Library Science, Columbia University. Notes: Some well-meaning friends bought me some Paradisa for Christmas. Although I like the roulette wheel, and the ice cream truck is kinda nifty (esp. the yellow drawer that pulls out), I hate the pastel colors! Yuck!
From: David G Williams <dgwillia@willamette.edu> Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 20:20:50 -0800 Organization: Willamette University, Salem, OR, USA Name: David G. Williams Age: 20 E-Mail Address: dgwillia@willamette.edu Marital Status:Single Kids:NONE Employment: Student Location: Salem, OR Number of Sets Owned: I am not quite sure of this number. I have two huge boxes filled with legos. I'm thinking, somewhere in the hundreds. Number of Pieces: Again this is rather ambiguous. See above. Oldest Set: circa 1980 Favorite Theme(s): Definitely the Town Theme Favorite Set(s): I am rather partial to both the aquatic motif, i.e. the fire ship and the police and coast guard boats. I also have a certain flare for aviatic themes. I have a circa 87 airport that I enjoy. I must say, however, that I have always enjoyed purchasing the little sets. When I was a Kid I would save my allowance til I got like ten dollars and then go to Toys-R-Us and buy the most I could with that. I was never much into playing with the stuff I built. I mostly enjoyed building things and since most of my sets don't have the directions with them I was forced to use my imagination more than once. Thank goodness. When I would get stuck without a piece to fit a certain way. I would whip out the graph paper and design the piece that I desired. I think several times I had my mom mail them to Lego. I don't know if she ever did because I never got a response; however, some pieces that exist today bear a striking resemblence to those that I had designed...hmmmm. I think that my best creation was built around 85 or 86. I built a ski resort in my room. By propping up my bed sheets on chairs and such I created the mountains(I didn't have enough pieces to build a mountain out of Lego's at the time.) I built several chair lifts and a gondola that went from the top of one mountain to the top of the adjacent one. This resort was complete with several mountain top restaurants and a chateau at the base. I even had a parking lot filled with cars...It was a busy saturday. I think I took a picture of it. I have no Idea where those are but now I want to go find them. Well, I may have gone a bit long on this roll call thing, but I enjoy talking about my childhood legos. I regret not bringing at least some of them to college with me. I do purchase a set now and then and enjoy them to the fullest. After writing this my interest has been peaked, I would be interested in hearing about CREATIVE creations...not just the typical town setting or moon scape. Let's hear the good ones. Again, I apologize if this has gone longer than usual, but If you read it all, then I appreciate it and look forward to hearing about your creations/inventions.
From: weldridg@haverford.edu (William Eldridge Lemming Ultimate) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 18:26:14 -0300 Organization: Haverford College Name: Robert DeRose Age: 22 Marital Status: not that I know of Kids: just me Education: I plan to receive my B.S. (Biology) in May, then it's off to grad school Number of sets owned: about 25-30 (including old ones that have been permanently dismembered) Number of pieces: probably a few thousand Oldest set: I have the mid-'70s Hospital and Fire Station, from the time when minifigs didn't have movable arms and legs Favorite sets/themes: Space in general, especially Spyrius. Probably 80% of my sets are various space themes. I've also managed to get the two smallest Aquazone sets (Sea Sprint 9 and the little Aquashark guy), and if I ever find the bigger Aquazone sets in the local stores they'll probably become new favorites. Probably my favorite single set is the Spyrius Saucer Centurion.
From: Captain Jingle <vandercl@grfn.org> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 20:51:02 -0500 (EST) Organization: Bethany Christian Services Name: Bob VanderClay Age : 19 M.S. : Single Kids : None Employment : Student Number of sets : Approximately 45 Pieces in collection : probably somewhere near 5000 Oldest set : Can't remember exact set name, a poice station from circa 1980. I think... Favorite themes/sets : Space. Although the new Aquazone is beginning to win me over. Well, I'd like to introduce myself to this newsgroup. I've played with LEGO as far back as I can remember. Unfortunately though, as I matured, LEGO became less of a focus of my life, and too much of a cost, so I end through a period where I bought LEGO very infreqently. (As know as the Dark Ages). With my introduction into the Internet, I quickly found this group, and my interest in LEGO was perked. Hearing discussion of the new Aquazone really made me want back into the world of LEGo, well here I am, a few months later, a few hundred dollars less, and with about 20 more LEGO sets. It feels good to be back into it. I forgot how much I love the sound of new LEGOS in a box. Hee-hee.
From: thomas (Thomas JACQUES aka 'Woody') Date: 21 Jan 1995 11:49:39 GMT Organization: Ecole Centrale Paris, France Name: Thomas JACQUES Age: 21 M.S.: single Kids: none Employment: Student in Engineering Number of Sets in Collection: about 15 Number of Pieces: 3427, plus half a spaceman's helmet Oldest Set: early 80's: the 2 very first space sets Favorite Themes: Space & Technic | e-mail: thomas@jenlain.via.ecp.fr | | jacquet7@cti.ecp.fr | | phone: (1) 46.83.79.48 |
From: bigb@citation.ksu.ksu.edu (Bryan K Klostermeyer) Date: 20 Jan 1995 11:57:16 -0600 Organization: Kansas State University Sender: bigb@ksu.ksu.edu Name: Bryan Klostermeyer AGE: 22 M.S: Single, not looking KIDS: My roommate is pretty childish EMPLOYMENT: Chemical Engineering student at Kansas State Univ. NUMBER OF SETS: 50-60, I think NUMBER OF PIECES: Not nearly enough :) OLDEST SET: Early 80's space set FAVORITE THEMES: Castle, Pirate, Old space FAVORITE SETS: X-1 Patrol Craft spaceship; Whirlwind Rescue helicopter
From: jgarden@prograph.com (John Garden) Date: 26 Jan 1995 11:04:32 -0400 Organization: Prograph International Name: John Garden Age: 30 M.S.: 5 weeks !! Kids: Mike (12) - acquired in expansion draft - see above Employment: Programmer/Prographer Number of sets in collection: ~10 Number of pieces: ? Oldest Set: ? Favorite Themes: Technics, Pirates Favorite Set: 8868 Air Tech Claw Rig Education: BSc - Dalhousie University, MCS (almost 8-) Technical University of Nova Scotia Notes: All mine is Technic. The master plan is to build a large, completely autonomous robot with a micro-controller brain and 2K of intelligence. Currently side-tracked by all the other cool things Technic can do (that, and the fact that the dog got hold of the brain). Mike has a million sets (all themes) and a kazillion pieces, just waiting to be expropriated when I need them. Carla just got her first set - the Blue Fury. It's fantastic.
From: randyf@u.washington.edu (Randy Fabro) Date: 22 Jan 1995 05:40:31 GMT Organization: University of Washington Name: Nathan Fabro Age: 12 M.S.: are you kidding Kids: none except me Employment: Student Number of Sets in Collection: 50+ Number of Pieces: lots and lots Oldest Set: 1987 don't know what it's called Favorite Themes: SPACE (federation sets) Aquazone Favorite Set in Collection: Ice Station Odessy and Alphpa Centauri Outpost NAthan A. Fabro (NAte) lego collector since 1987
From: wette001@gold.tc.umn.edu (Eric Wetterlind) Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 03:23:31 GMT Name: Eric Wetterlind Age : 24 MS : Married Kids : No Education : CSci and Computer Engineering Occupation : Software engineer Number : Around 10000 (had some time to kill when wisdom teeth pulled) Sets : Around 100 or so. Favorites : Castle, Ice Planet Last Creation : A cool castle with a couple of draw-bridges (about 2'x2'x2'). It underwent a seige, though. My cat powered his way through the royal guard and made off with the princess. Took a while to find her head :) Just catching up on reading this group and a lot of people were referring to an old conveyor belt thing. I have this set (545 Conveyor station) with full instructions. Others mentioned were the London bus (760) and that rescue helicopter (480 or 770 <- one of which had an ambulance, too). They bring back memories. These sets are all from around '73-'75. My brother (avid collector, too) and I used to build space ships (fighting over the LL924 pieces from the Space Cruiser) and then put them through drop tests. The less that fell off from the highest distance won. Didn't really accomplish much, but passed the time and kept mom happy.
From: kiyose@beauty.ucsb.edu (Kiyose Ryu) Date: 27 Mar 1995 19:12:45 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara Name: Daniel Sabath Age: 23 Occupation: Inbetween schools I have a BA in Aquatic Bio and am taking time off before grad school. Oldest Set: I first got one of those firemens sets w/ the figures w/o movible arms but i don't know what happened to it...the oldest set i still have is the miniture and older version of a Galaxy Explorer look alike. BTW it is still assembled as i don't have the instructions... Number of sets: 200+ Number of pieces: ??? lots. Favorite type of set: space though they are finally geting around to my field with the aquazone...i have a rather nice mobile hanging above the dining room table ( and a very understanding SO). The model team sets also attract my $$$. Biggest pet peeve w/ lego: the reduction and combination of pieces in some sets. eg the walls in the castle sets. I don't mind specialization of pieces but making one piece that can only be used for that one thing when it could be done with a few more 1xX and 2xX's almost lost lego my business. Kids: Just me and my SO. e-mail: kiyose@peak.org kiyose@mcl.ucsb.edu
From: jalling@winboss.dk (jalling@winboss.dk)
Date: 28 Mar 95 00:14:24
Organization: WinBoss: Yet Another Point/2
Name: Niels Jalling
Age: 42
E-Mail Address: jalling@winboss.dk ( jalling@ibm.net)
Marial Status. Married for 16 years
Kids: 4 ( 3y,boy; 6y,girl; 9y,girl; 12y,boy )
Employment: Systems programmer
Location: Frederiksberg (part of Copenhagen), Denmark (Home of LEGO)
Number of sets: 0, But my kids have more than 100 ranging from basic DUPLO
to the latest Technic sets.
Oldest set: Cant say. I have played vith LEGO as long as i can remember. My
grandmother (and later my mothers sister) had a toys shop in a small town,
Hobro. My aunt was the one of the best shops to visit when looking for the
newest, and largest LEGOsets, the LEGO rep says. Unfortunately she had to close
the shop before Christmas last year (she is 78 years old).
When I was a kid, the number of different LEGO bricks was very limited. We only
had the standard bricks, later the flat bricks came. Doors and windows vere
placed in an recess in the brick, doors was 2 dots wide and 3 blocks high,
windows 2 or 4 dots wide and 2 blocks high. There vere no tubes in the bricks
to keep them together. We could go to the toys shop and buy 1 single brick !!
Lego only produced a small number of gift sets. A garage, a gas service
station, a church, a villa as far as I remember.
At the same time as introduction of the tubes in the bricks, a new style of
doors and windows with frames vas introduced. The windows came in sizes from
1*1 to large shop windows. (I have a dealers box only missing a few doors and
windows)
LEGOLAND in Billund, I have been there twice. Its nice looking place but there
are too many people visiting the relative small area. Too much time is used for
waiting.
Well this must be enough for now. I'll return with more LEGO history another
time :-)
Bye, Niels Jalling
PS: besides playing LEGO with my kids I collect and play with Meccano/Erector.
Its much easier to build a clock with :-)
From: davidric@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ricardo David ) Date: 28 Mar 1995 03:53:05 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Name: Ricardo(Rick) David Age: 24 Marital Status: Single Occupation: Finishing Master's in Mech. Engr. about to go engineer cars for the Ford Motor Company. Oldest Set: Just took a peek at my old lego collection at home and don't know what my oldest set is but probably a vintage '72-74 set. Number of Sets: No idea, just a box of stuff, but I just bought 5 new sets. Number of Pieces: No idea. Favorite Type of Set: Love the current Space Shuttle sets, just bought all of this type except the airplane/shuttle combo. Biggest Pet Peeve: Why are they making pieces that should be 6 stacked pieces as just on piece 6 pieces high. Just stared lurking around this newsgroup about a week ago and have since gone lego mad. Last weekend I went home and collected all of my old lego together. Since I will start working soon I can't wait to spend some of my new money on Lego. I hope to build a complete lego town. As a start I have my own Cape Canaveral(sp?) already with my lego buying spree last week. It feels good to know that since my lego town is just an idea in my head I can use this group as friendly resource to make it the best it can be. So much to buy so little money! -- email: r-david1@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~rd5130/rickhome.html
From: Ken Schiele <pcs@halcyon.com> Date: 29 Mar 1995 03:47:15 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Name: Ken Schiele Occupation: General Manager / Instructor at PCS-Redmond Education: BSME, Gonzaga U. 1993 (Are all the technic freaks MEs?) LEGO history: Sure, I had LEGOs when I was a kid, but through various moves, lost 'em all. The real stuff is more recent. I started working for PCS during my senior year of college. PCS was started about ten years ago in Nampa, ID by Pat McShane. For more details on present day PCS, check out: http://www.halcyon.com/pcs/pcshome.html I could go into details, but suffice it to say that PCS does alot with technic LEGOs. After finishing a DRY four-year ME program far to heavy on the theory, LEGOs were a godsend. So I've been lucky enough to say that I just about get paid to play with LEGOs. Robotic arms, 5 foot ferris wheels, and the usual bunch o' amitious LEGO projects, all for work. I am lucky. --------------------------- On another note: I saw that bruce@algol.demon.co.uk posted some info about doing some efficiency testing on worm gear gear-trains. I'm interested in having the various PCS schools continue with the testing, and would love to hear from any that have done anything in this arena. Ken S. at PCS soon to be pcsred@blarg.com
From: rsather@wimsey.com (Robin Sather) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 07:48:34 GMT Organization: Wimsey Associates Name: Robin Sather Age: 29 MS: Married (to the older sister of Tim Westcott - a regular contributor to RTL!) Kids: Nope! Occupation: Self employed computer consultant/programmer # of sets: almost 200 # of pieces: roughly 26,000 (I actually only counted 2/3 of the sets from box counts, and estimated the rest) Oldest set: Oldest set would be a small red & white freighter from 1965 (no number), although I've gots lots of really old stuff! Fave themes: Castle and Technic (but I love them all!) Fave set: probably 6077 (Forestman's River Fortress), 8880 (Super Car), but alas I love them all! Miscellaneous comments & opinions (I've wanted to respond for so long!!!): (This will probably dredge up all those old threads!) 1) You gotta love this news group! It's so refreshing to see people HAPPY for a change. Takin' it easy, having fun! Don't ever change it. 2) Keep ALL lego stuff in one newsgroup, including auctions, all themes, etc. 3) Regarding specialized vs. basic pieces; I love having lots of basic pieces, to build with bulk and size. I also love having specialized pieces, for added realism and detail. Thankfully, I can buy lots of both types of sets, especially this year, with the new freestyle sets with just 1xn's and 2xn's (set number 1715 - 400 pieces for about $15, or 1717 soon with 600!). So I don't want to hear any more complaining! 4) Regarding copying/distributing instructions; I think it's a bad idea to do anything illegal, especially right under Lego's nose! If I lost a set of instructions for a set I own, I would try to get them from Lego first, then perhaps from the net. If I simply want the instructions, I think I'm out of line going to the net for them. We should simply keep lobbying lego to reissue them in books, CD ROM or whatever. 5) Lego CAD; I've seen probably 5 "serious" attempts at this sofar. Look guys, give it up! Do you have any idea of the complexity of the task! Lego must use something in house. Again, we should lobby Lego to make it available to Lego computer maniacs (and that's us, folks!). 6) People have dissed good ole' Jeff Crites for his Castle Listing (I know this is an old thread, but anyway ...) You gotta love him! I mean that. I appreciate his Castle listing, and have used it on occasion to identify some old sets. If you don't like the listing, ignore it. I don't like the price estimates, but as he is extremely careful to point out, these are simply observations of what has actually happened on the net, so they're accurate! Keep it up, Jeff! 7) You also gotta love Todd Lehman. People like him are the backbone of this group, people. "Auczilla". What a concept. All of us, whether buying or not, drool all over our keyboards just looking at the listing (496 gold coins, 25 black horses, 48 castle corner walls ... drip, drip). You help to keep this group going. I'm looking forward to conversing. I can't believe how much money this guy must spend !! 8) Although I don't see his name as often, I think Dik Winters is the "Old man", the guru, the "Grand Poobah" of the net. He has the most info about really old stuff (ie. Fabuland in recent posts), and I'm glad he's still logging on to monitor what's going on. Anyhow, good to meet you, sir! 9) Stickers, decals, etc. Never use them, store them, look at them, but never actually stick them on. Too much hassle! My 2 cents.
From: schmitdj@cda.mrs.umn.edu (David J. Schmitz) Organization: University of Minnesota, Morris Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 22:51:48 GMT Name: David Schmitz Sex: M Age: 20 Marital status: Not technically, but practically Children: Only myself Occupation: Retired Proletarian turned Student # of sets in LEGO collection: who knows? # of LEGO pieces: about three boxes worth. Favorite theme(s): castle, of course. Favorite set(s): Galaxy Explorer, even if I have broken several pieces and lost the instructions. Current project: Building an in-scale castle on top of a rocky mountain, above a roaring sea. Needless to say, I need more pieces.
From: groves@noao.edu (Lee Groves) Date: 10 Jun 1995 23:04:00 GMT Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, USA Originator: groves@yam.tuc.noao.edu Name: Lee J Groves Sex: Male Age: 35 Marital status: Married Children: One daughter, 7, lives with her mom, but is budding lego-maniac :) Occupation: Real-time programmer, National Optical Astronomy Observatories # of sets in LEGO collection: ~10 # of LEGO pieces: 7000 (some pre 1970, working 1st generation 4.5v motor!) Favorite theme(s): Trains, Technic Favorite set(s): Claw Rig. Current project: New load-n-haul and 2nd metrostation
From: slipstick@photobooks.atdc.gatech.edu (Gordon Smith) Date: 11 Jun 1995 00:28:50 GMT Organization: Photobooks Inc Name: Gordon Smith Sex: M Age: 24 Marital status: Single Children: None Occupation: Graduate Student in Physics # of sets in LEGO collection: Easily dozens # of LEGO pieces: Easily thousands Favorite theme(s): Expert/Technic Favorite set(s): The Supercar Current project: Split between making a new version of my walker and building an abbetoir for a friend (It's so hilarious to see the lego people grinning happily, ignoring the whirling blades!!!)
From: firedog@owens.ridgecrest.ca.us (FireDog) Organization: RidgeNet - SLIP/PPP Internet, Ridgecrest, CA. (619) 371-3501 Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 02:24:17 GMT Name: Regina Franchi Sex: Female Age: 25 Marital status: Sort of Children: never Occupation: US Navy # of sets in LEGO collection: ?? # of LEGO pieces: ?? Favorite theme(s): Castle Favorite set(s): Pirate ship Current project: Building a jousting scene
From: fuesz@aps4.anl.gov (Peter L. Fuesz)
Date: 11 Jun 1995 04:51:16 GMT
Organization: Advanced Photon Source
Name: Peter L. Fuesz
Sex: Male
Age: 24
Marital status: Married
Children: 1st due in Sept.95!
Occupation: Accelerator Operator @ Argonne National Lab., Chicago, IL
# of sets in LEGO collection: ~40
# of LEGO pieces: ~40 sets worth (?)
Favorite theme(s): Castle all the way babe!
Favorite set(s): #6085 Black Monarch's Castle & #6060 Knight's Challenge
Current project: A "model train" type landscape for my Castle kingdom,
currently 3, 4x8 sheets of plywood makes up the base.
I just gained access to the net back in March, and will be here for the
long haul. I've had nothing but fun, and enjoy all the help, comments
and yes.. the auctions!!
Peter
fuesz@aps.anl.gov
| Argonne National Laboratory |
| Advanced Photon Source |
| Operations Group |
From: muhl@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Redaxe) Date: 11 Jun 1995 05:01:49 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Name: Aaron Muhl Sex: Male Age: 20 Marital status: Not if it means sharing my LEGO! Children: Maybe once I grow up..... Occupation: Junior Electrical Engineering student at Purdue University # of sets in LEGO collection: > 100 # of LEGO pieces: > 10,000 Favorite theme(s): Castle Favorite set(s): Kings castle (#?) Castle Tavern set (#?) Current project: Building moat and bailey outpost, complete with gates, trapdoors, stairs, jail, secret doors, wizard lab, and treasure room. Trying to build keep to be somewhat historically correct. Also setting up scene with adventurers looking down on massive dragon army to scan in and place on home page. Always looking for sales, that seems to be the one ongoing project! http://cernan.ecn.purdue.edu/~muhl muhl@en.ecn.purdue.edu
From: mwong@bmcwest.com (Mark Wong) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 09:15:47 UNDEFINED Organization: BMC West Corporation Name: Mark Wong Sex: Male Age: 22 Marital status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: Unix Sys Admin # of sets in LEGO collection: 50+ # of LEGO pieces: Oh, please :-) Favorite theme(s): Space -- Ice planet, Aquazone Favorite set(s): Deep Freeze Defender, Message Intercept Base Current project: Converting all blue, white, black legos into Ice Planet stuff!!! Hey, I need more heat-shield orange pieces! Since everyone hates them, they wouldn't mind trading or giving away :-) ( Never tho Legos away ) OTHER: When the Command Center came out ( the base before the Beta-1 ) I collected every set up to the introduction of the Futuron stuff (perhaps before they were called Futuron). Got back into Legos with Blacktron I and then Ice Planet/Spyrius. Mark thinks _white_ aquazone hex pieces would add alot to the Ice Planet iceburg base he want to make. ( Never spray paint Legos ) mwong@bmcwest.com BMC West Corporate HQ CIS Dept. Boise, ID Mark Wong Sys Admin
From: dbair@omni.voicenet.com (Dan Bair) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 11:11:59 LOCAL Organization: Voicenet - Internet Access - (215)674-9290 Name: Dan Bair Sex: Yeah, I enjoy it as much as Lego Age: 42 but I don't look a day over 41 Marital status: happily divorced Children: Son Sam age 4 who got me into this Occupation: Stock Broker with Merrill Lynch for 19 years. # of sets in LEGO collection: 164 # of LEGO pieces: 12,406 (Okay, I'm a little anal.) Favorite theme(s): Trains, Trains, Trains, Town, and Pirate Favorite set(s): The Metroliner - Skull's Eye Schooner Current project: A town/train set that covers 5 sheets of 4 by 8 foot plywood that fills a 12 by 20 foot room. It currently has 250 pieces of track and 64 pieces of roadway. There are three trains but only two controllers. Four level crossways and two switching tracks. I have just built the airport and thanks to Peter Cook have an airport schuttle to add to it. I bought my first Lego for Sam 8 months ago. It was the Pirate ship the Skull's Eye Schooner # 6286. It was on a rainy Sunday morning when tennis was cut short and Sam was big into pirates. I firgured that I would slap this together in an hour and Sam could play with it the rest of the day. (It took a bit longer than an hour:>), and I was doing all of the playing, but I was hooked.) Sam loves all of his pirate ships and castles. The rest was downhill from there. It any one wants to talk trains or Legos just call me at 800 964-5480. I am on the look out for any old trains or any old catlogues. Thanks Dan Bair
From: aj700@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Chris Fretwell) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 15:07:45 GMT Name: Christine Fretwell Sex: Female Age: 29 Marital status: Single Children: 2 cats Occupation: Computer programmer # of sets in LEGO collection: 70-80 # of LEGO pieces: 8000 Favorite theme(s): Castle & town Favorite set(s): Forestmen River crossing Current project: not really building, but to create a complete lego database, with every set, and every piece catalogued
From: dan@hegemon.demon.co.uk (Dan Smart) Organization: Not if I can help it Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 15:55:29 GMT Name: Dan Smart Sex: Male Age: 29 Marital status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: Programmer analyst # of sets in LEGO collection: 20+ # of LEGO pieces: ? Favorite theme(s): Technic (and possibly early space) Favorite set(s): The Car Current project: Lego computing - Roll over Babbage and Turing, I'm here, and I'm feeling silly. Also things that walk (stagger crawl etc).
From: norton@tardis.avid.com (Mark Norton)
Date: 12 Jun 1995 15:11:40 -0400
Organization: AVID Technology, Inc.
Name: Mark J. Norton
Sex: Male
Age: 40
Marital status: Married
Children: two: Cassie (11), Michael (8 + co-lego-maniac)
Occupation: Software Engineer
# of sets in LEGO collection: ~120, active since 1980.
# of LEGO pieces: kinda hard to tell, 8000+.
Favorite theme(s): I personally favor trains, technic and castle in
that order. Michael is dedicated to space models.
Favorite set(s): Load'n'Haul Railroad
Current project: I'm collecting Octan-related sets that would work
well with my trains, such as the Gas Station, Gas Transport, etc.
Other lego preferences include: I apply stickers that come with models,
but not stickers in Idea Books (Bill and Mary, for example). I sort
all my pieces in little parts drawers, which my son then proceeds to
randomize. I do not keep models assembled, except for trains. I don't
maim legos by cutting them or adding holes (but I've been tempted!).
My collection is strictly Lego-brand building bricks, but Michael has
been given one or two Megablocks sets that keep turning up with the Lego's
(aaarrgg!!! :-( ). I don't buy sets as investments, but given recent
trades with Todd Lehman, I may start. I don't mind auction updates in
r.t.l, but bandwidth is high.
In simple, I'm problably hooked for life.
From: aspect@cats.ucsc.edu (Christopher Taylor Oates) Date: 12 Jun 1995 21:55:50 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Name: Chris Oates Sex: Male Age: 22 Marital status: None Children: None Occupation: Student # of sets in LEGO collection: Lots -- All castle sets but 3, a bunch of misc. space sets going back to Galaxy Explorer, a few pirates to augment castle stuff, at least one of each Aquazone set, etc. No town but what I got for spare parts & as part of multi-packs. # of LEGO pieces: Wow. Lots. :) Favorite theme(s): Castle, space, aquazone, pirate... Favorite set(s): Any of the old big castles, the Tavern, ??? Current project: The WolfPack Castle. Combining pieces from a Wolfpack tower, Majisto's tower, Dark Dragon's Den, Rock Island Refuge and other misc. pieces to build the Wolfpack a decent home. THeir numbers have been augmented through strategic purchase of pirate sets (Renegate Runner, pirate minifigs (including the woman) the island) and duplicate Wolfpack sets. With their alliance to Edmund the Black Falcon, they are a force to be reckoned with! No more shall they be mere gypsies who followed Robert back from his mad quest north... They shall... erm... I'm getting a bit arried away here... :) p.s. I'm a set-based collector for castles. The only set I don't have built is the Dark Dragon's Den, the original of which has been used for the Wolfie Castle. The other sets for that were purchased for the sake of building it.
From: bjohnson@osprey.csrv.uidaho.edu (Beej) Date: 12 Jun 1995 23:48:49 GMT Organization: Here&Now Name: Brian Johnson sex: male age: 24 married? Will be July 29- Yahooo! (no kids for a while) occupation: Graphic designer...soon to be a student again! # sets in Lego collection: 23 # of pieces: You can guess- i don't buy many big sets (money! :^P ) favorite theme: SPACE! Space Police II and Launch Command (i know-it's Town.) favorite set: Space Police Solar Snooper & Rebel Hunter(6897). Spyrius Roboguardian(6949). current project: waiting until i can afford the cool Launch Command shuttle launch pad (6339) Beej bjohnson@osprey.csrv.uidaho.edu
From: abjanes@aol.com (ABjanes) Date: 13 Jun 1995 13:20:31 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Atle Bjanes Sex: M Age: 33 Marital status: Married - Laura - Lego enthusiast par excellence Children: David (5), Elisabet (3), Emily (1) Occupation: Engineer # of sets in LEGO collection: ? # of LEGO pieces: 11,864 Favorite theme(s): Town Favorite set(s): Old (1967-69) sets - eg. old tow truck (don't have the number here) still have all the instructions from back when I started with Lego, and, providentially, they are all in remarkably good condition! Current project: Reconstruct Pirate Ship 6285 gotten at a yard sale together with David who was _very_ excited when we got the two large buckets with Lego that included the ship. Especially since his father had banned Pirate and Castle stuff before (C'mon - we didn't have this stuff back when I was (am) a kid!)
From: ccollins@mathsun24.math.utk.edu (Charles Collins)
Date: 13 Jun 1995 18:33:12 GMT
Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Name: Chuck Collins
Sex: M
Age: 33
Marital status: M
Children: John, 4 (it is really his LEGO, yes really, no I mean it)
Occupation: Professor
# of sets in LEGO collection: 20-30
# of LEGO pieces: 5000+
Favorite theme(s): (John) Space, Aquazone, Castle, (Me) Space, Technic
Favorite set(s): whatever we last built (probably the Aquanaut Sub)
Current project: (John) Small space ships, space robots, and overly armed
space guys
(Me) Whatever John wants, mostly larger space ships
From: DFINNEY@Jetson.uh.edu (Doug Finney)
Date: 13 Jun 1995 21:39:35 GMT
Organization: Not Likely
Name: Doug Finney
Sex: X
Age: 27
Marital status: Married (7 months :)
Children: Who needs 'em when we've got each other
Occupation: Programmer/Analyst
# of sets in LEGO collection: Good question
# of LEGO pieces: Better question. I'd guess between 10,000 and 20,000.
Favorite theme(s): Model Team, Aquazone, Space, Castle, Town, Pirate, Technic
(roughly in that order)
Favorite set(s): 5590 Whirl N' Wheel Super Truck, various others run a close
second.
Current project: 1) Get everyone's K-mart clearance sets headed their way and
and get what's left organized enough to start the auction
I've been mentioning off and on since my last one ended.
2) Build all the new sets I bought for myself at K-mart. I
did get the Sail N' Fly Marina together last week but the
Imperial Trading Post, Mach II Red Bird Rig and smattering
of smaller sets should keep me busy for some time.
3) Reorganize my collection. I've _way_ outgrown the "store
various pieces in the boxes from large sets" stage which
had served me so well throughout childhood. I also keep
forgetting to see if my Galaxy Explorer instructions are
indeed under the tray in the box like I think or if they've
vanished without a trace. :O scary thought
From: fperry@infohwy.com (Fred Perry)
Date: 13 Jun 1995 21:55:08 GMT
Name: Fred Perry
Sex: Male
Age: 37
Marital status: S.O.
Children: You must be kidding, they might want to play with my Lego.
Occupation: Organ Transplant Services
# of sets in LEGO collection: 597 as of June 1, 1995
# of LEGO pieces: Too many to count.
Favorite theme(s): Town
Favorite set(s): Train, Harbor, Airport & Shuttles
Current project: Just constantly acquiring more Lego to someday finish my
Legopolis.
From: Larry Katz <74431.56@CompuServe.COM> Date: 14 Jun 1995 12:38:08 GMT Organization: via CompuServe Information Service Name: Larry Katz Sex: M Age: 29 Marital status: Single Children: Nope Occupation: Systems Analyst @ McCormick & Co. Baltimore, MD. # of sets in LEGO collection: ~150 # of LEGO pieces: "billions and billions" - C. Sagan Favorite theme(s): 1. Castle 2. Pirates 3. Technic Favorite set(s): The Super Car is just tooooo cool !! Current project: Scouring the countryside on weekends looking for old castle lego sets.
From: kjohnston@macromedia.com (Kevin Johnston) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 17:47:48 -0700 Organization: Macromedia Name: Kevin Johnston Sex: M Age: 32 (just today) Marital status: Single Children: "Self" Occupation: Software Engineer # of sets in LEGO collection: uhhhh... 600? (bad habit and I got it bad) # of LEGO pieces: tens of thousands? hundreds? Favorite theme(s): Castle (by far), Pirate, Model Team Favorite set(s): Camouflaged Outpost (first Forestmen set), Imperial Trading Post (a mere shadow of the one I REALLY want to build), Whirl 'N Wheel Super Truck, the early-90's Space Shuttle Launching Pad, the late-80's Blacktron Message Intercept Base (hasn't been a good space base since) Current project: Move to a bigger place so I can REALLY play with my Lego Favorite Childhood Lego Fantasy: the practical equivalent of an unlimited supply of Lego: any piece, any color, any time; I wanted to "wade" in Lego when I was a kid. Still do. :-)
From: Javier Ramos <Javier.Ramos@MAC.MB.WAU.NL>
Date: 14 Jun 1995 14:48:04 GMT
Organization: Wageningen Agricultural University
Roll Call?
Well, somebody can make a sociological thesis on the Roll Call material.
There is enough people even for making statistics!
E-mail: Javier.Ramos@MAC.MB.WAU.NL
Name: Javier Ramos
Age: 27
Nationality: Spaniard
Occupation: Oberkommandierender Kriegsherr... making Ph.D in
Molecular Biology in free time.
M.S.: (Or S.M.?) Multiple mess (three boyfriends and one girlfriend
at the moment. We are never bored).
Kids: Did you read the "Selfish Gene" or Heinlein?. I will clone
myself (not too many of them(me), probably they(me) will want
to be cloned themselves too...).
Cats: They use to like me. I do not care, provided they keep their nails hidden.
Number of Lego sets: 33 in the Dark Ages (1971-1978), around 140 since the
Rediscovery (1991, including things 1979-1995).
Pieces: You want them classified by type, color and date of origin?
Oldest complete set: A colourful train without motor from 1972.
Favourite set: London bus, I got it in 1974 for my 7th birthday. Never
dismounted (well, it is not true, but only part of the upper
deck). From more recent times: 6980, Galaxy Commander 1983, I
bought in a shop last September.
Favourite theme: I restarted buying Lego because of middleages Lego,
but suddenly I have found myself buying a lot of old space Lego.
Current project: I made my castle too impregnable. So, now I am
making big siege towers (I had a look at those Spyrius robots
and maybe...and those wheels...). I need more people for the
invading army. I expect 40% of casualties in the first 20
minutes.
From: michael@macros.cage.curtin.edu.au (Michael Deegan) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 95 21:02:17 GMT Organization: Chainsaws Anonymous Name: Michael Deegan Sex: Male Age: 23 Marital status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student # of sets in LEGO collection: 3 Technic, about a dozen or two of Town and Space stuff. # of LEGO pieces: Eek. Haven't counted. Not enough :-) Favorite theme(s): in order: Technic, trains, space, town. Favorite set(s): The big supercar... $-) Current project: None I'm afraid. Michael Deegan Ph +61 9 409 6261 michael@macros.cage.curtin.edu.au
From: mja@coffee.phys.unm.edu (Mary Jayne Adriaans)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 95 15:05:48 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico
Name: Mary Jayne Adriaans
Sex: F
Age: 30
Marital status: not married, not taken
Children: none (but I'm looking forward to them, someday). I do have a
2 year old niece that I have hooked on Duplo, though. :-)
Occupation: Physicist (post-doc)
# of sets in LEGO collection: 135
# of LEGO pieces: 14,000
I was inspired by the way some people in this group keep track of
their lego collections, so I thought I would see exactly what I
had. Boy was I suprised. It added up faster than I expected.
Favorite theme(s): Used to be just a space collector. Started with
Mtron and collected every space set since. So the collection is
complete from Mtron through Ice planet. But wasn't too happy with
the Spyrius line, so I started branching out. Oh, what have I
done?!! Now I'll buy any lego set that looks interesting.
Currently I'm trying to collect the Forestmen sets. Wish I had
done that when they were first out.
Favorite set(s): Blacktron II Arial Intruder. I really like the way
the little cars roll out when you open the hatch! Any Forestmen
set.
Current project: Sherwood forest (hence the need for more forestmen!)
Built a waterfall last night. Looks pretty good if you squint at
it from a distance. :-)
From: bwilliams@rrddts.donnelley.com
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 95 18:06:14 CST
Name: Brian M. Williams
Age: 29
M.S.: Married
Kids: None
Job: Senior Multimedia Developer for R.R. Donnelley & Sons in Chicago,
Illinois; A leading developer of CD-ROM catalogs, journals and
directories.
Number of sets: 135+
Oldest set: #041 "Samsonite Preschool Bricks", 001 "Gears"
Favorite System: Train & Castle
Favorite set in collection: #6074 "Black Falcon's Fortress" and #6054
"Forestmen's Crossing"
Why I like collecting: I have wanted a Lego train layout since the
Christmas of 1978 or 1979 when, as a boy, I
saw an enormous Lego train display at Marshall Fields on State Street.
But the trains didn't arrive in the US for several years, and by then
I was into scale railroading. As an adult, now, I am pursuing my
childhood dream and building a Provincial Railroad layout out of Lego.
I also collect the truly adorable Castle line.
From: tvattima@ix.netcom.com (Timothy F. Vattima ) Date: 16 Jun 1995 02:18:16 GMT Organization: Netcom Name: Tim Vattima Sex: M Age: 28 Marital status: Married Children: 1 boy - 16 months old - Christopher - future heir to my collection Occupation: Computer Consultant (see my post on my Lego Database!) # of sets in LEGO collection: 680 # of LEGO pieces: >79000 Favorite theme(s): Town, Train Favorite set(s): Technic Super Car, Main Street, "Crocodile" Electric Locomotive. Current project: Moving into my new house!
From: jpritter@caliban.Princeton.EDU (Justin Ritter)
Date: 20 Jun 1995 16:43:12 GMT
Organization: Princeton University
Name: Justin Ritter
Sex: M
Age: 19
Married: Nope, not for a while
Occupation: Sophomore physics major at Johns Hopkins
# of sets: Around 50
# of pieces: 5000-6000
Favorite Theme: Castle (of course) and most of the Town stuff
Favorite Set: I guess if I just had to pick one it would be my
King's Castle set I got a while back. It was the
first one (I think) of the big gray castles, and it
was also the last set I got (until recently)
I've been out of Lego for a while. I've always wanted all
of those cool sets that have come out in the last five years
or so since I stopped getting Lego (especially the big
pirate ships). But I never had the money to buy them, and
my parents wouldn't have gotten them any more since I was
"too old". Recently, though, my summer job has given me a
lot of time to snoop around the net and when I found RTL it
rekindled the Lego fire. I'm just hoping I don't spend
too much of my summer earning on sets (I guess I'll just
have to go without books next year :)
While I'm at it, anyone out there know of a good way to win
my girlfriend over to the Lego side. We had fun putting
together the Rocky River Retreat (title?) but she isn't
completely hooked yet :)
From: jeff@jeff.teubner.com (The Nephilim)
Date: 20 Jun 1995 19:22:33 GMT
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK
Name: Jeff Thompson
Sex: M
Age: 27
Marital status: Married
Children: two (btw: grandchildren: 1 <g>)
Occupation: Windows and OS/2 software development
# of sets in LEGO collection: 80+
# of LEGO pieces: I may never know
Favorite theme(s): 1. Space 2. Castle 3. Space 4. Soldiers 5. The Rest: *1
Favorite set(s): 6950 Rocket Transport, and 6175 Crystal Explorer. *2
Current projects: 1. Getting ready to modify 6954 more to my liking. (Thanks
Margo!)
2. Dreaming about 6077 so that I can add it to my
'favorite' list.
*1 I thought about mentioning 'Space' a few more times, or breaking Space
down by year, but that's an exercise best left for other messages.
*2 Curiously, these are also my most recent sets. Tell you something? :-)
jeff@teubner.com "132 Interlocking Pieces"
[forwarded by Zachary S. Tseng --- DAK] From: kcameron@WOLFE.net (Kip Cameron) Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 23:25:03 +0000 Name: Kenneth Cameron (kcameron@wolfe.net) Sex:M Age:28 Marital status: Single Children:0 Occupation: Advertising Agency Owner # of sets in LEGO collection: Mixed open sets # of LEGO pieces: +/- 10,000 Favorite theme(s): Anything with big buildings, Police Favorite set(s): all Current project:none
From: lukeduff@inlink.com (Luke Duff) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 15:18:09 GMT Organization: inlink Name: Luke Duff Sex: M Age: 22 Marital status: Single Children: Nope, but I have a seven year old brother that I'm trying to introduce to the wonders of Lego Occupation: Graphics Consultant # of sets in LEGO collection: 20 or so plus yard sales extras # of LEGO pieces: approx 5000 Favorite theme(s): Town Favorite set(s): I'm really into Octan stuff! Current project: Just got the train and my girlfriend and I are building a station for it. Wish I could get my hands on that Metrostation.
From: eahg199@aldebaran.oac.uci.edu (Keith Watanabe) Date: 6 Jul 1995 22:58:21 GMT Organization: University of California, Irvine Name: Keith Watanabe Collecting since: 1977(?) Number of pieces: ~25000-30000 Favorite themes: Castle, Town, Space, Aquazone Favorite sets: Fire stations, Starfleet Voyager Comments: Well, I feel like an old timer to this except when I discovered how long LEGO has been around. Right now, I'm trying to build up my collection into ludicrous levels (though compared to when LEGO brings their stuff, my collection looks tiny indeed). One One of my goals is to have my room pervade LEGO. Right now, I ran out of space on the desks and cabinet. Unfortunately though, I doubt my parents will have any desire to let me place my stuff around the house and I have no basement. Another goal is to re-create a place set similar to JJR Tolkien's Gondalin (wasn't that the enormous city-fortress with a castle mounted on top of a mountain?). The other goal is to create a situation similar to Macross except that none of the vehicles can transform into towering robots. Because of my interests in RPGs (esp AD&D), I'm attempting to create a Battlesystem setting using LEGO, minatures, and natural building blocks (no, not those you disgusting pervert!). However, since I lack many of the forestmen series, a natural outdoors setting will be difficult to create. Future ideas: Castle: Hopefully, LEGO will produce a village setting with Inn, farms, shops, etc. Town: An archology. Space: Anything but built with more stability as opposed to the Unitron sets. Aquazone: No Abyss!!!!!!! -- eahg199@ea.oac.uci.edu or kwatanab@clyde.ics.uci.edu
From: west@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Brenden M. West)
Date: 14 Jul 1995 00:01:32 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Name: Brenden M. West
Gender: male
Age: 23
Location: Champaign, IL
E-mail address: west@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (soon to be beowulf@prairienet.org)
Marital status: engaged (wedding = June 1996)
Children: none
Occupation: soon to be an English teaching (if someone hires me this
summer)
# of sets in LEGO collection: alot
# of LEGO pieces: a whole lot
First LEGO set: Legoland Main Street (I still have it too!)
Favorite theme(s): Pirate, Castle
Favorite set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner & Black Seas Barracuda
Current project: as soon as I move, I want to build a Pirate ship w/
all the middle sections from SES and BSB and hopefully with two full
decks: one cannon deck below, and the main deck above. Then, I want to
add retracted wings to the ship, thus creating a fantasy flying ship. If
anyone has any ideas on how to build really big wings with little to
no technic pieces let me know.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: my yellow castle & knight's tournament (I
think that's the name, it's from the same generation as the yellow castle.)
Other: Happily, I moving into a bigger apartment in two weeks, at
which time I intend to get a large folding table (~$30 at Sams) to use
for lego building.
--
Brenden West
west@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
From: bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig)
Organization: Starfleet Headquarters: San Francisco
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 01:42:18 GMT
Sender: bskendig@netcom5.netcom.com
Name: Brian Kendig
Gender: Yes
Age: 24
Location: Redwood City (mid-SF Bay-area)
E-mail address: bskendig@netcom.com
Marital status: Nope
Children: Uh-uh
Occupation: Software engineer
# of sets in LEGO collection: 100?
# of LEGO pieces: 12000-15000?
First LEGO set: A little blue truck with red scooper, 1974
Favorite theme(s): Town (Train)
Favorite set(s): 487 Space Cruiser
Current project: Planning a big Lego train layout
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Having LOTS of old sets!
--
Brian Kendig
bskendig@netcom.com
ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/bs/bskendig/home.html
From: ssbb@halcyon.com (Shawnee and Bryan) Date: Sat, 15 Jul 95 02:26:31 GMT Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. Name: Shawnee Sutton Gender: Female Age: 24 Location: Seattle, Wa. E-mail address: ssbb@halcyon.com Marital status: married Children: none Occupation: Program Specialist for a career development center # of sets in LEGO collection: I've never counted # of LEGO pieces: Ditto from above First LEGO set: Hospital from 1977 Favorite theme(s): Castle Favorite set(s): Love 'em all Current project: Battle ready castle; full of spikes, traps, etc. Greatest claim to LEGO fame: a great hall akin to the one in Beowulf.
From: robyn@math.ucr.edu (robyn deike)
Date: 14 Jul 1995 16:25:14 -0700
Organization: University of California, Riverside (Dept. of Mathematics)
Name: Robyn Deike (robyn@math.ucr.edu)
Sex: female
Age: 26
Marital status: cohabitated
Children: none
Occupation: grad. student in math
# of sets in LEGO collection: Sigh, not nearly as many as it used to be.
I had some of my Legos mailed out to my new home and UPS delivered
them to the house 2 blocks away. I never saw them again. I did get
financial compensation, but it just wasn't the same. The box also
had some of my best sports cards. Sigh.
# of LEGO pieces: I think they'd fit into 2 basic set buckets. I need more.
Favorite theme(s): everything but space (that's second favorite).
Favorite set(s): Coastal Patrol. I want a train.
Current project: Sorting, trying not to build anything until after qual's.
Past projects: Pneumatic drawbridge for my castles. Lately only small
artsy displays (now showing is an environmental piece: idyllic grassy
scene with animals, plants, and dozens of minifigs crowded onto a
platform overlooking it). I broke down and bought pink Legos at the
big Ic 'N' Save sale; I'll use them to make some transvestite minifigs.
Impressive Lego I've seen: my friends' rendition of the Bayeux tapestry.
-Robyn
robyn@math.ucr.edu
From: cgallagher@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu Date: 17 Jul 95 10:53:03 -0500 Organization: Georgetown University Name: Colin Gallagher Gender: Male Age: 26 Location: Washington, DC E-mail address: cgallagher@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu Marital status: cohabitating Children: none Occupation: Systems Engineer/Computer Consultant # of sets in LEGO collection: 20 # of LEGO pieces: please don't make me count! First LEGO set: Yellow castle I got for X-mas at age 7 Favorite theme(s): Pirate, Castle Favorite set(s): Any of the 62xx ships Current project: a) trying to complete my pirate collection b) a craving for all lego aquatic animals Greatest claim to LEGO fame: not storing all my Forestmen sets when I joined the Navy. My younger brothers procededed to claim them as their own and take all my lego with them when they moved overseas a few years ago. Colin R. Y. Gallagher CGALLAGHER@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu Copyright, Colin R. Y. Gallagher, 1995. Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is available to Microsoft for $1000. Posting without permission constitutes an agreement to these terms.
From: Julie Oehler Schott <julie.schott@symbios.com> Date: 18 Jul 1995 19:23:49 GMT Organization: Symbios Logic Name: Julie Schott Gender: Female Age: 32 Location: Colorado Springs, CO E-mail address: julie.schott@symbios.com Marital status: married Children: Never Occupation: Firmware Engineer # of sets in LEGO collection:
From: jo@smokey.DIALix.oz.au (Jo Brock)
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 09:04:48 GMT
Reply-To: jo@smokey.DIALix.oz.au (Jo Brock)
Name: Jo Brock
Gender: female
Age: 34
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
E-mail address:jbrock@adelaide.dialix.oz.au
Marital status:yes
Children: 2 boys - 2 and 5
Occupation: reg. nurse, mum
# of sets in LEGO collection: 30
# of LEGO pieces: ?
First LEGO set: basic sets, then a little white house with
a blue roof and a little grey car.
(still have it but lost instructions)
Favorite theme(s): Town, (incl train, harbour, paradisa)
Favorite set(s): Paradisa horse ranch
Current project(s): Creation of a very busy equestrian complex using
as many horses and horse-related sets I can
find.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: setting up all my town lego,
equestrian project as above
From: dennylynn@aol.com (Denny Lynn) Date: 12 Jun 1995 06:36:09 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Denny (Denise) Friis & Frank Zahrt III Sex-yes we have it-sorry couldn't resist.Denny's female, Frankie's male Age-Denny-almost 26; Frankie 26 Marital Status-we've been happy w/ each other for 7+ years -so why ruin a good thing. Besides marriage certificates cost money that we can spend on lego:). You have to have your priorities in order. Children-no we aren't ready to share our lego, yet. I still have a hard time convincing Frankie he has extra pieces to his trains that I REALLY need for my castles. Occupation-Denny rodeo clown for the tire mounting area of Sam's Club (part of Wal-mart but I don't get a Wal-mart discount:( ). Frankie lead at Circuit City roadshop (car stereo alarm installs). Basically we're corporate slaves. # of sets in lego collection-one large china cabinet full of castles stuff, one dining room table of train stuff, miscellaneous models scattered around the house, a couple or three rubbermaid containers full of parts-how many is that? Did anyone count? # of lego pieces-please refer to above answer Favorite themes-Denny castle Frankie trains Favorite sets-Black Monarch's Castle (recieved for 23rd B-day) this was my 1st lego set (for you Non-Castle Geek Number Crunchers NCGNC it's set 6085). I'm not sure Frankie has a favorite. Current project-stealing Frankie's pieces :) Other interests-Frankie's a private pilot:) Denny's scared of small planes:(. Computers, Muscle cars, SCA - does anyone out there know of a cheap hobby? Pets-LOTS-rule one if it shows up feed it & name it-Currently feeding 8 or so cats 8 kittens-anyone want one? 3 dogs, 2 puppies & a horse. (Did I mention Frankie brings home strays?) Other members of household-Donna (24) Denny's little sister. She thinks we're kinda nuts & has little interest in legos except helping younger brother to build his. Cars-'66 GTO convertible, '66 Tempest hardtop, '67 Firebird convertible, '63 Falcon Futura convertible, '63 Falcon hardtop, '68? Falcon slightly(hehe) modified, '87 Ford F-150 pu, assorted lego cars. Disclaimer-I have know idea what's running today-Frankie has been known to swap perfectly good engines between cars because he was bored. He's not happy unless he's taking something apart or putting it together. I guess that's why he likes lego. More info than anyone wanted or needed (sorry). From: dennylynn@aol.com (Denny Lynn) Date: 20 Jul 1995 07:45:17 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Denny Lynn Friis Gender:Female (denny is denise not dennis) this question was more fun when it was sex Age: 26 on Monday Location: down the street from Matt V. (orlando, fl) E-mail address: Denny Lynn @ AOL Marital status: mostly Children: nope birth control's still legal & I'm still not ready Occupation: Tire Mounting Customer Service @ Sam's Club # of sets in LEGO collection: china cabinet full & assorted boxes of unbuilt things # of LEGO pieces: If you want to know come count them - I'm busy playing w/ them:) First LEGO set:Black Monarch's Castle Favorite theme(s): CASTLE CASTLE CASTLE trains Favorite set(s): BMC & any catapult except the dragon throwing up Current project: trading Donna (my little sis) for Matt V's legos :) Greatest claim to LEGO fame: taking donna to matt's lego party Imaginary pieces- The lego whale (a piece I apparently only dreamed of & didn't realise wasn't real until I posted about wanting one.)
From: wizard@merlin.powernet.co.uk (Mr & Mrs T Toovey) Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 08:59:53 GMT Organization: Power Internet Ltd Reply-To: wizard@merlin.powernet.co.uk Name: John Toovey Gender: male Age: 31 Location: Milton Keynes, England E-mail address:Wizard@merlin.powernet.co.uk Marital status:Married Children:one Occupation:Car hire executive # of sets in LEGO collection:100 ish # of LEGO pieces:? I don't know. First LEGO set:cargo airplane Favorite theme(s):Castle Favorite set(s): Current project:Collecting old castle sets John Toovey wizard@merlin.powernet.co.uk
From: quinlanr@darwin.biology.QueensU.CA (Roberto Quinlan) Date: 22 Jul 1995 16:42:24 GMT Organization: Queen's University, Kingston Name: Roberto Quinlan Gender: male Age: 23 Location: home is Dundas, Ontario, school is Kingston, Ontario E-mail address: quinlanr@darwin.biology.queensu.ca Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: graduate student # of sets in LEGO collection: can't recall, about 50-60 First LEGO set: the space ship that looks like a mini Galaxy Explorer Favourite theme(s): castle, town Favourite set(s): Current project: hoping to find an apartment with enough space so that I can finally bring my LEGO out of my parent's garage, after 8 years of LEGO-less existence Claim to LEGO fame: Don't know if this is fame, but I have almost all of the early space LEGO sets. Only lacking Galaxy Explorer. Roberto Quinlan quinlanr@darwin.biology.queensu.ca
From: smdailey@smdailey.seanet.com (Stephen Dailey) Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 02:17:43 GMT Organization: OSD, Inc. Name: Stephen Dailey Gender: male Age: 28 Location: Woodinville, Washington E-mail address: smdailey@smdailey.seanet.com Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: civil engineer # of sets in LEGO collection: more than 7; exact number unknown First LEGO set: universal set, model number unknown; sometime around 1971 Favourite theme(s): Technic Favourite set(s): Technic 8062 (that is, until I can afford the Super Car!) Current project: dump truck with power take-off for tilt mechanism Claim to LEGO fame: two pre-Technic "Expert Builder" sets (960 and 961) Stephen Dailey Woodinville, Washington USA smdailey@smdailey.seanet.com
From: SDM52563@pcvan.or.jp Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 01:54:28 GMT Organization: PC-VAN, Japan. Name: Teruhiko Shinohara Gender: male Age: 34 Location: Japan,Hokkaido E-mail address: SDM52563@pcvan.or.jp Marital status: married (2 years) Children: son (age 1) Occupation: Managing Director of Lumber Factory # of sets in LEGO collection: 50+ # of LEGO pieces: ? First LEGO set: basic blocks of 25 years ago Favorite theme(s): Model Team & Technic Favorite set(s): 5550(I bought in London,I can't buy this set in Japan.) Current project: Getting the Model Team sets that are not bought in Japan. Greatest claim to LEGO fame: I am telling My friends(like Legos) r.t.l. :). Other: My son likes Duplos. Thank you. Terry
From: jlammiman@cix.compulink.co.uk ("John Lammiman")
Organization: Compulink Information eXchange
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 22:46:14 GMT
Name: John Lammiman
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Location: Northampton, Great Britain
E-mail address: jlammiman@cix.compulink.co.uk
Marital status: Married
Children: 1, Claire aged 7 who is my chief assistant and into Belville
Occupation: Computer Engineer turned Purchasing Manager
# of sets in LEGO collection: Technic = 16, Town = 3 Trucks, Castle = 1 +
3 Minifig sets
# of LEGO pieces: Haven't counted
First LEGO set: Of my own - 8042, but I worked my way through Claire's
Duplo and Basic Lego first.
Favorite theme(s): Technic and now Castle and Town. You guys have a lot
to answer for. I just had to have a skeleton and some knights.
Favorite set(s): I guess the 8880 Supercar and 8856 Helicopter... at the
moment
Current project: The new 8422 motorbike
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: None yet but I'll continue to work on it.
From: stroker@picard.cs.wisc.edu (Mark Stokosa)
Date: 5 Aug 1995 11:57:06 GMT
Organization: Rotor Air Service
Name: Mark Stokosa
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Location: Stevens Point, WI or Madison, WI
E-mail address: stokosa@cae.wisc.edu
Marital status: Single, but spoken for
Children: None as of yet
Occupation: Student, factory laborer over summer (Ack!)
# of sets in LEGO collection: 40-60
# of LEGO pieces: Enough to fill two standard-size paper boxes
First LEGO set: Not sure, but it may be an Exxon gas station,
circa 1980
Favorite theme(s): None, really; I buy for parts
Favorite set(s): Black Falcon's Fortress, the pinnacle of
affordable housing for lesser nobles
Current project: Making the Rotor Air Service WWW pages
(bios of characters, pictures of vehicles,
price scale for services offered, etc.)
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Co-creating the Rotor Air Service--the rowdiest
no-job-too-illegal Lego mercenary company
around
The RAS was created about six or seven years ago by myself and an uncle of
mine. He started me on building helicopters for various unsavory Lego
characters, and from there it took on a life of its own. The company has
existed in many different forms over the years, with only its setting
(an undisclosed island in the Caribbean) and a few central characters
remaining constant. The members of the RAS range from a bo-wielding chief
tech/bartender ("Mr. Clean and his staff will be pleased to serve you.")
to a financial consultant who was kicked off of Wall Street for making
investment choices that were a bit...too good. All in all, the RAS has
been the single best interactive storytelling device I've ever encountered.
Which brings up a question: Does anyone else use Lego people to role-play?
If so, how? My uncle and I worked well together, as both of us controlled
characters on both sides of the conflicts that had a way of happening. We
were both committed to realism, so logic usually prevailed over "I shot you
first" arguments. Alas, he moved out a few years ago, so I've just been
maintaining the Service and having it ready to play with for when he visits.
For those of you interested in getting an idea of what a RAS member looks
like, here's the standard uniform: white pants with black belt, pirate-theme
imperial torso with blue sleeves, black gloves, unique face, and head
covering of choice. Of course, seeing as it IS a mercenary company,
deviations from standard uniform are more common than strict adherence to it.
Enough of my fantasy world. This post is in response to the six hours of
smiling that stumbling upon this 'froup has caused. Even though you're all
just selfishly pursuing your own love of a deceptively simple plastic toy,
thank you anyway.
Mark
PS- I had no idea a "Forest Wench" was so rare. After hearing mention of her
in a few unrelated posts, I realized that I had purchased the Foresters'
River Crossing completely by accident a number of years ago. I went into my
people box, and sure enough, there she was. The upshot of all this is that
one, she and I have been reading posts together on rtl for the last two
hours, and two, no, I will NOT trade her. Play well. :)
http://www.engr.wisc.edu/~stokosa/
From: closr@ix.netcom.com (Elaine Wilson ) Date: 10 Aug 1995 16:32:02 GMT Organization: Netcom Name: Elaine Gender: F Age: 22 Mental age/status of inner child: Hard one to answer; my inner child prefers toys and books meant for the ages of 4 through 8, but my mental age is a different thing entirely. Location: St. Pete, Florida E-mail address: closr@ix.netcom.com Marital status: single Children: should be heard and seen. No, I don't have any. Occupation: Desktop Publishing Professional (whatever.) # of sets in LEGO collection: ten or so # of LEGO pieces: a thousand, I suppose, averaging 100 per set? First LEGO set: a Universal Building Set. I had it up until a couple of years ago when my heartless parents gave it to Goodwill. Favorite theme(s): Castle and Pirates Favorite set(s): That I have, Dark Dragon's Den. In the world, all of them. Current project: Eating a chicken sandwich Greatest claim to LEGO fame: I have an early Space guy (all white, red hands, planet on chest) who enters all my other temporally displaced models, rather Quantum-Leap-ily. He's quite well-known throughout my dining room. Other (non-LEGO) interests: I answered this already, and I almost started a Mac vs. IBM war, so I'm not going to do it again!
From: psoohoo@q.continuum.net (Patrick J. Soo Hoo II)
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 03:50:10 GMT
Organization: Continuum Communications Inc.
Name: Patrick Soo Hoo II (it sucks to start your life as a sequel ;_;)
gender: male, with infatuation for lesbianism
age: 22
location: Connecticut
e-mail address: psoohoo@q.continuum.net
marital status: Single
children: maybe never
occupation: recent college gradaute. (i.e. unemployed)
# sets in LEGO collection: ~30-40
# pieces: rough estimate at ~2000 (?)
first set: The claw-backed space vehicle, piloted by a Red space
figure (this is 6822 in Europe)
favorite theme: Space! ^_^
favorite set: The Galaxy Explorer and Galaxy Commander, neither of
which I ever owned, so they became holy grails to me. Space Supply
Station and Cosmic Fleet Voyager, of the sets I own.
current project: Cleaning up those long-unused things and making
repairs to broken pieces after a recent visit by young cousins.
("hurricane Corey and Theodore") Making tearful decision about
whether to sell these beloved old bricks.
greatest claim to fame: Having the most "advanced" weapon craft
designs and best color-coordination in the lego wars of junior high
school, with hard points, reactive armor and ability to be quickly
modified into multiple configurations (depending on the mission) by
changing removable parts stored at the bases. The rugged "Turtle"
series was our side's battle saint of the ground war, with the "Dragon
Turtle" the most feared ground vehicle around. Air and Space duties
were handled by the armored all-purpose "Starlite" interceptor series
(my personal favorite ones ever..don't you wish you were smart enough
to take pictures of long lost designs? ;_;).
But we lost the war because there weren't enough "good" pieces left to
make decent secondary vehicles to support the prima donnas. ^_^
other interests: video games, drawing, reading, movies
Pat
From: ophelia@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Dawn Allen) Date: 8 Sep 1995 10:26:03 -0400 Organization: University of Michigan Computing Club (UMCC) Name: Dawn Gender: Female Age: 23 Location: Orlando, FL E-mail address: ophelia@umcc.umcc.umich.edu Marital status: Single but Living With Boyfriend Children: None Occupation: Purchasing Agent # of sets in LEGO: About 15-20 if you count little ones # of LEGO pieces: Enough to mostly fill a 5-gallon bucket First LEGO set: That I don't have anymore: some small basic set That I do have: Magic Shop Favorite theme(s): Castle, Pirates (forestmen, islanders) Favorite set(s): Don't have one yet Current project: Amassing more lego, just starting to collect again Greatest claim: Saddest Lego love story (I posted it)
From: Dave Michelson <dmichels@execpc.com>
Date: 9 Sep 1995 05:23:14 GMT
Organization: Alpha.net -- Milwaukee, WI
Name: Dave Michelson
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Location: Brown Deer, WI
E-mail address: dmichels@execpc.com
Marital status: divorced
Children: two wonderful boys! (Ben-7 Sam-5)
Occupation: MIS Director
# of sets in LEGO: 100-200, I'm just not sure, but I have all the
instructions so I'll have to add them up one day.
# of LEGO pieces: ?
First LEGO set: 6268 - Renegade Runner, purchased in 1994 for my
boy Ben. After that I was addicted! (So are my
"babies")
Favorite theme(s): boys love Castle - I like town, train,Castle -All!
Favorite set(s): It keeps changing!
Current project: Building a second level to our Train set-up
Greatest claim: None - although my collection is pretty
interesting.
Other Interests: Performed professionally as a comedy magician
("insult comedian") for business groups for 27
years. Retired from that last year to devote more
time to Ben and Sam. Investing in an up-and-coming
Magician who is breaking all box office records in a
Casino in Atlantic City.
From: THGroves@micron.net (Troy Groves) Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 13:17:11 -0700 Organization: Micron Internet Services Name: Troy Gender: male Age: 24 Location: Nampa, ID E-mail address: thgroves@micron.net Marital status: married Children: 1 boy, born 8/30/95 :) Occupation: Information Retreval Services (librarian) # of sets in LEGO: 50-100 # of LEGO pieces: several thousands First LEGO set: garage sale shoebox Favorite theme(s): castle and space, but i collect all Favorite set(s): 1715 400 bricks Current project: building a giant castle Greatest claim: building starships that take up my entire coffee table Name: Kristi Gender: female Age: 23 Location: Nampa, ID E-mail address: thgroves@micron.net Marital status: married Children: 1 boy, born 8/30/95 Occupation: speech communications major # of sets in LEGO: 8 # of LEGO pieces: several thousands First LEGO set: a redcross ambulance Favorite theme(s): town Favorite set(s): a yellow castle is what I have always wanted Current project: collecting city sets to build a train layout Greatest claim: giving birth to a perfect 5 pound, 1 ounce baby boy!
From: lewis@oscar.teclink.net (Lewis Beard) Date: 12 Sep 1995 14:05:07 GMT Organization: TECLink Internet Services: info@TECLink.Net Name: Lewis W. Beard Gender: Male Age: 28 Location: Jackson, Mississippi, USA E-mail: lewis@teclink.net Marital Status: Single, never been married Children: None Occupation: Programmer/Analyst # of sets in LEGO: about 50, of which about 20 are the non-small sets # of LEGO pieces: unknown First LEGO SET: some of the early space or possibly a giant construction kit with treads and motors .. I forget which was first. Fave Theme(s): Castle Lego. I like all the others too, however Fave Sets: Black Knight's Castle, Forestmen's River Fortress, Royal Knights Castle (love the new skeletons) Current Project: Break down all castle lego sets into components, divide lego men into 9 factions (falcon dudes, lion dudes, forestmen, royal knights, wolfpacks, black knights, dragon master warriors + dragons, majisto wizards + mercanaries on horseback, and undead legions (ghosts with swords and skeletons in black knight EQ), and building 9 factional bases for each group and photo- graphing them and putting them on my web page. :) Greatest Claim: Working on it ..... :) Lewis -- Lewis Beard lewis@teclink.net http://oscar.teclink.net/~lewis
From: rasta@PEAK.ORG (Eric Pilcher) Date: 16 Sep 1995 09:46:04 -0700 Organization: KallistiMUD - telnet mud.PEAK.ORG 4000 Name: Eric Pilcher Gender: Male Age: (How about instead:) DOB: 05/22/72 (requires less updating and reminds people to buy me LEGO gifts annually around 5/22) Mental age/status of inner child: I'm just a silly adult Location: Atlanta, GA E-mail address: rasta@peak.org Marital status: Married Children: None Occupation: Civil Engineer (still looking for work) # of sets in LEGO collection: lotz 'n' lotz # of LEGO pieces: zoggin' lotz 'n' lotz First LEGO set: 588 Police Headquarters Favorite theme(s): Castle, Pirate Favorite set(s): Imperial Trading Post Current project: Find a job to finance more LEGO Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Used a LEGO auction to help finance wedding Other (non-LEGO) interests: My Wife Mountain/Wilderness hiking/camping/backpacking Mudding (KallistiMUD) Dragons Fantasy Gaming (mainly D&D and Bloodbowl) -- -Eric: rasta@PEAK.ORG, gt7282c@prism.gatech.edu | http://www.peak.org/~rasta
From: martha83@aol.com (Martha 83)
Date: 16 Sep 1995 15:36:00 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Reply-To: martha83@aol.com (Martha 83)
Name: Martha Brummett
Gender: female
Age: 42 DOB: 12/10/52
Mental age: 16 (it does not go any higher (emotional age: 2?))
Location: Denver, Colorado
E-mail address:martha83@aol.com
Marital status:committed (11 years)
Children: cat, guinea pig, gerbil, hamster, mouse, 2 hedgehogs
Occupation: accountant
# of sets in LEGO collection: 60(?)
# of LEGO pieces: ?
First LEGO set: Basic Box 555, gift of friends Kathryn & Tetsu
Favorite theme(s): Pirates (of Penzance), Castle (Ruddigore),
Town (of Titipu)
Favorite set(s): Knight's Challenge, Metro Station
Current project(s): costuming of minifigs as Marx Bros., musical
instruments, all leading up to construction
of Lego theatre, which at this point is going
to resemble Central City Opera House more
than Front Street Theatre, due to large
population of scruffy & redundant male
minifigs, who will do as miners in the house.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: creation of faun minifig
Other (non-LEGO) interests: opera, mysteries, exotic animals,
astrology, Celtic religion & culture,
word puzzles, Neil Rubenking's
fantastic program BREKDOWN
Martha Brummett
Denver, Colorado
Martha83@aol.com
LEGO: DU-- BV-- TO+3 BO TR PA++ SP-- CA+++1
PI++2 AQ TC+ #+ S++ LS Hs F6060 M+ YB52f
From: botkin@pgh.nauticom.net ([Botkin]) Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 22:30:51 GMT Organization: Nauticom - Internet Access Provider Name: Kira Botkin Gender: Female Age: 11 going on 12 Mental age/status of inner child: Somewhere nearing four Location: Pittsburgh, Pa E-mail address:botkin@pgh.nauticom.net Marital status:Are you kidding?? Children: five: Boots, Tink, Frankie, Ginger, Oink (eat cat/dog/guinea pig food, worse than real kids. Real kids don't need scrathing posts and don't eat toilet paper rolls) Occupation: Seventh Grader, little sister to 15-yr old Ellen # of sets in LEGO collection:10 or so (hey, I'm new at this!) # of LEGO pieces: I don't want to even think about it, mom says way too many First LEGO set: Basic set with gears in it, #??? Favorite theme(s):all Castle, Islanders Favorite set(s):Skeleton Surprise (just got it today!) Current project:Green Kingdom (see http://www.nauticom.net/users/botkin) Greatest claim to LEGO fame: least amount of sets on the newsgroup? Other (non-LEGO) interests: herpetology (a black brick to all who can define it not out of the dictionary), Writing (look for me at the Pulitzer award show!), InterNetting, Singing, playing with my "kids" and my friends Shalom, Kira -- Botkin
From: andrews.76@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ryan Andrews) Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 05:50:09 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Name: Ryan M. Andrews Gender: Male Age: 21 Mental Age: varies greatly, younger (12 or so) when with my legos, older (74, when dealing with the ever so competent schedulers at ohio state...i.e.."no I can't take that class then, I work then, you see I have to work to go to school, you know....etc, etc") Location: Columbus, OH E-Mail Address: Woah! Get ready: 1) andrews.76@osu.edu 2) andrews@cis.ohio-state.edu 3)111111.1150@compuserve.com 4) 70004.1200@compuserve.com 5)randrews@csi.compuserve.com Marital Status: Single, but still with girlfriend after over a year and a half Children: sort of, My girlfriend and I babysit her 2 year old cousin, who looks just like us. Occupation: Student, and Compuserve Customer Service # Sets - 13, and growing rapidly # pieces - Many... Three of my thirteen include Royal Knights Castle, the Black Knight's Castle and the Firebreathing Fortress First Lego set - long ago, I had many, the first two castles and a lot of the original space stuff, but it was all given to charity when I was in high school. Favorite theme -Castle by a mile! Favorite set - Black Kinght's Castle, but if I get hold of some of those forestmen.... Current project -Getting a hold of Forestman (I will take any, and make good money too, so let me know!!!!!!! Please!!! Lego fame - Still haunting my dreams, but If I do aquire some forestmen, Then I will have reached lego fame as far as I'm concerned. Non Lego Interests: Girlfriend, Computers, Roleplaying Games (Mainly Vampire..( I'm still waiting for the Gothic Lego sets (in my dreams...)), mainly the live action version of which I am in charge of the Columbus campaign (60 players in all), Anthropology and primate studies, Writing and Literature, and the two coolest tv shows in the world: The Simpsons, and The X-Files (can't wait for both premeres!!!!)
From: mommeeee@aol.com (Mommeeee) Date: 17 Sep 1995 12:48:32 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Donna Politzi Gender: F Age: 29 Mental age: varies Location: upstate NY Email: Mommeeee@aol.com (soon to be terminated), Mommeeee@knighted.com Marital status: married 6 years Children: 4 yo boy and 2 yo girl (yes they love legos!) Occupation: see email # of sets: only 4 :( , though have about 5 duplo sets # of pieces: not enough :D First lego set: Pizza to Go Favorite theme: Pirate, Castle, Town Favorite set: oooh, tough one. Maybe Enchanted Island Current project: Trying to locate Town Main Street set to use for therapy for my son (he's autistic) Greatest claim to lego fame: working on that one...... Other non-lego interests: reading, school volunteer, internetting
From: hughesj@ucbeh.san.uc.edu Date: 17 Sep 95 14:02:21 EST Organization: University of Cincinnati Name: Jim Hughes Gender: M Age: 31 Mental age: Not very old, apparently Location: Cincinnati, Ohio E-Mail: hughesj@ucbeh.san.uc.edu Marital status: Married Children: 3 (Andy 5.5, Amanda 2.5, Alex 1) and they all play with legos of some sort Occupation: Intensive care unit pharmacist #lego sets: approx 50 #lego pieces: alot First lego set: As a child I remember a "basic" set (125) and the 420 rescur unit (ca. 1974-5). As an adult my first set was Technic universal set 8034 (ca 1990). Favorite theme: 1. Technic, 2. Trains Favorite sets: 8880 Super Car, 8854 Power Crane 8838 Shock cycle and maybe the Freight Rail Runner 4564 (we'll find out after Dec 25th when my son gets it for christmas). Current project: 1. The lego flight simulator (this is the prop plane 8855 + the control center 8094). 2. Trying not to play with the train before christmas. Claim to Lego fame: ? Other interests: Antique furniture (you think legos are an expensive hobby!), computers, drugs (see above)
From: tim.westcott@iflex.wimsey.com (Tim Westcott) Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 13:05:42 -0800 Name: Tim Westcott Gender: male Age: 19 Mental Age: 19 :P Location: Surrey, BC E-Mail Address: tim.westcott@iflex.wimsey.com Marital Status: Quite single... *sigh* ;) Children: like my Lego room... Occupation: Student # Sets - eep! many.. # pieces - um, two big Rubbermaid containers.. First Lego set - got two at the same time, #361 Garage, and #600 police car.. Favorite theme - Space! Castle is a close second.. I tend to lump Aquazone in with space for some reason.. Favorite set - #6980, the BEST spaceship Lego ever made.. Current project - Um, working on a very large vehicle, possibly goin to turn it into a moving rave ;) Greatest claim to Lego fame - Well, honestly, the little DJ guy I have created, replete with turntables :) Other interests besides Lego - Music, namely electronic.. I have a burgeoning studio in my computer room.. It's only burgeoning for now tho, I plan to do more with it :) I am not much cooler than that suggests... ;) tim.westcott@iflex.wimsey.com
From: colonr@jec305.its.rpi.edu (Cap'n Crunch) Date: 18 Sep 1995 10:06:00 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Reply-To: colonr@rpi.edu Name: Robert Colonna Gender: M Age: 19 Mental age/status of inner child: 6 1/2 Location:Troy, NY E-mail address: colonr@rpi.edu Marital status:single Children:none Occupation:engineering student # of sets in LEGO collection: 200+ # of LEGO pieces:25,000+ First LEGO set: Coast Guard Station Favorite theme(s): Town, Space Favorite set(s): Deep Freeze Defender, Launch n Load Seaport Current project: Navy Perry-class frigate Greatest claim to LEGO fame: NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (see it at http://www.rpi.edu/~colonr/lego.html) Other (non-LEGO) interests: mountain biking, Macintosh stuff, drawing
From: <your white pages>@csus.edu Date: Mon, 18 Sep 95 23:28:18 GMT Organization: California State University Sacramento Name: Michael Gender: Male Age: 14 Mental age: Weird Local: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... E-Mail: N/A Marital Status: Three guesses Occupation: Student/Amature programmer # of LEGO sets: Probably < 100 # of LEGOs: I Estimate 10,000-20,000 First LEGO Set: Kings Castle and a REAL old Basic set Favorite Themes: Castle, Pirate, Basic Fave Sets: King's castle, Black Seas Baracuda, 25th Anaversary Blue Basic bucket Current Project: Hmmm..... making a starcruiser Greatest claim to LEGO fame: My giant castle, and having not disassembled the BSB after more that 4 years! Other Interests: Programming games, Web surfer extraordinare Operating System/Computer: IBM (clone)486DX running MS-DOS 6.2 Personal Quote: "Windows 95: The illigitamate child of System 7 and DOS", me, 3 weeks ago. :) Here's my LEGEEK code(hope I did it right...) DU FS ++++ FL --- HM ---- BV ---- TO ++ TR PA SP +++ CA ++++ PI ++++ AQ MT + TC ++ MOC ++++ # +++ S LS-- HSP A+ YB81 Well, that's it! Also, is there anywhere I can get spare castle parts(i,e. balconies, walls, corners...)? I have a really cool castle (Inhabited by Crusaders and led by the RK King), but it's mostly in Basic white bricks! Whaaa!!! :( That's it! :) -Michael
From: qrappan@ki.ericsson.se (Peter Andersson) Date: 19 Sep 1995 06:03:36 GMT Organization: Ericcsson Radio Systems Reply-To: qrappan@ki.ericsson.se Name: Peter Andersson Gender: male Age: 28 Mental Age: mostly adult Location: Stockholm, Sweden E-Mail Address: see above Marital Status: not married yet! Children: two, both girls, 2 and 3 years old Occupation: consultant engineer, electronics # Sets - 58, plus a lot of lego from my childhood # pieces - not a clue, a lot First Lego set - don't remember Favorite theme - Technic, Model Team and Trains Favorite set - Control Center 8094 Current project - to learn my children how to build on their own Greates claim to Lego fame - ? I don't have an internet connection on my own yet, but in a near future I will. Peter
From: gkomatsu@uhunix4.its.Hawaii.Edu (Galen Tatsuo Komatsu) Organization: University of Hawaii Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 10:50:40 GMT Name: Galen Komatsu Gender: Male Age: 20'ish Mental age/status of inner child: $000c Location: nowhere near any of you E-mail address: gkomatsu@hawaii.edu Marital status: dateless and desperate Children: Occupation: perpetual student # of sets in LEGO collection: 50+ (95% in the "collective") # of LEGO pieces: bwahahahahahahhahahha! First LEGO set: ? Favorite theme(s): original space line, Technic Favorite set(s): Supercar, Galaxy Explorer Current project: figuring out how to split 5 switch rails between 6 buyers... clearing floorspace to pull out everything... drawing up mental plans for a bascule bridge. Greatest claim to LEGO fame: fooled around with Technic gears and did 600:1 ratio (given what I had), _and_ cranked it a full turn =^) (sorry, can't think of anything else...) Other (non-LEGO) interests: Videogames: classics and "research", Kite flying, Devil stick'ing, Japanese language, Japanese music, Japanese culture, Japanese girls... (^_^) -- gkomatsu@hawaii.edu
From: guest@getnet.com ((Your Name)) Date: 20 Sep 1995 22:30:53 GMT Organization: GetNet, International Name: Gordon Thomas Gender: Male Age: 18 Mental age/status of inner child: 12 Location: Mesa, AZ E-mail address: gordon@pluma.com Marital status: Single Children: Nada Occupation: Internet Site Manager # of sets in LEGO collection: 400+ # of LEGO pieces: 100,000+ First LEGO set: 1979 space set (set# unkown) Favorite theme(s): Castle, Space, Pirate Favorite set(s): Anything with Falcons or Blacktron(I) Current project: Building a 10' by 10' land for medival warfare Greatest claim to LEGO fame: 15' square space colony w/supporting 15 ship flotilla (trashed my brother all over the place!). Other (non-LEGO) interests: Drawing, Paintguns, Music, Hot Chics.
From: ez054386@bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu (Dimitry Vladimirov) Date: 20 Sep 1995 17:59:31 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Name: Dimitry Vladimirov Gender: M Age: 19 Mental Age: usually somewhere between little boy and old man Local: Davis, California E-Mail: dsvladimirov@ucdavis.edu Marital Status: divorced 9 times w/14 children, or single, I forget. Occupation: Facilities Services Mechanic at Genentech and Mechanical Engineering student at UCD. #Lego sets: (purchased new) about 30 #Legos: 35,000 - 40,000 First Lego set: basic (about 4 yrs old.) Favorite themes/sets: Technic and space. Current project: military-style jet airplane about 45 feet in scale w/fully retractable landing gear w/steering and shock-absorbing nose wheel. Greatest claim to Lego fame: building an operational mech/robot that had fully articulated joints that was sturdy and did not collapse when you stood it up or tried to move it. Other interests: TRACK AND FIELD (I compete for the university, 200M, 400M and 800M.) FOOD (8000 - 10,000 calories a day when I'm working out.) Camping/fly fishing. (My other two were computers and legos, but this kinda speaks for itself.)
From: tthomas@infinet.com (Tom Thomas)
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 22:08:25 +1000
Organization: InfiNet
Name: Tom Thomas
Gender: Male
Age: 39
Year of birth: 1955
Mental age/status of inner child: About 12!
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
E-mail address: tthomas@infinet.com
Marital status: Married
Children: 1 daughter
Occupation: Own/operate manufactured home community
# of sets in LEGO collection: 206
# of LEGO pieces: 34,588 plus 3-5000 more not counted.
First LEGO set: #717 Junior Constructor, circa 1965
Favorite theme(s): Model Team, Train, Town, Technic
Favorite set(s): 5590, 4558, 6399, 6484, 8680, 8880
Current project: Building all of the sets I have acquired during the last 10
months (mostly after discovering RTL!) Also starting to plan my LEGO
town, construction to begin soon.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: None that I can think of.
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Dual-sport motorcycling (Honda XR250L), ATV
riding (Yamaha Warrior), snowmobiling (Arctic Cat Pantera), RV travel (25'
Barth motorhome), reading.
Tom Thomas
tthomas@infinet.com
He who dies with the most toys wins!
LEGO: MT++++1c(5590)TR+++2(4558)TO+++3(6399)
TC+++(8680)AQ++#++++SLS/LS++HsM+A+YB55m
From: "Dan \"Superdan\" Bailey" <superdan@krypton.mankato.msus.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 14:15:21 -0600 Organization: Mankato State University Name: Dan Bailey Gender: male Age: 22 Year of birth: 1972 Mental age/status of inner child: main personality: 22 alternate: 12 Location: Mankato, Minnesota, USA E-mail address: superdan@krypton.mankato.msus.edu LEGO/home page url: http://att2.cs.mankato.msus.edu/~superdan/ Marital status: single Children: just my alternate personality, thanks Occupation: student/soldier/writer # of sets in LEGO collection: God Only Knows # of LEGO pieces: I can't count that high. :) First LEGO set: one of the basic block sets while living in Europe in 1976 Favorite theme(s): Ice Planet, Town (Police especially), and original Space Favorite set(s): The Deep-Freeze Defender Current project: establishing a Lego Police-State in my dorm room and subjugating my roommate with it also trying to finish and publish my first SF novel Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Would like to be reincarnated as a Deep- Freeze Defender pilot Other (non-LEGO) interests: Bicycle racing, the Cyberpunk role-playing game, writing science fiction
From: Charles Edward Millen <cem2333@tam2000.tamu.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 22:37:06 -0600 Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Name: Charles Millen (Charlie) Gender: M Age: 21 Year of birth: 1974 Mental age/status of inner child: Somewhere between 2-8 Location: College Station, TX, when I'm at school Dallas, TX, when I'm at home E-mail address: ncc-elmo@tamu.edu LEGO/home page url: homepage: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~cem2333/ legopage: http://http.tamu.edu:8000/~cem2333/legos.html legopage just has links on it right now Marital status: Not married Children: None Occupation: Student at Texas A&M University # of sets in LEGO collection: over 53 I'm guessing # of LEGO pieces: Yeah right! First LEGO set: I think that it was the Starfleet Voyager (6929) Favorite theme(s): Space Favorite set(s): Blacktron (I and II) I like the Unitron color scheme Current project: Just finished (I think) a ship with Unitron color scheme Working on a big BTII ship Raytracing Lego bricks Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Got to see the White House and Liberty Bell made of LEGO bricks Other (non-LEGO) interests: (other ways I spend my time) Church, gutar, programming, electronics, Star Trek, cartoons School (I'm a junior Computer Science major), raytracing
From: Eelco Maljaars <eelco@cornnet.nl> Date: 20 Nov 1995 13:19:08 GMT Organization: Delft University of Technology Name: Eelco Maljaars Gender: male Age: 21 Year of birth: 1974 Mental age/status of inner child: 10 years, 9 months and 3 days Location: Delft, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands E-mail address: eelco@cornnet.nl LEGO/home page url: not yet, coming soon! Marital status: single Children: 2 teenage mutant turtles (but then a bit smaller) Occupation: nurse (don't know the english male form this) # of sets in LEGO collection: 100+ # of LEGO pieces: ehhh.... First LEGO set: I thin kit was a basic set with houses and a eletric motor Favorite theme(s): Town, Trains Favorite set(s): The shutle lauch platfomr and all trains Current project: Trying to find some space in this one room I live in to put my town and train (very difficult problem to solve) Greatest claim to LEGO fame: ehhh...? What was that last one...?
From: beezer44@ix.netcom.com (Brian Zemach )
Date: 20 Nov 1995 14:29:41 GMT
Organization: Netcom
Name: Brian Zemach and son, Aaron
Gender: Males
Age: Me-46 Aaron-4
Year of birth:1949
Mental age/status of inner child: Mine alternates between 18 and 58.
My son' alternates between 4 and 24
Location: Chicagoland, USA
E-mail address: beezer44@ix.netcom.com; BAZ434@aol.com
LEGO/home page url:not that sophisticated
Marital status:I'm married, he's not
Children: I have two: ages 4 and 1. He has a surrogate doll with
same name as his younger sister.
Occupation: Banker, kid
# of sets in LEGO collection:Lots of basic blocks and accessories,
plus about 30 kits.
# of LEGO pieces: Never counter, but enough to completely cover the
floor of a 10x15 foot bedroom, which happens with depressing
regularity.
First LEGO set: That little rec vehicle with a trailer and powerboat.
Favorite theme(s): Aquazone is nice
Favorite set(s):varies
Current project:Sneaking kits and bocks into the house so my wife
won't find out how much I'm spending.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame:My infant has STILL not eaten a lego piece
Other (non-LEGO) interests:Astronomy, whatever Minx is into these
days.
From: gator@bistro.ebay.sun.com (ali perry)
Date: 20 Nov 1995 18:54:54 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Reply-To: gator@bistro.ebay.sun.com
Name: Ali Perry
Gender: Female
Age: 31
Year of birth: 1964
Mental age/status of inner child: Sometimes 8 yo, sometimes 16 yo, never 31 yo.
Location: Mountain View, CA
E-mail address: gator@bistro.ebay.sun.com
LEGO/home page url: None yet...
Marital status: Married
Children: 1 child, Emily Edith 3 years old
Occupation: Senior Administrative Assistant
# of sets in LEGO collection: I'd quess atleast 50
# of LEGO pieces: I've never counted. I have 2 very large rubbermate totes full.
First LEGO set: 1976 (the year, not the set) I got my first basic set for
Christmas. It had clear roof pieces, swinging gates, and the
people had long, jointed arms. I combined my set with a friend's
set (and I had more lego than her) and then she moved away
and, eventually, gave the entire set away. I was crushed and
have been overcompensating for the trauma ever since I got
my first job.
Favorite theme(s): Town and Castle
Favorite set(s): Anything with cool pieces to include on my houses. I just
purchased the mega castle on Friday and spent the weekend
putting it together. It's a great set. My husband (what a guy!)
bought a pink set (Paradiso?) just so I could have the spiral
staircase that I had been eyeballing.
Current project: Keeping my 3 year old out of the lego bins until she's
old enough to appreciate them. Right now she leaves them on the
floor and doesn't know how to take care of them. We're working on
it. Also, she knows the legos are Mummy's toys. :-)
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: All the kids at my daughter's daycare want to come
over to our house and play with the legos.
Other (non- LEGO) interests: Playing with my daughter, quilting, hiking in the
foothills, traveling, gambling (slots and roulett in Vegas), and
writing.
From: yarek@gonzo.klg.com (Jaroslaw "Yarek" Kowalik) Date: 20 Nov 1995 17:46:39 -0500 Organization: KL Group Inc. Name: Jaroslaw Kowalik (Yarek) Gender: M Age: 24 Year of birth: 1971 Mental age/status of inner child: Circa age 10-12 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada E-mail address: yarek@klg.com, jkowalik@calum.uwaterloo.ca LEGO/home page url: none yet Marital status: Not married Children: None Occupation: Full time employee. Write Motif widgets for work. Recently graduated from University of Waterloo in CS. # of sets in LEGO collection: Well over 20. Lots of small stuff though. # of LEGO pieces: Dunno, next project. First LEGO set: Old type of a house, with minifigs with no faces, no hands, and that could not bent. This set was left in the old country... Then old style BASIC like fire trucks with men with large heads and multi-jonted arms (1970s), and with torsos made of 2x2 bricks. Older Space Lego and Technic. Favorite theme(s): Space (mostly old, but did not pay attention to Legos for pas 5 years, so maybe there is some new space that I would like). Technic. Favorite set(s): Super Car. Really nifty stuff (will have to get it for Chirstmas). Current project: Rebuilding all the Lego sets I owe (checking for defects/missing pieces). Greatest claim to LEGO fame: none Other (non-LEGO) interests: (other ways I spend my time) Programming, wood working, sci-fi movies and books, tai-chi... -- Yarek Kowalik -- yarek@klg.com
From: richards@uoguelph.ca (Allan Richards) Date: 21 Nov 1995 21:31:27 GMT Organization: University of Guelph Name: Allan Richards Gender: M Age: 20 Year of birth: 1975 Mental age/status of inner child: varies day to day Location: Ottawa, Ontario E-mail address: richards@uoguelph.ca LEGO/home page url: None <snif> Marital status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student Program: Hotel and Food Administration # of sets in LEGO collection: nearing 200 # of LEGO pieces: 6 ;) First LEGO set: Big Yellow Castle (375) Favorite theme(s): Town/Trains Favorite set(s): Airport Monorail (6399), L/S Vehicles Current project: Re-assembling sets after the last project (outdoor stage) Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Known by name at Miller's Toystore, in Truro, Cornwall, England. They look forward to my arrival each summer. Most of my Lego must have come from there over the years, and they give me lots of promo stuff (large advertising posters, etc). Other (non-LEGO) interests: basketball, campus radio DJ, dsktop publishing
From: Jim Merullo <jmerullo@tiac.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 20:09:50 -0500
Organization: The Internet Access Company
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Name: Jim Merullo
Gender: M
Age: 26
Year of birth: 1969
Mental age/status of inner child: 12
Location: Boston, MA
E-mail address: JMerullo.tiac.net
LEGO/home page url: None yet, but soon
Marital status: S
Children: none
Occupation: Computer Tech / goof off
# of sets in LEGO collection: 30 and growing
# of LEGO pieces: Bullions and Bullions...
First LEGO set: old truck with crain on back
Favorite theme(s): Town / space
Favorite set(s): Super car... my first really huge set!
Current project: "Lego Mission to Mars"
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Destroyed more peices as a kid
than anyone else!
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Mountaineering, hiking, guitar
From: r.de.bruijn@akam.nl (Robert) Organization: NLNet Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 09:48:10 GMT Name: Robert de Bruijn Gender: M Age: 28 Year of birth: 1967 Mental age/status of inner child: ageless/having a ball Location: Loenen, The Netherlands E-mail address: R.de.Bruijn@Akam.nl LEGO/home page url: working... Marital status: divorced Children: girl (2 yrs) Rose, boy (5 yrs) Nicky Occupation: System integration consultant # of sets in LEGO collection: app. 120 # of LEGO pieces: plenty First LEGO set: that was way back in '69. I think it was the old train Favorite theme(s): Aquazone, Unitron, train, forestmen, castle Favorite set(s): 6691 monorail Current project: still secret, watch rtl Greatest claim to LEGO fame: got published in Dutch Lego newspaper once Other (non-LEGO) interests: plenty
From: jefetved@interpath.net (Jeremy Fetvedt) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 17:50:47 GMT Organization: Interpath -- Providing Internet access to North Carolina Reply-To: jefetved@interpath.net (Jeremy Fetvedt) Name: Jeremy Fetvedt Gender: M Age: 22 Year of birth: 1973 Mental age/status of inner child: I'll say about 12, wife will say 4 Location: Raleigh, NC E-mail address: jefetved@interpath.net LEGO/home page url: none (yet) Marital status: Married Children:1 (step son -- 4yrs) Occupation: Network Technician at an ISP # of sets in LEGO collection: ~30 # of LEGO pieces: alot, might fit in a really large suitcase First LEGO set: I have no idea, I must have been about 3 yrs old Favorite theme(s): Technic Favorite set(s): The newest supercar (8880 (?)) Current project: Computer control Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Keeping MY legos seperate from my 4 yr olds Other (non-LEGO) interests: motorcycles, 4x4's, SCUBA, caving, etc...
From: m-17868@mailbox.swipnet.se (Oskar Sandberg) Date: 24 Nov 1995 21:51:24 GMT Organization: - Name: Oskar Sandberg Gender: M Age: 17 Year of birth: 95-17= 78 Mental Age: Hmmm, 9 Location: Sweden E-mail adress: m-17868@mailbox.swipnet.se Lego/home page url: none as jet Marital Status: single Children: No, they would steal my legos :) Occupation: Student # of Lego sets in collection: Alot, 200-250-300 and it is true. # of lego pieces est. >30,000, filled to moving crates when I moved First LEGO set: Duplo rattle, at age 0.5 Favorite Theme: Space, the new undersea one is cool aswell Favorite set: The orginal Monorail Current Project: Mech robot, (1 meter tall) Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Built a roal on roal off ferry that fit +20 lego cars, and with lots of cabins, restaurants, and swimmingpools. With a complete harbor to dock it. Other (non-LEGO) interests: hhhhmmmm, sleeping, eating, and maybe a little computer.
From: train1@ttuhsc.edu Date: 27 Nov 1995 09:30:41 GMT Organization: Texas Tech Academic Computing Services Name: Derrick S. Ginter Gender: Male TEXAN Age: 27 Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of inner child: 45/On life support Location: Lubbock, Texas (Home of Buddy Holly) E-Mail Address: POLDG@TTUSHC.EDU LEGO/Home Page URL: None, but hoping to change that soon!! Marital Status: Single and getting desperate (send pics to my mom) Children: None Occupation: Police Dispatcher/911 Operator for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center # of sets in LEGO collection: about 25-30 # of LEGO pieces: Unknown First LEGO set: Some basic bulk brick set from the early 70s, a yellow wrecker with blue car, red double-decker bus, and a Dutch Windmill Set!! Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic, Modellers Favorite Set(s): My own designs. Current project: YF-22 ATF (New US Air Force Fighter Jet)/updating my PC Lego library Greatest Claim to LEGO fame: Lego X-Wing (minifig scale), Lego bricks for your PC (using Windows Paintbrush Utility) Other (non-LEGO) interests: Ham Radio Operator (callsign: N5UQC), Storm Spotter for National Weather Service, Aviation, Flight Simulation, NASA Buff, Computers, Star Wars fan, and frequent user of the IRC (nickname: MOCR).
From: peter.gustafsson@pgu.pp.se (Peter Gustafsson) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 18:54:16 GMT Organization: Uniplus Internet Access Name: Peter Gustafsson Gender: Male Age: 27 Year of birth: 1968 Mental age/status of inner child: 9/Wishing Santa will bring me Lego Location: Eskilstuna, Sweden E-mail address: peter.gustafsson@pgu.pp.se LEGO/home page url: None at this time, maybe later Marital status: Single, and getting desperate... Children: You mean the little ones with yellow faces and big smiles? Occupation: Quality supervisor # of sets in LEGO collection: Somewhere between 10 and 100 # of LEGO pieces: Not nearly enough First LEGO set: Some sort of large fire engine with steering Favorite theme(s): All of them (can't make up my mind) Favorite set(s): My newly build space-ship Current project: Making the above better Greatest claim to LEGO fame: My space ship has four large guns in pylons under the wings Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers, Net-surfing, Mountain-biking, Photography, Reading fantasy-books (Tolkien, David Eddings) ----- Peter Gustafsson --- Eskilstuna Sweden ----- ----------- peter.gustafsson@pgu.pp.se -----------
From: caweglicki@vaxsar.vassar.edu (caweglicki) Date: 4 Dec 1995 03:05:24 GMT Organization: Vassar College Name: caldwell weglicki Gender: m Age: 23 Year of birth: 1972 Mental age/status of inner child: 11 Location: maryland (homebase) E-mail address: caweglicki@vaxsar.vassar.edu LEGO/home page url: N/A Marital status: 3 yr. relatinship w/ sig-oth Children: 0 (but i have 2 10yr. old brothers) Occupation: student (until jan.) # of sets in LEGO collection: ~85 # of LEGO pieces: exactly alot First LEGO set: the large general brick set from 1979 (lotsa red slopies!) Favorite theme(s): SPACE, EXPERT BUILDER (technic) Favorite set(s): Galaxy Explorer (1st space i owned), M-Tron Magnetizer Current project: graduating and finding apt. with sig-oth Greatest claim to LEGO fame: 15+ original designs at home waiting to be photographed, scanned and "submitted for your approval." Other (non-LEGO) interests: computers, music, computer music, reading, drawing, video games, TV.
From: saint@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Michael Sutton) Date: 3 Dec 1995 21:41:12 GMT Organization: Little Yellow People Name: Michael Sutton Gender: male Age: 20 Year of birth: 1975 Mental age/status of inner child: 8 or 9 Location: Bloomington, Indiana or Louisville, Kentucky (depending on the time of year) E-mail address: saint@copper.ucs.indiana.edu Marital status: single Children: are some of my best friends. Occupation: Student at Indiana University (studying Developmental Psychology and Linguistics -- emphasis on language development in children) # of sets in LEGO collection: about 25 # of LEGO pieces: approximately 3000 First LEGO set: A Black Falcon set from the mid 80's Favorite theme(s): Castle and Imperial Guards (although Space is nice too) Favorite set(s): that I own?... 6054 Forestmen's Hidout Current project: Acquiring more LEGO sets. :) Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Still dreaming about what that will be. Other (non-LEGO) interests: too diverse to list...I'm interested in everything!
From: zbenz@hmc.edu (Zachary Benz)
Date: 4 Dec 1995 04:50:33 GMT
Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
Name: Zach Benz
Gender: M
Age: 19
Year of birth: 76
Mental age/status of inner child: eternally 8
Location: college in So Cal, home in MD
E-mail address: zbenz@hmc.edu
LEGO/home page url: http://www2.hmc.edu/~zbenz/lego.html
Marital status: single
Children: all those little minifigures!
Occupation: full time student
# of sets in LEGO collection: hundreds, if not thousands
# of LEGO pieces: hundreds of thousands
First LEGO set: a warehouse from back in the 60's when Samsonite marketed Lego
in the U.S.
Favorite theme(s): all but pirates
Favorite set(s): Metro Station
Current project: completing my new city
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: I _am_ Zach "The Lego Maniac". Where do you think
they got the idea? :) Ok, so maybe its not true, but I did used to write
them about once a month when I was younger, and suddenly those commercials
popped up. Heck, I even got free Zaks toys (from Ohio Art) because of my
name and collection of Lego (long story).
Other (non-LEGO) interests: cycling, volleyball
--
Zach "The Lego Maniac"
http://www2.hmc.edu/~zbenz/
From: Sojourn@cris.com (Jeremy Whitlock)
Date: 4 Dec 1995 00:51:31 GMT
Organization: Concentric Internet Services
Name: Jair Whitlock
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Year of birth: 1974
Mental age/status of inner child: 10ish - Alive and Well
Location: Richmond, VA
E-mail address: sojourn@cris.com
LEGO/home page url: N/A
Marital status: Single
Children: None, just me.
Occupation: Student / Micro Systems Maintenance Guy
# of sets in LEGO collection: ~25
# of LEGO pieces: ~3500
First LEGO set: An old space set I had as a kid that had red
and white spacemen and very cool crater baseplates.
(I later traded this set for Transformers at some
point in life while under immense peer pressure.)
Favorite theme(s): Castle all the way though I'm finding myself dividing
my time (and money) between that and some Town sets of
late.
Favorite set(s): #6086 Black Knight's Castle
#6542 Launch and Load Seaport (Which I don't own but
would truly love to.)
Current project: Pestering my friends (and all of their friends) and
family to scour their attics and closets for old unused
legos so that I might provide them with a good home.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: None, yet. -grin-
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Slinkys of every shape, size, material and
colour. Juggling and various juggling
objects. Collecting those high bounce balls
you find in the little toy vending machines.
Too many other things to list.
From: ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Eric Crampton) Date: 4 Dec 1995 11:56:08 -0500 Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA Name: Eric Crampton Gender: Male Age: 19 (and a half) Year of birth: 1976 Mental age/status of inner child: 19 / 10 Location: Blacksburg, VA E-mail address: ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu LEGO/home page url: http://csugrad.cs.vt.edu/~ecrampto (no LEGO stuff) Marital status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student (comp sci/mathematics) at Virginia Tech # of sets in LEGO collection: About 30 # of LEGO pieces: I have no idea, maybe 4,000. First LEGO set: LEGO Main Street Favorite theme(s): Town, Model Team, the older castle stuff Favorite set(s): LEGO Main Street Current project: Organizing LEGO... Finding CP HQ's on clearance somewhere! Greatest claim to LEGO fame: I built a 1,500 piece castle Other (non-LEGO) interests: Skateboarding, biking, computer stuff. -- Eric Crampton | E-Mail: ecrampto@csugrad.cs.vt.edu | WWW: http://csugrad.cs.vt.edu/~ecrampto
From: misium@cauldron.spdc.ti.com (George Misium) Date: 6 Dec 1995 13:41:12 -0600 Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Device Center Name: Jason Misium Gender: male Age: 9 Mental age/status of inner child: 12 Location: Plano, Texas E-mail address: jason.misium@chrysalis.org Marital status: Children: None Occupation: school # of sets in LEGO collection: many # of LEGO pieces: many more First LEGO set: Duplo Favorite theme(s): Spaceships, Aquazone, Black Knights, Paradisa, boats Favorite set(s): Deep Freeze Defender, Black Knights Castle Current project: LEGO water world Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Youngest around here? Other (non-LEGO) interests: sports, drawing, being a detective, baseball cards
From: misium@cauldron.spdc.ti.com (George Misium) Date: 6 Dec 1995 13:46:00 -0600 Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Device Center Name: George Misium Gender: o^ Age: 38 Mental age/status of inner child: 13 / Location: Plano, Texas E-mail address: misium@spdc.ti.com Marital status: Children: one Occupation: R&D engineer (PhD EE) # of sets in LEGO collection: > 10^2 # of LEGO pieces: > 10^2*10^2 = 10^4 ---> oo First LEGO set: Duplo bought for son Favorite theme(s): Spaceships, Black and older Knights, Non-contemporary boats,AZ Favorite set(s): 1547 - Small Black Knight boat with two knights Current project: underwater monorail, spaceship carrier, sunken SES=Aquashark base, lighting system using 9V train supply, ... Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Other (non-LEGO) interests: Son, dog, intelectual property law, creativite process, sailing, poetry, coaching/playing soccer, managing technology investment club, director of non-profit org.(Be Well Corp.), baseball, autographs ... and work and significant other in case my boss or she is lurking :)
From: duffy@plains.nodak.edu (Nathan R. Duffy PGCSBA)
Date: 12 Dec 1995 00:55:36 -0600
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Network
Name: Nathan R. Duffy
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Year of birth: Hmm, 1995-22, I guess that equalls 1973...
Mental age/status of inner child: Variable/Quite Well, thank you
Location: The Wastes of North Dakota
E-mail address: duffy@plains.nodak.edu
LEGO/home page url: homepage: http://space.acm.ndsu.nodak.edu/~duffy
No LEGO content as of yet...
Marital status: Single
Children: I should think not!
Occupation: Student/Computer Consultant
# of sets in LEGO collection: Hmm, probably in excess of 150.
# of LEGO pieces: Far too many to count.
First LEGO set: Starfleet Voyager? or some forgotten 30ct space set.
Favorite theme(s): Blacktron I, Space, Technic, Pirate, everything else
Favorite set(s): Message Intercept Base (where are my instructions?!),
Airtech Claw Rig, MetroStation
Current project: Unknown, in a bit of a creative draught right now.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: None, really. Got a Metrostation for $40.00
Often, during certain spontaneous
competitions (Oddessey of the Mind, in
particular) I would mutter, "Hey, this is
just like Lego!"
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers, RolePlaying Games, Pink Floyd,
Bass/Electric Guitar...
From: ftor@dromond.vr.dnv.no (Frode Torske) Date: 13 Dec 1995 15:26:15 GMT Organization: TelePost Public Access Name: Frode Torske Gender: M Age: 33 Year of birth: '62 Mental age/status of inner child: 33 (lots of grown-up men has scale trains) Location: Oslo, Capitol of Norway, loc. in south-eastern part of N. E-mail address: frodet@sn.no Lego page url: http://www.sn.no/~frodet/lego Home page url: http://www.sn.no/~frodet Marital status: Married Children : 4 (Synnoeve(f) 8, Solveig(f) 5, Magnus(m) 4, Kristine(f) 2) Occupation : Physicist / Programmer # of sets : Not enough fingers and toes... # of LEGO pieces : Thousands in room, hope none in the vacuum cleaner bag. Std. procedure is to perform an autopsy before the paper bag is thrashed. First LEGO set : I had lots of Lego as a kid (they still are at my parents house). I bought the first train 2 years ago (not counting Duplo trains. We've been buying Duply since the oldest kid was new-born.) Favorite theme : Train Train Train! (Technic ranks up there too! Haven't really started buying that yet (only got a few sets of my wife at Xmas!), but you just wait 'till the kids get a little older!) Favorite set(s): Blue hopper car, Crocodile Current project: Reassembling my display, making it larger to make room for the FRR which currently is in mail from USA. (Got the hopper car a few days ago!) :-D Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers, Programming, HTML authoring, sporting (running, cross-country skiing, biking, orienteering) Frode Torske e-mail: work: ftor@vr.dnv.no Oslo, Norway home(Lego): frodet@sn.no http://www.sn.no/~frodet LEGO: TR++++1(c) BO++2 TO++3 PA+ DU+(+++) FS+ TC+ S- LS-- H? F4536 YB62m IC62(m) "I will give a leg (need the last arm for building) for #4536 Blue Hopper Car"
From: efxmstr@aol.com (EFX MSTR)
Date: 1 Jan 1996 13:23:31 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Name: Thomas Muller
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
E-mail Address: EFX_MSTR@aol.com
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Assistant Manager, Walgreens Drug Store
On R.T.L. Since: November 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40+
# of LEGO Pieces: ?
First LEGO Set: 6894 Blacktron
Favorite Theme (s): Islanders, Aquazone
Favorite Set (s): All?
Favorite Piece (s) /Minifigure (s): All Base Plates, All Mini Figures
Current LEGO Project: 16 square foot Island, Pier, Beach, Mountain River,
Race Way.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Subscribing to R.T.L , ?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Sony Playstaion, Video Games, Shopping.
LEGO: MOC+++ PI+++ (6278) AQ+++ BO(6483) ,CA,PA,TO++ #+ S LS+++ H!?
A@ YB72m
From: carnellm@awod.com (Michael Carnell)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 01:15:57 GMT
Name: Michael Carnell
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 6 (according to my wife!)
Location: Charleston, SC
E-mail Address: carnellm@awod.com
Marital Status: Married 10 years
Children: Daughter age 3.5 years, Son due in 1 week
Occupation: Computer systems engineer
On R.T.L. Since: ~7/95
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50
# of LEGO Pieces: Who knows? 50 x avg#/set = 5000???
First LEGO Set: small stunt 'copter 6/95 (no idea about childhood)
Favorite Theme(s): Pirates!
Favorite Set(s): Any that I don't have.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate wench
Current LEGO Project: Crewing a pirate ship with all women and then building an
entire pirate community. In my other LEGO time period, I
am building a railroad.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The mass quantities of money my wife says I spend?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Book collecting, Jimmy Buffett music, looking but
not touching (I am married you know), traveling.
Guess that's it!
Michael Carnell - http://clever.net/dbd/cmc
From: ksethre@io.com (Karsten Sethre) Date: 2 Jan 1996 01:52:26 GMT Organization: none Name: Karsten Sethre Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Good question. I have no idea Location: Austin, TX E-mail Address: ksethre@io.com Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Still looking On R.T.L. Since: Late Nov. '95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 10 or 20 # of LEGO Pieces: Your guess is as good as mine First LEGO Set: 442 Space Shuttle Favorite Theme(s): Technic, space Favorite Set(s): Can't decide; I like them all Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Original Blacktron minifig, micromotor, the old crater baseplates Current LEGO Project: Computer interface (I can't afford $600 for Lego's) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I don't think I really have one, yet. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, programming, SF/Fantasy, MTG, INWO, -- Karsten Sethre \ <*> / ksethre@io.com < LEGO: TC+++ SP++ AQ+ TO,CA,PI,MT@ > FNORD! http://www.io.com/~ksethre / #+ S++ LS++ Hri A@ YB75m \
From: jek160@psu.edu (Joyce Kreuter) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 02:19:19 GMT Organization: CAC Name: Joyce Kreuter Gender: F Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: State College, PA E-mail Address: jek160@psu.edu Marital Status: Happily Married Children: 2 Occupation: Former - Software Engineer Current - Mom On R.T.L. Since: Nov '94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25+ # of LEGO Pieces: thousands First LEGO Set: Basic Bricks Favorite Theme(s): Aquazone Favorite Set(s): Neptune Discovery Lab, Sea Sprint 9 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Girl River Rafter Current LEGO Project: Build Sea Crawler/Obtain Shark Cave thingie Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: my kids, getting my teacher's cert, reading, computers, ice cream Quotable Quote: "It's never too late to have a happy childhood"
From: richoz@primenet.com (Richard Ozenbaugh) Date: 1 Jan 1996 22:08:02 -0700 Organization: RiM Computer Solutions Name: Richard Ozenbaugh Gender: M Year of Birth: 1964 (Yea 64.. it's not a typo) Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: Phornix E-mail Address: richoz@primenet.com Marital Status: Married Children: 2 Occupation: Area Manager for 2 way comm. co. On R.T.L. Since: 6/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 15 # of LEGO Pieces: 900 First LEGO Set: way back when all they had were square bricks.... Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8880 Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): gears.. Current LEGO Project: Understanding what makes a minifig Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: robotics, computers, electronics, wife! (not in that order..)
From: al136@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mathew Stephen)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 06:48:51 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA)
Name: Mathew Stephen
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
E-mail Address: ieidstep@engvms.unl.edu
Marital Status: Single
Children: none besides myself
Occupation: Industrial Engineer, but currently unemployed
On R.T.L. Since: Summer 94
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+
# of LEGO Pieces: Over 20,000, all inventoried by piece type and color.
First LEGO Set: unknown, but at age 3
Favorite Theme(s): Space and castle mainly
Favorite Set(s): Never met a set I didn't like, except Belville line.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pieces don't like; a piece that can be
be created from other pieces.
Current LEGO Project: Wanting to set up a display, but currently
lacking the space to do so.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Trying to find a use for 12 empty big blue
buckets (set # 1819), any ideas?
From: scalpel@wizards.com (Lord Eternity) Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 23:20:07 -0700 Organization: South There Import/Export Name: Jon Wilkie (aka "Scalpel", "Lord Eternity", "Mr. Self-Destruct") Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Alive and kicking Location: Seattle, WA E-mail Address: scalpel@wizards.com Marital Status: Single, w/ girlfriend Children: None Occupation: Customer Support @ Wizards of the Coast, freelance game designer On R.T.L. Since: a few months ago # of Sets in LEGO Collection: a dozen or so # of LEGO Pieces: No clue First LEGO Set: The first space sets, with the rocket launch station Favorite Theme(s): Aqua/Smuggling, Castle/Space Favorite Set(s): My modified Rebel Roadster (Simple, yet stylish) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Rebel Roadster pilot (cool biker jacket!) Current LEGO Project: Getting a set of drawers to sort out my collection, building a big display for my desk at work. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: at the age of 13, building a 4-foot long broadsword wholly out of Legos, and then swinging it in our kitchen. We were finding Legos for months... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: The Camarilla Fan Association, Anime, RPGs, Hong Kong cinema, Tarantino films, my girlfriend
From: SKLJ50A@prodigy.com (Chris Dickinson) Date: 2 Jan 1996 08:00:42 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Name: Chris Dickinson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: umm.... i killed my inner child. i'm just a kid at heart naturally! Location: Mineral Ridge, OH E-mail Address: SKLJ50A@prodigy.com Marital Status: Married Children: None (thank God) Occupation: Sales (commission) On R.T.L. Since: JAN '96 (just found it!) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: somewhere between 75 and 100 # of LEGO Pieces: yeah... right... First LEGO Set: one of the old sets with "granny" in it. Favorite Theme(s): Space, Town Favorite Set(s): Sail and Fly Marina, Enchanted Island, Robo Guardian. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the Palm Tree!... umm, how about Octan Guy? Current LEGO Project: The New Legoforce (as opposed to the old one that i've been updating over the last eight years) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Put together ALL of the Islanders sets one night up till about 3 AM. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: role playing, writing stories, collecting and reading comic books (i'd like to have my own Legoforce comic book!)
From: curtissa@ix.netcom.com(Aaron Curtiss )
Date: 2 Jan 1996 17:51:03 GMT
Organization: Netcom
Name: Aaron Curtiss
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Los Angeles, CA
E-mail Address: curtissa@ix.netcom.com
Marital Status: Married
Children: None
Occupation: Journalist/University instructor
On R.T.L. Since: Summer 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: No idea, far too many to count
# of LEGO Pieces: No idea, far too many to count
First LEGO Set: A box of bricks circa 1972
Favorite Theme(s): Town, but dabble in all
Favorite Set(s): Neptune Discovery Lab
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The quarter-circle windows from
Poolside Paradise
Current LEGO Project: Working on anachronistic time themes for the Time
Cruisers to visit
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Featured on an E! television show about
toys. My city takes up an entire room.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Urban planning, marathon running, good
mystery novels.
From: rcbarth@nyc.pipeline.com (Robert C. Barth)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 13:36:02 -0500
Organization: I-Sight Software
Name: Robert C. Barth
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 10-11-74
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Uh, yeah.
Location: New York City
E-mail Address: rcbarth@pipeline.com
Marital Status: Flatline (not married)
Children: Zero
Occupation: Computer Programmer
On R.T.L. Since: ATL was the hip place to be
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 300+
# of LEGO Pieces: Billionth and billionth :)
First LEGO Set: Some set with mostly red pieces c.1978
Favorite Theme(s): Town, town, and, uh, town. Boats and trains are good
too.
Favorite Set(s): First LegoLand airport (c.1980's Yellow, white chopper,
etc.)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I like them all the same
Current LEGO Project: Convincing Lego to come out with better sets
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: 'Putering, Hockey, things having to do with Star
Wars, Cars, other stuff that I can't think of.
TO++++ TR+++ BO++ BV- PA-- #+++++ S- LS+ Hal A++ YB74m
--------------------
Robert C. Barth - Senior Programmer, Dow Jones & Co.
E-Mail : rcbarth@pipeline.com
WWW : http://www.users.nyc.pipeline.com/~rcbarth/home.htm
From: bad36@aol.com (BAD36) Date: 1 Jan 1996 14:09:06 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Brian Davis Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1978 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Cypress, Texas E-mail Address: BAD36@aol.com Marital Status: Not Married Children: 0 Occupation Student: On R.T.L. Since: October 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 47 # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000 First LEGO Set: Motorcycle Shop Favorite Theme(s): Town Favorite Set(s): Shuttle Launch Pad Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Jailbreak Joe Current LEGO Project: A Town the size of a Ping Pong Table Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, reading, and video games
From: jrose@eid.awinc.com (Jeff Rose)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 05:08:41 GMT
Organization: A & W Internet Inc.
Name: Jeff Rose
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location: Brooks, Alberta, Canada
E-mail Address: jrose@eid.awinc.com
Marital Status: Not Married
Children: 0
Occupation: Movie Theatre Manager
On R.T.L. Since: September 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots
# of LEGO Pieces: 40,000+
First LEGO set: Some old BASIC set...can't recall.
Favorite Theme(s): Town
Favorite Set(s): any Shuttle Set
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Hmmm...
Current LEGO Project: Finding a way to build a Lego town in my apartment
and still live in here.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
Assistant Builder on a football stadium which occupied 9 large grey
base-plates. Included a store, snack-bar, ticket stand and press-
boxes (including those $1million suites).
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
Reading, and Movies
Jeff Rose jrose@eid.awinc.com
Oasis Theatre Manager
Brooks, Alberta, Canada
From: shepherd.38@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Chris Shepherd) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 19:29:41 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Name: Chris Shepherd Gender: M Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: -12 Location: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio E-mail Address: shepherd@osu.edu Marital Status: Single Children: None that I know of Occupation: Student, Mechanical Engineering On R.T.L. Since: 94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~80 # of LEGO Pieces: 26431 First LEGO Set: Some old basic set Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Train Favorite Set(s): All of them. If I don't really like 'em, I don't buy 'em Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Judge Ito from Space shuttle Current LEGO Project: 1. Flat car loader (Technic and Train) 2. A robotic arm (Technic) 3. Truss bridges (Technic and Train) 4. A large Crane (about 6' tall, technic) 5. Original buildings for the trains 6. Organizing 26000 pieces. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Lots and lots Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Juggling, programming, camping
From: B. Stowe Date: 3 Jan 1996 01:08:08 GMT Organization: Internet Nebraska Name: Bryan Stowe Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/ Status of inner child: ?? Location: Lincoln, Nebraska E-Mail Address: stowe@inetnebr.com Marital Status: Married Children: 1 boy age 5 Occupation: Nebraska State Law Enforcement Officer On R.T.L. Since: Summer 1995 # of Sets in LEGO collection: 400+ # of LEGO Pieces: Tens of Thousands First LEGO Set: Unknown, inhereted LEGOs from extended family dating from late '50's:? Favorite Theme (s): Trains, town, Aquzone Favorite Set(s): Blue coal car for train, Red trolley engine for train (european) Favorite Piece(s): Any thing train Current LEGO Project: 14' x 18' Town in basement with seaport and working rail system. Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Own all Train sets produced in the last five years including european ones, Own first twenty space sets produced.
From: Moo the Cow <sillywiz@wardrobe.demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 12:50:34 GMT Organization: The Wardrobe Happy Cow Emporium. Name: Keith Lucas ( "Moo the Cow", "SillyWiz" ) Gender: M Year of Birth: 73 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 going on middle aged. Location: Coventry, UK. E-mail Address: sillywiz@wardrobe.demon.co.uk Marital Status: single, but taking offers from attractive blondes.. Children: none. Occupation: I get paid for programming trivia quiz machines. What I _do_ is a difefrent matter. On R.T.L. Since: it was A.T.L # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Dunno. Many. >100 # of LEGO Pieces: The Owner of the Great Toystore in the Sky alone knows. ( I have got a once complete catalogue somewhere, but it's ~7 years out of date. First LEGO Set: Number '3'. Favorite Theme(s): Pirate. But I could convert to Wild West... Favorite Set(s): I think it's still the ambulance & helicopter ( No. 653 ) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Current LEGO Project: Building a complete civilisation using all the lego that came back with me from my parents last Thursday !! ( And all I can snag in the sales ) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Building space-craft using 50x50 baseplates as the foundations. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Linux games programming. Sci-fi & fantasy wargaming, watching movies, a sci-fi film I'm writing ( at a rate that reminds observers of continental drift ).
From: wrzwicky@ux7.cso.uiuc.edu (William Roger Zwicky) Date: 3 Jan 1996 18:08:04 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Name: Bill Zwicky Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17 Location: Champaign, IL E-mail Address: wrzwicky@uiuc.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~wrzwicky/ Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student, programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 # of LEGO Pieces: 4000? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Some space set from 1979 Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8880 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): All technic Current LEGO Project: 8880 and variations Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None, really. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computering, biking / William R. Zwicky / / U of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana / / wrzwicky@uiuc.edu / / http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~wrzwicky / LEGO: TC+++(8880) SP++(497) CA+ PI+ #+ S+ LS++ Hsu A+ YB68m
From: Camiel Rouweler <c.b.rouweler@stud.tue.nl>
Date: 3 Jan 1996 20:23:03 GMT
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Name: Camiel Rouweler
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: in LEGO age
Location: the Netherlands
E-mail Address: c.b.rouweler@stud.tue.nl
Marital Status: not married ( I am open to your proposals :-) )
Children: only the inner child
Occupation: physics student
On R.T.L. Since: september 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 180+
# of LEGO Pieces: 180*(avg(pieces in all my sets))
First LEGO Set: some BASIC set my babysitter used to teach me build
windmills with
Favorite Theme(s): SPACE and a little bit Technic
Favorite Set(s): Starfleet Voyager, all classicest ships
(918,924/457?,928/497?)
^^^ violation of english
language intended
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): not very original: Blacktron I figure
as a kid, however, I always pretended I was the red pilot of one of
my twin LL918 ships.
Current LEGO Project: wasting my time reading r.t.l.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have a history of losing money on exchanging
LEGO with fellow r.t.l.'ers (please do not feel guilty!)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Badminton, science/phyics, beer?? (talk about a
meaningless life :-) )
LEGO: SP++++(928,6929) TO++ TC++ TR+ CA+ #++++ S++ LS--- Hap A++ YB73m
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.
From: Trust No One <doc@htdc.org> Date: 8 Jan 1996 19:58:12 GMT Organization: Lego Addicts Anonymous Name: Matt Dicksion Gender: M Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 (it's been 15 for as long as I can remember) Location: Hawaii E-mail Address: doc@mana.htdc.org Marital Status: lonely Children: Children? Children would steal my lego! Occupation: software engineer/grad student On R.T.L. Since: last spring # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50? 60? I don't know. # of LEGO Pieces: 10-12 cubic feet First LEGO Set: Plastic bag from garage sale ~1977 Favorite Theme(s): Aquanauts (NOT Aquasharks) Favorite Set(s): #497 Galaxy Explorer Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Redcoat admiral from Imperial Flagship Current LEGO Project: Combining pirates, islanders, and aquanauts into one huge diorama Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A huge spaceport consisting entirely of original Space sets Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Martial arts, volleyball, paintball, x-files, 9-ball, Java, Pepsi, cats, astronomy, world conquest and domination
From: Saz Dalrymple <SAZ@jdal.demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 17:59:56 +0000 Organization: None Name: Sarah Ann Dalrymple Gender: F Year of Birth: 1981 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Newcastle, UK E-mail Address: saz@jdal.demon.co.uk Marital Status: um Children: um Occupation: I have a paper round On R.T.L. Since: cant remember, poss november 95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20 # of LEGO Pieces: hundreds First LEGO Set: a duplo train set Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): black knights castle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): black knight Current LEGO Project: building a replica of Newcastle city castle. Currently run out of pieces. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: coming third in the regional lego competion (age group 10 - 13) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: School, partying, Rock climbing * Sarah Dalrymple, SazUK, saz@jdal.demon.co.uk * * http://www.wonderland.org/~sarah/ *
From: crites@staff.cc.purdue.edu (Jeffrey T. Crites)
Date: 8 Jan 1996 23:58:47 GMT
Organization: Purdue University
Name: Jeffrey (Jeff) T. Crites
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About how old I am now...
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana; Purdue University
Soon to be Indianapolis, Indiana - or some other location.
E-mail Address: crites@cc.purdue.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.mdn.com/crites/
Marital Status: Engaged to be married - Date: 4 July, 1997.
Children: N/A.
Occupation: Sys. Op. / (soon) Technical Sales Engr.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Creation.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Very Large. (?)
# of LEGO Pieces: Impossible to say. (Anyone want to count them?)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (The only one so far.)
(With a goal to attend them all)
First LEGO Set: The Yellow Castle (of course, when I was very young).
Favorite Theme(s): (1)Castle (2)Aquazone (3)Pirate (soon)Wild West, etc.
Favorite Set(s): Castle sets #375 and # The Red Walled Castle from 70's.
Favorite Piece/Minifigure: Forestmen
Current LEGO Project: (1) Just finished The 55 Gallon Aquazone Fish Tank.
(2) Starting to catalog TECHNIC sets for sales. (3) Interactive LEGO web
site. (4) Bulk Piece Purchasing at good prices...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Jeff's LEGO Listings, Article about me (and
some others on RTL) in the LEGO Review.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Internet, Reading, Hiking to Castles around
the world, & People...
__<>__ crites@cc.purdue.edu __<>__
(______) http://www.mdn.com/crites ---> "JEFF'S LEGO HOMEPAGE" (______)
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| | "Too low they build, who build beneath the stars." | |
| // | Edward Young / Night Thoughts | // |
| | "Particularly they who do not build with LEGO." | |
| // | Jeff Crites / Synopsis of Oneself | // |
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(__ __) LEGO: CA++++c(15,16,375,1592,6075) MOC+++ PI,TR++(6285) (__ __)
<> TC,AQ,DU,SP+(6987) BV- #+++++ S+ LS++ H!? M+(x2) A+++ YB68m <>
From: jonp@earthlink.net (Jon Paynter) Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 07:08:28 GMT Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Name: Jon Paynter Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: depends Location: Orange CO CA E-mail Address: jonp@earthlink.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: Single Children: box turtle Occupation: Tech-Support On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unsure --coming out of dark ages # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000(?) # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: Some early 70's universal set Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Space Favorite Set(s): 6075 Castle, & that old rocket launching center space set Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Red space minifig holding a black wrench Current LEGO Project: Raytracing my old creations in POVRay Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I'm still working on this one Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Descent, reading, hiking, camping jonp@earthlink.net jon@halcyon.com 102605.1100@compuserve.com
From: Surfchick <surfchick@asb.com> Date: 2 Jan 1996 20:10:06 GMT Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory Name: Andrea Graham Gender: female Year of Birth: 1980 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Shoreham Long Island E-mail Address: Surfchick@asb.com Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: life gaurd On R.T.L. Since: may 95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 60+ # of LEGO Pieces: ? First LEGO Set: fabuland Favorite Theme (s): Islanders, Aquazone Favorite Set (s): enchanted island Favorite Piece (s) my lego dolphin and surfpunk lego figs:) Current LEGO Project: Tropical Island, Beach, lagoon, lots of tiki statues everywhere Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: surfing, womens lacross, I like bob marley and Jimi hendrix music. Im in a band called "wahine", watching ER, marine mammals
From: phs2jw@surrey.ac.uk (Mr Justin J Watkins) Date: 9 Jan 1996 16:04:02 GMT Organization: University of Surrey, UK Name: Justin Watkins Gender: MALE Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Somewhere between 11 and 18 Location: Guildford, Surrey, England UK E-mail Address: j.watkins@surrey.ac.uk (really hard to remember) LEGO/home page URL(s): http://phoenix.bath.ac.uk/~justinw/ Marital Status: Married (18 months) Children: 0 kids, 2 cuddlies Occupation: Research Officer, Physics, Surrey University On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Autumn 1993 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots # of LEGO Pieces: About 22 litres # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: (you'd better ask my dad) Favorite Theme(s): Castle/Technic Favorite Set(s): My castle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Merlin the Wizard and the glow-in-the dark ghost Current LEGO Project: Crane similar to 8460 without the instructions. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Member of Lego club about 10 years ago. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer games, graphics Religion: born-again christian Justin Watkins, Dept of Physics j .watkins@surrey.ac.uk University of Surrey, Guildford 01483 259329 GU2 5XH, England http://phoenix.bath.ac.uk/~justinw/
From: jlf10@75613.1304 (James Farmer) Date: Tue, 09 Jan 96 15:49:34 GMT Organization: Tallahassee Free-Net Name: James Farmer Gender: M Year of Birth: 68 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 Location: Tallahassee, FL E-mail Address: 75643.1304@compu$erve.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/branwen Marital Status: Married(she loves lego's too) Children: None Occupation: Environmental Tech/Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 8/94 (lurker) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20+ # of LEGO Pieces: ?! # of LEGOfests Attended: None First LEGO Set: ? Favorite Theme(s): Launch Command/Pirates/Islanders Favorite Set(s): Shuttle(s) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Current LEGO Project: Couple a' Aquanauts Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The amount of freaking money I've spent Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: homebrewing, comics, other assorted omnipotent hobbies 75613.1304@compuserve.com jlf10@freenet.scri.fsu.edu
From: usda@aztec.co.za (Unix Software Design Usda Automation) Date: 9 Jan 1996 14:07:49 GMT Organization: Aztec Public Access Internet Name: Francois du Plessis. Gender: M. Year of Birth: 1971. Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 9 and 3/4. Location: Johannesburg, sunny SA. E-mail Address: usda@aztec.co.za LEGO/home page URL(s): None. Marital Status: Single. Children: None. Occupation: Programmer in C and COBOL. On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking since Sep '95. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: +/- 20 # of LEGO Pieces: Dunno # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: TOWN Fire chopper (1983). Favorite Theme(s): Classic Space (just after helmet revamp), Blacktron Aquazone, Pirates, Castle. Favorite Set(s): A little Blacktron car with the minifig using a jet backpack. (Don't know the no. I throw away the instructions after I complete a set). Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Lazer Saw (IP), Skeleton, Paradisa lipstick mini-fig heads. Current LEGO Project: Collecting said mini-fig heads to equip some of my other sets with female heads. Anybody need some Paradisa parts for free. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Having at least one set of Space from Classic to before Spyrius and S Police 2. Not much of a claim since most now also have other heads than the smileys. Some of the sets have been enhanced ever so slightly in the armament department as well. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: PC, PC, PC, Tolkien lead figurines, Comics, PC, PC, PC.
From: welfen@sentex.net Date: 9 Jan 1996 17:54:43 GMT Organization: Sentex Communications Corporation. Name: Ross Ireland Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 21 Location: Guelph Ontario, Canada E-mail Address: welfen@sentex.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single, sorta Children: 0 kids, 1 cat Occupation: internet consultant, web designer, HTML editor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: fall '94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown # of LEGO Pieces: right now, about 50. My dad went and sold 2-3000 of my bricks for 9 dollars at a garage sale when I went to school # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: After Lego Dark Ages : Name Unknown , first generation space ship Favorite Theme(s): space/aquazone Favorite Set(s): Names Unknowk, that cool yellow aquazone submarine Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): transparent stuff esp. domes/ original black or blue spacemen Current LEGO Project: Rebuilding collection, re-working Legowars to the tastes of me and my friends Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Had a small legion of 150ish spacemen Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Internet, Star Trek, Coca-Cola http://www.sentex.net/~welfen/slinger.html
From: cdrebert@u.washington.edu (Carolyn Drebert) Date: 9 Jan 1996 17:58:06 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle NNTP-Posting-User: cdrebert Name: Carolyn Drebert Gender: F Year of Birth: 1950 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Renton, Washington (20 min S of Seattle) E-mail Address: cdrebert@u.washington.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Married Children: 3 (5+ grandchildren) Occupation: Materiel Management UofW On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sept 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40-50 # of LEGO Pieces: 5000-10000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Dalmation/Fire Engine Basic Set for Grandson Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train Favorite Set(s): Metroliner, Gas Station Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Metroliner Current LEGO Project: Building my "Estate" (includes a horse-race track, very large house, beach house and boat dock) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Possibly oldest person on RTL Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Sega, Grandkids, oh, and my husband who doesn't mind my obsession with Lego.
From: cgunders@uci.edu (Cardozo Andrews) Followup-To: rec.toys.lego Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 17:13:47 -0600 Organization: University of California, Irvine Name: Connie Gunderson Gender: F Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: Orange County, California E-mail Address: cgunders@uci.edu Marital Status: married Children: none as yet Occupation: retail buyer/law student On R.T.L. Since: 1993 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 75 # of LEGO Pieces: First LEGO Set: that blue Lunar Lander (~1978?) First LEGO period - mid to late '70s Second LEGO period - 1994 to present Favorite Theme(s): Town/Train Favorite Set(s): MetroLiner/Supercar Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Current LEGO Project: Just finished the Supercar that Santa brought Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading, skiing, movies, t.v., computer games, sleeping in.
From: ilaine@panix.com (Liz Stokes)
Date: 9 Jan 1996 18:44:33 -0500
Organization: Panix
Name: Liz Stokes
Gender: female
Year of Birth: '68
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: alive and well
Location: NYC
E-mail Address: ilaine@panix.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: around occasionally since summer 94.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 8
note that this is the second collection. Don't ask me what happened
to the boxes and boxes I had as a child. *snif*
# of LEGO Pieces: lots. Several of those 8 kits are large.
# of LEGOfests Attended: LEGOfests ?!?
First LEGO Set: largish Universal set from early 70's
Favorite Theme(s): Technic
Favorite Set(s): Pneumatic Crane, Monorail
Favorite Piece/Minifigure:
Current LEGO Project: Dream projects rather than current, are a carousel,
(I need lots more pieces though) and a spinning wheel.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I taught myself to spin on a LEGO drop
spindle. Trivial to build, but points for originality of use :-)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
spinning, weaving, lacemaking, cooking, brewing (see a theme here yet?)
--
Liz Stokes | Hey! Where am I going?
Ilaine de Cameron | And what am I doing in this handbasket?
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From: niceguy@bitstream.net (niceguy) Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 21:08:42 -0600 Organization: Bitstream Underground Name: John Gerlach Gender: M Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota E-mail Address: niceguy@bitstream.net Marital Status: single, unattached, uncommitted Children: 1 cat, Tasha Occupation: "Computer Geek" On R.T.L. Since: November 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: somewhere over 250 # of LEGO Pieces: "Too many. Not enough." First LEGO Set: Don't remember - I was 3! Favorite Theme(s): Train, Technic, Castle, Pirates. Favorite Set(s): Too tough to call, lately the "Freight Rail Runner" Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic transmission from the Super Car Current LEGO Project: Creating new train engines and cars Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Sorry, I can't say... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, golf, gardening, cooking.
From: "Z C. Johnson" <zjohnson@cris.com> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 09:42:32 -0700 Organization: Lockheed Martin Name: ZC Johnson Gender: F Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 27 (what, all 27 year olds don't play with Legos?) Location: Denver, CO E-mail Address: zjohnson@cris.com LEGO/home page URL(s): home page: http://www.cris.com/~zjohnson Marital Status: single Children: 3 cats, Christian, Monkey, and Europa Occupation: software engineer On R.T.L Since: fall, 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~150 # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: aside from basic blocks, 780 Road Construction Set from 1975 Favorite Theme(s): Space, Pirate, Technic, Castle, ... Favorite Set(s): 6941 Battrax, 6286 Skull's Eye Schooner, 8880 Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I don't know about me, buy my cats' favorite piece is the bush from the Islanders. Current LEGO Project: Building display stands for my Legos. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: working on web pages, Shakespeare, Tom Clancy novels
From: r-c_lg@ix.netcom.com(Robert LeGrand ) Date: 10 Jan 1996 03:51:00 GMT Organization: Netcom X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Jan 09 7:51:00 PM PST 1996 Name: Rob LeGrand Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 Location: Madison, WI E-mail Address: r-c_lg@ix.netcom.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: married Children: 2 and 3/4 Occupation: Computer Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: @15 # of LEGO Pieces: ????? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: a standard bricks for house, etc. Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): LEGO car (full size - 8 cylinder) Favorite Piece/Minifigure: shock absorber Current LEGO Project: A Limo (with suspension!) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: working manual transmission Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, Computers, RC (cars)
From: kitten@PEAK.ORG (Jodi L. Pilcher) Date: 10 Jan 1996 06:34:11 -0800 Organization: KallistiMUD - telnet mud.peak.org 4000 Name: Jodi Pilcher Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies Location: Atlanta, Georgia E-mail Address: kitten@peak.org LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.peak.org/~kitten Marital Status: Married Children: not yet :) Occupation: Nanny (2 children: Memphis (3yrs9mo) and Sammy (2yrs2mo) They're addicted to Duplo :) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: The beginning of RTL # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots and lots and lots # of LEGO Pieces: no clue # of LEGOfests Attended: none officially, had two RTL people come to my wedding, had a couple others come to our house to play with and drool over our lego. First LEGO Set: a small paradisa set, cant remember which one! Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirate, Paradisa, Town Favorite Set(s): Rolling acres ranch, imperial trading post Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Princess, forest maiden, peasants, merchant captain, forestmen in general. Current LEGO Project: Boxing up our lego, a little at a time so that we'll have less to do when we move in a few months. have done most of paradisa and town, still need to do pirate, castle, mtron, etc Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Cleaning Atlanta out of older sets.. paying for our wedding with a lego auction! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, board games, administrating KallistiMUD, music boxes (there's another collection I've been busy boxing up!), dragons, wizards, castles, travel, "Civilization", cats, children, spending time with my husband, shopping.. and he's currently working on getting me interested in Bloodbowl.
From: rrg@cco.caltech.edu (Roy Gal) Date: 10 Jan 1996 18:27:34 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Name: Roy Gal Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: California Institute (of Technology) E-mail Address: rrg@astro.caltech.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://astro.caltech.edu/~rrg/lego.html Marital Status: single Children: 1 cat Occupation: Astronomer (working on Ph.D.) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~150 # of LEGO Pieces: A whole lot # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: 402 Universal Set Favorite Theme(s): Town,Castle,Pirate Favorite Set(s): 560 Town House Favorite Piece/Minifigure: Jailbreak Joe Current LEGO Project: Adding levels to Lego town and getting train up to them Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Model kits (military aircraft),Mac
From: Will Chapman <willc@halcyon.com>
Organization: The Boeing Company
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 20:06:13 GMT
Name : Will Chapman
Gender : M
Birth Year: '68
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: My 2.5 year old and I are playmates!
Location: Sumner, WA (30 miles S of Seattle)
E-mail Address: willc@halcyon.com
Lego Homepage URL: http://www.halcyon.com/willc/lego.htm
Marital status: Married
Children : 2 (Jake 3, Connor 1.5)
Occupation : Access DB Programmer / WWW CGI Developer
On R.T.L. Since : October 1995
# of sets : A little over quite a few.
# of LEGO pieces : Thousands all over the house (My kids like them too!)
Favorite theme(s) : Train Train Train! (Airport Shuttle Monorail included)
Favorite set(s) : Freight Rail Runner & MetroStation
Current project(s): ACQUIRING A CLUB CAR (or 3)! WILL ANYONE SELL ANY?!?!
Figuring out how to lay out my expanded Monorail track..
Lego Steam Engine (http://www.halcyon.com/willc/steamloc.htm)
3D animated Lego movie
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: A Hands-on Lego Railroad for Kids in the Pacific
NW!
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computer Animation, Volleyball,
From: reimjack@wirehub.nl (Jackelin Rademakers & Reimer Mud) Organization: WireHub Internet (info@wirehub.nl) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 15:18:43 GMT Name: Reimer Mud Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1961 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: From 9-16 years :-) Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands E-mail Address: reimjack@wirehub.nl LEGO/home page URL(s): none :-( Marital Status: Living together with girlfriend and two cats Children: None ( i want to play with the lego :p ) Occupation: Service & support engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: newbie # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100 give or take a few # of LEGO Pieces: Dunno. not enough, i want more..... # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: i remember getting a train for chrismas when i was three feet tall Favorite Theme(s): Minifig's, Technic, Trains Favorite Set(s): 8868,6541,6285,4563 Favorite Piece(s) all Current LEGO Project: just finished 6340 and Reading R.T.L. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: nothing. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Girlfriend, (had to write this down under force :-) ) Building plastic scale models, video's of blackadder and fawlty towers
From: sjdavanz@ix.netcom.com (Steven J Davanzo) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:33:39 GMT Organization: Netcom Name: Steven J Davanzo Gender: Male Year of Birth: July 19 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Immature and happy Location: Detroit, Michigan E-mail Address: sjdavanz@ix.netcom.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Not applicable Marital Status: Single (Soon to be engaged) Children: None Occupation: Student (One More Term!) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: lots, been assimilating since an early age # of LEGO Pieces: Easily near 10K+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Very old police starion, no minfigs, just basic pieces. Favorite Theme(s): Castles/Pirates/some Space/starting Race (cars) Favorite Set(s): Skull Eye Schooner, Imperial Trading Post. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Trader from Imperial Trading Post. Current LEGO Project: Trying to connect drawbridge and RK Castle into one structure Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Convinced father to buy me yellow brick castle in Ireland on a business trip before castle sets were availble in the U.S. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, MtG (Aiee! two money sucking hobbies!, Sony Playstation, Hockey, Finishing my M.B.A. and getting a job.
From: CHE4SPW@leeds.ac.uk (S.P. Woo)
Organization: Young, Single & Happy
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 15:05:21 +0000 (GMT)
Name: Simon Woo
Gender: M.
Year of Birth: 1975.
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Greater than what I would
like it to be/ Struggling to come out :)
Location: Leeds, UK or BSB, Brunei depending on how you look
at it!
E-mail Address:
che4spw@ecu-01.leeds.ac.uk
che4spw@sun.leeds.ac.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s): None.
Marital Status: Single.
Children: Me.
Occupation: Student.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking since Sep '95.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 175
# of LEGO Pieces: Lets see 175x100+lots=lots
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: TOWN (1981).
Favorite Theme(s): Classic Space, Castle (Crusaders).
Favorite Set(s): See sig!
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Magnets :)/White Classic
Space minifig
Current LEGO Project: Devising a cheap way of sending the
large Unitron Monorail 8000miles.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have all SEAn Catalogues from
84--present
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Swimming, Trekking (not the Star
type, but the *real* walking type), Shopping (especially for
LEGOs), Comics (Wildstorm)
E-mail:che4spw@ecu-01.novell.leeds.ac.uk
che4spw@sun.leeds.ac.uk
LEGO: SP++++(6825,6970), AQ+++(6175) ,CA+++(6076), TC++(850), PI+, TO-/++, PA-
M+ S+ LS A+ H!? YB75M
From: bsk123@centcon.com Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 17:31:16 GMT Organization: BrainTree Ltd. Name: Bernard Schmidt Gender: M Year of Birth: 1960 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: varies Location: Los Angeles, California E-mail Address: bsk123@centcon.com LEGO/home page URL(s): non-Lego Homepage: http://www.centcon.com/~bsk123 Marital Status: married Children: 1 daughter who just turned 4 Occupation: selfemployed Estate management, Electronics On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec. 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 and buying # of LEGO Pieces: ~6000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: some basic set back in 1963 I had not played with Lego since 1972, but when we bought the first set for our daughter last year and I discovered the Technic Series, I just couldn't resist. Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains Favorite Set(s): lots of them Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic parts, construction equipment Current LEGO Project: - Caterpillar D-10 Dozer with wireless RC - helping my wife build a Lego town - trying to persuade my parents in europe to ship me what is left of my childhood Lego collection :-) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Treasure hunting - Ham radio - Guns - Computers
From: cwi2r@sunipc-4.unixlab.Virginia.EDU (Santa Claus) Organization: University of Virginia Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 20:45:55 GMT Name: Chris Ingram Gender: M Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 13 Location: Charlottesville, VA E-mail Address: cwi2r@virginia.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.phys.virginia.edu/~cwi2r Marital Status: Happily Married Children: 2 cats :) Occupation: Physics graduate student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: sometime in October 95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: probably about 80 or so # of LEGO Pieces: eek, who knows? # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: not sure, but I know I have some really OLD sets, including some of the pre-minifig people with featureless faces, and 1 or 2 of the giant people with articulated arms. I also seem to have a lot of car grilles with headlights painted on. Favorite Theme(s): Space! Space!! SPACE!!! Favorite Set(s): the old Space sets...Galaxy Explorer and the Mobile Lab in particular. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): a toss-up between the Spyrius hoodlum guy who came with my Saucer Scout, and the HUGE wheels from my old Expert Builder Auto Chassis. Current LEGO Project: A dropship to go with the troop carrier I have built - styled after the one in _Aliens_. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: don't know if I have one...but does anyone remember the following? *The LEGO Storage Bag - a big circular piece of denim with a drawstring so it can be pulled up into a bag. *The very first version of the Space Command Center - it did NOT have a cratered baseplate, but a flat one with some pieces (curved and sloped) that you could make craters from. I believe this was the version I had, but I have lost the instructions & box long ago. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Games of all types, particularly board and RPGs (and even Magic), Science Fiction, space exploration, Doom, and that physics stuff that I try to do for a living.
From: eileenk@cv.hp.com (Eileen Keeney)
Date: 12 Jan 1996 17:48:24 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Corvallis Site
Name: Eileen Keeney
Gender: female
Year of Birth:
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: such an age is not measurable, but I
would guess the status is present but it doesn't stay "inner" to often.
Location: Corvallis Oregon USA planet Earth
E-mail Address: eileenk@peak.org
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.peak.org/~eileenk/mylego.html
Marital Status: single
Children: none of my own
Occupation: computer programmer/business analyst
On R.T.L Since: 1992
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: hundreds
# of LEGO Pieces: thousands (and I really will not count them, but I'm
thinking it is about 40 gallons )
# of LEGOfests Attended: none "official", however I had my own with my
nieces and nephews this Thanksgiving.
First LEGO Set: Some basic set in mostly red and white that had doors,
windows, wheels and basic bricks.
Favorite Theme(s): Belville, Technic and trains mixed with lots of
basic bricks and plates.
Favorite Set(s): Technic Control Center II (although I don't own it yet)
Load'n'haul railroad, basic brick assesory pack and
the Belville set with the puppies.
Favorite Piece(s) Belville girl with blond hair and pink shirt although
without the following, I would not have much fun with the little girl piece:
Basic Bricks and plates.
technic beams, gears, pins and motors;
train track w engine base and power unit,
Current LEGO Project:
Still working on my Roller Coaster which I dissasembled in November and only
recently started working on again. (A few pictures of sections of it, that
I took in November are on my web LEGO page).
Santa's Workshop (which was supposed to be done by Christmas, but still needs
a stable and loading dock).
Never Never Land, which I started in November by hanging my Peter Pan and
Wendy dolls so they were flying over my LEGO ocean which had mostly
Pirate ships at the time.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have no claim to fame at all.
But the coolest thing I ever built was a working carousel (
(a picture of this can be found on my web LEGO page)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
Dolls (playing with and some collecting)
From: gunter@htlsun1.kfk.de
Date: 12 Jan 1996 17:39:32 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Reply-To: Frank.Niemeyer@fzu.uni-karlsruhe.de
Name: Frank Niemeyer
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13
Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
E-mail Address: frank.niemeyer@fzu.uni-karlsruhe.de
LEGO/home page URL(s): Soon to come at
http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~rz71/Private/Lego/
Marital Status: Free (to spend large amounts for LEGO)
Children: Myself
Occupation: System Administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 27
# of LEGO Pieces: ???
# of LEGOfests Attended: none (are ther any in germany?)
First LEGO Set: 6940 as a birthday present four years ago
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Classic Space
Favorite Set(s): 1736 - just two of them and you can make a great
wizard car.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): all large plates
Current LEGO Project: Legonaire II - a 20" LEGO BattleMech for my
Lego Wars Army
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Drinking and collecting whisky, roleplaying,
music and books (esp. old ones)
Frank Niemeyer: Environmental Research Center (FZU),
at the Karlsruhe University
Email: frank.niemeyer@fzu.uni-karlsruhe.de
WWW: http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~rz71
From: sullis3@cii3116-14.its.rpi.edu (Manic Frog) Date: 12 Jan 1996 18:39:11 -0500 Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Name: Shaun Sullivan Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 or so, and Immensely Creative: if what you build looks like what you see on the box, then you followed the instructions too well. Location: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (school) Clinton, NY (home) E-mail Address: sullis3@rpi.edu (school) Sullytoast@aol.com (home) LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet non-Lego Homepage: I'm a Mechy, I'm sorry! Marital Status: Single Children: Nope Occupation: Student, Resident Associate On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September, 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20 to 30 (?) # of LEGO Pieces: I don't do exponents. Actually, I just have no clue. A copier-paper box full, in volumetric terms. # of LEGOfests Attended: Zero (0) First LEGO Set: I don't know the number - the first rocket-launcher Space Set, around 1980-1982 or so (?) Favorite Theme(s): (1) Castle (2) Pirate, Space (3) Technic (4) Islander, Town Favorite Set(s): 950 piece BUCKETS! Any large Pirate ship, and quality Castle set. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletal Death (o' the 4 Apocolyptic Horsemen Faceless Black/Red Wraith (round 1x1 for head) Spacer Any Gear (hence the Mech. Eng.) Current LEGO Project: Establishing a powerful medieval castle force, and accompianying castle. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A 12" tall fully-articulated model of the Robotech mecha (whose BATTLETECH name was Warhammer - I forget the R.T. name - Excalibur, mebbe?) - red with black details. A 4-legged motorized walking robot Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Role-Playing, ANIME, models (mostly sf), reading, literature, Irish history, movies, soccer, volleyball, ultimate Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Role-Playing, ANIME, models (mostly sf), reading, literature, Irish history, movies, soccer, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, etc. etc.
From: robk@access.mountian.net (Robert Kemper) Date: 13 Jan 1996 14:31:13 GMT Organization: American Meter Company Name: Rob Kemper Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: St. Albans, West Virginia E-mail Address: robk@access.mountain.net LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: married Children: 2 Calico, 1 black cat Occupation: Information Systems Administrator # of Sets in LEGO Collection: About 60 # of LEGO Pieces: who knows # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: It was a blue Truck with Fish on the Doors, Early 70's Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Town, Technic Favorite Set(s): Dragon's Den Favorite Piece/Minifigure: Black Knight Current LEGO Project: none Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Wood Working, Matchbox Cars.
From: Hansolo.@ix.netcom.com Date: 14 Jan 1996 02:46:24 GMT Organization: Netcom X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Jan 13 6:46:25 PM PST 1996 Hello All! Name: Frank Harding Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Ask my Wife Location: Seattle,Tacoma area Washington State Lego/Home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Married Children: None Occupation: Honda Tech. # of sets in Lego Collection: 40 # of Lego Pieces: Never counted # of Legofests Attended: None First Lego set: I dont Know,I lost all my sets from Childhood :( Favorite Themes(s): Castle,Model Team,Space,Islander,Pirate,Aquazone,Forester Favorite Set(s): Love them all Favorite Piece/Minifigure: None Current Lego Project: None Greatest claim to Lego Fame: none Other (Non-Lego) Interests: Computers,Computer Games,Snow & Water Skiing,Mountain Bikeing,Jetskiing,Reading(Science,Fantasy).
From: tlong@iu.net (Todd Long) Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 23:52:53 GMT Organization: LongWorld Name: Todd Long Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1965 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: Melbourne, FL E-mail Address: tlong@iu.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: single Children: one 7 year old boy Occupation: printshop owner On R.T.L Since: Dec. 25th 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 22 # of LEGO Pieces: couple thousand (now if I could only find that damn bleach box from when I was a kid!) # of LEGOfests Attended: my son and I have one for ourselves every weekend First LEGO Set: Mine- an early seveties basic building set. My sons Duplo Bucket and his first big kids set Sea Claw 7. Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Monorail Transport Base Favorite Piece(s) Bridge set for the (now retired) duplo train Current LEGO Project: Keeping my son from finding the Neptune Dicovery Lab box that I got him for next (teah right!) Christmas. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Being bachelors we can leave our Legos all over the living room and not get in trouble. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Coasters, Star Trek.
From: yu146273@yorku.ca (NICHOLAS TOTH)
Date: 16 Jan 1996 01:27:20 GMT
Organization: York University
Name: Nicholas Toth
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 19 and/or 13, depending. When the
wind is southerly, I know a falcon from a pickaxe.
Location: North York, Ontario, Canada
E-mail Address: yu146273@yorku.ca
Marital Status: I wish!
Children: Nope
Occupation: Student, Part Time Librarian
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December, 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 32 full, 8 Mini-fig sets, 3 misc. (wheels,
doors, etc.), and the mini-figs from the original Dragon Castle
# of LEGO Pieces: Used to be more than 3,000, but I gave about half
(town, space, and basic) to my brother, when I decided to specialize in
Castle stuff. I've added more since then, though, so maybe 2,000.
# of LEGOfests Attended: None.
First LEGO Set: A small space vehicle, a sort of one-man launch, with a
white space guy. I was three, so that's 1979, and it got mixed in with my
cousin's and was never seen again.
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, definitely, but give me the new men, arms, and
animals, and the old castles.
Favorite Set(s): 375/6075 Yellow Castle.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x2x3high buttress pieces (simplicity)
hand axe and hammer
Old-style knight's visors (T-slot)
Uniformed Soldiers from Pirates
Norse bearded guy from Sea Serpent
The Wizard
Current LEGO Project: None, really. I've got this impregnable castle and
139 armed men of various kinds to defend it, but I haven't got the time
to stage a battle. Maybe in the summer...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Lego battle in grade 7. My home-brew castle
and siege equipment, against my teacher's boxed castles (original lion
and eagle castles, and the tavern) and siege equipment. I cleaned up,
because her knights couldn't climb my walls, just by standing on their
horses' backs!
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading (SF/F, Hist, Shakespeare), computers
(strangely enough, not a prerequisite to net-access, any more), starship
design, the Holy Rutabaga, creating sleep deficit, and RPGs, occasionally.
From: karini@aksi.net (Karin Isberg) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 16:36:37 GMT Organization: Acquired Knowledge Systems, Inc. Name: Karin Isberg Gender: F Year of Birth: 1954 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child(ren): 9-14 VERY active! Location: Miami, Florida USA E-mail Address: karini@aksi.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Under construction Marital Status: Commited (13+ yrs) Children: Only inner kids and a wonderful dog Andy Occupation: Sys Adm for Blue Moon Books On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Just discovered it @ 3 wks ago! # of Sets in LEGO Collection: @20 # of LEGO Pieces: ?? Not enough! # of LEGOfests Attended: LEGOfests!? Where!??? First LEGO Set: A *wooden* bag full back in late 50's! Favorite Theme(s): Town (seaports), Islanders, Forestmen Favorite Set(s): Metro Station, Launch & Load Seaport, Forestman's Crossing and Forbidden Island Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Aquanauts, Forestmen, Pirates Current LEGO Project: Selling off all my Stark Trek collection for more Lego sets! Building a high wall to wall (all walls) shelf for dis(play) of Legos in bedroom Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Still have wooden Legos! (not sure if they are "Lego" brand) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Drawing/painting, sailing, fencing, bicycling, building/flying R/C sailplanes, R/C sailboats, computer games, boardgames, Illuminati (INWO)Trading Card Game
From: sixten.otto@dartmouth.edu (Sixten Otto)
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 15:09:13 -0400
Organization: Dartmouth College
Name: Sixten Otto
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: No idea, but from the looks I get from
my friends sometimes, young...
Location: Rochester, New York (Home); Hanover, New Hampshire (School)
E-mail Address: sixten.otto@dartmouth.edu
Marital Status: Not
Children: None
Occupation: Student (Dartmouth College)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: I never really kept count, but I imagine
somewhere on the order of 50-70 (??).
# of LEGO Pieces: I have absolutely no idea, but they fill two drawers of
an old dresser in my room.... :-)
# of LEGOfests Attended: None.
First LEGO Set: I have tattered instructions for a fire engine from the
days before posable mini-figs with faces (from 1978 or 79) but the first I
remember much is the 497 Galaxy Explorer.
Favorite Theme(s): Space and Castle.
Favorite Set(s): Not sure, but quite possibly 6954 Blacktron Renegade.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron minifigs (the galactic bada**es...)
the new Castle swords and halberds
the new tools (from Launch Command, others)
palm trees!
the mysteriously alluring (yet strangely
disturbing) Islander lei chick...
Current LEGO Project: Nothing, really. I have only recently begun to ease
back out of my own mini-Dark Ages, and have mainly been picking up sets
with minifigs or bits that struck me as neat.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: There was the time I started to build a
starship interior with a floor composed of every 6x8 or larger base I
owned, but it's funny how an overturned table 3 days in can dampen one's
enthusiasm for such a project (especially in 2nd or 3rd grade).... :-\
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading (SF, Lovecraft, older Anne Rice, some
fantasy), Role-Playing Games, Warhammer 40K, Computers
Sixten F. K. Otto, D'98, http://coos.dartmouth.edu/~sotto/
From: Leo Dorst <leo@fwi.uva.nl> Date: 17 Jan 1996 16:06:54 GMT Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam Name: Leo Dorst Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Recovering Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands E-mail Address: leo@fwi.uva.nl Marital Status: married to Phyllis Crabill and two cats. Children: None Occupation: Research scientist in robotics On R.T.L. Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: oh, I dunno - 200 ? # of LEGO Pieces: oh, I dunno - 50,000 ? First LEGO Set: It has always been around... Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Town, Train Favorite Set(s): 6670, 6594 (both for clever use of pieces), 8828 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Micromotor Current LEGO Project: Transferring designs to: http://carol.fwi.uva.nl/~leo/ Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Our Amsterdam canal house in Lego (see WWW). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: go, hiking, robotics, music (passively...)
From: wckokal@vms.cis.pitt.edu Date: 17 Jan 96 15:09:19 EDT Organization: University of Pittsburgh Name: Bill Kokal Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 Location: Pittsburgh PA USA E-mail Address: pacwck+@pitt.edu Marital Status: married to my wonderful (and lego-sympathetic) wife, Lisa Children: None Occupation: Systems Analyst On R.T.L. Since: 1994 (on and off) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ?? 400, maybe # of LEGO Pieces: ?? 12 cu ft? 324000cu. centimeters (I think) First LEGO Set: Basic Set around 1972 Favorite Theme(s): Pirate, Castle Favorite Set(s): all Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Forestmen Current LEGO Project: Building my all pirate ships to take on the Imperial Armada Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: PA License plate: LEGO Wifes: ONO LEGO Last 4 digits of phone # L-E-G-O Went to Legoland this past summer Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading, music, history
From: John Cromer <cro>
Date: 19 Jan 1996 01:38:52 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Name: John Cromer
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1952
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: terminal adolescence, but was informed
recently I was in danger of leaving
its ranks due to "my irrational fear
of personal bankruptsy." (I bounced
a mortgage check!)
Location: Pasadena, CA
E-mail Address: cro@astro.caltech.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://astro.caltech.edu/~cro/home.html
(no lego yet)
Marital Status: married
Children: two cats, nephew.
Occupation: programmer for the Palomar and Keck
Observatories
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb, 1995.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 120
# of LEGO Pieces: 22473
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: 8042 Universal Pneumatic. (I played
with Happi Time Bricks as a child.)
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, castle, islanders, town.
Favorite Set(s): Universal Pneumatic (sentimental)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Skeleton and The Redhead.
Current LEGO Project: Finish Super Car, Airtech Claw Rig,
Lego home page. Obtain all the
Technic Idea Books (only 8889 to go.)
Help my wife with a course in simple
machines using Technic sets at a
local public school.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: No claims.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Humor, reading, applied math, physics,
history, cycling, hiking.
From: minxkely@flood.xnet.com (Minx Kelly) Date: 21 Jan 1996 19:20:30 GMT Organization: XNet - A Full Service Internet Provider - (708) 983-6064 Name: Patrick Finnegan Gender: male Age: 11 Year of birth: 3-18-84 Mental age/status of inner child: 12 Location: Chicago E-mail address: fireball@calunet.com (will be activated any day now) LEGO/home page url: none yet Marital status: you got to be kidding Children: none Occupation: tattletale and above average student # of sets in LEGO collection: 40 # of LEGO pieces: a million First LEGO set: 6389 Fire Control Center Favorite theme(s): Town Police/Rescue Favorite set(s): 6984 Galactic Mediator Current project: saving up for new sets Greatest claim to LEGO fame: helping to build Auntie Minx's theme park Other (non-LEGO) interests: video games,music, collecting die cast cars taking care of my cat Peanuts.
From: Poconnor@apci.net (James O'Connor) Date: 26 Jan 1996 20:01:22 GMT Organization: Applied Personal Computing, Inc. Name: Gloria O'Connor Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12, providing the 'adult supervision for my houseful' Location: Scott AFB, IL E-mail Address: oconnor@apci.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: married Children: 2: 3-yr old boy, 20-mo girl Occupation: husband-helper, kid-keeper, home-maker On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 2 Duplo sets # of LEGO Pieces: a lot, they seem to multiply when no one is looking # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: a Christmas gift to my sister and I, she monopolized it Favorite Theme(s): none yet Favorite Set(s): none yet Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): none yet (Although as the kids grow, I'm sure we'll specialize.) Current LEGO Project: finding them all Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Bible study, (often) experimental cooking, net surfing.
From: Chris Wilding <wilding@server.uwindsor.ca>
Organization: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 23:03:49 GMT
Name: Christopher Robin Wilding
(but same the typing: Chris will do...)
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 20, bouncing back 10-15 years upon
sighting a LEGO brick.
Location: Windsor, ON, Canada
E-mail Address: wilding@server.uwindsor.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www2.uwindsor.ca/~wilding/index.html
http://www2.uwindsor.ca/~wilding/lego.html
(Guess which one is the Lego page...)
Marital Status: single
Children: none -- closest to that is my youngest
sister, 13 years my junior, whom I am
trying to hook on LEGO.
Occupation: Engineering student (2nd Yr, Mechanical)
at the Univerisity of Windsor, ON, Canada
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Observing since Oct. 1995, 1st post today.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~40
# of LEGO Pieces: 3000 confirmed, and all the little bits
left over... ~5000-5500
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0 <sniff!>
First LEGO Set: (I can't remember that far!) It was
some big (for a 3.5 yr. old!) DUPLO
set (circa 1977-9), also my younger
sister's 1st set.
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Space, Town.
Favorite Set(s): 8858 Orig. Engine Set,
Fire Station (c. 1980 -set # ????)
8062 Universal Technic Set,
8880 Technic Super Car.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any gear, old square pistons, new round
pistons, differentials, all of the classic
space elements.
Current LEGO Project: Lego/TECHNIC homepage. Catalogue and
index *ALL* of my Lego on a database.
Aquire more Lego :)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Christmas, 1995: My grandmother hands
me my 'inheritance', a bag of old LEGO,
the pre ABS plastic stuff! (I hope my
uncles won't get too upset over this.)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Engineering, Cars, Drawing, Computers,
Reading, Foreign Languages, Anime &
Manga, Programming, Raytracing,
Websurfing, and My Homepage(s).
From: pappgj@hg.uleth.ca
Date: 2 Feb 1996 21:40:36 GMT
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Name: Alexander (Alex) Pappajohn
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ?
Location: Lethbridge, AB
E-mail Address: pappgj@acad1.cc.uleth.ca or
pappgj@hg.uleth.ca
Marital Status: s
Children: 0
Occupation: student/teacher
On R.T.L. Since: summer 94
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 13 (rest unboxed)
# of LEGO Pieces: 2 bins.
First LEGO Set: ?
Favorite Theme(s): space
Favorite Set(s): Small Spacecraft
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Exploriens, Octan.
Current LEGO Project: Saving up to buy more LEGO.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
Models that match color schemes almost perfectly;
Sea Sprint 9 for $0.98.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Visual C++, Star Trek, Models of robots
and aircraft.
From: merryvie@ux7.cso.uiuc.edu (June Merryview)
Date: 14 Feb 1996 19:25:13 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Name: Gaitsiri Mongkolsmai ("Tina") (I'm Thai)
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 22 or 11/My inner child will never die..
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
E-mail Address: mongkolsmai_tina@tandem.com
gmongkol@envirolink.org
TinaM95@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.aol.com/tinam95/index.html
Marital Status: single/6 mo anniversary on V-day '96!!
Children: Maybe in a couple of years away...
Occupation: Information Systems Analyst (programmer)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: February 1996!!
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 10 at home (Bloomington, Illinois)
and ordering 3 more from Roy Gal
# of LEGO Pieces: don't know...
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
First LEGO Set: a _BIG_ Universal set..the one with the
granny person and the teeny doors and the
big wheels and thick green plates... I
don't know where it is anymore...
Favorite Theme(s): Town, anything with pieces useful in
building houses, meaning 2-3 bedrooms,
baths with shower rooms, kitchens with
islands, balconies and sunrooms, etc...
Hard to do with limited flat plates and
white 1x's...I use lots of door-sized
windows, etc... any other suggestions? I
also use things like flat 2x2's for the
tiled bath/kitchen floors and outdoor
patio steps...
Favorite Set(s): I've combined the best pieces for house
building in a huge popcorn tin and a few
other containers, ie roof pieces in one,
flat pieces in one, people/small special
pieces in another, doors/windows/palmtree
and stacked bricks between flat pieces
(5 high of course for house-building) in
the popcorn tin...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Hmm...outdoor lamps, clear pieces from my
old Universal set ofr glass block designs,
| flat tiles for kitchens, mailboxes for an
|__ oven (wish there were a better piece for
| that), a chair and a clear-blue plastic
_| window piece to make bar stools as shown,
storage boxes that open (2x3x2) sideways
and the refridgerator (2x3x4, sometimes I
wish it were 2x3x5), slanted windows for
skylights, bumped out sunroom pieces (the
ones that curve and are 4x3x6)
Current LEGO Project: Getting my mom to pack my Lego sets for
me and bringing them when they visit at
the end of March. She may not do it...
but I'm also ordering from Roy Gal so I
will survive on those...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Oh, I just have fun building 3 bedroom,
2 bath homes with 2 stories, a balcony,
all the above I mentioned...better in
size than some homes in California, if
you think about the price!!! Goodness..
Best LEGO deal: Probably buying these older sets from
Roy Gal since I've been looking for a
number of sets and can't find any in TRU
here or at Target. (Boohoo.)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I'm interested in floor plan designs and
in camping and keeping my relationship
with the one I love alive; hopefully it
will last for always...
Other: Oh, and I love food. (not all...but..)
I love Thai food, hot curries plus...hey,
just see my homepages. Thanks!
From: Peter Moster <peter.moster@megadolt.inka.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 13:40:30 +0100
Organization: INKA e.V. POP Ruelzheim
Name: Peter Moster
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 He is into Technic now...
Location: Offenbach, near Karlsruhe, Germany
E-mail Address: peter.moster.megadolt.inka.de
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.inka.de/sites/megadolt/
Marital Status: single
Children: yes, myself
Occupation: student: electrical engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 40
# of LEGO Pieces: three drawers and some
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
First LEGO Set: I remember hobby models 391-393... then came the rift.
after my Lego dark ages: 6814, little ice planet vehicle.
Favorite Theme(s): Pirates, Technic
Favorite Set(s): Big hulking ships
Favorite Minifigs: red and blue troopers
Current LEGO Project: 1) 6-legged pneumatic walker Pirate ship with hull from
a big pirate ship and Technic "musical clock" control.
2) Finish study and get job to earn money
to spend on Lego.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Playing Legowars at a party.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: my friends, Computers, Games, Bicycling
From: shepherd.38@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Chris Shepherd) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 21:32:00 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Name: Carolyn Cheney Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1956 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Was going down nicely, then I hit 40. Maybe more LEGO will help. Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA E-mail address: cheney1@osu.edu LEGO homepage/URLs:Someday Marital Status: Married (he gave me roof bricks for Valentine's Day) Children: 1 son, Geoffrey, born in 1988 Ocupation:Research Immunologist On R.T.L (A.T.L) since: Lurking since 1993 # sets in LEGO collection: about 100 # pieces: Don't know # LEGOfests: none, but I am hosting one this weekend First LEGO set: Some basic bricks when I was a kid, but no longer have them. Otherwise, some Duplo bought for my son (so it is really his, but we share) Favorite Theme: Imperial Guards Favorite sets: Trading post (not that I have it) favorite piece/minifig: shooting cannon, pirate wench current LEGO project: figuring out how to host a LEGOfest Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Longest lurker? Best LEGO deal: The seaport for US$50., but I am trying to do better. Other (non LEGO) interests: family, immunology, cooking, sewing, fencing, reading mysteries, renovating my home
From: peoples@interpath.com (Edward T. Riddle) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 05:00:20 GMT Organization: Interpath -- Providing Internet access to North Carolina Name: Edward T. Riddle Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 - The perfect LEGO Age Location: Fletcher, NC, USA E-mail address: peoples@interpath.com LEGO homepage/URLs: I'm working on it... Marital Status: Married - She thinks LEGOs are OK Children: 1 Son, Nicholas, Born 021295 Ocupation: Service Mgr for a computer Co. On RTL Since: Lurking since Dec `95 # Sets in LEGO Ccollection: 55 # Pieces: 8775 (+/- 100) # LEGOfests: None - But I'm willing =) First LEGO set: Older `70s sets when I was a kid - But unfortunetly they are long gone. Favorite Theme(s): Castle & Pirates Favorite Set(s): 4563 Load N' Haul Railroad - It looks GREAT under the Christmas Tree Favorite Piece/MiniFig: Shooting Canon/Forestmen (Glad there coming back) Current LEGO Project: Learning HTML to get my URL up Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ? Best LEGO Deal: 25% Off @ K-Mart Other (NonLEGO) Interests: What do you mean NonLEGO? Video Games, My Son, Computers (I have 5)... LEGO: PI+++ (6286/0412) CA+++ (6081) AQ+++ (6175) TR++ (4563) LEGO: TO+ (6346/6397) SP+ (6982) #++ S+ LS++ Hsu/al A YB68m
From: shc103@york.ac.uk (SH Carter) Date: 26 Feb 1996 17:21:48 GMT Organization: The University of York, UK Name: Steven H Carter Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Steve has two mental ages, 5 and 32. These are united in the LEGO plane. Location: York, North Yorkshire, UK E-mail address: shc103@york.ac.uk LEGO homepage/URLs: none (!) Marital Status: Single Children: Nope Ocupation: Student / civil servant On RTL Since: 26 Feb 1996 # Sets in LEGO Ccollection: ? # Pieces: ? # LEGOfests: ? First LEGO set: Older `70s sets when I was a kid. Favorite Theme(s): Technik Favorite Set(s): Nope Favorite Piece/MiniFig: The helmet with a blue visor Current LEGO Project: None - My EVIL MOTHER took away my legos when I was "too old" - I was only 16! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Best LEGO Deal: Won UKP1.10's worth of lego tractor at Christmas 1983? Other (NonLEGO) Interests: Old computers & consoles, music, building robots (though I haven't finished one yet!) -- Steve Carter, shc103@york.ac.uk, http://www.york.ac.uk/~shc103 # E_shoot me down if I tell a lie! # ... and when I say Lego, I mean LEGO(R) bricks and no-one elses.
From: timb@tiac.net (Tim Bithoney) Date: 3 Mar 1996 15:10:18 GMT Organization: Along The Way Solutions Name: Tim Bithoney Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 10 yrs old I just love toys!!! Location: Boston MA E-mail address: timb@tiac.net LEGO homepage/URLs: none (!) Marital Status: Engaged Children: does a cat count? Ocupation: Student On RTL Since: Summer of 95 # Sets in LEGO Ccollection: roughly 100 # Pieces: lots!!! # LEGOfests: ? First LEGO set: Duplo stuff and then space sets from the late 70s.. Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Old space sets with first red, white and yellow figures. Favorite Piece/MiniFig: Original Yellow space man Current LEGO Project: to get the BIG castle! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Best LEGO Deal: My gradfather buying them for me! Other (NonLEGO) Interests: Star Wars, Macintosh, Web page design, Home Theater, Punk and Hardcore.
From: gwyckoff@ellis.uchicago.edu (Gerald Wyckoff)
Organization: The University of Chicago
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 21:08:10 GMT
Date: 4/17/96
Name: Gerald J. Wyckoff
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varying wildly between 3 and 63- inner
child in firm control most times.
Location: Chicago, IL (and occasionally Commack,New York)
E-mail Address: gwyckoff@midway.uchicago.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): Not yet
Marital Status: Engaged
Children: Nope
Occupation: Genetics Graduate Student (i.e., none)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan, 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx. 50
# of LEGO Pieces: ????
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
First LEGO Set: inherited many miscellaneous blocks from uncle circa 1974
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Castle
Favorite Set(s): Rebel Hunter (most useful pieces/package)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): long "multipurpose" piece which looks like
a cross between a rifle and a VHS video-camera
Current LEGO Project: Attempting to build a large, to mini-fig scale space
ship using 1/2 off the clamshell of the Ice Planet
Outpost as the canopy for the command area and full
crew living areas, but it is taking a back seat to my
Thesis Proposal at the moment. Planned finish date,
6/30/96.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Scale model of A-10 Warthog ('cept it wasn't
green...)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My thesis, my fiance, hiking, traveling, role
playing, reading, and Babylon 5.
From: smd5833@is2.nyu.edu (Sid M. Dinsay) Date: 18 Apr 1996 05:06:37 GMT Organization: New York University NNTP-Posting-User: root Name: Sid Mark Dinsay Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ages 10-14 Location: New Yawk, New Yawk E-mail Address: smd5833@is2.nyu.edu Marital Status: married, for all intents and purposes Children: none, two dogs Occupation: News Assistant, NY1 News On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September, 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: at least 150 # of LEGO Pieces: lots # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: A Basic set in 1970 Favorite Set: Anything space, most town, technic Favorite theme: Space, sub-themes thereof; aquazone and aquasharks Favorite piece to date: those octagonal thingees in AQ sets LEGO acheivements: millenium falcon, klingon bird of prey, City of Icars (sorry, no .pict files!) Best place to shop for LEGO: thrift stores, of course!
From: ptinney@wimsey.com (Pat Tinney) Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 23:24:50 GMT Organization: Online at Wimsey Name: Pat Tinney Gender: Female Year of Birth: 19 and something Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: BC Canada E-mail Address: ptinney@wimsey.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Maybe some day Marital Status: married Children: Cole & Ria, human; Niki & Kieth, dog & cat. Occupation: Retired computer programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Summer '95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 129 # of LEGO Pieces: 32,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Stuff from the 60's - was given away by my mother :-( Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirates and the rest Favorite Set(s): SES Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Fabuland Mouse Current LEGO Project: Building the Once-lers house. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My kids & husband, dog training, computers and sometimes annoying the cat.
From: Richard Bierworth <richard_bierworth@valpak.com> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 10:47:19 -0500 Organization: Val=?iso-8859-1?Q?=80Pak DMS, Inc.?= Name: Richard Bierworth Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1962 (I just turned twenty-fourteen) Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 (the maximum LEGO age per boxes) Location: Largo, Florida E-mail Address: richardb@valpak.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None yet Marital Status: Single Children: None Pets: Socks and Alexis Occupation: Technical Software Support On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 2/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of LEGO Pieces: more than 12,000 is my guess, but less than I'd like. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Royal Knights Castle (I played with a friends basic sets as a child and had none of my own) :^( Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Town, Pirate, Space, Aquazone (in that order) Favorite Set(s): Metrostation (great building, wish there were more) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Non-town females. They are so rare that I jump for joy if I can find one. Current LEGO Project: Building the missing town buildings (Post Office, Bank, Theatre, Store, School, Library, etc.) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Finding a way to fund my LEGO habit. ;^) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Comics, Collectible Card Games, Writing
From: bk6256@CNSVAX.ALBANY.EDU (Hi)
Date: 19 Apr 1996 19:45:54 GMT
Organization: University of Albany, SUNY
Name: Brett Kingery
Gender: Boy
Year of Birth: 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17
Location: Saratoga Springs
E-mail Address: BK6256@CNSVAX.ALBANY.EDU
LEGO/home page URL(s): Won't ever have one (there's no good Muppet pages yet!)
Marital Status: Marriage? Whats that?
Children: Never
Occupation: Student/Tech. Support in Library
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Fall 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ???
# of LEGO Pieces: ???
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: Entire 1984 Castle line (at Christmas)
Favorite Theme(s): Castle
Favorite Set(s): Any set I don't have
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): None
Current LEGO Project: Buying as many Castle pieces as I can't afford
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Most number of rejected ideas from Lego, Inc?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, Rollerblading, Warcraft II
eating Orida Crispers/Twice baked potatoes
From: drvasher@mtu.edu (David R Vasher) Date: 19 Apr 1996 00:41:42 -0400 Organization: Michigan Tech Name: Dave Vasher Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: All to active Location: Houghton, MI E-mail Address: drvasher@mtu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: single Children: Occupation: Undergrad, ME On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan, '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20ish # of LEGO Pieces: Far too few... # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: No clue... Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): Not one in particular Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The shock thingies Current LEGO Project: Arctic Cat snowmobile with working suspension Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Don't have one:( Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Any sport, snowmobiles, country music:)
From: yoplait@eskimo.com (George Handel) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever Date: Sun, 21 Apr 1996 14:58:05 GMT Name: Layne Benofsky Gender: Male(?) Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 1/2 (and holding steady) Location: Seattle, Washington! WEU WEU! E-mail Address: yoplait@eskimo.com LEGO/home page URL(s): :( none :( Marital Status: Free as a boid! :) *chirp chirp* Children: I are one. Occupation: Student/Part timer/Singer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oh dear.. at least six months. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots # of LEGO Pieces: A 'Tub'(*) Full # of LEGOfests Attended: Legofests? :) First LEGO Set: Some stuff that came in a brown box. but they WERE Lego Favorite Theme(s): Pirates (was space) Favorite Set(s): Galalxy Explorer... and the Mobile Rocket Launcher Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I, definatly >:) Current LEGO Project: Developing a playing arena for LegoW**s Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Upgrading the Galaxy Explorer to abouot 2/3 again as large, and keeping the 'style' intact. I loved that thing. Stayed together for years! :) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Singing, model/miniature ships, model/miniature anything else (:)) Collecting rabbit things.
From: Wendy <WCSmile@postoffice.pbinet.com> Date: 23 Apr 1996 04:22:50 GMT Organization: Fork Xiao Dirt Name: Wendy Cheng Gender: F Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 7 and a half Location: SF bay area, California E-mail Address: WCSmile@pbinet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: single Children: Occupation: college student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb, '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40 # of LEGO Pieces: Don't know yet. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Can not remeber, I think it was a classic space set. Favorite Theme(s): Town/Western Favorite Set(s): #6397 Gas 'N' Wash Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Classic fire fighters Current LEGO Project: Upgrading my LEGO city. I call it Riverdale. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Japanese Comics, HK movies.
From: ndrkk@dordt.edu (Andre Kok) Date: 23 Apr 1996 06:19:25 GMT Organization: Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA Name: Andre' Kok Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1976 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 19 Location: Sioux Center, IA (Denver, CO for the summer) E-mail Address: ndrkk@cc.dordt.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://bbs.dordt.edu:2000/~andre Marital Status: engaged Children: none Occupation: Elementary Education Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 110 or so # of LEGO Pieces: more than 110 # of LEGOfests Attended: none (went to the great create 95, check it out on my home page!) First LEGO Set: 588 Polie HQ Favorite Theme(s): Soldiers, Imperial Gaurds, Wolfpack Favorite Set(s): Imperial Trading Post, Wolfpack Tower Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blue backpacked soldier Current LEGO Project: packing it all up for the summer :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none really :( Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My Fiance, computers(Macintosh), rollerblading, playing viola, traveling, hiking, sleeping. Andre' Kok http://bbs.dordt.edu:2000/~andre/ Elementary Education Student ndrkk@cc.dordt.edu Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA bw238@freenet.uchsc.edu LEGO: PI+++(6277) TO++(588) CA+>(6090) #++ S LS+ H!? M+ A+ YB76m
From: dellis@mkitso.bbn.com (David Ellis)
Date: 23 Apr 1996 15:21:39 GMT
Organization: BBN, Inc.
Name: David Ellis
Gender: M
Year of Birth: '49 (that makes me 46)
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ~12
Location: Framingham, MA (20 mi W of Boston)
Email: (work) dellis@bbn.com; (home) dje@mkitso.ultranet.com
Marital Status: M
Children: Ben, born '89
Occupation: Software Engineering / network security
Employment: Senior Engineer, BBN Systems & Technologies, Cambridge, MA.
On R.T.L. Since: 6/95
Number of Sets in Collection: 32
Number of Pieces: 9208 (plus 2050 additional loose pieces).
List of sets, in order of purchase: 335, 1719, 6314, 4153; 6340, 6670;
6345, 9365, 6483, 6949, 6544; 8720, 8062, 1785; 6020, 6125, 8818, 8225;
6973, 6571, 6279, 1789, 8856; 1843, 1728, 8244, 6335; 1728, 8868, 6982;
1822, 6939.
Oldest Set: 335 (Basic 3+ tote pack, 244 pcs).
Freestyle: 1719 (4-12 box, 186 pcs); 4153 (5-12 chest, 683 pcs).
Town: 6314 (Town People, 27 pcs); 6340 (Hook and Ladder, 173 pcs);
6670 (Rescue Rig, 112 pcs); 6345 (Aerial Acrobats, 332 pcs);
6483 (Coastal Patrol, 240 pcs); 6544 (Shuttle Transcon, 320 pcs);
6571 (Flame Fighters, 416 pcs); 6335 (Indy Transport, 385 pcs).
DACTA/Town: 9365 (DACTA Community Vehicles, 704 pcs).
Space: 1785 (Crater Critters, 143 pcs); 6939 (Saucer Centurion, 211 pcs);
6973 (Deep Freeze Defender, 412 pcs); 1789 (Star Hawk 2, 288 pcs);
6982 (Explorien Starship, 652 pcs); 6949 (Robo-Guardian, 360 pcs).
Technic: 8720 (Power Pack, 54 pcs); 8062 (Universal w/case, 403 pcs);
8818 (Desert Racer, 118 pcs); 8225 (Road Rally V, 95 pcs);
8856 (Whirlwind Rescue, 507 pcs); 8244 (Convertables, 276 pcs);
8868 (Air Tech Claw Rig, 957 pcs).
Aquazone: 6125 (Sea Sprint 9, 28 pcs); 1728 (Crystal Crawler, 92 pcs)(2);
1822 (Sea Claw 7, 183 pcs).
Castle: 6020 (Magic Shop, 45 pcs).
Pirates: 6279 (Skull Island, 366 pcs).
Value: 1843 (Space/Castle value pack, 104 pcs).
Favorite Themes: Space, Technic, Town
Favorite Sets: 6483, 6949, 6973
The only non-standard set in my collection is #9365, a DACTA set that contains
ten vehicles, including #6662 (Back Hoe), #6594 (Gas Transit), #6535 (Dumper),
#6668 (Recycle Truck), #6533 (Police 4x4), an ambulance very similar but not
identical to #6666, #6524 (Blizzard Blazer), #6660 (Hook 'n' Haul Wrecker), a
small dumper and a firefighter's van.
Personal: I've been interested in Lego only since last May, when my son
received set #4153 for his birthday. My creativity for designing constructions
is extremely limited, so I would very much wish to borrow, trade or otherwise
obtain copies of instructions for models I don't have (hint, hint).
Claim to Fame: Nothing I've got or have built is notable. I have posted to the
FTP archive on earthsea.stanford.edu listings with piece by piece inventory
information for fifteen of my sets and reviews for eleven of these sets. I am
compiling a list of Lego pieces by description and part number (where
available). I wrote the Lego folks in Enfield and Billund, asking if there's
an official set of names and numbers for all the pieces; they replied that this
information is for use inside the company only and is not to be made available
to customers. Anybody with more information is invited to contact me by email.
--
David J Ellis
BBN Systems and Technologies Network Security department
Mailstop 13/2a 10 Moulton Street Cambridge, MA 02138
dellis@bbn.com 617-873-6016
From: Michael Heun <vader1@execpc.com> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 21:09:19 +0000 Organization: Exec-PC BBS - Milwaukee, WI Name: Michael Heun Gender: Male Year of Birth:1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:8 Location:Milwaukee, Wis E-mail Address:vader1@execpc.com LEGO/home page URL(s):none Marital Status:single Children:- Occupation:marketing On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Jan, 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:70 # of LEGO Pieces: not a clue # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: 588 Police Department Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train Favorite Set(s): Airport shuttle, Shell Park and Station, Airport Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Exxon, Shell, and licensed /trademark logo figs. Current LEGO Project:Building 40 town sets sorted by colors in one box .....putting together my first town layout in a decade!! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My major purchase of 40 LEGO town sets in one outing. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: The Bible, action figures, anything Star Wars, anything Batman, movies, reading, sports and related statistics.
From: zeek1701@aol.com (Zeek1701) Date: 24 Apr 1996 01:46:31 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Jason Mergenov Gender: Male Year of Birth:1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:12, my girlfriend says 8 Location:Great Falls, Mt E-mail Address:zeek1701@aol.com/zeek170@mcn.net LEGO/home page URL(s):none Marital Status:single Children:none Occupation:Minuteman III ICBM Launch Control Officer (USAF) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Mar, 1996 (FNG) # of Sets in LEGO Collection:150+ # of LEGO Pieces: not enough # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: A space one from the 70's, had a lunar lander and some large figs Favorite Theme(s): Pirates, town, knights Favorite Set(s): Imperial flagship, renegade runner, all my knights and police stuff Favorite Piece(s): Minifigs and weapons/tools. Current LEGO Project: Converting the freight hauler train into the, never built, Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Train. Just finished my MMIII Launch Control Center. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I'm the only one I know who makes models of nuclear weapon systems out of legos Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Collecting kenner SW figs, computer programing, X-Files, Jimmy Buffet
From: "Jeffrey D. Livingston" <jlivings@infointl.com> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 10:47:59 -0400 Organization: United States Internet, Inc. Name: Jeffrey D. Livingston Gender: M Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Bounces between 12 and 50 Location: Corryton, Tennessee E-mail Address: jlivings@infointl.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Supervisor for Technical Analysis (Chem. Engineer by degree) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sometime last year # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+ # of LEGO Pieces: 15,000+ (I guess?) # of LEGOfests Attended: None First LEGO Set: The 1970s Lunar Lander with the Moon Rover Favorite Theme(s): Pirates and Space Favorite Set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any MiniFig Current LEGO Project: Pirate Fortress with Arsenal Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Found some old space Lego sets lost in inventory. Bought the sets for very good price. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Too too many. Large collections of: Models, Music CDs, and Laserdiscs. Also like Golf, working on my computer, History, Arts, Racing and UnivTennessee Football. Keeping my girlfriend out of trouble takes a lot of time.
From: coogan@earthlink.net Date: 1 May 1996 20:19:51 GMT Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Name: Paul Coogan Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 7 Location: Pasadena, CA E-mail Address: coogan@earthlink.net Marital Status: married Children: Son 7 Occupation: Audio Recording Engineer On R.T.L. Since: Oct 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of LEGO Pieces: enough to make it hard to find the piece you need. First LEGO Set: I just remember having a big box of very simple pieces. Favorite Theme(s): Space/Aquazone Favorite Set(s): Deepfreeze Defender Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): anything that allows movement/Basic Smiley Current LEGO Project: Work on getting my homepage about lego together, and build a working clock. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Sorting out all the pieces and instructions for the airplane so my son could put them together on a train trip. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers (any platform, even cpm), origami, fine art, graphic design.
From: clayson@Eng.Sun.COM (Mathew Clayson) Date: 1 May 1996 22:37:09 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc. Name: Mathew Clayson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 32 Location: Fremont, CA E-mail Address: clayson@zoid.eng.sun.com Marital Status: married Children: daughter 2.5 Occupation: IC layout design specialist On R.T.L. Since: A.T.L # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 300+ # of LEGO Pieces: 20,000+ First LEGO Set: Red and white basic bricks, current collection started with 6077. Favorite Theme(s): Pirate, trains Favorite Set(s): 6077 Forestmens River Fortress Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1x1 with side stud/whit pirateshirt with vest. Current LEGO Project: complete 9v train setup with space shuttle loading facility. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Creating my own game, Wooden Ships & Plastic Men. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Miniatures wargameing, Star Wars, Electronics. + Mathew Clayson KA6EBS + "If you can't buy something nice... + + clayson@zoid.Eng.sun.com + don't buy nothin' at all." + + W(408)774-8723 H(510)651-5635 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Part Time LEGO maniac. Prime Contractor for MY LEGOland. I get paid in fun.+
From: Theresa Motyl <laygoman@ally.ios.com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 00:19:26 -0700
Name: Michael Todd (laygoman)
Age: 31
M.S. married
Kids 2 cats one mama cat who grew up sleeping in my lego and her son
he is a moose 15LBS and only 1 year old loves to chew on lego
when i dont pay attention to him
Occupation: appliance repairman
# of sets: over 400 assembled and on shelves
directions to build another 400 all of them different
# of pieces: three ford ranger truck loads full to the roof
first set: givaway from the back of a velveta cheese box in the 1960s
oldest set: some of the original automatic binding bricks also a 1960s
canister unopened
favorite set: a 1913 cadilac from 1975 european only
favorite theme: TRAINS i hope to one day build a garden railway with my
lego toys when i can purchase a house
i didnt know there was anyone else as nuts as me
when i found out about the group i purchased a computer to talk to
everyone
now i cannot live without this machine
thank you everyone for showing me a computer is not evil
From: wjohan@unf.edu Date: 21 May 1996 18:11:00 GMT Organization: University of North Florida Name: Bill Johanning Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Orange Park, FL E-mail Address: wjohan@osprey.unf.edu Marital Status: Married Children: 2 girls - 5 & 18months Occupation: Field Engineer On R.T.L. Since: Nov. 95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100 - 120 # of LEGO Pieces: Way more than I even care to think about (at least 15,000) First LEGO Set: A promotional offer from Velveeta cheese in 1973 that had one or two cars & a small yellow biplane. Favorite Theme(s): Space ( I don't care what anybody says, I think Blacktron II is COOL!) , Castle ( Wolfpack RULES!) Favorite Set(s): Allied Avenger, Deep Freeze Defender, Wolfpack Tower, Armada Flagship Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): WOLFPACK! & ghosts, skeletons & the grandpa from Ice Planet (Oh yeah, the islander female - Whoo Hoo! Better than National Geographic (Well, almost!)) Current LEGO Project: A series of modules that will be compatible with the cockpit section from StarHawkII I'm currently working on a small fighter module with variable geometry wings (imagine a cross between an X-wing & the Allied Avenger). I eventually hope to build a battle mech module & a new cockpit module for the Star Hawk. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Er, uh, heh, heh, Surviving the wrath of my formerly NLSO (she has since seen the Light!) when she realized how much I spent on Lego when I came out of my lego dark age last November. (I couldn't help myself!! Some of those holiday sales & after Christmas clearances were to much to pass up!)
From: sterbenzr@aol.com (Sterbenzr) Date: 1 Jun 1996 20:19:46 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Ron Sterbenz Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: He wont tell me Location: Sacramento, CA. USA E-mail Address:SterbenzR@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Research Assistant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown at current time, it expands daily. # of LEGO Pieces: I have no idea # of LEGOfests Attended: Zero - But def. willing First LEGO Set: I am still trying to figure it out 1970's First space sets Favorite Theme(s): Trains and Towns Favorite Set(s): Metro Liner w/ club car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Lance Ito, The nutty professor (looks like my boss) Current LEGO Project: collect all trains, and european sets Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Can ya believe I have set a resume to Peter Eio, Pres of Lego USA Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Finance and Insurance, Underwater Construction, Labor Negotiation, Computer Games (Mainly Civilization II) and my dogs who play the part of Godzilla when needed. My Boss wishes I did as much research for him as I do at finding Legos. Ron Sterbenz SterbenzR@aol.com Legos - Town Lover
From: cgnoerlich@aol.com (CGnoerlich)
Date: 2 Jun 1996 22:33:08 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)
Name: Carsten Gnoerlich
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location: Hamm, Germany
E-mail Address: CGnoerlich@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.aol.com/CGnoerlich/
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: member of scientific staff in our university's AI faculty
(sounds more exciting than it is, btw ;-)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: since beginning of RTL, but couldn't
post frequently until recently
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 60
# of LEGO Pieces: still way too few ...
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: dunno, got my first duplo when I was three or four.
First themed set was the 924 space ship.
Favorite Theme(s): Castle and Space.
Favorite Set(s): Space: 924, Castle: 6076(DDD),
6048 (Magistos house, its soo cute :-)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Classic red/white astronauts.
Everything with the classic
smiley-head.
Current LEGO Project: The BriCad instruction editor.
See my homepage for details.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Linux hacking, video games, pro wrestling
(just watching :-), currently getting into
fantasy literature and artwork
:--: Carsten Gnoerlich (CGnoerlich@aol.com)
.+--+.
| o o | LEGO(R) homepage:
| .__. | http://members.aol.com/CGnoerlich/
`+--+'
/--+ +--\ ObAOL: Me too ;-)
From: areesriba@aol.com (AReesRIBA) Date: 3 Jun 1996 05:59:43 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Andrew Rees Gender: M Year of Birth: 1957 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Not nearly as old as I am Location: Wiltshire, England E-mail Address: AReesRIBA@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Haven't got one Marital Status: M Children: 1 boy, 4 girls Occupation: Architect On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40-50 # of LEGO Pieces: quite a few # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: 854 ( That's 948 to you Yanks! ) Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 856 ( 951 in US ), 8850, 8865, 8868, 8880 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): None in particular Current LEGO Project: Suspended work/play during brief English summer Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Family, cricket, rugby union, wine, opera.
From: Sebastien Nadeau <snadeau@bibl.ulaval.ca> Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 10:22:40 -0400 Organization: Université Laval Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Sebastien Nadeau Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: My gf now approximates it around 10 Location: Quebec City, Canada E-mail Address: Sebastien.Nadeau@bibl.ulaval.ca LEGO/home page URL(s): http://sna.bibl.ulaval.ca Marital Status: single Children: Occupation: Computer technician On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 # of LEGO Pieces: ~6000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: A factory or a wood mill (don't really remember) in the early 80's Favorite Theme(s): Castles, Space Favorite Set(s): I love them all Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Dragon, 2x4 basic bricks Current LEGO Project: I'm trying to build a castle that competes with Ed Boxer's wonder. (; Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The strongest (more solid) car ever made out of Lego. I won a contest against my brother and some of my friends. My car was so solid, that when one of my friend cheated by including the big black motor in his own car, even the motor didn't resist to the collision! That was phenomenal... But that was sure the last time we made such a fool experience... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Chess, Computers, Star-Wars, Board games, Role-Playing games, Sci-Fi, My girlfriend, Beer... Sebastien Nadeau Computer Systems Technician _/ _/_/ Bibliotheque de l'Universite Laval _/ _/_/ Phone: (418) 656-2131 ext. 6381 _/ _/_/ E-Mail: sebastien.nadeau@bibl.ulaval.ca _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ http://sna.bibl.ulaval.ca/
From: "Ron Logan" <ronlogan@cochin.com> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 08:49:46 -0700 Organization: Cochin Media Name: Ron Logan Gender: male Year of Birth: '67 Location: Bellevue, WA USA E-mail Address: ronlogan@cochin.com Home page URL(s): http://www.cochin.com/cochin/ron/ No specific LEGO page yet. Haven't yet taken pictures of my spread. Marital Status: married Children: not unless you count me (my wife does) Occupation: software engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: off-and-on for a couple years; constantly for last six months # of Sets in LEGO Collection: many # of LEGO Pieces: a lot, but nowhere near enough to build Ed Boxer's castle # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: Ugh. I think it was some kind of blue police station thingy with a small helicopter. Didn't even have mini-figs back then (early 70's)! Favorite Theme(s): town, trains, pirates, boats (and my wife likes the castle stuff) Favorite Set(s): can't decide; I like them all Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): minifigs with actual expressions instead of blank smiles Current LEGO Project: Extending train tracks around my lego town in preparation of my eventual purchase of the Wild West theme. I've built a steam engine and sometimes enjoy myself by colliding it with my freight train. (Do men ever really grow up?) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: No fame; just fun. My wife's co-workers probably think I'm looney, since we have my LEGO fix shipped to her office a couple times a month. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: WWW; rockets; chickens; and Balliver, the Globe-Trotting Rubber-Band Ball (http://www.cochin.com/cochin/ball/)
From: michael_ripley@ccm.jf.intel.com (Michael Ripley) Date: Sun, 02 Jun 96 06:09:46 GMT Organization: Intel Corporation Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Mike Ripley Gender: Boy Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-16, according to LEGO Location: Hillsboro, Oregon USA E-mail Address: michael_ripley@ccm.jf.intel.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Married Children: 3 Occupation: Computer Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 15 Duplo, 15 Lego # of LEGO Pieces: 350 Duplo, 4750 Lego # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Don't remember, had bricks, wheels, a few plates Favorite Theme(s): Train, Town, Team, Technic Favorite Set(s): Load N' Haul, Freight Loading Station, Gas N' Wash Express Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Translucent tiles, differential gearbox Current LEGO Project: Acquisition of train stuff! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Not a single Roth-related posting. Except for this one. Dang! Now I've ruined it. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, my family
From: john.wiest@24stex.com (John Wiest)
Date: 4 Jun 1996 18:05:54 GMT
Organization: Corps of Engineers, North Pacific Division
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)
Name: John Wiest
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-14
Location: Sacramento, CA
E-mail Address: john.wiest@24stex.com (HM) jwiest@usace.mil (WK)
LEGO/home page URL(s): None as of yet
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: Civil Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50-60
# of LEGO Pieces: Have No Idea, but know I want more
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: Old Lego Forklift don't know number from mid to late
'70's
Favorite Theme(s): Town/Launch Command/Race
Favorite Set(s): Shuttle Launch Pad (For Now)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Don't Really Have One
Current LEGO Project: Constructing My Lego Town
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books, Computer Games
John Wiest
john.wiest@24stex.com
"Do or do not. There is no Try" - Yoda
From: kasper@stack.urc.tue.nl (Kasper van Wouw) Date: 5 Jun 1996 14:19:03 +0200 Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Kasper van Wouw Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: The Netherlands E-mail Address: kasper@stack.urc.tue.nl LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet Marital Status: alone with my LEGO Children: 0 Occupation: Computer science student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: EST +- 200 # of LEGO Pieces: very rough est +- 10000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: One of the old 2-digit BASIC sets. I don't have the correct number with me. (Could be 32) Favorite Theme(s): Technic, classic space, model team Favorite Set(s): The original big classic space ship. (92?) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Space baseplate with craters. Current LEGO Project: Searching every toystore I can find for old lego sets. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: For the last three years I've been building all sets with pieces positioned is such a way that the little LEGO-logos are facing the front or the left side of the set. Don't ask me why I do this. I only do this when I build models from instruction manuals. I also got severy scratch-o-phobia. Dust on my sets is bad too. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer graphics, fractals, AI, programming. Bonus field of my own: # of LEGO theme parks visited: 1 (Billund)
From: Steve Hartman <sehartma@sdcc14.ucsd.edu> Date: 6 Jun 1996 18:09:45 GMT Organization: UC San Diego Name: Steve Hartman Gender: M Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: a bitter old 88 Location: San Diego, CA E-mail Address: N/A at the present LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www-npsnet.cs.nps.navy.mil/barker/lego Marital Status: single Children: 0 Occupation: college student/Lab Tech On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Summer 1995, I think... # of Sets in LEGO Collection: A whole bunch... who cares, I don't count 'em. # of LEGO Pieces: A lot (Does anyone actually waste their time counting?) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: This weird truck set I got in Germany when I was a kid Favorite Theme(s): Expert Builder/Technics, classic Space, Model Team Favorite Set(s): Expert Builder/Technics super cars (I forget the #s) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Basic, classic pieces. Current LEGO Project: LEGO Mobile Suit Gundam... almost done. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: THE LEGO PURISTS PAGE. (See URL above) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: molecular biology, sci-fi movies and books, mountain biking, eating at McDonald's and Taco Bell, lots of TV
From: scott@interlog.com (Scott) Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 00:27:20 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Name: Scott Stein Gender: M Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 5 - 16 depending on set being used Location: Toronto, Ontario E-mail Address: scott@interlog.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.interlog.com/~scott/fun_chat.html#lego Marital Status: ? Children: Just me Occupation: Programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 5 full sets, 40 partial # of LEGO Pieces: 8 cubic feet # of LEGOfests Attended: none First LEGO Set: no idea, but I remember how excited I was Favorite Theme(s): Technic, and basic Favorite Set(s): ?? 8086 crane and front end loader (pneumatic) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Current LEGO Project: it's a secret Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none, yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, croquet, skiing, reading, long list snipped here
From: asum@aol.com (Asum) Date: 10 Jun 1996 21:13:02 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Andrew Summers Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: i never grew up in the first place to lose it! Location: Miami beach Florida E-mail Address: asum@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://sobe.com/sobe/ontown/secret.html (not a LEGO page, but pitctures of the cocktails party i host! check it out and tell me what you think! Marital Status: not married....... Children: 3 cats Occupation: Public Relations, Conceptual Artist, Cocktail Party Host, Man About Town On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 57 # of LEGO Pieces: have not counted yet # of LEGOfests Attended: just my own....do they count? First LEGO Set: explorians alein fossilizer Favorite Theme(s): paradisa rocks!, explorians, town, ice planet, town... Favorite Set(s): sand dollar cafe, but looking for arcade Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): that crazy chef in the sand dollar cafe! Current LEGO Project: getting a big enough table so that my cats cant mess up my LEGOS and then starting on the mster plan!!! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: i was quoted in "Ocean Drive" (fashion Mag here in glamous South Beach!) magazine comparing LEGOS to clothing...and they misspelled LEGO!!!! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: cocktail & lounge music, conceptual art, zodiac, home gizmos, and many things, movies with crispian glover, watching as much tv as i can, the next space age...and much more --------------------------------------------------------- marx & nutrasweet & tolstoy & honda & jesus & 3do & plato --------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Summers 305.532.7912 1308.drexel.206 asum@aol.com miamibeach.fl.33139 (hyperrealist) ---------------------------------------------------------- tao & denny's & baudrillard & kmart & buddha & sony & bach ----------------------------------------------------------
From: plomp@together.net (Sander Plomp)
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 03:43:26 GMT
Organization: Together Networks
Name: Sander Plomp
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental age/status of inner child: Alternating between 13 and 46. This
allows me to go through puberty and mid life crisis at the
same time.
Location: Essex Junction, VT, USA
E-mail address: plomp@together.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.together.com/~plomp
Marital status: Married
Children: Cees (4yo), Tim (2yo) and Tara (now 1 month old, conceived
between diagrams 20 and 21 of the supercar...)
Occupation: Software developer, currently on H4 visum
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995
# of sets in LEGO collection: about 3 dozen since rediscovering LEGO,
lots of others in childhood.
# of LEGO pieces: I sort the bloody things, but I'm not sad enough to
actually count them.
# of LEGOfests Attended: none. If there ever is one nearby I'll be
there.
First LEGO set: a little red car (a tow truck?). Very long ago...
Favorite theme(s): Technic. Though most of the other stuff looks
tempting....
Favorite set(s): 8082 Multi Model Control set
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the micromotor
Current project: Make some construction site equipment that can
actually move dirt or plow snow, depending on season
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: obscurity is my destiny
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers in general, Space exploration,
Pratchett, midwifery, and strangely enough, breadmaking.
Sander Plomp plomp@together.net
From: schurich@ecn.purdue.edu (Jedi Master)
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 96 15:01:14 GMT
Organization: Purdue University
Name: Scott Schuricht (Jedi Master)
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental age/status of inner child: 12 or so
Location: West Lafayette, IN, USA
E-mail address: schurich@ecn.purdue.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://128.46.142.191/lego.htm - LEGO
http://128.46.142.191/home.htm - Home
Marital status: Married
Children: One on the way, due on November 5, 1996
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1993
# of sets in LEGO collection: About 200
# of LEGO pieces: Not enough. I thought about counting them but hey, I
have a life.
# of LEGOfests Attended: none yet.
First LEGO set: Moon Landing, 565 ?
Favorite theme(s): Town, Train , Boat, Model Team
Favorite set(s): 5990 - Whirl 'n Wheel Supertruck, 4558 - Metroliner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Don't have a preference.
Current project: Starting on a car carrying train flatbed. Inspiration
comes from the Indy Transport set. A train wagon that can hold 4 cars.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: the "Faces of rtl" on my web page. A place where
you can see what people from the newsgroup look like. And I need more
pictures so send them in.
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers, Sci-Fi, reading, biking, bowling,
sports in general.
(O-)-------------------------------------------------------------------
Scott Schuricht schurich@ecn.purdue.edu
Thermal Sciences & Propulsion Center http://128.46.142.191/
School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University
LEGO:TO+++(6335) BO+++(4030) TR+++(4555) #++++ S- LS++ H!? M+
A++ LM+ YB68m
From: "Steve Gustafson" <gustafso_st@leg.wa.gov> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 10:17:45 -0700 Organization: Washington State Senate Name: Steve Gustafson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 5/1/62 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 13 Location: Lacey, WA E-mail Address: steveg416@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None :( Although I will be sending pics in to pause.com Marital Status: Married Children: none Occupation: Systems Analyst (computers) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec, 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 12 # of LEGO Pieces: about 5,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Lego bricks when I was 5 (Technics 8880 when I was 32) Favorite Theme(s): Technics, Model Team Favorite Set(s): 8880, 8460, 5591 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Big Tires ;) Current LEGO Project: sorting and redistributing into new bins -- ARGHH! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: MechForce robot soon to appear on pause.com Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Not in any order! -- AD&D, movies/TV, my wife - Denise, our cats - Zues, Spot, and Jessie, gardening, driving too fast, and Karaoke(my wife does this)
From: minxkely@flood.xnet.com (Minx Kelly) Date: 18 Jul 1996 19:21:32 GMT Organization: XNet - A Full Service Internet Provider - (708) 983-6064 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Minx Kelly, aka Colleen Spengler Gender: female Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: perpetually 22 Location: west burbs of chicago E-mail Address: minxkely@xnet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: married/polyamourous Children: working on it Occupation: author/artist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: not sure, a few years # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 375-400 maybe more # of LEGO Pieces: > 270 gallons judging by 16 gallon storage containers # of LEGOfests Attended: 1, the first First LEGO Set: basic sets as a child, 6060 as an adult Favorite Theme(s): castle, pirate Favorite Set(s): black sea barricuda Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): pirate wench Current LEGO Project: resorting my collection after moving in february Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: bring a pg rating to RTL, official pirate wench, hosting first legofest, doing lewd things with lego in the name of art and freedom Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: paganism, science fiction conventions, barbie, bunnies, book collecting, jigsaw puzzles * Posting this sig is part of my parole agreement * Minx Kelly, artist, author, poet, legomaniac * at minxkely@xnet.com and less frequently at minx@olimits.com * currently suffering from tabularasaphobia * and roaming where the phosphor winds blow me
From: Justme <justme.@ix.netcom.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 16:23:10 -0700 Organization: Netcom Name:Grayson DuRaine Gender:male Year of Birth:01-07-78 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:varies Location:stockton E-mail Address:justme.@ix.netcom.com LEGO/home page URL(s):http://www.netcom.com/~justme./lego.html Marital Status:Single Children:None Occupation:Student at CSUS On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:6-95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:150-200 approx # of LEGO Pieces:never enough! :) # of LEGOfests Attended:0 First LEGO Set:duplo ? Favorite Theme(s):Technic, Aquazone, Space, Town, Favorite Set(s):8880 supercar (amazing amount of parts and a cool model) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):large 9v motor Current LEGO Project:nothing right now, busy with school, never enough time. :( Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ??? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Computers, Robotics, (Robot Wars), r/c stuff, reading, and it seems like school.
From: Margo Kubiak <mmlk@pubs.ih.att.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 06:56:31 -0500
Organization: bl077313a
Name: Margo Kubiak
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 8/30/58
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: varies 8-13 depends on what I'm building.
Location: Rolling Meadows, IL
E-mail Address: mkubiak@lucent.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None :(
Marital Status: Married
Children: none, just 3 dogs 2 german shepherds, 1 jack russel terrier
Occupation: Technical Writer w/ Electrical Engineering BS. Degree
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Beginning
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Stopped counting when it got over 400
# of LEGO Pieces: Don't want to think about it
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0, was on vacation when Minx had the last one
First LEGO Set: 6080 Kings Castle
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirate
Favorite Set(s): #6075 yellow castle, #6080 Kings Castle, #6067 Tavern
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Forest Wench, Decorated wall pieces
Current LEGO Project: Trying to organize and pack it so my in-laws
can come and stay to watch the dogs while we go away for a few days.
My LEGO room is the spare bedroom. :^(
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Piece count listings for ALL castle
and pirate sets (except for #6289 which I don't have yet).
Helping Todd set up pirate and castle pages with scans of every set
and minifigure. Hopefully this will be ready soon.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Horses, Sci-Fiction Books, not
much time for much else.
--
Margo Kubiak mkubiak@lucent.com
From: wbradley@sedona.intel.com (William L. Bradley~)
Date: 19 Jul 1996 15:54:13 GMT
Organization: Intel Corporation
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)
Name: Bill Bradley
Gender: Male (do *you* know any women named Bill?)
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Stuck right at 12-13
Location: Chandler, AZ
E-mail Address: wbradley@sedona.intel.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): ...behind a firewall...
Marital Status: Married to Holly
Children: 1 (Michael, 16 months old, big Duplo fan)
Occupation: Computer Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Semi-lurker since a.t.l inception
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20+ in AZ, 50+ in storage in KY
# of LEGO Pieces: 5,000 - 10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: #410 Payloader (1973)
Favorite Theme(s): Technic Build
Favorite Set(s): 8880 Super Car (for complexity)
8868 Pneumatic Claw Rig (for playability)
8422 Circuit Shock Racer (for appearance)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The ones I don't have! :-(
Current LEGO Project: Saving up to afford the $pace $huttle...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Traded 3 original castle sets (from 1983)
for lots of late-80s/early-90s Technic
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Trying to finish my Ph.D.
Advice to TLG-Denmark: Whatever you're paying the "Technic Build"
designers, it's not enough! These sets
are awesome!
--
Bill Bradley | Arizona Development Center
wbradley@sedona.intel.com | Intel Corporation, Chandler Site
"Are your files rm-compatible?" | I'm not an Intel spokesperson.
From: ltcgbarel@aol.com (LTC GBarel) Date: 20 Jul 1996 00:33:20 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Alexis G Barber Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1/10/72 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: same Location: southern New England E-mail Address: LTC GBarel@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: banking On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: delurked July '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx. 25 # of LEGO Pieces: i wouldn't venture to guess # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: big blocks Favorite Theme(s): Model Team Favorite Set(s): alternate model #5590 Whirl N' Wheel Super Truck Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): sloping pieces & tires of any size Current LEGO Project: Battle Barge (a space vessel of my own design) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: fantasy novels, sci-fi shows & films, japanimation
From: kjstefan@acs.ucalgary.ca (Kevin John Stefan)
Date: 22 Jul 1996 00:11:45 -0600
Organization: The University of Calgary
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)
Name: Kevin Stefan
Gender: Male.
Year of Birth: Very late 1976 (like, within 14 hrs. of 1977)
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: According to my set purchases,
somewhere in 7-12.
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
E-mail Address: kjstefan@acs.ucalgary.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~kjstefan/lego.html
Note: It's not much good yet... I'll get back to y'all when it
is...
Marital Status: Not.
Children: Not.
Occupation: Civil engineering student.
Preoccupation: Lego. (What else did you expect?)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Summer 1995.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: A fair bit. Any volunteers to count?
# of LEGO Pieces: A metric buttload. (i.e. .98126732 an imperial
buttload)
# of LEGOfests Attended: None.
First LEGO Set: Since dark ages: 6957 Solar Snooper (half
price!)
Last LEGO Set going into Dark Ages: 6276 Eldorado Fortress (I think...)
Favorite Theme(s): Varies. Currently Space. No, wait. Aquazone.
No, wait. Wild West. No, wait... Town. No, wait... (I said it varied)
Favorite Set(s): Most Of 'Em. 6898 Ice Sat V, 6276, 6350, ...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any classic plain smiley, with hair.
Current LEGO Project: Finishing a big vehicle, finishing a big
moonbase, taking pictures of above, putting them on Web site,
reviewing more sets, improving Web site,...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Um... Running the RTL Awards?
Writing the first Lego Purity Test?
Um...
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer stuff, engineering stuff,
book stuff.
From: fz@ix.netcom.com(Spencer Berrett)
Date: 30 Jul 1996 07:55:32 GMT
Organization: Netcom
Name: Greg Berrett
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 6 to 16 (varies on how happy I am)
Location: Sandy, Utah
E-mail Address: fz@ix.netcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): none (yet)
Home Page: none (yet)
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Movie Buffs Slave/Student (English/Computer Science)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/96 (post win95)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Roughly...50 or more
# of LEGO Pieces: Yeah...right...try 10000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: None ('nother reason why SLC sucks)
First LEGO Set: Exxon Gas Station (still have most of the pieces AND
instructions!)
Favorite Theme(s): Space/Town/Aquazone (and I'm buying TCs cause
they're just so damn weird!)
Favorite Set(s): The Futuron Monorail/Launch & Load Seaport
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I Minifigs
Current LEGO Project: Debating whether or not to rebel against my
father and claim the basement again and rebuild
my entire town. Otherwise I'm in a
semi-mini-dark age.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I've had entire basements claimed for
Lego(s) at multiple times.
Dark Ages: From when I was 16 to 18, now I'm in a psuedo-dark age.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Doctor Who, Books, Writing, Reading, Music
From: ibanmmda@aol.com (Ibanmmda) Date: 30 Jul 1996 21:33:09 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Mike Dombrowski Gender: M Year of Birth: 84 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Grosse Pointe Farms MI E-mail Address:Ibanmmda@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s):I forget Marital Status: Child Children: none Occupation: Full Time Kid On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~150 # of LEGO Pieces: funny # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 :-( First LEGO Set: Some Duplo thing Favorite Theme(s): Town, Space, Castle, TC, Wild West Favorite Set(s): All of em Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): BT1, Majiesto, Dragons all of em Current LEGO Project: Setting up my space stationn Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 1st place in a local building contest. $20 prize. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Networking, Books, Rock Climbing, High powered Navy SEAL weapons, Boating, Pets
From: "Jason Cahill" <jcahill@ics.uci.edu> Date: 31 Jul 1996 06:17:46 GMT Organization: University of California, Irvine Name: Jason Cahill Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: AGES 5-12 AND NOT MOVING! ;-) Location: Lake Forest, California E-mail Address: jcahill@ics.uci.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): NOT READY YET Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Graduate Student and UC Irvine On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6 / 96 (COOL GROUP) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: > 200 # of LEGO Pieces: 4 55-gallon drums worth! # of LEGOfests Attended: zilch :-( First LEGO Set: Cargo Center (in 1985) Favorite Themes: Pirate, Castle, Aquanauts, Wild West Favorite Set: Eldorado Fortress Favorite Minifigure: Captain Red-Beard Current LEGO Project: Building THE DEFINITIVE, unofficial LEGO web page Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A 25-foot x 4-foot metropolis with high rises, trains, boats, a full harbor, and hostile terrorists (way back in 1990)! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer Graphics, Digital Video Editing, Neurological Computer Vision (my graduate research area), Home Theater, and LaserDiscs! Desperately seeking set: 6277 - Imperial Trading Post. Willing to trade plans (scanned or photocopied) if I cannot buy it.
From: Pooh-bear <sunflowr@cris.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 02:26:53 -0700 Organization: 100 Acre Wood Name: Caleb Cook Gender: Male Year of Birth: 11/21/73 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: dont't feel old enogh to have one Location: Portland, Oregon E-mail Address: sunflowr@concentric.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Married Children: none Occupation: Dockworker On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: mid-July # of Sets in LEGO Collection: too many to count # of LEGO Pieces: don't want to know (because then I would have to figure out how much money I've put into it) # of LEGOfests Attended: what is a legofest? First LEGO Set: when I was two Favorite Theme(s): Old space up until the Futron guys, original Blacktron, Fabuland, Spyruis (sp?), Exploriens, Technic. Favorite Set(s): Multi-Core Magnatizer 6989, Stellar Reacon Voyager 6956, Deep Freeze Defender 6973, Shuttle Transcon 2 6544, Crystal Explorer Sub 6175, Saucer Centurian 6939, Robot Command Center 6951, Monorail Transport Base 6991 and a bunch more I don't even have. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): don't make me list those too... Current LEGO Project: The biggest lego spaceship I can make. Currently over three feet long! Complete with access panels, multiple computer bunkers/command centers, monstrous thrusters, crystal chamber (for power), sleeping and med faculities and on and on... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: made a puzzle box for my girlfriend to crack to get her engagement ring. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: writing, making stuff (non lego), checking out the internet, reading, going to shows, hang out with my wife, etc.
From: jourbans@indiana.edu Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 07:14:28 GMT Organization: Zippo Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Joe Urbanski Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 6 Location: Bloomington, Indiana E-mail Address:jourbans@indiana.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): Home Page: http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~jourbans/ Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 05/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25 # of LEGO Pieces: ??? # of LEGOfests Attended:0 First LEGO Set: #6931 Favorite Theme(s): Blacktron II, Pirates Favorite Set(s): 6988 Alpha Centauri Outpost Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I Minifigs Current LEGO Project: Collecting as much BTII as possible Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Have every BTII released (Okay, I admit, not too impressive) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, Computers, Philosophy
From: asrun@iastate.edu () Date: 27 Jul 1996 14:34:06 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Asrun Yr Kristmundsdottir Gender: F Year of Birth: 22 august 1964 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8-12 Location: Ames, Iowa E-mail Address: asrun @iastate.edu Marital Status: married, NLS Children: 7 year old son, Ulfur, full fledged LEGO maniac Occupation: Research associate in genetics and endocrinology, currently working with/on jays and penguins On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Found the group last spring to my great delight, lurked for a while,decloaked for a short time before leaving the country for 6 months, have been following again since early summer # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 140 # of LEGO Pieces: one day I will sit down and figure it out # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: a small town house with car (very early 70s); after coming out of Lego Dark ages: Lagoon Lockup Favorite Theme(s): diverse: Castle the absolute favourite, followed by Pirates & Aquazone, also a bit into town/trains Favorite Set(s): at the moment: Black Knights Castle, Imperial Trading Post, Neptune Discovery Lab Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Currently: Pirate wench, forestmen, dragons, Current LEGO Project: acquiring old castle sets, planning a LEGO room in the place we just moved to. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: First person to bring LEGO sets down to a remote Antarctic research base, resulting in an evening of LEGO discussions/reminiscing on the station. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading (nature, sci-fi, fantasy, childrens books), Star Trek(TOS, NG, DS9), hiking/camping trips, salmon fishing in a remote Icelandic river (unfortunately only happens every few years) Asrun Yr Kristmundsdottir Iowa State University Department of Zoology and Genetics Science II, room 339 Ames, IA 50011 Phone: (515) 294-7319 Fax: (515) 294-8457 asrun@iastate.edu
From: Matthew Bates <mbates@brooktree.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 13:10:28 -0500
Organization: Brooktree Corporation
Name: Matthew Bates
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 (and no desire to be a teenager
again)
Location: Austin, Texas
E-mail Address: mbates@brooktree.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/train_depot
Marital Status: Married
Children: One son, Jack
Occupation: Electronic Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/96
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: >70
# of LEGO Pieces: >10,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: Zero
First LEGO Set: Pre-LEGO-dark-ages: No idea, probably a basic set
Post-LEGO-dark-ages: 735 Advanced Builder Set with Electric System
Favorite Themes: 9V Trains, Town, Technic
Favorite Set: 4563 Euro Freight Line (Load N' Haul Railroad)
Favorite Minifigure: Joe Cool
Current LEGO Project:
Greatest Claim to Fame: First Website dedicated exclusively to LEGO
Trains (at least I think it is)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Corrados, Watercolours, Woodwork
From: "Ben Vaughan" <buster@verinet.com> Date: 26 Sep 1996 06:09:17 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Ben Vaughan Gender: male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 Location: Fort Collins, Co. E-mail Address: buster@verinet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.verinet.com/~gben/lego.html Marital Status: married Children: none, but eventually they'll have to get their own LEGO Occupation: ISP Tech Support On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: April of 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 105 that I've got boxes for. # of LEGO Pieces: 12,072 boxed. (Half that again unboxed) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: #455 Space Shuttle Favorite Theme(s): Early Space Favorite Set(s): Galaxy Explorer, anything pre sub-theme Current LEGO Project: To construct an aerodynamically accurate aircraft with full flaps, rudder, and retracting landing gear that will stomp Spyrius and Blacktron into dust. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Protector of the Explorians. (at least at my house) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Science Fiction, Japanese Anime and Toys, and being Married. Ben Vaughan buster@verinet.com http://www.verinet.com/~gben/lego.html
From: "Stephen W. Gabriel" <ichmael@concentric.net> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 22:46:53 -0600 Organization: Concentric Internet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Stephen W. Gabriel Gender: male Year of Birth: '62 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Milwaukee, WI E-mail Address: stephen@gabriel.cncfamily.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.gabriel.cncfamily.com/legos.html Marital Status: married Children: one girl, age 18 mo's. Occupation: Manager of Operations On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 12/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+, probably more # of LEGO Pieces: No time to count them all. # of LEGOfests Attended: What? Where? When? First LEGO Set: hmmm! Large preschool bricks in about '66 Favorite Theme(s):pirates(check out my page) Favorite Set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Female Pirate Current LEGO Project: Captain Nemo's Nautilus Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Pirate Wars, the Nautilus Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: In-line skating, kites, computers, my daughter
From: ginnni@pubs25b.ih.att.com (77165g-Meisinger)
Date: 7 Nov 1996 15:26:56 GMT
Organization: AT&T
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)
Name: Virginia Meisinger
Gender: F
Year of Birth: I'm old enough to know better
and young enough not to care.
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8-10
Location: Illinois, USA
E-mail Address: ginnni@pubs.lucent.com
Marital Status: M
Children: 0
Occupation: undecided
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 96
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 19
# of LEGO Pieces: enough for me
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
First LEGO Set: Royal Knight Castle
Favorite Theme(s): Castles
Favorite Set(s): none
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): suspension bridge
Current LEGO Project: acquisition
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: huhm...thinking...
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
handcrafts (beading, stained glass, leather, crochet, macrame,
tatting, embroidery, silk flowers)
woodworking
science fiction
classical music
classic rock-n-roll
sewing (wedding gown specialty)
computers
Hallmark ornaments
publishing (comic books, graphic novels, newsletters)
house renovation
"Creepy Hollow" Halloween village
building my own Christmas village
antiques
decorating for holidays
traveling
Visiting my husband (he works in West Africa)
From: kdavis@mich.com (Kelly Davis) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 22:10:12 GMT Organization: mich.com, Inc. Farmington, MI Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Kelly Davis Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 12 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan. USA E-mail Address: kdavis@mich.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: engaged Children: 0 Occupation: database manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 20 # of LEGO Pieces: 20 sets worth # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: 70's space ship with vehicle inside Favorite Theme(s): town and pirate Favorite Set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate 'mateys', worker from town that looks like workers from Mentos commercial. Original smileys. Current LEGO Project: making a bigger airport for all my town planes and jets. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Ran a game of lego pirate wars at a gaming convention and gave everyone there Lego childhood flashbacks! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Warhammer 40K, Quake, good food and beer, anime, collection 70's toys (shogun warriors!) and music.
From: Dale Skinner <skinner@math.washington.edu> Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 15:14:23 -0800 Organization: University of Washington Name: Dale Skinner Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 going on 11 Location: Seattle, WA E-mail Address: skinner@math.washington.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.math.washington.edu/~skinner Marital Status: Single Children: God No! Occupation: Math Grad Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: since it was alt.toys.lego # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 200 # of LEGO Pieces: not enough # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: 105 (from 1975) Favorite Theme(s): Space,Wild West,Aquazone.Pirate Favorite Set(s): Fort LEGOREDO, Deep Freeze Defender Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeleton and Blacktron I mini-fig. (tie) Current LEGO Project: tyring to find something to occupy the time until the '97 sets hit the stores. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ??? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: mathematics, computers, star wars, star trek, babylon 5.
From: jeffreyj@tek.com (Jeff A Johnson) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:48:40 LOCAL Organization: Tektronix, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Jeff Johnson and son Gender: yes Year of Birth: 1950 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: Portland Oregon E-mail Address: LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: married for the 1st time last year Children: son, 4 and a half, and a girl 1 and a half Occupation: Lead person in a ecb plant for Tektronix in Beaverton Or On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: # of Sets in LEGO Collection: look! i'm sorry i don't count 'em up. Quit ragging on me. # of LEGO Pieces: buckets and buckets, boxes and boxes, it's a disease. # of LEGOfests Attended:None, Portland area folks should get together First LEGO Set: Favorite Theme(s): Favorite Set(s): Castle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Porch/lamp posts of coarse and decorated wall pieces. Rope bridges. Current LEGO Project: Painted plywood base in blue and green to put castle and pirate stuff on. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: None, I used to have a life, then I got married. Now it's just Lego. Oh, I have a collection of nice old oils in gilt frames, just can't buy those anymore, so I make do with Lego.
From: Andrew Maizels <treacle@onaustralia.com.au>
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 20:41:38 +1100
Organization: Bell, Tab and Backspace
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0)
Name: Andrew Maizels (a.k.a Treacle th' Cat)
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 4
Location: Sydney, Australia
E-mail Address: treacle@onaustralia.com.au
LEGO/home page URL(s): Not yet.
Marital Status: Single
Children: Nope.
Occupation: Computer things
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Just recently
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Haven't counted recently. 120? 150? There's
about thirty sets in the spare room that I haven't even *opened* yet.
# of LEGO Pieces: Shudder to think.
# of LEGOfests Attended: None. :-(
First LEGO Set: Errrm... thats a question about the past, isn't it?
Favorite Theme(s): Trains
Favorite Set(s): The "retro" railway station - beautiful detailing!
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Princess from the early castle sets.
Current LEGO Project: Working town with trains and monorails and moving
water and lights and lifts and....
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: $1300 in one day (oops!)
(Call it an even K in US play-money.)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Anime (Japanese animation), Science Fiction,
Dungeons and Dragons, Languages (computer and
people types), Sleep (rarely)
From: Mike Kennedy <nologo@iadfw.net> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 07:55:47 -0800 Organization: INTERNET AMERICA Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Mike Kennedy Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1957 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8...16...32...64 Location: Dallas, TX E-mail Address: nologo@iadfw.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://web2.airmail.net/nologo/toys/lego/index.htm Marital Status: single Children: none...except myself Occupation: training director On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 80+ # of LEGO Pieces: 12,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 but interested First LEGO Set: Moon Walker #6516 (the second time around) Favorite Theme(s): Fast becoming Wild West Favorite Set(s): Fort LEGOREDO #6769 Favorite Piece(s): 2x4x1: The classic Favorite Minifigure(s): Cavalry General Current LEGO Project: Developing my Nologo LEGO Website Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: "Name That Brick" and "Brick of the Month" features on website. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Website Development, Video Production, Other Toys, Star Trek, Sci Fi Television and Movies, Cooking, Art -- Mike Kennedy nologo@iadfw.net http://web2.airmail.net/nologo/toys/lego/index.htm
Date: 5 Dec 1996 19:50:52 GMT Name: Greg Williams Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Atlanta, GA E-mail Address: gregw@mindspring.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.mindspring.com/~gregw/lego.html Marital Status: Married Children: 1 daughter, born 5/21/95 Occupation: Software Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sometime in early 1996 or late 1995, I think # of Sets in LEGO Collection: I should count the number of instructions I have sometime to see. Definitely not as many as I'd like. :-) # of LEGO Pieces: I'd guess around 10k # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 - Atlanta people want to get together? First LEGO Set: It was a forklift with a generation 1 red minifig (the kind with no moving parts and a blank face) Favorite Theme(s): Aquazone, original space, pirate, castle Favorite Set(s): Multi-Core Magnetizer, Yellow Castle, Skull's Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I minifigs, wolfpack minifigs Current LEGO Project: Just finished a replica of the Aliens APC, starting work on the dropship. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Talked to a Lego rep. once... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers (programming, games, just about anything dealing with them), reading (sf, fantasy, Clancy-like stuff), movies (just about any kind)
From: hartow@weiss.che.utexas.edu (Wongso Hartono)
Date: 7 Dec 1996 02:50:57 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Name: Wongso Hartono (Lego Maniac)
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8-12
Location: Austin,Texas
E-mail Address: hartow@weiss.che.utexas.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://weiss.che.utexas.edu/~hartow/
index.html
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student, Chemical Engineering.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December '95
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 200
# of LEGO Pieces: Never count
# of LEGOfests Attended: None, but will be
First LEGO Set: Space set (forget the name).
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Wild West, Castle, Pirate
Favorite Set(s): Black Seas Barracuda (#6285)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Like them all :)
Current LEGO Project: Try to rebuilt all my Lego Pirate sets.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Don't know yet.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, movie, eating, sports, etc.
From: cxt217@psu.edu (Cheng Tseng) Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 00:44:42 GMT Organization: Dogbert's New Ruling Class Name: Cheng Tseng Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1978 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: You don't want to know Location: University Park, PA E-mail Address: cxt217@psu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9/1/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Never counted # of LEGO Pieces: Afraid to count # of LEGOfests Attended: None First LEGO Set: Don't remember Favorite Theme(s): Town Favorite Set(s): Still Undecided Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Can decide Current LEGO Project: Mech Battalion Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: What, it has to be notable? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, board games, history, military trivia and Tom Clancy
From: cegorach@ns1.ntrnet.net (The Cegorach) Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 15:26:50 GMT Organization: Para-anametamystikhood of Eris Esoteric Name: Larry Theden Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Forever Young.... :) Location: Cary, NC E-mail Address: cegorach@ns1.ntrnet.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: Happily married Children: 2 Occupation: Restaurant manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: roughly 100 # of LEGO Pieces: Too darn many to count! # of LEGOfests Attended: None yet. First LEGO Set: First time around--Knight's Tournament, I think it was called; 2nd time around: 6546, Slick Racer 4 Favorite Theme(s): Space, Town Favorite Set(s): 6546, 6389 (Fire Control Center), anything Blacktron (I or II) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I minifigs, both the red and white-jumpsuited Octan racers Current LEGO Project: Lots of space stuff, including a Space Cathedral; also trying to arrange all the sets in my new Lego room. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Knights Templar, computers, Aleister Crowley/occultism, Pink Floyd ============================================= Larry Theden cegorach@ns1.ntrnet.net LEGO: MOC,SP[ex++++c(6938) bt1++++]+++, TO[ra++++(6546)],FS,PA+++ TR>+++ CA,AQ,PI,WW,DU+ #++ S++ LS+ Hal M+ A+++ LM- YB71m This message does not constitute consent to receive bulk e-mail.
From: Commercial.Emailers@Die.like.pigs (Rickenbacker) Date: 8 Dec 1996 22:47:25 GMT Organization: Generic Organization Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Mats "Rickenbacker" Nylund Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 Location: Askersund, Sweden E-mail Address: opus@mbox300.swipnet.se LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Single Children: Just me :). Occupation: Mushroom delivery guy. On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Today. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Space=about 30 # of LEGO Pieces: dunno # of LEGOfests Attended: None First LEGO Set: The old taxi-station from 1970-something, with solid minifigs. Favorite Theme(s): Space. Favorite Set(s): 497 Galaxy Explorer, 918 Space Transport Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Red Classic Space dude Current LEGO Project: None at the moment. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Won a Lego contest in Stockholm once :). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Photography, Birdwatching. -- <Person in mirror is more close-minded than he/she appears> Mats Erik Axel Anders Nylund Rickenbacker (-ri- ~RK^) Email: opus@mbox300.swipnet.se* Homepage: http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-11503/index.htm
From: Illumnus Froon <illumnus@atlcom.net> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 23:45:15 -0500 Organization: Inter-Galactic Growth Leadership Enterprises Name: K. Taylor AKA Illumnus Froon Gender: M Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: varies wildly Location: Atlanta area, Georgia E-mail Address: illumnus@atlcom.net LEGO/home page URL(s): not a LEGO page, but: http://www.atlcom.net/~illumnus/ Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Computer Person, various contracting positions On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Just now, but also was on last year, under MarKran798@aol.com... if anyone recalls. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of LEGO Pieces: 25000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: "Space Shuttle," little two-steering-wheeled grey Classic Space set... number unknown. Favorite Theme(s): Space, Castle, Pirate Favorite Set(s): Galaxy Explorer Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Love Blacktron I minifigs, they are the mysterious "men in black" in my little world. Current LEGO Project: Trying to finish out 1996 model year buying before huge 1997 model year hits me in face. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Keeping all pieces and instructions, even during my "Dark Ages". Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Metaphysics, Duke Nukem level building, Discordianism, science fiction, RPG's, writing.
From: rtelgars@NMSU.EDU (Rastislav J. Telgarsky) Date: 8 Dec 1996 06:32:46 GMT Organization: Mathematical Sciences Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.0) Name: Matus Telgarsky Gender: MAle Year of Birth: 1981 (dec.) Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Most people say I act 16. Location: Las Cruces, NM, USA E-mail Address:rtelgars@math.nmsu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): None (there will be...) Marital Status: None Children: None Occupation: School, City Orchestra On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Circa 320 # of LEGO Pieces: About 35,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Galaxy Commander (#6980) Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Blacktron1 MEssage Intercept Base (#6987 I think) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): red, black, and blue Futuron minifigs, BT1 Minifigs Current LEGO Project: A large space colony to be raided by my BT1 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A four-legged Troup carrier with 2 joints plus 100 degree rotation in each leg, Some lego mechs. My 8-winged star fighter thingy (I gotta get a picture up somewhere) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Violin, Linux and x-windows
From: fmdesignpe@aol.com (FMDesignPE) Date: 1 Jan 1997 19:43:57 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Paul Evans Gender: male Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 64 Location: Chicago E-mail Address: FMDesignPE@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: happily Children: not yet Occupation: product designer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: sometime in 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30-40 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: no idea # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (at Minx's house, 1995?) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: ancient Basic set, 60's Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8660(?) Arctic Rescue Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the differential gear Set/theme you would like to see: walkers Current LEGO Project: steerable walker, automatic transmission Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: the 'surfex' files showing instructions for building a small, steerable Technic vehicle using one motor. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: furniture design, concertina, fiction Paul Evans in Chicago "Wisdom is an abomination to them that feareth FMDesignPE@aol.com favor of the fool shall fall himself." - Dog-Matic
From: Jason Petrasich <brenton@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 21:49:37 -0800 Organization: A customer of Pacific Bell Internet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Jason Petrasich Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Irvine, CA E-mail Address: brenton@pacbell.net LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet :) Marital Status: Separated Children: 1, Brenton--age 2 1/2 Occupation: Physician Billing Analyst On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 11/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: +/- 175 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12 # of LEGO Pieces: don't know, but always stepping on them # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 644 Tipper Truck (still have set and instructions) Favorite Theme(s): Town, Town, Western, Town Favorite Set(s): 6390 Main Street (with the used car dealer!) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Used Car Salesman Set/theme you would like to see: REAL Town sets Current LEGO Project: collecting after an adolescent absence Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I Love Town Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Huh?
From: wknauer330@aol.com Date: 2 Jan 1997 06:26:33 GMT Organization: AOL Bertelsmann Online GmbH & Co. KG http://www.germany.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Walter Knauer Gender: male Year of Birth: 1957 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 12 Location: Kamen, Germany E-mail Address: WKnauer330@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: married Children: 2 Occupation: teacher On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 3/1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: opened the last one yesterday # of LEGO Pieces: a great bunch of it! # of LEGOfests Attended: zero # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: zero First LEGO Set: 1960s basic sets Favorite Theme(s): Technics, Pirates Favorite Set(s): Technic Space Shuttle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): anything concerned with pneumatics Set/theme you would like to see: ??? Current LEGO Project: a giant wheel like on the fairgrounds; it works! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: --- Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: music, computer Greetings, Walter
From: Amos & Julie Avery <weekler@gte.net> Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 22:28:30 -0800 Organization: GTE Intelligent Network Services, GTE INS Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Amos E. Avery Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 7-12 Location: Glendora, California, USA E-mail Address: weekler@gte.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: happily married Children: 3 wonderful goyls Occupation: Mechanical Engineer (Imagineer) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 112 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 16 # of LEGO Pieces: 8000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 (tell me where and I'll go) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (Carlsbad is 70 miles from me, hmm) First LEGO Set: My uncle had a huge box of basic 1970's Lego that was mine whenever I went to grandma's house Favorite Theme(s): Pirates Favorite Set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): monkey Set/theme you would like to see: Steam Locomotive for Wild West theme Current LEGO Project: Animated bird wings (for work) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Convincing my boss to buy Technic sets for the department Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My girls and inventing things Lego(R) all day makes work seem like play!
From: lewval3@atl.mindspring.com (G. Lewis Valentine III)
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 15:04:03 GMT
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc.
Name: Lewis Valentine
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
E-mail Address: lewval3@gtalumni.org
LEGO URL: http://www.mindspring.com/~lewval3/pages/lvlgo.htm
Home page URL(s): http://www.mindspring.com/~lewval3/
Marital Status: Single
Children: Non
Occupation: Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (I usually can't wait to open
them)
# of LEGO Pieces: a lot
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: Basic set in 1975, it had 527 pieces
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Train
Favorite Set(s): technic
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1x's
Set/theme you would like to see: Lego Steam Locomotive for Wild West
Lego Sky Scraper. (I know it would be expensive but sell them in
peices, First set the first floor and roof w/ elevator, other sets in
between floors)
Current LEGO Project: Trailer for my areo truck
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: -
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, girlfreind (for my own
safety), Church and related functions.
--
Lewis Valentine "Give me a Bible and a candle and shut me
lewval3@gtalumni.org up in a dungeon and I will tell you what
the world is doing." - Cecil Dichard
http://www.atl.mindspring.com/~lewval3/index.htm
LEGO: FS,SP,CA,PI+ TO,BO++ TR,TC+++ MOC++++ #++ S- CS--/+ Hsv A@ YB71M
From: Finn Jorrald <joerrald@post3.tele.dk> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 18:56:54 +0100 Name: Finn Joerrald Gender: M Year of Birth: 1953 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: According to my wife around 10 - but then I have long arms Location: Denmark E-mail Address: joerrald@post3.tele.dk LEGO/home page URL(s): none - I haven't got the slightest idea how to make one Marital Status: Same wife for 23 years and she is still around Children: One - she is now 17 Occupation: Planning Manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 3. Billund, Windsor and the old one in Northern Germany First LEGO Set: It was a garage with one or two VW bus in diecast metal - the year was probably 1963 Favorite Theme(s): Fabuland Favorite Set(s): 8299 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): At the moment it is the CD-ROM Set/theme you would like to see: RC airplane in TECHNIC Current LEGO Project: None Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: not really any Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Mountain Biking -
From: bloss@enter.net (Karl F. Bloss) Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 17:59:57 GMT Organization: ENTER.NET Name: Karl Bloss Gender: M Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 30 when working, 12 when playing with Lego Trains Location: Trexlertown, PA, USA (near Allentown) E-mail Address: bloss@enter.net Marital Status: Married (happily so) Children: 1, but stillborn Occupation: Chemical engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~20, but few are still complete # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (but it's only 9V track) # of LEGO Pieces: no idea, but it's a crate full # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Denmark) First LEGO Set: 4.5V train set with tender Favorite Theme(s): Trains Favorite Set(s): Freight & Crane RR Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Captain Redbeard...cause he ooks like me, but I don't have him. Set/theme you would like to see: More trains for '97 Current LEGO Project: Combining my 12V trains with the new 9V my wife got me for Christmas on a platform in the basement Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: HO Trains, sailing, skiing, shooting (see http://www.enter.net/~bloss) +=================================+ | Karl and Kristina Bloss | | bloss@enter.net | | http://www.enter.net/~bloss | | <PGP encrypted mail preferred> | +=================================+
From: grits@ucla.edu (Elizabeth Adams)
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 10:47:54 -0700
Organization: UCLA
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Elizabeth Adams
Gender: F
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8
Location: Los Angeles
E-mail Address: grits@ucla.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): shamefully my URLs devoted to other topics
Marital Status: somewhat :)
Children: 0
Occupation: PhD candidate/ESL teacher/Teaching Assistant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: ? and I'm not going to go count
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 but awaiting Carlsbad
First LEGO Set: King Kahuka
Favorite Theme(s): Islanders, Pirate, Train, Town
Favorite Set(s): 4559 Cargo Railway
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): "The Shovel Queen" aka the babe from the
River Raft Set
Set/theme you would like to see: Old fashioned (1920s or older) train
Current LEGO Project: The Islander Railway
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Work near the best Lego Pic n' Sav ever
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: English Soccer, Storytelling, Animation, Las
Vegas, Dogs
From: cfjbb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (John Best) Organization: Eastern Illinois University Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 19:20:41 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: John Best Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1950 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I never know how to respond to this... Location: Tuscola, IL E-mail Address: cfjbb@eiu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): don't have one Marital Status: married Children: 2, Frank, almost 20--never particulary into Lego, and Matthew, lmost 8--Lego is among his favorite toys Occupation: college professor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: I think I started reading r.t.l in January 1993 Could that be right?. Whenever it was, there were still a lot of "so this is rtl" type posts # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 112 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Just one (and that's only until Matt's birthday in two days # of LEGO Pieces: 12,382 (more or less--that's the number I get from my data base) # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: I never had Lego as a child. We had a basic set for Frank (this would have been around 81 or so--it had 3 "maxi-figures". Matt's actual first Lego set was a B2 set called Grid Trekkor--which we acquired courtesy of his grandmother in December 92 FavoriteTheme(s): I like Castle and Space. Matthew likes Town, Wild West, Divers Favorite Set(s): I like the set we have most recently built--whatever it may be. I don't really have a permanent favorite. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I don't know if I have favorite pieces exactly, although slopes and reverse slopes are fun to build with. Of the minifigs--gee, I really like the exploriens guys; I like Wolfpack, and oh, here's one: I think B2 guys are really cool. I don't know about Matt's minifig preferences Set/theme you would like to see: For me, I'm just having fun seeing where they take the current themes. Matthew would love to see Star Wars themes, and more specific military themes Current LEGO Project: I built a "flying saucer" and Matt and I are re-enacting scenes from the movie Independence Day. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Well, I can't make any claims. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I like reading about military history, and playing historically-oriented board wargames. Matt has a lot of non-Lego interests; most of them are typical for an 8 year old.
From: steven warren pearce <spearce@students.uiuc.edu> Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 17:23:09 -0600 Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Name: William J Michael Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Oglesby, IL E-mail Address: wmichael@uiuc.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): nope Marital Status: nope Children: nope Occupation: student (ain't it great) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 122 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (the way it oughta be) # of LEGO Pieces: 14,715 #of Mini-figs: 285 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: It was a police motorcycle with two people, the ones with the big heads, it was like LEGO model #192 but I remember a sidecar and only two Policeman. Favorite Theme(s):None Really Favorite Set(s): Starfleet Voyager Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Captain Redbeard Set/theme you would like to see: Some Farm Stuff Current LEGO Project: None Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I cleaned and counted nearly my entire collection in 1995 while recovering from serious Illness, I can tell with almost absolute certainty that "Legos saved my life..." Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Star Wars, Star Trek, Women (in that order)
From: mbid@ix.netcom.com(Melinda Biddle)
Date: 3 Jan 1997 00:23:24 GMT
Organization: Netcom
Name: Melinda Biddle
Gender: Wench
Year of Birth: 1958
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I hated adolescence, but I never
left it.
Location: Haverford, PA (outside Phila.)
E-mail Address: mbid@ix.netcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: Married
Children: 3 - girl 13, boy 11, boy 7
Occupation: Counselor
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Afraid to count, maybe 200
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 35
# of LEGO Pieces: Your guess?
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: Knight's Challenge
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirates, Wild West
Favorite Set(s): Eldorado Fortress
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I love the new witch!
Set/theme you would like to see: Wild West Saloon w/ barmaids,
Gold-mine
Current LEGO Project: Setting up our WW "environment"
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Still working on it...
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Skiing, mtn biking, collecting glass
beads, reading, roaming antique flea markets
From: "Michael R. Bastian" <michaelb@cs.byu.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 12:23:22 -0700 Organization: Image Understanding Laboratory - Brigham Young University Name: Michael R. Bastian Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Orem, Utah E-mail Address: michaelb@cs.byu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://iul.cs.byu.edu/bastian/mike.html Marital Status: Married Children: One due late March/early April Occupation: Graduate Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Zero # of LEGO Pieces: Unknown # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: Don't know number, but it was a front-end loader. Really small. Favorite Theme(s): Aquazone, Divers, Wild West, Classic Space Favorite Set(s): Shark Cage Cove Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Thresher (the Aquashark with the glowing hook-hand) Set/theme you would like to see: Underwater Aliens Current LEGO Project: Collecting the new Divers and Aquaraiders sets Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I posted late in 1995 that I would like to see sting-rays, better underwater plants and shipwreck sets. Believe me, LEGO listens. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons (Advanced, World of Greyhawk), Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, Scuba Diving, Sailing -- Michael R. Bastian Image Understanding Laboratory Brigham Young University Web: http://iul.cs.byu.edu/bastian/mike.html Phone: (801) 378-4009 or (801) 378-3687
From: dblake@triton.net Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 14:01:06 -0600 Organization: Deja News Usenet Posting Service Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Dave Blakeslee Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1961 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I don't know! Silly question! Location: Wyoming, MI E-mail Address: dblake@triton.net LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet Marital Status: Married Children: 4, 3 boys, 1 girl Occupation: Social work On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Late November 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 60+ (mostly belonging to my kids) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 8 (all for possible trade or sale) # of LEGO Pieces: good grief...I don't have the slightest idea. # of LEGOfests Attended: Never heard of such a thing. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None, but my dad has visited the LEGO "citadel" in Denmark First LEGO Set: Our oldest is a BT2 Grid Trekkor, I think. Favorite Theme(s): Space (Spyrius), AquaZone, Time Cruisers :o) (really!) Favorite Set(s): RoboGuardian, Saucer Centurion Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron 1 MIB, Punky the Monkey, Spyrius Droid Set/theme you would like to see: Robot Assembly Factory (RoboForce base?) Current LEGO Project: Finding room to play and display what we've got Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Striking upon a haul of LEGO dating from 1992-3 at my place of employment, incl. 2 Load N' Haul RRs and over 30 other sets (previously inventoried on r.t.l.) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Phil Keaggy, contemplative Christianity, literature, family
From: Rick & Wendy Walter <rwalter@bright.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 16:53:18 -0500
Organization: BrightNet Ohio
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Wendy Walter
Gender: Female
Year of Birth 1961:
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Prepubescent
Location:Findlay Ohio USA
E-mail Address:rwalter@bright.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):not yet
Marital Status: happily
Children: 3
Occupation: Respiratory Care Practioner
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Sept 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:20(100)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Nine they've all been played with
# of LEGO Pieces: not enough
# of LEGOfests Attended:none yet
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:none yet
First LEGO Set:Ummm for myself the little aquanaut vehicle
Favorite Theme(s) Exploriens Aquazone divers robo(so far):
Favorite Set(s):don't know
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):Aquazone octagonal tubes/Pollux and
castor the Exploriens twins
Set/theme you would like to see:More Exploriens or Alternate
instructions for the 2151 roboforce scorpion ship
Current LEGO Project:Finishing the Neptune Discovery Lab{Finished as
of 1/4/97} then buying
more legos--Looking forward to building all the stuff I bought from
Todd
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Best Lego Aunt ever--according to my
nephew Matt When we put the Crystal discover sub together
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:reading mysteries, making teddie bears
Are You Being Served and Keeping Up Appearances.
From: Gail Meagher <685721@ican.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 00:42:30 -0800
Organization: Lost in the fog
Name: Gail Meagher
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 / I want some snow to go play in :)
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
E-mail Address: 685721@ican.net, sometimes gmeagher@physics.ubc.ca
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: long distance SO
Children: nope
Occupation: grad student in physics
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: (A.T.L) early 1993 (before late march)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 610
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 205 (many polybags and acessory packs)
I'm surprised it's this high, but I just counted them.
# of LEGO Pieces: ~80,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: basic set in early 70's. Post dark ages 6237 Pirate's Plunder.
Favorite Theme(s): Pirate, Train, most of the others.
Favorite Set(s): 693 Homemaker piano
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 red brick, minifig smiley face with
freckles
Set/theme you would like to see: winter town sets to go with the snowmobile,
such as skis, skates, ice fishing, and a snow plow piece for the train.
Current LEGO Project: Ski hill
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Moved away from what might be the greatest
used LEGO find ever, made by Robin in Vancouver.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Skiing, sailing, RPG (WFRP), finding things I'm
not allegic to, sewing, my thesis :(.
--
Gail Meagher
LEGO: PI+++(6286) TR+++(4563) HM++(693) MOC++
#+++++ S+ LS++ Hal M+ A++ LM- YB67f
From: kammrl@yakko.cs.wmich.edu (Kimberly Anne Marie)
Date: 4 Jan 1997 07:34:02 GMT
Organization: Kim's Mad Scientist Genetic Breeding Grounds and Lab
Name: Kimberly Anne Marie Makouski Rowan-Leigh
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Confused
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
E-mail Address: kammrl@yakko.cs.wmich.edu
Marital Status: Single
Children: None, thank you very much
Occupation: Nothing I would like to admit right now, but I am certified
as a veterinary technician and a pharmacy technician and
would like to find a new job in these fields
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: something between 50 and 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: around 10 (they are in a currently
unreachable box in the bottom of my closet
# of LEGO Pieces: ...uhhhh....some number larger than 12
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: I don't know, at seven you don't remember set numbers,
and Lego (like my dollhouse) was one of those thing my
grandmother found a new home for when I "was too old for
that 'stuff'" (without my permission I might add)
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Islanders
Favorite Set(s): Forestmen (not that I have any)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): hmmm...I guess the dragons and the
full saddles
Set/theme you would like to see: buildings in enormous trees like the
vallenwoods from Dragonlance and ekele
from the Velgarth books
Current LEGO Project: to acquire enough animals for my menagerie/zoo
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The closest I can think of (and it's more
like infamous) is that my roommate and I made up a Lego story while I
was building #6278 Enchanted Island and he thought it was amusing
enough that he posted it here and instead of getting replies that
said "I don't like this story", he was accused of being a troll.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading (mostly fantasy), cross-stitch,
carousels, chinchillas, being a Girl Scout
leader
--
kammrl@yakko.cs.wmich.edu I would feel infinitely more comfortable in your
Kimberly Anne Marie presence if you would agree to treat gravity as
Makouski Rowan-Leigh a law, rather than one of a number of suggested
send me koosas! and Lego! options. (no junk mail!) (Barnabus to Delirium)
From: kilaras@worldnet.att.net (Tony Kilaras) Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 05:43:18 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Name: Tony Kilaras Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Sold him for Lego. Location: New York City (Queens) E-mail Address: kilaras@worldnet.att.net LEGO/home page URL(s): 0 Marital Status: Single Children: Bite your tongue Occupation: Government Tax Auditor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Billions and billions # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: You count it and let me know. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Engine Co. #9. Favorite Theme(s): Town/Train/Boats. Favorite Set(s): Cargo Center. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): All those great new pre-fab highly specialized pieces. :( Set/theme you would like to see: The return of Town. Current LEGO Project: I'm building a radio transmitter to communicate with Lego lovers who live in other galaxies dude. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Mandroid called me the greatest prevaceur (sp?) and most foul-mouthed member of RTL! Does that count? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Life, nudity and the pursuit of happiness.
From: "Jason S. Mantor" <Jason@RTL-Bricks.com> Date: 3 Jan 1997 16:55:14 GMT Organization: AlbanyNet - E-mail info@albany.net Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Jason S. Mantor Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 ? Location: Upstate NY, USA E-mail Address: Jason@RTL-Bricks.com LEGO/home page URL(s): www.rtl-bricks.com Marital Status: Happily Children: Not for a while Occupation: Research & Development Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1992 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: about 40 Gallons # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 : ( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 : ( First LEGO Set: unsure Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains, Space, Pirates Favorite Set(s): 8880, 8870, 8860, 956 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Six Shooters Set/theme you would like to see: Minifig scale Aircraft Carrier Current LEGO Project: Raytracing Instruction Booklets Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I was mentioned in LEGO(R)'s Internal Newsletter : ) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Boating, Autocrossing, Engines
From: Christian Clemmensen <tyderian@selway.umt.edu>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 10:08:55 -0700
Organization: University of Montana
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Christian Clemmensen
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Changes with the seasons
Location: Missoula, Montana (yes! another Missoulian on RTL!)
E-mail Address: tyderian@selway.umt.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.filmtracks.com (sorry, not lego...)
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: Web Consultant for the University of Montana
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 11/96
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: A large moving box of goodies
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: The Shell Gas Station (no idea what # that is)
Favorite Theme(s): Town
Favorite Set(s): The original airport --crash landings were the norm
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 bricks
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars
Current LEGO Project: collecting as many red & white 2x4s as possible
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: a 5-foot Imperial Star Destroyer made from
entirely 2x4s...
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Film soundtracks, George Carlin, snowballs,
and throwing things from atop tall buildings
From: Defender <defender@orangecity.ia.frontiercomm.net> Date: 3 Jan 1997 18:30:18 GMT Organization: Internet Services Provider Network Name: Defender (I'm kinda hesitant to use my real name over the internet) Gender:.............................Male Year of Birth:......................1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:...10 Location:...........................Orange City, IA E-mail Address:...............defender@orangecity.ia.frontiercomm.net LEGO/home page URL(s):..............None Marital Status:.....................Soon to be engaged :) Children:...........................None Occupation:.........................College Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:.............September '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:.......30 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:...0 # of LEGO Pieces:...................? # of LEGOfests Attended:............0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:......0 First LEGO Set:.....................Royal King Favorite Theme(s):..................Castle Favorite Set(s):....................Fire Breathing Fortress, or Royal Knights Castle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):....My Wolfpack mini-fig with the eye patch Set/theme you would like to see:....Wolfpack returned! Current LEGO Project:...............I'm going to be a special ed. teacher soon, so I'm trying to set up a battle in a display case between the Royal Knights and the Dragon Masters for inside the classroom. The Wolfpack are a menace to both. :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:........None that I know of Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:.........my girlfriend, music (heavy metal), watching college sports (mainly bball and football), partying occasionaly, and praising my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
From: shewolfn@aol.com Date: 3 Jan 1997 19:35:42 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Julia L. Mack Gender: F Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Whose got time to be a child...too busy being Mom Location: Bolingbrook, IL E-mail Address: SHEWOLFN@aol.com, SHEWOLFN@earthlink.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Official Lego Page #38136 ....son Kyle's Marital Status: M....Divorced if my husband finds all of the Lego I've bought!! Children: 3 Occupation: Mom 4 now On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection:Most of them # of LEGO Pieces: Couldn't even imagine # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: #588 Police Headquarters Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirates Favorite Set(s): Haven't decided yet....they're mostly unopened. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): minifig that came in the new '97 Freestyle bucket Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: Opening the boxes.....teehee Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ?????? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Photo Albums, cross stitching, ZORK, camping
From: Bo Williams <xwrwillia@ingr.com> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 13:52:06 -0600 Organization: Intergraph Corporation Name: Bo Williams Gender: M Year of Birth: 1971 Status of Inner Child: Healthy, content Location: Huntsville, AL E-mail Address: wrwillia@ingr.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Engaged Children: None Occupation: Technical writer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 150+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 30,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Two small Expert Builder sets Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Model Team Favorite Set(s): Super Car, Whirl 'N' Wheel, Technic 9V motor Favorite Piece(s): Super Car differentials, Model Team windshields Set/theme you would like to see: Model Team desert dump truck with HUGE all-terrain tires Current LEGO Project: None, waiting for a really good idea Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built my father a Lego centrifuge for his Halloween costume last year (he went as Mr. Wizard) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Tropical fish, classic cars, reading -- Bo Williams - wrwillia@ingr.com Not speaking for Intergraph Corporation. To send me email, please remove the "x" from my address.
From: ghidorah@cris.com (polq) Date: 3 Jan 1997 20:56:07 GMT Organization: Your Organization Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name:Paul Queitsch Gender:M Year of Birth:1957 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:12? Location:Churubusco,Indiana E-mail Address:ghidorah@cris.com (yes as in the three headed monster) LEGO/home page URL(s): N/A Marital Status:Married 18 Yrs. Children:3, 1 boy(9) 2 girls (8),(1.4) Occupation:Broadcast Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:12-96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:12 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0 # of LEGO Pieces:3000? # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set:Unknown Favorite Theme(s):Space/Exploriens Favorite Set(s):Explorien Starship 6982 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):I'll answer this when I have some more Set/theme you would like to see: " Current LEGO Project:Make more money / Buy more kits Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:none...yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:I collect hobbies, ie; model rockets, computer, fly fishing/fly tying, learning New Testament Greek, science fiction, The New Red Green Show!...Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati!! Singing Barbershop style! I'm going on a retreat tonight to get ready for the spring concert. I wonder if I should bring some Legos... Paul Queitsch ghidorah@cris.com
From: Mookie@execpc.com (Mookie) Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 04:05:40 GMT Organization: Exec-PC BBS Internet - Milwaukee, WI Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Tamyra (Tamy) Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: @12 Location: Close to Milwaukee, WI. E-mail Address: Mookie@execpc.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.execpc.com/~mookie/lego.html Marital Status: Single and loving it! Children: 3- 2 cats, 1 dog 3- Jon 12, Monica 10, Christopher 5. Only my ex-girlfriend has them now. Occupation: Pee-on and Student (Microcomputer Specialist) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 412+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 40+ # of LEGO Pieces: Be my guest! # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 :( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: <phhhhtttt> to anyone that can put a # higher than 0 here. First LEGO Set: 105, 110, 115 basic sets and 555 hospital Favorite Theme(s): CASTLE! Pirates, WW!, Explorians Favorite Set(s): 6048, Fort Legoredo Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Explorian on the Hovertron, Commander in 6263 Pirate Wench <if I had one> Set/theme you would like to see: Wild West Steam Train, More cowboys, More small boats in Pirates, Brown 1x1 rounds. Current LEGO Project: Rebuilding my fort I had when younger. Where in the h*ll did I get all those walls when I was little.. and WHERE DID THEY GO? Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Looking for a new one! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Reading, Indigo Girls Music, Collecting USA Stamps, Motorcycles, Bargin hunting! Repairing/Building Computers. and many many other things, too much to mention. Mookie@execpc.com http://www.execpc.com/~mookie/index.html Lego Code: V2.0 MOC++++ CA++++(6080)[dm++++(6048) bk(6009),df(6079)+++] PI+++(6270)[ig++(6271)is+(6256)] WW++++c(6716) TR, AQ++ SP[ex+++c] #+++++ S- LS++ Hal M+ A+ LM- YB63f IC87f
From: billk@sr.hp.com (Bill Katz)
Date: 4 Jan 1997 08:52:25 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Sonoma County
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Bill Katz
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies, my wife claims its going down
Location: San Rafael, CA
E-mail Address: billk@sr.hp.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status: M
Children: 1 (Jennifer, born 4/94), another due mid-February
Occupation: Electrical Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9/94
Post dark age totals:
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 274+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 40
# of LEGO Pieces: 77,000 +
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0
First LEGO Set: A glued together house my Dad got when his store signed
on with Lego when Samsonite fist opened its doors
Favorite Theme(s): technic, space I also collect pirates, castle,
aquazone, and to a lesser extent town if I like the set.
Favorite Set(s): 8868, 8880, 6989, 6973. I have 8460 on order, and
expect it and 8480 will join the list when I buy them.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Remote Control car piece from ~1971
Set/theme you would like to see:
Current LEGO Project: Keeping my database up to date, searching for bargains.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Have all my original Samsonite sets, boxes,
instructions and catalogs from when I was a kid.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
Bicycling (I finished all 5 passes of the Death Ride in 1996)
Wine (Living in Sonoma County, the appreciation of good wine is required)
Auto Racing (I own a Formula Ford, but it hasn't moved in 5 years)
My daughter ("I like to play with Daddy's toys")
Electronics/Computers (Designing hardware for a living makes one less likely
to want to design electronics for a hobby)
From: One of us Cobbs <cobbfam@netsync.net> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 10:51:53 -0500 Organization: Cobb Family Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Evan Matthew Cobb Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1979 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Perfectly Intact Location: Fredonia, NY E-Mail Address: cobb1390@fredonia.edu LEGO/Homepage URL: http://www.netsync.net/users/cobbfam/evan/ Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 60+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Far more than I will ever come to know # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Camoflaged Outpost Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirate Favorite Set(s): Black Falcon's Fortress Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Dragons, Ghosts Set/theme you would like to see: A large castle ship, like a Viking Knarr; an Egyptian theme Current LEGO Project: none Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Creating a fictional world setting for all Castle/Pirate sets; establishing a language for the fictional peoples thereof. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Swimming, Baroque Music (and Punk, too), Writing, Foreign languages Evan Matthew Cobb -- The Cobb Family cobbfam@netsync.net http://www.netsync.net/users/cobbfam
From: Wendy Browne <wendyb@thegrid.net> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 16:38:43 +0000 Organization: Call America Internet Services +1 (805) 541 6316 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Wendy Browne Gender: Female (last time I checked!) Year of Birth: before Vietnam Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-14 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA E-mail Address: wendyb@thegrid.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: between husbands Children: one beautiful 7 yr old LEGO manic! Occupation: paper mover- moving paper from one spot to another On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 7-95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: lots!! # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none! You mean people do this?? # Of LEGO Pieces: mega lots!! # Of LEGOfests Attended: not YET! # Of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none YET! Lets have a party at Carlsbad when it opens! First LEGO Set: little backhoe Favorite Theme(s): town Favorite Set(s): Black Seas Barracuda. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate Babe , Amazing Cleavage woman. Set/theme you would like to see: Looking forward to Indians ;) Current LEGO Project: finding instruction for set #6956 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Damn the instructions for BSB had 2 pages missing. That was a challenge!! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My health issues, Macintosh, playing with my son. Not necessarily in that order. -- Wendy "Friend of Bill W." We do Mouse Calls in San Luis Obispo.
From: "Gary Ritchie" <Gary_T_Ritchie@msn.com> Date: 4 Jan 1997 17:32:09 GMT Organization: Synapse Publishing Inc. Name: Gary Ritchie Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Canada E-mail Address: gary.ritchie@wepublish.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none (yet) Marital Status: M Children: none Occupation: programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~140 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 82 # of LEGO Pieces: ~35,000 (wild guess) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Don't know, ~1974 Favorite Theme(s): trains Favorite Set(s): all of them, really Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): no favourites Set/theme you would like to see: Would like LEGO to provide a CD-ROM based database of all sets ever produced, making my database project unnecessary. Current LEGO Project: Compiling yet-another-LEGO-set-database (currently at 1188 entries, before adding any 1997 sets). Soon to be available on WWW Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
From: "George M. Sikora" <g.sikora@worldnet.att.net> Date: 4 Jan 1997 23:29:40 GMT Organization: KCS Enterprise Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: George M Sikora Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1946 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Houston Texas E-mail Address: g.sikora@worldnet.att.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet but wanting one Marital Status: Married Children: 4 2 -boys 2 girls Oldest 30 youngest 4 Occupation: Adminstrative management small holding company On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: new - first time # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200 + # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 20+/- # of LEGO Pieces: 53,600 + # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 Bilund Denmark 1993 First LEGO Set: # 6345 Ariel Acrobats (this time around) Favorite Theme(s): Town / Trains Favorite Set(s): not sure Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): not sure Set/theme you would like to see: More Town ie buildings....... Computer design program Current LEGO Project: Redoing my town layout- covers in excess of 250 square feet Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Size of layout.... with wife's agreement Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computer programming and system support.....
From: PatMcK@pacbell.net (Patrick McKinnion) Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 15:33:12 -0800 Organization: Rhiannon Productions Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Patrick McKinnion Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ?? Location: San Marcos, California E-mail Address: PatMcK@pacbell.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Not at present time Marital Status: Single, (for now) Children: 0 Occupation: Data Specialist. Also p/t college student, (Psychology) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 2000+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: diety only knows # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None yet. I live 25 miles from the site of Legoland-Carlsbad First LEGO Set: ??? Favorite Theme(s): Divers, Wild West, Aquazone, Pirates, Space, Castle, Time Travelers. Favorite Set(s): Currently it's the Patriot Jet Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): ??? Set/theme you would like to see: Victorian Current LEGO Project: Kicking around a Lego replica of Babylon 5 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: my "dead Tim" minifig Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Horses, books, Macintosh programming and support. -- <*> SP2 - Brought to you by "Ouchies": The sharp, prickly toy you bathe with.....
From: Robert Lian <ralian@mosquito.com> Date: 5 Jan 1997 00:30:39 GMT Organization: Mosquito Net, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name:Robert Lian (Bob will do) Gender:Guy Year of Birth:1953 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:16 Location:Southern New Jersey E-mail Address:rlian@motown.lmco.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status:22 years 5 months Children:just me! Occupation:Chemical Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:about 10/94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 19 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: 11964 (according to the boxes) # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: SES Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains Favorite Set(s): SES, Control Center I & II, Space Shuttle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): All of them Set/theme you would like to see: radio or IR remotes for technics Current LEGO Project: My never finished carosel Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Last time I ordered from S@H the operator knew my VISA number! I think I'm hooked. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: B5, Cartoons, Mountain biking by myself and tandeming with my wife.
From: jeff findley <jeff.findley@sdrc.com>
Date: 04 Jan 1997 21:11:55 -0500
Organization: Structural Dynamics Research Corporation
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Jeffrey (Jeff) N. Findley
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 69
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 16/alive and well
Location: Cincinnati OH (see .sig in postings for exact location)
E-mail Address:jeff.findley@sdrc.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None yet.
Marital Status: Ask my wife.
Children: One girl (two) and one boy (11 months)
Occupation: Computer Programmer (CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM/PIM software
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: The creation of a.t.l. (when exactly was that?)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 120+ estimated
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3
# of LEGO Pieces: 12000+ estimated
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: 410 Payloader (in second grade, probabaly late 1977)
Favorite Theme(s): Space
Favorite Set(s): 565 Moon Landing, 6984 Galactic Mediator,
6929 Starfleet Voyager, 1789 Star Hawk II,
497 Galaxy Explorer, and other space sets
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Blacktron II large white jetpack
(MMU) and a Blacktron minifig.
Set/theme you would like to see:
Current LEGO Project: Sorting loose pieces and finding room to display
sets which are currently built. Eventually I'm going to get around
to modifying a couple of my Launch Command sets to look like the
(now mothballed) Russian shuttles and shuttle carrier. I'd also
like to build an Eagle from Space 1999 to minifig scale.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Large (I mean huge) spaceship which contained
room for dozens of classic space minifigs. This ship was heavily armed
and had a drop ship underneath with working airlock. Propulsion was
provided by no less than 10 augmented large gray engines. Drop tanks
provided extra fuel necessary for long trips. This ship was done in
the same style as the 497 Galaxy Explorer only bigger. Wish I'd
gotten pictures of it before my parents made me take it apart (it
was using so much of the family LEGO collection that my two younger
brothers couldn't build much of anything).
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: None that I have time for, but I do like
model building (plastic sci-fi, mostly), reading sci-fi, electronics,
computers, bicycling, and others.
--
LEGO: MOC>++++ SP++++(6984) AQ+++ TR,TO,FS++ BO,TC+ #++ S+ LS>+ Hsu M+ A+ YB69m
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| Jeff.Findley@sdrc.com | The above opinions | First things first, |
| SDRC | are my own and do | but not necessarily |
| 2000 Eastman Drive | not reflect the | in that order. |
| Milford OH 45150-2789 | opinions of SDRC. | -- Doctor Who |
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From: "Ernest" <ernestw@magna.com.au> Date: 3 Jan 1997 23:22:13 GMT Organization: HELKA Express Int'l (Aust) P/L Name: Ernest Wong Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1980 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Email Address: ernestw@magna.com.au LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Not Yet Children: None Occupation: Student On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) since: 1/96 # of sets in LEGO Collection: 110 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: WHAT?! Of course NONE. # of LEGO Pieces: Dunno # of Mini-figs: 80 # of LEGOfest Attended: None :( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None :~( First LEGO Set: A Basic set 722 Favourite Theme(s): Trains, Town (pre-1996), Technic Favourite Set(s): 7745, 4558 Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigures(s): The train driver in 4559 Set/theme you would like to see: decent Town stuff, eg shops, HOUSES, units Current LEGO Project: Rebuilding my Town (got smashed by the evil monster (my brother)) :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Ummm... Pass Other (Non-LEGO) Interest: Computer, Nintendo
From: "QQue" <qque@ix.netcom.com> Date: 4 Jan 1997 03:42:12 GMT Organization: Netcom Name: David Reade Gender: male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Clifton Park, NY E-mail Address: qque@ix.netcom.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.aol.com/davreade/dav.htm Marital Status: Married Children: no Occupation: Nuclear reactor operator / Instructor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 235 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 38 # of LEGO Pieces: ???? My goal is to get 1 Million Legos ( never had a Million of anything before :-)~ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 ( Planning a trip to Denmark! ) First LEGO Set: #6971 Intergalactic Command Base (1983) Favorite Theme(s): Old Space, Aquazone, Divers Favorite Set(s): 6940 Alien Moon Stalker, 6195 Neptune Discovery Lab Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron 2 Jet packs, Divers' Scuba Propulsion "thing". Ice Planet Minifig w/ Orange visor & BT1 Minifig w/ Black visor Set/theme you would like to see: New sets in the Original Space theme of the 80's Current LEGO Project: Building underwater fantasy diarama centering on the underwater aspect, but including other themes like some Castle, and, of course, space! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Right before I gradutated from High school I had an entire full sized pool table covered with a Space port that included all the original space sets and were all combined into one city through, literally, years of building. It was so complex and intricate, it took me weeks to take it apart! and many tears :-), but I have a whole role of pictures :-) ! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, music ( I play Flute, Piano, Bass, & Guitar), Martial Arts ( Aikido, & TangsooDo ), I hold 2 first degree black belts, and am a certified instructor, Running, My very fast Mitsubishi 3000GT ( Red, of course! ) :-), Watching James Bond, & Sherlock Holmes Movies, and reading Sherlock Holmes short stories...... oh yeah, I guess I like my job too :-)
From: astabno@axp2.umkc.edu (Andreas Stabno)
Date: 3 Jan 97 08:23:47 CST
Organization: University of Missouri - Kansas City
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Andreas Stabno
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 5-12
Location: Independence, Missouri
E-mail Address: astabno@cctr.umkc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/astabno/lego.html
Marital Status: married
Children: just myself
Occupation: actuary
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: fall of 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 114
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 20,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Denmark) - as a small boy
0 (so far) - as a big boy
First LEGO Set: Pre dark ages: #374 - yellow fire station
Post dark ages: #4563 - Load 'N' Haul Railroad
Favorite Theme(s): TRAIN and town
Favorite Set(s): metroliner, airport shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): straight rails, construction worker
Set/theme you would like to see: Town Decades - architecture from the 60s-90s
with large Metrostationesque buildings
Current LEGO Project: acquiring enough sets and pieces to build a large multi-
level town/train setup complete with mountain, tunnels,
bridges, "L", and subway system
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: perhaps the above when finished
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: see attached signature
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From: spiehler@cas.org (Steve Piehler) Date: 3 Jan 1997 15:38:47 GMT Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Steve Piehler Gender: M Year of Birth: 1961 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Columbus, OH, USA E-mail Address: spiehler@cas.org LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: computer programmer, chemical information On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: the beginning # of Sets in LEGO Collection: maybe 50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 9 # of LEGO Pieces: maybe 14,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 2 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: #315 European Taxie Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train, Technic Favorite Set(s): 6542 Launch & Load Seaport Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): can't decide Set/theme you would like to see: Better Town stuff! Current LEGO Project: Repairing basement for a permanent LEGO place Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: um, attended 2 LEGOFests Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: US Civil War, guitar, Top Corner Hockey (Christmas present :^), basement repair
From: "Jeff Prince" <riptrack@concentric.net> Date: 4 Jan 1997 07:23:41 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Name: Jeff Prince Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Vandenberg AFB, CA E-mail Address: riptrack@concentric.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.concentric.net/~riptrack (no LEGO yet) Marital Status: Divorced Children: 2 (boys 7 and 9) Occupation: USAF On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx 75 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10 # of Pieces: not enough # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Basic set, about 1965 Favorite Theme(s): Trains Favorite Set(s): Club car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Still like the original gears form 1960's Set/theme you would like to see: Expanded U.S. Trains Current LEGO Project: Auctioning off my unwanted sets; building new things with my boys; Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Surviving Mandroid's bids in my auction Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Railroads, model trains, and computers Most traumatic LEGO event in my life: When my mom gave away all my LEGO "toys" while I was stationed in Germany!
From: Rhonda Whiting <whiting@inmind.com> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 17:21:28 -0500 Organization: The Whiting's Name: Rhonda Whiting Gender: F Year of Birth: 1960 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 23 Location: Central VA E-mail Address: whiting@inmind.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Married Children: 3 Occupation: Full time Mom and major purchaser of Lego!! On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct.96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 0, but the kids have a Lot and I'm getting the urge to own some myself!! # of Unopened Sets in Collection: are you kidding?? # of LEGO Pieces: an old trunk full # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I'll let you know Favorite Theme(s): Paradisa- daughter; Space- son; I like the Aquasharks! Favorite Set(s): ? Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): ? Would like to see the Ice Babe and Castle Maiden, though. Set/theme you would like to see: ? Current LEGO Project: Trying to help my son organize his Legos before his 3 and 1 year old cousins visit! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: bought a ton of old Space, Space Police, and Ice Planet Legos (about $200 worth) for $20 at a local flea market!! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading Regencies, sewing, cobalt blue glass, singing, shopping, and keeping up with the family! :)
From: "James J. Trobaugh" <thinice@avana.net> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 08:54:23 -0500 Organization: Thin Ice Productions Reply-To: thinice@avana.net Name: James J. Trobaugh (Thin Ice) Gender: Guy Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: North Georgia Mountains E-mail Address: thinice@avana.net LEGO/home page URL(s): www.avana.net/~thinice Marital Status: M Children: 1 on the way Occupation: A/V System Programer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Aug. 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~90 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 # of LEGO Pieces: 'bout 7000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 - need to have one in Georgia # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Lunar Launcher Favorite Theme(s): Train/Town Favorite Set(s): 2150 RetroStation Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Brown Jacket Truck Driver Set/theme you would like to see: Downtown Shops / Main Street Current LEGO Project: Computer control of my train layout Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none to speak of as of now Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Camping,Computer Animation & Video Production
From: Bill Stahl <billgs@best.com> Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 16:19:35 -0800 Organization: Scoopy's Alias | Wavefront Circus Name: Bill Stahl Gender: m Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Santa Clara , CA LEGO/home page URL(s): (Not Lego Oriented; yet) http://www.best.com/~billgs Marital Status: NLSO Children: 0 Occupation: Application Engineer for Alias|Wavefront, a Silicon Graphics Co. On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~ 24 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~ 4 # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Basic set in the early 70's Favorite Theme(s): Tecnic Favorite Set(s): Space Shuttle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s) Lunar Lander minifig Set/theme you would like to see: Technic Military or Mecha themes Current LEGO Project: Buying more Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: High End 3D Computer Graphics, Sailing, Computer Games, Anatomical Illustration.
From: AlexChan@juno.com Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 19:47:07 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Alex Chan Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1980 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Only Child Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ E-Mail Address: AlexChan@juno.com LEGO/Homepage URL: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/8318/trains.html Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: More than 10000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Fabuland (I forgot specfic model #, but it is a house with an elephant and a boat) Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Model Team, Town Favorite Set(s): Metro Liner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): / Set/theme you would like to see: Trains should be expanding!!! Also, the reexistence of Fabuland Current LEGO Project: Nope Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: / Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Books, Music
From: sbs@sojourn.com (sbs@sojourn.com) Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 23:29:02 -0500 Organization: Sojourn Systems, Lansing, MI (USA) Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Steve Smith Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan E-mail Address: sbs@sojourn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None, I'm not that technologically advanced (yet) Marital Status: Single Children: None (other than myself) Occupation: Emergency Mental Health Clinician On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 (mostly just lurking) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Way too many too count # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: Way way way too many to count # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: Oh, its been so long ago I can't remember Favorite Theme(s): Town, Wild West Favorite Set(s): Um, gee, I have so many.... Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Two planes collided on the airport runway once, but the event didn't make the media (outside of Legoland). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, computers, watching sports (playing some), playing tennis, watching tv/movies
From: Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@mbox325.swipnet.se> Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 23:36:06 -0800 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Tore Eriksson Gender: M Year of Birth: '62 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varying Location: Katrineholm, Sweden E-mail Address: tore.eriksson@mbox325.swipnet.se LEGO/home page URL(s): http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-20413/ Marital Status: Divorced Children: Daughter, born '91 Occupation: Cable Wire Wrapper :o( On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9608 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 0 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Probably > 10000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Probably 315 "Tin Lizzie" http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-20413/fold16a.jpg Favorite Theme(s): Non Favorite Set(s): Non Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): red 45 deg roof Set/theme you would like to see: Old style windows (back to the roots) Current LEGO Project: My parents' home Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: SimLego for the PC project. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: The Bible, raising my daughter, C-programming, cheap SF-movies, electronics ------------------------ Tore Eriksson ------------------------ LEGO: MOC++++ TC+ FL-- S---- LS->+++ H,A@ HKsb LM-- VLd YB@m -------------- http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-20413/ -------------- ----------- mailto:tore.eriksson@mbox325.swipnet.se -----------
From: joeyp21569@aol.com (JoeyP21569) Date: 5 Jan 1997 05:55:19 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Joe Paradis Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14/ Sleeping Location: North Carolina E-mail Address: joeyp21569@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Yeah, when is there time for that? Marital Status: On the rocks Children: 0 Occupation: Architect On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Well over 200 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Are you kidding? # of LEGO Pieces: More than I'd like to count. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Basic set #145 (in 1977) Favorite Theme(s): Town, Town, & Town (Technic, if used with town) Favorite Set(s): Main Street #6390 & Launch & Load Seaport #6542 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Overhead garage doors/Sgt. Stadako Set/theme you would like to see: To take town to the next level, CITY! Current LEGO Project: Idle Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Helping children build a city at a museum Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Architecture, computer (Mac), painting, sketching, chilling on the beach, camping in the mountains
From: s381259@gettysburg.edu (Dan Arcari) Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 01:00:09 -0500 Organization: The Internet Access Company, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Dan Arcari Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10/Very active, looking for something to eat Location: Avon, CT/Gettysburg, PA (College) E-mail Address: s381259@gettysburg.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none, yet Marital Status: single Children: 0 Occupation: student/computer technician & database programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan. 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 70 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000+, never counted # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 6970 Beta-1 Command Base Favorite Theme(s): Space, esp. M-Tron Favorite Set(s): Monorail Transport Base Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): none/original Blacktron fig Set/theme you would like to see: Model Team Star Trek ships Current LEGO Project: rebuilding all my space stuff after too many years of cold storage Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I'm in college and still play with them... they're all over my dorm room. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Star Trek, Star Wars, X-Files, composing music, writing fiction, reading SF/fantasy, football
From: Rick Jenkins <rljenk@weberassoc.com> Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 20:32:44 -0500 Organization: Weber and Associates Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Rick Jenkins Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 68 going on 12 Location: Reston, Virginia E-mail Address: RLJenk@weberassoc.com, and @aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.aol.com/rljenk Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: Graphic Artist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Fall 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~60 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: There is nothing much sadder than an unplayed toy. # of LEGO Pieces: never enough # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: some DUPLO set Favorite Theme(s): space, town, aquazone Favorite Set(s): LL924, #4554 Metrostation Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1x2 brick with down arrow Set/theme you would like to see: Town Current LEGO Project: Just added 3-story Octan Service Plaza to my space outpost Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The jury is still out Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: architecture, design, macintosh computing LEGO: TO++(4554) SP (cl+)++(487) AZ++ MOC+++ S-- #+ LS- Haw M+ YB71m
From: Fred Doebbler <fredd33@mail.idt.net> Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 23:56:28 -0800 Organization: IDT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: James Joshua Doebbler Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1982 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Houston, TX, USA E-mail Address: fredd33@mail.idt.net LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Unmarried of course (I'm only 14 for cryin; out loud;)) Children: None Occupation: Freshman in Cypress Falls High School On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: mid '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 # of LEGO Pieces: 5000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: 6820 Starfire I Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8480 Space Shuttle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): ALL Set/theme you would like to see: Technic theme based entirely on robots with a flexible micropressor for intergrating with LEGO Current LEGO Project: I just finished a tracked motorized Technic vehicle that is triangular in shape and can travel on any of the three sides. (Apologies for those LEGO purists, but not having the new Technic 8229 Tread Trekker I am using the treads from an old Capsela set I have.) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Impressing my very non-lego dad by proving you could build almost anything with LEGO Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: HP48GX calculator and programs, computer anything (especially programming), puzzles, reading
From: dchapman@vnet.ibm.com Date: 6 Jan 1997 17:48:44 GMT Organization: IBM Toronto Lab Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Dale Chapman Gender: Male - despite the gender neutral name :) Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 - Only because of technic :) Location: Toronto, Ontario E-mail Address: dchapman@vnet.ibm.com OR dgchapm@ibm.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: Computer Programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Late 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~40 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: some basic brick set from ~1970 Favorite Theme(s): Technic, town Favorite Set(s): original rocket launcher from early 1970's Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): none Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: None :( Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: built an aircraft carrier with an in-deck elevator Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, model making, cooking, sports (a Boston Bruins fan in the land of the Leafs), movies Dale Chapman dchapman@vnet.ibm.com
From: activeim@perth.DIALix.oz.au (Sue Ann Barber) Date: 7 Jan 1997 10:09:41 +0800 Organization: DIALix Services, Perth, Australia. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Sue Ann Barber Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10-ish Location: Perth, Western Australia E-mail Address: activeim@perth.dialix.oz.au LEGO/home page URL(s): still thinking about it Marital Status: single, but not available Children: none Occupation: teacher On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early 1995 (but dropped out for a while) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: just over 100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 (a Blacktron base and a Space Police set) # of LEGO Pieces: lots - never counted or estimated # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 - Windsor opened 3 months after i was there First LEGO Set: a mid-70s basic set (and my brother's cast-offs) Favorite Theme(s): Space/Fabuland Favorite Set(s): Time Cruiser Flybo - reminds me of a friend's comic strip Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the ghost and the skeleton Set/theme you would like to see: haven't thought about it Current LEGO Project: sorting all the pieces back into their sets and working out what pieces I'm missing. after that I'll make up all the sets again! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Making my friends realise that Lego is still really cool. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: science fiction, viewmasters, pez, kinders, yo-yos, smurfs, character dolls (the list goes on and on..) - I'm a pop-culture junkie!
From: shazam@flash.net (Shazam) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 03:49:14 GMT Organization: Flashnet Communications, http://www.flash.net Name: Tim Morriss Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Little Rock, AR E-mail Address: shazam@flash.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: Single Children: none Occupation: Design Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: a long time ago # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 80 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none! This isn't a museum. # of LEGO Pieces: many thousands and thousands...haven't had time to count lately # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: early 70's collection inherited from cousins Favorite Theme(s): Expert/Technic Favorite Set(s): 8880 Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic worm gear. It makes new possibilities. Set/theme you would like to see: A return to sets with far fewer specialized parts. The 1776 Value Bucket is what I call a good start. Current LEGO Project: A scale model of the space shuttle, sized to accomodate the legoland space figures, with lighted cargo bay, lighted cabin, and motorized cargo bay doors. All dimensions scaled from drawings of the real thing. Currently about 3.5' long, using Technic pieces for interior structural elements, but all outside finishing using non-Technic elements. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: As a youngster, found the 8860 Auto Chassis (an $80 set, even back then) mispriced at K-Mart for $16. Fortunately this was in the days before bar code scanners. Oh yes, in more recent years, I found the 735 Basic Set ($60 normal retail) on the clearance rack at Target for $6. I guess I sound like a real cheapskate now... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Enjoying being done with college (NOW GET TO WORK!), music, moviemaking, knowing everything about the space program, running, and occasional web page design.
From: khouser@earthlink.net (Kirk) Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 06:23:32 GMT Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Name: Kirk Houser Gender: m Year of Birth: 1964 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: bogus Location: Texan in exile in Atlanta LEGO/home page URL(s): none - yet Marital Status: Very Children: 2 - male (7) female (5) Occupation: Civil Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec. 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: jeez!! ummm 30 - 40??? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4 # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Pre-DUPLO Preschool Lego Bricks (the BIG ones) circa 1966 Favorite Theme(s): Trains - Towns - Pirates - Space My son loves the same themes in reverse order of preference! My daughter loves the DUPLO play houses. Favorite Set(s): the custom locomotive I'm working on now Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s) the yellow train conductor - and anything that can be made to conform to the standard Lego train Cargo size Set/theme you would like to see: Less THEMES!!! More town buildings - and Musical Instruments so I can turn our Imperial Guards into a Marching Band! Current LEGO Project: that custom locomotive Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I had a fort assembled and in use constantly from 1977 till 1988. First it was a fort - then slightly modified into a spaceport - then into a concert stage. Three member band figures from 565 moon lander set. (drums made from the 001 gear set). Then back to a fort. Finally disassembled. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I own an old Volvo 1800S sports coupe. I have a Volvo homepage - http://home.earthlink.net/~khouser/
From: pjg@tranquility.gyugyi.com (Paul John Gyugyi) Organization: Gyugyi Cybernetics Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 06:46:55 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Paul Gyugyi Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: It figured it'd skip the middle-aged thing and jump straight to being old. Location: Sunnyvale, California E-mail Address: paul@gyugyi.com LEGO/home page URL(s): <http://www.gyugyi.com> Marital Status: Married Children: 3 (5 yrs, 3.5 yrs, 3 months, all boys). Occupation: Digital Signal Processing On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: A.T.L. since, hmmm, '92 or so. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Oh maybe 300. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 # of LEGO Pieces: About 1000 unique shapes, occuring in various colors and quantities. # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (the Bay Area Pizza Party counts, right?) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0. First LEGO Set: early "steerable" truck with yellow-claw-crane on back; Airplane made of plates. Favorite Theme(s): Unitron. Robof0rce, Imperial Guards, Aquasharks. Favorite Set(s): LL928, BT Renegade, Vector Detector. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Ice Babe, Unitron mirrorshades/cyberhelm. Set/theme you would like to see: Mayflower ship. Argonauts/Greek. Current LEGO Project: finished converting Deep Sea Preditor to a unitron model with separable front pod. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: L3G0 (a raytracing library) and my Unitron-style model instruction sheets made with it. Predicting Aquazone. Establishing the early pre-web ftp site on earthsea. Drilling holes in a blacktron minifig and adding two more arms. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Kids, reading, programming, wargaming. -- Paul Gyugyi paul@gyugyi.com http://www.gyugyi.com/ Gyugyi Cybernetics DSP, LEGO, Mountain Dew, Be, Raytracing Smiling 1.75" pieces of ABS have *no* effect on my state of mind.
From: John Wood <jwood@execpc.com> Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 22:47:33 -0800 Organization: Exec-PC Name: John Wood Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 Location: Milwaukee, WI LEGO/home page URL(s): nothing yet Marital Status: single Children: 0 Occupation: Merchandise Manager for major Wisconsin retailer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 106 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none (I can't imagine not opening the box!) # of LEGO Pieces: too many to count # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 135 Building Set (1974) Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train Favorite Set(s): Metroliner, airport shuttle, gas n wash express Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s) pieces: traintrack/figure: the blonde woman in 5830 Fun Day Sundaes Set/theme you would like to see: military vehicles, more "complete" variety of town sets Current LEGO Project: ongoing building of my Lego town Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: talked my sister into giving me her Lego bricks Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: music, hifi/home theater, biking, Steve Hanks artwork
From: jlgst56+@pitt.edu (Joseph L Garlicki) Date: 8 Jan 1997 14:20:02 GMT Organization: University of Pittsburgh Name: Joe Garlicki Gender: M Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Pittsburgh, PA E-mail Address: jlgst56+@pitt.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: nope Children: none Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sept 96 (I was here for a while back in 93 & 94) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: FX-Star Patroller (first one I really remember) Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Castle Favorite Set(s): Technic Space Shuttle, Red Auto Chassis, King's Mountain Fortress Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): any kind of of sloped or arched bricks Set/theme you would like to see: models of actual buildings (maybe a cathedral, the white house, etc.) Current LEGO Project: thinking about building a large helicopter from the Technic Space Shuttle pieces Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A "Gothic" cathedral containing almost 6,000 pieces! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading, music, taking walks, gardening
From: Richard Harris <richard@is.co.za> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 15:00:40 -0800 Organization: The Internet Solution Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Richard Harris Gender: M Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Up to 16 at least! Location: Johannesburg, South Africa E-mail Address: richard@is.co.za LEGO/home page URL(s): None. (yet) Marital Status: Not single but not married ;) Children: No Occupation: Web Page Designer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec '95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100 and something # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None! # of LEGO Pieces: Phew # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None. *sniff* First LEGO Set: Set #40... A medium sized basic set from the late 70's Favorite Theme(s): Pirate, Castle, (soon) Divers Favorite Set(s): Skulls Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Ghostie Set/theme you would like to see: Cave Man! Current LEGO Project: To keep the dust off my built stuff Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Converting dozens of people to Lego-lism Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Toys, Playstation, Computery/Internetty things, Anime, Art Movies, People in Swimming Attire.
From: tommi@informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Thomas Stockheim) Date: 9 Jan 1997 13:41:02 GMT Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Name: Thomas Stockheim Gender: male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Aachen,Germany E-mail Address: tommi@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single Children: none, but play lego mainly with the 7-year old daughter of my sister Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: none myself, ca. 20 I am allowed to play with # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: not enough # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 First LEGO Set: don't remember Favorite Theme(s): castle and pirates and combining both ... Favorite Set(s): El Dorado Fortress Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Castle corner pieces Set/theme you would like to see: Bigger castles Current LEGO Project: combining caste+pirates+islanders into a city that doesn't look to weird Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Muds, Science Fiction, Computer games
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
----------- All opinions expressed here are personal
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.
From: "Bruce Jones" <brujon@axent.com> Date: 31 Jan 97 21:02:18 GMT Organization: Axent Technologies Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Bruce Jones Gender: M Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 10 today Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States E-mail Address: brujon@axent.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: M Children: 4 ages 7.5, 5.5, 3.5, .5 Occupation: Software engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: been a lurker for a couple of years # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~75 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 18 (all from the Target clearance) # of LEGO Pieces: lots # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:me 0, wife 1 (She's Danish) First LEGO Set: late 60s, The big red/white 4x2 bricks Favorite Theme(s): Wild West, Town/Nautica. Pirates Favorite Set(s): Imperial Trading Post Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): ? Set/theme you would like to see: Indiana Jones Adventures Current LEGO Project: None Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Had a Christmas tree this year decorated entirely with mini-figs. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Volleyball, Mt biking, soccer coach, playing with the kids, reading.
From: "Blue Buschert" <BlueBus@IX.NetCom.Com> Date: 1 Feb 1997 05:25:36 GMT Organization: Netcom Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Blue Buschert Gender: Male Year of Birth: 8/19/60 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: -.8 to 250+ constantly Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan E-mail Address: BlueBus@IX.NetCom.Com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Married Children: 0, not including me Occupation: Information Technology Consultant WAN Administrator - Amway Aviation, Magic Carpet Aviation (Orlando) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1/31/97 (approx 4 hours ago) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ (currently developing DB) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 (until l8r today) # of LEGO Pieces: 15,000+ (DB in works) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 (will fix) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (will fix) First LEGO Set: 1965 - box of real basic pieces Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Town, Trains, Technic, Trains, Model, Trains, Boat Favorite Set(s): All Trains (?), & Town; But love everything LEGO Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): n/a Set/theme you would like to see: Want trains back, Star Trek, Star Wars, Houses (normal/?) for town Current LEGO Project: Using my uncompleted 5x10 foldup N guage railroad cabinent to house a foldup LEGO town/railroad instead - until we find a new home (house). Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Taking over a bedroom (10x20) and completely covering the entire area with town/railroad sets. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Music (MIDI), Electronics, Motorcycles (new), AD&D since '78, Model Railroading, Model Building, Gaming, Role Playing, Reading, Home Refinishing, Movies, ...
From: tom <atkinson@aware.com> Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 20:55:02 -0500 Organization: Aware Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Tom Atkinson Gender: male Year of Birth: 1960 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: southern New Hampshire E-mail Address:atkinson@aware.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none (yet) Marital Status: yes Children: 2 ... 5 and 6 mos. Occupation: electronic hardware design engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurking for almost a year # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~75 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 (they're really my sons or they would be open by now!) # of LEGO Pieces: 10000??? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: some kinda basic set from 1962 Favorite Theme(s): technic (now anyway) Favorite Set(s): 8460 pneumatic crane truck Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): motors motors motors! Set/theme you would like to see: "how things work" series, in which the designs model the way things _REALLY_ work. Current LEGO Project: I've been working on a snowblower for a while now, fortunately we haven't got much snow this year :) It will be a two stage blower with foward and reverse plus an auger engage lever. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I can remember lego pieces that I haven't heard even mentioned... 4x8 by maybe 2 brick tall clear garages with gray door that slides up and in. These came with little one piece cars with turning wheels..??..??? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, music, procrastination...(I am at work on a Saturday, but writing to RTL)
From: Blueberry Stud Muffin <tjhunter@students.uiuc.edu>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 22:44:40 -0600
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Name: Todd J. Hunter
Gender: Male
Location: Urbana, IL
Marital Status: Unmarried, as Yet
E-mail Address: tjhunter@uiuc.edu
On R.T.L Since: Late Summer, 1995
First LEGO Set: #3667 Bakery Shoppe (Excl. DUPLO)
Favorite Theme: 1980s Town
Favorite Model: #730, Followed by #6980
Favorite Mini-figure: Burgundy-collared Woman from #6002 & #6382
Greatest Claim: Probably "His Majesty's Court," @ 950 Pcs.
Set I Wish Existed: A Posh 1980s-style Hotel w/ Spa (for Town)
A Victorian Mansion Would've Also Been Great,
as Would Peasants' Homes for the 1980s Castle
Theme. Perhaps an Official "The Price Is
Right" Model, with Permission from CBS
Other Interests: Foreign Languages, Imported Junk Food,
Writing, Old Cars, Travel, Under-rated
'60s Bands, Coffee, and Eligible Girls
From: Jeff S Markwell <markwell@eagle>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 19:52:42 -0500
Organization: Florida State University
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Jeff S Markwell
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1975
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: don't know - I think I left him
in Tallahassee
Location: Gainesville, Florida USA
E-mail Address: markwell@hcs.ufl.edu
markwell@hcs.fsu.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.hcs.ufl.edu/~markwell
http://www.hcs.ufl.edu/~markwell/lego/
Marital Status: single
Children: ((460/20+5)^2)/(32*3.5)-7
Occupation: computer engineering Master's student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 377 sounds familiar
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: less than 10
# of LEGO Pieces: more than 10
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: 113 and 404 Universal Sets (1978)
Favorite Theme(s): Space
Favorite Set(s): 497 Galaxy Explorer
6980 Galaxy Commander
442 Space Shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Bat Lord (Knight who says "ni")
Set/theme you would like to see: a modular moon base
Current LEGO Project: none
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: U.S. Space complete
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: rock climbing, music (clarinet, tuba)
LEGO: SP[cl+++ bt1,fu,sp1++ bt2,sp2,ex+]++++c(US)(928)
MT++c(5540) TC++(8880) #+++++ S+ LS- Hri M+ A+ LM- YB75m
From: dhb22@aol.com (DHB22) Date: 3 Feb 1997 16:43:17 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name:David Gender: M Year of Birth: 69 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Alameda,,Nor Cal E-mail Address:DHB22@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s):working on it Marital Status: Married (wife is Danish) Children: 1 Occupation: Investment Advisor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~150 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:5 # of LEGO Pieces:20,000 # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0- going to Bilund in April First LEGO Set:colored blocks sometime in the 70's have many red yello and white space figures form way back when Favorite Theme(s): town and train Favorite Set(s):metro liner, mainstreet Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see:reintroduction to town buildings like hospital, bank, office buildings, houses Current LEGO Project: Ready for this? I have remodeled my garage(used to be a workshed) into a finished room so that I may set up my lego town. Up to this point my lego boards have been in storage. My new room is about 250 sq ft and should hold four plywood boards for my town and trains Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My current project Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Baseball, basketball, football,dogs(2 labs),and my rose garden DHB22@aol.com
From: karr@shore.net (David Karr) Date: 5 Feb 1997 22:29:56 -0500 Organization: BBN Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: David A. Karr Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1961 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 to 64, depending Location: Concord, MA E-mail Address: karr@shore.net (was karr@cs.cornell.edu) LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.shore.net/karr/lego/ http://www.shore.net/karr/ Marital Status: Married to the NLSOWVC Children: Jane (age 7), Polly (age 5) Occupation: Software Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: The Beginning (Jan or Feb 1993) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Not applicable # of LEGO Pieces: I guess 8000 between me and the kids (I've fallen behind in counting) # of LEGOfests Attended: none (sob!) First LEGO Set: Something with red bricks and other stuff that I got in 1963---you think I remember such details that far back? Favorite Theme(s): Whatever I decide to build Favorite Set(s): Whatever I decide to build Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Huh? (My choice for reincarnation would be a red 2x4 brick, if that matters.) Current LEGO Project: That would be telling. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built a Duplo car at my Ph.D. thesis defense ... and passed. Runners-up: Keeper of the on-line archive of the RTL Roll Call; created a Web site cited by a LEGO attorney as an example of how not to get sued; designer of the LEGO "machine gun." Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Family life, work, my house, and a zillion other things I thought I'd get back to after finishing my degree, but really haven't yet.
From: Chris Weagel <SChristo@aol.com> Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1997 10:25:31 -0500 Organization: Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.A. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name:Christopher Weagel Gender:Male Year of Birth:1981 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:11 Location:St.Clair Shores, MI USA E-mail Address:SChristo@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s):(non-lego)www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/9356 Marital Status:single Children:none Occupation:student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:June 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:150+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection:Zero, unless road plates count # of LEGO Pieces:a whole lot # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set:Basic set whose number escapes me Favorite Theme(s):Town Favorite Set(s):Airport Shuttle, MetroPark&Service Tower Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):1x2 Set/theme you would like to see:New Edition Main Street Current LEGO Project:Still Rebuilding my city Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Rebuilding the Metro Park and Service Tower without instructions Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:The Christopher Weagel Show, Nintendo, MST3K
From: chaotix@weird.cologne.de (Lutz Uhlmann)
Date: 09 Feb 1997 18:53:09 +0100
Name: Lutz Uhlmann
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1072
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-20
Location: Bonn, Germany
E-mail Address: Chaotix@Weird.Cologne.de
LEGO/home page URL(s): None yet
Marital Status: single
Children: 0
Occupation: student (computer science / biology)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Summer 1996 (Reading only), now also writing
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15
# of LEGO Pieces: 28350+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Billund Denmark, 1982-1986, 1996)
First LEGO Set: 692 as a child, 8868 late 1995 (end of dark age)
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Town, Trains
Favorite Set(s): 8862, 8868, 8460
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pneumatics, digger/excavator shovels
Set/theme you would like to see: Model Town, perhaps with models of
famous real buildings.
Antiquities (Roman, Greek architecture e.g.)
Current LEGO Project: Sorting, Storing, Counting (nearly finished)
Making my own Library for PoV-Ray
Coding a converter from LDraw to PoV-Ray
(GNU-C, using LDraw with OS/2, PoV-Ray under Linux)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Posted 1997 News to RTL in autumn 1996
Build a crane:
- 8 ft tall
- 5 ft wide
- fully motorized
- 1500 parts
Made a spontaneous weekend trip to Legoland
Billund in summer 1996 with some people
who are not Legomaniacs
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer graphics, construction sites,
party, pinball simulations, etc. pp.
Chaot!X
Lego: DU,HM,BV FS,TO++ TR+++(4564) BO,FL,PA,SP,CA,PI,AQ+ WW>++ MT+(5571)
TC+++(8862) MOC>++ #++++ S++ LS++ H!? A HKb LM+ VLr YB72m
From: tcolgan@carroll.com Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 04:25:06 GMT Name: Tom Colgan, Jr. Gender: Male Location: North New Jersey Marital Status: Married Children: 1 (2 years-old) Occupation: Computer Programmer E-mail Address: Tcolgan@carroll.com On R.T.L Since: Late Summer, 1996 First LEGO Set: #6491 Rocket Racer Favorite Theme: Time Cruisers/Twisters Favorite Model: #6493 Favorite Mini-figure: Bat Lord Greatest Claim: None as of yet Set I Wish Existed: A Saloon for the Wild West Theme A Japanese set with Samurai's # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None (don't beleive in unopened sets) # of LEGO Pieces: 1931 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 Other Interests: Science Fiction, Fencing (Modern & Classical), Role-playing (G.U.R.P.S.), Magic:the Gathering CCG, My daughter.
From: Chris Lester <c.lester@mmu.ac.uk> Organization: MMU Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 16:13:14 GMT Name: Chris Lester Gender: Male Location: Manchester UK Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: System Admin E-mail Address: c.lester@mmu.ac.uk URL http://langdale.elec.aca.mmu.ac.uk/chris/lego.html On R.T.L Since: Mid 1996 First LEGO Set: 330 Jeep(in ca1969) Favorite Theme: Aquazone/Space Favorite Model: 6135 Sneaker 6973 Deep Freeze Defender Favorite Mini-figure: Any Aquashark Greatest Claim: None Set I Wish Existed: Starfury (B5) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 90+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: To many to count # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 Other Interests: Babylon 5, Football(soccer),Cricket Apollo computers, juggling, Birding.
From: John Willoughby <jvwillou@students.wisc.edu> Date: Sun, 02 Feb 1997 00:50:10 -0800 Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Name:John Willoughby Gender:Male Year of Birth:'67 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17-22 or so Location:Madison, WI E-mail Address:jvwillou@students.wisc.edu LEGO/home page URL(s):http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~willough/lego.htm Marital Status:Nope Children:Nope Occupation:Student/Moldmaker On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:late '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:6, all TECHNIC but for one for extra blocks # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0, hell they're almost open before I get home. # of LEGO Pieces:2544 - hole s**t, I never counted before! # of LEGOfests Attended:None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:None First LEGO Set: Hoe. . .something back in the '70 I suppose, don't remember. Favorite Theme(s):TECHNIC Favorite Set(s):Power Pack (I know that's pretty boring . . but . . hey). Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):Gears, shafts . . ect . . Set/theme you would like to see:IR or RF remote control system. Current LEGO Project:Was six legged walker (it's on my web page now) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Well, here goes another plug, my six legger and my own LEGO stackable storage tray (also on web page). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Cars (real ones)
From: dvdmldr@dordt.edu (David Mulder)
Date: 6 Mar 1997 23:34:26 GMT
Organization: Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Dave Mulder
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14ish (on a good day :-)
Location: Sioux Center, IA
E-mail Address: dvdmldr@dordt.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): working on it... :-)
Marital Status: engaged
Children: n/a
Occupation: student--educatoin major
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurking since Andre' Kok (my roommate) directed
me here in spring of '96
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25ish at school, 40ish at home in
California
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 2200ish at school, probably 4700ish at home
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: does the Mall of America exhibit count?
First LEGO Set: not sure of the number, but it was a clssic space
set (1980?), gray ship with two big boosters
on the sides, including a red space minifig.
Favorite Theme(s): Aquazone, Space (Spyrius, Ice Planet, Roboforce has
promise), Divers (though I don't yet own any)
Favorite Set(s): Spy Shark (#6135), Deep Sea Predator (#6155), Eagle
Stunt Flyer (#6615), Saucer Centurion (#6939)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): BURPs
Set/theme you would like to see: farm theme
Current LEGO Project: slowly but surely getting enough LEGO at school
to come up with a project.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: (age 11) "Main Street" complete with
bank, bakery, city hall, police department,
several stores, park, service station, gas
station, and auto dealership.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: playing the guitar, usenet, cooking,
procrastinating on studies
From: Jeffrey and Tyna Langlitz <jtlanglitz@proaxis.com> Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1997 20:11:05 -0800 Organization: ProAxis Communications, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Tyna Langlitz Gender: F Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Oregon E-mail Address: jtlanglitz@proaxis.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Sorry, too busy to try yet. Marital Status: M Children: 1 cat (she's a handful!!) Occupation: Admin. Assistant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: approx. 1 year # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 235 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: approx. 35 # of LEGO Pieces: approx. 43,669 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 :( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :( First LEGO Set: Yellow castle-unfortunately sold at garage sale :( Favorite Theme(s): Train Favorite Set(s): 4558 Metroliner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Red wheel suspension pieces which make wheels springy Set/theme you would like to see: Office theme with Dilbert-like figures Current LEGO Project: Talking my husband into letting me buy all of the new '97 sets Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Haven't really had one YET Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, listening to music, playing WarCraft II
From: tmblendruf@aol.com (TmbleNDRuf)
Date: 8 Mar 1997 02:50:55 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Name: Jim G.
Gender: Male
Year of Birth:
1971 (August 11)
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:
Uhhhh.... huh huh.... maybe like 14 or something, Beavis. huh huh
Location:
Union City, CA
E-mail Address:
TmbleNDRuf@aol.com -or- gijimbo@pacbell.net
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Under construction @ members.aol.com/gijimbo
Marital Status:
Married to a non-LEGOmaniac :/
Children:
Let's not even go there :) (none)
Occupation:
Programmer / Real Estate Analyst
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:
About a week :)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection:
Rough guess: Around 150 or so, dating back to 1975
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:
-0- (what's the point???)
# of LEGO Pieces:
18,000 + (lost about 10K over the years due to LEGO minifig torture
rituals and such) -- working on a detailed inventory, check my website
later
# of LEGOfests Attended:
Just one -- about 15 years ago (if it was even called a LEGOfest)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:
None, nada, zilch, GOOSE EGG }:( That's gonna change though.
First LEGO Set:
I forget the number, but it was an old-style faceless minifig in a
fork lift.
Favorite Theme(s):
Technic and Wild West. Trying to get into Fright Knights, but I
dunno...
Favorite Set(s):
1) All four LEGO auto chasses -- #956, #8860, #8865, and of course
the SuperCar #8880 (like that's a big surprise)
2) Bandit's Hideout -- #6761 I think, shoot me if I'm wrong :)
3) #8480 Space Shuttle
4) #8858 Rebel Wrecker
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
The wheels on the SuperCar
Set/theme you would like to see:
More Technic. PERIOD.
Current LEGO Project:
Trying to figure out a way to whiten my old white bricks. Hell, if it
can be done to teeth.... :)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
No claims to fame, but some pretty weird LEGO nightmares....
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
Hockey, mountain biking, video games, music, GOOFING OFF. :)
From: Elizabeth Klein-Lebbink <eklandjds@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 17:43:35 -0800 Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Jerome Scott Gender: M Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 or 11 Location: El Segundo, CA, USA E-mail Address: eklandjds@earthlink.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: M Children: none (What? and spoil a perfectly good lego collection on them?) Occupation: Registered Architect On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: prior to fire in 1977-unknown - currently 50+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None - I collect lego not boxes # of LEGO Pieces: prior to 1977 several thousand - today 12 large buckets # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 but I have a timeshare in Carlsbad CA that will be getting some serious use in 1999! First LEGO Set: can't remember - I was 6 or 7 Favorite Theme(s): space Favorite Set(s): currently Red Bird Rig - Love that jet! Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the curved ones that let you connect a vertical and horizontal piece (ie 90degree gender benders) - technic otherwise Set/theme you would like to see: Architectural pieces (doors, windows, arches, etc.) - in quantity Current LEGO Project: getting more track for my monorail Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built a 3 masted schooner out of 'REAL' lego pieces (none of the namby-pamby specialty pieces available today) in 1968 and sent the picture to the contest at the Lego club newsletter of the day (didn't win). My model was 3 feet long and at least 24 studs wide with cloth sails. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Architecture, computers, Computer Aided Design, Science fiction
From: "Lauri-Pekka Alanko" <lpa@sci.fi> Date: 1 Apr 1997 22:20:34 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Lauri-Pekka Alanko Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1959 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 Location: Puomikatu 4 , 33410 Tampere, Finland (Europe) E-mail Address: lpa@sci.fi LEGO/home page URL(s): hope soon (need a scanner) Marital Status: Common law married with Ritva (since 1983) Children: Rosa 9 , Kaarlo 6 Occupation: Hardware electronics designer / homefather On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: estimate between 50 000 and 100 000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: something that existed about year 1963 Favorite Theme(s): Town, Pirate, Technic Favorite Set(s): 6989(MegaCoreMagnetizer),6277(Imperial tradingPost),5571(ModelteamTruck),8845(ProgramControlUnit) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Turntable(technic), Decorated arch(from fabuland3798), Green bush / Robot with clear helmet, skeleton, I love mixing minifig parts Set/theme you would like to see: Advanced Computer control Current LEGO Project: 1) Two wild west cities with mountains and desert (size 8´x3´) 2) Tryin to get all original technic instructions Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Towns, big houses, harbour, factory etc.. made for my children and their friends to play A member of team building "Lego mouse" -- a computerized robot to solve a labyrinth. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: R/C airplanes and boats,explosives, high-voltage,enviromental questions,politics,digital technics,biking
From: flasah@iastate.edu (Pat Schroeder) Date: 1 Apr 1997 21:45:35 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Pat Schroeder Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Ames, IA E-mail Address: flasah@iastate.edu Marital Status: Single Children: none Occupation: Mechanical Engineering student at Iowa State On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 78 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: ~4800 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: A set of glow-in-the dark blocks I had as a kid. Now they're lost.:( First LEGO Set I still have: Saucer Scout Favorite Theme(s): Pirates Favorite Set(s): Shipwreck Island, Rocky Reef Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any walls Set/theme you would like to see: More Pirates Current LEGO Project: Building a giant Pirate compound Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading, baseball cards, bowling, die-cast cars, science fiction, ancient history, architecture, card games, sports
From: Tony Schreiber <dune@thenet.net> Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 15:20:02 -0500 Organization: TheNet Digital Services, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Anthony Schreiber Gender: M Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: South Florida E-mail Address: dune@thenet.net LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet Marital Status: Married Children: None Occupation: Creative Director / WebMaster On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: A few weeks # of Sets in LEGO Collection: +100? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: +10000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Universal Building Set Favorite Theme(s): Space and Technic Favorite Set(s): ? Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Divers Set/theme you would like to see: Capitalist Town (mall,parking garage,etc) Current LEGO Project: maybe a new city... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have the original expert builder Auto Chassis! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: internet/computer (my job), music, miatas (mine)
From: absolut zero <absolut0@mail.utexas.edu>
Date: 3 Apr 1997 21:09:37 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at Austin
Name: Reid Worth
Gender: M
Year of Birth: '77
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: eh, 7 going on 8
Location: Austin, Tayexus (that's TX...and no we don't all sound like that)
E-mail Address: absolut0@mail.utexas.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): none..yet
Marital Status: Single :(
Children: Lord, no!
Occupation: student (CS major), part time crap jobs to pay to BE a student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: well..I've been on 3 other toy NGs for over a year,
but have only been lurking here for a few months, mainly 'cause (for some
reason I forgot) I dragged out all my old sets, bought some '97 sets, and
now have LEGO on the brain
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Umm...I have no idea really, >50 but <100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: nada..I can barely afford to buy 'em at all,
damned if I'm not building 'em :P
# of LEGO Pieces: shoot, your guess is as good as mine
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
*but there's some 'thing' that used to come to the mall every now and then,
that had HUGE LEGO monuments (Statue of Lib., White House, Lib. Bell, Lincoln
Memorial, etc, etc.)...really impressive stuff..or so it seemed at age 7.
First LEGO Set: <think, think> I _think_ it was the 3-pack that included
the 6824 Space Dart-I and two other smaller space sets..I've long since
lost the instr. for all 3, but all the pieces are still around
Favorite Theme(s): Space, space, and space :P (I have quite a few sets from
the other themes, but a severe chunk of 'em are Space)
Favorite Set(s): 6980 Galaxy Commander, 6990 Futuron Monorail, 6274 Caribbean
Clipper (the 6285 BSB would be in this list too..if I um,
had one)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron figs and the revamped '88 Space
suit guys (Futuron and such)..especially the elusive black suit guy. Also,
the original Forestmen.
Set/theme you would like to see: some sort of Military theme...Air Force type
jets, Aircraft carrier, battleships, tanks, jeeps, etc. (and I don't wanna
hear about "guns and such are bad"..lookit all the guns in the Pirates and
WW themes..not to mention _dynamite_ for Pete's sake.
Current LEGO Project: Putting all the old stuff back together is enough for
now..but I do have two semi-original creations that are still intact...one
is a variation on the middle pod of the 6894 Blacktron Invader..sorta like
a Dignitary shuttle that stands alone, as well as combines with the Invader
(and the Blacktron leader for me, was the only original black suit space guy
I had...see, he was a traitor, split off and formed BT :P)
I also built something that looks suspiciously like the Alien Moon Stalker
(since I never had one, but wanted one) crossed with a SW AT-AT...main
difference is it uses 8 corner castle pieces for the sides, as opposed to
those funky 2-way sloped windows. I built a Blacktron clone of it, but
it was 'defeated' shall we say..it'd be easy to rebuild, as I still have
the 'original'.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: As for totally original creations...I built
a fairly large Enterprise..two different times, when I was young. The
second was a heck of a lot more sturdy and just better looking than the
first. Unfortunately...to build it, I had to snag pieces from just about
EVERY Space set I owned, so when I wanted to build the original sets back,
well, I watched Star Trek III and re-enacted the end :P I made some
instructions...but I was only maybe 10-11, and while they seemed to make
perfect sense at the time...they're pretty unintelligble now (although,
I can make out the basic design..plus I've gotten lotsa sets/pieces since,
so I could probably improve on it).
I also built a Millenium Falcon at some point, using 2 sets of grey
airplane wings for the front part...the best thing was, it used mostly
castle pieces (grey, ya know) so it lasted longer than the Enterprise,
and actually was 'part' of my Space setup for a while. Alas...I never
made instructions, but IIRC it was really nice.
Oh..these were both at minifig scale..well, not SCALE scale (as the
Enterprise woulda been huge), but you get my drift)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Well, I'm a toy junkie...I got back into all
sorts of other things about 2 years ago...old Star Wars toys, old
Transformers (as well as the new SW and TF lines..how else do you think
I wandered into the LEGO aisle, and bought all the Robo-Force sets?),
and misc. assorted action figures, those 1:18 die cast cars (since I'll
never get a 1:1 '63 Cobra). Also, CDs, concerts, movies, and computers
to touch on other stuff that's 'interesting' to me (notice, Univ. of TX
ain't in there).
*Just to add another factoid not on the survey...most recent purchase..
I always wanted a Space Shuttle..not some crazy freaky Space vehicle..I
mean, NASA shuttle. Unfortunately, I reached that "Hey man, I'm too old for
toys" stage circa 1989-90 (my last set as a 'kid' was the Caribbean Clipper)
and exited stage left before the 1682 Town Space Shuttle came out. I vaguely
remember seeing it back then..but never got it. Now I trot back into the
scene and find that I've apparently missed the bigger-better-badder 6339
Launch Command Shuttle Launch Site set. Well..I didn't find that, but I found
a dusty ol' 6544 Shuttle Transcon 2 the other day..near as I can tell, the
shuttle from this set is 99% identical to the one in 6339, so I'm kinda
happy..I have a bona-fide Space Shuttle (to encounter the UFO aliens come
July)...albeit..about 10 years later than I would've liked.
From: wedders@aol.com Date: 4 Apr 1997 13:38:58 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name:Walter Edders Gender:M Year of Birth:12/19/65 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Ran away! Location:Calumet City, IL E-mail Address:wedders@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status:married Children: 2 Occupation:Xerox Service Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Jan. 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:130 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:40 # of LEGO Pieces:Not enough to build my dream house. # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set:Basic #125? Favorite Theme(s):Space, Town(buildings !) Favorite Set(s):LL928 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see:bars, brothels, massage parlors Current LEGO Project:scale model of my house Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:own all original space sets from 78-81 Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:woodworking, remodeling
From: jbraun@pressenter.com (Max & Jeanice G. Braun) Date: 5 Apr 1997 19:56:59 GMT Organization: Little Sky Valley Name: Max B Gender MALE DOB 4-70 Mental age 12 Local Hudson Wi (30 minutes from Mall of America) e-mail jbraun@pressenter.com Married no children Occ. Cook on RTL since 2-97 # of sets 280 # of Pieces 20255 # of LEGO fests attended 8 # of LEGO theme prks visited 1 LEGO imagination center MOA 1st Set London Bus (# escapes me at the moment) Fav theme TOWN Fav Set Launch n Load Seaport, Royal knights castle, and Pizza to go Current LEGO project The IRON CROSS a large hot air baloon studded with cannon Greatest claim to LEGO fame; 1st place at Creative Kid Stuff's annual LEGO building compitittion 1996 Other intrests Military History, Local History, Stratigy Games, and things I can not mention here.
From: "The World of Kevin O." <komartin@unm.edu> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 23:09:56 -0600 Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Name: Kevin M Gender MALE DOB 7-75 Mental age 10 Local--Rio Rancho, NM (30 minutes from Albuquerque) e-mail komartin@unm.edu Single no children Occ. Bank Teller on RTL since 7-96 # of sets 50 # of Pieces 7500 # of LEGO fests attended 0 # of LEGO theme prks visited 0 1st Set--Seige Tower 6061 Fav theme Old Town (1980's) Fav Set--Shuttle Launch Pad, Wild West, Trains Current LEGO project--Martin Hotel and Casino From: Kevan Houser <103753.3631@compuserve.com> Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 15:17:56 -0700 Organization: CompuServe Incorporated
Name:Kevan Houser Gender:male Year of Birth:1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Alive and kicking Location:SF, CA E-mail Address:103753.3631@compuserve.com LEGO/home page URL(s):n/a Marital Status: not yet Children: none Occupation: medical On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct 95 Name:Kevan Houser Gender:male Year of Birth:1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Alive and kicking Location:SF, CA E-mail Address:103753.3631@compuserve.com LEGO/home page URL(s):n/a Marital Status: not yet Children: none Occupation: medical On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct 95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:~150 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: three # of LEGO Pieces: 20,000-40,000 (????)(What, you want me to count?!) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 But I'd go if somebody had one in the Bay Area! # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 But I'd like to go to the one in San Diego when it opens. First LEGO Set: Can't remember. I had the original Swiss Villa as a kid in the 70's (I still have the special baseplate and the instruction book.) Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Space, Wild West (Heck, I like it all except for the butt-ugly Aquasharks stuff. Favorite Set(s): Royal Knights Castle, Robo-raptor, Android base. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Those three-high 4 stud octogonal column-type pieces. Also cool are the little bat-kabobs and the chain elements new this year. Set/theme you would like to see:Greco/Roman cities! Aztecs! Current LEGO Project: A big castle and a bigger space colony. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I got a 42 year old female coworker hooked on LEGO. She's spent 100's of dollars on stuff. She likes space.... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Languages, Investing, X-Files, Running, other good stuff.
From: Dan Piergallini <bacardi@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 17:09:49 -0700 Organization: Creative Ideas Inc. Name: Dan Piergallini Gender: Male Year of Birth: Government with holds this onformation from me Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Sitting in front of computer. Pinehurst, NC E-mail Address: bacardi@mindspring.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/5959/lego.html http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/5959/rtlpage.html Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: over 150 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: Thousands # of LEGOfests Attended: None. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Almost 1. Almost went while in Denmark, part found out was on other side of country. First LEGO Set: Basic something Favorite Theme(s): all but large scaled Favorite Set(s): None. Just which is the newest Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): BURPS, and aquanauts Set/theme you would like to see: Military Current LEGO Project: Black Squad Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: RTL'er Magazine Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, videogames, TV, music, sports -Dan Piergallini bacardi@mindspring.com Editor of RTL'er Magazine Visit the RTL'er Magazine homepage for a free subscription at: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/5959/rtlpage.html
From: Novy <dnovy1@uic.edu> Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 07:47:14 -0500 Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name:Daniel Novy Gender:male Year of Birth:1978 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:eleven-teen, status: slightly insane Location:Chicago, IL E-mail Address:dnovy1@uic.edu or dnovy@eecs.uic.edu LEGO/home page URL(s):N/A Marital Status:single Children:none that I know of...... Occupation:professional student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:August of 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:only a couple # of Unopened Sets in Collection:a few # of LEGO Pieces:can't count that high # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set:I can't remember, Does Fabuland count??? Favorite Theme(s):Castle, Aquazone Favorite Set(s):Any castle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):Majisto Set/theme you would like to see:I wanna see that crimescene stuff come out Current LEGO Project:My grand castle setup that I still need minifigs for Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:none yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Collecting Star Wars figs, participating in athletics, ya know the fun stuff.
From: John and Karen <j27k@sprintmail.com> Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 19:07:24 -0700 Organization: Sprint Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: John Hughes Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I feel like I just left H.S., there is so much to learn! Location: Anaheim, CA E-mail Address: j27k@sprintmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): N/A Marital Status: Married Children: 2, ages 6 & 11 Occupation: Maintenance supervisor of a plastics manufacturer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 158 as of 5/3/97 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3, not counting kits I haven't got around to assembling! # of LEGO Pieces: Over 25000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 6353 Coastal Cutter Favorite Theme(s): Space, Divers Favorite Set(s): 6986 Mission Commander, 6340 Hook and Ladder Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Magnets, chain and gear drives Set/theme you would like to see: Something aimed at adult collectors, very complex and involved. Current LEGO Project: Trying to organize my sets, they're taking over our house!! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Bought 30 or so classic Space and Town for $100. Right place at the right time. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Video games, racquetball, hockey.
From: Richard Kim <richk@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 12:02:10 -0700 (PDT)
Name: Richard Kim
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Seattle Washington
E-mail Address: richk@u.washington.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://weber.u.washington.edu/~richk
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Novemeber 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 43
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 6683
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None
First LEGO Set: #6824 Space Dart I
Favorite Theme(s): Castle
Favorite Set(s): #6085 Black Monarch's Castle (I wish I still had it!)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Anything Castle!
Set/theme you would like to see: Ancient Roman Empire with a Hannibal in
Carthage sub theme...also maybe a WWII theme with little soldiers, tanks,
jeeps, mini soldier camps. Maybe also a civil war theme?
Current LEGO Project: Building all of my currently unmade sets...which
is all 43 sets
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Finding my Galaxy Explorer Set! with the
box and instructions in tact!
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Sports Cards, Starting Lineup figures, Star
Wars figures, Transformers, various other action figures
From: Bram Lambrecht <gbd@pop.cwru.edu>
Date: Sun, 04 May 1997 17:49:15 -0500
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA)
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Bram Lambrecht
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1982
Mental Age/Status of
Inner Child: 15
Location: Cleveland Hts., OH
E-mail Address: gbd@pop.cwru.edu
blambrec@mail.chuh.cleveland-heights.k12.oh.us
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://tiger.chuh.cleveland-heights.k12.oh.us/Students/Bram-Lambrecht/LEGO/
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 110+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None- I open everything right away
# of LEGO Pieces: Too many to count
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None
First LEGO Set: 6502 Turbo Racer (My first LEGOLAND Set, I think)
(I got it before I was 5, so it's kind of difficult
to remember. Before this I had Duplo and a couple
of BASIC sets.)
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Town is second
Favorite Set(s):
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2420 2x2 corner plate (It's
extremely useful)
Set/theme you would like to see: a space town including
spaceports, housing, and other town
elements.
(all futuristic, of course)
Current LEGO Project: Large Spaceship-so far all I have is a few
escape pods and a centrifuge to simulate gravity
so the minifigs' bones don't deteriorate.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My LEGO Star Wars Models
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, airbrushing, drawing, cars
From: "Tyler J. Wagner (Fen)" <tjwagner@polymail.calpoly.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 00:29:27 -0700
Organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Tyler Jim Wagner
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Morro Bay, CA
E-mail Address: tjwagner@polymail.calpoly.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.csc.calpoly.edu/~tjwagner (not complete yet)
Marital Status: Engaged
Children: None
Occupation: Student, System Administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 250+ instructions, # of sets unknown
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None, I play, not collect
# of LEGO Pieces: several hundred pounds
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: I don't even remember, possibly some basic set
Favorite Theme(s): Space (original)
Favorite Set(s): 6890 - Cosmic Cruiser, several sets of my own design,
Twin Starfire (don't know #)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate Minifigs, Blacktron II Minifigs
Set/theme you would like to see: Aliens (this July!)
Current LEGO Project: A really large table-top spaceport
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Once made a really cool base with a
working elevator, lights, refueling station, and port.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Nintendo games, bowling with friends,
dancing, pool, mountain biking
Date: 11 May 1997 22:12:53 GMT Name:Sean Hollister Gender:Male Year of Birth:1985 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:!3 Location:San Jose,CA E-mail Address:monad@best.com LEGO/home page URL(s):none Marital Status:none Children:none Occupation:Kid On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:June 95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:15-30 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:none # of LEGO Pieces:too many to count # of LEGOfests Attended:none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:none First LEGO Set:Police Car,I forget the number Favorite Theme(s):Space,Castle,Divers Favorite Set(s):Tie Between Explorien Starship,and Royal Knights Castle. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):James Quicksilver(the Armada Captain), and the Explorien Pilot. Set/theme you would like to see:Star Wars Current LEGO Project:Space Station Alpha Radion 5 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Star Wars Speeder Bike. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Hanging out on r.t.l.,playing Castle Infinity.
From: "Patrick Goodsell" <goodsell@ziplink.net> Date: 4 Jun 1997 21:49:37 GMT Organization: ZipLink -- America's Hottest ISP Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Patrick (Pat) Goodsell Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Adult - Who says you have to be a kid?? Location: Chicago, IL E-mail Address: goodsell@ziplink.net LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Married Children: 1 ( 11 months old ) Occupation: Network Administrator On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sporadically since May '96, daily since December # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 55 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0 # of LEGO Pieces: 14,000 + # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set: Basic set circa '78 Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic Favorite Set(s): Most (old) space, Technic Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Updated monorail, return of 'classic' LEGO space Current LEGO Project: Shipping everything from my parent's house in CA Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:NONE Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, do-it-yourself type kits
From: "ekeneve" <ekeneve@pdnt.com> Date: 5 Jun 1997 18:07:03 GMT Organization: Dell Computer Corporation Name:Matt Gender:Male Year of Birth:8-13-84 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:5 Location:IL E-mail Address:ekeneve@pdnt.com LEGO/home page URL(s):None, working on one though. Marital Status:None Children:None Occupation:Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Somewere around March 15, 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:50-60 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0 # of LEGO Pieces:2,000-3,000? # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set:A basic bucket Favorite Theme(s): Pirate (I like the big boats;)) Favorite Set(s):Skulls Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):U.F.O. Guys Set/theme you would like to see:Return of the Soldiers Current LEGO Project:Assembaling all my sets Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Biggest collection in my family(including cosins, uncls, etc.....) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Anything with a computer
From: "Terry Keller" <AAJK@Mworldnet.att.net> Date: 6 Jun 1997 02:08:29 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Terry Keller Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Phoenix, AZ E-mail Address: New e-mail -> Legoverse@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/4654/ Marital Status: Single Children: None (just myself) Occupation: Self Employed On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: mid 96 (this form posted June 5, 1997) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: whoa! over 150? should I actually count all those stored boxes? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10 (Plus a bunch of polybags) such as a Technic Shuttle-Explorien Starship-Model Team Mach II Red Bird-three Shuttle Transcon II's, etc. # of LEGO Pieces: lemme see... uh well over 12,000 (gimme a year to refine that number) Geez, the unopened sets are about 5000, and my storage system is already full. One reason the above sets aren't opened. Yet.... ACK! to many Lego!!! # of LEGOfests Attended: Zilch. Though that sounds so cool.... # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Just a traveling display in Phoenix about 20 years ago. They had a big statue of liberty, a castle, and uh..uh a few other things I really don't remember. First LEGO Set: Don't remember-but I do remember those cool wheels with steel axles and 2x4 bricks that you press them into. Now that was high technology. I liked those better than todays all-plastic ones. Favorite Theme(s): Space and Space and I guess, Space. And Technic. Favorite Set(s): tough one. The super car I guess. Just for the ingenious detail. I haven't assembled my Technic Shuttle yet (gasp from the reader), so who knows? Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): no particular piece, though I like wing pieces. Set/theme you would like to see: Military Aircraft. Imagine an F-16 Fighting Falcon and MIG-29 Fulcrum. Way Cool. Current LEGO Project: My nephew wants me to build a Star Wars Y-Wing to go with my B-Wing and his X-Wing. I recently finished an E-Wing instead. Just got the pix back, once scanned they should be up on my site soon. (all the finished "wings" and more) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Fame? Is somebody giving out awards? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, skiing, reading, must see TV, X-philes, and for some reason - don't ask me why - This Old House on PBS. Which reminds me.. it's almost time for tonight's episode of TOH start, gotta go.... :-)
From: JKMCHUG@VM.SC.EDU (Sha-Kel)
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 97 23:50:01 EDT
Organization: USC
Name: Sha-Kel
Gender:
Year of Birth: 1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Looking at reflections in the water...
Location: South Carolina, USA
E-mail Address: sha-kel@unforgettable.com
LEGO/home page URL(s):
Marital Status: Single
Children: none...
Occupatio: Student :-)
On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: June 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40-50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1
# of LEGO Pieces: 6000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: none, but i went to an exhibit at a mall once, with
big america-flavored creations....
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None
First LEGO Set: 1984 Knight's Castle (set6073)
Favorite Theme(s): Town
Favorite Set(s): Airport, when i was a kid...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any smiling legoguy is ok in my book.
Set/theme you would like to see: Ancient Civilizations sound cool...
Current LEGO Project: Getting my collection in back in order after years.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Basketball, Pink Floyd, Biology Major
From: Bryan Van Horn <bvanhorn@www.pacifier.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 10:38:00 -0800 Organization: CrazyBry Enterprises Name: Bryan Van Horn Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Juvenile Delinquent Location: Yacolt, WA E-mail Address: bvanhorn@www.pacifier.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Married, Holly. She buys me Lego for my birthday and Christmas. Children: One, Sebastian Tarrant, born 1997 and still to young to play with daddy's Lego Bricks. Occupation: Technician, Hewlett Packard On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Been reading on my lunch break since 1994, couldn't post from work for various reasons. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: I have no idea.... maybe 150 to 200? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None, I gotta play. # of LEGO Pieces: 50-60 gallons. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Some Blacktron I thing with a lot of wheels. Favorite Theme(s): Aquasharks, Pirates, Wild West, Space, Town, Divers, Castle. Favorite Set(s): The first Aquashark Sub (I bought 4 of them) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any fig that scowls and has beard stubble can't be all that bad. Set/theme you would like to see: Amazons? Any theme or set with a ton of female figs. I need them to hang out with all the scowling, unshaven figs that inhabit my house. Of course they would all been strong, independent female figs, only slightly taller than any other male fig, hence the Amazon theme. Current LEGO Project: Unpacking and rebuilding my sets. Disigning an ubercastle and an Aquashark undersea base that will house 5 Shark Subs. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, books, drawing, painting, sculpting, not getting fired from work, and most importantly, my family.
From: rodriguez.136@osu.edu (Jorge Rodriguez) Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 19:07:57 GMT Organization: Cornell University Name: Jorge Rodriguez Gender:Male Year of Birth:7-31-77 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Eternal Location:Logan Ohio (summer) Ohio State during school E-mail Address:rodriguez.136@osu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s):None Marital Status:None Children:None Occupation:Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:50-60 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0 # of LEGO Pieces:@3000 # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set:a fuel tanker truck from exon Favorite Theme(s): Space ( Blacktron) Favorite Set(s): Blacktron Renegade Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):Blacktron Set/theme you would like to see:Return of the Soldiers Current LEGO Project: designing next fighter in line Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:biking, computers stuff
From: hedgeboy@fish.hooked.net (Guy Fullerton) Date: 1 Jul 1997 19:15:22 GMT Organization: Hooked Online Services Reply-To: hedgeboy@kagi.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Guy Fullerton Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 25 Location: Mountain View, CA E-mail Address: hedgeboy@kagi.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.wenet.net/~hedgeboy/ Marital Status: Attached Children: None Occupation: Software Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March '97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~35 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: ~5000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: don't remember Favorite Theme(s): wild west, pirates, space, castle Favorite Set(s): Star Hawk II, Bandit's Hideout Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): All of them! Set/theme you would like to see: Ancient Rome Current LEGO Project: Cleaning stuff up :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: nothin, yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: hockey, computers
From: Chris Copeland <ronin@smithprotective.com> Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 14:44:53 -0500 Organization: INTERNET AMERICA Name: Chris Copeland Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 Location: Arlington, TX E-mail Address: ronin@airmail.net LEGO/home page URL(s): web2.airmail.net - no lego yet Marital Status: single hahaha Children: nope Occupation: Network Admin On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: around 100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: yeah right # of LEGO Pieces: around 10,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: 575 Coast Guard Station Favorite Theme(s): Town Favorite Set(s): anything rescue related Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): police motorcycles Set/theme you would like to see: Samuari Japan Current LEGO Project: replica of Dallas Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Bulit Uzi 9mm complete with cocking mech. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Martial Arts, Biking, Swimming
From: Philip Goodey <phil.goodey@zetnet.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 00:17:37 +0100
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Phil Goodey
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1961
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: You tell me
Location: Hornchurch, Essex, England
E-mail Address: Phil.Goodey@zetnet.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s): Not yet
Marital Status: Married
Children: Megan 6, Esther 5
Occupation: Pastor of a Church of England Church
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 10s of Thousands
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: LegoLand Windsor 3 times
First LEGO Set: Unknown
Favorite Theme(s): Technic & 9v Trains 45xx series
Favorite Set(s): 4558 Euro Express, 8485 Control II
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Dragon (Ogwyn)
Set/theme you would like to see: Models of famous bridges
(London Bridge)
Current LEGO Project: To own some 9v Trains!!!!
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
Made National Papers week before Christmas 1996 with lego collection
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
Christianity, Kites, Science Fiction & Fantasy.
From: Marsha Makela <marzm@erols.com> Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 07:48:44 -0400 Organization: Erol's Internet Services Name: Marsha Makela Gender: Female Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 19 yrs. Location: Silver Spring, Maryland LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: 28 years (and proud of it) Children: FIVE (proud of them too), ONE grandson (totally in love with him) Occupation: Residential Electrician Number of Unopened Sets: 80 Set/Theme would like to see: Naval Theme (aircraft carrier) Favorites: Town, Classic Space Parks Visited: None--but will be in Carlsbad in 1999 for the opening RTL: about 4 months
From: exitg@aol.com (ExitG) Date: 3 Aug 1997 00:58:22 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Carrie Whitcher Gender: female Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: CA E-mail Address:ExitG LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: happily divorced Children: 1 cat, Socks Occupation: high school teacher On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 125 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10 # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set: Universal 300 something Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Blacktron Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): colored see-thru plastic Set/theme you would like to see: more Space Current LEGO Project: My boyfriend is helping me design a 3-story lego set display shelf, 8'X5'. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The kid with the biggest toy collection at my high school is me (& my legos...) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Botany, floriculture, insects, hiking, visiting National Parks, prospecting for gold...
From: Douglas Pool <d-pool@students.uiuc.edu> Date: Sun, 3 Aug 1997 23:22:29 -0500 Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Name: Douglas Pool Gender: male Year of Birth: 73 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13? Location: IL aka corn country E-mail Address: pool@aries.scs.uiuc.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: single Children: hope not Occupation: grad student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: November 96? # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 6 different kind here # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 for now # of LEGO Pieces: 650 here # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Hard to say, was really young, basic set though Favorite Theme(s): Anything to do with aircraft, especially technic Favorite Set(s): 8456 - Fiber Optic Multi Set (don't own it yet ;) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons Set/theme you would like to see: More authentic planes Current LEGO Project: Making molecules out of lego Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Got someone in my research group hooked on lego :) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading, playing with the computer, shooting trap and skeet
From: Wilson Tam <wtam@nbnet.nb.ca> Date: Tue, 05 Aug 1997 01:24:37 -0700 Organization: NBTel Internet Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Wilson Tam Gender: Male Year of Birth: '82 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ? Location: Canada E-mail Address: wtam@nbnet.nb.ca LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a Marital Status: unmarried Children: n/a Occupation: n/a On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50-70 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 4,000 to 5,000 pieces # of LEGOfests Attended: n/a # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: n/a First LEGO Set: Some Universal lego set with that bulky mini-figs Favorite Theme(s): Town (NOT TOWN JR.! :-)), Wild West Favorite Set(s):6398 (Central Precient HQ) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):A frowny Chief of Lego Police Set/theme you would like to see:Star Wars, Military and more L&S sets Current LEGO Project: Hope to squeeze in more room for Lego... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Don't remember :-( Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Internet, computer and video games, Sailor Moon,
Date: 3 Aug 1997 12:22:22 GMT Name: Kyle Peterson Gender: Male Year of Birth: '74 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 Location: Dayton, OH E-mail Address: kyle@allegro.net LEGO/home page URL(s): www.allegro.net/kyle Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: Director of Marketing for an Internet comm company On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6-97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 60 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Why leave them in the box? # of LEGO Pieces: Beats me! # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: That old Police station from the 70's Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): Blacksmiths shop Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons Set/theme you would like to see: Egyptian Current LEGO Project: Huge Elven Forest featuring 4 large trees with huts on top Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Like the ewoks. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Toy collecting, Tennis
From: legobeaver@aol.com (LegoBeaver) Date: 3 Aug 1997 18:38:42 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Chris Faller Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1990 Age: 7 E-mail Address: LegoBeaver@aol.com On RTL since: March 1997 # of sets in Lego collection: approx. 130 # of unopened sets in collection: approx. 10 (my Mom bought a bunch through your great Lego auctions & hasn't given them to me yet!) # of Lego pieces: Millions & millions First Lego set: 545 Basic set & Dragon Wagon set Favorite themes: Any space, but especially M'Trons, Unitrons & Blacktrons, also the new UFO's are pretty cool Favorite sets: For now, my favorite is the M'Tron Multi-Core Magnetizer, but we won the Monorail Transport Base in a recent auction & I'm sure that once I build that, it will be my all-time favorite!! Favorite piece: transparent yellow rocket piece on the front of the Magnetizer Favorite minifigures: M'Trons & Unitrons Set/Theme I'd like to see: Something similar to Star Wars or Prehistoric sets with dinosaur figures Current Lego project: collecting all the older (especially discontinued) space sets I can find Greatest claim to Lego fame: Won certificate of achievement in Lego Space Challenge Other non-Lego interests: collecting & playing with Star Wars figures & vehicles, any other building sets such as K'Nex, Better Blocks, Erector Set, etc. P.S. My Mom has encouraged & supported my Lego Mania by participating in some of your great Lego auctions. That's the only way we can possibly collect the older sets. Keep 'em going!!
From: Jeremy Rear <j.rear@worldnet.att.net> Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 20:47:40 -0700 Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Name: jeremy rear Gender: male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age: 14 Location: portland (& eugene) oregon, usa E-mail Address: j.rear@worldnet.att.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single, but happily dating a sweet girl Children: none Occupation: architect & industrial designer On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: march 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 450 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 50 # of LEGO Pieces: ~80.000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (portland...long long ago) First LEGO Set: LEGO set #367 Moon Landing (c.1975) Favourite Theme(s): Town, Trains Favourite Set(s): Nautica, Launch Commandand, RSQ 911 theme sets Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): muti-faced windshield (on Patriot Jet), spigots Current LEGO Project: Metropolis Legoland setting in 2019 (Blade Runner theme) with spinners (which have been designed and made to minifig scale)! Paramilitary police enforcement team instead of a military (making it legal LEGO!?) Future LEGO Ambitions: Being able to store/setup all of my sets, and creations safely, without dust attack Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: allow me to think about this one :-) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: travel, hiking, designing
From: "Dietmar Stuever" <rufus@uni-muenster.de> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 17:49:55 +0200 Organization: Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster, Germany Name: Rufus T. (although my parents names me Dietmar Stuever) Gender:Male Year of Birth: August 19, 1968 (there is a set with this number also) Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: alternating between 5 and 50 Location: Muenster, Germany, Europe E-mail Address: rufus@uni-muenster.de LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet :(( Marital Status: forbidden for kids :) Children: am children enough Occupation: student (economics) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: april 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: around 350 (98% space) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: around 150 # of LEGO Pieces: far to less if you ask me :) # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 (planning windsor and billund) First LEGO Set: a train-set (i think it was 120) from 1972 or so. the first set i bought myself was 885 (raumgleiter) Favorite Theme(s): galax police, m:tron, blacktron II Favorite Set(s): 6887 allied avenger, might be thrown over by the new ufo-series Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the long trans-neon-yellow antennae Set/theme you would like to see: space rangers (to chase the evil? ufo's) and sarascenes for the castle theme Current LEGO Project: spreading lots of wonderful sets among the rtl-family to fullfil their dreams :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ?? noticing the different version of 6923 and 889 ?? (what's fame?) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: roleplaying, getting money for my Other (LEGO) Interests
From: Thad Sze <thadsze@roadrunner.com> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 11:10:46 -0600 Organization: The Santa Fe Institute Name: Thaddeus Sze Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1979 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 12/ Very Healthy Location: NM, for the moment E-mail Address: LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 12/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 or 4; I can't resist building almost anything that I get ahold of. # of LEGO Pieces: don't know; should figure out sometime; mental note. # of LEGOfests Attended: zero # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Legoland Billund, twice. First LEGO Set: Yellow Castle Favorite Theme(s): 12V trains; town; technic; divers (not necessarily in that order) Favorite Set(s): Supercar; Search and Rescue; Rescue Chopper (chinook style); High Speed Train Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate ship masts: useful for masts, radio towers, telephone poles, etc. Set/theme you would like to see: I would like to see a floating boat based on the diver's theme; large hull as in old cargo ship, with a big A-Frame to launch ROVs/ subs. I'd also like to see some sort of historical theme: Roman empire; Ancient China; LEGO samurai, or some such thing. Current LEGO Project: Packing away my sets for impending relocation Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Submitting a report on a Lego structure to the National Register of Historic Places. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Celtic music, Field Hockey.
From: pdxyoda@aol.com (PDX Yoda) Date: 8 Aug 1997 17:17:36 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Sam Bronkey Gender: Male Year of Birth: '75 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Felt 21 at 16 Location: Portland, OR E-mail Address: pdxyoda@aol.com yeah yeah... LEGO/home page URL(s): I wish.com Marital Status: Single Children: Zip Occupation: Bus Driver On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 8/97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20 not counting cheap sets # of Unopened Sets in Collection: I have no willpower # of LEGO Pieces: zillions # of LEGOfests Attended: LEGO fest? Like DOOMFest? # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Can't afford all the LEGO sets I want, let alone go to Denmark First LEGO Set: Fire Station Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): I forgot Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate Captain Set/theme you would like to see: "Aliens" ala Sigourney Weaver Current LEGO Project: "Illyria" Large starship with lots of engines and lots of weaponry Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Buying LEGO sets at garage sales Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Brewing, war history
From: Polly Swanson <pcs@vms.cis.pitt.edu> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 19:50:43 -0700 Organization: University of Pittsburgh Name: G/J-erry Gender: Male Year of Birth: Kennedy won the presidential election Age: Now minus the year Eisenhower lost the presidential election E-mail Address: swanson@nsabp.gsph.pitt.edu Web Page: http://www.pitt.edu/~gls6 On RTL since: 24 years after Neil & Buzz landed on Earth's natural satelite. By the way, the first words said on the moon were "Contact Light", said by Buzz when the LEM made physical contact with the lunar surface. # of sets in Lego collection: Lost count # of unopened sets in collection: What's an unopened set? # of Lego pieces: See above First Lego set: A small Basic set from the year Challenger was lost. Favorite themes: SPACE Favorite sets: Mine. Favorite piece: The 4.5 volt Motor Block. Favorite minifigures: Classic Space (I only have 5) Set/Theme I'd like to see: to paraphrase KIPLING: I am one who builds alone, and all legos are the same to me. Current Lego project: 1:700 Lego USS Enterprise, NCC-1701. Greatest claim to Lego fame: Lego shuttle Other non-Lego interests: Astronomy, Space, Trains, Member of National Space Society, Member of Arden Trolley Museum The Enterprise model is completed, I have yet to finish the LDraw plans and place them on my web page. I also completed a Mini-fig scale model of a Space Shuttle, pictures are on the web. I like designing the models more than I do building them. Many of the projects I've started have been inspired by other posts to this news group.
From: Carl Kuhne <ckuhne@netcom.ca> Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 11:03:23 -0400 Organization: Netcom Canada Name: Carl Kuhne Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1978 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 or 9 Location: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada E-mail Address: ckuhne@netcom.ca LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.cybermail.net/~lemonilla/ Marital Status: Single Children: NONE Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 145+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: thousands # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 -- Billund! First LEGO Set: Either Shell Gas station or some Duplo set Favorite Theme(s): Town and Paradisa Favorite Set(s): Ristorante and Pizza to Go Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The classic minifig with the 'old' face Set/theme you would like to see: A Housing theme for town lego. Minifigs need a place to sleep!! Current LEGO Project: Building a Casino/Lounge beside my racetrack. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Hmm... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Internet, Partying, St. John Ambulance Brigade (First Aid).
From: Steve Hass <hass@tir.com> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:53:40 -0700 Organization: The Internet Ramp Name:Steve Hass Gender:Male Year of Birth:October 18, 1983 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:15/12 Location:Owosso, MI E-mail Address:hass@tir.com LEGO/home page URL(s): no lego page yet Marital Status:single Children:me to young Occupation:student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:june 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:75+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection:None why would I ever want an un opened set? # of LEGO Pieces:around30,000-60,514.1576 # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set: either a dinky $4.00 futron/classic space set of a blue bucket of basic blocks Favorite Theme(s):Space Favorite Set(s):Futron Moneral transport system Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):U.F.O alians Set/theme you would like to see: a classic series where Blacktron Space police and futron righn again!!!! (me was too little to get more than a cople of these sets) Current LEGO Project:Expand my large lego base (takes up a large kitchen table with leaf and baseplates stick of the edge already!) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:ummm........see above Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: HTML and java script and stuff like that
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 22:41:12 -0600 From: paulocjunior@hotmail.com Organization: Deja News Posting Service Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Paulo Caparica Junior Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: eternal Location: Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil E-mail Address: paulocjunior@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/7714 Marital Status: Married Children: Marina (7) & Gustavo (2) Occupation: Systems Analist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 # of LEGO Pieces: 7918 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: some lost basic set Favorite Theme(s): space Favorite Set(s): 8042 Pneumatic Set (my first after the dark ages) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): all (even burps) Set/theme you would like to see: 50's sci fi Current LEGO Project: Alderaban7 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Design, Architecture, Computers and Alchemy.
From: "Nick Corea" <ncorea@ea.com> Date: 24 Aug 1997 16:41:56 GMT Organization: New News Server at Electronic Arts Name: Nick Corea Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 / going on 18 Location: San Mateo, CA E-mail Address: ncorea@ea.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none (yet!!) Marital Status: Single - :^( Children: none (yet!!) Occupation: Computer Graphic Artist for Electronic Arts On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Late 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~100 (and 20+ 950 buckets) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4 # of LEGO Pieces: > 2 cubic yards or so (if I count my sets, I can hypothesize) # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 Bay Area get together # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 - :^( First LEGO Set: a basic set circa 1972 Favorite Theme(s): impossible to choose Favorite Set(s): 497 Galaxy Explorer, 6067 Guarded Inn, 4558 Metroliner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): No-Paint Tiles / Black Knight Set/theme you would like to see: Famous Architecture Series Current LEGO Project: All-Black Knight and All-White Knight, Big Fish Series, and forever sorting
From: joel@uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu (Joel_Plutchak) Date: 5 Sep 1997 21:11:41 GMT Organization: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Joel Plutchak Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1959 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 24 Location: Champaign Illinois USA E-mail Address: plutchak@uiuc.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu/~joel/ Marital Status: Married Children: 2 preschoolers (as of 1997) Occupation: Computer Programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: ...before DejaNews started archiving in early 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~14 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 # of LEGO Pieces: I don't keep track. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 9605 (dacta) Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 9605 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): skeleton Set/theme you would like to see: Brewery Current LEGO Project: Indoctrinating toddlers into LEGO-do: The Way of LEGO Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: None LEG0: TC++++(9605) SP,CA,PI,DU+ BV,PA-- MT>+++ #+ S+ LS++ H!? A--- YB59m Geek: GCS d(-) s+:- a C++(+)$ U+++$ P-(++)$ E-(---) M-- 5- b+++ y++++ g-(+++)
From: "Mr Wilkes" <s.d.birchall@surveying.salford.ac.uk> Date: 5 Sep 1997 21:55:38 GMT Organization: University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, UK Name: stu birchall Gender: male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: salford, england E-mail Address: s.d.birchall@surveying.salford.ac.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): ruby.construct-it.salford.ac.uk Marital Status: single Children: 0 Occupation: phd student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 3 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0 # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set: Lego train set, two red car, electric. # Favorite Theme(s): space/aquazone Favorite Set(s): neptune sub-base Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the cool UFO alien figs # Set/theme you would like to see: Lego rescue : international rescue theme Current LEGO Project: starship cygnus, from the black hole Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: destroyed early washing machine with lego part Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: sci fi, educational pyschology, creative writing
From: FlyingDutchman@unet.univie.ac.at (Ardjan Besse) Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 22:22:14 GMT Organization: Vienna University, Austria Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Ardjan Besse Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 Location: Vienna, Austria, Europe E-mail Address: a8705125@unet.univie.ac.at LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet Marital Status: married Children: I am my own child... Occupation: Chemical analyst On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Spring 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Old: ~50, new: ~20 (but big ones!) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: Not enough # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None yet First LEGO Set: After Dark Ages: 8062 Technic Suitcase Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Bat Lords, UFOs Favorite Set(s): 8480 Space Shuttle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): A blue legged, red helmeted gray backpacked astronaut, with "Bill&Mary" red/white stickers on torso... Set/theme you would like to see: Tough one to be original. Town Lunaparc? Tolkien-like Fantasy? Technic Flight-Simulator? Current LEGO Project: "Mad Max"-type Technic Space Shuttle, then: Two T-Rexes, then Wriggle-movement Car.... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Working on it... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: SciFi (No Starwars or Trekkies), Fantasy (Tolien!!!), Queen, My wife. (This in reverse order... 8-) Greetings, Ardjan LEGO code V2.0 (Current status, under construction...) LEGO: TC++++(8485,8480)FS+CA++(6097)PI+MOC+ BV-- #++ S- LS++ Hmu M+ A@ LM-- VL>rd YB68mIC13 No junk-mail! Replace 'Flying_Dutchman' with 'a8705125'
From: magnew@together.net (Matt Agnew) Date: Sat, 06 Sep 1997 12:00:11 GMT Organization: Together Networks - Burlington, VT. Name: Matt Agnew Gender: M Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Burlington, VT USA E-mail Address: magnew@together.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.together.net/~magnew Marital Status: Single Children: Cat - Mildred Muffinhead Occupation: Letter Carrier, USPS On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: +/- mid '95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: +/- 75 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4 # of LEGO Pieces: ? 20,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Most likely some small early 70's car Favorite Theme(s): Train, Technic Favorite Set(s): Airtech Claw Rig, Metroliner, Space Shuttle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Motors! Set/theme you would like to see: Wild West 9V Steam Train! Current LEGO Project: Replica Morgan trike. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: We have fame here? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Biking, Canoeing. Geek Code: LEGO:TR++++(4558) TC+++(8868) MT++(5571) TO++ #++ S+ LS>++ Hmu A+ YB69m
From: "Eileen Thiessen :)" <e-tanng@students.uiuc.edu>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 1997 09:16:50 -0500
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: E. Eileen Thiessen
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 5 years past the time where I
want all of the Lego sets that I see.
Location: Champaign, Illinois
E-mail Address: thiessen@aries.scs.uiuc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): none that I've done much with
Marital Status: married
Children: none
Occupation: graduate student in Organic chemistry
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: ~12 August 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~22
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none! I love playing with them and can
currently not afford to get more than one major set--one to play with
and one to keep in an unopened box. :)
# of LEGO Pieces: I've never counted.
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none; but my husband attended Legoland in
Denmark, lucky guy!
First LEGO Set: Skeleton Crew (a friend gave it to me and got me hooked!)
Favorite Theme(s): Train, castle, and Technic
Favorite Set(s): 4559 train, 6389 Fire Control Center (inc.)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see: None at the moment, since I'm just starting
to find out what's out there already. However, being a chemisty, I
wouldn't mind a molecular model set made from Lego. :)
Current LEGO Project: Sorting through a pile of Lego and trying to figure
out what sets are there and then trying to put them together.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I made a cool looking snowman...hey, I just
started getting into Lego about a month or two ago.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Cats, Books, Variety of crafts, Art
My Wish List:
4565 Deluxe Freight Train
8480 Space Shuttle
9364 Dacta Hospital
8459 Pneumatic Front-End Loader
8456 Fiber Optic Multi-Set
6097 Night Lords Castle
6075 Yellow Castle (my husband apparently has this at his parents house
in Santa Fe, so this wish may come true :))
6350 Pizza to Go
And probably a bunch of other stuff that I haven't seen/considered. ;-)
From: robgagno@post.sigma.net (Robin) Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 12:15:46 GMT Organization: Bell Network Solutions Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Robin Gagnon Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Up to 18 Location: Montreal - Canada E-mail Address: nospamrobgagno@post.sygma.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Living with my girlfriend Children: none Occupation: Network Administratot On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: december 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 230 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: 25000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: Basic 1971, Can't remember the number Favorite Theme(s): Train- Town Favorite Set(s): SuperCar Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Micromotor Set/theme you would like to see: WW Train Current LEGO Project: Building two towns with train that travel between them. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Mountain Bike
From: William Kenlon <jwk@eaglenet.com> Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 09:44:26 -0400 Organization: Self Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: J. William Kenlon (I forgot my first name ;-)) Gender: Male Year of Birth: Unknown Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 30, 10 or so. Location: Great Mills, Maryland, USA E-mail Address: jwk@eaglenet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None yet Marital Status: Very unmarried, unfortunately. Children: None. Occupation: Culinary student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Some time in mid-1996? # of Sets in LEGO Collection: >300 (not enough) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Not enough: 3 # of LEGO Pieces: ~25,000? (Not enough) # of LEGOfests Attended: None. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None. First LEGO Set: 886-Moon Buggy, 889-Radar Truck, and 6924-Space Dart-1, purchased simultaneously. Favorite Theme(s): SPACE!! Aquazone, and Wild West. Favorite Set(s): 487-Space Cruiser, 6987-Message Intercept Base. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Anything realated to Classic Space, Blacktron 1, or Space Police 1; Aquaraider minifig. Set/theme you would like to see: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Mexican Village for Wild West, solid designs in Space, an Aquazone sub-theme without "Aqua-" in its name, cool-looking aliens (for a change), and a second Space sub-theme which lasts for 11 years straight. Current LEGO Project: Large futuristic spaceport/city which is sooo big that its three parts have to be built separately; being Space, Aquazone, and Western complete. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Large Aquashark Base, Large Unitron starship, Spaceport/city mentioned above. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Food, cooking, food, cooking, food, cooking, food, cooking, food, cooking, food, cooking, NASA, LEGO. If you are selling any boxes to Space, Aquazone, or Western sets, or any Space sets, contact me...please!!
From: "Tim \"Teem\" Lasko" <hidden@to.avoid.abuse> Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 18:02:38 -0400 Organization: Organization, HAH! I'm still working on Collection! Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Tim "Teem" Lasko Gender: male Year of Birth: 1961 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 (But I've got credit cards!) Location: New Hampshire, mostly E-mail Address: teeml on AOL, legoteem on Hotmail LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/2480/index.html Marital Status: Still taken by my ever-tolerant nikin, the SO. Children: None that I'm aware of, but I'm a deep sleeper. I'm sure my sweetie would have told me... Occupation: Rumor has it that I'm still paid to be a Principal Software Engineer. You could fool me, though. I'm an occasional webmaster, editor, project leader, slayer-of-trees, mailroom sorter, meeting facilitator, Speaker-to-Microsoft, librarian, lab czar, system manager, tilter-at-the-spam-windmill and release engineer. Writing software--who does that anymore? You hire college kids to do that and give them either Gatorade and 40-30-30 bars or Jolt and smack (depending on which sub-culture you get) and they bang out an MFC-based POS that looks like every other Microsoft POS in the last three days of your four-week project after wasting most of their time surfing on the company T1 line and the rest of it pressing buttons on their Tamogotchis. But do I sound bitter? No! I'm not bitter. I remember coding a BASIC interpreter in 4 kilobytes on an 8088! I remember hand patching the paper tape for an IBM 360 magnetic tape driver! Do any of these kids remember 8" floppy disks? Back when they WERE floppy?! Do any of them know how to read Hollerith code? Sigh. Kids these days. No respect for the old days. What was I talking about, anyway? Oh, yeah, LEGO! Sorry, ignore all that. Even the parts that are true. Does anyone read these things anyway? On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994, but I've been lurking for a few years. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: GAH! I lost track three years ago. I said 600 then. I've got about 60 sitting on the living room floor right now being demolished and sorted into the existing collection. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Well, in addition to the thirty or so I'm demolishing and sorting this week, I've got about eighty or so boxes hiding in the basement, twenty of which are more-or-less investment quality, and about forty or fifty unopened theme bags. That's probably an underestimate. My ever-tolerant nikin, the SO, suggests unkindly at times that I could open up my own toy store. # of LEGO Pieces: Oh, please. # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: sigh, none First LEGO Set: Basic Set 105...I still have the box and probably all of the pieces, although last year I found out my kid sister was holding out on me! Many years ago when my brother and I vacated the house to go to college, she crawled through the basement and collected every stray piece of LEGO she could find. (She was eleven then.) I got to see the good-sized box she has been hoarding all these years. Lots of classic 70's pieces. Grrrr.... Favorite Theme(s): Town Town Town Town Town (castle) Town (wild west) Town Favorite Set(s): Basic set 730; the classic "trees and flowers" accessory set; Basic Set 725 (I still have about six unopened right now); oh, and Pizza to Go (forgot the number), a very fun set with those shallow corner pieces. My favorite sets are those that generate good parts. For instance, the current Metro PD Station has those GORGEOUS black windows that I want to incorporate into my own designs. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): my two orange bricks (c. 1970); the minifig of the ever-tolerant nikin based on the "Joe Cool" head w/blue sunglasses, black body, brown "woman" hair, and the black, um, vine; any bevelled brick is great and I especially like black and blue ones; the big grey castle arches; I've become especially fond of thin wall pieces and the extreme slope 6x8x1 roof bricks. I'll be putting some of my own creatiosn on my WWW page using these elements. Set/theme you would like to see: More complex town sets using nice architectural elements. I'd like to see a "Classical/Ancients" theme, even though it would never be done--just not enough kid interest. Current LEGO Project: Sorting. Cleaning out the basement so I can get back to building. I've been on a buying spree lately thanks to some found money and an idle time in my travels. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Nothing worth mentioning in a while. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: As before, that's still an open question. My main interest is the ever-tolerant nikin, the SO, my love, my life, my joy, my muse, my passion, my heart, and for whom I hope to give back large chunks of the basement that I've taken over with the LEGO projects by her birthday this year. (There, I've gone and posted it publicly. I'm committed now. And not much time left, either. I've got a LOT of LEGO and other stuff to move out.) My sweetie still has the power of finding, which helped me in several clearance sales this year and even helped me spot a few old Blacktron sets at Zellers during our last Canada trip that I picked up on reflex. Her count is now up to ten states, two provinces, and two other countries. I love her tremendously. Even more than my LEGO, although she may not think so. Other than LEGO and my sweetie, our interests include live-action role-playing and costumery (No, we do NOT dress up as minifigs; she wouldn't for one and she'd kill me if I did!). We play train games, build Wattersonian snowmen, enjoy lapidary, science fiction, and good food. We also travel, shock the locals, and enjoy the childhoods that we missed out on for one reason or another. I enjoy a few other things that my sweetie does not, and vice versa. This is goodness. There are other things as well but I will not share them here. Do not let one interest consume you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim "Teem" Lasko -- jacking in via Digital Equipment Corporation, Marlboro MA My addresses in this post are forged to avoid offensive bulk unsolicited email. My opinions are my own; the facts can speak for themselves. I'm on my own time.
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 19:41:34 -0600 From: espomen@erols.com Organization: Deja News Posting Service Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: John Esposito Gender: M Year of Birth: 1983 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Hey, am I not young enough? :-) Location: USA E-mail Address: espomen@erols.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/6148/lego.html Marital Status: I'm only 14! Duh! <g> Children: (see above) Occupation: Computer programmer/geek :-) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Hmm, I think 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40? I don't know. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 and proud of it! # of LEGO Pieces: I have NO idea. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 :-( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :-( :-( First LEGO Set: Don't remember Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Explorien Starship Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): UFO Leader Set/theme you would like to see: Classical civilization, Star Wars and Star Trek Current LEGO Project: Ice Planet heavy fighter (my brother, mostly) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Up and coming USS Enterprise-E Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, piano, electronics, sci-fi (only Star Wars and Star Trek, really), submarines, whatever. Note: I don't post much to RTL because I am having problems with Netscape Mail, but I occasionally post with DejaNews, like now... ;-)
From: Dennis <"Dennis..Matheson@"@transquest..com>
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 17:20:05 -0400
Organization: Delta Air Lines
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Dennis Matheson
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1958
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Atlanta, GA USA
E-mail Address: Dennis.Matheson@transquest.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://home.earthlink.net/~tanstaafl
Marital Status: Single
Children: 0 Human - 3 Dogs
Occupation: Lead Analyst - Forecast Modeling
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: uh.. 12? (OK! So I just rediscovered
LEGO!)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: 2-3k
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None
First LEGO Set: An unknown basic set 15 years ago. It built houses.
Favorite Theme(s): Divers, Aquanauts
Favorite Set(s): 1782 - Discovery Station
(A sub, a helicopter, a research base with crane, *and* the nifty
attacking shark. Lots of things to play with. And yes, I do make
the "thwip, thwip, thwip" noise when I play with the helicopter.)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The attacking shark subassembly from
1782
Set/theme you would like to see: A haunted house theme
(Ghost and goblin minifigs. Lots of black bricks. Secret doors with
skeletons that jump out when opened. etc.)
Current LEGO Project: Building up my collection
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Least LEGO oriented home page
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Diving, hiking, skiing
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:52:02 -0600
From: Ben Bonebrake <bxb190@psu.edu>
Organization: Deja News Posting Service
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Ben "Flyin' Ace" Bonebrake
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Around 12 (young enough to enjoy Lego,
but old enough to take good care of
it.)
Location: Chambersburg, PA, USA (it's about 40 minutes away from
gettysburg on US 30)
E-mail Address: bxb190@psu.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): one coming soon to <A HREF=
"http://www.ma.psu.edu/~bxb190/bandit.htm">My Webpage</A>
Marital Status: Single(sigh!)
Children: 0 human, 1 cat(Jedidiah), 1 rabbit (Leona), and one guinea
pig(Dutchy)
Occupation: Part time dishwasher, part time D.J.(weekends), and full time
student at Penn State University (Telecomunications major)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 or 40 (increases weekly!)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 and proud of it
# of LEGO Pieces: ~2000-3000 (Hey, I don't count pieces)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: 1984 space set: 6824 Space Dart, first set after first
dark ages (1986-88): 6808 Galaxy Trekkor, first sets
after second (and last) dark ages (mid 1994-mid 1996):
The Armada Sentry, and Royal knight's Crossbow boat
Favorite Theme(s): Castle
Favorite Set(s): Royal knights and Crusaders(Classic Castle)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Two-piece castle helmet(visor +
"motorcycle" helmet), BURP's, Straight
Castle Walls, castle corner walls, castle
turrets, and anything else castley
Set/theme you would like to see: Samarai/ninja subtheme for castle, plus a
new "Good" Knights subtheme, except more
of them having the too cool two piece
helmets.
Current LEGO Project: Getting more castle pieces, so I can raise my
biggest castle another story, (it's currently only
three stories high, counting the roof), and
expanding my lego castle collection.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: inventing the Ice planet color scheme on a
spaceship two years before the Lego group
came out with the Ice planet theme, and
haveing this same set in more or less the
same configuration (with a few
modifications) since 1989 (this, three
pirates, a firing cannon, and an Islander
set were the only things to survive my
second dark ages), and inventing a flyer for
the Royal Knights (It's sorta based on the
Gnomish flying machine used in Warcraft 2).
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Biking, Action figures (especially
Star Wars), Electronics, Chess, and Medival history
From: "Foothills" <foothills@psnw.com> Date: 10 Sep 1997 15:52:46 GMT Organization: ProtoSource Network Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Kevin Deisher Gender: M Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 20 Location: near Yosemite, California E-mail Address: foothills@psnw.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: married Children: Three; 2 boys ages 11 & 8 and 1 girl age 6 Occupation: Project Manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 25000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: Some basic set around 1970...no idea of the number Favorite Theme(s): AquaZone Favorite Set(s): Explorien starship Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): none Set/theme you would like to see: Greek / Roman / Egyptian Current LEGO Project: Teaching my kids how to build and be creative Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Baseball, hockey
From: Jason Moulding <pcjmould@ihc.com> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 17:28:37 -0600 Organization: ihc.com Name: Jason Moulding Gender: M Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Salt Lake City, UT E-mail Address: pcjmould@ihc.com & gr8whiteshark@msn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: married Children: None Occupation: Student/Hospital Administration On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 85 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Don't know # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: one, in Billund First LEGO Set: I don't know, maybe an old double decker bus from the 70s. Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): 6066 Camoflauged Outpost Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Forestmen Set/theme you would like to see: Military Current LEGO Project: Trying to become castle complete. Almost there, just waiting to get my sets in the mail. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Went to Billund Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: skiing, raquetball, sharks, and my wife.
From: Cabhammer <cabhammer@geocities.com> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:24:36 -0400 Organization: Cab's Used Battlemechs Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version Name: Craig Squier Gender: male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 (Old enough for Technic!) Location: Northern New York E-mail Address: cabhammer on geocities, see below for work. LEGO/home page URL(s): None (snifff) Marital Status: Married, she tolerates Lego only because it keeps me out of trouble. Children: One 11 month old big-boy (tm). He has Pre-Duplo and the new Lego caterpillar toy, he has already explored dad's collection with his mouth...he will have his own seperate Lego collection when he gets older. Occupation: Mechanical Engineer, must be from all the Technic kits I had as a kid. (Kinda like physics, too) Eventually I will be able to retire to just play with Lego (or read Sci-Fi) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1991, but I had a Dark Age of no access for a few years. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: According to my wife : too many. Me: Not enough by far.I probably have ten cubic meters of boxes and legos packed away. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: I think three. Mostly second sets I got at clearance, saving them for later. # of LEGO Pieces: I need a Cray to count them. # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None, however i have a friend in Mineapolis who will be required to host me so I can see the Lego stuff at the Mall of America First LEGO Set: I think it was the Cement factory, i had all the first year sets as a kid (still have pieces but no instructions) Favorite Theme(s): Town, Technic, and Train. I like the Classic Space and new UFO stuff too. Favorite Set(s): I love the Supercar 8880, I also have been toying with putting a jake in my Big Rig Current LEGO Project: Sorting all my assorted bricks that don't have sets instructions or boxes. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Bagged 20 pounds of Lego at a yard sale for $5 once. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading Sci-Fi. BattleTech in all its forms (CCG, RPG, and Computer Games) Racing VWs. (Playing with my son (and his non-lego toys ;) ) Shooting Sports. - SPAM will not be tolerated! Cabhammer e-mail to: squier01@ssw.alcoa.nospam.com Anti-spam: Remove "nospam" to email me.
From: "Greg Kramer" <kramer@bignet.net> Date: 13 Sep 1997 01:23:22 GMT Organization: ISPNews Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Greg Kramer Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Harrison Twp, MI E-mail Address: kramer@bignet.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Ugh! I don't have a home page yet! How mortifying! Marital Status: Married 3 yrs Children: 0 Occupation: Software Development Manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August, 1997 (very new here) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Approx 50 for keeping, another dozen or so for trade # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Currently about ten, but I don't know how many will make it to Monday. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I was too young to remember. I inherited some pieces >from my older sisters around 1972 or so. I still have some of these. They're so old the bricks still have "Patent Pending" (or its abbreviation) stamped on them. But I don't know what set they're from. Favorite Theme(s): Town, Castle, Space Favorite Set(s): Probably my old Galaxy Explorer (sigh). I miss her. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I once owned what I would call the "Grand Slam" of LEGO: Four of the classic sets, from each genre of the time (late 70s): Galaxy Explorer from space, Main Street from Town, the original yellow Castle, and the first expert series Auto Chasis. Sadly, none of them survived my Dark Ages. I have a few of the pieces, and the tattered instructions of the castle, but nothing else... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Tennis, Magic the Gathering In the past 6 weeks since coming out of my dark ages (maybe I'll have to go back and pinpoint the date, so I can celebrate it as an anniversary), I've tried to rebuild my old lego collection by going to my nephews house (who inherited my LEGO) and getting some of the pieces that remained of my collection, and going on a shopping binge to find recently-discontinued sets locally. The 50 or so sets I now have I have accumulated in the past six weeks, at an almost exhaustive pace (both for me and my budget). But it's been a great time!
From: Danton Berube <dabesq@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 21:29:06 -0500 Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc. Name: Danton Asher Berube, Sr. Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Memphis, Tennessee E-mail Address: dabesq@earthlink.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: divorced and engaged (not to the same woman) Children: 2 -- Asher, 7 years old, and Michelle, 6 years old Occupation: Attorney -- Clients include two major railroads On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 35 (most belong to my son) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 # of LEGO Pieces: no idea -- but about 10 critical pieces less than I am supposed to have # of LEGOfests Attended: none -- I'm not even quite sure what one is # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none YET, but as soon as southern California's opens we're there -- plus I will probably visit the original in Europe one day First LEGO Set: Much too long ago to remember Favorite Theme(s): Trains Favorite Set(s): Metroliner -- if I can ever find one! Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: Assembling a train collection Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My son, no doubt about it -- He is very excited because he has two entries in the Midsouth Fair Lego contest and, judging by the competition we saw when we delivered his models, he has a good chance of winning a ribbon! :-) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, reading, travel
From: rfarver@enter.net (Rob Farver)
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 21:07:55 GMT
Organization: ENTER.NET
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Rob Farver
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Haven't given it much thought
Location: Bath, PA (near Allentown)
E-mail Address: rfarver@enter.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.enter.net/~rfarver
Marital Status: Married
Children: Rachael (2.5y), Michelle (11m)
Occupation: Field Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: A lot (really I have no idea)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~220 (including 40 I bought today)
# of LEGO Pieces: I'll have to work on that
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (but can't wait for Carlsbad)
First LEGO Set: I believe that would be the
Technic Sky Ranger? A medium
black and yellow plane.
Favorite Theme(s): Model Team/Train/Town
Favorite Set(s): 5571 Giant Truck
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Purple piece from Technic Robot
Set/theme you would like to see: Remote controlled Model Team
Current LEGO Project: Working on an Auction actually
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Getting my wife to start playing
by buying a couple DUPLO trains
for Rachael, which she almost
pushes Rachael out of the way to
build.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Adventure/3D games on PC, Stamp
Collecting, Gourmet Cooking
From: "C.D." <skywise@bigfoot.com> Date: 1 Oct 1997 21:13:02 GMT Organization: PSINet Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Chris Dial Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Thriving(?), According to my wife: 12 Location: Tulsa, OK USA E-mail Address: skywise@bigfoot.com LEGO/home page URL(s): N/A (yet) Marital Status: Married Children: 3 Occupation: Network Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: About 12 Sept. 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 13? I've stopped counting... # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: ??? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 (never heard of them before) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (missed my chance to go to the one in Denmark :( ) First LEGO Set: First? That was a Basic set of some kind back in the 70's... More recently, it was the SuperNova II, in 1991. Favorite Theme(s): Castles, no question. Wolfpack rules! I've always wanted to get into trains, but $ got in the way. Favorite Set(s): Wolfpack Tower, Followed by the rest of the castles... Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons! They're just too cool! Set/theme you would like to see: Maybe a palace. Something with a grand ballroom. Or more of the "village" stuff like some of the older sets. Current LEGO Project: Working on a Tavern with an underground complex. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Convincing my wife to let me bid on Auczilla... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My Family, Computers, RPG, Biking, Camping, Reading
From: dalcorn288@aol.com (DAlcorn288) Date: 3 Oct 1997 18:05:03 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com From: cjc@cdc.net (Mike Stanley) Date: 3 Oct 1997 21:06:47 GMT Organization: Chattanooga Data Connection Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Mike Stanley Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Knoxville, TN E-mail Address: cjc@cdc.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~stajm/mylego.htm Marital Status: Married Children: 1 Cat Occupation: Computer geek/student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1997? # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 30-40 # of LEGO Pieces: Billions and Billions # of LEGOfests Attended: Zero # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Zero First LEGO Set: Some 1970's basic set Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): 6081 King's Mountain Fortress Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Princess from 6081 Set/theme you would like to see: Feist or Jordan's worlds done in Lego Current LEGO Project: Trying to find space for too many sale items Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Leading my wife to Legomania :) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading (fantasy), writing (poetry), lots more.
From: Chad Smith Date: 6 Nov 1997 13:53:53 -0800 Organization: Original Zippo News Service [http://www.zippo.com] Name: Chad M. Smith Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age / Status of Inner Child: 10 or 11 Location: Mishawaka, Indiana (near South Bend) E-Mail Address: csmith@nationalsteel.com LEGO / Home Page URL: none yet Marital Status: engaged, seven months and counting! Children: 1 dog (Molly) Occupation: Marketing Analyst On RTL Since: August 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100 + # of Unopened Sets in LEGO Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: 11,000 + # of LEGOfests attended: none # of LEGO theme parks visited: none First LEGO set: first one I have clear memories of is 780 Road Construction Favorite Theme(s): Space & Wild West Favorite Set(s): 6769 Fort Legoredo, 483 Alpha 1 Rocket Base Favorite Piece(s) / Minifigure(s): "home-made" cowboy - Royal King head, Chef torso, white pants, white cowboy hat (make your own!) Set / Theme You Would Like to See: Wild West train...heck, ANY new Wild West set! Current LEGO Project: Sorting my LEGO for future building Greatest Claim to LEGO fame: Once built the Millenium Falcon (Yes, I do have pictures) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Huh? But seriously, science fiction, writing, bowling, golf, Toastmasters International, planning my wedding
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 09:05:03 -1000 From: Dan Jezek <danjezek@pixi.com> Organization: Pacific Information eXchange, Inc. Name: Dan Jezek Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 5 Location: Kailua, HI E-mail Address: danjezek@pixi.com LEGO/home page URL(s): 1. http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/7864/cragpage.html 2. http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/7864/index.html Marital Status: Married to Lego Children: All those little knights :-) Occupation: Student (Business Computer Information Systems) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: February 10, 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 77 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: around 15,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Don't know, but the second one was 6382 Fire station. Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): 6086, 6285 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): BURPs & LURPs Favorite Color scheme: Black + Grey + Green Set/theme you would like to see: More Castle Current LEGO Project: None right now. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 1. Castle Skull Craag Keep 2. 120+ Lego Links page Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I'd rather keep that a secret
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 16:17:36 -0400 From: Joakim Karlsson <aviator@mv.mv.com> Reply-To: aviator@mv.mv.com Name: Joakim Karlsson Gender: Boy Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13, trying to get his hands on all the sets he always wanted when the outer child was 13 too Location: Concord, NH E-mail Address: aviator@mv.mv.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.mv.com/users/aviator Marital Status: girlfriend who comes complete with her own legos Children: Nope Occupation: Airport Planner On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 45 [These are sets that I have at home. I have many childhood sets that are still with my parents in Austria.] # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: 6906 [This is the number of pieces in the 45 sets. I probably have 10,000 counting other miscellaneous pieces and the sets my parents have.] # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Billund) First LEGO Set: I have fuzzy memories of a red delivery truck with doors on each side that opened, ca. 1970-72. This is possibly 348. Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): 487 Space Cruiser Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): White classic space minifig. I'm also strangely enthralled by the new Technic turntable (see above set). Set/theme you would like to see: A technic airplane with all movable control surfaces (aileron, flaps, rudder, elevator), retractable landing gear, and an engine Current LEGO Project: Becoming UFO complete. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have nearly all the original classic space sets from 1978-1980, including some with classic space minifgs that use stickers instead of pre-printed torsos. I also have four of the original expert builder sets that later became technic. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Rock climbing, cycling (road and off-road), hiking, cross-country skiing, rollerblading, reading
From: Micro <yamiolko@ucsub.Colorado.EDU> Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 09:14:46 +0000 Name: Mike Yamiolkoski Age: 25 M.S.: Married Kids: none except me Employment: Student (Univ. Colorado @ Boulder) Number of Sets in Collection: 150+ Number of Pieces: lots Oldest Set: 1975 (Lunar lander) Favorite Themes: Space, trains, FreeStyle Favorite Set in Collection: The older-style yellow "King's Castle"
From: Mark Cornell <mcornell@chi.tds.net> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 00:55:18 -0500 Organization: TDSNET Internet Services(http://www.tds.net) Name: Mark Cornell Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11/He's in control :) Location: Concord, NH, USA (but my soul is in Tucson, AZ) E-mail Address: mcornell@chi.tds.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: SLW Children: none Occupation: Attorney On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 55ish # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 8 (one to mail, three waiting to be built, three waiting to trade, one just holding on to) # of LEGO Pieces: 4,000-5,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: A bunch of bricks from 1974(?) Favorite Theme(s): Pirates Favorite Set(s): 6277 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I can't pick just one..... Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: Collecting Pirates, getting those Shell sets from my distant relatives in Germany, and facing my adiction to special bits of ABS plastic. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Being known at the post office as the attorney who gets Legos in the mail. (The postal workers can recognize that magic sound of Legos being shaken in a box.) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Miniature Wargames, bad TV, margaritas.
From: Ole Martin Bjoerndalen <olemb@stud.cs.uit.no> Date: 20 Jan 98 23:33:46 +0100 Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway Name: Ole Martin Bjørndalen Gender: male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: very active Location: Tromsø, Norway E-mail Address: olemb@stud.cs.uit.no LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.cs.uit.no/~olemb/lego/ Marital Status: not Children: none Occupation: student / artist / all-round computer guy On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996, on and off # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 100? 200? 300? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: never too many # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: one (Billund) First LEGO Set: probably a Duplo set Favorite Theme(s): town! Favorite Set(s): #6693, #6378, #6392, #6372... Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: reintroduce classic town! Current LEGO Project: my buzzing metropolis, and various architectural experiments Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: third place in the Tromsø round of the official LEGO building contest Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: just about anything, appearently
From: Elaine Wilson <closr@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 13:24:54 -0500 Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc. Name: Elaine Wilson Gender: female Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Oh, somewhere between 8 and 16. The magic age that fits in the bogus "suggested age group" for Legos, but can still drive to the store and charge things. ;) Location: Clearwater, Florida, but on my way back North where I belong later this year. E-mail Address: closr@earthlink.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://people.delphi.com/closr2fine/index.htm Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: copy editor/designer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 (yes, really -- I think I last filled one of these out during the first Clinton administration) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx. 60 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10 (mostly stuff I bought dupes of without realizing it, plus a Dragon Defender which I think is just too hideous to build) # of LEGO Pieces: I have no clue. Less than a million, more than fourteen. Closer to fourteen. # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: I've been driven past the Carlsbad, CA site -- *very* briefly, and without realizing it was there. Does that count? :) First LEGO Set: A big flat box with styrofoam dividers (childhood memories are *so* undependable) from circa 1977. Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): King's Castle, probably, but ... it's strange, but the Paradisa Sand Dollar Cafe is almost cooler. They used pieces in ways I'd never seen before. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I love Majisto. I have nine of him. They get together and conjure police boats and lock Timmys up in caves. It's a party. Set/theme you would like to see: I'd like to see the Adventurers sets in my living room, please. Current LEGO Project: Purchasing more shelves so the Coastal Patrol police boat isn't next to the Islanders anymore. It looks ridiculous. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The fact that I'm probably going to end up paying an hour's wages for one lousy 'DkGray Belville Cat' in Auczilla, just because I didn't buy the damn set that has it at MacFrugal's when I had the chance. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters, books, sequels and the acquisition of shelves.
From: "Bad Male" <BadMale@nospam.com.au>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 14:35:55 +1100
Organization: Customer of Access One Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
Name: Thomas Dunn
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Everything from 8 to 18 / Active
Location: Canberra, Australia
E-mail Address: thomas.dunn@actew.blessyou.au (note the deliberate
substitution of com)
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://all.my.money/~isgone/before/a/homepage.htm
Marital Status: Married - Eight years and proud of it!
Children: Three - boy 6, girl 3, boy 2
Occupation: Systems support/technical specialist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 then a three year gap to late 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Er..please define "set"! Does Spares
Catalog # 5229 - Differential Gears - constitute a set.
Yes = ~60 ( +~25 more that the kids own), No = ~45 (+25 for kids)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~10 (mostly spares sets, but one
skeleton hideaway which is a repeat (received as present),
the train controller (I have no trains) and the ~1994 Technic Trike)
# of LEGO Pieces: Call it thousands, but how many, Deu seulenez!
# of LEGOfests Attended: what's a Lego fest?
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Does via Netscape count? ;-)
First LEGO Set: circa 1972 Wheels set - perhaps 57a or 58a
(won in heat of building contest Jan 1973) followed closely by Set
#3b - Universal Building Set (won in finals :-).
Favorite Theme(s): Technic for building, Castle or Town for Play.
Favorite Set(s): 954 Go Kart (first Technic set - sentimental),
but I love the look of the 357 Castle. I wish I could afford one :-(
I would also dearly love a 8880 SuperCar...
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Differential, pistons, any plates / Skeleton.
Set/theme you would like to see:
Current LEGO Project: Sorting out all the pieces my Mum bought at
sales/markets...
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Probably winning the 3b set in 1973,
but perhaps being the most recognised technical builder in my
neighbourhood from 11 to 18, primarily for designing "supersteering",
a system which seriously improved the 954 Go Kart's rack and pinion
steering system's turning circle. There were several 954's around, and
we had regular meets to race our models against the clock through a
tight course made of scattered bricks and other lego debris. Sigh.
That was fun, when I had time to do those things...
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Terry Pratchett's Discworld, computers,
my family, the Australian Outback, 4WDing, pool, chocolate, friends,
soccer, puzzles, paradoxes and connundrums, flirting, mechanics,
photography, volleyball, scrabble, chess, Trash & Rock'n'Roll music
...
--
Thomas Dunn | Thomas.Dunn@actew.blessyou.au
IT Operations | ph. 61 6 2483282
Business Systems Division | fax 61 6 2483439
ACTEW Corporation | Speaking for me! (Blessyou=com)
From: Andrew Parkhouse <ap7994@bris.ac.uk> Organization: University of Bristol, England Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 15:06:40 GMT Name: Andrew Parkhouse Gender: male Year of Birth: 1978 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: He won't tell me, he's sulking. Location: Bristol UK E-mail Address: ap7994@bris.ac.uk LEGO/home page URL: guest at http://www.pncl.co.uk/~huw/misc/ap.html Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: Student/ NG junkie On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Don't know. Only 4 built up and whole. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Eh? Why would anyone do this? # of LEGO Pieces: 3 large stack and store tubs. You guess # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: An articulated fire engine from the early eighties figures in my memories.. Favorite Theme(s): Town, Technic Favorite Set(s): Pneumatic Crane Truck Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Crocodile Set/theme you would like to see: Don't care, make it a surprise Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Got a minifig keyring for Lego spares making a mistake with an order....pics on the www Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Been known to take a few photographs, write a few stories, do some work even sometimes.
From: Steve Bonaci <goodall@gte.net> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 18:19:09 -0800 Organization: gte.net Name: Steve Bonaci Gender: male Year of Birth: 1979 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Seattle, Wa E-mail Address: goodall@gte.net LEGO/home page URL(s): <http://home1.gte.net/goodall/home.htm> Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 70? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: I don't even want to know # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: mid-80's shipping center. Freestanding (no baseplates) with a truck, forklift, and airplane. Favorite Theme(s): Town Favorite Set(s): Victory Lap Raceway, and the gas station, car wash, parking garage combo. I went with my grandma to play bingo one day and she won a couple hundred bucks. Afterwards, we went next door to K-Mart and she bought me those two sets. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1X6X2 Full Yellow Arch Set/theme you would like to see: Sports Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A Fibblesnork Cool Site of the Week Award Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Season ticket holder for the Western Hockey League's Seattle Thunderbirds, baseball stadiums, sports video games, Beatles/Paul McCartney.
From: Tom <adventure_team@spambytes.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 10:03:20 -0800 Organization: Adventure Gear Name: Tom Calhoun Gender: male Year of Birth: 1961 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 / Active Location: Charlotte, NC E-mail Address: adventure_team@juno.com.NOSPAM LEGO/home page URL(s): http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bink/at.htm (No Lego yet - Soon) Marital Status: Married Children: 2 (My oldest(4), reintroduced me to Lego this past Christmas) Occupation: Network Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 (recent purchases, they WILL be opened) # of LEGO Pieces: No idea # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: A basic set from 1973 Favorite Theme(s): Adventurers, Castle and it's subthemes, Trains Favorite Set(s): ????? Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Adventurer Mummy Set/theme you would like to see: Backpacking/Mountaineering. Maybe a spinoff set from the new Extreme Team. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: GI Joe, Spacemodeling, Magic, Family --- Replace SPAMBYTES in return address with JUNO (i.e. juno.com) --- Tom Calhoun GI Joe Adventure Team http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/bink/at.htm
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 06:54:57 -0600 From: Tim Courtney <enchanter!@chicago.avenew.com> Organization: Zacktron Alliance Name: Tim Courtney Gender: male Year of Birth: 1982 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: Wheaton, IL (near Chicago) E-mail Address: enchanter@chicago.avenew.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://zacktron.home.ml.org Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: high school student On R.T.L Since: Nov 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 150+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 # of LEGO Pieces: ~7500-10,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Stunt Copter 'n Truck Favorite Theme(s): Space & Aquazone (of about 5 years ago) Favorite Set(s): Crystal Explorer Sub, Deep Freeze Defender, Explorien Starship, MOC Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Exploriens guy w/funky helmet and gold arrow thingies Set/theme you would like to see: Zacktron marketed by Lego Current LEGO Project: None, really Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Lego Maniac's Webring, Mentioned in Copenhagen Newspaper Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: LIVING FOR JESUS!!!!!, Web Design, biking -- -Tim <>< To send e-mail to me, remove the "!" from the end of enchanter. +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | URL: http://zacktron.home.ml.org | | E-mail: enchanter!@chicago.avenew.com | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | If its not worth dying for, its not worth living for. | +--------------------------------------------------------------+
From: "Moz (Chris Moseley)" <president@whitehouse.gov> Date: 24 Jan 1998 08:07:44 GMT Organization: A wee way away from Airdmhor. Reply-To: "Moz (Chris Moseley)" <bob@hello.little.robot> Name: Chris Moseley. Known as Moz. Gender: Yup, got one of those. It's a pretty wee pink boy one. Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 16 Lego years, about 10 calendar ones. Location: Nuke Freeland (New Zealand, to formalists) E-mail Address: moz1@ihug.co.nz LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.homepages.ihug.co.nz/~moz1 Marital Status: nope. Um, I mean, single. Children: Handed back to their parents. <phew> Occupation: Software Developer. Big Lego Person, made of pink goop not ABS. On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1990-ish. Dropped off the net about the time of the rtl vote. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 15 major (A4 instruction books), innumerable smaller ones. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: why would anyone do that? I usually open them in the shop when I buy them. # of LEGO Pieces: Assuming a bit less than 1000 per large set, 15000? # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: #3 basic set, circa 1974 Favorite Theme(s): Technic. Favorite Set(s): last week: 8735 (new motor) today? 8277. All time - 8865 - big Technic car. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 4459 - pin with friction. Makes big models work by reducing slop. Set/theme you would like to see: Lego employing Todd to run auctions on their behalf. Current LEGO Project: a boom lifter? forklift thing. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Remote controlled lego models. The 15 channel crane truck. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: building things - carpentry, software. tramping. Moz -- Moz at home email me as moz1 http://www.homepages.ihug.co.nz/~moz1 care of ihug.co.nz There's lots of comedy on TV too. Doesn't seem to make children funnier.
From: Sean Wolf <faeblood@soltec.net> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 13:33:51 +0000 Organization: Sol Tec, Inc. Name: Sean Wolf Gender: M Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 7-13 depending Location: Illinois E-mail Address: faeblood@soltec.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Married Children: 1 Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 1000 # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set: Since rediscovery, Islanders Enchanted Island Favorite Theme(s): Pirates Favorite Set(s): Barracuda Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Soldiers Set/theme you would like to see: Ancient Civilizations including models on famous architecture Current LEGO Project: Buidling my pirate and imperial fleets and bases Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 0 Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: RPGs, History, etc
From: "Scott Paschen" <spaschen@kc.net>
Date: 24 Jan 98 17:50:15 GMT
Name: Scott Paschen
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13
Location: Belton, MO (near KC)
E-mail Address: spaschen@kc.net formerly known as Passion926@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): no thank you
Marital Status: WILL BE MARRIED THIS JUNE!!!! :-)
Children: Just Me Still
Occupation: Ag Statistician
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late 96
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: more than i care to count right now but
nothing to outrageous but around 50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 but not on purpose and not for long
# of LEGO Pieces: more than 50 for sure :-) less than 20K
# of LEGOfests Attended: just a small local gathering
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none yet, but i do have a souviner video
from Denmark's Legoland :-)
First LEGO Set: i think 8860 but maybe 8030
Favorite Theme(s): Expert/Technic
Favorite Set(s): 8868 Airtech Claw Rig, 8880 Super Car, 8858 Rebel Wrecker
8480 Space Shuttle 952 Farm Tractor 8456 Fiber Optic Multiset
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Large Expert Wheels
Set/theme you would like to see: Technic Classic Construction to a
consistent scale
Current LEGO Project: trying to recreate the classic Bulldozer from pieces
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: finding a store display that appears to built
by the model builders from the late seventies early eighties...
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My Lady, Beatles, KISS
From: aj582@pop.hwcn.org (Insaniac!) Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 18:32:50 GMT Organization: insane world Reply-To: aj582@main.hwcn.org Name: Ryan Koenig Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 or so Location: Hamilton,Ontario, Canada E-mail Address: aj582@main.hwcn.org LEGO/home page URL(s): None...Sorry Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Quality Control On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: At least 80 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 10 # of LEGO Pieces: ?? 50K or more ?? # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None, But considering going to germany or denmarks theme parks on vacation First LEGO Set: That large blue lunar lander set.... Don't know the number. Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic, Town in that order Favorite Set(s): Galaxy Exploerer (space), 8880 Super car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The large technic balloon tires, technic elements Set/theme you would like to see: Some more electronic pieces such as logic gates and such, A military theme, A high tech military theme, and NON-HUMANOID lego MINIFIGS, As well as Ancient Civilization themes.... Current LEGO Project: A Giant Explorian land Crawler With Super Missle Laucher system and LOTS of funcionality Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Memorized almost 15 classic space sets completely with no seed of building instructions (lost them anyway) and they are not the little ones... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Lead Miniatures (lego makes great backdrops and acessories for wargaming) wargaming, AD&D
From: "Michael Arnett" <marnett@uiuc.edu> Date: 25 Jan 1998 16:36:22 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Name: Michael Arnett Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 (and shrinking) Location: Urbana, IL E-mail Address: marnett@uiuc.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single Children: not yet Occupation: Grad student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 # of LEGO Pieces: no idea # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 370 Police HQ (model) Favorite Theme(s): Town, Trains Favorite Set(s): 4558 Metroliner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1x8 brick (for buildings, of course) Set/theme you would like to see: classic town Current LEGO Project: Building cars, pickups, etc. for my car salesman Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: books, Star Wars, B5, pool, raquetball
From: "Mike Faunce" <mfaunce@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 14:27:29 -0500 Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc. Name: Mike Faunce Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ??? Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA E-mail Address: mdfaunce@sprintparanet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Married Children: 7/9th's (2 months to go, expecting in April) Occupation: Technical Analyst On R.T.L Since: December 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 75 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (why buy them if you aren't going to open them?) # of LEGO Pieces: ??? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Not a clue, maybe 480 or some similar Town set, probably received in early 70s Favorite Theme(s): Technic & Town/Divers & Pirates Favorite Set(s): Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Continuation of Adventurers theme to other locales Current LEGO Project: Trying to figure a way to suspend Divers' boats above sea floor without being obvous about it Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, RPG's, Fast Cars
From: Mark_Plum@willbros.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:36:30 -0600
Name: Mark A. Plum
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ???
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
E-mail Address: Mark_Plum@willbros.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): None (not yet, anyway)
Marital Status: Engaged
Children: Only me
Occupation: CADD Engineering Designer
On R.T.L Since: December 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (just can't wait to rip em' apart)
# of LEGO Pieces: I have no friggin' idea
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: The Blue Motor from the early 70's
Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Trains, Trains!!!!!!!
Favorite Set(s): 4551 (Crocodile Engine) and 4547 (Metroliner Club Car)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): "Train" doors (why doesn't Lego make
these available separately???)
Set/theme you would like to see: A Train for the Wild West theme.
Current LEGO Project:
Computerizing and automating my triple loop layout.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Programming, playing the violin, and of
course, my fiancee'.
From: kkasemsa@inet.co.th (Ken Kasemsant) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 10:21:18 +0700 Organization: Oracle Corporation. Redwood Shores, CA Name: Khantipol Kasemsant Gender: male Year of Birth: 1965 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 / Active Location: Bangkok, Thailand E-mail Address: kkasemsa@inet.co.th LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: married Children: one Occupation: Software Developer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Didn't sort out yet # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 (recent purchases) # of LEGO Pieces: no time to count! # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: Taxi Garrage Favorite Theme(s): Town Favorite Set(s): 6350 Pizzaria Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Basic rectangular pieces Set/theme you would like to see: More house in town. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computer graphics, music
From: jmbrown@mines.edu (Jason Brown) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 02:50:50 GMT Organization: Colorado School of Mines Name: Jason Brown Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1979 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Unknown/in control... Location: Colorado, USA E-mail Address: jmbrown@mines.edi LEGO/home page URL(s): http://ourworld.compuserve.com/hompepages/Ron_Brown/LEGOOutpost.html Marital Status: Unmarried Children: None Occupation: Collage Student (Yea!) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1998 :) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 110 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None. # of LEGO Pieces: ??? ~2000-3000? # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: 588 Police Headquarters (I *think*) Favorite Theme(s): Classic Castle, Pirates, Adventurers Favorite Set(s): Black Seas Barracuda, all the castle ones I have... Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Castle walls :), The old guys with the falcons on their shields... Set/theme you would like to see: Rebirth of classic castle! Current LEGO Project: Just some various stuff... I'm far from my Legos so its all on the computer. Mostly castle, but I've got a cool fighter I'm working on. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I don't know... I made about 6 minifig scale fighters (no picts, I'm afraid) that were fairly large... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, I'm getting into model railroading. Later! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- jmbrown@mines.edu http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Ron_Brown
From: a0515@rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE (Claus Bitten) Date: 27 Jan 1998 12:52:15 GMT Organization: Regional Computing Center, University of Cologne Name: Claus Bitten Gender: male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 25 Location: Cologne / Germany E-mail Address: bitten@uni-koeln.de LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a Marital Status: not Children: none Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ca. 250 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 38 # of LEGO Pieces: +/- 35000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: The Galaxy Explorer Favorite Theme(s): original Space, original Castle Favorite Set(s): The first space series Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): grey old space computerblock (both versions), and the old white Space-Minifig Set/theme you would like to see: More Modelteam-Sets like famous buildings or a rocket-launch. With LOADS of bricks ... Current LEGO Project: Trying to build a (huge) Trek-like Spaceship. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: n/a Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: books, musik, RPGs, computers, movies ...
From: "Duane W. Degn" <ddegn@poky.srv.net> Date: 23 Jan 1998 23:16:13 GMT Organization: All USENET -- http://www.Supernews.com Name: Duane W. Degn Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Pocatello, Idaho E-mail Address: ddegn@poky.srv.net.nospam (you know what to do) LEGO/home page URL(s): Not ready yet. Marital Status: Married 5.5 years Children: none :( it would be nice to have an excuse to buy more Lego Occupation: High School Chemisty and Physics teacher and aerial photographer, I'm not teaching now because I'm still recovering from a heart transplant. On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: on and off since '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 132 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: 17288 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :( First LEGO Set: since dark ages, Moon Walker Favorite Theme(s): Town/Launch Command (complete), technic Favorite Set(s): Shuttle Launch Pad Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Gold visored astronaut Set/theme you would like to see: Appollo Moon Mission Current LEGO Project: Pneumatic walker Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: nothing yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Aerial photography using radio-controlled aircraft. Infrared photography. CAD (Microstation).
From: citeman@aol.com (CITE MAN) Date: 27 Jan 1998 17:21:15 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Chet Corbin Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 16 and wish I lived in "Dawson's Creek" Location: Los Alamitos, CA (Southern California) E-mail: citeman@aol.com Lego Page: Sorry, don't have one, YET! Marital Status: Soon to be engaged. Children: None I know about..... Occupation: Police Community Services Officer (Currently) On RTL since: Late 1996 # of sets in Collection: 200+ # of unopened sets: 100+ # of pieces: 1000's # of LEGOfests Attendend: 0 # of Lego Theme Park Visits: 0, but can't wait for Carlsbad! First Lego set: 570 Fire House Favorite Themes: Town/Train/Boats Favorite Set: 2140 ANWB Tow Truck or 6440 Airport Fire Squad Favorite Piece: Set I Would Like to see: School Set w/ Yellow School Bus Current Lego project: Paying off my LEgo debt and trying to get my hands on a 6440 Airport Fire Squad. Greatest Claim to Lego Fame: Let me think about it... Other Interest: Computers, especially Apple; work; etc.
From: "kevlaba" <kevlaba@bit-net.com> Date: 23 Jan 1998 23:05:56 GMT Organization: BIT-NET Name: Kev Laba Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1984 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13/active Location: Merrimack, New Hampshire E-mail Address: kevlaba@bit-net.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none(yet...) Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: school? On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none(you should be playing with them, not staring at the box!!) # of LEGO Pieces: 1,000? # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: dunno Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic Favorite Set(s): Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Hollow nosepiece(like in Search and Rescue)/Technic figures Set/theme you would like to see: Spies, more big Technic sets Current LEGO Project: nothing big, just playing around with technic Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A huge spaceship Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, hanging out, looking at lego websites, model railroads, playing N64, riding my bike
From: kjg@op9.com Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 21:01:38 -0600 Name: Karen Gold Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1952 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: timeless Location: Metro Atlanta, GA E-mail Address: kjg@op9.com LEGO/home page URL(s): nope Marital Status: married Children: 2 boys, 5 & 8 Occupation: science teacher--some subjects lend themselves very well to technic in the classroom. On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Who knows, I always open them and throw out the boxes. The technic gets sorted, the rest goes in a big tub. Anyway, a lot. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: thousands # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Some basic building set in the early 60s. It's unfortunately long gone. I seem to remember it having a battery-operated light, so you could make a house and light it up, but I might be thinking of something else. Favorite Theme(s): technic Favorite Set(s): rebel wrecker, technic motorcycle with chain drive. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): technic differential Set/theme you would like to see: MORE AND MORE AND MORE COMPLEX TECHNIC SETS! Current LEGO Project: my $79.95 space shuttle that I've been working on for about a month. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none, except among ninth-graders unlucky enough to be in somebody else's class. They think all we do is play with lego! We do, however, do a lot of REAL work too. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
From: Patrick Sayre-Little <wsayreli@polymail.calpoly.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:21:16 -0800
Organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Patrick Sayre-Little
Gender:Male
Year of Birth:'78
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 120/who says I have to have one?
Location: Morro Bay, CA
E-mail Address:wsayreli@polymail.calpoly.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.calpoly.edu/~wsayreli/lego.html
Marital Status: single
Children:0
Occupation:full time college student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May '97-October'97, then since Jan '98
I was gone for awhile, but I'm back now in limited quantites
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 130+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: I'm not about to even attempt to count
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0
First LEGO Set: Basic something in the early '80s
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Aquazone
Favorite Set(s): couln't possibly choose
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): see above response
Set/theme you would like to see: anything that will stay for 10 years
Current LEGO Project: finding time to play with LEGOs
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: printable parts catalog for LDraw
(see web page)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: PC games, flying(I finaly got my liscence)
From: jst711@aol.com (JST711) Date: 31 Jan 1998 06:28:31 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Jeffrey Tabor Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: around 9-14/unpredictably assertive of itself ;-) Location: Rochester, N.Y. (the original Upstate) E-mail Address: jst711@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet, maybe soon.... Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: classical vocalist with a current specialty in medieval European music On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: Early January 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: around 55-60 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Are you mad? # if LEGO Pieces: Hmmm...maybe 3,000+; never attempted to count them. # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none, though I visited something in Ontario Place in Toronto long ago that may have been a precursor to an Imagination Center. First LEGO Set: #442 (Space Shuttle) and #453 (two Crater Plates) as a gift, unfortunately both hoplessly lost!! Aagh! Favorite Theme(s): Space, Space, Space!!!!! Favorite Set(s): Tends to vary, although currently # 6953 (Futuron Cosmic Laser Launcher) and #6971 (Intergalactic Command Base) are my faves. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): any transparent canopy/brick/the blue Classic and blue, black and red Futuron Astronauts Set/theme you would like to see: short of re-releasing all discontinued Space sets, a Space sub-theme that used totally non-humanoid/non-bipedal aliens (perhaps the dino-aliens from the Explorien theme) or an heir to the Classic Space theme Current LEGO Project: attempting to collect all the Futuron sets; maybe a website soon.... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Alas, none to date....possibly never.... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Cooking of all cuisines, linguistics, world languages and history, fine design, the fine arts, art music of all cultures especially European medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music, calligraphy, space opera and Italian culture.
From: roelleke@cs.uni-duesseldorf.de (Kirsten Roelleke)
Date: 4 Feb 1998 15:32:50 GMT
Organization: Heinrich Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf
Name: Kirsten Roelleke
Gender: female
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 15
Location: Duesseldorf, Germany
E-mail Address: roelleke@cs.uni-duesseldorf.de
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~oth/aamlaet (story
[sorry, in german only] and pictures of our LEGO D&D-campaign)
http://www.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de/~roelleke/
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: math-student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: in 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 128
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none
(Btw: Who 'collects' unopened sets?)
# of LEGO Pieces: > 10.000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: probably 264 or 689 (european numbering)
Favorite Theme(s): castle, space (town before my dark ages)
Favorite Set(s): I can't decide this, they're all great
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): same as above
Set/theme you would like to see: don't know for the moment
Current LEGO Project: To resort my mountain after restoring them
in a hurry the last time (so much lego, so few time *sigh*)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: LEGO 'dungeon' for an D&D-campaign
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: comics, whodunits, SF-TV-series, X-files
From: roelleke@cs.uni-duesseldorf.de (Kirsten Roelleke) Date: 5 Feb 1998 09:35:26 GMT Organization: Heinrich Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf Name: King Tosti of KRE alias Torsten 'Tosti' Ott Gender: m Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 24 (That doesn't keep me from enjoying LEGO in every way!) Location: see http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~oth/kre.html E-mail Address: oth@uni-duesseldorf.de LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~oth/aamlaet.html Marital Status: only in 'my' kingdom Children: only one adopded heiress to the throne of 'my' kingdom Occupation: I _am_ a student, _survive_ with money from teaching but whenever I can help it, doing nice things with friends _occupies_ my time On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: today # of Sets in LEGO Collection: They are all childhood treasures, some bought, some received as presents from my parents, mostly mixed together now, never counted. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None. I'd only leave a newly bought, ment-as-a-present LEGO-box closed. # of LEGO Pieces: Not as many as I'd like to have! # of LEGOfests Attended: - # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: I didn't know there were any apart from DK-Billund, where I always failed to go on my visits to Denmark. So far. First LEGO Set: As far as I remember, it was a white house with a blue roof and a garage, but it might also have been a red windmill with a blue roof on the mill-tower and a white one on the little house beside it. Favorite Theme(s): I play LD&D, that means that with alternating masters from among the group, we play Dungeons And Dragons in a pre-built LEGO-setting. I wonder if anyone else does. Favorite Set(s): Despite the fact that these are not that useful for our role-playing, this question has to be answered with some nostalgia: The older they are, the more I love them! Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Here again, I like the standard pieces, maybe the two-rows-of-four is my very favourite. Set/theme you would like to see: Always searching for nice birthday-presents for friends, I'd like to see some small everyday-life sets, like, for example the pizza-car that we gave to someone who sells pizzas to finance his studies. Current LEGO Project: Well, it's my turn to be role-master in LD&D again, we'll play on Feb. 23rd and I haven't started planning yet. But I'll have to come up with quite some self-invented stuff, or my friends will be pretty dissapointed. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I invented the changing of the role-master, therby keeping the whole thing alive (otherwise it'd probably have happened only once) and bringing my own LEGO pieces in. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Plenty. Apart from enjoying almost anything I can do with some friends, I like cycling in the summer and playing computer or watching TV, especially StarTrek, X-Files and movies on TV/Video.
From: "Anna L. Bunce" <buncea@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 13:01:32 -0700 Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder Name: Anna Bunce Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Who knows? Changes daily.. Location: Colorado, USA E-mail Address: buncea@ucsu.colorado.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): ------ Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: graduate student, applied math---till May..then, who knows? On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: hmm...just over a month..and wishing I had known about this 2 years ago when I sold off all my old Town sets at a tag sale.....wouldn't be surprised if the guy who bought them all is on here.. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: hmmmm..40 some odd # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0! Who can stand to leave them that way? # of LEGO Pieces: ??? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Double Decker Bus, I think... Favorite Theme(s): Castle! (But no Fright Knights, please..) Favorite Set(s): Can't choose just one! Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Majisto...maybe.. Set/theme you would like to see: A return to Castle sets that involve some complexity and challenge to build... Current LEGO Project: filling out my Castle sets.. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: tattoos, sci-fi/fantasy, pool, genetics...etc.
From: "Jon D Hayward" <jdhayward@lineone.net> Date: 2 Mar 1998 23:00:30 GMT Organization: British Telecom Name: Jon D Hayward Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Aging rapidly, but not maturing! Location: Kent, UK E-mail Address: jdhayward@lineone.net LEGO/home page URL(s): one day... Marital Status: Married Children: A two-year-old daughter Occupation: Computer analyst / programmer / consultant / gofer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: No idea, but enough bricks to fill 3 1' x 2' x 1' crates plus load of overspill, not counting all the second-hand stuff that's still being cleaned... # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Zilch - mine's for PLAYING with! # of LEGO Pieces: See '# of sets', above # of LEGOfests Attended: Zeeero (are there any in the UK?) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: One - Windsor (my daughter wanted to go, even though she was only six months old at the time) First LEGO Set: Big yellow truck and trailer - the one with the steering (I'm sure I was too young for it back then)... Favorite Theme(s): Nothing in particular, but I like to build with bricks, rather than have single bricks that represent something... Favorite Set(s): 'Big Vehicles', trains on blue track, and most stuff from the sixties Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 'Big Vehicles' parts, 1960s doors and windows (cos I can make decent buildings with them) / Minifigs: Dr Cyber and the recent cavalry figures Set/theme you would like to see: Architectural models: lots of basic bricks that make something toooo big to be affordable!!! Current LEGO Project: cleaning all those grubby second-hand bricks! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I've met David Lyall (who?) - he was something to do with the UK Lego design team through the 1970s and 1980s (at least) - chief designer??? He was a bit surprised to be asked for his autograph! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Too much! Matchbox / Hot Wheels / Corgi / Dinky / Lledo / Burago / other toy cars / Thunderbirds / Joe 90 / Captain Scarlet / X Files / Star Trek / Quantum Leap / James Bond / Minis / Scalextric / Mega Blocks / Betta Bilda / Tente / Hobby Land / Qubo Ville / Klip / Mego Lock / those-weird-beams-that-look-like-Lego-Technic-but-have-got-the-holes-going-d own-through-the-studs-that-no-one-can-remeber-the-name-of / any thing else that tries to be Lego, but isn't! / computers / family / need I go on???
From: "Michael Hopkins" <michael@macitools.symantec.com> Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 15:13:06 -0800 Organization: Symantec Name: Michael Hopkins Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: At least 12 Location: San Jose, CA E-mail Address: michael@macitools.symantec.com LEGO/home page URL(s): --- Marital Status: single Children: no minifigs yet Occupation: software engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb '98 (wish I knew about it sooner) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 52 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (legos were made to be played with) # of LEGO Pieces: > 10,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1- Been to Legoland Denmark First LEGO Set: 483, Alpha-1 Rocket Base Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Classic Space Favorite Set(s): 8860 Auto Chassis, 6980 Galaxy Commander Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Universal Joint Set/theme you would like to see: A revival of classic space Current LEGO Project: Technic Tank Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Once managed to place a 2x6 brick in my left nostril Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: R/C, skiing, music, movies, art, computers
From: jeff5937@aol.com (Jeff5937) Date: 2 Mar 1998 23:28:40 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Jeffrey Huntington Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: High spatial intelligence Location: Florida, USA E-mail Address: Jeff5937@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Middle school teacher On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 65 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: about 30.000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0, soon to be 1 First LEGO Set: 6524 (Blizzard Blazer) Favorite Theme(s): Town and all subsets except Town Jr. Favorite Set(s): 6350, 6378, 6353 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): No specific ones Set/theme you would like to see: Actually useful town buildings, like the bank and pizzaria. I'd like to see some small shops and factories. Houses would be nice, too. Current LEGO Project: Building a black and yellow metroliner out of my extra 4559 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Basketball officiating, reading, computer games, working with church youth group, James Bond movies, classical music,
From: "Jeb" <jebulan@worldnet.att.net> Date: 3 Mar 1998 02:12:03 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Name: Jeb Baker Gender: M Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Denver Colorado E-mail Address: LEGO/home page URL(s): http://home.att.net/~jebulan/lego.html Marital Status: not Children: 1 cat Occupation: Sr. Project Manager/System Administrator/CAD Draftsman On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: spotted a long time ago (1-2yrs?) really got into it 9/97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30-40? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: i can't even imagine # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: Hand-me-downs just a big box of bricks with a few windows and plates Favorite Theme(s): Space, castle, town, technic umm almost all (in that order) Favorite Set(s): #5571 Monster Big Rig (I love all those parts,and really big tires) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): motors / Infomaniac is cool any with neat faces Set/theme you would like to see: Model team helicopter Current LEGO Project: sorting and pondering Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My last big spaceship.(personally anyway) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers,Matchbox, Hot Wheels etc...(shelved as of late)
From: "Ken MacIntosh" <kenmacintosh@msn.com> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 19:11:51 -0800 Name: Ken MacIntosh Gender: male Year of Birth: 1935 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Seattle, WA, USA E-mail Address: kenmacintosh@msn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: married Children: 0 Occupation: Engineer, Lawyer (retired) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 buckets in reserve # of LEGO Pieces: lots # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: 717 Expert Builder Favorite Theme(s): Technic, mechanisms, trains Favorite Set(s): 6399 Airport Shuttle (monorail) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): ?? Set/theme you would like to see: trains & monorail Current LEGO Project: interfacing monorail and Lionel style trains Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: automatic ball machine Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: toy trains, computers, travel, writing
From: "Preferred Customer" <SIR-LANCE@msn.com> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 23:03:01 -0500 Organization: Preferred Company Name:Lance Johnson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies Day to Day Location: Ohio (currently have Christy Hine? ringing in my hears!) E-mail Address:SIR LANCE @ msn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Not that advanced Marital Status: Married Children: Due in August Occupation: Maintenance Supervisor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking since Nov. 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Not enough yet (over 50 but just traded 10-15 Castle) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10 # of LEGO Pieces: No clue/not counting # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (been to the Disney Store) First LEGO Set: Some Universal set in the 70's/ Black Seas Barracuda in post Dark-Age Favorite Theme(s): Town/Train Favorite Set(s): Not sure as quite a few are in Favorite category Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black Knight Set/theme you would like to see: Not See- Town Jr. !!! Current LEGO Project: Port LEGO (3 sets from completion 6541/6542/4021- Yes I want these) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: How about infamy - Someone threw out my BSB Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Home remodeling, golf, trying to learn more about computers, books
From: ulringmc@email.uc.edu (Michael Ulring) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 00:19:52 -0500 Organization: University of Cincinnati Name:Michael Ulring Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 and a half Location: Cincinnati, Ohio E-mail Address: ulringmc@email.uc.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://homepages.uc.edu/~ulringmc/lego.html Marital Status: Single Children: Me, Myself and I Occupation: college student/part-time software developer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurked in '96, was on a little in '97, more in '98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: don't really know, probably over 200 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: just the two that arrived today, they'll be open tomorrow :) # of LEGO Pieces: probably well into hundreds of thousands, a million??? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (just Mall of America) First LEGO Set(s): Alpha-1 Rocket Base (483) and Mobile Tracking Station (452) Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): Forestmen's River Fortress, Black Seas Barracuda, Galaxy Explorer Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): original knights from Yellow Castle (375) Set/theme you would like to see: more sets like classic early '80s Castles Current LEGO Project: always working on my Castle Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: my Castle (see above URL) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: sports, computers, video games, Star Wars toys
From: Beaker <beaker@havoc.gtf.gatech.edu> Date: 3 Mar 1998 05:10:17 GMT Organization: Recursive Turtles Name: Jim Baker (Beaker) Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Healthy:) Location: Atlanta, GA E-mail Address: beaker@havoc.gtf.gatech.edu Marital Status: Single (but taken:) Children: None Occupation: CNN Interactive technical staff On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan. 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20 (and growing:) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: about 4,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None. Plan to go to the Lego Imagination Center in Orlando in June First LEGO Set: 483 Alpha-1 Rocket Base Favorite Theme(s): Space (especially Classic) ... just got into Adventurers Favorite Set(s): 497 Galaxy Explorer Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Red Classic Space minifig Set/theme you would like to see: Real Mechs for Robo Force! Current LEGO Project: Reaquiring all the sets my mother sold at a garage sale ... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Once built a Lego "gondola" and attatched it to a kite with a minifig inside. The kite string broke, losing both the kite and important Legos (I was nine, gimme a break:) Found the remains of the kite and the remarkably undamaged legos in the woods over two miles away three years later.
From: corn29@mailexcite.com (Chris W.) Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 12:27:03 GMT Organization: AT&T Internet Service Name: Chris W. Gender: M Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: variable Location: Aomori, Japan E-mail Address: corn29@mailexcite.com LEGO/home page URL(s): under construction Marital Status: Married Children: --0-- Occupation: Engineer (I've been playing with legos since 5 and I'm an engineer? Go figure!) On R.T.L. since: 9/97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50 plus about 20 buckets, I prefer to make my own creations -- I'm working on a 1/10 scale airport right now, it will fill up our whole spare bedroom # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: LOTS # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: When I was a boy in Michigan there was a colossal display at the old Hudson's warehouse in Detroit. There was a globe that was several teens of feet tall and a town you could walk through. First LEGO Set: A learjet from the late '70s, I don't know the model number. Favorite Theme(s): Train (the only innovative thing to come out og TLG in years), CLASSIC space, CLASSIC town Favorite Set(s): The ones I make and a castle set from Denmark that preceeded castle theme in the U.S. by 6 years. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The skeleton is kinda cool. Set/theme you would like to see: Any set without so many darn specialized pieces! Current LEGO Project: 1/10 Airport Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: n/a Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Biking, skiing (nordic and some alpine), rock/ice climbing
From: "Kyle Miller" <kyle.miller@NOSPAMdynamix.com> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 10:58:43 -0800 Organization: Sierra On-Line, Inc. Name: Kyle Miller Gender: M Year of Birth: Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Variable Location: Oregon, USA E-mail Address: kyle.miller@dynamix.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: M Children: 2 Occupation: Game Designer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Unknown # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: (since I was a kid) 6990 Favorite Theme(s): Favorite Set(s): Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Passed the torch to my children Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Games (board, miniatures, computer, etc.), Toons, Sci Fi.
From: "Grant Chenoweth" <chenoweth@iclub.org> Date: 4 Mar 98 00:30:39 GMT Name: Grant Chenoweth Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: according to the Lego sets I buy, I'm usually 8-12 Location: Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, USA during the summers and Richmond, Kentucky, USA during school E-mail Address: chenoweth@iclub.org or stucheno@acs.eku.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): N/A Marital Status: recently broke off a 15 month relationship (nothing new in the works) Children: none Occupation: full time student (Philosophy major; Religion and English minors) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early fall '97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 125-150 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: One # of LEGO Pieces: eight to ten buckets of extra pieces plus the 125-150 sets built plus base plates, etc. # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: just the Imagination Center in the Mall of America First LEGO Set: I don't know, but I have some Exxon gas station stuff; three of the old large figures and three minifigs that don't have independent arms or legs or painted faces (I assume that stuff was from the late seventies/early eighties) Favorite Theme(s): Pirates; Divers; Adventurers; Launch Command; Flight; Town; Town, Jr. (in that order) Favorite Set(s): too many to list Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I built a minifig that looks like me -- blue pants (jeans), freestyle shirt, blue ballcap, red beard (from wild west sets), and a trumpet (I've been playing for ten or eleven years) Set/theme you would like to see: more businesses like doctor's office, attorney's office, city court, grocery, school, hospital -- anything to make my town look fuller Current LEGO Project: I just want to find a place to put all of them. Right now they are divided between three locations: my dormroom, my room back home, and my office at my dad's lawfirm. I have plans for a large city layout with a movie studio at one end of town. Inside the studio will be several sound stages where I will have my space, pirate, castle, adventurers, etc. set up like different movies being filmed. I'm currently working on businesses and houses/apartments for my town. Had a lego building party in my dormroom last Friday and several friends helped build a pizzeria, a junk yard/Exxon station, and several row houses. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Around the dorm, I'm known as Lego-boy. People bring their friends to my dormroom to see all my sets and to play/build Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Star Wars figures, trumpet, college (I actually love school--I'm trying to cram four years of school into six!!), music (over 450 CDs and tapes; 70+/- records), mountain biking, hiking/camping, canoeing, reading, sewing, cooking
From: mpowell@sr.hp.com (Mike Powell) Date: 5 Mar 1998 01:40:57 GMT Organization: Hewlett Packard Sonoma County Name: Mike Powell Gender: M Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 and Up Location: Santa Rosa CA E-mail Address: rci@sonic.net LEGO/home page URL(s): www.sonic.net/~rci/legocompressor.htm Marital Status: M Children: 1 (not including myself) Occupation: Technician / 3D animatior On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: ~1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50 - 100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: You can do that? # of LEGO Pieces: Ahhh... a lot # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: Ahhh... I was 5. I have no clue. Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8459 8480 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic Chain Links Set/theme you would like to see: Star Trek TOS Current LEGO Project: The Delivery Spy Claw Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The best mini LEGO compressor ever Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: feminine contour observations
From: George Bragg <george.bragg@sympatico.ca> Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 01:07:24 -0500 Organization: Bell Solutions Name: George Bragg Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12? Location: London, Ontario E-mail Address: george.bragg@sympatico.ca LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: married Children: just me Occupation: student/computer guy On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: originally, 1992 (?). Just "rediscovered" the group # of Sets in LEGO Collection: No idea - lots # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None! # of LEGO Pieces: 10000 + (?) No idea, really - I should count... # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Generic LEGO Favorite Theme(s): Adventurers Favorite Set(s): Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons Set/theme you would like to see: MINDSTORM!!!!! Current LEGO Project: Trying to organize a fan club at University of Western Ontario Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built a model of CN tower almost as tall as me (5 feet +) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers
From: sadone@lara.on.ca Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:14:31 -0600 Name: Sean Ballaro Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Young at heart (always) Location: Hamilton, Ontario E-mail Address: sadone@lara.on.ca LEGO/home page URL(s): still being worked on Marital Status: married Children: twin boys - 10 months old - PRIMO stage (I'm starting them young) Occupation: Transportation Engineering Technologist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20 and growing fast # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: 5000 and growing fast (found all my old ones from childhood) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Can't remember - just freestyle sets as a child Favorite Theme(s): Pirates (too little too late) Favorite Set(s): Pirate ships Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons Set/theme you would like to see: More pirates. (Ninja's should be cool!) Current LEGO Project: Working on my website (lego and POV Ray) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: convinced my wife that we should start getting the twins interested in PRIMO so that the transition to DUPLO and freestyle wouldn't be that hard :) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Disney
From: Vitale.Joe@orbital.com (Joe Vitale) Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 18:38:03 GMT Organization: Orbital Sciences Corporation Name: Joe Vitale Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1965 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Fairfax, VA, USA E-mail Address: confetti@mcmprod.com LEGO/Home Page URL(s): http://www.mcmprod.com (no Lego info there yet) Marital Status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: Software Engineer (real-time embedded systems a specialty) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec '97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 35+ but I haven't counted # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None (what would be the point :) # of LEGO Pieces: There's gotta be over 10,000 by now. # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None (but I'll be goin' to Carlsbad) First LEGO Set: No idea, that was around 20 years ago. Favorite Theme(s): Technic & Trains Favorite Set(s): None, but if I had a favorite, it would be technic. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): None Set/Theme you would like to see: Mining (coal, diamonds) might be cool and maybe a 007-like spy theme and how about an international space station technic model or technic models of ground based rockets like those used for putting satellite payloads into orbits (sorry, I've been working in the aerospace industry for the past 5+ years) Current LEGO Project: I think I'm going to try and build one of NASA's Crawler Transporters. You know, one of those tractor things that takes the space shuttle out to the launch pad. My 8480 needs a place to sit. See http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/visit/kscovrv2.htm for info. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: * shrugs shoulders * I actually carried around my childhood Lego collection in plastic containers from house to house during my twenty years in the dark ages. Does this count? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Alpine skiing, mountain biking, inline skating, designing and writing software, fictional reading
From: D-Day <kid@heart.com> Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 15:24:13 -0800 Organization: very disorganized Reply-To: van@down-by-the.river Name: Todd S Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of inner child: about 12 yrs old Location: Albany, OR USA E-mail: zimbo724@juno.com Lego home page: None yet Marital Status: Married since 1990 Children: Daughter (4), ???? (due in August), and my cat Tigger (8) Occupation: Retail warehouse On RTL: Feb '98 # of sets: no clue how many # of unopened sets: UNOPENED!?! ARE YOU MAD?!? # of LEGO pieces: 12,000+ # of LEGOfests attended: none yet # of LEGO theme parks visited: none yet First LEGO set: I can't remember back that far Favorite theme: space, pirates, fire(town) Favorite set(s): Some kind of larger space ship from the "classic" space sets (white and red only) that had moon craters/hill and landing plates Favorite piece/minifig: An all black astronaut with black visor, white printed straps and buckles and a white jet pack Sets/themes that I would like to see: Circus/zoo (with lots of animals), modern military, ancient Rome Current LEGO project: sorting all my pieces Greatest claim to LEGO fame: just finding this newsgroup Other intrests: movies(sci-fi and comedy), plastic models, RPGS, action figures have a great day! D-DAY (Todd S)
From: Jim Strauss <jstrauss@cyberramp.net> Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 17:34:29 -0600 Organization: The Fully Ordained (and legal in 34 states) Church of the Airbag-Equipped Cell-phone. Name: Jim Gender: male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: pointing and yelling "Lego,Lego,Lego!" from the seat of a shopping cart. Location: Dallas, TX E-mail Address: jstrauss@cyberramp.net LEGO/home page URL(s): working on it. Marital Status: single Children: what?! and share my legos? Occupation: Vice-President and Tech-Guy (Web Design Studio) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Monday (3-30-98) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 40 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: maybe 10,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: Universal Building set (400) 1976 Favorite Theme(s): town Favorite Set(s): 4559 Cargo Railway Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): ? Set/theme you would like to see: Mindstorms or Remote control. Current LEGO Project: Sorting. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: making 'digging-through-Lego-bricks' sound at 3am does not bother girlfriend.(Is theat LEGO fame or GirlFriend fame???) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Artificial Life, Homebrew, Web Design, among many others.
From: datalinkjy@aol.com (DataLinkJY) Date: 3 Apr 1998 02:30:58 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Jesse Yanocha Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1983 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 Location: Pennsylvania E-mail Address: DataLinkJY@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Planning on having one. Marital Status: Single Children: Definitely not:-) Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Around 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: At least 35,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Some basic set, 577? Favorite Theme(s): Town/Train Favorite Set(s): Airport Shuttle/Alien Moon Stalker/Metroliner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Mailmen!!! Set/theme you would like to see: Trolley, electric points, lights, trains as good as the Metroliner, and the like. Current LEGO Projects: Working street lights, roundhouse, office buildings, houses, and what town would be complete without my almost complete working water fountain:-) Also I am enlarging my layout by 32 sq. ft. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Well I never did anything fantastic, but I did create a working trolley that goes back and forth on track through my town. I also made a space station once, too, but my interests went back to town so now I am trying to figure how to incorporate my space into town:-) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I enjoy playing tennis, squash (which believe it or not is actually pretty big where I live), video games, violin, and I also like to travel.
From: Karim Nassar <knassar@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 22:59:28 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Name: Karim Nassar Gender: male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Cary, North Carolina E-mail Address: knassar@mindspring.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www1.etymon.com/kn/lego.html (www1.etymon.com/kn/nest.html) Marital Status: Single Children: none Occupation: Designer, Business owner On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 600+ (been collecting since 4yrs old) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: collection fills 22 7gal. containers... do YOU want to count them? :) # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: inherited older brother's collection Favorite Theme(s): space Favorite Set(s): I don't do favorites very well... Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Model Team expanded to various themes (highly detailed spaceship models, castle models, etc..) Current LEGO Project: keeping the Pallas Spaceworks web site (http://www1.etymon.com/pallas/pallas.html) up-to-date... coming up with MOC designs to top things like the Landmate Mustang and the Phantom 4. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My highly detailed, desnse, and very complex models that push the bounds of the little ABS bricks; finding neat new uses for specialized pieces. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Aikido, Computers, Anime, Reading, and Writing
From: "colin" <burnman1@flash.net> Date: 3 Apr 1998 05:31:07 GMT Name: colin Gender: m Year of Birth: 11/10/75 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: whatever Location: dallas, tx E-mail Address: burnman1@flash.net LEGO/home page URL(s): non-existent Marital Status: married Children: 1 (2yrs boy) Occupation: pc helpdesk for Compucom, dallas tx On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: february 98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: untold # of Unopened Sets in Collection: can't fathom why anyone would _not_ open lego # of LEGO Pieces: five or six thousand? # of LEGOfests Attended: zero # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: zero First LEGO Set: pre-armed/facial features 2 minifig 3 section boat-- don't know set#/name-- either that or 375 yellow castle... logic decrees the primitive minifig set would come first, but yellow castle is the first i recall building Favorite Theme(s): pirates, castles, wild west Favorite Set(s): pre-designed sets don't last long in my house... Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): transparent minifig head Set/theme you would like to see: jrr tolkien castles subtheme? stephen king's _gunslinger_/_dark tower_ wild west subtheme... but i guess these are too specialized/can just as easy be fabricated by my fevered legoings as by TLG Current LEGO Project: nothing i create these past months (since dark ages) seems to last more than a week-- I NEED MORE LEGO Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: time jesum transeuntum et non riverentum Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: rpg's (role playing, not rocket propelled grenades) pc's, magic: the gathering, my two year old son who will one day inherit my legocy (sic), industrial music, the velvet underground/lou reed
From: nekosoft@NO-SPAM.eot.com (E. Johnson) Date: 3 Apr 1998 05:46:27 GMT Organization: [poster's organization not specified] Name: Erik O. Johnson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Crafty 12yo Location: Central Minnesota E-mail Address: nekosoft@SPAMTHIS.yahoo.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: None Children: Not yet Occupation: Nomad On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: zero (not counting what I bought today) # of LEGO Pieces: Step on about three each night # of LEGOfests Attended: not yet # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: just Mall of America First LEGO Set: some Classic Space rocket-sled Favorite Theme(s): Town + Space = Near Future Favorite Set(s): Double-decker Bus Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Red Divers gal now in UFO garb Set/theme you would like to see: Car Wars, James Bond Current LEGO Project: Get Bungie Blaster to fly Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Developing history for all themes when mixed together. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Travel, Music, Macs, Books
From: BLPJ57D@prodigy.com (Sinister Robots) Date: 3 Apr 1998 13:23:14 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Name: Migs Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Cannibalized for parts. Location: California E-mail Address: BLPJ57D@Prodigy.com LEGO/home page URL(s): The SwazzleWorks - pages.prodigy.com/Swazzle (under preliminary construction) Marital Status: Trying my damnedest to avoid that evil contraption. Children: See above. Occupation: Artist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~ 100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~ 20 # of LEGO Pieces: This I do not know. For those who demand an answer: many. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I don’t remember, my grandfather sent a few from Germany around 1974. I was heavily into Webble Wobbles at the time you must understand. Favorite Theme(s): Aqua, Space. Favorite Set(s): Black Knight. Bring back beaked helms and removable breast plates you cads! Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black 2x2 inverse convex sloped brick. Black Knight. Set/theme you would like to see: An ancient Egypt theme. An ancient Rome theme. Orcs. WWII armor including articulated tracks. A pirate ghost ship with a mermaid/siren figure. What I really want is a quasi Biblical Armageddon theme complete Jehovah, Lucifer, Jesus, and the Four Horsemen. I’d also want a minifigure set of guest stars including Gautama Buddha, Brahma, Allah, and everyone’s favorite intergalactic villain Xenu. Then I could finally put my town minifigures to use as peons running around in the carnage. A philosophers theme would be great too. Sartre could have his little Lego beret and coffee cup, Voltaire would have a contemptuous sneer, and of course Democritus would be included because he turned the universe into Legos. Current LEGO Projects: Legos are sidelined until I finish up a handful of other projects. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: When I was twelve, my friend and I were acting like typical bored gremlins during summer break when I came up with a brilliant idea. I tied the end of a spool of thread around an astronaut minifigure’s head and dubbed him Adventure Bob. Then my friend grabbed his parent's video and I slushed Bob down the toilet while narrating the brave voyage. After slushing the toilet 10 odd times, Bob decided he wanted to come up so I began rolling up the thread but then disaster struck. Bob was stuck in the pipes. I pulled too hard and the string broke sealing Bob’s fate in the watery grave. Mortified, we gathered the neighborhood kids together to watch the video and then held a funeral. Bob’s body was lost so we put the roll of thread in a box that acted as a coffin and sent it down the drainage gutter to it’s final resting place. In our hearts we like to believe that Bob was soon after freed from the pipes by a big wad of toilet paper and was sent out into the bay where he was rescued by a Coast Guard cutter. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Far too many to list. Painting, sculpture, philosophy, theology, history, plotting world domination, beach volley ball, drinking orange juice with ice cubes, gothic tales (not her flighty sister the gothic novel), new wave science fiction, mind control techniques, all things sardonically sinister and elegantly macabre, and explaining why the Monroe Doctrine should have been extended to the eastern hemisphere.
From: jaabo37@aol.com (JAABO37) Date: 4 Apr 1998 22:32:09 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Joseph Olson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 29/14 Location: Douglasville, GA E-mail Address: JAABO37@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s):http://members.aol.com/JAABO37/index.html Marital Status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: Hydro-sanitation engineer (garbage man) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 500+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 250+ # of LEGO Pieces: Maybe 125,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set: 435 Tipper Truck Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Trains Favorite Set(s): 6041 Armor Shop Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Roy Orbison look-a-like Set/theme you would like to see: Dinosaur Models Current LEGO Project: Getting basement finished with Lego room with work bench and play area Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 7th grade social studies project that used Legos, dominos, and electronic circuit. I won an award but I have no idea what it had to do with social studies. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I love spending time with my wife. Also like playing basketball, watching baseball, and riding bicycle.
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 22:52:45 -0700 From: Graham Renn <graham@natsume.com> Organization: MediaCity World Name: Graham Renn and LaNette White Gender: Male and Female Year of Birth: 1969 and 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: LaNette is around 16, and I am much, much younger. Location: California E-mail Address: graham@natsume.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Single Children: Cats only--they play with Legos, but don't put together the sets :) Occupation: Graham-Operations Manager/LaNette-Office Manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec. 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 145 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 42,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Hopefully the one in Carlsbad, CA when it is finished. First LEGO Set: Before Mini-figs...then a long, long break...and set 6335 Indy Transport to get me back into it. Favorite Theme(s): Town, Castle, Train Favorite Set(s): Far too many to list Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Amusement Park and buildings in a town. Current LEGO Project: Filling the whole house with Legos Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Finding a girlfriend that loves Legos as much as me...wait, is that good or bad :) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, Video Games, Movies and Traveling
From: "James Howse" <m3038872@hardy.ocs.mq.edu.au>
Date: 4 Apr 1998 06:54:43 GMT
Organization: Home
Name: James Howse
Gender: yes
Year of Birth: 1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: missing in Supermarket (possible in the
toy isle)
Location: Somewhere in Sydney, Australia. (Yes, Down Under)
E-mail Address: m3038872 at hardy dot ocs dot mq dot edu dot au
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: no
Children: no
Occupation: Student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan98
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200ish
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 'bout 16,000 cubic centimetres
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: what's a lego theme park?
First LEGO Set: something duploish I'd reckon
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirates, 12v trains, technic build
the new adventurers, ninja, Aquazone
Favorite Set(s): The Guarded inn!, The technic shuttle
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Royal King
Set/theme you would like to see: Town houseing project to give all the
police and racers homes... ;-)
Seriously though: return of the large hulled pirate boats
Current LEGO Project:techinc door alarm/intruder alert system
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: being kicked out of a building
contest for being to old :(
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Reading SF/fantasy
From: John Smith <defaultuser@domain.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 23:57:18 -0500
Organization: University of Cincinnati, ECE/CS News Server
Name:Clayton Berry
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15
Location: Cincinati, OH
E-mail Address: berryco@email.uc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.eng.uc.edu/~cdberry/
LEGO stuff can be found under Links->Entertainment
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: Student
Currently finishing masters at Univ. Cincinnati
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: April of 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~170
# of Unopened Sets in Collection:~20
# of LEGO Pieces: ~17,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: large basic set (shared with brother)
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Technic, Ice Planet, AZ, Model Team, Wild West
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Giant Tires
Set/theme you would like to see: The new Mindstorms!
Favorite Set(s): Heli/Rig Model Team set, Auto-chassis, KMF
Current LEGO Project: saving money to complete chess set
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: the ability to eat through almost any piece
ever made
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: wrestling, chess, languages
From: Tim Rueger <rueger@io.com> Date: 5 Apr 1998 13:56:20 GMT Organization: Tim and Shelley's Mac Name: Tim Rueger Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Austin, Texas, USA E-mail Address: rueger@io.com Marital Status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: Electrical engineer - analog chip designer On R.T.L. Since: January, 1994 Number of Sets in LEGO Collection: >250 Number of LEGO Pieces: >45,000 Number of Unopened Sets in Collection: <10 Number of LEGOfests Attended: 1 Number of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 135 Universal Building Set (1973) Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Wild West, 70's model sets Favorite Set(s): 8857 Motorcycle, 8880 Super Car, 565 Moon Landing Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 brick, in red Current LEGO Project: Scanning and restoring various decal sets. Also, generally tidying up my web pages, getting model photos scanned, etc. URL - http://www.io.com/~rueger/lego/ Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built the EKG machine from the 8888 Expert Builder Idea Book. Coined term "Retrostation" for the 2150 red Metrostation. I also know Fred Martin at the MIT Media Lab Learning and Epistemology group (creators of Lego/Logo and the Programmable Brick, soon to be sold as Lego Mindstorms). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Origami, Jazz, Film, Home Theater, maintaining our home page - http://www.io.com/~rueger/ -- Tim and/or Shelley Rueger - rueger "at" io.com WWW page: http://www.io.com/~rueger/
From: Kev Holmes <kev@lsai.com> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 10:45:27 +0100 Organization: BT Internet Name: Kev Holmes Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1960 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ~16 Location: Fleet, Hampshire E-mail Address: kev@lsai.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Not yet! (At least, nothing public...) Marital Status: Married Children: 1 girl (5), 1 boy (2) Occupation: Software consultant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 54 # of LEGO Pieces: Not sad enough to count them... # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 - Season ticket holder at Windsor (20+ visits) First LEGO Set: As a child? Can't remember. As a grown-up (sic), 725 (for house extension modelling...) Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Train, Pirates. I like Castles as well, and Town, and Model Team. And the Duplo Trains are cool too! Favorite Set(s): 5571, 8880, 5991, 6339 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeleton Set/theme you would like to see: Western train Current LEGO Project: 1. Animated Christmas display (gives me a chance of completing it on schedule!) 2. Set/price database for the Palm Pilot (Neat!) 3. Convincing the wife that we *really* that extra set... 4. Stopping the wife buying *more* monorail... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 1. Turned down the opportunity to buy 10,000 minifigs about 5 years ago... 2. Managed to buy a 2150 through US S@H, from the UK 3. First rtl'r to go on the Imagination Centre tour at Windsor (?) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Malt Whisky, Terry Pratchett, Iain (M) Banks, Lilliput Lane cottages, *real* beer.
From: carbon60@bigfoot.com (Carbon 60) Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 16:14:21 +0100 Organization: Densci Corp Enterprises Name: Carbon 60 :-) Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1980 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10.5-16.3 (depending on reality factor currently at 18/20) Location: Redditch, West Midlands, UK E-mail Address: carbon60@bigfoot.com LEGO - (not yet)/home page URL(s): http://thunder.prohosting.com/~carbon60 Marital Status: Single Children: Zero, apart from 2 trinary computers Occupation: Student studying A-Levels maths, physics and chemistry. On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb 98!! # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Almost all UK Space sets 1988 to present and quite a lot of town # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4 # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended: 2 one in Bristol, one in Milton Keynes both official LegoClub ones. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :( First LEGO Set: Probably a Shell Petrol Station around 1984 Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Space: 6987 Blacktron Star Base and 920? Rocket Base. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron Men Set/theme you would like to see: Proper Football stuff available in the UK with loads of teams and different stadiums incl. footy managers etc. Current LEGO Project: None, lack of time and bricks stops this, I am developing on paper a Advanced Passenger Train which tilts into the corners can't see whether it will ever get built though. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Err, none yet apart from finding loads of promotional sets going for 4 times the price I can get them for. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers generally, Indoor Football - I am a superkeeper, one of a rare breed. - Carbon 60 -=- The person from England We get Micro-Technic Sets and u don't! * UK Lego Mail Order: Busy-Bee: * * +44 (0)161 881 3906 * http://thunder.prohosting.com/~carbon60 I need 4547 and 6991!!
From: no@spam.please Date: Tue, 05 May 98 17:59:55 GMT Organization: University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, UK Name: Huw Millington Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: East Grinstead, W. Sussex, UK E-mail Address: hmillington@cix.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.pncl.co.uk/~huw Marital Status: Married Children: 2 girls: 5 and 3 Occupation: IT Services Manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Must be about 250 by now # of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 30 # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 - LEGOLand Windsor, 1995 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 First LEGO Set: Weetabix Castle? 1968? Favorite Theme(s): Technic, futuristic lines: Space, Aquazone Favorite Set(s): Space: Alienator and MIB, Technic: 8440 and 8460 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 6565 and 6564 the 3x3 cut-in-half diagonally bricks Set/theme you would like to see: ? Current LEGO Project: A fleet of submarines based on the new diagonal canopy holder used in the Hydronauts models. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: (1) Have corresponded with the designer of the Blacktron Alienator and other space sets of the era, who saw my "Blacktron Alienator home page". (2) 'Discovered' 6807. (3) Keeper of the 'Promotional LEGO set reference' Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: PC games, computers generally.
From: "David H. Whitten" <dr3dwhit@bellsouth.net> Organization: Whitten Appraisals Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 01:44:46 GMT Name:Drew Whitten Gender:M Year of Birth:1984 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:I don't know. Location:Noirth Alabama E-mail Address:drew_whitten@yahoo.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Hollow/1378/lego.html Marital Status:single Children:0 Occupation:student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:March 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:a lot # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0 # of LEGO Pieces:a whole lot # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set:Battering ram Favorite Theme(s):Town, ResQ, Pirate, castle, adventurers, Favorite Set(s):Central Precinct HQ Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):all my favorite! Set/theme you would like to see:Army Legos. and waiting for SW and ninja Current LEGO Project:sorting Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Turbo Cycle rules! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Girls, G.I.Joe, SW, basketball, www, working on my webpage
From: Scott <sjava@execpc.com> Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 20:52:42 -0500 Organization: Exec-PC BBS Internet - Milwaukee, WI Name: Scott Javoroski Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-14 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin E-mail Address: sjava@execpc.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Non-LEGO page at www.execpc.com/~sjava Marital Status: Engaged Children: 0 Occupation: Lotus Notes/Web/Systems Administrator On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 > # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 300 or so # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Yeah, right, like that'll ever happen # of LEGO Pieces: 50,000+/- # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Mall of America > First LEGO Set: 370 - Police Headquarters Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Pirate, Technic Favorite Set(s): 8480 - Space Shuttle & 8880 - Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Timmy ;-) Set/theme you would like to see: Ancient Greece/Rome (I want to see Incredible Cleavage Woman in a toga) Current LEGO Project: Finding room for all my sets, building tables for my trains Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Never went through a dark ages, I was just a geek for awhile :-) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, working out, playing sports
From: "Irving De la Cruz" <irvingd@microsoft.com> Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 12:21:48 -0700 Organization: Microsoft Name: Irving De la Cruz Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Ask my wife. Location: Duvall, WA E-mail Address: irvingd@microsoft.com or irvingd@halcyon.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None yet. Marital Status: Married Children: None Occupation: Software Design Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: February, 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 96 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15 # of LEGO Pieces: 50000++ # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Don't recall set number but was one of the LegoLand sets of the mid 1970's with the armless minifigs Favorite Theme(s): LegoTown Trains/Structures and large Techinic sets Favorite Set(s): 8459 (Pneumatic Loader) and 4565 (Freight Train) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pneumatic Pieces Set/theme you would like to see: More trains sets and big crane rigs for Technic line Current LEGO Project: Original strucutures and train cars and engines for future Lego train expo shows with the PNTLC. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None. (Yet :) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Off road driving, Mountain Biking, Water Skiing, Home Theather Afficionado.
From: Michael Dorneich <mcpd@uiuc.edu>
Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 13:35:20 -0500
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Name: Michael Dorneich
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Hiding while I finish my thesis
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
E-mail Address: mcpd@uiuc.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://tortie.me.uiuc.edu/~dorneich/lego/Elego2.html
Marital Status: Happily Married
Children: 0.67 (due in August)
Occupation: grad student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: > 350?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: > 50 (small ones for parts)
# of LEGO Pieces: My wife thinks its a million, I just wish it were true
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (but I saw Enfield!)
First LEGO Set: 425 Fork Lift
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Town, Trains
Favorite Set(s): 6339 Shuttle Launch Pad, 4558 MetroLiner
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Islander, Spyrius Robot
Set/theme you would like to see: More buildings with cool architectures
Current LEGO Project: Buying a house with an extra room for a LEGO town setup
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Got a letter form the LEGO Legal Department
about my "Everything LEGO" WWW page.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: wife, travel, photography, ultimate, parenthood
From: James Mathis <thakius@nmt.edu> Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 17:13:55 -0600 Organization: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Name: James Mathis Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of inner child: 12, when building :-) Location: Socorro, New Mexico, USA E-mail: thakius@nmt.edu or jmathis@arctic.nmt.edu Lego home page: http://www.ee.nmt.edu/~jmathis/legopage.html Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: graduate student, Physics On RTL: 1996 # of sets: approx. 430 # of unopened sets: approx. 5 # of LEGO pieces: approx. 60,000 # of LEGOfests attended: none # of LEGO theme parks visited: one, Billund First LEGO set: 430 Bi Plane Favorite theme: Town, Train Favorite set(s): 6391 Cargo Center Favorite piece/minifig: Lego Ambassador figure from removable key chain Sets/themes that I would like to see: Wild West Train, Court House, Current LEGO project: none, just finished monorail transit passenger station Greatest claim to LEGO fame: my LEGO town got a photo in my High School Yearbook Other intrests: bicycling, Marklin model trains, vintage SAAB automobiles, squash, hiking, camping.
From: "Jesse Long" <JesseL@hawaii.edu> Date: 01 May 1998 20:47:48 EDT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Name: Jesse Long Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of inner child: 35 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA E-mail: JesseL@hawaii.edu Lego home page: none Marital Status: engaged Children: none Occupation: graduate student, Asian Studeis On RTL: 1994 # of sets: 250+ # of unopened sets: 2 # of LEGO pieces: unknown # of LEGOfests attended: none # of LEGO theme parks visited: none First LEGO set: 542 Street Crew Favorite theme: Town, Train Favorite set(s): many Favorite piece/minifig: Blacktron I Sets/themes that I would like to see: the return of real town sets Current LEGO project: listing my collection Greatest claim to LEGO fame: none Other intrests: my fiancee, volunteering at the Humane Society, studying Chinese
Organization: Fibblesnork Software From: lehman@visi.com (Todd Lehman) Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 22:48:11 GMT Name: Todd Lehman Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-16 Location: Boston, USA E-mail Address: LEGO/home page URL(s): www.fibblesnork.com, www.auczilla.com Marital Status: Engaged to be married Children: 0 Occupation: Software Developer & LEGO parts sales On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1993 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~250 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~10 # of LEGO Pieces: ~35,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: late 1960's bucket of some sort Favorite Theme(s): Space (Blacktron I, Space Police I, M:Tron, Futuron, classic space, Unitron, Spyrius, etc.), Aquazone (Aquanauts, Hyrdonauts), Adventurers, Forestmen, DUPLO dinos, Fabuland figs Favorite Set(s): 6954, 6989, 6941, 6986, 6876, 6886, 6939, 6987, 6925, 6895, 6769, 5988, 4558, 6080, 6071, 6077, 6074, 2605, 8226, 8417, 6390, 6383, 6285 Models by Jeremy Sproat, Terry Keller, Eric Brok, Joseph Gonzalez, Paul Gyugyi, Ed Boxer, Suzanne Rich, and many, many others Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): all / Blacktron I minifig & UFO minifigs Set/theme you would like to see: Heavy construction machinery Current LEGO Project: LUGNET; mining colony/space habitat Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: AucZILLA series of auction Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: software projects, drawing, writing, extreme-garlic cooking, classic video games
From: jteulon <jteulon@caminos.recol.es> Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 20:47:35 -0600 Organization: Telefonica Transmision de Datos Name: Javier Teulon Ramirez Gender: M Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 aprox Location: Madrid, Spain E-mail Address: jteulon@caminos.recol.es LEGO/home page URL(s): www.fibblesnork.com, www.auczilla.com Marital Status: Even my girlfriend wonders Children: 0 Occupation: Civil Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: A couple of months(Jan 1998) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50 may be more (Castle) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: I have tried, but I opened all of them # of LEGO Pieces: No idea, I promise I will count them. # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Legoland Windsor (the only visitor that they without children) First LEGO Set: Now, 6022, the first one I had don't remember, the first I remember, that hospital with the minifigs without arms. Favorite Theme(s): CASTLE,CASTLE,CASTLE Favorite Set(s): 6086,6074,6067 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black Knights Set/theme you would like to see: Medieval town, Roman Empire, anything before 1500 A.C. Current LEGO Project: Waiting for the Dark Forest sets to arrive( The postmen are on strike here) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Don't tell anybody, but when I was eight I lost my whole Lego town when moving to a new house.(It was not my fault) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: History, travelling, basketball, eating while someone cooks...
From: Division of Market Studies <osas@erols.com> Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 07:02:11 -0700 Organization: Food and Drug Administration Name: David Zorn Gender: M Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: NA Location: Northern VA E-mail Address: lighthouse@tropicalstorm.com Marital Status: Married Children: 2 Occupation: Economist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~25 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~5 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: small car back in late 60s/early 70s Favorite Theme(s): Exploriens, Aquanauts, Divers Favorite Set(s): 6441, Crystal Explorer Set/theme you would like to see: a) Large Transport Helicopter; b) Larger Autos with Side-by-side minifig seating (bigger than current Adventurer models); c) Jet Fighters Current LEGO Project: Rebuilding per Instructions rather than own creations
From: WhatsamattaU@multi.org Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 10:21:25 -0500 Organization: Inc.Net http://www.inc.net Name: Larry Andersen Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1950 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14-16 Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin E-mail Address: larry@merge.com (work) neonglass@earthlink.net (home) LEGO/home page URL(s): Under construction Marital Status: Triad Children: 1 daughter at 27 and one grandson at 2 (Duplo galore) Wait until he gets old enough for System! Occupation: Software engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40 (Almost all are Technic) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 (Pirates waiting for granson to age) # of LEGO Pieces: 20,000+/- # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: 722 - Universal Building Set (Cars) Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains, Space Favorite Set(s): 8480, 8880, 8868 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Micromotor Set/theme you would like to see: Return of the monorails Current LEGO Project: #5571 Monster Big Rig, display shelving Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Flying (Conventional & Ultralights), Synthesizers, Computers, camping, polyamory.
From: kelley01@tima.com Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 09:27:49 -0600 Organization: Kiva Networking Name: Brian Kelley Gender: M Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Im growing up real quick (see "Children:") Location: Bedford, Indiana (formerly Minneapolis, MN) E-mail Address: kelley01@tima.com LEGO/home page URL(s): hopefully my brother will have one soon :) Marital Status: Living with Girlfriend Children: Experiencing pregnancy with my girlfriend (our child is due in the fall) Occupation: bum for the past two weeks.... i hope to be working soon On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: im not exactly sure but i know it has been several years # of Sets in LEGO Collection: collectively (my brother and i) it should be around 950-1000 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 350??? # of LEGO Pieces: several # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: either the bi-plane or ??? police units soemthing like that Favorite Theme(s): Fabuland, town, will be ninja's as well pretty soon here Favorite Set(s): geesh... it changes by day... but right now it is the worldcup sets Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Infomaniac (hands down) then my next choice would be the black Fabuland bear Set/theme you would like to see: More sports related, realistic stuff...higher quality design....we are aware that the quality of the plastic/process is good, lets seee realism and quality to the design!!! houses!!! etc etc... Current LEGO Project: worrying about how im ever going to afford to buy LEGO again with a child on the way!! (even though that makes a better excuse to buy LEGO now :)) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: huh??? i gotta have a claim to lego fame??? no actually it would be obtaining our Fabuland and our Castle collections by buying selling and trading continually Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: right now it is all i can do to focus on our pregnancy, etc... but i am very much interested in architecture and classic cars
From: "Jonathon Goldsworthy" <jgold@cableinet.co.uk> Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 22:11:49 +0100 Organization: "Cable Internet (post doesn't reflect views of Cable Internet)" Name: Jonathon Goldsworthy Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1964 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-25 Location: Warminster, Wiltshire, UK E-mail Address: jgold@cableinet.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): Not yet Marital Status: Married Children: 1 girl aged 4 Occupation: Software Consultant / Technical Account Manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: >230 (looking forward to the soccer sets increasing this number) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 23 # of LEGO Pieces: >52000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (Will be: "1 - LEGOLand Windsor, 1998" in 5 days time) First LEGO Set: I can't remember, I was very young. I was in my "dark-ages" until 9 years ago, when I bought 8865 closely followed by 8862. Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Town, Train Favorite Set(s): Technic: 8868 & 8880, Town: 6542, Train: 4558, Model Team: 5571 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Piece: ?, Minifig: Chef Set/theme you would like to see: Set: Detailed V8 with working overhead camshafts, valves etc., Theme: ? Current LEGO Project: None :-( Maybe one day a large station along the lines of Will Chapman's KRR Junction. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Nothing really. I've supplied a couple of scans to Huw Millington. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: PC games, classic cars, whisky and vintage port.
From: "Patrick R. Gili" <pgili@avici.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 14:31:22 -0400
Organization: The Internet Access Company, Inc.
Name: Patrick R. Gili
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1964
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location: Westford, MA
E-mail Address: gili_pat@ix.netcom.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): currently none (plans are forming)
Marital Status: married
Children: Alex (5), Zachary (3)
Occupation: Computer Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 05/12/98
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~250
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4 (but not for long)
# of LEGO Pieces: ~50,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: 565, Moon Landing
Favorite Theme(s): Space and Aquazone
Favorite Set(s): 6876, Blacktron Alienator
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): pneumatic pieces,
satellite disk pieces (from Exploriens),
long canopies (all colors),
shock absorbers,
"Code Pilot", and soon RTX.
Set/theme you would like to see: 1) A whole theme based on the Alien movies.
2) A line of Technic construction vehicles
(starting with 8459, Front-End Loader)
Current LEGO Project: VR Lego, a virtual-reality Lego environment,
imagine building Lego projects using your
hands in a virtual reality (hint, you never
find yourself wanting for a piece, they are
all right there in front of you, in infinite
quantity).
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: When attempting to build a model rocket
out of Legos, proceeded to blow the rocket
up with such force that some of the Lego
pieces floated to the ground in the form
of cellophane like bits of plastic.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Hiking and playing with my children,
drinking vodka, and reading and viewing
material on the Man's space programs,
and writing software.
From: keep-imabrit-spamfree@earthlink.net (Darrell)
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 00:08:59 -0700
Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc.
Name: Darrell Klotzbach
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1967
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 - 16
Location: San Rafael, CA
E-mail Address: imabrit@earthlink.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): None Currently (hope to start soon)
Marital Status: Single
Children: None (OINK - One Income No Kids)
Occupation: Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: April 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: A lot!
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4 and shrinking fast
# of LEGO Pieces: Too many to count now
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None (but definitely going to be rectified)
First LEGO Set:
Don't remember (too young) but distinctly remember a little police car that
must have been a promo set.
Favorite Theme(s):
Technic, Mindstorms (when available), Castle, Pirates, Trains
Favorite Set(s):
Expect 8480 Space Shuttle once it's built
8459 Pneumatic Front End Loaded currently.
Also like the classic space sets
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
pneumatics, soon RTX
Set/theme you would like to see:
Star Wars - oh yeah, that's already been announced.
Indiana Jones
Continuation of Castle, Pirates, and Trains.
More of the big Technic sets like Super Car and Space Shuttle
Set(s) Most Wanted List:
8880 Super Car
8460 Pneumatic Crane Truck
Mindstorm Sets
Soccer/World Cup sets - especially with the English players
Current LEGO Project:
Was building an hanging shelf made only of Lego and a little bit of wire for
cubicle wall, until I finished a couple of days ago. Now it displays other
Lego sets quite impressively. Now the current project is getting caught up
on sets recently purchased but haven't put together yet.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
Still have (or have access to) EVERY lego set I've ever had from real
childhood to now.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
Soccer (football to the rest of the world), hiking, camping, biking,
computers, photography, travelling, kids
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From: Mr L F Braun <braunli1.nospam@pilot08.msu.edu> Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 02:48:48 -0500 Organization: Hierarchial Name: Lindsay Frederick Braun Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9-12 Location: New Brunswick, NJ, USA E-mail Address: remote the "nospam" from the header LEGO/home page URL(s): None Currently (hope to start soon) Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: PhD Candidate, History On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: over 300 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 50-60 # of LEGO Pieces: So many, they're furniture. # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: The moon landing set from 1975...#110 or something? Favorite Theme(s): Classic space, Blacktron I, Exploriens, Imperial Guards. Favorite Set(s): Galaxy Explorer, the oldie-but-goodie. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I space fellows, Imperial Guards soldiers, and the black Classic Space astronauts. Set/theme you would like to see: Victorians. I see the Victorianesque Playmobil (gasp!) sets in the store and imagine them as LEGO. I'd also like to see *grey* Wild West soldiers; American Civil War sets! Complete with plantation houses for your W. T. Sherman minifig to burn as he marches to the sea! Set(s) Most Wanted List: 5988 Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins. Current LEGO Project: Complete my late-1890s colonial harbour. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I'm not sure, but when I get pictures up, I've finished a 6'5" replica of a WWI Royal Navy first-generation battlecruiser. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: History, British and South African; line art; palaeontology; long road trips; "twist" soft- serve ice cream with cherry dip.
From: Michael Huffman <mhuffman@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 03:06:15 -0400
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Michael Huffman
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1970
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10-12
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
E-mail Address: mhuffman@mindspring.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.mindspring.com/~mhuffman/lego.html
Marital Status: Single
Children: 0
Occupation: Computer consultant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan. 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 130+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 80+
# of LEGO Pieces: 10,000+ (Conservative estimate...)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: 460 (I think...)
Favorite Theme(s): Caslte & Pirate
Favorite Set(s): Castle: 6024 Bandit Ambush & Pirate: 6279 Skull Island
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Brown 1x5x4 step arch with 5x6
green leaf.
Set/theme you would like to see: More forestmen & pirate sets
Current LEGO Project:
Building sets that I have instructions for from a big lot of
Lego's I recently bought. A large Pirate island.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None so far.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: People have interest (and time) out side
of LEGO? :)
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 09:26:20 -0400
From: Austin David <austin@ModusOperandi.com>
Organization: Modus Operandi, Inc.
Name: Austin David
Gender: "Sex" (words have "gender;" people have "sex") Male
Year of Birth: 1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8-12, maybe a little more for Technic (love the cars)
Location: Melbourne, FL
E-mail Address: Austin@ModusOperandi.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet, sorry
Marital Status: Single
Children: you mean "child." Yes, I am.
Occupation: Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Emergence from dark ages. March?
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ?? 13 or so, since dark ages. No idea
how many before
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Yeah, right.
# of LEGO Pieces: ?? 5-10k
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: ?? Town? Formula Flash, since dark ages
Favorite Theme(s): Technic & Pirates
Favorite Set(s): Space Shuttle? Supercar? RBR? Armada Flagship?
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): sorry, only have pirates. Like the little
conquistadors, though.
Set/theme you would like to see: How 'bout "new world" (adjacent to
pirates) -- colonies
and things
Current LEGO Project: Sailboats / ships. Cutting custom sailcloth
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: umm... uhh... ??
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I live on a boat.
From: evad44@aol.com (Evad44) Date: 05 Jun 1998 22:59:23 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Wayne Jarvis Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1978 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 19?? Location: MA E-mail Address: Evad44@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: taken Children: 0 Occupation: Lego collecter On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: alot # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: what kinda ? is this, want me to count? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 375 Yellow castle Favorite Theme(s): Town, pirates, castle, ninja Favorite Set(s): Black monarchs castle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): alien minifigs and ninja. Set/theme you would like to see: Amusment park Current LEGO Project: collecting ninja Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: What? Wayne Jarvis, Lego collector
From: Dan Campbell <campbd@email.uc.edu> Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 21:13:07 -0700 Organization: University of Cincinnati, ECE/CS News Server Name: Dan Campbell Gender: M Year of Birth: 75 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: (add the 7, carry the two...) 22 Location: Fairfield, OH E-mail Address: campbd@email.uc.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none (sounds like a good idea...) Marital Status: Pff... Single Children: Yes, I R 1 Occupation: student (Computer Science) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: On & off since 95, when I peeked in on a dead ATL :( # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Hmm. Haven't counted. 20, maybe? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Rats. Opened 8225 yesterday. # of LEGO Pieces: Say again? I just bought 2 buckets-worth at the flea market. More than 2000... # of LEGOfests Attended: What's that? # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :( First LEGO Set: 1 space fig a friend in 3rd grade gave me -- it blew wide open after that :) Favorite Theme(s): Space & Technic Favorite Set(s): Polar Chopper! Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): "Snake bendy-arm thingie" / Slammers teal Technic fig Set/theme you would like to see: All-translucent pieces. Prob'ly a space vehicle, but any theme really. Current LEGO Project: Hmm. Finding a canon that fires, waiting for Ninja, and acquiring mass snake bendy-arm thingies :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Umm, a paintball gun for a Technic fig? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Transformers, Lego, Transformers, and... Siberian Huskies :)
From: Tom Roberts <toroberts@sprintmail.com> Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 19:56:48 -0700 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Tom Roberts Gender: male Year of Birth:1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13-14 Location: Beaverton Or E-mail Address:toroberts@sprintmail.com/dtrippy1@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: married Children: one Occupation: tech support On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: last week # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 15-16 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0, havn't had the funds to buy extras.. # of LEGO Pieces: too many to count # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0, soon to be 1 First LEGO Set: one of the original space bases.. cant rember the set # Favorite Theme(s): technic Favorite Set(s): tec shuttle and super car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):pnumatics Set/theme you would like to see: technic meccas Current LEGO Project: possible star fury Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: chain mail(armor, not letters)
From: Jeff Elliott <jeffe@deletethis.interlog.com> Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 01:53:45 -0400 Organization: Interlog Internet Services Name: Jeff Elliott Gender: Male Year of Birth: 72 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 10 / Vibrant Location: Toronto, Ontario E-mail Address: jeffe @ interlog.com LEGO/home page URL(s): broken at present (sigh) Marital Status: Married (Lego spouse) Children: 0 Occupation: Programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Approx. 550 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4 (Skull's Eye & 3 Shuttles) # of LEGO Pieces: 90,000 +- 8,000 (last count was 3 years ago, estimated since by box count) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (Do those look like Perl comments to anyone else?) First LEGO Set: Classic Space Missile Launcher Trailer Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Basic Favorite Set(s): 8480 Space Shuttle; 725 Basic Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 brick (by usage), Micromotor (by usefulness) Set/theme you would like to see: Big, Sprawling Space Stations Current LEGO Project: Train Drawbridge; Corporate Logo; Large spaceship Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 6,714-piece life-sized Relief of Bride & Groom (used as decoration at wedding) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Roleplaying, Storytelling, Computers Note that my reply-to address is mangled; remove the 'deletethis' to reach me!
From: scooter@b61683.cwru.edu (David M. Lukens) Date: 5 Jun 1998 17:39:48 GMT Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA) Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: David "Scooter" Lukens Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Pickerington, OH (permanent) usu. Cleveland, OH (school) E-mail Address: DML6@PO.CWRU.EDU LEGO/home page URL(s): (soon to be) http://sclwww.scl.cwru.edu/~dml6 Marital Status: single Children: nope Occupation: student (computer engineering/robotics) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~200 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: ~18000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: unfortunately none First LEGO Set: a little grey space plane like thing (can't remember much) Favorite Theme(s): space Favorite Set(s): anything technic or space related Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): sloped bricks, and the MIT 6.270 handy board Set/theme you would like to see: technic stuff with more parts Current LEGO Project: some lego robotics, controlled stuff (masters project work) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I once built a model boat that was about 6 ft. long and very detailed. Hopefully I'll get some pictures back soon. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, electronics, programming, computer networking, Unix systems, robotics, scada systems, stunt kites, model rockets, ham radio(kc8agz), movies, jazz, and music.
From: mattdm@disco.tln.net (Matthew Miller) Date: 5 Jun 1998 16:26:33 GMT Organization: Boston University Name: Matthew Miller Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 23/still alive Location: Boston, MA E-mail Address: mattdm@mattdm.org LEGO/home page URL(s): non-lego -- http://quotes-r-us.org Marital Status: To be married August 15. She loves Lego too. Children: Give us several years Occupation: Information Technology - Systems Administrator On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Uh, 1997 sometime. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: dozens, but not hundreds of dozens. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Zero. I mean, c'mon. # of LEGO Pieces: no idea at all. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 485 (firetruck with extension ladder). I may have had some sets before this, but that's the first I remember clearly. Favorite Theme(s): _Real_ Castle & Space. Technic too. Favorite Set(s): It's gonna be Mindstorms. Right now, I like lots and lots. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I think the differential is pretty cool. Set/theme you would like to see: _Real_ town sets: schools, shops, etc. Current LEGO Project: waiting for mindstorms Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: yeah just you wait. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, palmpilot, music (Poster Children!), new media, bad movies, good movies, neal stephenson (The Big U), more.
From: the Dragonn <rdragonn@gte.net> Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 12:00:31 -0400 Organization: Web Page under construction Name: Kellie Gallagher Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1961 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 25 and holding Location: Pennsylvania E-mail Address: rdragonn@gte.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: married Children: 2 Occupation: home body/netsales On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 40 # of LEGO Pieces: 20,000 est # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: :( none First LEGO Set: Majisto's Tower Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): Royal Knights Castle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Castle Walls/King Set/theme you would like to see: Castle/Middle East/Arabian Current LEGO Project: Sorting a large collection! trying to build them all Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Research Lover on Old sets! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Too many to list! legomom
From: "SideOut" <no.spam.sideout@micron.net> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 18:29:50 -0600 Organization: Micron Internet Services Name: Matthew G. Howell Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Nampa, Idaho E-mail Address: mhowell@micron.net / sideout@micron.net LEGO/home page URL(s): N/A Marital Status: Married Children: One Occupation: System Administrator On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 60 (or so) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None (I've tried, I've really tried...) # of LEGO Pieces: Lots # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: A little dumptruck...sometime in 1976 or 1977 Favorite Theme(s): Space (all subthemes) Favorite Set(s): Hmmm... so many to choose from... almost any space set Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Rocket pods Set/theme you would like to see: Reissues of older space sets Current LEGO Project: Building the all of my space sets to display Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers and computer gaming, volleyball, music, yardwork, reading, movies
From: "David Lawrence" <steinberger@worldnet.att.net> Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 16:04:36 -0500 Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Name:Heidi Steinberger Gender: F Year of Birth:1953 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 35/9 Location: New York E-mail Address: Steinberger@worldnet.att.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Married Children: 3 Occupation: Artist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50-100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:2 # of LEGO Pieces: between 7-10,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set: Didn't have lego as a kid (check YOB). Favorite Theme(s): Fabuland, Castle, Adventurers Favorite Set(s): 5918 Scorpion Tracker--small set, Great pieces Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Adventurers car interior/castle maiden Set/theme you would like to see: Maybe 30s/40s stuff--expand on some of the adventurers pieces and come up with some sort of retro-town theme. Current LEGO Project: Finding new hiding places for my collection (my kids have their own lego--i don't like to share mine--i will when they get bigger). Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Throwing a cool lego party for my son's 8th birthday. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Bicycling, drawing, painting, folk dancing, knitting, sewing, whatever.
From: tsangc@ecf.toronto.edu (Calum Thomas Tsang) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 08:44:40 GMT Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility Name: Calum Tsang Gender: Male Year of Birth: 77 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 2 Location: Toronto, Ontario E-mail Address: tsangc@ecf.utoronto.ca LEGO/home page URL(s): www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~tsangc Marital Status: Single, LSO Children: None Occupation: Systems Dev. Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: It was called ATL. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 160+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5-10 # of LEGO Pieces: 16000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Galaxy Explorer Favorite Theme(s): Train and Town Favorite Set(s): 4558 Metroliner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Train people Set/theme you would like to see: Extremely cheap Train hardware Current LEGO Project: Small diesel shunter for 9V Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Speaks to TRU managers. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Television production.
From: Elf <elf@nospam.intervett.no> Date: 04 Jun 1998 08:00:35 +0200 Organization: The 3 sacred O's Reply-To: elf@nobacon.intervett.no Name: Elf Gender: Male-elf Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 25 (I'll never grow up) Location: Oslo, Norway E-mail Address: elf@intervett.no LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.mo.himolde.no/~elf/ Marital Status: Girlfriend Children: My gf has a son Occupation: Programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995-1996 & 1997-now # of Sets in LEGO Collection: several hundred # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 12V lego train motor # of LEGO Pieces: thousands # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: A red car with a white camper sometime in the 70's Favorite Theme(s): Lego 12V trains, town, classic space Favorite Set(s): 12 V trains Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 12V lightning brick Set/theme you would like to see: Improved town and return of 12V trains Current LEGO Project: Building a new town around my big train station Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Second place in the norwegian building championship in 85 Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Writing, acting, music and computers
From: Dickinson <markcd@swbell.net> Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 21:52:09 -0500 Organization: Southwestern Bell Internet Services, Richardson, TX Name: Christopher Dickinson Gender:Male Year of Birth:1986 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:12 Location:Derby, KS E-mail Address:markcd@swbell.net LEGO/home page URL(s):none (hopefully soon) Marital Status:single Children:none Occupation:nothing, thanks to summer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Summer 1997, looking for 6973 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:??-around 50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0 # of LEGO Pieces:well over 1000 # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set:Freestyle set Favorite Theme(s):Space/Aquazone Favorite Set(s):6973 Deep Freeze Defender(don't have it yet) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Insectiods/UFOs Set/theme you would like to see: Collecters edition Lego/Blacktron III Current LEGO Project:Space Fighters/Holotronian base Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Holotronian Base Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:NINTENDO!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: "Scabbed Monkey" <scabbedmonkey@mailcity.com> Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 17:14:24 -0500 Organization: LAPTOP Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Matt Findlay Gender: Male Year of Birth: The Government hasent told me yet Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Not born yet Location: Monticello, IL E-mail Address: ekeneve@pdnt.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single :( Children: I dont know how many minifigs I have... Occupation: Nothing, its summer! On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: bout Feb 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~75 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: ~10-15,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: something basic Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train, Space Favorite Set(s): Retrostation! Car Transport Wagon Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Mail Boxes/letters/packages, train guys Set/theme you would like to see: Trains(I dont consider the current one anything but junk) Current LEGO Project: Building up my town, Fixing up my train Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Most Legos in my area Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers
From: drgrant@ziplink.net Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 06:40:29 GMT Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Name: Mike Capone Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1979 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12? Location: Massachusetts E-mail Address: drgrant@ziplink.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Computer Service On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: On and off since 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown, at least 30-40, many dismantled # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: many thousands # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: Motorcycle Shop? Favorite Theme(s): Town Favorite Set(s): Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Guy with black shirt, black hat, blue pants. Also like the construction equipment I built... Set/theme you would like to see: Large Railroad. Current LEGO Project: Getting my own place so I can set up my town again! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Developing military aircraft and boats from common sets; Antiaircraft Guns... also developed an "open" large bar/restaurant on one of those giant grey baseplates. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: CB, Scanners, Ham Radio, shortwave..... Computers....
From: "John VanZwieten" <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 13:02:31 -0500 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: John VanZwieten Jr. Gender: M Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 Location: Springfield, IL USA E-mail Address:john_vanzwieten@msn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: M Children: 3 (7,2,1) Occupation: Legislative Analyst On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 5/98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 55 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0 # of LEGO Pieces: Never Counted # of LEGOfests Attended: # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:1 (Denmark) First LEGO Set: 588 Police Headquarters Favorite Theme(s): Classic Space, Space Police 1, M-Tron Favorite Set(s): 928 Galaxy Explorer Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1/4 Dome, Turntables/Blacktron 1 Minifig Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars, Army Current LEGO Project: Star Destroyer Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Wrote letter to Lego just after Star Wars release suggesting they do a Star Wars theme. They wrote me back saying they just don't do that sort of thing:) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: basketball, politics, live jazz
From: "Patrick R. Gili" <pgili@avici.com> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 10:49:31 -0400 Organization: The Internet Access Company, Inc. Name: Robin Glover Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: urmm... Location: Oxfordshire, UK E-mail Address: robin at met dot rdg dot ac dot uk LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: married in all but name Children: 3 cats Occupation: University Research Fellow On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May '98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: unknown (50-100?) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: many # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1, windsor First LEGO Set: first I can remember clearly was a black/yellow racing car Favorite Theme(s): Technic,Train Favorite Set(s): 4565 Freight train Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): pneumatics Set/theme you would like to see: boxes of plain bricks/plates again. more trains #8460? Pnuematic truck left over in a shop somewhere... Current LEGO Project: Sorting bricks into some sort of order. Building train track crossovers Trying to find a source of 37.5mm model railway track to see if it works with lego trains... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Cycling, Cricket, Computing, Pets
From: "Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> Reply-To: srich@baseplate.com Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 22:56:50 GMT Name: Suzanne D. Rich Year of Birth: 1970 Location: Massachusetts, Cambridge area E-mail Address: suz@baseplate.com LEGO/home page URL(s): baseplate.com, lugnet.com, auczilla.com Marital Status: engaged to Todd Lehman :-) Children: cat and garden are enough Occupation: illustrator, LEGO pusher On R.T.L Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: a few hundred # of Unopened Sets in Collection: about a dozen # of LEGO Pieces: beyond 100,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none yet # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: hoping for CA as a honeymoon stop. First LEGO Set: old Samsonite set, 021 Favorite Theme(s): Train, MOCs, 9v Computer Control LEGO/LOGO Favorite Set(s): 725, 4552 Cargo Crane, 4554 Metro Sta, 9364 DACTA hosp Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):garage doors, Ice Planet FM head Set/theme you would like to see: architecture kits, peasant village Current LEGO Project: drawing up plans for minifig-scale homes based on classic American domestic architecture. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My minifigs created their own ISP, Legopolis Online, for access to the web. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading non-fiction (architecture, suburban planning, biomechanics, ethology), perennial gardening.
From: matthewv@digital.net (Matthew Verdier) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 14:30:01 GMT Organization: Florida Online Name: Matthew Verdier Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 ish Location: Orlando, FL, USA E-mail Address: matthewv@digital.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://ddi.digital.net/~matthewv/mjvhome.html Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: Electrical Engineer/Programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Don't remember exactly, sometime in 94? # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 120, not counting gray brick packs and roof brick packs # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 100,000? hard to estimate once you get past a certain point # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 on July 22cd , 1998 at the LIC # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Don't remember Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): 5145, gray bricks (I have over 100 brick packs with 30 more coming on Thursday Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I hate minifigs, I pretty much just throw them into a bucket Set/theme you would like to see: Brick packs of arches in a variety of sizes and colors, roof bricks in colors, good quality sets with Greco-Roman architecture Current LEGO Project: My largest Cathedral ever, probably a total of 12000 pieces. I ran out of arches, and the sets with pieces I need to finish it should show up Thursday Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Back when conversations were the rule on RTL and auction annoucments were the exception, we used to talk about what we would do with 10000 gray 2x4 bricks. I seem to have some hope of being able to answer that question soon Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Architecture, archealogy, ancient cultures, studying social trends, drawing, reading, playing computer games, movies, etc.
From: DragonElf1 <dragonelf1@aol.com> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:41:43 -0400 Organization: NOAA Resource Development Center Name: Jeff Stembel Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1979 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10-12 Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA (Suburb of DC) E-mail Address: Dragonelf1@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Yet Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: Student, Part time job with NOAA On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 7/98(Newbie!!) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~300 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 50,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1, Billund First LEGO Set: a small Basic Set with those old square 1-piece people Favorite Theme(s): Town (includes Train), Castle, Adventurers Favorite Set(s): 6390 Main Street, 6698? RV with Speedboat Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): A knight I fully decked out Set/theme you would like to see: Residential and Commercial Town Sets, Ancient OR Adventurers exploring Greek, Roman ruins Etc. Current LEGO Project: Diver stuff, Town stuff Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Visiting Legoland, Billund Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Reading
From: chuckcottrill@mindspring.com (Chuck Cottrill)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 06:27:56 GMT
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
Name: Chuck Cottrill
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1960
Mental Age/etc: It's never too late to have a happy childhood
Location: Woodstock, Georgia (just north of Atlanta)
Email Address: chuckcottrill@mindspring.com
URL(s): none
Marital Status: married
Children: 3 (born in 1991, 1993, 1997)
Occupation: Software Designer
On R.T.L: since: late 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 250+ sets, 50-100 polybags
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 200+ (no room)
# of LEGO Pieces: boatloads
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set:
Favorite Theme(s): castle, pirate
Favorite Set(s): 6024, 6074, 6251
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): piece-sword, minifig-black falcon
Set/theme you would like to see: napoleonic war, revolutionary war,
WW2, dante's inferno/purgatorio/paradisio, ancients (roman,
egyptian, greek), dark ages, churches+mosques+temples, tolkien.
minifigs with elbows and knees, horses with hips, town minifigs
with grey and blue suits, bring back smileys. believable hair!
Current LEGO Project: lego-based wargame for castle, pirate, and
other 'low-tech' combat.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: my children, gaming, live action role
playing, world domination
From: "Laura Crow" <arielle@flash.net> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 22:07:03 -0500 Name: Laura Crow Gender: F Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ???? Location: Houston, TX E-mail Address: Arielle@flash.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.flash.net/~arielle Marital Status: happily married :) Children: 1 cat and 1 husband Occupation: High School Teacher On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 (?) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 130+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 30 (give or take a few) # of LEGO Pieces: ???? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 :( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :( First LEGO Set: 6054 - Forestmen's Hideout (Castle) Favorite Theme(s): Castle (of course) :) Favorite Set(s): Any and all Forestmen (new and old) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Fright Knight's Witch, Black Dragon Set/theme you would like to see: ???? Current LEGO Project: Organizing, cleaning, and displaying my sets Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ???? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer, country dancing, husband
From: Thomas Main <main@conrad.appstate.edu>
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 16:16:16 -0500 (EST)
Name: Thomas Main
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8
Location: Boone, North Carolina
E-mail Address: main@appstate.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://main.nc.us/~tmain/brickenplate/
Marital Status: Married
Children: 0
Occupation: Library Assistant
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Ever Increasing :)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Usually under 5
# of LEGO Pieces: ??
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: A bag of miscellaneous Lego that had belonged to my
sister
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train, Technic
Favorite Set(s): 7740 Passenger Train, 6399 Airport Shuttle, 398 U.S.S.
Constellation, 6383 Public Works Center
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 brick
Infomaniac minifig's face
Set/theme you would like to see: Civic Theme for Town
(Library, Courthouse,
Museum, Public Park)
Current LEGO Project: Holding Lego auctions, Building a modular Lego
town (big town, small space), Creating a Lego webpage.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Seeing a large "riverboat" model and a
large castle/town model on display at a retailer years ago
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computing, Reading, Outdoors (hiking,
swimming)
From: rwright@pcsedu.com
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:18:59 -0600
Name: Richard Mussler-Wright ( "Weird Richard" )
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1963
Mental age/status of inner child: Infinate
Location: Boise Idaho
E-mail address: rwright@pcsedu.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.weirdrichard.com/weird.htm
www.pcsedu.com
Marital status: Married to Marlene (also a big LEGO fan).
Children: None.
Occupation: Teacher.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994 ( off and on lurking about )
# of sets in LEGO collection: About 200
# of LEGO pieces: Not enough.
# of LEGOfests Attended: I have hosted several but none outside the school.
First LEGO set: Technic Power Pack
Favorite theme(s): Anything Dacta...Technics, Town and Country.
Favorite set(s): Dacta Pnuematics.
Favorite Piece(s) Freespinning 16 spur gear...the "old" differential housing,
translucent light bricks!
Current projects: (1) Replicating all of the Exploratoriums "Illusions"
exhibits;
(2) Build a belly dancing robot
(3) A giant Halloween monster
(4) Getting the "tootbot" to work ( grr grr ) :(
(5) Build a fiberoptic network using Lego elements
( I have 2 PC interfaces and 30 feet of fiberoptic cable...
the goal is to type characters and have them recieved and
on the monitor )
and
(6) Build an "Art Robot."
( I don't have enough time in the day! )
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Three (3)...Weird Richard's web site
complete with 100s of pics and lesson plans for teachers;
I publish my own "Lego fanzine" out of my home and
I built a robot arm that could explore Mars!
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Archaeology!!!!...history etc, "art," accordians,
theater ( I was in two plays last summer ), coffee,
reading ( I am working on Strindberg's diary right now )
and of course music ( local band favs: Built to
Spill, Mosquitones, Godzounds and Caustic Resin ).
I have more but that will tide you folk over! ;)
From: Dirk Staatsen <dirk@no-spam.nedlux.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 22:58:14 -0700 Organization: nedlux Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Dirk Staatsen Gender: male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Coralville, IA E-mail Address: dirk@nedlux.com LEGO/home page URL(s): www.nedlux.com/lego Marital Status: engaged Children: 0 Occupation: web related On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: mid 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: under 10 # of LEGO Pieces: 30.000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 (are there any -near- Iowa?) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Billund, DK (and Mall of America ;-) ) First LEGO Set: 648 service station or 605 taxi and probably DUPLO Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train Favorite Set(s): 7740 intercity, 6394 Metro Park & Service Tower (anyone?) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): remote switches (7858 & 7859), road signs Set/theme you would like to see: passenger train wagons, wider variety of town Current LEGO Project: finding a bigger apartment with a potential LEGO room so we can finally build our LEGO city Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: good food and conversation (work to live, not live to work) -- ___________________________________________ remove "no-spam" in e-mail address to reply
From: "mmaje" <mmaje@columbus.rr.com> Organization: Time Warner Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 00:04:49 GMT From: ejlind@fedex.com Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 23:01:44 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Eric Lind Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12, or maybe 25 (my designs keep running to the grandiose) Location: Colorado Springs, CO E-mail Address: ejlind@brain.uccs.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.uccs.edu/~ejlind/lego/lego.html Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: college student/Java developer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 (off and on) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: too many to count # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0, ZERO, ZILCH (I need the pieces, man) # of LEGO Pieces: 20,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Billund, twice) First LEGO Set: Probably some Duplos, but the first I remember is the Yellow Castle Favorite Theme(s): Castle (excluding Fright Knights) and early Pirate Favorite Set(s): the Arctic Technic sets (I have all except the mobile base) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the medieval helmet with a moveable visor Set/theme you would like to see: Adventurers expanded to India (tigers, elephants, do you see the parallel with Indiana Jones here?) Current LEGO Project: a Roman temple complete with a dome (I have a 36 stud diameter dome built, now for the rest of the thing) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
From: "DJA" <dastolfo@NOSPAMglobalserve.net> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 21:43:41 -0400 Organization: GlobalServe Communications Inc. Name: Dave Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 to 12 years old Location: Waterdown, Ontario E-mail Address: dastolfo@globalserve.net LEGO/home page URL(s): www.globalserve.net/~dastolfo Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: Information Systems On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none at the moment # of LEGO Pieces: ??? # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: Dont remember Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Mindstorms Favorite Set(s): Old car with 3 speeds and working engine (not sure of #) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Gears / motors/ pneumatics Set/theme you would like to see: Robotics (coming with Mindstorms) Current LEGO Project: to build a working bicycle shifter mechanism Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built a front wheel drive with steering before I ever saw it produced by lego. else Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Mountain Bike Racing, Computers, Camping, Swimming, Application Development -- Remove NOSPAM to reply via email. URL: http://www.globalserve.net/~dastolfo
From: "Richard" <nospam.richard.dee@virgin.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 23:36:57 +0100
Organization: Virgin News Service
Name: Richard Dee
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: August 5th, 1969 (Its my birthday today!)
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8
Location: England
E-mail Address: nospam.richard.dee@virgin.net (remove nospam dot)
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://freespace.virgin.net/richard.dee/lego.html
Marital Status: Single
Children: About 300 minifigs
Occupation: Analyst (from September)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 250+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 6 (but only because I haven't had
a chance to build them yet!)
# of LEGO Pieces: 45000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Legoland Windsor
First LEGO Set: A basic set, then 565 Lunar Landing
Favourite Theme(s): Technic, Space, Football Stadium
Favourite Set(s): 8480 Space Shuttle, 8880 Super Car, Football
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeleton, Imperial Guard,
Black Classic Space Minifig, England Player #20
Set/theme you would like to see: Robotics, oh, they're doing that!
more space themes, e.g. LC!
Current LEGO Project: Deciding which current Lego project to do 1st!
I am doing quite a few at the moment!
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Only the making available the scans of
the Football Stadium Promo brochure for
all to see (Thanks Gadget!)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Cinema, Sci-Fi, Travel,
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From: James Aldrich <jaldrich@sparknet.net> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 08:14:57 -0500 Organization: Home Name: James Aldrich Gender: Male, apparently Year of Birth: 1952 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8/still disturbed Location: Over by Green Bay E-mail Address: jaldrich@sparknet.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: generally low Children: Four daughters (ages 5-28) Occupation: Dad, Grandpa On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown; sets are merely parts in a fancy box # of Unopened Sets in Collection: a dozen or so # of LEGO Pieces: rather a lot # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: 6073 Knight's Castle Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): This week, 6081 King's Mountain Fortress; next week, 6071 Forestmen's Crossing Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 gray brick/Dark Forest man with brown jack and blue sleeves Set/theme you would like to see: The Agora/Hellenic Greece Current LEGO Project: Populating the medieval landscape I haven't yet built Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Found four Metroliners at retail and only bought three of them Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Historical reenactment; low-tech, projectile-casting implements of destruction
From: ben@fusiondev.com (Ben Kimball) Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 11:59:32 -0500 Organization: Fusion Development Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Ben "Ben Kimball" Kimball Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 24 (age is irrelevant. only lego matters.) Location: Austin, TX E-mail Address: ben@fusiondev dot com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://ben.fusiondev.com/ (shortly) Marital Status: Single Children: Eeek! You scared me. Er, none. Occupation: Self-employed software developer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 7/98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40ish # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (what, are you kidding?) # of LEGO Pieces: 12,000? (wild guess) # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 maybe (see below) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0, sigh First LEGO Set: 493 Space Command Center Favorite Theme(s): Technic baby, particularly construction vehicles Favorite Set(s): 8480 is nice, but 8422 and 8440 speak to me. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Anything versatile Set/theme you would like to see: Space Model Team (X-1, sputnik, skylab, apollo LEM, Hubble, etc) Current LEGO Project: Bankruptcy Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I was at the '86 World's Fair in Vancouver B.C. and all I cared about was the huge LEGO display across town (on tour). It was the first time I saw what the LEGO designers could do when unleashed on an unsuspecting warehouse of parts. I was stunned, walked around in a daze. Models bigger than me! Too bad I lost the big brochure with pictures of all the models. Sigh. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Gaming of all kinds (computer, video, even those involving those weird people things). --- Whoops! Gotta go! Talk about serendipity; my S@H order just arrived. 5571 here I come! =) Cheers, Ben ._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ Ben Kimball..................................bkimball@mindspring.com Fusion Development..........................fusiondev@mindspring.com starmax.net.........<http://www.starmax.net/>........ben@starmax.net
From: "Larry Draper" <larryd@msn.com> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:55:41 -0700 Organization: Microsoft Corp. Name: Larry Draper Gender: Male Year of Birth: October 11, 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Everett, WA E-mail Address: larryd@msn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none, but I'm working on it Marital Status: Married Children: 3 (7, 6 & 3) Occupation: Computer Analyst On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 150+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (a Red Beard Runner I got on clearance) # of LEGO Pieces: 10000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Several basic sets, (I still have complete instructions for the 565 Lunar Landing) Favourite Theme(s): Pirate, Wild West Favourite Set(s): 6289 (Red Beard Runner), 487 (Space Cruiser), 6462 (Aerial Recovery) Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The "Robin Hood" Dark Forest minifig, the Pirate "captain" Set/theme you would like to see: More sports themes - baseball, basketball, etc. Fenway Park in particular. Roman or Greek Current LEGO Project: Wild West town/setting. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The fact that I still have complete instructions for the 565 Lunar Landing after not seeing/having my Legos for more that 15 years. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, baseball, NASCAR, reading.
From: "Tyler Harms" <stinky@fidnet.com> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 13:25:21 -0500 Organization: Fidelity Communications, Inc. Name: Tyler Harms(you can call me Eggy) Gender: Male Year of Birth: October 5, 1984 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 Location: Sullivan, MO E-mail Address: stinky@fidnet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): :o( Need to get a camera b4 I make a site. Marital Status: single Children: me Occupation: I guess I am a janitor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: yeah, right :oP # of LEGO Pieces: 25000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: The 6634 Stock car Favourite Theme(s): Trains, Technic Favourite Set(s): 8480 Space shuttle Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 40T gears, flex cables, the aquanauts Set/theme you would like to see: something with flex system in it!(besides the bar code truck) is this a lost art!? Current LEGO Project: Re-creating my HO scale model railroad/engines/coaches in Lego(which means I had to get four 25ht anniversary buckets to get enough green bricks to make a burlington/northern engine) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:My Burlington/northern engine, And my Baseplate box :o) I've been using the real Lego Bricks(down with duplo) since I was two Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: are there any??????
From: ard11@cornell.edu (Alan Demlow) Date: 5 Aug 1998 19:21:17 GMT Organization: Cornell University Name: Alan Demlow Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Unknown Location: Ithaca, NY E-mail Address: ard11@cornell.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): ----- Marital Status: Married Children: None (but we just got a kitten!) Occupation: Grad student (hopefully I'll be mathematician some day... :) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September 1996 Well, in response to the below question, I sort of have 2 collections--one of them resides with me here in NY and has been acquired since last June, when my wife gave me a Freight 'n Crane Railway for a wedding gift. The other part lives with my brother Steve in Minneapolis along with the rest of our childhood Lego. Perhaps I should try to convince his wife that my Lego is taking up too much space in their house... But for my current collection: # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25 or so # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None (can't afford to keep them around--too much good stuff out there to play with now!) # of LEGO Pieces: 6000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Hmmmm...I think it was a little late 70's set--a bulldozer/tractor with red wheels that had tracks that fit over them. Favourite Theme(s): Train Favourite Set(s): 4565 Freight 'n Crane Railway, 2150 Retrostation, Volcano Island (it's got great parts--we have four of 'em!) Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Hmmm... Set/theme you would like to see: Classic passenger train Current LEGO Project: Convincing myself to put the Lego away so I can do work when the semester starts soon...(but we've recently built a cool house, a big tunnel for the train, and a minifig clothing store--the last one was a blast--my wife agreed to let me leave the hands in the torsos as long as I didn't put heads with the hats and wigs on display :). Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Well, I probably don't have one (except perhaps finding a Guarded Inn for $15 in near-mint condition a few months ago). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Math and science, church/campus fellowship, basketball and other sports, music, our cat
From: Richard Edwards <rockinricky@prodigy.net> Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 14:59:24 -0600 Organization: Prodigy Services Corp Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Richard Edwards Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Pueblo, CO E-mail Address: rockinricky@prodigy.net LEGO/Home page URL(s): None (as yet) Marital Status: Single Children: none Occupation: Sales & Service Consultant (fancy name for "telemarketer") On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None! # of LEGO Pieces: < 5,000 (gave 'em away, then got a lot of 'em back) # of LEGO Fests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Super Value Set #129 late 1969-early 1970 Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): Technic, waiting for Mindstorms Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Motors, Gears Set/Theme you would like to see: Models of real cars, and yes, I want to see the STAR WARS sets Current LEGO Project: saving for the Mindstorms set Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Getting other kids into LEGO Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Movies, Science Fiction
From: matthewwm@aol.com (Matthew WM)
Date: 6 Aug 1998 08:34:47 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Matt Marshall
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 82
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15
Location: US
E-mail Address: Matt@rapturesoft.hypermart.net
LEGO/home page URL(s) None:
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student, semi-quasi computer program
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 8-0-98
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: Unknown
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: I wish
First LEGO Set: Err probaly a duplo set
Favorite Theme(s): Space, town
Favorite Set(s): All('cept for time)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): MegaTron
Set/theme you would like to see: Megatron II
Current LEGO Project: Organizing them
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None really
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Females, what else is there?
Matt
Matt@rapturesoft.hypermart.net
From: tegan@eskimo.com (Laura Gjovaag)
Date: 6 Aug 1998 15:03:26 GMT
Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Laura Gjovaag
Gender: Female (last I checked)
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Bothell Washington
E-mail Address: tegan@eskimo.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.eskimo.com/~tegan/ (almost no LEGO
content, sorry)
Marital Status: Happily married
Children: not yet
Occupation: Tech Support and Documentation
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking since 1994 (with some gaps)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None, how can you *not* open LEGO?!??!?
# of LEGO Pieces: People actually count?!??!?
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: I can't remember, but it made my Dad scream when he
stepped on it.
Favorite Theme(s): Divers
Favorite Set(s): 6441 Deep Reef Refuge
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): My dolphins
Set/theme you would like to see: DC Super-heroes! or Xena
Current LEGO Project: I got my first train last night (8/5/98) and spent
most of the night playing with it. I intend to build a LEGO train based
on the Spirit of Washington Dinner Train, eventually.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Gave away all my catalogs and set
instructions to fellow legomaniac a couple years back (because I was
running out of room to store them), now I wish I'd been able to scan them
first.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Aquaman, Xena, British SF, Honor Harrington
-Laura Gjovaag
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From: "mmaje" <mmaje@columbus.rr.com> Organization: Time Warner Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 20:38:16 GMT Name: Greg Gender: male Year of Birth: Why does it matter? Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: If I told you I'd have to kill you email address: just hit the reply button Lego/home page URLs: none yet Martial Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Person On RTL (ATL) Since: June 98 # of sets in collection: about 70 or 80 #of unopened sets: 0 # of pieces: a lot # of Legofests attended: 0 #of Lego theme parks visited: 0 First set: a big red basic bucket Favorite theme(s): at the moment, Pirate (Why'd they have to go and stop making it?!?!) and Model team Favorite Set(s): Imperial Flagship, Black Thunder Favorite pieces, minifigs: Imperial Soldier fig, 1x3 inverse slopes, 1x1x1 finned engines, red Futuron fig, Blacktron I figs Set/Theme you would like to see: Futuron II, Blacktron III, Pirates continued!!!!!!!!!!! A Model Team F15 or something Current Lego project: using up all of my pieces Greatest claim to Lego fame: none Other Non-Lego interests: stuff
From: "David Foglesong" <oldlegos@hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 09:56:46 PDT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Last updated on Dec. 18, 1996 Name: Dave Foglesong Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12ish Location: Northern Virginia (Alexandria) E-mail Address: oldlegos@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Don't have one :-( Marital Status: Married Children: None Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: About 200 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 50 # of LEGO Pieces: A lot50,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: 570 Fire Station Favorite Theme(s): Classic/Futuron Space, Train, Town Favorite Set(s): Lunar Landing, Metroliner, Metrostation, Galaxy Explorer, Space Command Center, Launch and Load Seaport, 1970s Fire (570) and Police (585) Stations Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Classic Space blue figures, Futuron red figures, Blacktron I figures Set/theme you would like to see: A Town school, theater, or store Current LEGO Project: Large Train/Town layout with a harbor, airport, and resort. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Own two sealed Metroliners! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Running, Camping, Military History, Star Wars, Star Trek
From: "bishop" <lurkingglass@NOSPAMgeocities.com> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 01:33:15 -0400 Organization: epix Internet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: bishop (Phillip Ogden) Gender: m Year of Birth: 1961 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: approx. 8 (?) need to review my "child psychology" Location: Blossburg, PA USA E-mail Address: lurkingglass@NOSPAMgeocities.com (remove nospam) LEGO/home page URL(s): none finished yet, two in the works Marital Status: single (can't find a female foolish enough...) :?) Children: none of my own Occupation: visual communications specialist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurking since the dawn of time # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (why have 'em if you don't play with 'em) # of LEGO Pieces: ~25,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: don't really remember, think they were yardsale bricks Favorite Theme(s): space,castle (is technic a theme?) Favorite Set(s): 6581,8286,3206,9719,6544 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): minifigs, any minifigs, "you can never have too many minifigs" Set/theme you would like to see: a 10,000 pc "Battlestar Gallactica" Current LEGO Project: the "lurkingglass" a large black/blue spaceship Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: no fame yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computer graphics/animation ==================================================== :?) bishop
From: Troy Innocent <troy@iconica.org> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 18:13:34 +1000 Organization: Customer of OzEmail/Access One Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Troy Innocent Gender: male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia E-mail Address: troy@iconica.org LEGO/home page URL(s): - Marital Status: married Children: 0 Occupation: Artist / teacher On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 98 (sorry for lurking...) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: haven't counted, maybe 100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: full set of Shell promo sets (10) # of LEGO Pieces: 5000 (?) # of LEGOfests Attended: 3 (when I was physically a child) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: ? but remember Galaxy Explorer, Yellow Castle, and LL918 Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic, Space, Castle & Space Favorite Set(s): currently, all the Insectoids (must get US only 2965 Hornet Scout...) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): this week it is the black ninja guy Set/theme you would like to see: purple bricks (to go with the orange) and bulk silver bricks (Ultraman Lego?) Current LEGO Project: reconstructing the sets I had as a kid (not a single brick was thrown away!) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: had the biggest collection among the kids at school Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: electronic music, Japan, artificial life - ok, it's out there... troy
From: "Thomas P. Rafert" <trafert1@gte.net> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 14:41:30 -0700 Organization: gte.net Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Thomas P. Rafert Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8-16 Location: Seattle, Wa., U.S.A E-mail Address: trafert1@gte.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://home1.gte.net/trafert1/index.htm Marital Status: Married Children: 3 Occupation: Machinist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking since early 98', delurked Sept. 98' # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Somewhere in excess of 500 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 50, but I'm trying to correct that problem. # of LEGO Pieces: What!!!! count them? just a minute ... 1,2,3,... I'll get back with you on this. :-) # of LEGOfests Attended: Does the PNLTC shows count? if so, then 3 or 4 and more to come. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None yet, but hopefully I'll be in Carlsbad, Ca., March 20,1999 with the rest of you. :-) First LEGO Set: I think it was 6081 Favorite Theme(s):Castles and Trains Favorite Set(s): Oh, now that's a tough one. I don't like to discriminate. :-) How about 6086 & 4564 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Same problem here. Set/theme you would like to see: Return to Classic Castle & Town and expanding the Train theme Current LEGO Project: Train Layout, New Train Engines & cars. Castle Kingdom Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: First to post (in fact it was my first post) about Orange Bricks w/ picture & parts list. And having sorted well in excess of 100,000 bricks (it gets hard to find some you know). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Family, Hiking, Gardening, Raising Chickens & Rabbits, the list goes on. :-) -- Tom's Home Page http://home1.gte.net/trafert1 PNLTC Member http://www.pnltc.org/
From: Blockhead@StuffYourSpam.DeLurk Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 09:05:13 +0100 Name: Steve Scott Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1960 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About the same as the kids Location: Peebles, Scotland E-mail Address: sls@jane-villa.demon.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): In the pipeline Marital Status: Married Children: Son (7) and Daughter (3) Occupation: Computer Aided Design Consultant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 29 (don't scoff!) and increasing at 1 or 2 per month. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 (brick tubs for emergencies) # of LEGO Pieces: 3000-5000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Hoping to visit Windsor soon. First LEGO Set: Can't remember that far back! Rediscovery phase brought on by 6484 (9V Recovery Vehicle) Favorite Theme(s): Aquanauts, Adventurers Favorite Set(s): 6339 (Space Shuttle & Launcher) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Silver Bricks (see AucZilla VIII!) and anything with a hinge Set/theme you would like to see: Famous Buildings Current LEGO Project: Modelling our (late Victorian) house. Creating and AutoCAD slide library and menu system from LDraw .DAT files with the help of Paulo Caparica Junior's DAT2DXF program. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Making all of our CAD students draw several Lego elements as part of our City & Guilds AutoCAD syllabus Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Gardening, Renovating our house. -- **Warning Spam Deflector Deployed** reply to SLS@jane-villa.demon.co.uk
From: swebb@cix.co.uk (Simon Webb) Date: 22 Sep 1998 15:20:39 GMT Organization: CIX - Compulink Information eXchange Name: Simon Webb Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1960 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Hmmm, about 12 today. Location: Swindon, Wilts, England E-mail Address: swebb@cix.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): Got a page on the Mindstorms site (Spider's Lair), but nothing there yet :-) Marital Status: Married Children: 3 lads (18, 14, 11) and 1 daughter (17 going on 30) Occupation: Self employed programmer/consultant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: About 50-ish # of Unopened Sets in Collection: You are joking! # of LEGO Pieces: Not a clue, but it is taking up rather a lot of space in the office :-( # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Been to Windsor twice this year, and we're going back for more! First LEGO Set: Phew, must have been back in the mid/late sixties, whatever was around then. Favorite Theme(s): Mindstorms/Technic Favorite Set(s): Mindstorms! Favorite Piece(s): Micro-motor (just love tiny things) Set/theme you would like to see: Mindstorms Beer Retrieval Expansion Set. Current LEGO Project: Well, I only picked up Mindstorms last week, so I'm pretty heavily into that. I'm too impatient to wait for the Mars Expansion set, I'm repackaging a Tyco Video-Cam in my own Lego housing so I can have a bot wandering around the garden sending pictures back to me. I've got a half-finished shuttle that I really must get around to completing. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I chatted up the Lego Rep in TRU today. Does that count? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Beer, electronics, computers, AI and beer.
From: johan_bosma@my-dejanews.com Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 07:25:39 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Johan Bosma Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: The netherlands E-mail Address: bosma.johan@kpmg.nl LEGO/home page URL(s): none due to the policy of my employer Marital Status: married Children: a two year old girl and one coming Occupation: CPA (Accountant) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: appr. 60 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 # of LEGO Pieces: appr. 250.000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: one, Legoland Billund this summer First LEGO Set: The blue moonlander Favorite Theme(s): Town/Train Favorite Set(s): Metroliner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I love them all Set/theme you would like to see: More trains Current LEGO Project: A large train layout with a large harbor Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ?????? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Travelling Personal note: I have been on this newsgroup since 1997. My main interest was everything that has to do with trains. I collect train sets, i have all 9v sets and some 12v sets. To get some extra money to buy the (expensive) train sets i sell some lego now and than, mainly train sets like the Metroliner. Due to the company policy of my Employer, KPMG, i am not allowed to have my own homepage and e-mail account, so sometimes i use the Dejanews facilities. If anyone has a question about trains or is looking for hard to find 12v train sets, let me know. Regards, Johan -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum
From: "Sikem D." <Birdpark@nowhere.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 22:15:48 +0200
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Sikem Daehnel
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 - 13
Location: Denmark
E-mail Address: macaw@adr.dk
LEGO/home page URL(s): None, All space used.
Marital Status: Married.
Children: 0
Occupation: Having my own Company,
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December 1997.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 27 Technic + 5 Model Team.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 Technic + 7 Model Team
150+ other
# of LEGO Pieces: 20000 + 3000 Technic
# of LEGOfests Attended: None.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 Billund / Denmark ( Many Times ).
First LEGO Set: Can't remember.
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Model Team.
Favorite Set(s) #5571 Giant Truck.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): A Green 1x4 Technic Beam.
Set/theme you would like to see: More large Model Team Sets.
Current LEGO Project: None.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Our Bird Park, with large parrots
Http://home11.inet.tele.dk/macaw/pictures/index.htm
Sincerely
Sikem Daehnel
macaw@adr.dk
If man can save the Macaw, he might save mandkind.'
From: Silly_Name@my-dejanews.com Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 20:17:01 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Name: Silly Name Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Unknown. Location: A secret location in the UK. E-mail Address: Silly_Name@my-dejanews.com (although I rarely read it) LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Single with SO Children: None Occupation: Computer Support/Training/Technical Writing On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30-40 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 5000-10000... probably # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1, 1nce First LEGO Set: Red House (may have been generic box), then black and blue car, then yellow and black forklift in 1970s. Then classic space and castle. Favorite Theme(s): Castle/Space/Adventurers/Pirates Favorite Set(s): Fright Knights castle/Exploriens Starship I cannot remember older sets Favorite Piece(s): Space prongs and bits and spines and dishes and things Set/theme you would like to see: ?Ancient Rome? Also, Brand new Castle theme in 1999 Current LEGO Project: Volcano secret alien base, time-town (different time zones in temporal oasis place with time teleport pads, saloon etc.), minifig amphitheatre, large mothership, "chalk castle" (just completed and destroyed - boo hoo!) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Writing pop/1st-person shooters/***/food/ranting
From: kriz@nospam.co.uk (kriz - UK) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 21:08:04 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Chris Marwood Gender: M Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: Tonbridge, Kent UK E-mail Address: kriz@globalnet.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): not up yet Marital Status: to be married April '99 Children: to be conceived April '99 Occupation: IT manager in Macintosh Colour Repro Department (litho) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sept '98. What a friendly group :) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection:1 (bought yesterday) # of LEGO Pieces: Never considered this. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0. Windsor soon First LEGO Set: There was just always this big box of LEGO. Where it came from is a mystery to me. I must of been born with it :) Favourite Theme(s): Trains. Classic Space Favourite Set(s): 918 - One man spaceship (first I bought with saved up pocket money) Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Those original white and red spacemen (see above 918) Set/theme you would like to see: Have to say more train stuff Current LEGO Project: Loft conversion to house train set! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Not having a witty comment for this section Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers (naturally), music (both listening and making), reading, drag racing, DIY. Satellite TV.
From: bgatrelle@aol.comSPAMLESS (BGATRELLE) Date: 25 Sep 1998 23:29:11 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Ben Gatrelle Gender: M Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: Charleston, SC USA E-mail Address: bgatrelle@juno.com (home) ben.gatrelle@bigfoot.com (alias for work) LEGO/home page URL(s): working on geocities page Marital Status: S Children: 0 Occupation: Management position at small computer reseller On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sept 98 (newbie so be nice ;-) ) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown, but my last census approximated 230 people, 10 skeletons, 3 androids, 10 UFO androids, 9 aliens, 0 insectoids # of Unopened Sets in Collection: aboout 10 Hovertrons, and 20 #6902 UFO # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: from childhood, I don't rember. Post Dark Ages probably a small Tecnic set. Favorite Theme(s): #1 Space, #2 castle Favorite Set(s): #6075 yellow castle (sentimental value) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): #1 Classic black space men (I currently have zero) #2 Imperial Guards soldiers Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: I'm trying to build everything I have instructions for and see what I have left. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: poetry (reading & writing), hanging out with friends, movies Ben Gatrelle Send mail to bgatrelle@juno.com I do not check this temporary AOL email account.
From: Ian Bishop <ian@goodlife.demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:16:02 +0100 Organization: Ian Bishop Name: Ian Bishop Gender: M Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Confidential Location: Ayrshire UK E-mail Address: ian@goodlife.demon.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet Marital Status: M Children: 1 girl, 8 Occupation: Air Traffic Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx 450-500 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: approx 100 (sad I know) # of LEGO Pieces: couldn't begin to estimate # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (4 member get together hosted by Bill Katz, San Francisco April 98). # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Windsor (but drove past the 'Legoland will be here soon' sign at Carlsbad!) First LEGO Set: a 1960's basic set in a wooden box with a sliding lid. Favourite Theme(s): MT, Train, Town, Castle. Favourite Set(s): Metroliner, Metrostation, Airport Monorail Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): hmmm... Set/theme you would like to see: New train and town sets Current LEGO Project: making good many sets at the moment Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: biggest collection in Scotland? Distributor of Blockbuster Video and Scotland World Cup sets Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Other toys (Scalextric, View Master, Corgi Rockets, Matchbox Superfast) Photography Computers Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK
From: "Maria W. Campbell" <maria.w.campbell@worldnet.att.net> Date: 3 Oct 1998 03:17:32 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Maria W. Campbell Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1957 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Newport News, VA E-mail Address: maria.w.campbell@worldnet.att.net LEGO/Home page URL(s): None (as yet) Marital Status: Married Children: 2 (Twin boys) Occupation: Educator and Systems Analyst On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Dozens # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None! # of LEGO Pieces: > 50,000 # of LEGO Fests Attended: 3 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I don't remember the Set #, but it's a 'Tiny Red Truck'. It sits on my desk to this day :-) Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Space, Race, Town Favorite Set(s): Technic, Mindstorms, Insectoids Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 8880 Super Car (of course)! Set/Theme you would like to see: REAL Town sets, more Technic stuff Current LEGO Project: Finishing 'Our Town' Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Was the 'Master Builder' of my block when I was a kid.. (No Lie)! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Cars, Motorcycles, Music, Pets, People maria.w.campbell@worldnet.att.net "We are the sum total of everything we eat, see, learn, and experience"......Nolan Bushnell
From: "Charles G. Opper III" <oppercha@peachnet.campus.mci.net> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 00:43:31 -0400 Organization: CampusMCI Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Charles G. Opper III aka C-3 Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1976 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14yrs and creative as ever Location: Savannah, GA E-mail Address: C_3@email.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/~c3 Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student/Web Developer/Computer Lab Technician On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: > 20 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: > 1000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 6870 Space Probe Launcher Favorite Theme(s): Space, Town, Castle Favorite Set(s): 6870, 6973 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Classic Space figs Set/theme you would like to see: Sports Oriented themes Current LEGO Project: Space City Sol Galaxia (TM) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The OLU (Opper Lego Universe (TM)), Lego Hero Teams, and much more to come. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Comic Collecting, Music, Software Engineering, Web Development
From: dbulkley@SeriousCollector.com (dbulkley) Date: 05 Oct 1998 12:24:27 PDT Organization: The Serious Collector Name: Derick Bulkley Gender: M Year of Birth: 1965 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 16 Location: San Francisco, CA E-mail Address: dbulkley@SeriousCollector.com Hompage/URL: None, yet Marital Status: S Children: 0 Occupation: Entrepreneuer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1/97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 300 +/- # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 100 # of LEGO Pieces: Tens of Thousands # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: hand-me-down,w/coloredgears Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train, Technic Favorite Set(s): super car, airclaw rig, Metroliner, monorails, metrostation, BBR, metro parkinging garage Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 4 speed transmission Set/theme you would like to see: gantry crane, 2-legged walker, hydraulics, more new trains. Current LEGO Project: trains Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: crane will lift my 5 LB Godzilla Comments: I HATE TOWN JR.!!!!
From: "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com> Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 23:21:45 -0700 Organization: VFAQ.COM, http://www.vfaq.com; SF Bay Area Club DSM, http://ba.dsm.org Name: Tom Stangl Gender: M Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9max Location: CA E-mail Address: LEGO@vfaq.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://people.netscape.com/toms/ Marital Status: M Children: None Occupation: On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Only 200 or so? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 40 or so # of LEGO Pieces: ~15-25,000 ? # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Too long ago to remember Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Race Favorite Set(s): 8880, 8480, 6538, 6648 (Mag Racer), 5581, 5550 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pistons/engines Set/theme you would like to see: STAR WARS, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek Current LEGO Project: Trading parts for projects Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Started the S@H Special RTL postings, proliferated Wants/Trades Web pages Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Cars, cars, cars, computers, and cars -- Tom Stangl ***http://www.vfaq.com/ ***DSM Visual FAQ home ***http://ba.dsm.org/ ***SF Bay Area DSMs
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:02:34 -0700
From: "Justin M. Kopp" <jmkopp@projsolutions.com>
Organization: Project Solutions, Inc.
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Justin M. Kopp
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location: Fairport, NY / Amherst, MA
E-mail Address: jmkopp@student.umass.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation:Systems Analyst/Web Author/Network Administrator/Microsoft
Backoffice
Programmer(It's a small company)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Aug 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 500
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: zero
# of LEGO Pieces: I don't *want* to count that high
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: I think I actually received several Classic Space sets
all at once.
Favorite Theme(s): Classic Space and Town before about 1992 (especially
the planes!)
Favorite Set(s): 6980 Galaxy Commander ( I begged for 4 monts to get
this set for Christmas)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars - have been waiting since
about 1985 for it
Current LEGO Project: Acquiring missing Classic Space sets and adding to
my town with older Town sets
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I won a local building contest held by a
really neat toy store. My victorious
creation was a 6368 Jet Airliner which I expanded to seat 4
'pilots'. Also, it was armed to the teeth with
vairous missles, guns and bombs.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Soccer, Baseball, Computer (see occupation),
Physics and chemistry. I am
also a budding race car driver.
From: olsone@interport.net (Erik Olson) Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 01:38:49 -0400 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Erik G. Olson Gender: M Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: reliving 10 which was a Good Lego Year Location: Queens, NY E-mail Address: olsone@interport.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.users.interport.net/~olsone/fortuna.html Marital Status: NLSO who is slightly impressed Children: none Occupation: Risk analyst, computer guy On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurking as far back as 1989 Dark Ages: 1985-1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lost count. A hundred more lately. 30 old ones. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10 to 20. I lost track. # of LEGO Pieces: I guess 20,000, rising quickly. Going for gobs, or 100,000. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: A fire truck about 1974. Favorite Theme(s): Yellow Castle. How about those brick horses. Favorite Set(s): Um, Yellow Castle? Also Coast Guard Station. Nothing too recent. No wait! My favorite set has to be the 5 piece "Duck" polybag (yellow 2x2, 2x2 eye, 2x4, red 2x3 plates.) It sits on my monitor at work. People drop by and build new ducks. It's incredible what you can do with 5 pieces. Make one today! Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): My favoritest one piece is the 1x4x2 grille fence. In blue if possible. Set/theme you would like to see: More genuine brick castles! Ancient theme! Current LEGO Project: Hmm... see fortuna.html above Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Not well known, but I put running water in a house Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: ancient coins, philosophy, computer junk, Macs
From: mwl2@psu.edu Date: 7 Oct 1998 16:57:48 GMT Organization: Penn State University Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Michael Wescott (WES) Loder Gender: Male Year of birth: 1945 (yup, old as dirt) Mental age/Status of Inner Child: Make no claim. Location: Deer Lake, Pennsylvania USA E-mail address: mwl2@psu.edu LEGO/home page URL: none yet. Marital Status: Yes Children: Three: Scott, born 1975, Laura, born 1978, Lisa, born 1982. My daughters were LEGO builders. Both still buy me sets I want--such good children :-). Occupation: Academic Librarian On RTL.ATL Since: At least November 1993 (!) #of Sets in LEGO Collection: Must be over a thousand by now. #of Unopened sets in collection: One waiting Christmas (I think). #of LEGO pieces: Never, never enough, particularly when you start building Belville scale houses! #of LEGO fests Attended: None. #of LEGO theme parks visited: None. First LEGO set: #110 Basic building set in 1978. Bought for son. Still have box. Favorite themes: Trains, some castle series, Belville. Favorite Sets: Metroliner, Forestmen's Hideout, Pony-Trekking #5854 Favorite Minifig: Dark Forest Maiden. Set/Theme you would like to see: More lighting possibilities, Medieval village sets with more females and peasants, Realistic trains with individual cars and locomotives sold separately, A modular house system for Belville with fewer blondes. Vehicles for Belville. Current LEGO project: Finish three-story "Beach house" for my Belville figures. Figure out a space for Ninja sets. Sigh. Greatest Claim to LEGO fame: First to wrie up a comprehensive history of LEGO trains (long outdated). First to write up a history of the Belville series (endless revisions here). Other (non-LEGO) interests: Bagpiper, writer, hiker.
From: icbdk@imap1.asu.edu Date: 8 Oct 1998 21:06:22 GMT Organization: Arizona State University Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Brian Korn Gender: Male Year of Birth: '75 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 7-12 if legoland and 10 - 16 if Technic Location: Phoenix AZ E-mail Address: korn@asu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): toasted Marital Status: not Children: none that I know of :) Occupation: telecommunications engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurked on and off from about '94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: >100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (have not had a chance to open it yet) # of LEGO Pieces: >50000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: (That I can remember) 6373 Motorcycle Shop (I want another one.) Favourite Theme(s): TRAINS!!!! Favourite Set(s): Metroliner looks like the coolest Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 9V Points Set/theme you would like to see: More train stuff Current LEGO Project: About to start / plan x-mas train display Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Made my own electronic point before reading Matthew D. Bates page (it is great!!) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Macs, Travel, SciFi, skiing, gambling <Back to Lerking (at least for now)>
From: gavulab@aol.com (GavulaB) Date: 10 Oct 1998 18:56:33 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Brian Gavula Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I have not given up on childhood just yet. Location: Lakewood, WA E-mail Address: gavulab@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Single Children: Just a bunch of toys. Occupation: U.S. Army On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: >175 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: a few # of LEGO Pieces: ???? # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: A pre-minifig forklift Favorite Theme(s): Town, Trains, Castle Favorite Set(s): Launch and Load Seaport Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Mary from the "Bill and Mary" Idea Book Set/theme you would like to see: a new non-Town Jr. post office, more restaurants and houses Sets I'm sick of seeing: Police and fire stations every 2 years, all Town Jr. Current LEGO Project: Hording sets until I win the lottery and buy a house big enough to build my town. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Basketball, Baseball, Star Wars
From: jb95bppd@aol.com (Jb95bppd) Date: 18 Oct 1998 16:37:18 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: John Blasingame Gender: Male Year Of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Inner Child is a very active 12 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA E-mail Address: JB95BPPD@AOL.COM LEGO/home page URL(s): I wish - I'm not a techie person Marital Status: Happily Married (to a non-Lego person) Children: Just me :-) Occupation: Civil Servant On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: June 1998 # of sets in LEGO Collection: 400+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # LEGO Pieces: Lots (100,000? or more) # LEGOfests Attended: 0 # LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Windsor Sept. 1998) First LEGO Set: Mail away promo from Crest toothpaste (I think) in 1968. Don't even know what it was. My Mom got it for me when I was one and I bet some of the pieces are still here. Favorite Theme(s): Castle by far, Pirate Ships, Classic Space, Trains are my new love Favorite Set(s): 6067 Guarded Inn Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Couldn't even guess Set/theme you would like to see: Wanted cowboys for years, but we got them. Would like to see Wild West and Trains get together like 3225 but on a grand scale Current LEGO Project: Reworking 4559 into a real passenger train with working lights in every compartment (four cars so far) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Biggest LEGO collection on my block Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, learning about my new Mac, surfing the web and seeing what other LEGO builders are up to (that's not really non-LEGO, though), working on my house
From: gotabadz28@aol.com (GOTaBADz28) Date: 18 Oct 1998 17:06:00 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: James M. Howell (preferably Jim) Gender: Male Year Of Birth: 1979 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Sandusky, OH, USA (Home) Providence, RI, USA (School) E-mail Address: GOTaBADz28@AOL.COM LEGO/home page URL(s): None, sorry, I hope to in the future Marital Status: Happily Single, Cant afford a girlfriend AND lego! Children: Myself Occupation: College Student, Culinary Arts, Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI Campus On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: Sept 1997 # of sets in LEGO Collection: 300 + # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # LEGO Pieces: Cant count that high! # LEGOfests Attended: None, what are these and where? # LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I have no Idea, I have lots of old sets from the mid 80's that I unfortunately have no instructions or boxes for (thanks Mom!) Favorite Theme(s): Race, Town, WW, Exploriens, Astronauts (?), Trains, well anything Lego I guess! Favorite Set(s): 6335 Indy transport, and the airplanes and airports from my childhood that I can no longer build (Thanks again Mom!) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Slopes, and dressy minifigs, and the Chef minifigs, since I am in culinary training! Set/theme you would like to see: Euro trains, a train with a cow-catcher, an inverted rollercoaster, and a 747 or bigger plane with at least 4 seats across. Current LEGO Project: Inverted rollercoaster, great plan but the track looks too bulky Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None really, I met the local lego rep the other day, I was inquiring about a job with lego. Hopes for the future: To become the CEC (Certified Executive Chef) at the CT lego facilities (executive dining, if they have it!) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Cooking; Metaphysical Studies; Electronic,Euro Techno and Industrial Music; Corvettes; History; Architecture; Titanic; Air and sea travel (first class) (not saying I can afford to fly first class!); Accounting; Driving; Travel (im going to NYC for the first time in a week, YEAH!!!); Religion; basically anything and everything
From: ssphantom4@aol.com (SSPhantom4) Date: 19 Oct 1998 00:59:58 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Dan Gender: Male Year Of Birth: 1981 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: i have no idea Location: erie Pa E-mail Address:SSPhantom4@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): havent had the time yet... someday i hope Marital Status: nope just a g/f im only 17 Children:thank goodness i have none of those at my age. but i do consider all my mini figs as my children Occupation: school On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: may 97 or something like that i might of posted before that by more then a year, but thats when i actualy started paying attention to it # of sets in LEGO Collection: sadly only about 100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 and i will lose my will power and end up opening them soon # LEGO Pieces: lots.... i dont know # LEGOfests Attended: 0 # LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :( First LEGO Set: i dont know the name but it was the theme before M-tron, a sauser like craft with these dark blue windows that fold down with one mini fig.... well i had a car and some blocks before then but that was the set that hooked me Favorite Theme(s): WW, Pirates, adventurers(i guess i just like that time frame), castle, then the rest Favorite Set(s): fort legorado Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): well when i was little i named like 10 of my mini figs dan, because they were my favorite, and i guess those ones still are my favorite, they all are blue town race men Set/theme you would like to see: more WW and more good castle like nights and realistic stuff. bring back the ships! Current LEGO Project: my armada, sadly it sucks Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: like the only person in my high school who still has their legos! -DAN a.k.a. SSPhantom4@aol.com
From: Adam <abhoward@mediaone.net> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:56:41 -0500 Organization: MediaOne Express -=- Central Region Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Adam Howard Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Chicago, IL E-mail Address: abhoward@uop.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Chemical Engineer - Process Controls On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx. 2000 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: approx. 100 # of LEGO Pieces: Unknown (at least 5000) # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: Fire Station NO.1 (from late 70s) Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Town Favorite Set(s): Yellow Castle, Black Seas Barracuda, Robo Force Sets Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): yellow arched window frames w/ white lattice windows, King from early 80's knight's tournament Set/theme you would like to see: Classic Roman/Greek: Amphitheater, temples, baths, villas, Circus Maximus, Aqueducts, Coliseum, etc. Current LEGO Project: Castle/Town, two LDraw doors. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My Castle and Tower that can be seen in the Hall of Fame on Sean's Member's Only page. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Oh geez... Star Wars (everything), Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, Terry Pratchett's Disc World novels, Frank Herbert's Dune series, computer programming, Vampires and Werewolves (big Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan), drawing world's, classical thru colonial architecture (especially castle design), world history, Atlantis: believer, enthusiast, dreamer..., legends, time travel, writing, social-economic analysis, tree filled parks, swimming, jumping waves, walks on the beach, inner-tubing, rafting, hiking, miniature boxes (smaller than 1"), glass-blown art (currently di-chromic is my favorite), crystals/gems (not new age- primarily emeralds), miniature castles (David Winters, Liliput Lane, crystal, pewter, etc.), L. Frank Baum and Ruth Plumbly Thompson OZ books (still missing 25-31), and my Russian Blue (emerald green eyed) cat Ema.
From: "Chris Barnes" <cbarnes@nospam.quickcare.com> Date: 20 Oct 1998 04:13:39 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Chris Barnes Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Dallas, Texas E-mail Address: chris@barnes.net LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet Marital Status: Married Children: 2 Occupation: programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~35 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: ~20,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 6679 Tow Truck Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic Favorite Set(s): 497 Galaxy Explorer, 8844 Helicopter, 8860 Auto Chassis Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): classic space minifigs, classic space minifig accessories. Set/theme you would like to see: more sets like the early 80's Current LEGO Project: rebuilding childhood lego collection. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: only kid in my neighborhood with 8860. No, I don't have it anymore. But I am looking to replace it. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: my 2 sons, computing, internet, reading
From: "The Gunslinger" <jguenser@1stop.com> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:05:52 -0700 Organization: http://www.supernews.com, The World's Usenet: Discussions Start Here Name: Alex Guenser Gender: Male Year Of Birth: 1985 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I am my inner child! and probably nine yrs. with the mind of a 15 yr old. Location: Kirkland, WA, USA E-mail Address: ruby_dragon@geocities.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://fly.to/dragoncave Marital Status: Single Children: I'm one of 'em Occupation: Student of Kamiatraz On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: Sep 1997? # of sets in LEGO Collection: No Clue # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # LEGO Pieces: No Clue # LEGOfests Attended: 1 # LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: A multiple-set of a space, castle, town, plane, and something else, that or either Recon Robot Favorite Theme(s): Town, Adventurers Favorite Set(s): Night Lord's Castle (with self-made front yard!) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Octan guy with white octan shirs, green pants, red hat, face w/ eyebrows Set/theme you would like to see: Residential buildings (homes, parks, etc.) Current LEGO Project: None Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: EarthBound for Super NES, WarCraft II and StarCraft on Computer
From: Shawn McMurray <smcmurr@micron.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:16:37 -0600
Organization: PCS Edventures
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name:Shawn McMurray
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Play like I'm still 8
Location: Boise, Idaho, USA
E-mail Address:smcmurray@micron.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): not Yet
Marital Status: Single (but hunting)
Children: none
Occupation: Creativity Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 15 or so
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 just because I haven't had time to
open them yet
# of LEGO Pieces: 10000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none unless Lego Camp at Burning Man Counts
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: I wish
First LEGO Set: The Big Red Lego Container I got it when I was 4ish
Favorite Theme(s): Technic/Pirates
Favorite Set(s): I mix the parts it's more fun
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic Shocks, Pirate Captain With
the Parrot
Set/theme you would like to see: My 6WD independent suspension car with
universal
joints in between sections of car. It's big and cool
Current LEGO Project: Rendering The Globe Theatre, working on Mountain
Bike
Components
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I teach mechanical engineering and
architecture using
Legos and am a co-author of Weird Richard's Construction Book.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I'm an outdoorsman to the max. Racing
Catamarans,
Ski Patroling(yes I get paid to ski), Rollerblading, 3D Rendering,
Learning.
I know this is a little behind but I just kinda don't like to fill oout
forms, too much other fun stuff to do....
Shawn
From: Shawn McMurray <smcmurr@micron.net> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:23:05 -0600 Organization: PCS Edventures From: barbecue@nospam.earthlink.net (BBQ) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 21:49:07 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Brian (BBQ) Sauls Gender: M Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Nashville E-mail Address: barbecue@spamblock.earthlink.net (remove "spamblock" LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: divorced w/ girlfriend Children: 2 Occupation: Chef On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 13 with me, who knows at home. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 7, at least until I move # of LEGO Pieces: 10 gallons # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 485 Firetruck Favorite Theme(s): Classic space, Town Favorite Set(s): All of 'em Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Yellow spaceman, for some reason Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: buy, buy, buy! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: photography, reading
From: "Keith and Karen Fainges" <sagatech@bigpond.com> Date: 27 Oct 1998 08:08:59 +1000 Organization: Telstra Big Pond Direct Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Keith Fainges Gender: M Year of Birth: 1964 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Between 2 and 16 Location: Brisbane, Queensland Australia E-mail Address: sagatech@bigpond.com.au LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Married Children: 1 ( And she had Lego from before she was born :) ) Occupation: Model Maker On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Loads # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: Unknown # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 1970s Tip Truck Favorite Theme(s): Aquanauts, Wild West, Adventurers Favorite Set(s): Anything I can use for gaming Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Shooting Cannons Set/theme you would like to see: Historical Space series Current LEGO Project: Rewriting 'The Gunfight at the LG Corral' as 'The Good,The Bad and the Smiley' Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Getting people to play with Lego figures at a Wargames Con Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Wargaming, scale modelling
From: jhereg9@aol.comCarrion (Jhereg9) Date: 27 Oct 1998 19:10:16 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Last updated on Dec. 18, Name: David Collison Gender: M Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Around 15 and doing nicely, thank you. Lego "Dark Ages": Most of the 90's Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA E-mail Address: Jhereg9@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: Engineering Consultant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Several (All but two appropriated by 12-year-old twin sisters) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (like I could resist not building something...) # of LEGO Pieces: Onsite about 300. (After my sisters discover boys, probably 4 times that.) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: No idea, bought a crate of various mixed sets in the 1970s Favorite Theme(s): Technic and soon Mindstorm (as soon as I get my grubby fingers on one) Favorite Set(s): Ditto above. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Castle Set/theme you would like to see: No idea. Out of the loop too long. Current LEGO Project: Rebuild my collection. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Building a rough robotic arm (sans computer control) kinda like Armatron for a school project back in the early 80s (greatest, but not great) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Steven Brust and Anne McCaffrey, Home Improvement projects, Mid-80's Mustangs, Renaissance Festivals, MERP Happiness is a dead teckla.
From: The Ghost who Admins <mevans@inficad.com> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:30:58 -0700 Organization: Professional Computer Geeks Anonymous Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Mike Evans Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I'm 4 years old. Location: Tempe, AZ E-mail Address: mevans@inficad.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.inficad.com/~mevans Marital Status: Single and looking. Children: None that I know of *grin* Occupation: Professional Computer Geek On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Late 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 2 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Veritable hundreds # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Either 483 Alpha-1 Base or 493 Command Centre. Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): The old Space ones Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Those little flip-flop hinge things Set/theme you would like to see: Battle/Space Battle Themes Current LEGO Project: Collecting Technics. Just assembled Mud Masher Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Made a Car out of a collection of Legos from about 94 sets that withstood me as a child ramming it into the wall around 20 times and didn't break. Now THAT'S engineering! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Sci-Fi, reading, Coffee, Football, and Working out.
From: "Michael Peters" <mikep@shlrmoc.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 19:09:33 GMT Organization: MetroNet Communications Group Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Mike Peters Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Between 12 and 14 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada E-mail Address: mikep@gis.shl.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Married Children: None (and absolultely no chance of any in the future... woohoo!) Occupation: Computer prostitute On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 26, 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Thousands # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Space scooter. Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Classic space Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Small tools, utensils. Yellow space guy, attaching an antenna to the head of minifig (without the helmet on) Set/theme you would like to see: Mundane office theme (minifigs changing toner cartridges and clearing paper jams etc.) Club 54 pickup scene, Current LEGO Project: Desperately seeking Mindstorms! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have almost all of the 1978 - 1983 space lego, with boxes. I must have them all! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Dance clubs, techno/industrial music
From: Pete Clarke <ashanti@bestweb.net> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 06:57:13 -0500 Organization: BestWeb (bestweb.net) Name: Peter Clarke Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1979 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 Location: Mt.Vernon NY E-mail Address:ashanti@bestweb.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 98(on net since 1996) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces:maybe 20,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Maybe when I actually have some real money:) First LEGO Set: Some little classic space recon vehicle from 1985 Favorite Theme(s): Town,Town and The Shutle stuff. Lego is going down for this Town Jr. Crap!! Favorite Set(s): Shuttle Transcon 2, Imagine Celebration Truck Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron 1 guy. Set/theme you would like to see: Some real stuff in Town. No more Police Stations/Fire Houses and race tracks, please. Current LEGO Project: The rebuilding of my town (New Bedford Falls). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: RPGs,Fantasy Sports Dark Ages: 1987-1997 I went into because there was no space for my town, so I had to take it apart. This killed me and I stopped buying/building. After seeing some of the great towns out there on the web last, I was ready to build again. Thankfully almost all my pieces were still in the storage closet..
From: "Tom G." <tegwilym@wolfenet.com> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 00:33:05 -0800 Organization: Wolfe Internet Access, L.L.C Name: Tom Gwilym Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Uh.....24.5! Location: Seattle E-mail Address: See message header LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Single ......very single. Children: I consider my pet rabbit as my kid. Occupation: Computer technician On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: October 30,1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Many # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Thousands # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 -- LEGOLAND IN BILLUND DENMARK!!!!! Yeah!!! Been there 2 or 3 times as a kid! First LEGO Set: One of those boxed of the old fashioned square parts Favorite Theme(s): Expert Builder (at least that is what they used to call them!) Favorite Set(s): Classic space Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The little electric motor! Set/theme you would like to see: Airport! No, I always built airports when I was a kid. Current LEGO Project: Nothing right now. I have been drooling on the Mindstorm web site - that has renewed my Lego interest! Hey, isn't that Mindstorm thing an Adult toy anyway? At $200, I expect it to be! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Been to the REAL Legoland in Denmark - I haven't seen anyone here that has. Favorite displays there - the Saturn V rocket and the Lego airport. Does anyone know if those are still there? I assume they have been rebuilt into a space shuttle or something. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, computer games, building computers, airplanes, teaching people to fly airplanes (flight instructor), surfing the internet.
From: "Trooper 7031" <twisdom@worldnet.att.net> Date: 1 Nov 1998 17:57:13 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Name: Trooper 7031 (not my real name) Gender: Male Birth Date: 1986 Age: Figure it out Pieces in collection: I dunno, probably like 5,000-10,000 or so Sets (all opened): About 200 Fav Theme: Probably Star Wars or Rock Raiders (I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!) First Set: Um, probably that old 4.5v Train set. You know, the one with the kinda classic steam engine? Ok, so I haven't said much, but that's all the important stuff.
From: xay <xaydemon@hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 20:34:50 -0600 Organization: xay corp. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name:Dallas N. Hardy Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1979 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Osceola,Iowa, USA E-mail Address: xaydemon@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s):(just begining) http://members.theglobe.com/xay1/default.html Marital Status: single Children: None Occupation: inbetween jobs On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 0ct. 98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: unknown # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 # of LEGO Pieces: too many to count # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: unknown first set i remember super nova 2 Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): blacktron 1 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the black knight, ufo, blacktron 1 Set/theme you would like to see: Army of Darkness castle theme. sets: 1)Ash on horse with armor,red cape, chainsaw hand, and metal hand. 2) Ash with armor,red cape, chainsaw hand, and metal hand in death coaster car.and skelotons to run over 3)Evil Ash with armor, sword,crossbow in a grave yard set 4)Arthur and 4 of his army 5)henrey the red and 4 of his army 6)the windmill with afew trees around it with 2 Ash figs one without metal hand with evil grin 7)of course arthurs castle with pit and the bookof the dead and a small army from all groups or living dead theme hehehehehe Current LEGO Project: making my page Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: horror movies, mp3 files,painting on computer., games
From: Max P <max@pomb.com> Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:48:15 -0600 Organization: POMB Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Max Phippeny Gender: M Year of Birth: 1976 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: flips from 40 to 10 Location: Austin, Texas E-mail Address: max@pomb.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Attached Children: only me Occupation: Videographer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 9/98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: maybe 20 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Why leave a set unopened? # of LEGO Pieces: 8000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Galaxy Explorer Favorite Theme(s): Classic Space Favorite Set(s): 497 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletal Space fig in crashed 497 Set/theme you would like to see: U.S.S. Defiant Current LEGO Project: Mindstorms everywhere Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer Animation, Ancient History
From: esben_kolind@excite.com Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 10:55:00 PST Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Last updated on Dec. 18, 1996 Name: Esben Kolind Gender: M Year of Birth: 1983 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark E-mail Address: Esben_Kolind@mailexcite.com LEGO/home page URL(s): www.ek.find.dk Marital Status: not married Children: none Occupation: none On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: nov 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 260> # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 # of LEGO Pieces: A lot! # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 2 (Billund & Windsor) First LEGO Set: Police car (6623) Favorite Theme(s): City, especially train Favorite Set(s): trainwagon (4547) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): none Set/theme you would like to see: Metro-lego? Current LEGO Project: Office building Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: % Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Soccer, piano, choir
From: lerchj@uni-duesseldorf.de (J"urgen Lerch)
Date: 1 Dec 1998 19:19:10 GMT
Organization: Heinrich Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: J"urgen Lerch
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1964
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13/very active
Location: Ratingen/Germany
E-mail Address: lerchj@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://sunserver1.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~lerchj/
(German only, sorry)
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: about 1995, on & off
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 130 [depends on how you count]
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: UNopened sets??? You must be joking!
# of LEGO Pieces: about 17000 (estimated)
# of LEGOfests Attended: (what's a LEGOfest?)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: #318, Windmill (IIRC)
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Castle
Favorite Set(s): Time Cruisers (they're SO weird!)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the normal 2x4x1 brick
Set/theme you would like to see: the american-only themes in Europe, too
Current LEGO Project: none/a Space-RPG setting
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: building D&D settings with LEGO
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Roleplaying, SF/Fantasy (Perry Rhodan!),
computer (AMIGA), model trains (N)
Ad Astra!
JuL
--
lerchj@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de / Never disturb a dragon, for you will
J"urgen ,,JuL'' Lerch / be crunchy and taste good with ketchup!
http://sunserver1.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~lerchj/
From: "optikal" <optikal@fall0ut.com> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 23:13:21 -0500 Organization: Newsfeeds.com http://www.newsfeeds.com 60,000+ UNCENSORED Newsgroups. Name: Jeremy Lane Gender: male Year of Birth: 1983 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 11 or so Location: Delaware, USA E-mail Address: condor@animorphers.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: High School student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: almost a month # of Sets in LEGO Collection: HAH! Like I know. a lot though # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: A whole heap of a whole ot of heaps # of LEGOfests Attended: One, traveling truck in Baltimore # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None > First LEGO Set: Can't remember, but it was most likely one of the Futuron sets Favorite Theme(s): I loved Blacktron II and am now a big fan of Ninja. I also like the older Police sets. Favorite Set(s): Too many to say, One of my favorites that I never was able to get is 6625. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Minifig heads I like: The Unitron guy with VR glasses, Aquashark guy with hanging brown hair (looks mean) Set/theme you would like to see: Dinosaurs and Marvel stuff. LEGO Project: "Future home" Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Hmm... 4 of my transformers were featured on Lego-Bot Headquarters. www.geocities.com/legobots Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I am a major fan of Star Wars and Star Trek: The Next Generation. I also like Beast Wars: Transformers. (the shows mostly)
From: "Diesel" <diesel24@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 22:15:23 -0800 Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc. Name: Jeff Minhas (Diesel) Gender: male Year of Birth: 1981 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17 (normal) Location: Orange Co., CA E-mail Address: diesel24@earthlink.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: none On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August '98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 110 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None (Are you kidding?) # of LEGO Pieces: 30,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: None (Whats a LEGO fest???) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None (but I will soon with the new one in Cali) First LEGO Set: Roughly, Space Dart-1 #6824 (one of the oldest I remember but I have a bunch of old town sets and the King's Castle as well ) Favorite Theme(s): BLACKTRON 2 !!!!!!!! (Sweeeeet as they come. Other faves are Spyrius, Ice Planet, M-Tron, and Space Police II) Castle, Pirates, and Aquazone look cool but I cant buy them all. Favorite Set(s): 6988 Alpha Centauri Outpost, 6851 Tri-Wheeled Tyrax, 6981 Aerial Intruder (I have 2!), 6984 Galactic Mediator, 6973 Deep Freeze Defender, 6989 Mega-Core Magnetizer, 6990 + 6991 look amazing but too expensive online. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x1 rocket brick with two studs on both long sides and on top, one stud on front side, and extension in back. I put a 1x1x1 transparent cone on the front and a 1x1 transparent circle on the back for a missile. I color code them along with the space series and make a ton of warheads. Space Police 2 and Blacktron 2 mini-figs are great Set/theme you would like to see: continuation of futuristic space themes like the ones from Futuron through Exploriens (M-Tron, Space Police 1 + 2, Blacktron 1 + 2, Spyrius, Unitron, and Ice Planet 2002), NONE of those recent space tangents like U.F.O., StarWars, and RoboForce! Current LEGO Project: Blacktron 2 / SP 2 / Ice Planet / Spyrius / Exploriens / M-Tron WARS! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: No fame, but I built an entire Star Trek fleet of various ships. I had the U.S.S. Defiant (My best model), Galaxy-Class U.S.S. Enterprise-D, Intrepid-Class U.S.S. Voyager, Space Station Deep Space Nine (form not true to actual one), Cardassian Galor-Class Warship ( #2 ), 2, count em 2 Romulan D'Derix-Class Warbirds, a Klingon Vor'cha-Class Attack Cruiser, 2 Klingon B'Rel-Class Birds-of-Prey, and 2 Jem Ha'dar Fighters. I also made a small Star Wars fleet of an X-Wing, TIE Fighter, TIE Interceptor, TIE Bomber, and Darth Vader's prototype TIE Advanced Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Volleyball, Basketball, weight lifting, C++ Programming, PCs in general, Transformers: Beast Wars, Star Trek, Star Wars, WWF / WCW wrestling, Rap Music, girlfriend, and partying
From: "Jeremy Dailey" <jpdailey@ne.mediaone.net> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 16:21:57 -0500 Organization: Northeast Region--MediaOne Name: Jeremy Dailey Gender: male Year of Birth: 1976 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: varies from 6 to 18 Location: Marlborough, MA (26 miles from Boston) E-mail Address: jpdailey@ne.mediaone.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.csh.rit.edu/~dailey (it's old, not-LEGOized) Marital Status: almost engaged, need to buy my girlfriend the way-overpriced diamond ring Children: not now, maybe when I'm 30 Occupation: overworked Unix System Administrator for a major defense contractor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September 1998? (I lurked for a while) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: currently around 40, plus what I can reconstruct from my early childhood years... # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none except for the Christmas presents # of LEGO Pieces: no idea, somewhere probably near ten thousand # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (honeymoon perhaps?) First LEGO Set: some DUPLO set in 1978 that my parents bought me, but really it was the 1983 tri-pack w/#6623, #6624 and #6611 that started it all off. Favorite Theme(s): Town (the real stuff, not Town Jr.), Trains, Divers Favorite Set(s): #4558, #4546, #6559, #6606, anything train and construction related Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): piece - construction worker warning sign, minifig - train worker (early 90s ones) Set/theme you would like to see: the real Town line to come back!, an updated #6383, more train stuff Current LEGO Project: re-assembling my childhood collection, designing a more modern version of #6383, figuring out how to use LDraw... Greatest Claims to LEGO Fame: I owned most of the 1984-1998 US-released Town sets before adolescence set in. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: hockey (college & professional), rollerblading, ice skating, football, exploring New England, bicycling -Jeremy.
From: jwest@frii.com (Jim West) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:48:50 GMT Name: Jim West Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 Location: Colorado Springs E-mail Address: RTL@jameswest.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.jameswest.com/lego/ Marital Status: Married Children: 3 Occupation: Senior Software Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Off and on for the last four years. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: You're kidding, right? # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: None to date. What's a LEGO fest? # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None to date. First LEGO Set: I bought a box of pieces (about 800) from a friend down the street in Fairbanks Alaska for $10. I was 8. Favorite Theme(s): TECHNIC Favorite Set(s): TECHNIC RULES! The control center, and Super Car are my favorites. Haven't opened my Mindstorms yet. (Christmas) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Love those gears! Set/theme you would like to see: X-Files might be cool. Current LEGO Project: Off Shore Oil Rig Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Motorized Coin Sorter / Piggy Bank Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Family, Pinball (I collect the real machines), computers, Playstation.
From: o4amuse@hotmail.com Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:50:52 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Jim Johnson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12, loves Legos long time Location: Northern VA E-mail Address: o4amuse@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Not yet Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: Writer/Editor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~300 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None! # of LEGO Pieces: 20k + # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Coast Guard set from '70s. Don't know the #. Favorite Theme(s): Space, Adventurers Favorite Set(s): Uh...can't think...too...many sets! Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Too many to count Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars! Current LEGO Project: Sorting right now; future projects on hold...Possibly a Valley of the Kings tomb, maybe a mini-fig scale pyramid, maybe some SW stuff... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Won the 1987 Rhode Island/Massachusetts "Biggest space ship with the most attachments and gizmos possible without falling to pieces when you pick it up" contest. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Community theater, acting, writing, stage combat (sword fighting and hand to hand), Star Wars, Star Trek, violin, music -- It's so wizard!
From: lanning@iei.net Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 21:47:38 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Brian Lanning Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Indianapolis, IN E-mail Address: lanning@iei.net LEGO/home page URL(s): in flux Marital Status: Marries Children: 4 Occupation: some kind of computer consultant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: about a year and a half # of Sets in LEGO Collection: > 200 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: > 50 # of LEGO Pieces: > 20,000 (3 4'x2'x1' bins, plus unopened) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 missed billund by 50 miles :-( First LEGO Set: The yellow crane with red and blue flatbed truck Favorite Theme(s): castle, japanese, town, paradisa, technic, train, mindstorms, pirate Favorite Set(s): supercar, pizza to go, hot rod club, metro station Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): ball and socket technic, flex system, train windows Set/theme you would like to see: Japanese ship with oarsmen, more pirates, star wars, better town, more spare parts packs. Current LEGO Project: Model team big rig. Keeping the dog from eating pieces. Finding more room for my legos. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Once took second place in a building contest in japan. Lost to a walking boat. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer, cars, kids, cats, dogs, sleep.
From: sj@io.com (Steve Jackson)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 16:09:11 -0600
Organization: SJ Games
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Steve Jackson
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1953
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: If you don't grow up by the time
you're 30, you don't have to.
Location: Austin. TX
E-mail Address: sj@io.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.io.com/~sj
Marital Status: single
Children: Just me.
Occupation: Game designer and publisher.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dunno. 1996?
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: Several.
# of LEGO Pieces: Heaven only knows.
# of LEGOfests Attended: None.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Walked past the one in the UK.
First LEGO Set: Given to me by parents many, many years ago. Might have
been the gears, which I still have; might have been something else.
Favorite Theme(s): Pirate
Favorite Set(s): Skull's Eye Schooner, Black Seas Barracuda, Imperial
Trading Post
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): It would be hard to say . . .
Set/theme you would like to see: More Pirates
Current LEGO Project: The Pirate Game
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Probably running the Pirate Game at conventions
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Games, water gardening, dinosaurs
--
Steve Jackson - yes, of SJ Games - yes, we won the Secret Service case
Learn Web or die - http://www.sjgames.com/ - dinosaurs, Lego, Kahlua!
The heck with PGP keys; finger for Geek Code. Fnord.
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 19:46:11 -0500 From: Aasen <Aasen@toast.net> Reply-To: NoSpam-aasen@toast.net-NoSpam Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Barry Ruffner Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Somewhere between 5 and 12 Location: MI, US E-mail Address: Aasen@toast.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.truzzi.com/lego/ Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: Delphi Programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct. 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 6 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 that would be too difficult # of LEGO Pieces: ?? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: A nifty set i found at a garage sale when i was 7 it had at least 30 sets in it for about 20$ Favorite Theme(s): Dark Castle Favorite Set(s): Mindstorms Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Roof Tiles/ George - He Guards the castle Set/theme you would like to see: A Bridge set Current LEGO Project: a Lego Lift Device to tread legos into a mill and separate them into there respective sizes and colors with the RCX Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: RCX Creator a programming tool for mindstorms Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Programming, Bladin, Visiting parks, Disc Golf, Cross-country driving. :) Aasen/Barry R./Me
From: "S.Bonsma" <S.Bonsma@chem.rug.nl> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:51:31 -0800 Organization: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Sybrand Bonsma Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1976 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Between 8 and 22 Location: The Netherlands E-mail Address: S.Bonsma@chem.rug.nl LEGO/home page URL(s): FABULAND homepage: http://members.tripod.com/~Sybrand_Bonsma/fabu1eng.html (last word contains one as: fabu-one-eng.html Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 1998 I think # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40 Fabuland sets, probably about 40 other LEGO sets # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 # of LEGO Pieces: I have no idea, me and my brother have a very large bag full of LEGO bricks, but how many pieces are in it ?? # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Billund when I was 7 or 8 years old) First LEGO Set: Probably set 341 Fabuland Cottage Favorite Theme(s): Fabuland Favorite Set(s): The Fabuland Hospital, a Town Fire engine from about 1983 (Sorry, don't know the setnumber),6622 Postmen on motorcycle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Fabuland Mouse and the minifigure in set 6360 (Weekend Cottage) Set/theme you would like to see: Reoccurence of Fabuland and normal Town Current LEGO Project: Collection ALL Fabuland sets (The intention is present, now waiting for the money to do so :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Made a homepage especially for Fabuland Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Bicycling, computer, puzzles Dark ages: 1990-1996
From: danielmi@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Daniel Miller) Date: 16 Dec 1998 01:49:27 GMT Organization: Purdue University Computing Center Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Daniel O. Miller Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: My inner child ate my outer adult and became my Outer Child. Location: Purdue U, Idiana, and Phoenix, AZ E-mail Address: danielmi@expert.cc.purdue.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): None as yet. For a while I was thinking of putting up a shrine to the Bungee Blaster to get some frames experience. Marital Status: Single Children: I just have a roomate. Does that count? Occupation: Full time student, soon to be rocket scientist (no kidding!) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: I don't even know. Big ($20+), maybe twenty or so. Little sets and just parts, I couldn't say. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Zilch. Lego sets are to be opened and played with, not speculated on. # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: A story here: When I was 4 or 5, our house burned. All my baby toys melted into colorful blobs. That night we stayed at a motel, and Dad bought my and my little sister a box of Duplo blocks. I sort of remember it was a carton with a spout on the side (like instant potatoes). Anyone know the set number? Favorite Theme(s): I love Space the best, and I don't think it's deteriorated at all. The Warp Wing Fighter and the Insectoid cricket rover are great sets. I'm also partial to Pirates, and given my projected life's work I'm going to have to collect all these new launch command sets even if they are a little corny. Favorite Set(s): Tossup. I love my Black Seas Barracuda, and I have the real-looking Town space shuttle (1682), but I also covet my sister's M-Tron rover and airport. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I would have to say the Classic Space 3-way thruster piece. Not too useful, but awfully cool-lookin'. Set/theme you would like to see: I'd like to see a "classic" line where selected sets are reissued. Like the ones I missed... Current LEGO Project: I see a MindStorms in my future, but such plans are on hold pending graduation and a steady paycheck. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Creator of the Lego Mechwarrior home page. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Painting, music composition, writing, model -- Daniel "Dan'l" Miller Senior, School of Aeronautics and danielmi@expert.cc.purdue.edu Astronautics, Purdue, Indiana danielmi@cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu
From: chris@capricorn.bc.ca (Chris Sturges) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 21:57:29 GMT Organization: Posted via RemarQ, http://www.remarQ.com - Discussions start here! Name: Chris Sturges Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 or so(Active!) Location: Vancouver, B.C. E-mail Address: Chris@Capricorn.bc.ca LEGO/home page URL(s): under construction Marital Status: Married Children: Andrew(5) and Richard(3) Occupation: Computer Game Developer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 55 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15(until Christmas anyways...) # of LEGO Pieces: ~9000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Alpha One Rocket Base Favorite Theme(s): Early Space Favorite Set(s): Beta-1 Command Base, Galaxy Explorer Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): simple grey wing(space) Set/theme you would like to see: Star wars... Current LEGO Project: Identifying and rebuilding a bunch of sets from a large misc lego box....(Its a treasure hunt!) Greatest Claims to LEGO Fame: Beta tested Mindstorms Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: RPGs, Computer Games, SF, Skiing, Movie SPFX...
From: Mark Koeberl <icestorm@inwave.com> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 19:37:38 -0800 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Mark Koeberl Gender: M Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 1/2 Location: Janesville, WI E-mail Address: icestorm@inwave.com LEGO/home page URL(s): na Marital Status: Single Children: 2 nieces, 1 nephew Occupation: Warehouse worker On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec. 98. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown: Mostly small sets. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2, but I now plan to increase that. # of LEGO Pieces: several thousand? 3-12 gallon bins and counting. # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set: (In current era) 6894 Blacktron I (Intended as gift to my niece, but it seemed to nice, er, too complicated for her. :)) Favorite Theme(s): Space and Castle Favorite Set(s): 6894, 6886 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I minifig, easily. Set/theme you would like to see: Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5 Current LEGO Project: Rough Man-o-war. Currently has 3 tall masts, 1 short mast, stern- and forecastle, crew of 49 armed with castle/pirate theme weapons shields and helmets, 34 prisoners below deck(including 6 Mega Blok Vikings), with motorized propellors. Thinking of extending it out to over four feet with 4 large masts. Then, to build a dock. :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: A toy chest from hell for my neices and nephew. Filling a Rubbermaid chest up to the top with various lego sets(over 100 so far, mostly small). Still filling it. :) The kids complain about not being able to find a part when it's in a small box in front of them. This chest could take them months to sort out. It took this for my sister to finally appreciate my warpped sense of humor. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: None come to mind. :)
From: leggomylego@hotmail.com Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 14:22:17 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Eric Brouwer Gender: M Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Utica, MI E-mail Address: ebrouwer@vgreen.com LEGO/home page URL(s): NA Marital Status: Single Children: NA Occupation: Systems Admin On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jul '97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 75-100. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12+ # of LEGO Pieces: 10-15K. # of LEGOfests Attended:1 (Imagination Tour) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set: Lunar Landing set. Mostly blue lunar module with a buggy and maxi-figs. Favorite Theme(s): Space and Castle Favorite Set(s): Model Team Big Rig Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any classic smiley head. Set/theme you would like to see: Model Team Architectural Landmark Series Current LEGO Project: Sorting out my pieces and getting organized so I can launch a large project! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Having a fiance who brought me out of my dark ages with the Hemlock Stronghold for Christmas of '96, and keeps buying them for me on the holidays! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Star Wars, baby!
From: "Klaas" <crxfreak@euronet.nl> Date: 23 Dec 1998 18:28:17 GMT Organization: EuroNet Internet Name: Klaas de Wind Gender: M Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 (wow, a 10 year old that can handle Windows NT ;-D ) Location: Leeuwarden, The Netherlands E-mail Address: crxfreak@euronet.nl (private) or k.dewind@pers.vhall.nl (work) LEGO/home page URL(s): None (yet) Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: part of the ICT-team at the Van Hall Institute On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 125, I guess # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: I really have no idea! # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:1 (Billund) First LEGO Set: Pfff. Difficult! I think it was a blue-and-yellow forklift 615 with an "old" minifig (without face). Favorite Theme(s): Launch Command, SpacePort, ResQ, Divers, Ninja Favorite Set(s): Space Shuttle Launch Pad Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Those Shell-folks with blue pants, white shirts and red cap from the 70s/80s. Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars, realistic space theme (e.g. MIR in Lego, minifig scale) Current LEGO Project: Putting the sets in a database (Access). Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My face looks like a minifig-face (with glasses). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, (model-)railroads, Honda CRX, music (rock and metal), Frisian literature. GT's, Klaas
From: mikkel.breiler@teliamail.dk.spam (Mikkel Breiler) Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 22:50:09 GMT Organization: Customer at Telia Internet Denmark Reply-To: nospam Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Mikkel Benedikt Breiler Mikkelsen Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:11 Location: Denmark, trying to cram my stuff into my old room at my parents, ( & hoping to find an apartmrnt of my own once the winter is over) E-mail Address: At work: mikkel.breiler@fujitsu.dk (this one not confirmed, I haven't started working there yet) At home: mikkel.breiler@teliamail.dk LEGO/home page URL(s): I had on at www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hills/8841 I think it was, about a danish DiscJockey who died from AIDS in 1990, but GeoCities erased the html file and only the MP3 sample file was present last I looked... I have enver wanted to have a Lego page before but I think I may be getting to the point where I want one. But I want to get a digital camera first... hehe. So it is still none at the moment, rather than joining the "under construction" crowd I wait until I get one with plenty of space available and I have it all finished and only need updating.... Marital Status: Untested Children: None that I know of Occupation: Support specialist for Fujitsu Computer A/S On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Late 1995. Could be september. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10 # of LEGO Pieces: 10000+ (i actually have no idea) # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Billund, I still have the Lego drivers licence First LEGO Set: Must have been 6-7 general 2x4, roof and so on sets at the age of 4. Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): #850 (my first Technic set, the yellow forklift), #8860 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I really like the big wheels of the #8860. Set/theme you would like to see: A set with a general purpose home computer Lego drawing program to make step-by-step pictures from, (aka manuals). Current LEGO Project: Lego car-like robots, using Motorola 68hc11 and Intel 8051 microcomputer to be built into the robot. (Yes I still haven't finished my old project, due to lack of time - and pieces) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 1) Making a 4 wheel power version of the #8860 at the age of 12, sad to say I have no idea today how I did it. 2) Giving Bill Katz a Spaceset he'd never seen or heard of before, now that is difficult. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Collecting music on Vinyl, Sleeping, programming computers. -Mikkel Breiler, Amateur Lego Technic engineer, Vinyl/Intuition, LEGO: TC+++(850) PA-- # A@ S- LS>+ Hal M?- YB70m -DL81JUN16
From: Martine Kintziger <martine@no-spam.nedlux.com> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 10:47:22 -0600 Organization: Nedlux Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Martine Kintziger Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 Location: IA/USA (orig. from Luxembourg/Europe) E-mail Address: martine@nedlux.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.nedlux.com/lego Marital Status: getting married soon Children: none Occupation: instructional programs coordinator at university/grad. student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: indirectly (through fiance) since summer 1997, directly since November 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~250 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 6 # of LEGO Pieces: ~40,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Billund--15+ years ago) First LEGO Set: #363 Hospital Favorite Theme(s): Train, Town Favorite Set(s): old (and square) town cars, Pizza to Go Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Santa Set/theme you would like to see: REAL TOWN!!!! Current LEGO Project: freeing the Lego from Rubbermaid containers and building our Lego town in our bedroom! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Getting my fiance back into Lego (after over 10 years) and successfully convincing him that Lego trains are A LOT more fun than Maerklin trains! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Travel, good food, movies, tennis -- ___________________________________________ remove "no-spam" in e-mail address to reply
From: no@email.ads (Ken Rice)
Date: 3 Jan 1999 15:49:30 GMT
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Ken Rice
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1948
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
"I have the heart of a 14 year old boy,
but I'm not telling you where I got it."
Location: Arlington, VA
E-mail Address: kennrice@erols.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.erols.com/kennrice
Marital Status: married
Children: none
Occupation: Patent Examiner
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Fall 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 589
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: several
# of LEGO Pieces: 128,800
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: #395 Rolls Royce
Favorite Theme(s): Model Team
Favorite Set(s): #395 Rolls Royce
Favorite Piece(s): I like them all.
Favorite Minifigure(s): Indian Maiden.
Set/theme you would like to see: More train, Model Team
sets of classic cars, flying boat, train.
Current LEGO Project: Converting garage from storage space to hobby room.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Donated 89 LEGO sets for Christmas
gifts to needy children in West Indies through church in 1987.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: N-scale model railroad, computer role
playing (and other) games, puzzles, Civil War (Navy & railroads
mostly), history, computers.
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Ken Rice -=:=- kennrice (AT) erols (DOT) com
http://www.erols.com/kennrice = Concentration Camp made of LEGO bricks
http://members.tripod.com/~kennrice = Maps of Ultima 7 Parts 1 & 2,
= Prophecy of the Shadow, Savage Empire &
= Crusaders of Dark Savant.
http://members.xoom.com/CWRTDC = Civil War Round Table of DC
From: Scott Eveland <scott@eveland.net> Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 13:59:44 -0600 Organization: Internet Nebraska Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Scott Eveland Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:11 Location: Hastings, Nebraska, USA E-mail Address: At work: At home: scott@eveland.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.eveland.net Marital Status: Married Children: Three young boys Occupation: Police Officer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 12/94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12 # of LEGO Pieces: What do you get if you cross a hippo, elephant, and rhino....helephino! # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: Something with the big articulated people Favorite Theme(s): Town (non-Jr.) Favorite Set(s): 588 Police station Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): EMT from #6666 Set/theme you would like to see: Real Town Current LEGO Project: Thinking I need to organize my Police Lego like the LCFD of FireMed3@aol.com Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None? (yet?) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: hockey, jet skiing, police patch collecting, ham radio
From: chuckiem@aol.com (ChuckieM) Date: 4 Jan 1999 00:12:28 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name:Matt Morgan (Chuckie) Gender:Male Year of Birth:1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10. Location: So Cal E-mail Address: Chuckiem@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: married Children: just me Occupation: General Contractor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: since mid 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 350-450 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 60+ # of LEGO Pieces: 150000~ # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: I have a primo pass for carlsbad First LEGO Set: freestyle set in mid 70's Favorite Theme(s):Trains, Town, Pirates Favorite Set(s): to many to list Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): shooting cannons Set/theme you would like to see: Pirates more freestyle buckets Current LEGO Project: Making armada fleet Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Making custom furniture, woodworking
From: Tigger24 <dbahman@989studios.com> Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 17:11:45 -0800 Organization: Sony Interactive Studios America Name: Dan Bahman Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Southern Ca. E-mail Address: dbahman@989studios.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: single Children: not yet Occupation: customer rep/student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 0 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 0 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: None yet, still looking for the right one to purchase Favorite Theme(s): Mainly Castle, Pirate, and some Town Favorite Set(s): Hmmmm. Not sure.... Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Drawbridges and gates on the entrances to the castles. Set/theme you would like to see: More Castle....can you tell i'm a castle freak yet...more of a medival freak :). Current LEGO Project: Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Variety of Sets and Legos and able to use ones own imagination to create many types of things. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Video/Computer Games, Collecting Transformers and Gi Joe figures, going to school and working out and keeping healthy.
From: "Kirill" <Kirill_Gomelski@email.msn.com> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 21:09:59 -0500 Name: Kirill Gomelsky Gender:Male Year of Birth:1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 5 (I think) Location: Washington DC, possibly moving to NoCal E-mail Address: Kirill_Gomelski@msn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: single Children: one dog Occupation: Network engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early 1998, just back after a 7 month haetas # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 # of LEGO Pieces: 10000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: hope to go soon First LEGO Set: Helicopter in 1981 Favorite Theme(s): Space, Wild West, Trains Favorite Set(s): Blacktron Message Base Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Dinamite sticks in Wild West Set/theme you would like to see: Star Trek Current LEGO Project: Trying some wacky things with Mindstorms and VB Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Car Racing, skiing, computers, photography
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 01:20:24 -0600 From: John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: John Neal Gender: M Year of Birth: '60 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11/ all systems are within normal parameters Location: MPLS area E-mail Address: johnneal@uswest.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: M Children: 2, ages 9 & 11 Occupation: graphic design & screen printer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1-99 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ? >200 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 4 # of LEGO Pieces: never counted # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: legoland, Mall of America style First LEGO Set: something from the mid 60's Favorite Theme(s): TRAINS*TRAINS*TRAINS, model team Favorite Set(s): latest gallery post from PNWLTC Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): lego borg guy, chuppacabra (bat) Set/theme you would like to see: a series of diesel/steam engines Current LEGO Project: large scale diesel locomotive Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ground floor legomaniac Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: cartooning, dinos, star trek,
From: "xadrian" <brollman@daqcom.com> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 14:28:43 -0600 Organization: NeoSoft, Inc. Name: Ben Rollman Gender: male Year of Birth: 6-30-73 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14/subdued Location: Houston, TX E-mail Adress: brollman@daqcom.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: happily Children: none Occupation: news reader, analyst On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov. of '98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~45 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: that's a joke, right? # of LEGO Pieces: ~7,500 # of LEGOfests Attended: nada, zip, zero # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: ditto First LEGO Set: Cosmic Cruiser Favorite Theme(s): Futron Favorite Set(s): Stardefender "200" Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x2 x4 arch Set/theme you would like to see: WWII Vehicles Current LEGO Project: Dusting Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built starships from Buck Rogers, Battlestar galactica, Last Starfighter and some Tron things. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Hockey, Star Wars, Swing Dancing and Music, comic book art. Ben Rollman brollman@daqcom.com http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/6454/index.html "Good against remotes is one thing. Good against a living, that's something else." -Han Solo
From: pete storonskij <ps65637@navix.net> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:06:00 -0600 Organization: Helioforge Creations Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Pete W Storonskij (of Helioforge Creations) Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10ish Location: Lincoln, Ne. E-mail Address: ps65637@navix.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/area51/stargate/1267/mylego.html Children: ZERO (YAY!!!) Occupation: Artist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sept 1998 (also a couple months in 1994 :) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ZERO (YAY!!!) # of LEGO Pieces: probably 8,500 more or less # of LEGOfests Attended: 0, when are they? # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1, if Mall of America counts??? First LEGO Set: something from 1974, (I think) :) :D Favorite Theme(s): SPACE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Favorite Set(s): Explorien Starship (I have 2 :) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Spaceport Astronauts :) Set/theme you would like to see: Something of mine! Current LEGO Project: Finished the Probot, making a BIG radar dish... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: my website (YAY!!!) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Bicycling, Snow sculpting, art in general, anything sci-fi, building and designing sci-fi things :) :D
From: "Richard Mackin" <richard@rpmsoftware.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 20:28:26 -0000 Organization: Customer of Planet Online Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Richard Mackin Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1980 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 9 Location: Darlington, UK E-mail Address: richard-at-rpmsoftware-dot-freeserve-dot-co-dot-uk LEGO/home page URL(s): None (yet) Children: none Occupation: Programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: About two weeks ago # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 55 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000 (estimate) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0, when are they? # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 6801 Favorite Theme(s): Classic space, Star Wars Favorite Set(s): Space Police Patrol starfighter Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron mark-I Set/theme you would like to see: Millenium Falcon or Imperial Star Destroyer Current LEGO Projects: Town, Dreadnaught spaceship (of my own design) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Own Basic set 20 (VERY old) - got it for free! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Sci-fi models, Star Wars, writing fiction
From: Robert Wallace <robertw@netcom9.netcom.com> Organization: ICGNetcom Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 05:19:07 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Robert Wallace Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1953 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 (Inside him is a 2-year old) Location: Garland, TX E-mail Address: robertw@netcom.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None (yet) Children: none; one cat (down from 9) Occupation: Software Engineer and all-around code-hacker On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking since Oct 98. On USENET since 84 -- remember UUCP? # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 71 and more on the way (bulk basic not counted) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12 small sets held for parts # of LEGO Pieces: 30,000 (estimate) # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: just bricks many years ago; reentered with Mindstorms Favorite Theme(s): Tech Build, Model Team Favorite Set(s): currently 8462 Tow Truck, soon 8880 Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): any pneumatics; RCX; waiting for Darth Set/theme you would like to see: a roller-coaster would be neat Current LEGO Projects: autoloading pneumatic throwbot-disc launching RCX robot Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: sold my pickup to buy more Lego (and a Miata) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: there's something else?
From: harryboyle@aol.com (HarryBoyle) Date: 17 Jan 1999 16:09:22 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: David Goldstein Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1981 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Altoona, PA E-mail Address: harryboyle@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Children: None, plus a cat and rat. Occupation: Professional Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Well, I've been here since Jan '98, but I haven't posted a RTL Roll Call yet # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0. Sorry, I use 'em, Some I wish I hadn't opened! # of LEGO Pieces: 35,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: If one ever comes to PA, I"ll be there. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: 6366 Fire & Rescue Squad..Canadian nevertheless Favorite Theme(s): Town, Wild West, Train Favorite Set(s): 6394 Metro Park/Service Tower, 7824 Train Station Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic Action Set Snow Guys Set/theme you would like to see: How about a Lego Bar, or Apartment Building? Where do they live? Their cars? Under the monorail? Current LEGO Projects: Reassembling my past lego town Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Bought the entire Action Set line (8620, 8640, 8660) from S@H in 1992 for half off! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Saxomophone, Trombone. Yes, I am a band geek.
From: peter@table76.demon.co.uk (Peter Murray) Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:49:59 +0000 Organization: Improving? Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Peter Murray Gender: male Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12? Location: Crawley, England E-mail Address: peter@table76.demon.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.table76.demon.co.uk/Peter.jpg I don't really have a Lego home page, but that image has been Lego-ised! Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: None at present On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: autumn 1993 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: lots (more than the last "lots"!) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: lots more # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (shocking, isn't it?) First LEGO Set: don't know Favorite Theme(s): I don't think I've got a favourite. Favorite Set(s): I don't keep most assembled for very long, but I've bought three of 5918 because I like the car. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars... oh :-) . Current LEGO Project: Collect it all together from the different bags and containers it's in, and find out what I've got. Greatest Claims to LEGO Fame: None :-(
From: "Robert Fay" <rfay@we.mediaone.net> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:58:17 -0800 Organization: MediaOne Express, Western Region Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Robert Fay Gender:M Year of Birth: 1938 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 25 Location: Los Angeles, CA E-mail Address:rfay@we.mediaone.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7900/ Marital Status: S Children: 1 grand nephew with 25 sets Occupation: Retired On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 10 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0 # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set:Mindstorms Favorite Theme(s):Technic cars Favorite Set(s): MindStorms Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Yellow Beams Set/theme you would like to see: Longer axels Current LEGO Project: Gantry Mill Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Numerically Controled Machinery Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Electrical, electronics, computers, -- Bob Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7900/
From: jasper@janssen.dynip.com (Jasper Janssen) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 14:39:47 GMT Organization: Casema Internet Name: Jasper Janssen Gender: M Year of Birth: 1979 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands E-mail Address: jasper@janssen.dynip.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None (yet) Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: None. On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: december 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 40, I think. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 (of 2140, currently) # of LEGO Pieces: Let's see...must be on the order of between 1 and 10K. # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:1 (Billund) First LEGO Set: No idea... But my 375 Yellow Castle was one of the first. Favorite Theme(s): Technic/Mindstorms, all the way! :) Favorite Set(s): 8880 Supercar Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Hmmm, hard to say.. All of them! Especially the Technic ones, of course :) Set/theme you would like to see: Cheap Basic building sets for technic. More gears! Current LEGO Project: A Robot. It kind of follows naturally :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Being first to find the directory with high quality photos of Starwars sets on the lego website. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Physics, a little MtG, and some others. Jasper
From: tseng@math.psu.edu (Zachary S Tseng) Date: 25 Jan 1999 23:00:55 GMT Organization: NONE Whatsoever Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Zachary Tseng Gender: M Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 12 Location: State College, PA, USA E-mail Address: tseng@math.psu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): (homepage, no LEGO) http://www.math.psu.edu/tseng/ Marital Status: Unattached Children: None Occupation: Teach engineering math for Penn State, part-time graduate student in computer engineering On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb. 1993 (A.T.L) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: over 600 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: about 100 # of LEGO Pieces: Countless # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: #565 Moon Landing LEGO Dark Age: about 1984 to early 1993 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: #6057 Sea Serpent Favorite Theme(s): Pirates, Castle, Wild West Favorite Set(s): #6277 Imperial Trading Post Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The (original) Forestwoman, Dragons, removable minifigure armors Set/theme you would like to see: Greek/Roman theme, griffins and unicorns: vampire minifig; Inca/Aztec theme (foil for the Imperial Armada/Spanish Conquistadors) Current LEGO Project: Assemble my Imperial Guards regiment (yes, I really do mean a regiment; I only have about somewhat over 500 guards so far... a long way to go yet, especailly now that pirates theme is gone), an Imperial port city with all trimmings. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Being the keeper of this roll call form. Also, I was one of the voters who originally voted for the creation of this newsgroup. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer games; History (military history in particular); Geography; Doctor Who; RPGs (AD&D, Mechwarrior, etc.); Parallel computing; Watch TV/Sports.
From: "Michael Christie" <Michael_Christie@email.msn.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:53:08 -0800 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Michael Christie Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: South San Francisco E-mail Address: Michael_Christie@email.msn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): non yet Marital Status: Married Children: None Occupation: Software Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 500+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12 # of LEGO Pieces: 100,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 918 Space Transport LEGO Dark Age: 1983 - 1994 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6020 Magic Shop (gift from wife) Favorite Theme(s): Space, Model Team Favorite Set(s): 5571 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: Large town to occupy entire attic of 75' long house. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: spent $10,000+ in 2 months on Lego Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Martial arts
From: slink@netins.net (slink) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:21:24 GMT Organization: netINS, Inc. Name: Sandra Linkletter Gender: female Year of Birth: 1953 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ageless/just humming along, thank you kindly :) Location: Iowa, USA E-mail Address: slink@netins.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.netin.net/showcase/slink/index.htm Marital Status: married Children: two dogs and two cats Occupation: Technical Consultant (self-employed) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (a Technic Giant Model set bought on sale) # of LEGO Pieces: about 53,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: tiny set bought from Sears Roebuck & Co in mid 60's LEGO Dark Age: from about age 14 to Nov 1998. First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Mindstorms Favorite Theme(s): Outback, Diver, and Res-Q for the quality of their vehicles. Ninja and Bat Lord for the romance, and also the horses and dragons. Playing with Technic is like rebuilding bicycles (an ex-hobby of mine) but with no grease under your fingernails. :) Favorite Set(s): I have 4 Flying Ninja Fortresses, that one gave me a thrill every time I opened one and started taking out the pieces. I have 3 Mindstorms and 3 Giant Model sets, those two have so many neat mechanical parts in them not to mention three robot brains. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): universal joint, rack and pinion steering parts, dragons, orange dragon wings, flames, low slope roof bricks in non-red colors, women with cleavages, men who don't look like they are on meth - I particularly like the Spaceport rocket scientist (I like all the geeky ones but him best) and the amiable one with the scruffy red beard and mustache who shows up in some other sets. Set/theme you would like to see: less action toys (CyberSlam and Throw-Up-Bots <error intentional>), less toys for 4-year-olds in sets marked 7-12, something other than race cars in Technic. Actually, if you look over the years the themes/sets have just been retreads of one another. I could live with that if the trend towards simplification was reversed. Vehicles with working doors and hinged roofs are neat. More availability of new colors of bricks (tan and brown, for instance). My only wish for something completely new is for some scenery components, like mountain building blocks. Right now building a mountain-side from BUMPs means bidding for parts stripped from other sets and they are very expensive in quantities useful for real landscaping. I expect the Train enthusiasts would like that, too. Imagine Duplo or Primo sized bricks in gray, tan and brown with the ability to attach normal Lego to the surface, all for a reasonable price of course. Failing that, gray and green in reasonable quantities for a reasonable price, ie by the hundreds rather than 62 at a time. Current LEGO Project: Slink's Plastic Universe, see website. It's the illustrated history of an entire planet, which I fear won't fit in my house but I'm going to try my best. The robotic project is on the back-burner and it will stay that way until I get this out of my system, or at least until I get all my ordered supplies in-house and am unable to build anything more for lack of room. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Either fastest growth of set collection or happiest male minifig population, depending upon whom you ask. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers for work, computers for play, eating, sleeping, rolling in the hay, admiring the sunset, drinking good California red wine or good single highland malt whiskey, listening to music, taking long hot baths, contemplating the universe (not all of these can be combined but many can) -- Sandra -> http://www.netins.net/showcase/slink/ GEEK CODE Version 3.12: GS>AT !d(++)@ s:+ a+ C+++($) !U(C/H$) P(+)@ L E? W++ N++ o? K? w(++)@ O !M V(+) PS+() PE(++)@ Y+ PGP? t++@ 5? X? R+ tv-- b++(++++)@ DI++++ D G e++++ h+(++)($) r+++ x+++
From: mah4546@aol.com (MAH4546) Date: 26 Jan 1999 00:30:08 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Mark Herzberg Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Miami Beach, FL, USA E-mail Address: mah4546@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): .members.aol.com/mah4546/indexlego.html Marital Status: married Children: two(nine and twelve) Occupation: own automtoive parts company On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December '97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 250 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: two # of LEGO Pieces: 50,000-60,000(?) # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Windsor(this past summer), and going to Billund(April '99) and California(July '99) First LEGO Set: ??? LEGO Dark Age: I never had a true dark age. Between 1979 and 1993 I bought less LEGO sets. but still continued looking through catalouges, etc. First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6399 Airport Shuttle was what got me back into LEGO on a greater scale. Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train Favorite Set(s): 6394, Metro Park & Service Tower; 3309, Grandstand Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Piece: The 2x2x5 thing(like in 4555, 3313) Minifgure: Guy with red truck on shirt Set/theme you would like to see: Real Town Current LEGO Project: Finishing Legoredo, the second theme park of the Fun World Resort, and working on the third theme parl, ADventure Island. As well as adding new attractions to Fun World Adventure Park and prepapring for the "One Year Anniversary Celebration". Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Hosted LEGOChoice '98(and coming June 5, LEGOChoice '99) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: cars, Disney and Seagram(Universal) theme parks Mark in Miami. mah4546@aol.com URL: http://members.aol.com/mah4546/index.html It puts the sport in sport utility vehcile. X5 from BMW. Late '98 in the US. Early '99 in Europe. Mid-'99 in UK.
From: Barry Mc Farland <mcfarlandcj@home.com> Organization: @Home Network Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:49:55 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Barry McFarland Gender: XY Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8-13 Location: About 40 miles north of Legoland CA, :) E-mail Address: mcfarlandcj@home.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Lego nuetral spouse Children: Parker 7, Nicholas 5, Christopher 3 Occupation: Emergency Response Consultant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: fall 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 200 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: about 15 # of LEGO Pieces: about 34,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Soon to be one in March First LEGO Set: Velvetta Cheese promo sets about 1969 LEGO Dark Age: 1976-1994 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Really ended with 6544 Shuttle Transon 2, My sons ended it for me, Thanks guys! Favorite Theme(s): Model Team, Pre-97 Town, Launch Command, Technic Favorite Set(s): 5571, 6339, 6484 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1x1 w/ side stud, 6x16 plate Set/theme you would like to see: Octan oil production series (offshore oil rig, tank ship, drill pad, pipeline repair crew, etc.) Current LEGO Project: 5571 trailer, western town Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Going to preview at Legoland California March 14 Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: huh?
From: "Terry Mason" <terrym@wantree.com.au> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 10:10:14 +0800 Organization: Wantree Development Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Terry Mason Gender: Male Year of Birth: 61 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 6 Location: Perth, Western Australia E-mail Address: terrym@wantree.com.au; terry.mason@satcom.com.au; LEGO/home page URL(s): www.wantree.com.au/~terrym Marital Status: Married Children: 2 (1 boy 2.5 1 Girl 7.5) Occupation: Programmer / Analyst On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Aug 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 229 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 # of LEGO Pieces: 28252 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 8 yrs old - Unknown set with large blue and yellow cogs LEGO Dark Age: 12 - 35 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Sail n Fly Marina Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Town & Wild West Favorite Set(s): Bar Code Truck Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): all Set/theme you would like to see: More classic town sets Current LEGO Project: re-organise lego room after moving house Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none as yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Indoor Cricket, Computer Programming, MyFamily
From: "john battcock" <johnbat@istar.ca> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 22:29:29 -0400 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: John Battcock Gender: M Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 to 18 Location: Dartmouth, NS E-mail Address: johnbat@istar.ca LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Yes Children: 2, G:8, B:4 Occupation: Accountant for Brick Manufacturer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30-40 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: I still can't believe people don't open their sets # of LEGO Pieces: 10000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: only when I go shopping # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 1964 all I remember is red & white rectangular pieces and that was it, my brother and I were into GI Joe, Toy Cars LEGO Dark Age: 1970 - 1990,Glimpse of light, 1991-1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 3 Adventurer Sets Favorite Theme(s): Adventurers Favorite Set(s): 5909 (the plane is now a Tri-wing) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Slopes all colors sizes, Mummy Set/theme you would like to see: An old style train to go with Advent. Current LEGO Project: Big Yellow pyramid. Figuring out ways to sneak Lego into the house. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: First to get Toucan Sam Instructions. I know it's not much but I already left enough spaces blank!!! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Listening to Blues, Cooking, Crosswords, Scrabble.
From: Sean McInnis <argus@netcom.ca> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:34:33 -0500 Organization: Netcom Canada Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Sean McInnis Gender: M Year of Birth: 09/21/72 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Toronto Ontario E-mail Address: argus@netcom.ca LEGO/home page URL(s): Non yet, but soon Marital Status: Married to a growing LEGO addict Children: On the way Occupation: Electronic Technologist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 23/11/98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 66 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 11067 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: First memorable 497 Galaxy Explorer LEGO Dark Age: 1989-1997 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Eagle Stunt Flyer Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Space Favorite Set(s): Black Seas Baricuda Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Wings, Set/theme you would like to see: Space that getsit roots from the classic space Current LEGO Project: modify 4995 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: -- Irid Ghibht Agus an Righ Through the grace of God and the King
From: "Ben Dolle" <rattraptm@yahoo.com> Date: 26 Jan 1999 03:50:07 GMT Organization: Home Copy Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Benjamin Dolle Gender: M Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Washington State University, Pullman, WA E-mail Address: deadpool1@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): (no LEGO, yet...:) http://www.wsu.edu/~deadpool Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan. 13, 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 54 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:none (I play with all of 'em :) # of LEGO Pieces: a lot :) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0, but only until March :) First LEGO Set: don't know, but I'm pretty sure it was a car (vroom, vroom :) LEGO Dark Age: 1991-1994 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: a police motorcycle, I believe... Favorite Theme(s): Ninja, Technic Favorite Set(s): Samurai Swordsman, Ninja Flying Fortress, Throwbots Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The shark from the ocean sets, the dragons, and all the little ninjas... Set/theme you would like to see: Transformers/Robotech/Superheroes (how cool would a Batcave or Fortress of Solitude playset be? :) Current LEGO Project: finding a Torch throwbot set, and a 4' tall Death Star to menace my forthcoming lego Star Wars rebels :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built a dollhouse for my little sister that opend up on hinges to play with the inside areas. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Video games (mostly Playstation RPGS) comics, writing, drawing, reading, school, and music.
From: "mlki" <mlki@accessv.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 04:22:24 GMT
Organization: Shaw FiberLink Ltd. Toronto
Name: Kevin Cheng
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Underestimated
Location: Toronto
E-mail Address: mlki@accessv.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): still in construction
Marital Status: single
Children: None
Occupation: Advertising student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+-
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15
# of LEGO Pieces: 100,000+-
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: some Fabuland set of a dog, lion and fox
LEGO Dark Age: 1985-1988, 1992-1997
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 4559
Favorite Theme(s): town, divers
Favorite Set(s): most of the TOWN sets, but not town jr.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): minifig w/ Shell logo and minifig
w/truck on torso
Set/theme you would like to see: OLD Town and Train sets that I
missed
Current LEGO Project: Trying to increase my Legocity population to
1500 (currently at 150)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: refound the joy of playing w/ Lego
(old Lego)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: net surfing, karaoke, McToys/M&M
collecting, sports...
From: tezza@edison.dialix.com.au (Terry Walters) Organization: DIALix Internet Services Date: 26 Jan 99 09:51:10 GMT Name: Terry Walters Gender: Male Year of Birth: November, 1971. Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: still feel like 14. Location: Melbourne, Australia E-mail Address: tezza@edison.dialix.oz.au LEGO/home page URL(s): I wish... when I learn to program HTML. Marital Status: GF since June, 1997 Children: No! Occupation: Maths Teacher (Secondary School). On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July, 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200 - 300 ... ??? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 80% of them. I was like that as a kid, saved all sorts of things for no reason. # of LEGO Pieces: Thousands and thousands, I suppose. # of LEGOfests Attended: Went to the old Lego displays in Myer. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None. First LEGO Set: 6801 Rocket Sled. LEGO Dark Age: 15 - 25. I did buy things now and then. Mainly 'figs for game useage. First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6105, 6036, 1712 all are castle. Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirate, Space. Favorite Set(s): 6103 Castle minifigs. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Soldier figs from pirates. Swords, shields, wands, Majisto, Forestmen, bow n arrows, etc... Set/theme you would like to see: REAL LEGO CHESS. Maybe some life like lighthouses. Current LEGO Project: I am slowly building up Lego army units. One day I will write my own rules and battle away happy ever after. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I sold a 6807 space set. I've sold plenty of other sets too, each time my armies grow with the funds. There has to be some free traders around, right? Providing a service in some way or another. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Visiting all the lighthouses we can (currently only 17, but we are working on it), UFO's, StarWars, XFiles, Maths, Casino games, if it sounds interesting try it... you can't really lose in the long run.
From: timcc@geocities.com (Tim Culberson) Date: 26 Jan 1999 13:13:28 GMT Organization: Moldy Oldies Name: Tim Culberson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1981 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 0 Location: NB Canada E-mail Address: timcc@geocities.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/eureka/office/1848/index.html Marital Status: Looking... Children: 0 Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Uhm? '96? '97? # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25-45 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: couple 1000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Unknown LEGO Dark Age: no true dark age First LEGO set after the Dark Age: not applicable Favorite Theme(s): TOWN Favorite Set(s): Rocky River Retreat Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Those wild west handguns, the brown brooms, etc. Set/theme you would like to see: Real Town Current LEGO Project: Playing Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: n/a Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Model Railroading, farting around.
From: teyyareci@my-dejanews.com Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:35:43 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Selçuk GÖRE Gender: male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: It depends Location: Istanbul, Turkey E-mail Address: sgore@superonline.com LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet Marital Status: Just married Children: none Occupation: Production Chief On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 156 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 11 (they haven't arrived yet) # of LEGO Pieces: 24859 (+ the set on the mail) # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: 033 (universal building set from 1968, owned in 1976) LEGO Dark Age: 1984-1997 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Dig N'Dump (promotion from a newspaper) Favorite Theme(s): Model Team, Technic, Town (+ other themes compatible with town, both in time and scale) Favorite Set(s): 5571, 8880, 8479,2148 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Babe with pink flower paterned vest from 1761 Set/theme you would like to see: Visually elegant technic sets and detailed town sets (both as in 80's) Current LEGO Project: scanning, scanning, scanning, scan... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I built 8860 at the first attempt, without using instructions, and after a 14 year long dark age. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My wife Sema, outdoor sports (camping, trekking, etc.), aircrafts, computers (games and the net)..uhm..some other not interesting things, too.
From: jeffj@schultz.io.com (Sakura)
Date: 26 Jan 1999 21:12:36 GMT
Organization: Illuminati Online
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Name: Jeff Johnston
Gender: Yes. Er, I mean, Male.
Year of Birth: 1973
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Young/Alive and well
Location: Boston, MA
E-mail Address: jeffj@io.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): none...yet.
Marital Status: Living in SIN!
Children: None
Occupation: Programming (Continuing Engineering)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~10
# of LEGO Pieces: er...lots.
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: Can't recall. The first one I
/remember/ was either the Classic
Castle or the Galaxy Explorer.
LEGO Dark Age: 1981ish-1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Ninja Surprise & Samurai Stronghold
Favorite Theme(s): Castle! Esp. Wolfpack.
Favorite Set(s): Stone Tower Bridge
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see: LEGO Arabian Nights
Current LEGO Project: Beginning a series of Shakespeare
productions conducted entirely by
LEGO. First up: Hamlet.
Also: obtain enough parts to show the
world that there are still new things
to be done with Castle!
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None, yet.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Books, RPGs, shaolin kempo karate,
my girlfriend, occasionally the SCA
(not necessarily in that order)
--
Hostes aliengeni me abduxerent. Jeff Johnston - jeffj@io.com
Qui annus est? http://www.io.com/~jeffj
From: "Adrian Egli" <EgliEngineering@worldnet.att.net> Date: 27 Jan 1999 02:31:45 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Adrian Egli Gender: male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Somewhere between 12 and 16 Location: San Diego, CA E-mail Address: EgliEngineering@worldnet.att.net LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet finshed but will be completed within the next month or two and it will be about Lego trains. Marital Status: still single Children: none Occupation: career student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Again, God only knows # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ZERO, I've opened every set I've ever bought or recieved and enjoyed doing so!!!! # of LEGO Pieces: at last count, 66,842 interlocking pieces # of LEGOfests Attended: two # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: one, Billund, 1994, soon to be two First LEGO Set: too young to recall LEGO Dark Age: NEVER HAD ONE. I could not stop building because I had too many ideas floating in my head and when I recieved the newest catalog and saw the sets I just said those magic words "I GOTTA HAVE IT!!" First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Does not apply Favorite Theme(s): Model Team, Technic, Train Favorite Set(s): 5571, 8880, 8868, 4565, 4558, 3225 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the brick separator(saves my nails) Set/theme you would like to see: A series of supercars based upon actual cars, not just one single supercar for the next four or five years. Current LEGO Project: Working on a bridge for my trains that I plan to post photos of on my site soon.(shoot'n for March) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Wrote a lot of letters to Susan Williams and saw many my suggestions carried out. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: photography, bike ride, reading, music.
From: Yifun Liang <yifun@muds.net> Date: 27 Jan 1999 09:16:13 GMT Organization: Posted via RemarQ, http://www.remarQ.com - Discussions start here! Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Yifun Liang Gender: F Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 Location: San Jose, CA E-mail Address: yifun@muds.net LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet... working on it. Marital Status: Single Children: myself Occupation: support engr On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: First in Jun 1992, back since Dec 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: didn't count # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~20 # of LEGO Pieces: 54,980 plus some loose pieces # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: not yet. waiting for March 14 First LEGO Set: some basic with big people and lots of clear bricks LEGO Dark Age: 1983-1988, 1993-1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 1. twin winged spoiler (6828), 2. mindstorms Favorite Theme(s): castle, old space (88-93) Favorite Set(s): stone tower bridge (6089) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): classic smiley, bird, 1x1 and 1x2 bricks Set/theme you would like to see: more castle... Current LEGO Project: inventory pieces, building a town for the mud I am trying to write (and of course, if I spent so much time on Lego, I won't be writing one). Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none so far Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, hiking, archaeology....
From: Mark Benz <mbenz@us.oracle.com> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:11:59 -0500 Organization: Oracle Corporation. Redwood Shores, CA Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Mark Benz Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1960 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies Location: Fremont, CA E-mail Address: mbenz@us.oracle.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None, behind Co. firewall Marital Status: Married Children: Ross, 8 and Sister yet to be named, -2 months Occupation: Manager, E-Commerce Strategy On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1997, though seems longer… # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~350 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~20 # of LEGO Pieces: >40,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 1, Associated with 25th Anniversary tour in SF, 1998 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 2, Billund DK, 1994, Windsor UK, 1998, and likely again in 1999. Hopefully Carlsbad also in 1999. First LEGO Set: Some Basic Set, in the mid-late 60’s LEGO Dark Age: ~1978-1994 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: New: 6286 or 6340. Used: 6048,6076 (garage sale) Favorite Theme(s): My son’s efforts, Blacktron & Space Police 1, Castle, Pirates, any boat, also non-cop or race Town, Trains Favorite Set(s) (That we own): 951, 955, 956, 1682, 5591, 6085+6059, 6276, 6274, 6350, 6397, 6483, 6543, 6886, 6895, 6987 Favorite Set(s) (That we don't own): 6080, Large Pirate Ships, Any Seaport. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set #1 Gears, Halberd, Technic Beams, "crater" landing plate. WRT minifigs: "Back when I was a boy, we didn’t have them things…" ;-) Set/theme you would like to see: Famous International Buildings/Landmarks: White House, Eiffel Tower (good luck), Great Wall, a Pagoda, Maya Pyramid, Cut-away Egyptian Pyramid, Parthenon, Big Ben, Neushwanstein (sp), etc. More ancient history: Egyptians, Greeks, Romans (Build an Aquaduct!) etc. Current LEGO Project: Clean up to have room for new baby, baby-proof house. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Still have all original bricks etc. from my childhood, but no boxes :-( My brother and I used to build forts of red slopes and 2x4s on our 2-50x50 gray plates, and attack each other using tanks built on large red wheels with grey tires. Long 1x N bricks were rare, and "miniwheels" were new. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My family, water and snow skiing, home improvement (not really an interest, a necessity).
From: "Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mentorg.com> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 16:46:17 -0500 Organization: Mentor Graphics Corporation Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Mike Walsh Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1964 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies Location: Just outside of Raleigh, North Carolina E-mail Address: mike_walsh@mentorg.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.tripod.com/mike_walsh Marital Status: Married 10+ years Children: 2 - Travis (age 4), Sophia (age 2) Occupation: Applications Engineering Manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: About 100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 10 # of LEGO Pieces: No idea, not as many as a lot of RTL people! # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: Some sort of Universal Building Set circa 1969 or 1970 LEGO Dark Age: 1976-1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: A visit to the Orlando LIC brought me back around along with my son's interest in LEGO. A 5571 for myself really got me back. Favorite Theme(s): Model Team, Town Favorite Set(s): 5571, 6554, 6335, 5661 (which I want) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Piece: 1xN plates Minifig: Santa Set/theme you would like to see: NASCAR themed race sets Current LEGO Project: LEGO Raceway Park - a group of racing related vehicles and buildings and a Town Car Wash using the brushes from the Street Sweeper (6499). Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None and doubt that I'll ever have one. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My family, NASCAR, my 1967 MGB, NCAA hoops
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 01:20:12 +1000
From: Mark Harrison <harro1@one.net.au>
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Name: Mark Harrison
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1960
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 38 (I feel like a father figure to all you kids)
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
E-mail Address: harro1@one.net.au or harro@powerup.com.au
LEGO/home page URL(s): when i get a roundtuit
Marital Status: married
Children: two
Occupation: Analyst/Programmer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Mid 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 500+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 70+
# of LEGO Pieces: lost count
# of LEGOfests Attended: no such thing in OZ
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: same again
First LEGO Set: 8857
LEGO Dark Age: not applicable, no interest in Lego prior to 1996.
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: pass
Favorite Theme(s): Train, Town (prior to 1996), Boats, Technic, Model Team
Favorite Set(s): 7727, 7730, 7740, 7745, 7750,
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): macaroni 1/4 circle (this week)
Set/theme you would like to see: Roman Empire, The Steam Age,
Stationery working engines.
Current LEGO Project: Building double level 9V train layout using
monorail stands,
Completing collection of Model Team Sets,
Building a 396 Thatcher Perkins Engine from spare parts
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Accummulated 17x4551 Crocodile Engines (sold now)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: family, landscaping, house design, sci-fi,
politics, mainframe programming, travel.
From: lawperry@aol.compickles (LAWPerry)
Date: 29 Jan 1999 22:16:01 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Name: Laura Wilson-Perry
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Oh, about 12...
Location: Mid-South US
E-mail Address: LAWPerry@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): Not yet!
Marital Status: married
Children: does my husband count?
Occupation: historian
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: precisely 2
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: precisely 0
# of LEGO Pieces: 140
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: 5928 Bi-Wing Baron (COOL airplane....)
LEGO Dark Age: 1968 to Christmas 1998....
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Bi-Wing Baron
Favorite Theme(s): Adventurers (DUH!). Also like Pirates and Castle.
Favorite Set(s): Anything Adventurers that is on sale (why pay that outrageous
retail price for so few pieces....????)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Well, I only have two, but I like them
both....
Set/theme you would like to see: I'm still new at this... give me a roll call
or two..
Current LEGO Project: Acquiring Adventurers
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My slow learning curve discovering legos...
Other (Non-LEGO): History, writing, researching...
From: Don Herko Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:50:04 -0500 Name: Don Herko Gender: Male Birth: 1967 Age: 31" and proud to be a grown up maniac" Location: North Carolina Herkod@rotc1hp.bragg.army.mil Home page: No home page yet Married Four kids In the army 111 sets all opened 17,000 + pieces never been to lego-fest but interested Have been to Legoland Denmark "Mecca" First Set: Do not remember first set as a child Theme(s): Castle (include Ninja, Indians and Islanders)sets... dabble in pirates and space Favorite sets: are Black Falcon Fortress and Guarded Inn "do not have them yet, but have many pictures and want -um" Favorite pieces: Castle minifigs Would like to see a castle sub-theme on Vikings then Barbarians ....Also want TLG to offer all sets to the USA and re-offer the retired castle theme sets Current Project: Increasing my castle world 450+ minifigs 100+ horses 43 buildings and structures 20 ships boats and rafts divided into 13 tiny kingdoms with islanders and Native Americans as well. Claim to Lego Fame: Dragged my two buddies from the bars and girls of Copenhagen and took them to Legoland at four o'clock in the morning many years ago. We had a great time, but the whole way up their they reminded me of the original Vacation movie with Wally World being closed.
From: sparre@meyer.fys.ku.dk (Jacob Sparre Andersen)
Date: 1 Feb 1999 15:06:31 GMT
Organization: UNI-C
Name: Jacob Sparre Andersen
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Who knows
Location: Copenhagen, DK
E-mail Address: Jacob.Sparre.Andersen@risoe.dk
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://hugin.risoe.dk/LEGO/
http://hugin.risoe.dk/Jacob/
Marital Status: Free
Children: Only me
Occupation: Experimental physicist
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994(?)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 or 6
# of LEGO Pieces: many
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Billund
First LEGO Set: The red technic tractor from 1978 is the
first one I can remember.
LEGO Dark Age: N/A
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: N/A
Favorite Theme(s): Technic
Favorite Set(s): Super Car (8880) and the Yacht Club (6543)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 (3001)
Set/theme you would like to see: Wind People/Thunder People
Current LEGO Project: LDraw II, building instructions en masse.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My cable stayed bridge?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Physics, comics, books (a lot science fiction),
languages, and programming.
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From: kyle390828@aol.com (Kyle390828) Date: 2 Feb 1999 02:31:40 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Chris Spencer Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1882 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 16 Location: Delaware E-mail Address: Kyle390828@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.aol.com/kyle390828/index.htm Marital Status: None so far. Children: Look above. Occupation: Student. On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Rougly 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 # of LEGO Pieces: 20000 and growing... # of LEGOfests Attended: None yet. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Same as above. First LEGO Set: 6847 Space Dozer LEGO Dark Age: What's a lego dark age? First LEGO set after the Dark Age: See above. Favorite Theme(s): Space. Favorite Set(s): To many to count. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The large silver swords....and lamp posts. Set/theme you would like to see: 2001 Current LEGO Project: "Journey Under the Mountain" Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The Lego Gif Terminal (TLGT). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Drawing, computer-generated graphics, chess, anime, animation, and biking.
From: Frank.Lehmann@t-online.de (Frank) Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 19:50:31 GMT Name: Frank Lehmann Gender: male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: varies from 8 to 18 Location: Germany E-mail Address: Frank.Lehmann@t-online.de LEGO/home page URL: http://home.t-online.de/home/frank.lehmann/legolink.htm Marital Status: married Children: 2 Occupation: On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: currently around 35, # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 # of LEGO Pieces: somewhere probably near 12.000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Legoland Sierksdorf,Germany in the 70th) First LEGO Set: a 4,5Volt train Favorite Theme(s): Technic and train Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): RCX Set/theme you would like to see: remote controll level crossing. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: family, rollerblading, F1 -Jeremy.
From: HENDO <valyance@concentric.net> Date: 03 Feb 1999 00:03:35 PST Organization: Concentric Internet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: John P. "HENDO" Henderson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA E-mail Address: valyance@concentric.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.concentric.net/~valyance/leg.htm Marital Status: Engaged (living with NLSO) Children: none Occupation: Logistical Engineering Specialist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 400+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 16 # of LEGO Pieces: 40,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: 722 Universal Set LEGO Dark Age: A Bit Stagnant 1995-1998, but never went totally dark First LEGO set after the Dark Age: n/a Favorite Theme(s): Town (including Trains and Boats) Favorite Set(s): 6932 Stardefender "200"; 6542 Launch and Load Seaport Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Mini-Figs; And the endangered mini-fig car-door piece. Set/theme you would like to see: Real Town, Castle Villagers Current LEGO Project: Ongoing Project of using my LEGO Town as a representation of Valyance (my fictional world). Also, Fixing my attic and basement to accommodate the display. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Aside from the tattoo of the Wolfpack coat-of-arms, I built a model of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre that won me an A- in high school English (I did not built it for the class)... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer and Board Strategy Games, Table-top and Live Role Playing Games, celebrating my Scottish heritage, and as always, writing my future novels, screenplays, and game-systems based on the Valyance world. And one more thing... My LEGO Geek Code: CA[cr,fm,bk,wp+++]+++(6066) TO[cl+++jr?!?]+++(6542) SP[cl,bt1,fu,sp,mt+++]++(6932) #+++++ S LS- Hal A+ LM- YB72m
From: "Anders Isaksson" <isaksson.etuna@REMOVEebox.tninet.se> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:04:02 +0100 Organization: Telenordia Name: Anders Isaksson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1954 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 26 Location: Eskilstuna, Sweden E-mail Address: isaksson.etuna@ebox.tninet.se LEGO/home page URL(s): http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm Marital Status: Married ### Update Children: 3 (My daughter Jenny was born 1999-01-29) ### Occupation: Systems programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 (I think) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 1 (8880 Super Car) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: ~1200 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 - Billund, Denmark First LEGO Set: Probably some plain brick set (around 1960) LEGO Dark Age: 1970 - 1990 (When the kids started to build) First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8880 Super Car Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8880 Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): no special favourite Set/theme you would like to see: Universal Technic Current LEGO Project: Cybermaster (it's not mine, it's the kids) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: BlockCAD drawing program Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My kids, wife, books, computers etc. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm Gallery: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/gallery.htm
From: jsproat@geocities.com Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 18:38:05 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Jeremy H. Sproat Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 7, going on 19 Location: Orem, Utah E-mail Address: jsproat@geocities.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/lego.html Marital Status: Newlywed for nearly 2 years and counting Children: 3 cats and that's enough for now Occupation: Student, Software Engineer, Pizza Drone On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: off and on since, oh say, Tuesday # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 149 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ha ha ha ha yeah right! # of LEGO Pieces: 24,761, give or take twenty-four thousand # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: Big cardboard box of Freestyle-style bricks when I was 3 my Grandpa got from Deseret Industries (Salvation Army-alike) LEGO Dark Age: ca. 1986 or 1987, when my Mom gave away all our Lego sets to relatives First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6581 Dig N' Dump Favorite Theme(s): Technic Blacktron I or any combination that results in a techno-opressive future Favorite Set(s): You know that Classic Space set that is on the Legomaniac's WebRing logo? I had that set. They could never improve on that set. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I guys in their faceless evil-black military suits Set/theme you would like to see: We have Mindstorms and Lego RC Cars and Scala -- what else can anyone want? Less Scala? Current LEGO Project: Microfig-scale weapons of mediocre destruction, kilofig-scale nanotech devices Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My themed site, In the Service of Her Majesty's Secret Death Squad, won the Cool Lego Site of the Week award #83 (April 19-25, 1998) and it's still getting to my head... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: my wife, B5, cats, origami, Daria, PalmPilot, guitar songwriting and balladeering, RPG miniatures painting, "unencumbered" AD&D (early 2nd edition, w/o miniatures, ironically enough) and other RPGs -- If this is paradise, I think I need a lawnmower. jsproat@geocities.com http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
From: Kaleb <Moscow7@aol.com> Organization: ? Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 21:15:23 -0800 Name: Kaleb Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1988 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: California E-mail Address: Moscow7@aol.com Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: Kid On R.T.L. Since: 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:109 # of Unopened LEGO Sets in Collection: 8 # of LEGO Pieces: 15-20,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO set: 6835 LEGO Dark Age: 1988-1993 First LEGO Set after the Dark Age: 6835 Favorite Themes: Launch Command, Space Port, well most of it except 6456 mission control Favorite Sets: 6339,1682,6544,6457,6458,8480,565,6516,5313 Favorite Piece/Minifigures: The bay door pieces on 6544,astronauts,astronaut assistants,scientists,anything with a classic smiley face. Set/themes you would like to see: Minifig scale space shuttle launch pad,detailed Apollo theme,Star Trek theme. Current Lego Project: Space Control Center: Greatest Claim to LEGO FAME: 1682 shuttle launch pad Other Interests: Astronomy,science,Space travel,books.
From: "Robert G. Carney" <CarneyCastle@email.msn.com> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 00:42:15 -0600 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Bob Carney Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1943 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies Location: Decatur, Illinois E-mail Address: CarneyCastle@msn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Can only refer you to Anne Sullivan's http://www.end.com/~jynx/castle/ so far Marital Status: Married Children: 3 (grown and flown) Occupation: Dermatologist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Today # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 500? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: ~100,000? (I stopped counting 20 years ago) # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: Lego Building Toy Sets No. 1 thru 6 from Kraft-Lego Special Offer. Set No. 2 containied 141 pieces and cost $2.00 plus 1 Velveeta End Flap. I don't recall the year (mid- to late-1960s?). Ah, for the good old days. My second oldest brochure is also undated, touting sets #001 to 799 -- unpriced but available from "LEGO Building Toy, a Quality Product of Samsonite Corporation. Denver, Colorado." No mention of Ole Kirk or Denmark anywhere. LEGO Dark Age: None. But I was born again in 1986 with the coming of the #6074 Black Falcon's Fortress. First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Noted above -- I eventually bought 22 of set #6074. Wish I had more. Favorite Theme(s): Castle. Also Adventurers, Trains. Favorite Set(s): Anything with gray bricks. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 3x3x6 gray wall corner. Need 'em for drum towers. Set/theme you would like to see: I'd like to see Castels make a come-back, and I can't wait for Star Wars. Current LEGO Project: Working on my web site, with Anne Sullivan's help. You can visit her at http://www.7thsign.com/~jynx/. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My castles are getting bigger, better and more accurate all the time. Other (Non-LEGO): Golf, gardening, travel.
From: "Mark Haye" <haye (at) us (dot) ibm (dot) com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 22:17:26 -0700
Organization: IBM ADSM Server Development
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Name: Mark Haye
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1961
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location: Tucson, AZ USA
E-mail Address: haye (at) us (dot) ibm (dot) com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://mbr-hobby.neotown.com/markhaye/legostuff.html
Marital Status: S
Children: 0
Occupation: Nerd (programmer, software engineer, ... whatever)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: mostly lurking since late 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: only ~25 actual "sets," but many
service packs and bulk parts
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 ... what would be the point? ;-)
# of LEGO Pieces: 25k ???
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: first memorable set: #310 (motorized trucks)
LEGO Dark Age: '74-'84 and '86-'96
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8855 (Prop Plane),
8235 (Front-end loader)
Favorite Theme(s): Technic ... are there other themes? ;-)
Favorite Set(s): old: 310, recent: Mindstorms
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): motors
Set/theme you would like to see: more (larger) Technic gears
Current LEGO Project: trying to make something useful out of Throwbots
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: my nephew thinks I'm a LEGO god ... ;-)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: building stuff in general: woodworking, home
improvement, programming, ...
--
Mark Haye
IBM ADSM Server Development ... Tucson, AZ
haye (at) us (dot) ibm (dot) com
From: Tony Priestman <Tony@you-rang.unreal.demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 22:34:21 +0000 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Tony Priestman Gender: M Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 11 Location: Sandbach, Cheshire, UK E-mail Address: tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): haven't got that far in the manual Marital Status: unaccounted for Children: None Occupation: programmer/analyst On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurked since end nov. 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: don't know: guess at 200+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 100+ (lego fever... must... stop... buying...) # of LEGO Pieces: very many # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: some basic set round about 1967-8 probably LEGO Dark Age: about 1983 to 1995 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8868 Airtech Claw Rig Favorite Theme(s): Technic (not tek-neek!), castle, pirate Favorite Set(s): 6280 Armada Flagship (for the colours), 8480 Space Shuttle, 8422 Circuit Shock Racer Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Um, I'll have to think about that... Set/theme you would like to see: Technic Space in *non-yukky* colours Current LEGO Project: Box opening :) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Well, I *thought* I had a lot of Lego until I found you people! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Photography, hill walking, retail therapy, garden design/build, castles
From: "Robin W." <robstorm@gte.com> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 00:16:30 -0500 Organization: gte.net Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Robin Werner Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Clearwater, Florida, USA E-mail Address: robstorm@gte.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.xoom.com/robstorm/index.htm Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Mech. Design - CAD (Pro/E) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 700? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15 # of LEGO Pieces: 100000? (no idea) # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: 180 Battery Train (1972) Favorite Theme(s): Trains, MindStorms, Town, Space and Castle Favorite Set(s): 4558 Metro Liner, 9719 MindStorms Set, 6390 Main Street, 924 Galaxy Explorer, 8860 Auto Chassis, 6392 Airport, 6392 Airport Shuttle, 180 Battery Train, 6990 FUTURON Monorial, 7735 12v Train Set Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 9V track, train doors n' windows, Gray Road Plates, RCX Set/theme you would like to see: StarTrek / Back to Classic Town, Space and Castle. Current LEGO Project: The next train show layout. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Large train show displays Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Offroad Bicycling, NFL and Arena Football, Web Page Design and Computer Games.
From: rubis@home.com (Randy) Organization: WEB PAGE http://www.look-inc.com/rrubis/randy1.htm Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 16:56:33 GMT Name:Randy Rubis Gender:Male Year of Birth:061254 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:7 Location:St. Clair Shores, MI, USA E-mail Address:rubis@home.com LEGO/home page URL(s):TBA http://www.look-inc.com/rrubis/randy1.htm Marital Status:D Children:0 Occupation:RF Engineer for Large Cellular Telcom, Astronomer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:10 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:1 # of LEGO Pieces:>2000 # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:1 First LEGO Set:Mindstorms RIS Favorite Theme(s):Technics Favorite Set(s):Space Shuttle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):Technic Dewds Set/theme you would like to see:Robot Warriors RIS version Current LEGO Project:Mindstorms IR robot camera vechile Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Tried to purchase Mindstorms RIS on Christmas Eve Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Trains
From: Terry Anschutz II <tanschut@carroll1.cc.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:07:26 -0600 Name: Terry Anschutz II Gender: Male Year of Birth: 050877 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Waukesha, WI, USA E-mail Address: balthazar_blue@yahoo.com LEGO/home page URL(s): www.cc.edu/~tanschut/ Marital Status: never been married Children: 0 Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Not sure, thanks to a house fire # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Your guess is as good as mine # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Some old space set from 1984. Favorite Theme(s): The old Blacktron sets. Favorite Set(s): Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: Mindstorms Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Talked a professor into getting two credits for working with the Mindstorms set. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Roleplaying games. Balthazar the Blue
From: edboxer@aol.com (Ed Boxer) Date: 18 Feb 1999 00:15:19 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Ed "Boxer" Jones Gender: Male Year of Birth: 2/1/54 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Staten Island, NY E-mail Address: edboxer@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): www.geocities.com/~edboxer/lego.html www.geocities.com/~edboxer/legosets.html www.geocities.com/~edboxer/lego2.html www.geocities.com/~edboxer/castle.html www.geocities.com/~edboxer/crown.html www.geocities.com/~edboxer/downtown.html www.geocities.com/~edboxer/enfield.html Marital Status: domestic partnership Children: no thanks Occupation: HR Training and Development On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994? # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 350 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 55,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Blue Bucket Favorite Theme(s): Freestyle, Castle, Adventurers Favorite Set(s): Guarded Inn, Skeleton Surprise, Basic 425 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1x2 - 4x4 hinged brick Set/theme you would like to see: return to 1980's town Current LEGO Project: design of Metropolitan Opera House Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Ed Boxer's Lego Castle: The First "Cool LEGO Site of the Week; featured in the November/December 1996 Mania Magazine; featured in the LEGO Creator Activity Book Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Boxing, Opera, Drum Corps, Architecture, Key West Ed "Boxer" Jones Check out my home page: http://www.GeoCities.com/~edboxer A Guide to Opera on CD; Boxing; my Lego creations; Drum and Bugle Corps; Key West
From: Adrian Drake <tremor@apk.net> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:42:22 -0500 Organization: APK Net Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Adrian Drake Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Cleveland, OH E-mail Address: tremor@apk.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://junior.apk.net/~tremor/ Marital Status: Married Children: None Occupation: Mechanical Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 225 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12 # of LEGO Pieces: ~40000 # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Does the Imagination Center at Walt Disney World count? First LEGO Set: 6970 Beta-1 Command Base (1980) Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Technic, Ninja, Classic Space, Model Team Favorite Set(s): 6950 Mobile Rocket Transport, 5580 Highway Rig, 8480 Space Shuttle, 8865 Test Car, 8855 Prop Plane, 2150 Train Station Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons, Wizards Set/theme you would like to see: Return to Classic Space Current LEGO Project: Amusement Park Rides Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I don't have one Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Wishing for a Dodge Durango, racquetball, bowling, video games
From: Joe Greene <Joe_Greene@opendisc.com> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:03:36 -0700 Organization: OpenDisc Systems, Inc. From: Joe Greene <jgreene@nyx.net> Name:Joe Greene Gender: male Year of Birth: 72 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:12 and kicking! Location: Lafayette CO E-mail Address:wolfie_@mail.geocities.com LEGO/home page URL(s):http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5765 Marital Status: Married NLSO Children: Number 2 + Myself Occupation: Computer Specialist.. LINUX Junkie On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 2/96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:~100 # of LEGO Pieces:??? # of LEGOfests Attended:1 First LEGO Set: Like I remember Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): Pneumatic Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): RCX! Throwbots Ball and socket parts Current LEGO Project: AI Robot with independant pneumatic pump powering a pneumatic claw Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:Walking 2 legged robot with pneumatic arms/claws Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:Computers, UNIX, My Kids, Final Fantasy VII, Gran Turismo LEGO: TC,MOC+++ #+>+++ S+++ LS+>++ Hri A>+ M>+ YB72m -- Technical Support requests should be sent to support@opendisc.com Joe Greene Technical Support OpenDisc Systems, Inc. Boulder, Colorado, 80301-2442 USA Joe_Greene@OpenDisc.Com
From: Chuck Salmon <salmon1720@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 09:08:06 -0800 Name: Steve DeCraemer Gender: male Year of Birth: 69 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: Las Vegas E-mail Address: salmon1720@earthlink.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Domestic partner, you figure it out. Children: just myself Occupation: showroom usher for Vegas show On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: hardly any complete sets, tons of pieces # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 to many # of LEGO Pieces: over 10,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Califironia First LEGO Set: space set from around 1977 Favorite Theme(s): castle from late 80's - early 90's Favorite Set(s): don't really have a favorite set. I'm into pieces. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1x5x4 half arches, adventurer's mummy & skeletons Set/theme you would like to see: roman empire or atlantas Current LEGO Project: Cathedral that covers 10 48x48 base plates Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My cathedral which still isn't finished. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Who has time for anything but lego?
From: "mmaje" <mmaje@columbus.rr.com> Organization: Time Warner Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 21:22:32 GMT Name: Greg Majewski Gender: Male Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location- Columbus, OH, USA E-mail Address: citrusx__@yahoo.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/1888 Martial Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: 8,000? # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: First LEGO Set: RSQ911 Blaze Battler LEGO Dark Age: None First LEGO set after the Dark Age: N/A Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic Favorite Set(s): 6931 FX Star Patrol, 6932 Star Defender 200, SPII Rebel Hunter (Don't know set # off the top of my head.) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Anything transparent, 1x1x1 finned engines, Black & Red Futuron Minifigs Set/theme you would like to see: A futuristic town, a Model Team or Technic Space model Current LEGO Project: Doing Microfig versions of Space sets (I only have the SPI Galactic Peace Keeper done as of now.) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The most annoying/flamed person on RTL :) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Swimming, Karate, Art, Computer stuff, making fun of old movies Mystery Science Theater-Style
From: "Rob Doucette" <rob.doucette@worldnet.att.net> Date: 9 Mar 1999 04:09:03 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Rob Doucette Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: York, Pennsylvania E-mail Address: rob.doucette@worldnet.att.net LEGO/home page URL(s): In development Marital Status: Happily Married Since 1995 Children: 1.21 (1 on order) Occupation: Mechancial Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan-99 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 10 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 19 # of LEGO Pieces: Lots # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Basic Building Blocks in the Early '70s LEGO Dark Age: ~1980-1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 1967 Bonus Pack & 1720 Cactus Canyon Favorite Theme(s): Adventurers & Technic Favorite Set(s): Mindstorms Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): All that is technic Set/theme you would like to see: Adventurers in the Arctic, Adventurers Train (like the classic) Current LEGO Project: Building an Adventurers Empire Connected by Rail Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I still have the minifigs whose legs don't move from the '70s Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My Son, Jimmy Buffett, Disney Vacation Club, New Product Development
From: ghaberbe@mc.xerox.com Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 20:52:15 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: George Haberberger Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12/well Location: Rochester, New York E-mail Address: George.Haberberger@usa.xerox.com LEGO/home page URL(s): no lego yet, but other stuff, http://www.frontiernet.net/~ghaberbe/george3.htm Marital Status: married, Children: 1, Allison Occupation: software hotline On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurking since January 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 # of LEGO Pieces: 1 5 gallon bucket full in joint custody, plus about 1000+ others. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: early building set in white/red, with grey tires. LEGO Dark Age: 1981-1996 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6625 Speed Trackers/6854 Alien fossilizer Favorite Theme(s): Probably Pirates or Castles, if I had any. Favorite Set(s): toss up between Apollo lander (565) and classic train (from mid 70's, without magnetic couplers). Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Today it's the Outback Airstrip, tomorrow ? Set/theme you would like to see: Red Mars/Mars Colonization, 2001: Space Odyssey, sailboats, Current LEGO Project: sneaking work collection home so Allison and I can play with it, without alerting Mary to how much I've bought. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: family, Grateful Dead, Linux, home brewing
From: "tidykat" <tidykat@prodigy.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 15:08:40 -0500
Organization: Prodigy Services Corp
Reply-To: "tidykat" <tidykat@writeme.com>
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Name: Pamela Hunt
Gender: Female
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Gee, I never thought about that.
Location: Minot, ND
E-mail Address: tidykat@writeme.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): my kids have me working on that
Marital Status: Married to a Lego maniac
Children: 2 male Lego maniacs (4 and 5 yrs old)
Occupations: Wife and Mom (the two best jobs in the world!)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: About 50
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: That would be Lego blasphemy!
# of LEGO Pieces: I haven't been bored enough to count them all. Maybe
when the kids start college...
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: Imagination Celebration Freestyle set
LEGO Dark Age: The first 31 years of my life
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Imagination Celebration Freestyle set.
My favorite
Christmas present last year.
Favorite Theme(s): Town (not the new Town stuff, though. It even bores my
kids.)
Favorite Set(s): #1880 Basic 5+, it has instructions for a really cute
house.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): yellow smiley faces
Set/theme you would like to see: Bring back sets that you actually have to
build.
Current LEGO Project: Picking up and sorting Legos.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Able to walk through a dark house at night
and not step on
any!
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Cooking, cleaning, etc.
From: "Doug Watson" <doug@watsonfamily.org> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 15:12:31 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Doug Watson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1986 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Rochester, Michigan E-mail Address: exarkun@theouterrim.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: a week ago... # of Sets in LEGO Collection: I don't keep track, I only play with them... # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: A LOT # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None(unfortunatly) First LEGO Set: A pirate ship LEGO Dark Age: Never... First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Always get legos for B-Day and X-mas Favorite Theme(s): Ninja, Space, Star Wars, Favorite Set(s): Launch Pad, din't know the name... Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Ninjas Set/theme you would like to see: Olympics and snowboarding(winter sports) Current LEGO Project: Might start a Ninja Dojo.... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I dunno Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Pokémon, Star Wars CCG, From Doug
From: privatewar@aol.com (PrivateWar) Date: 1 Mar 1999 22:41:07 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Steve Pleasants Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 Location: Virginia E-mail Address:sdp@cstone.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.aol.com/privatewar Marital Status: single Children: just me Occupation: computer analyst On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: weeks # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 15 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0 # of LEGO Pieces: 250 # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set:fabuland circa 1973 LEGO Dark Age:1985 to 1992 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Sub-Orbital Commander Favorite Theme(s): Classic Space Favorite Set(s): Classic Space sets before 1000 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pre-movable arms mini-figs Set/theme you would like to see: COPS Current LEGO Project: Death Star II Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Got 4 2x4 plates stuck in left nostril at age 9 Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, guitar, rubiks cube
From: dmusetti@aol.comrokenbok (DMusetti)
Date: 1 Mar 1999 23:26:21 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Name: Mark Musetti
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1974
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 14
Location: Columbus, Ohio (Originally from Long Island)
E-mail Address: dmusetti@aol.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet, but some friends on the newly forming
Columbus group may help me with that.
Marital Status: married 2 years
Children: None (or else then they'd get to play with my legos)
Occupation: graduate student (pharmaceutics)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec. 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 150
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: if i didn't want to open up sets I'd collect
barbie dolls and precious moments.
# of LEGO Pieces: about 40,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none yet.. someone take me!!
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: nope just a lame exhibit at FAO Schwartz NYC
First LEGO Set: fire truck from a happy meal at McDonalds 12 years ago.
Favorite Theme(s): Town junkie all the way..particularly into high
rise/metropolis
construction.
Favorite Set(s): airport shuttle (just got it via trade for xmas) and a couple
of
buildings i've created myself.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): would love to see blonde female minifigs.
Also like 45 degree slopes bricks in black/red.
Set/theme you would like to see: Metropolis sets... i have built several good
prototypes... would like to see the old 7-12 basic building sets
back.
Current LEGO Project: tore down my 120 sq. ft. city and brought it to ohio in
hopes of reconstructing a high-rise 200 sq. ft. metropolisduring the next
year.
I am also re-starting a Columbus, Ohio lego group along with about 6 others..
**Any central Ohioans that i haven't written please respond if interested**
Meetings to be scheduled saturday afternoons starting this or next week
(1/8/99)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My skyscrapers.... will have 8 or 9 in my new
city
including a 10 story mall with indoor monorail entrance on the 2nd floor
crossing
a street. Already 3 completed.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: bowling, snowstorm and hurricane tracking, italian
cooking and big-brother mentoring..
HAPPY BUILDING!!! Mark
mark musetti: dmusetti@aol.com (disregard rokenbok spam block)
Look for my ultimate metropolis on my web page coming
this spring to a computer near you!!
From: "DJA" <dastolfo@NOSPAMglobalserve.net> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 21:24:31 -0500 Organization: Globalserve Communications Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Dave Astolfo Gender: M Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 16 Location: Burlington ON E-mail Address: dastolfo@globalserve.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.globalserve.net/~dastolfo Marital Status: soon Children: none Occupation: Systems Analyst On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Aug 98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 - curiosity gets the better of me always.. # of LEGO Pieces: ~ 15000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Tractor LEGO Dark Age: from 13 till 26 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Lego Submarine Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): Mindstorms Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): gears Set/theme you would like to see: Have it - Robotics Current LEGO Project: Barcode Multiset combined with Mindstorms Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Sigma Communications (Lego Communications company ants to use some of my pics for their website. Will know for sure in April 99 Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Mountain Biking
From: stacia@io.com.guacamole (The Avocado Avenger)
Date: 2 Mar 1999 02:47:12 GMT
Organization: Illuminati Online
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Name: Stacia
Gender: female
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15
Location: Manhattan, KS
E-mail Address: stacia@io.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.io.com/~stacia/ (no lego on the page
yet)
Marital Status: yes
Children: no
Occupation: educator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb 1999
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: no idea
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: space shuttle in a McDonald's Happy Meal
LEGO Dark Age: until about 18, then 21-26
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Samurai warrior minifig
Favorite Theme(s): castle
Favorite Set(s): Black Monarch's, Sea Serpent
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): maiden in Forestmen's crossing
Set/theme you would like to see: Barbie. Just kidding.
Current LEGO Project: sorting, sorting, sorting
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I gotta Forestmen's Crossing and Black
Monarch's castle
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: usenet, music, old movies
Stacia * The Avocado Avenger * Life is a tale told by an idiot;
http://www.io.com/~stacia/ * Full of sound and fury,
Remove the guacamole to reply! * Signifying nothing.
From: Adam Yulish <bwappo@ee.net> Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 22:06:01 -0500 Organization: eNET Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Adam Yulish Gender: male Year of Birth: '74 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Columbus, OH E-mail Address: bwappo@ee.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.ee.net/~bwappo/lego Marital Status: none Children: none Occupation: Computer Doctor/Techie/Support On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August '98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: 4000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: 114 Universal Building Set LEGO Dark Age: early 80's to June 1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: I don't remember; I got flooded by some old space Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): StarDefender "200" Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): don't have a fav yet Set/theme you would like to see: Please oh please make a lego AT-AT walker! Current LEGO Project: Space station and research base; probably moved back to September '99 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Writing, everything to do with computers, reading, practical philosophy (it's not an oxymoron! :) , computer games, Kenpo, electric bass, tarot, and lately--shooting my mouth off about anything. Somehow I've gotten more opinionated.
From: Rob Butera <rob@butera.org> Organization: butera.org Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 22:37:32 -0500 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Rob Butera Gender: M Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 23 Location: Rockville, MD USA E-mail Address: rob@butera.org LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.butera.org/planetbrick/ Marital Status: M Children: 1 awesome 5 month old daughter Occupation: computational neuroscientist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~130 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 13 # of LEGO Pieces: ??? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: just the silly truck that toured the US in 1998 First LEGO Set: some Universal Set (400?) LEGO Dark Age: 1983-1995 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Enchanted Island 6278 (wedding gift!) Favorite Theme(s): pre-90s town, classic 70s, train Favorite Set(s): Moon Lander 565 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 brick Set/theme you would like to see: decent town sets again! Current LEGO Project: getting my daughter to appreciate Primo! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Planet Brick -- build a globe! http://www.butera.org/planetbrick/ Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: skating and biking, Linux, electronics, Avigo
From: James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 05:21:46 GMT
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Name: James Brown
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12+
Location: Edmonton, Ab, Canada
E-mail Address: galliard@shades-of-night.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
Marital Status: Yup.
Children: Nope.
Occupation: Computer Hardware/Software support (aka: trained monkey)
On R.T.L Since: August 1998 (lurking)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 65 by instruction booklets, about 15 more
in buckets. if service packs count - 200+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none
# of LEGO Pieces: 20,000+
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Windsor), 2 by July '99(Carlsbad)
First LEGO Set: (...that I can remember) 928 Galaxy Explorer
LEGO Dark Age: ~1980-1998
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Rain Dance Ridge ("hey neat, a stump!")
Favorite Theme(s): Castle far and away in the lead, Technic (Mindstorms)
Favorite Set(s): 5145! 6067 (sigh), 6080, Mindstorms
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): basic bricks, arches, plates & tiles.
Set/theme you would like to see: Medieval Town, basic brick pack for dark grey!
Current LEGO project: Medieval MOC's to minifig scale pretty much
always applies
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: <shrug> Nope.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Live gaming, computer stuff, pool & snooker,
SCA, most music, curling up beside fireplaces with hot cider (& Lego) on
cold winter days.
From: "CHARLAND, SEBASTIEN" <sebastien.charland@bellsygma.com> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 08:24:52 -0500 Organization: CGI Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Sébastien Charland Gender: Male Year of Birth: may 27th, 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: around 9 Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada E-mail Address: Sebastien@Charland.com LEGO/home page URL(s): www.sebastien.charland.com/Lego (no there yet, but will be soon) Marital Status: Spoken for... Sorry girls. Children: Not yet Occupation: Computer scientist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: may 1998 (thanks Michel :-) ) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~10-15 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: ~10k # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 downtown when I was around 7 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: I don't remmember, I was 1! And it wasn't those big block either. LEGO Dark Age: started aroung 14 until may 1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Got the 5561 for xmas 1997, but the first one that really got me out was the 8459 and 5571 Favorite Theme(s): Technic and Team Favorite Set(s): in order; 5571, 8840, 8459, 5542 (long storie), 8880 (the alternate model) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The green brick seperator! Set/theme you would like to see: A 3-4 feet, 12 wheels, low-rider w/ pneumatic itch trailler for my 5571, a kenworth T-2000 w/ a realistic Catepillar C-12 inline 6 engine and maybe a 6 speeds transmission, a snow plow / sand distributor truck. They should all be at the same scale as the 5571, ie same tire. I would also LOVE to build a 15mx15m replica of middle heart based on Tolkien's works. Imagine: first 3 year, you buy the land, afterward it gets populated by treebeard, tom bombadil, Sauron, the Elfs king and subject, etc. Then some building like Elrond's castel. Don't forget the boat and the Eldar. After 10 year and a lot of $$ latter, you pretty much have middle heart. Then it's time to follow Bilbo and Frodo in there adventure and build bag end, the Prancing Pony. One set per chapter from "The Hobbit" and "Lord Of The Ring" trilogy. I would be more than happy to put 150k over a 30 year period :-) Current LEGO Project: Trying to build a 1m low-rider trailer w/ pneumatic to transport my 8459. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I got enough wheels to build a 10 wheels 5571 and a 8 wheels trailer to go with it. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Photography, cycling.
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 09:22:08 -0500 From: chz1+usenet@cornell.edu (Hank Zimmerman) Organization: IgLou Internet Services, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Hank Zimmerman (3/99 update) Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1976 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Louisville, KY E-mail Address: chz1@cornell.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: dating same person for 2 1/2 years Children: just me Occupation: student/teacher On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Since Nov. 1995. I mostly just read/lurk anymore. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 150+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 (don't got the time!) # of LEGO Pieces: 50,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: A small red airplane (?) LEGO Dark Age: Never had one! First LEGO set after the Dark Age: n/a Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Model Team, Tech Play Favorite Set(s): SuperCar, Bungee Blaster Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Universal joint Set/theme you would like to see: More bungees! Current LEGO Project: Trying to scrape some more money together to buy more. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Never had a Dark Age. The only person that I know of to have run speed tests with the Bungee Blaster (timed trials using different wheels and combinations of weights). I have almost every single floating boat. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Camping, computers.
From: Patricia Schempp <pschemp@clemson.edu> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 10:48:13 -0500 Organization: Clemson University Name: Patricia Schempp Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: depends on the day... Location: Clemson, South Carolina E-mail Address: pschemp@clemson.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): Don't have one yet...but hope to soon. Marital Status: Single and loving it. Children: Never (haha!) Occupation: Graduate Student/Slave (Textile Science) On R.T.L Since: January, 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Twenty-five? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Three. # of LEGO Pieces: Five Thousand? I never have tried to count pieces...too lazy. > # of LEGOfests Attended: None yet... # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None yet... First LEGO Set: Homemaker Family Room LEGO Dark Age: ages 15-23 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: City Folks...I wanted the little kitty... Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Pirates, Wild West, Adventurers, Castle Favorite Set(s): #6280 Armada Flagship Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): My 1970's big head people with interchangable hair! Set/theme you would like to see: All clear ice palace... Current LEGO Project: Thinking of a LEGO project.... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: When I was 6, I convinced my neighbor to to swallow a red 2x2 brick! His mom was really upset with me. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My 2 cats, keeping the cats out of Legoland, reading, guitar, caves, art stuff.
From: Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 11:05:50 -0500 Name: Gary Istok Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1953 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17 Location: Suburb of Detroit, Michigan USA E-mail Address: gistok@umich.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://my.voyager.net/lar/gistok.html Marital Status: Single Children: 6 neices and nephews and the kids of all my friends who are amazed with my LEGO. Occupation: Computer Consultant for University of Michigan On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 2400 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15 # of LEGO Pieces: 400,000-500,000 (who really knows?) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: (#700/3 - Basic Set in 1960 from Germany). LEGO Dark Age: 1967-79. First LEGO set after the Dark Age: (2) 1958-61 German LEGO Dealer Windows & Doors individual parts boxes found near Coburg Germany (where I was born) in 1979. Favorite Theme(s): TOWN!!! Favorite Set(s): Town Plan #725 (1963), Junior Constructor #717 (1963), Thatcher Perkins Locomotive #396 (1975), London Bus #760 (1975). Set/theme you would like to see: Service Packs, a better assortment (in 1963 there were 138 different, today about 20). Current LEGO Project(s): Finishing my new Gothic Cathedral, working on 2 1920's Art Deco Movie Palaces, building an Art Deco office building with green and orange brick accents. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 1) In 1985 I was in Detroit Area local newspaper The Grosse Pointe Advertiser, for a LEGO display I did in a toy store called Mom's Toy Attic. 2) In 1986 I was on TV in USA, Canada, Germany, Austria for a TV short on LEGO (it's not just for kids!). 3) In 1987 Henry Wiencek, author of THE WORLD OF LEGO TOYS, interviewed me for his book (see page 30). 4) In 1989 I wrote Peter Eio, a letter about their Bulk Sales Policy (or lack of it). Mr. Eio wrote back saying it would be investigated, but the policy has not yet been reinstated. 5) In November 1998, my site was chosen "Cool LEGO Website Of The Week". 6) Somewhat knowledgeable about LEGO's early days (1958-1976) and the evolution of the early bricks and other elements. 7) Possibly have the largest private collection of classic windows and doors (over 4000). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Historic preservation, do guided tours of Downtown Detroit's fabulous old Movie Palaces, love to travel to Europe, collect coins, large architectural book and print collection, great fan of architecture. Favorite LEGO quote: "In the beginning ... there was TOWN" - Gary Istok. Favorite quote: "Architecture - the legacy our civilization will leave to the civilizations of the future" - Frank Lloyd Wright.
From: ffilz@mindspring.com (Frank Filz) Date: 3 Mar 1999 03:37:35 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Name: Frank Filz Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: Raleigh North Carolina E-mail Address: ffilz@mindspring.com LEGO/home page URL(s): ffilz@aol.com (no LEGO - YET) Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: Software Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: a few days (March 1999) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 8 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: about 2000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: ? (we were introduced to LEGO by a German coleague of my father's who came to the US for a year or so with his family - when they went back to Germany, they left us their LEGO) LEGO Dark Age: teens to 36 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 9719 - Mindstorms Robotics Invention System Favorite Theme(s): not sure yet Favorite Set(s): not sure yet Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): RCX Brick Set/theme you would like to see: Advanced Robotics Invention System with new more powerfull brick and a larger variety of sensorts/ Current LEGO Project: have fun Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers (almost all aspects), Model Railroading, Role Playing Games, Music, many others
From: Veritech1A@webtv.net (Rod Stuberg) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 08:10:13 -0800 (PST) Organization: WebTV Subscriber Name: Rod Stuberg Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: in Id stage Location: Bellingham, WA E-mail Address: Veritech1A@webtv.net LEGO/home page URL(s): coming soon Marital Status: Single Occupation: Student Programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: lost count, but most are Castle, Pirate, or Ninja series # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: bricks: unknown, Lego Warriors: about 40 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: the Castle series peasant wagon (I forot the name) LEGO Dark Age: 1995-1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Samurai Stronghold Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Pirate, Ninja Favorite Set(s): Dark Dragon's Den Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Castle Falcon-Crests (not to be confused with the sow of the same name) Set/theme you would like to see: Bring back Castle! Current LEGO Project: need to buy one Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Invented a combat system for them Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: RPGs, anime Visit Rod's World: http://members.theglobe.com/saga_asellus/rodworld.html
From: "Jonathan Van Matre" <jvanmatr@io.com> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:05:12 -0600 Organization: Illuminati Online Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Jonathan Van Matre Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Inner child well-fed, well-cared for, and well-supplied with new diversions. :) Location: Austin, TX E-mail Address: jvanmatr@io.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none at present...too busy building Lego to build a webpage Marital Status: Single Children: none Occupation: Computer guru-of-all-trades On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: About a week ago (2-27-99) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 7 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: about 3800 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Can't remember exactly, but I recall it had a red 16x16 baseplate (or baseBRICK, actually--it was brick height). It had some of the little red cellophane windows, and a couple of Esso / Esso Service 1xN signs. Also, the red wheels with grey tires that plugged into the white brick, and a lot of basic bricks. Some kind of 60's/early 70's service station set maybe, or else just a grab bag miscellany inherited from a previous owner. Now that I'm thinking about it, this question is gonna nag me....guess I'll pester the parents for clues. LEGO Dark Age: 1981ish to late 1998, when I first laid eyes on the Mindstorms RIS First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Mindstorms RIS. First non-Mindstorms: Technic Turbo Command. First Lego System: 641-piece Freestyle Bucket. Never had many theme sets as a kid, and they were always small, so Freestyle is definitely what's in my blood. Favorite Theme(s): Isn't it sad? Just rediscovered Lego and I think my favorite theme is the discontinued Pirates. :( But soon Star Wars will be out to fill the void. Favorite Set(s): Love that Mindstorms. Drool drool drool. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Tempted to say Mindstorms RCX, but to avoid being a one-trick pony, I'll go with arches. Any excuse to use an arch is fine by me. Minifigs: The monkey from Time Cruisers was cool, despite not being able to remove his head or legs. Set/theme you would like to see: What I would really *LOVE* is to see *themed* Freestyle sets. Especially since themes come and go pretty quickly these days, I think it would be great if, for example, they made a big tub of freestyle bricks and plates matching the color schemes of the various themes. So, when they phase out your favorite theme and you're looking at all those preformed pieces wondering "What do I do now?", you have a big tub of imaginative opportunity waiting to be taken advantage of. Current LEGO Project: Assorted proof-of-concept stuff with the Mindstorms, in preparation for the masterwork taking shape in my head. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Not famous yet....but I'll get there. :) I'm going out there a lego maniac, and coming back a star! ;) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music (acoustic/electric cellist), writing, swing dancing, film, avoiding the computer when not at work (except to program the RCX).
From: blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss)
Date: 4 Mar 1999 23:38:33 GMT
Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Name: Steve Bliss
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1965
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10/quiet and alert
Location: Lowell, MI, USA, North America, Earth
E-mail Address: blisses@worldnet.att.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): home.att.net/~blisses/index.html
Marital Status: Married
Children: 2 boys
Occupation: Software developer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: more than some, less than others
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: no parks, but I went through LIC@MOA
First LEGO Set: can't remember
LEGO Dark Age: never had lego as a kid. Started as an adult around 94
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: DUPLO bucket
Favorite Theme(s): Divers, currently.
Favorite Set(s): Explorien Starship
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 1x2 plate. In white or black.
Set/theme you would like to see: Theme buckets.
Return to Universal Building Sets
Current LEGO Project: Improving LDraw Add-On;
writing parts for L-CAD updates
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Grand Prize Winner in 1998 LEGO
Christmas Challenge, the lighthouse advent contest on www.lego.com.
Won five sets, all very cool. :)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Family, Camp Fire Boys and Girls, Odyssey
of the Mind.
From: manjingo@aol.com (Manjingo) Date: 6 Mar 1999 21:13:24 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Jay Jacinto Gender: Male Year of Birth: 8/5/79 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Riverside, CA E-mail Address: RoboTrekk@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Trying to work on one Marital Status: Single Children: 2 Dogs Occupation: Tired Physics Major(Junior) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Mid 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Probably a hundred sets more than ships, from the seventh fleet, that were destroyed by the dominion. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 5,000-10,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I think it was a little red fire truck, sorry no numbers. I later turned it into Captain Indigo's car. LEGO Dark Age: In 1991 I had a period when lego was not part of my life First LEGO set after the Dark Age: A mail order lego set I order from the back of a fruit loops box. Favorite Theme(s): space Favorite Set(s): 8680 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any Ice-Planet Torso Set/theme you would like to see: Temporal Enforcement Agency: The New Breed of Time Travellers. (Sets designed in space like manner) Current LEGO Project: Making L-Draw instructions for most of MOC's. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I wish I had one Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: HP Calculators, Dave Matthews Band, studying Physics, oh and Star Trek.
From: "BOB!! Williams" <ender@pinn.net> Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 18:48:13 -0500 Organization: CAIS Internet Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: BOB!! Williams Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Virginia Beach, VA E-mail Address: ender@pinn.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.pinn.net/~ender/piratepage.html Marital Status: Single Children: I support the LEGO habits of 3 nephews and 1 niece Occupation: Naval Intelligence Officer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~170 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 114 # of LEGO Pieces: ~30,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: 6268 Renegade Runner (and miscellaneous hand-me-downs as a child) LEGO Dark Age: 1967-1994 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6268 Renegade Runner Favorite Theme(s): Pirates Favorite Set(s): 6277 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Imperial Guardsmen Set/theme you would like to see: Bring back Pirates Current LEGO Project: Completion of ongoing set inventory/part census, followed by completion of coastal fortress & village (larger than Imperial Trading Post and El Dorado Fortress) with docked Imperial Ship of the Line, under attack by pirates. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Neighbor kids all want to come play with my toys Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Federal Writers Project Guides, Hiking, Camping, Canoeing, Baseball, Role-playing Games
From: fozboot@my-dejanews.com Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 22:17:27 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Chris Ernest Hall Gender: male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: SF Bay Area E-mail Address: fozboot@best.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet (auction site coming soon) Marital Status: single Children: 0 Occupation: Software engineer specializing in user interfaces On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 504 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 75,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1, original Legoland, 1978 First LEGO Set: July 11, 1972 (4th birthday), 348- Mini Wheel Car & Truck Set LEGO Dark Age: 1993-1997 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6442 - Sting Ray Explorer Favorite Theme(s): Blacktron I, Divers, Ice Planet 2002, Mtron, Airport, Adventurers, Ninja, original Castle Favorite Set(s): Blacktron Message Intercept Base, Galaxy Explorer, Galaxy Commander, TGV Train, Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins, Deep Reef Refuge Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Adventurers in Shangri-la, non-ninja feudal Japan, Victorian Adventurers (Sherlock Holmes/HG Wells era), Arabian Nights Current LEGO Project: mountain with castle and train tunnel, Ninja fortress, dark grey & beige classic space-style spaceship like Galaxy Explorer Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: hopefully my forthcoming auction Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: software development, interface design & usability engineering, music, writing
From: "John Matthews" <jmatthew@columbus.rr.com> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 22:44:39 -0500 Organization: Time Warner Communications Columbus Name:John Matthews Gender:Male Year of Birth:1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Alive and well Location:Columbus, Ohio E-mail Address:jmatthew@columbus.rr.com LEGO/home page URL(s):coming soon/TBA Marital Status:single NLgirlfriend Children:none Occupation:Architect On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:Sept 98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:~50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0 # of LEGO Pieces:~10,000 # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0 First LEGO Set:Red Bucket LEGO Dark Age:1988-1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age:MindStorms Favorite Theme(s):Technic/Town/Train Favorite Set(s):6463 Lunar Rover (right now) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):2 to 4 angled stud changer/Super Train Conductor Set/theme you would like to see:Technic beam and plate bucket (with 1x2 plate bricks) Current LEGO Project:beverage delivery system Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:none yet :) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:gaming, darts, beer, Architecture
From: "Allan J Smith" <allan.j@clear.net.nz> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 03:53:25 +1300 Name: Allan J Smith Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1956 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:42/16 Location: Napier, New Zealand E-mail Address: allan.j@clear.net.nz LEGO/home page URL(s): http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/allan.j/ Pictures of my own creations in the Town, Train & Wild West themes Marital Status: now married to LEGO Children: 3 distant daughters Occupation: Fire Protection Technician On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ? at a guess 600+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ? at another guess 150+ (parts for my own creations plus sets for future trades for non NZ sets) # of LEGO Pieces: ? NZ sets don't have piece counts # of LEGOfests Attended: none yet # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: maybe USA one day? First LEGO Set: I think 6634 Rally Car LEGO Dark Age: 1956 to 1985 but it might start soon if TLG don't stop town-jr First LEGO set after the Dark Age: see 2 lines above Favorite Theme(s): Train, pre town-jr Town & Model Team Favorite Set(s): 6399 Airport Shuttle, 4554 & 2150 Train Station, 8880 Super Car & 2556 Shell F1 Ferrari Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): all Set/theme you would like to see: decent Town again Current LEGO Project: Rainbow Warrior protest ship Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Train layout 2nd in 1997 & 1998 at Taupo Hobby Expo against about 15 normal :) layouts Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Cycle touring, mountain biking, Cyndi Lauper & ABBA
From: rbobo123@aol.com (RBobo123) Date: 11 Apr 1999 19:21:55 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Richard Bobo Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1983 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 Location: Arkansas E-mail Address: Rbobo123@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): The SSSWW (Shrine to SubSonic Woodwinds) (Not Up Yet) Marital Status: No, not even a girlfriend :-( Children: No Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Mid-98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Thats a stupid question. # of LEGO Pieces: God only knows # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Classic Space Set Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Space Port (SO what if it's Juniorized a little?), and Throwbots Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons, and ghosts Current LEGO Project: Shadow, the ultimate throwbot Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Bassoon, Contrabass instruments, RML (Rocko's modern Life), DS9 (Deep SPace Nine), and Hisotry. Heffer: "I command you..." Filburt: "No, no, Say We, we" Heffer: "WEE-WEE!" LEGO GEEK CODE: TO[tc++]- PA++ SP[cl,mt++,bt2++,ip+++,sy+,ut,ex+++c,ufo+,ins-]++++ CA- PI++ AQ++ WW- ADV+++ #+++ S+++ LS+++ Hri M+ A@ LM-- yb82m
From: gefi1@t-online.de (Christian Gemünden) Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 22:03:12 +0200 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name:Christian Gemünden Gender: male Year of Birth: 1980 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: variable Location: Europe, Germany, Karlsruhe, Stutensee, Blankenloch (not very known) E-mail gefi1@t-online.de LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: Lego is more important Children: I like them, but don't have any Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: about a month # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 832 soon more... # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~50? # of LEGO Pieces: my room is not big enough for all ! # of LEGOfests Attended: none yet # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: ~5x billund (years ago) First LEGO Set: I was born with LEGO. The sets were there before I came. I dontinue my Mums collection. So I can no more remember any special set. LEGO Dark Age: None! (1996 I had a few buildingless weeks) First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6491, 6492, 6493, 6494 in a few days. (I know that sounds more than stupid, but I like Timmy) Favorite Theme(s): Space; espacially Space Police (II) and M-Tron Favorite Set(s): right now Episode I ( but usually 6861, 6862) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: A light blue aquazone-monorail with theme. Current LEGO Project: planning to build all my monorails with a huge track and all that stuff I have. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: nothing too important. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Just LEGO or still (Scuba-)diving,
From: "loriann" <OKOBOJI@prodigy.net> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:24:46 -0500 Organization: Prodigy Communications Corp Name: Loriann Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8, 10, 12 & a newly discovered 6 year old Location: Iowa E-mail Address: okoboji@prodigy.net LEGO/home page URL(s): in progress Marital Status: single Children: none ..... excluding my 3 dogs Occupation: mechanical designer On R.T.L Since: March 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 1000+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 # of LEGO Pieces: 105,000 + # of LEGO fests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: just Mall of America First LEGO Set: 6380 Emergency Treatment Center Favorite Theme(s): Town Favorite Set(s): 6396 International Jetport & 6394 Metro-Park & ServiceTower Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): how does one choose????? Set/theme you would like to see: Fast Food Chain Restaurants, Bridges Current LEGO Project: having fun with my Mindstorms Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: i have more Lego sets in my family than anyone else Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, Computers, Reiki and life.
From: Lord Insanity <lordinsanity@usa.net> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 09:47:58 -0400 Organization: Wesayso Corporation Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Lord Insanity (Mike Petrucelli) Gender: Male Year of Birth: 2242 B.C. (1979 A.D.) Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 6-12 Location: Southeastern PA, USA E-mail: lordinsanity@usa.net LEGO/home page URL(s): currently none. soon though Marital Status: single Children: I don't have any Occupation: colledge student/dishwaser/cook On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: reading for about a year, infrequently posting # of Sets in LEGO Collection: hundreds # of Unopened Sets in Collection: yeah right. # of LEGO Pieces: tens of thousands # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: probably a basic or universal set. Favorite Theme(s): In order Space, Pirate, Castle, Clasic Town Favorite Set(s): all of them Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I fig with gray printing. It's not faded white, it is gray printing. Only have one and he the supreme commander of the Darktron Protectorate. Set/theme you would like to see: A large green house with lots of 1xX clear bricks. I'd buy at least a dozen of them. Current LEGO Project: A large town/space colony. I'll put pics on my webpage when complete. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: nothing yet. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: literature, theater, movies, computer, outdoors, but mostly :-) constuction.
From: Jan Sturdivant <jsturdiv@got.net> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 09:18:34 -0700 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name:Jan Sturdivant Gender: F Year of Birth: 1956 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 7 Location: near Santa Cruz, CA USA E-mail Address:jsturdiv@got.net LEGO/home page URL(s): (none yet) Marital Status: HAPPILY MARRIED! Children: ages 8 and 3 Occupation: homeschooling Mom On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: about two years (but couldn't figure out how to do one of these before) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: probably thousands...at least hundreds, in my stuff from garage sales--most now in one big bin in my son's room # of Unopened Sets in Collection:only the Scala I bought for when my daughter gets older... # of LEGO Pieces: not a guess... # of LEGOfests Attended: none yet # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none yet First LEGO Set: haven't found a pic of it yet to know the number--was a fairly large house building set...box was about the size of a Candyland game with red roof pieces and white bricks... LEGO Dark Age: after my mom gave them to the gardener for his kids...I was fourteen, I believe... First LEGO set after the Dark Age: one of the castle sets with octagonal walls from a garage sale Favorite Theme(s): most everything except cyberslam--and even that has some interesting pieces... Favorite Set(s): right now probably Scala and Bellville Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): inverted roof pieces esp. corners / girls esp.forrest one(which I do not have :( ) Set/theme you would like to see: ? Current LEGO Project: sorting out some blacktron and M-tron from a garage sale... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: do not think I have one after being around the folks here on this newsgroup Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: sci-fi books, fantasy books, new ways to help my kids learn school stuff, bicycling, walking in the forrest
From: "Apotome" <apotomeREMOVE-THIS@execulink.com> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 01:37:39 GMT Organization: Posted via RemarQ Communities, Inc. Name: Allan B (aka Apotome) Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Whatever age I got my #853 set in the late 70's Location: Canada E-mail Address: apotome@altavista.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.execulink.com/~apotome/expert.htm Marital Status: Married Children: None, but have enough Lego for 2 or 3 Occupation: Computer Support On RTL since: October 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~70 (mostly tubs and buckets) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Zero # of LEGO Pieces: > 10,000 # of LEGO fests attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: Probably #2 Basic Set (circa 1976) LEGO Dark Age: 1983 - 1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: #3759 (1200 piece 35th anniversary tub in Canada) Favourite Theme(s): Technic Favourite Set(s): Tough one... probably #367 (Lunar Base) Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any length Technic beam Set/theme you would like to see: Golden Age of Spaceflight Current LEGO Project: The Expert Builder website (see URL above) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None (yet) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Cycling, computers, web design, sci-fi, fiction writing, architecture, a decent cigar Warmest regards, Allan
From: "Stephan B. Wessels" <stephan.wessels@sdrc.com> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:31:45 -0400 Organization: Structural Dynamics Research Corporation Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Stephan B. Wessels Gender: M Year of Birth: 1955 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 / Happy Location: Cincinnati, Ohio - USA E-mail Address: swessels@one.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: married Children: 1 step-son Occupation: manager of software development On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 8 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 2000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Mindstorms LEGO Dark Age: Just started in December of 1997 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Mindstorms Favorite Theme(s): Mindstorms, Technic Favorite Set(s): Mindstorms Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: more high end sets like 8880, 8048 Current LEGO Project: Diet Coke fetcher robot Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: compose music, write OO software =============================================================================
From: anonymouseye@webtv.net (Craig Hamilton) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:13:58 -0400 (EDT) Organization: WebTV Subscriber Name: craig hamilton gender: m y.o.b.: '64 age of inner child: 8 (or two 17 yr. olds) location: center of the state of georgia, u.s.a. e-mail: anonymouseye@webtv.net lego home page: working on it marital stat.: committed chidren: faerie godfather to many occupation: artist/illustrator/teacher on RTL since march '99 # of sets: 245 # unopened: none -- (a toy unplayed with is like a book unread) # lego pieces: around 80-90 thou. # lego fests: 0 # lego theme parks visited: not yet -- planning trip to san delego next year first lego set: unknown set of basic bricks and police station lego dark age: '83 - '95 lego renaissance: '95 - pirates & islanders sets fav. theme: castle (also adventurers, pirates, and indians) fav. sets: 60082 fire breathing fortress, 5978 sphinx's secret suprise fav. piece/mini-fig: forest babe, bat lord, black knights set/theme i would most like to see: an african safari within the adventurers theme, fantasy/mythological within castle theme current lego project: 1940's hollywood movie studio greatest claim to lego fame: i like to customize mini-figs by re-painting. i've done my own justce league -- superman, batman, robin, flash, green lantern, & wonder woman. other intrests: art, theatre, ancient history, hiking, cats, reading, mehndi, halloween, & friends.-- most of my intrests turn into passions. i am enjoying RTL -- one of the best forums i've found. later -- craigo-lego
From: silasp@my-dejanews.com Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:21:36 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Name: Silas Pierrot Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 7 Location: Canada (B.C.) E-mail Address: silasp@uvic.ca LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.home.net/ourcreations/ Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student On RTL since: March 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Zero # of LEGO Pieces: 20,000 - 30,000 # of LEGO fests attended: If five people count for a Lego fest, then 4 (if not then zero) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: A house, set # 376 LEGO Dark Age: 1988 - 1994 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: #6813 galactic chief (space police) Favourite Theme(s): Town, town, town, and town Favourite Set(s): #6318 (trees and fences) Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Trees, doors, and windows Set/theme you would like to see: A return of quality town sets Current LEGO Project: A Tudor estate Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Judged, and helped to organise two Lego building competitions at Eaton's (for you non-Canadians Eaton's is a major department store in Canada) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Architecture, geography, urban planning, art Don't stop building no matter how crazy they think you are. Silas
From: "PMClark" <pmclark@proaxis.com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 18:37:21 -0700 Organization: Posted via RemarQ Communities, Inc. Name: Pfil (Phil Clark) Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Corvallis, OR E-mail Address: phil@devcoengineering.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Married Children: None Occupation: CAD Technician/Network Admin. On RTL since: Feb. 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Just the ones I bought today # of LEGO Pieces: 50,000? # of LEGO fests attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: Don't remember LEGO Dark Age: 1986 - 1996 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6125 Sea Sprint 9 Favourite Theme(s): Castle, Town, Classic space Favourite Set(s): 487 Space Cruiser Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Plants of any kind Set/theme you would like to see: Vikings Current LEGO Project: Ninja Training Camp Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Bought Star Wars Snowspeeder and didn't open it for 4 days! (Actually, I just didn't get a chance to) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, music, video games
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:22:36 -0400 From: ucfjwh@ibm.net Organization: IBM Global Services - Remote Access Mail & News Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Jason Hendren Gender: Male Year of Birth: 10/26/71 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Orlando, FL E-mail Address: ucfjwh@ibm.net / jasonh@gdi.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: close Children: 0 Occupation: Industrial Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: A lot # of Unopened Sets in Collection: about 6 # of LEGO Pieces: A lot # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (Orlando, FL) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 1970s Space LEGO Dark Age: 14 - 25 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8880 Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): Super Car, Space Shuttle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Large tires from original car chasis Set/theme you would like to see: 4x4 motorized recreations (technic spinoff). I would like a Hummer, Land Rover Defender 90, 1968 Bronco, Jeep Current LEGO Project: 1968 Motorized Bronco with motorized steering. The chasis and mechanics are done! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Hummer recreation. http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00001.jpg http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00002.jpg http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00003.jpg http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00004.jpg http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00005.jpg http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00006.jpg http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00007.jpg http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/Ramp/7528/PIC00008.jpg Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Surfing, Football, weightlifting
From: t a heist <taheist@cococo.net> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 02:06:25 GMT Organization: U. S. Internet, Inc. Name: Aaron Heist Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1986 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 or so Location: Tennessee, but going back home in NY state soon E-mail Address: taheist@cococo.net LEGO/home page URL (s): None, but in a couple months.... Marital Status: Not old enough Children: None Occupation: Kid / Student On RTL since: a couple months ago (can't remember exact date) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: I PLAY WITH MY LEGOS! # of LEGO Pieces: 700? (no idea) # of LEGO fests attended: If two people count for a Lego fest, then 1 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First Lego set: Probably a freestyle bucket, but at age 8 or 9 my parents got me a bunch of forester and castle (loud sound of hitting myself for not taking better care of my forester river crossing, pieces of which I still have). Lego set most wanted: The first super car, the only time I liked Technic. The new one has none of the first one's allure. Beginning of Dark Ages: 1996 DNRC member: yes Dream project: Building a model of the craft from Descent 1, and some mechs. LEGO Dark Age: 1996 - 1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 5918 Scorpion tracker Favorite Theme: Adventurers Favorite Set: 2879 Treasure Raiders Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Monkeys, gold coins, mummy cases Set/theme you would like to see: A genuine Iniana Jones theme. (with Lucasfilm cutting deals with Lego now, I would NOT be surprised if it shows up) Current LEGO Project: Descent mechs, Full size museum for all my lego stuff (mummy cases, conquistador helmets etc.) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None (but someday...) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Ancient history and cultures, Biological studies, Descent,
From: hfd1chief@aol.com (HFD1Chief) Date: 18 Apr 1999 02:19:46 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Billy Patrick Covais Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1986 (I am 12) Location: Lindenhurst NY E-mail address: JDKORN55@aol.com and HFD1CHIEF@aol.com LEGO/Homepage URL: http://members.aol.com/hfd1chief/page/index.htm Marital Status: Girlfriend Children: None Occupation: Jr.firefighter/Student On RTL since: October of 1998 # Of sets in collection: About 50 # Of unopened sets in collection: 2 # Of LEGO pieces in collection: Around a thousand # Of LEGO Fest attened: 0 # Of LEGO theme parks visted: Soon I hope First LEGO set: A bucket of Duplo Bricks when I was 3 and 6670 Rescue rig when I was 5 or 6. LEGO Set Most wanted: This is a hard one Id have to say any fire station from the late 80's and up and most wanted set would have to be 6666 Ambulance. Dream Project: A lego version of the town I live in. Favorite theme: Town and Res Q. Favorite Set: 6666 Ambulance and 6525 Blaze Commander. Favorite pieces: Fire minifig stuff and Res Q mini Fig stuff. Set theme u would like to see: I would like to see a really good Fire & Rescue theme like Jeff from Sixbys rigs. Current Lego Project: Starting my town and making my Fire stations. Non Lego Intrests: Firefighting stuff, computer, anything to do with Emergencyservices. Billy P. Covais Fire Chief Legohurst Fire Department URL: http://members.aol.com/hfd1chief/page/index.htm
From: pennydrumz@aol.com (Pennydrumz) Date: 22 Apr 1999 03:25:54 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name:John Hoppe Gender: Male Year of birth:1973 Mental age/status of inner child:varies from day to day Location: Salem Oregon E-mail: Pennydrumz@aol.com URL:http://members.aol.com/Pennydrumz/main.html Marital status:Plural Children:yes Occupation:drummer On R.T.L. since: December 1998 # of sets in Lego collection:25-50(I lost count) # of unopened sets:none-I use all the legos i buy # of lego Pieces: 10,000 or so # of lego fests attended: none yet # of lego theme parks visited: none yet First lego set: A helicopter from 1977 Lego dark age: anything town jr. First lego set after the dark age: None yet, I'm still waiting for town sr.to return Favorite themes:town/fire Favorite sets:all the fire stations except for the last one Favorite pieces: storage compartments Set/theme you would most like to see: The removal of Town jr., and the return of real town. Current lego project: modeling Salem, oregon fire station # 2. Greatest claim to lego fame:I'm not sure I have one Other non-lego interests: I play drums. That pretty much occupies most of my free time
From: Gintaras Rumsas <agi_gr@kaunas.omnitel.net> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:20:35 +0200 Organization: AGI Name:Gintaras Rumsas Gender: Male Year of birth:1959 Mental age/status of inner child:may be 12? Location:Kaunas, Lithuania E-mail: agi_gr@kaunas.omnitel.net URL:now only in plans Marital status:sucessfully married Children:daughter 14 Occupation:mapping specialist On R.T.L. since:lurking since end of 1997 # of sets in Lego collection:more than 100(with small ones) # of unopened sets:is it possible? # of lego Pieces: more than 10,000 # of lego fests attended: none yet # of lego theme parks visited: none yet (may be Billund sometime...) First lego set:6020 Magic Shop Lego dark age:LEGO came to Lithuania only in 1993 - so may be it can be fixed as end of my dark age First lego set after the dark age:look previous two lines... Favorite themes:Town (not Jr.), ResQ, Ninja, Adventurers Favorite sets:all which I can afford Favorite pieces: storage compartments Set/theme you would most like to see: some kind of return of Blacktron, Ice Planet etc. I am really awaiting for Star Wars (not in Lithuania yet) and Rock Raiders Current lego project: modeling secret base of Anti-Pirate Squad Greatest claim to lego fame:I'm not sure I have one Other non-lego interests: science fiction, fantasy, computer strategy games
From: cargoweasel@my-dejanews.com Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 21:36:47 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Share what you know. Learn what you don't. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Gary F. Burke Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies. :) 10-15 Location: Los Angeles, California E-mail Address: cargoweasel@my-dejanews.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None yet, big one coming soon. Marital Status: Single Children: Just me. :) Occupation: Graphic Designer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: About 30 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 8 # of LEGO Pieces: Not sure. Thousands. # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: Samsonite-era basic set LEGO Dark Age: 1982-1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6582 Daredevil Flight Squad and red freestyle bucket Favorite Theme(s): Star wars, Adventurers (Egypt), Technic, Classic space, castle Favorite Set(s): 497 Galaxy Explorer (nostalgia) 7150 Y-wing/TIE Fighter (Current) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): X-wing pilot minifig or classic white space guy Set/theme you would like to see: SW Endor Base with landing platform, shield generator, bunker, AT-ST, and Rebel, Ewok and Stormtrooper minifigs Current LEGO Project: Star wars Tydirium Shuttle and AT-ST Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Um, I disturb all my friends with my love of lego. :) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Techno music/raves, graphic design, movies, books
From: echodown@nospam.hotmail.com (Patrick Gaskill) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 00:11:28 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Patrick Gaskill Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1980 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Virginia, USA E-mail Address: echodown@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): www.tidalwave.net/~gaskill Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Beats me... a big Rubbermaid container full # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: A Universal Building Set in a white box, I think LEGO Dark Age: 1992-1999 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6580 Land Jet 7 Favorite Theme(s): Star Wars, Blacktron I Favorite Set(s): 4170 X-Wing, 8880 Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): SW Lightsabers Set/theme you would like to see: A-Wing Current LEGO Project: Rebuliding my old sets, esp. 8880 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I was proud of building that 8880 the first time around. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Nowadays? Wrestling, sketch comedy, falling victim to SW hype
From: josh120@aol.com (Josh120) Date: 14 May 1999 01:24:37 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Josh Opotzner Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1985 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 Location: Connectucut E-mail Address:Josh120@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none now (oh whine) Marital Status: uh...scratch that one and the next. Children: See above. Occupation: Person who whines about school On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: dunno. 96 maybe? # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 180 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 # of LEGO Pieces: too many(as my dad would say) # of LEGOfests Attended: none. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:Sure!Rub it in! First LEGO Set: Bucket. LEGO Dark Age:none First LEGO set after the Dark Age:see above Favorite Theme(s): 1,Pirates, 2,SW, 3,Town Favorite Set(s): Skull's Eye Schooner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): pirate things like guns, swords, gold, masts, sails, figs. Set/theme you would like to see: None. I cringe when I think of new pirates. YUCK. Current LEGO Project: raising $500 to buy a SES Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: LEGO Web Team member e-mailed me. Person to pay the most for a SES ($500!) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: money, breathing, shooting every darn moving see with a shooting cannon. (I need to wash the cannon balls sometimes after nailing a few ants or something) Josh O. The Rec.Toys.Lego:"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." They gave us two astromechs and no threepio! "It wasn't my fault sir. Please don't deactivate me! That meddling srap pile! He tricked me."
From: Salvador Paja <sal@mamba.ece.ucdavis.edu> Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 01:48:31 -0700 Organization: University of California, Davis Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name:Sal Paja Gender:Male Year of Birth:1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:Depends on situation Location:California Bay Area E-mail Address:sal@ece.ucdavis.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status:Engaged Children: 1 Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection:? # of Unopened Sets in Collection:0 # of LEGO Pieces:? # of LEGOfests Attended:0:( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0:( First LEGO Set:some basic freestyle set LEGO Dark Age:highschool (regret..regret) First LEGO set after the Dark Age:Wolfpack tower Favorite Theme(s):Castle, SW, Cops, Ninjas, Cavalry, soldier stuff. Favorite Set(s):The first couple of castle mini-fig sets (You got 6 figs in one set). King's castle, Original trilogy SW. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): A knight w/ a breastplate and visor, Sumurai, Ninja, Qui-gon Jinn (so far for SW) Set/theme you would like to see: Never stop Castle, change the emblems on the shields or whatever, but NEVER stop Castle, Any soldier type stuff, More historical themes, More town stuff, promotional stuff like Star Trek, video game characters, ....etc. Current LEGO Project: Trying to graduate so that I can get a job, accumulate as many pieces as some of you guys, and build....build...build. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Still working on it. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My family, hockey, action figures, electrical engineering, I guess
From: "kpanholzer" <kpanholzer@metronet.de> Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 21:58:23 +0200 Organization: Debitel Network Services GmbH Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Kai Panholzer Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Debatable (particularly if you ask my wife) Location: Munich, Germany E-mail Address: kpanholzer@debitel.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Married Children: 2 Occupation: Product Manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 04/98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 4 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: LEGO Dark Age: 1982 - 1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Landspeeder + Speeder Bikes Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Interstellar Starfighter (6979) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars sets containing buildings / planetary surface Current LEGO Project: Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: To build or not to build Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Greetings from Munich!
From: "pal" <palpalpalpal@hotmail.com> Date: 15 May 1999 12:18:53 GMT Organization: Club-Internet (France) Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: pal Gender: male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Mix of old and young Location: France E-mail Address: palpalpalpal@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None yet Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: - On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: April 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Don't know (more than 100) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Don't know # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I inherited a lot of pieces from friends. The first boxed set I can remember of is a rocket launching space base with two vehicles. I believe it was numbered 981 or something like that. LEGO Dark Age: I had two Dark Ages. 1984 - 1986 and 1987 - 1992 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: First Dark Age : 6826 (small grey space "car") Second Dark Age : can't remember, probably a Blacktron 2 (6981, 6933, 6812 ?) Favorite Theme(s): M-Tron, Ice Planet (neon chainsaws !), Blacktron 2 Favorite Set(s): 6989 (M-Tron huge truck with crane) 6973 (Ice Planet big ship) 6952, 6932, 6980, 6930, 6880, 6812, 6898 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): - The strange thing which holds leaves in palm trees (also found black in pirates sets). - "Robot heads" (like in 6702) - 1986 pipes (like in 6872) - That thing that can be used to build a jetpack (like in 6702) - Minifigs : Blacktron 1, Blue and red Futuron, M-Tron, Ice Planet Set/theme you would like to see: SailorMoon Current LEGO Project: Finding time to play with Mindstorms... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Videogames (esp. antiques), Aquariology (esp. amphibians), Computer science [suggestion to add to the list : "favorite sets for pieces" (the sets which contain the most interesting pieces) ]
From: hsadm2.jgonzale@email.state.ut.us Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 14:34:06 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Share what you know. Learn what you don't. Name: Joseph M. Gonzalez Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1965 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 20 years old Location: Salt Lake City, Utah E-mail Address: hsadm2.jgonzale@email.state.ut.us LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/9007/ and http://members.xoom.com/legohead/clones.html Marital Status: married Children: four (ages 4 ms, 3, 5, and 6) Occupation: Trainer/System Support Specialist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: mid-1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 403 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 190 # of LEGO Pieces: not a clue # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: 420-Police Car (but I have memories of an older sibling's 331 and 332 truck models) LEGO Dark Age: 1st 1976-1983, 2nd 1985-1993 First LEGO set after the Dark Age(s): 1st 6824 Space Dart-I and 6846 Tri Star Voyager, 2nd I'm guessing it was the 6271 Imperial Flagship but I can't really remember Favorite Theme(s): Space, Castle, Pirate Favorite Set(s): Right now it's the 6985-Cosmic Fleet Voyager Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons Set/theme you would like to see: Large merchant ships for the Pirates theme, Space commerce stations, a larger inn for the Castle theme. Current LEGO Project: None. Actually I'm just getting reacquainted with my collection after many months of having most of it in storage. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Won a guess-the-number-of-pieces contest at a local toy store. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading Sci-fi/Fantasy, listening to music, watching movies.
From: "Richard W. Schamus" <legomn34@bellatlantic.net>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 13:22:22 -0400
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Name: Richard W. Schamus (Legoman34)
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 (or something like it)
Location: Maryland, USA
E-mail Address: legoman34@usa.net;legoman34@mindspring.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/1334
Marital Status: married, (for now)
Children: 2
Occupation: USAF
On R.T.L Since: April '97 (lurking in and out)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 616 total (532 Lego/84 other, clones)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: one (#6899), but I'm not counting it
toward my collection
# of LEGO Pieces: best estimate is 79,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: Can't remember that far back (maybe it was the little
police cruiser, {no instructions for that one.. grrr... or maybe it was the
ambulance... }
LEGO Dark Age: never had one
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: doesn't apply
Favorite Theme(s): Any/all
Favorite Set(s): All of them... (ok, I'm partial to the X-wing, even if
they did mess it up).
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): R2D2, and my own constructed C3P0
Set/theme you would like to see: Greco-Roman, (Mythical creatures besides
ghosts and
dragons, I had to make my own centaurs, unicorns, pegasi, satyrs'...)
Current LEGO Project: "Castle Wall Component System", Star Wars stuff, and
on the very back burner, a town train layout.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: "Most Fantastic" in Erik Wilson's Acropolis
Project Contest,
(one of the grand prize runner up's)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Dragon collecting/Star Trek model
collecting/learning all I can about html and other internet
applications/programming.
From: blueofnoon@aol.com (BlueOfNoon) Date: 27 May 1999 00:48:56 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Richard Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1964 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: You kidding? About 2, and all it says is "I want ..." Location: SF/Bay Area, CA E-mail Address: blueofnoon@aol.com (a much more sinister screen name than most realize...) LEGO/home page URL(s): working on it = P Marital Status: single, doing all my parenting vicariously through my brother and his children, although I have raised some very evil black cats (Pywaquet, Mephistopheles, and Nicola -- this, the youngest one, has actually tried to turn doorknobs with her paws! Basically, my life would be ****ed if she ever obtained opposable thumbs...) Children: Zero Occupation: Web Designer and Lego Consumer Advocate On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late March 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 75 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none -- C'mon, just open 'em up and play! # of LEGO Pieces: 7 plastic tool chests worth (at least 1/2 of which is technics/mindstorms) # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: late sixties basic brick set -- all I know is that it was white and red LEGO Dark Age: never completely out of it, but did not buy much between 1991-1998 (University and then Law School, 'nuff said...) First LEGO set after the Dark Age(s): 6027 Bat Lord's Catapult or maybe it was 6496 Whirling Time Warper (which I love because it has that really cool bubble hatch -- can you say "Big Daddy Roth?" -- and because you can make a nasty syringe-like device out of that giant hypno-raygun for displaying on your desk) Favorite Theme(s): Mindstorms, Pirate, Castle Favorite Set(s): a heavily modified (2 sets worth) 6977 Arachnoid Star Base Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Crystal Balls, Skeletons, Witches, Black cloth capes Set/theme you would like to see: For all themes and sets to be available from the moment they start producing them! And then maybe a Viking Gods theme. Or an All-Female Minifigure-Pirate-Ship to fulfill my Ann Bonny And Mary Read fantasies Current LEGO Project: A Mindstorms project utilizing my Scarab figure to make an electronic pet Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My imagination. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My REAL LIFE? Well, how about everything not related Lego? Y'know wild sex, hard-driving music, all around Bad Boy stuff...actually, I paint, sculpt, doodle on my Wacom, write fiction and poetry, etc. Read a lot of William Burroughs, Anthony Burgess, J.G. Ballard, and Philip Dick -- Anyone else dropping some Chew-Z while playing with their Perky Pat...er, Lego?
From: cgidd1@aol.comQQQ (CGidd1) Date: 27 May 1999 22:23:17 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Chris Giddens Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: not more than 10 Location: Roxboro, NC (originally from Warrenton, GA) E-mail Address: cgidd1@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): members.aol.com/cgidd1 Marital Status: Married to Melanie the love of my life Children: no... so more lego for me! Occupation: Youth Minister On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early 90's, even before the Web... I remember ftp... and rn for news.... # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ummm... a bunch and they are all mixed. Been collecting since 6. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: over 20,000... my wife claims millions of the "little stupid things" # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 404 Universal Building set (maybe 401) LEGO Dark Age: Two, end of highschool to sophomore year of college, and graduating college to middler year of seminary. First LEGO set after the Dark Age: First dark age Deep Freeze Defender, second Explorien Starship. Favorite Theme(s): Anything Space. Starwars is cool. Favorite Set(s): Pod Race Set reminded me of the old days... when ya got tired building a set. The original space police fighter (can't remember the name, but I have 4... modified of course) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: the return of Classics from Space. Current LEGO Project: United Expeditionary Defense Force... a group of space ships and vehicles to defend the lego realm from the scurge of the UFO, Insectoids and other evil subthemes. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I've got a starship built (USS Crusader) that is about 170 "bumps" or "pips" in length. I'm trying to get it posted on my future website (listed above) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I'm a born again Christian called to ministering to youth. I enjoy fishing, science fiction, reading, and basketball. My greatest fulfillment comes through spending time growing in Christ and loving my lovely wife. Rev. Chris Giddens <>< Don't like Town Jr? "For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor" Gal 2:18 (buy 'em, but make something better)
From: "VonBroam" <broam@mail.islc.net> Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 19:51:29 -0400 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Name: Michael Broam (VonBroam) Gender: Male I have slayed my inner child and in its place is the Inner Barbarian Location: The marshlands of South Carolina. E-mail: broam@mail.islc.net I have no web page yet. Marital status: engaged to a lego nut!! Children: Eeeeew, Thats disgusting take my legos out of your mouth!! (Not yet!!) Ocupation: Librarian I was a big lego nut for a long time and then in my teenage rebelious years I gave them to my older brother for his potential kids. DUH!!! How could I have been so stupid. My fiance brought me back into the fold and I Love the Star Wars sets. I also enjoy the Fantasy works of Robert Jordan and am working on modifying some of the medival sets to represent carachters from the stories. Legos the ultimate toys... For adults. Other interests: Working towards my Library Science degree, Working with my church (its based out of a nursing home so there is lots of ministering to do.) and Flight simulations.
From: kelley01@sprynet.com (Brian) Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 00:17:26 -0600 Organization: Sprynet Name: Brian C. Kelley Gender: M Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: i dunno but toys R my life nowadays :() Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota E-mail Address: kelley01@sprynet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: not a chance Children: Delaney Michael whom I have yet to see due to the twisted laws in amerikkka Occupation: Buy/Sell/Trade Collectible Toys/Publish and Interracial Marriage, Relationships and childrens magazine On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Forever # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 1000+ or so # of Unopened Sets in Collection: too many *hint *hint to my brother Tony if he reads this :) # of LEGO Pieces: dunno # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 here in Minneapolis (dayum I love Pizza) hehehe # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Too poor fo dat... First LEGO Set: 70's biplane?? LEGO Dark Age: Age 14 to 19 about... First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Stellar Recon Voyager Favorite Theme(s): Town/Train/Castle/Fabuland (4 way tie) Favorite Set(s): #1490 Bank, #1492 Town Square Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black Fabuland Bear, Infomaniac...all the figures from the Town Square Current LEGO Project: Unfortunately selling alot of LEGO sets :( Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 120+ Fabuland sets?? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Art/Design
From: zeadeATboink.stanford.edu <spammers_suck@[127.0.0.1]> Date: 2 Jun 1999 00:10:27 GMT Organization: hem peh cheh Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Micah Jaffe Gender: male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: er, 11? Location: Palo Alto, CA E-mail Address: see above (remove AT with a @ in my name) LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single Children: 0 Occupation: software developer (ObPlug: www.highwire.org) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early May '99 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: now (counting on fingers), 12. before 1989, nearly all of Classic Space, a few Technic sets, yellow castle and knight joust, and lots and lots of "plain" sets (are they called freestyle now?). # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: mebbe around 2,000? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: One of the Universal/Basic Building sets, which one I don't know. LEGO Dark Age: 1989-94,94-99 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: '94, bought a single Blacktron 2 set; '99, 7130 and 7110. I've since gone nuts and gotten all of the episode 4-6 sets (in multiples even, gotta have more parts!) and some of the episode 1 sets. I'm eyeing Mindstorms now, but am unsure what I'd do with it and don't relish having to use Windoze. When's the Linux port? ;) Favorite Theme(s): Classic space, knights (although I personally didn't own much of the "new" gray stuff), Technic. Really wish I'd kept up with Lego as about the time I was getting tired of the increasingly specialized parts, they came out with the pirate themes, which I woulda loved. Oh well. Favorite Set(s): 7140 X-Wing and 7150 Tie/Y-Wing. I dreamed that this would happen as a kid. Only took nearly 20 years to come to fruition :) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I really liked the blue and black space classic minifigs when they first debuted. I liked finding sets that had new colored, transparent plastic pieces. Set/theme you would like to see: Some Technic sets that don't look like they suck fetid dingo kidneys (what's with all these weird, useless looking parts in sets these days? I thought it was getting bad when I stopped buying 'em in '89). Millenium falcon, no matter the price. Current LEGO Project: Getting my "building legs" back. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Just another Lego junkie (JALJ), really. No fame. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Bicycle riding, programming, music, video games, other toys, enjoying life.
From: "William Hess" <willhess@bbnp.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:48:55 -0400
Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc.
Name: William Hess
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ask my wife :-) / alive and well
Location: Wilson, NC
E-mail Address: williamhess@SPAMCAKEbbnp.com (you know what to do)
LEGO/home page URL(s): working on it
Marital Status: married to Angela Denise Hess
Children: Micahlynn Denise Hess, almost 2 ("I lahk" Duplo)
Occupation: father, Asst. Mgr. at Domino's
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1999
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx 30
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: the thought never occured to me...and
has now been banished
# of LEGO Pieces: how many does it take to fill a 20 gallon container?
# of LEGOfests Attended: none, nada, zilch
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: see above
First LEGO Set: I think it was 770, but that was soooo long ago
LEGO Dark Age: 92-99 (not counting "helping" my brother build his sets)
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 7110
Favorite Theme(s): SW Ep1, Trains (must get some!!!), Nautica, Firefighters
Favorite Set(s): 770 (still), 7130, 497, 6353, and 8858
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Capt. Redbeard, Nautica boat hulls, boom
>from 6358
Set/theme you would like to see: a return to Classic Town, Star Trek, rest
of SW Ep1 cast
Current LEGO Project: outfitting the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service
and Sheriff's Dept.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I can remember the intro of the smiley face!
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My family, church, computers, and softball.
From: mchiles@goldendale.net (Matthew J. Chiles) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 05:44:06 GMT Organization: Posted via RemarQ Communities, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Matthew J. Chiles Gender: M Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Classic Space Location: Centerville, WA USA E-mail Address: mchiles@goldendale.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.goldendale.net/buildingblocks Marital Status: yes, Lisa Children: Katherine Elizabeth, born 3/99 Occupation: Ranch Manager and Dealer of Collectable Lego Sets (see web page for more info) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: February 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 400 or so # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none - what would be the point? :) # of LEGO Pieces: not quite enough # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Billund, 1989 First LEGO Set: Basic set from early 70's LEGO Dark Age: None! :) :) :) First LEGO set after the Dark Age: n/a Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Currently the Blacktron Message Intercept Base, 6987 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the space guy from set #1974 Set/theme you would like to see: back to the basics Current LEGO Project: Ultra Blacktron I base (covers 15 plates so far and uses pieces from 6 6987 sets so far, plus tons from piece auctions) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: One of the first to be Space Complete (well, darn close enough - still after some early Canadian minifig sets and 1586) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I'm one of those conservative Christian types. :)
From: "Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 12:30:43 -0400 Organization: Posted via RemarQ, http://www.remarQ.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Kevin D Salm Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: central New York State, USA E-mail Address: kdsalm@dreamscape.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: single Children: dozens of minifigs Occupation: Vending Machine Route Operator for large vending company On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 650+ grows every week # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: who wastes time counting # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: #190 Universal Set with People (farm set) plus #195 and #197 >from circa 1974. First system sets were 6382 and 6363. Also have Expert Builder #952. LEGO Dark Age: none First LEGO set after the Dark Age: N/A Favorite Theme(s): Town, Castle, Pirate Favorite Set(s): 8250 Technic Search Sub, 6562 Gas Stop Shop, 6339 Shuttle Launch Pad. Fire sets 6382, 6385, 6366. All gas station and tow truck sets (best are 6393 and 6397) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): all gray 1x bricks. Best minifigs are the blue and red pirate admiral Set/theme you would like to see: Castle sets with more peasant life--market square, cottages. Also Wild West saloon and train station Current LEGO Project: Always sorting. Airport with hotel and restaurant. Soon to build a new series of Pirate and Imperial supply posts Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: have saved every box and building instruction for every set I own (excepting second hand stuff). Only paid $60 for Metroliner from TRU several years ago. One of the largest Castle set collections anywhere. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: really none besides Lego (updated 7-9-99)
From: Jurg Carl Zwahlen <jurgzwah@wpi.edu> Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 12:43:08 -0400 Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Jurg C. Zwahlen Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1978 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Perpetually 14 Location: Worcester Mass (but my roots are in New Hampshire) E-mail Address: jurgzwah@wpi.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none :( Marital Status: Happily dating for 1 1/2 years Children: wait until I get a real job Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: oh jeez, over a hundred # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none, that would be silly!! # of LEGO Pieces: well into the upper thousands # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none (I was in Denmark, I could taste it!! Argh!) First LEGO Set: Yellow Castle, but I got all my older brothers stuff >from the 70's. LEGO Dark Age: Sep 1992-March 1999 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: The new Disco Ball Lunar Rover Favorite Theme(s): Old Castle, Space, Pirate, Star Wars Favorite Set(s): All SW, BM Castle (I still want it in the worst way) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black Knight, small cylinder with fins Set/theme you would like to see: Old Castle (bring it back, bring it back) Current LEGO Project: Slave 1, Millenium Falcon, a respectable castle Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I covered all the open space on my bedroom floor with a lego space station (back in the day). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music (singing), Aerospace, any activity that can be done in New Hampshires White Mountains.
From: "Lex & Inge" <lexinge@telekabel.nl>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 19:59:02 +0200
Organization: TeleKabel
Name: Lex / Inge
Gender: Male / Female
Year of Birth: 1978 / 1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ? / ?
Location: The Netherlands (both)
E-mail Address: lexinge@telekabel.nl
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://huizen.dds.nl/~ingeltje
Marital Status: no, we live just together :)
Children: none
Occupation: Students
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: April 1999
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 95
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none, we like them too much :)
# of LEGO Pieces: no idea, somebody want to come and count
them?
# of LEGOfests Attended: ?
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Legoland in Billund (both once)
First LEGO Set: 671 Shelltanker (Lex) 6372 Town House (Inge)
LEGO Dark Age: between 13 and 19
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6543 Sail n' Fly Marina
Favorite Theme(s): Town/Paradisa
Favorite Set(s): 6350 Pizza to Go
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): White trainhats, trainfigs/Paradisa figs
Set/theme you would like to see: More nice houses for town
Current LEGO Project: Making beach and mountains for our lego town
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers
From: qpanda@iwaynet.net (Mark D. McKean) Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 21:55:59 -0400 Organization: Quantum Panda Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Mark D. McKean Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: varies, ranging from around 8 up to around 16 Location: Columbus OH USA E-mail Address: qpanda@iwaynet.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.iwaynet.net/~qpanda/ (badly out of date, and no LEGO stuff on it yet, but I'm working on it!) Marital Status: Married Children: none Occupation: dreadfully boring On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/99 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 51 (includes a few duplicates) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none (I can't resist opening 'em!) # of LEGO Pieces: unknown at this time, but I'm trying to catalog my sets # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: #197, "Building Set with People: Farm Set". I still have it...at least, what parts weren't chewed up by a dog with a taste for plastic (same dog that decimated my collection of original Star Wars action figures <sigh>) LEGO Dark Age: 1990-95, while I was in college (150 miles away from my LEGO!) First LEGO set after the Dark Age: not sure...I think it was 8824, Technic Hovercraft. Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): the Star Wars X-Wing Fighter and Naboo Fighter Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I have a soft spot in my heart for the "classic" Space minifigs. Set/theme you would like to see: I'd love to see TLG expand on the SF licensing and add Star Trek and Babylon 5 themes. Current LEGO Project: Cataloging all my sets and pieces, after which I'll work on some Babylon 5 ships (starting with a minifig-scale Thunderbolt Starfury, which I have about half planned) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none that I know of. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: SF of all kinds, anime, music (all genres), collecting panda-themed stuff
From: Chris Gray <cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 02:10:28 GMT Organization: @Home Network Canada Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Chris Gray Gender: male Year of Birth: 1952 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: < 12 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada E-mail Address: cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA LEGO/home page URL(s): www.graysage.edmonton.ab.ca/cg/Toys/Lego Marital Status: s Children: 0 Occupation: paid nerd On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997? # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 151 + 8 MegaBloks # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 53K + 18K MegaBloks # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 1879 bucket LEGO Dark Age: N/A - no Lego as a child! First LEGO set after the Dark Age: N/A Favorite Theme(s): castle, model team, big technic Favorite Set(s): 6090 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): grey bricks Set/theme you would like to see: old castle re-issued Current LEGO Project: ah, errr.. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: most pieces with nothing useful done? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, MUDs, fiction
From: "Russell Clark" <rclark@telis.org> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 01:36:31 -0700 Organization: BayLUG Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Russell Clark Gender: male Year of Birth: 2-14-75 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: San Jose, CA USA E-mail Address: rclark@telis.org LEGO/home page URL(s): http://baylug.org/russellc Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: copy center coordinator On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 600+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 30+ # of LEGO Pieces: not enough # of LEGOfests Attended: 4 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Carlsbad) First LEGO Set: 6363 Auto Repair Shop LEGO Dark Age: 1989-1995 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6525, 6340, 6614, 6336, 6516 (all at once) Favorite Theme(s): Town, Trains, and of course Star Wars! Favorite Set(s): Star Wars Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): firefighter Set/theme you would like to see: Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner Current LEGO Project: founding and setting up BayLUG Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: interviewing to become a LEGO merchandiser Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: camping, computers, model trains Russell Clark http://baylug.org/russellc/ ICQ: 39423705
From: "Paul Baulch" <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 00:34:31 +1000 Organization: Telstra Big Pond Cable - Sydney Site 1 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Paul Baulch Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Hmm, that's a tough one. I'm a lot more mature than most people I know, and they don't play with Lego... let's say my Creative Leisure age is about 11. Location: Melbourne, Australia E-mail Address: paul@vic.bigpond.net.au LEGO/home page URL(s): Still talking to Telstra BigPond about that one. Marital Status: Single - anyone here want to move to Australia and marry me? The weathers fantastic down here at the moment.... ;) Children: Yeah, mine are gonna love my Lego. They'd better, I didn't buy this stuff just for me. Well, not quite ;) Occupation: Computer games programmer (Ever played "Krush, Kill N Destroy"? Or the sequel?) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: The Wednesday before this roll call. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Maybe thirty or fourty, it more than doubled since I gained an income. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Whaaaaat?!?!? Like, zero! What's it made for! What an unpleasantly repressive concept, not opening your Lego!... eeeugh. ;) # of LEGO Pieces: Probably no more than eight kilograms' worth, but it doubled since I gained an income. Help me! I have too much money! Somebody sell me a #928 for a stupidly high sum!!!! Or marry me ;) # of LEGOfests Attended: What, here in Australia ?!? If only Lego were an official sporting event :( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Zero, but I've been to all of the Lego World Shows that toured here in Melbourne. First LEGO Set: Either 357 (Fire Station) or 382 (Tow truck and car) Probably still have all the pieces but that's all.... any takers? ;) LEGO Dark Age: The start of my Biochmistry course at University, although Lego was really just replaced by molecular models, which are sort of a chemistry Lego. Then it was computer games, now its Lego and computer games. First LEGO set after the Dark Age: #6897 (Space Police) - It was love at first sight (See below) Favorite Theme(s): Space, Space, Space, Space, Space and Space. When I get sick of Space though, I tend to play around with... Space ;) Hmmm, I liked Castle a bit when I was younger, because my sisters kind of got into Castle a bit more easily than Space. I've got one #6080 and two #6073's worth of Castle minifigs and wall pieces in excellent condition which I could theoretically be convinced to part with.... Favorite Set(s): Probably #6897 - The epitome of beautiful form, elegant function, holiday-portable size, topped off with a good guy AND a bad guy in the one set! Play VALUE!!!!! I tells ya if this set had been around when I was ten, I'm sure my body would have stopped growing :) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Without doubt it is any ramp/slope piece. Normal or inverted, shallow or steep, slopey bits rule! Anyone with several thousand slopey bits after some Castle bits? Set/theme you would like to see: A more elegant hybrid of Technic and minifigs. Giant unfurling spaceships with ten different Technic abilities in one. More glamour than a straight Technic set and more mechanical functionality than your typical minifig set. Can be done, and IMO should be done. Current LEGO Project: Imperial AT-AT walker (currently about 25" long sorry no pics yet!) I think I need to buy a couple more Sith Infiltrators as I've run out of grey plates and I haven't done the legs yet! D'OH!!!! Must finish it though, as it's looking very much like the, er, "real" thing. I was thinking of making a Technic "cycloid" walking mechanism but haven't had any good ideas yet.... anyone else looked into this? A secondary minor project is adaptation of a 4WD 4W-steering 4W-susp chassis for radio control (sure, not very original), the main aim being to cut the weight of pieces down to a bare minimum while still being quite sturdy - a satisfying challenge. Obviously this is mainly using the #8880 Super Car components. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Heh. Not much. A few years ago I posted a design to RTL and also to a very early Lego (NOT Web)site (this is before the Web, boys and girls). It was a (quite large) blue-grey-t'yellow (Classic space scheme?) ship called the "Shiva 1" and the email in the image was "shnub@zikzak.apana.org.au" (NOT a valid email!!!!) which was my old email address. I still have the pics of this and a few other lego creations and if Telstra BigPond allows me a site then I'll certainly put them on the Web for all to see. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, astronomy, molecular biology, name something incredibly geeky and I'm interested. Oh, except miniatures. Play my computer games, please!!! :)
From: Toki Barron <tokimasa-barron@uiowa.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 15:32:41 -0500 Organization: The University of Iowa Name: Toki Barron Gender: male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: let's say about 10 Location: Iowa City, IA until 9/99, Pittsburgh, PA thereafter E-mail Address: tokimasa-barron@uiowa.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: s Children: none that I know of :-) Occupation: student (soon to be unemployed engineer) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/99 > # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 6 # of LEGO Pieces: a lot # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 > First LEGO Set: 760 London Bus (I think) LEGO Dark Age: 9/88 or so until 6/99 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 7110 Landspeeder and 7150 Tie Fighter & Y-Wing Favorite Theme(s): Blacktron I, Star Wars Favorite Set(s): nothing in particular Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Darth Vader Set/theme you would like to see: tons of SW stuff, but I imagine everything I want to see will be released Current LEGO Project: partial Death Star (I just don't have the bricks or the money to build a minifig scale DS, which would be about 2 miles in diameter!) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: playing ice hockey, weight lifting
From: "April McDonald" <musicmakers88@mindhatespamspring.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 22:35:44 -0700 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Tom McDonald Gender: M Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 Location: Castro Valley CA E-mail Address: radiotitan@yaSPAMCAKEhoo.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://radiotitan.8m.com (but will change soon) Marital Status: M Children: 1 Occupation: Radio Announcer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: don't know anymore # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 insectoid polybag # of LEGO Pieces: ~15,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: some universal set from 1970, but I remember 570 as my 2nd and 3rd sets (I remember playing with Samsonite Lego in pre-school) LEGO Dark Age: 1984 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: can't remember Favorite Theme(s): space, town, train Favorite Set(s): 7150 TIE and Y-Wing Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x2 turntables, clear radar guns from 452 Mobile Tracking Station, Majisto in green Set/theme you would like to see: Amusement Park theme (done right, not like City Center stuff) Current LEGO Project: Desert Space Refueling Station Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: nothing yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: family, radio, Star Trek and more
From: boneboney@aol.com (Bone Boney) Date: 11 Jul 1999 06:20:58 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Damian Garcia Gender: male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Texas E-mail Address: boneybone@geocities.com LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet... Marital Status: married Children: 2 Occupation: PT On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40-ish # of Unopened Sets in Collection: yeah, right # of LEGO Pieces: ...add the 9, carry the 1... # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: one of those old ones with big headed people LEGO Dark Age: 1991 to 1996 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8829 Favorite Theme(s): Star Wars Favorite Set(s): X-Wing Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): piece: 30360 minifig: M-Tron custom Set/theme you would like to see: Set: Millennium Falcon Theme: space police III Current LEGO Project: An aggressive Rebel Fleet Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Huh? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: none known =============================================================================
From: Rich <"rich"@ bit.net> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 22:04:23 GMT Name: Rich Thompson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Memphis, TN E-mail Address: richone@midsouth.rr.com LEGO/home page URL(s): www.marsrobot.com Marital Status: Married Children: 1 Occupation: Nerd Herder On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50 or so # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 # of LEGO Pieces: 10000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (well in August) First LEGO Set: can't remember, it was the 70s after all LEGO Dark Age: 1980-1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Mindstorms Favorite Theme(s): Model Team Favorite Set(s): Mindstorms Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): RCX Set/theme you would like to see: Transformers Current LEGO Project: Building things I saw at the US space and rocket center Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: some cool robots at www.marsrobot.com Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, Programming, basic nerd fare
From: calano@aol.com (CAlano) Date: 12 Jul 1999 06:23:24 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Chris Alano Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Almost as curious as a cat Location: Huntington Beach, CA, USA E-mail Address: calano@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Yet Marital Status: Haven't asked yet Children: SO's 3 kittens and dog Occupation: Structures Design Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: @250 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: <20 # of LEGO Pieces: >40,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Opening day LegoLand California First LEGO Set: 190, Farm Set LEGO Dark Age: None, but college sure was sparse First LEGO set after the Dark Age: N/A Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Space Favorite Set(s): 8480 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): RCX Set/theme you would like to see: Star Trek, of course Current LEGO Project: Mars Rover Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Ultimate, Science Fiction, MST3K, Canoeing, Backpacking, Scuba, WindSurfing, music, Pinky and the Brain, anything from Termite Terrace, Books
From: Timbo <tcoats@cyberis.net> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 13:54:23 -0700 Organization: GST Whole Earth Networks Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Timothy D. Coats Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14-15 Location: Eugene, Oregon E-mail Address: tcoats@cyberis.net LEGO/home page URL(s): www.cyberis.net/~tcoats/models.htm Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: Business Manager/Consultant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: approximately 110 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 12-15 (Most of these are for sale/trade bait, so I don't necessarily consider them in the collection) # of LEGO Pieces: somewhere between 15000-20000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Denmark, in 1980 First LEGO Set: unknown, probably some basic set from the 1970's LEGO Dark Age: June 1988 - December 1997 (Though I actually did buy about 12 sets in that time. I just never built them.) First LEGO set after the Dark Age: El Dorado Fortress (Found this for $3.00 at Goodwill almost complete.) Favorite Theme(s): Pirate, Star Wars Favorite Set(s): BSB Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): scorpion, blue imperial guard with backpack and high hat Set/theme you would like to see: Zoo/Safari w/ LOTS of new animals (Playmobil kicks Lego's butt in this department.) Current LEGO Project: Pirate Supply Base (currently 3'x5' or so) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Mine is more infamy. I failed to get me Legoland drivers liscense because I drove across the tracks when the train was coming. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Drawing, Painting, Aquariums, Warhammer, Writing, ...
From: John Marshall <johmar@numbat.cs.rmit.edu.au> Date: 13 Jul 1999 02:34:29 GMT Organization: Department of Computer Science, RMIT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: John Marshall Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-ish Location: Melbourne, Australia E-mail Address: johmar@cs.rmit.edu.au LEGO/home page URL(s): http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johmar (not ready yet but will be a shrine to 12V Trains :-) Marital Status: Single Children: No way - they'd steal my Lego Occupation: Student / HP Engineer next year On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: On & off since 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Umm, probably 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Yuk. None. # of LEGO Pieces: Tens of thousands # of LEGOfests Attended: Zip :-( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None sadly :-( First LEGO Set: Umm, the early-80s Snack Bar (set#?) LEGO Dark Age: High School I guess, 1989 - 1994 ish First LEGO set after the Dark Age: a huge load of 12V track at a garage sale - a massive FOTW that fired me up again! Favorite Theme(s): The Three T's: Train, Town (classic) and Technic. Favorite Set(s): 7740 (TEE) was a beautiful thing. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 12V points & signals (sad I know) Set/theme you would like to see: A return to the superior 12V system!! Current LEGO Project: A massive town & train layout with giant Technic bridges. Now I just need somewhere to put it. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Being nostalgic for the 80's ? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, music, motor racing (F1)
From: Dan Kees <djkees@home.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 06:56:51 GMT Organization: @Home Network Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Dan Kees Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 16 Although my girlfriend might say younger Location: Fremont, CA E-mail Address: djkees@home.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Working on that Marital Status: Avoiding at all costs... Children: Nope Occupation: Process Engineer for CD Manufacturer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: April, 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~60 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0...I don't think I could keep a set unopened if I wanted to # of LEGO Pieces: 10,500 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 Although, I'm planning a trip to Carlsbad in August First LEGO Set: 588 Police Headquarters This is the first one I really remember. I know I had some larger LEGO (now DUPLO) and some basic sets before that. LEGO Dark Age: 1989 - 1999 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 7110 Landspeeder THANK YOU STAR WARS! I got a few other sets through the years, but they really didn't count. Favorite Theme(s): Star Wars, Technic Favorite Set(s): 8860 Auto Chassis Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): All shock absorbers...love'em Set/theme you would like to see: MARBLE MADDNESS These sets would build those crazy marble mazes that I used to play with when I was younger. I used to build them out of LEGO. It would be great to have multiple sets that you could link together. Current LEGO Project: Episode 1 MTT Large Transport...with full 112 Droid rack...bring on the Naboo Swamps! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I'd have to say swallowing many LEGO pieces. I used to be a real biter when I was younger and I'd often end up swallowing pieces. Once I swallowed one of those hourglass shaped pieces they used for landing gear on classic LEGO Space sets! Never did see those again...hmmm...wonder if LEGO is digestible...probably not. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Chainmaille Armour, Camping, Anything Macintosh, Screen Printing.
From: "Duckie Dave" <Duck@clowes-till-crafts.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 23:12:10 +0100
Organization: Customer of Planet Online
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Name: David Till
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: '76
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 7-14
Location: North Devon, UK
E-mail Address: Duck@clowes-till-crafts.freeserve.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s): www.geocities.com/Paris/4192
Marital Status: single
Children: Almost 1k minifigs
Occupation: Recent graduate, looking for work.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: '95 ?
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~450
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 50
# of LEGO Pieces: ~75000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Big shop in windsor.
First LEGO Set: Big wooden box
LEGO Dark Age: 2000-2015 if TLG continue juniorising
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: The next real set
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Star Wars, Anything with
minifigs.
Favorite Set(s): ? All of them ?
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): See above
Set/theme you would like to see: We need a Fantasy theme
Current LEGO Project: Unpacking from uni, and house move.
Greatest Claims to LEGO Fame: Winning a 8094 before it became
available,
Giant wasp named Justin, see URL,
Built props for a play from Znap.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Mechanics, photography, computers, music,
women, Alcohol.
Reply-To: "Ton Reesink" <reesink@casema.net> From: "Ton Reesink" <reesink@casema.net> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 21:08:12 +0200 Organization: Ton Reesink Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Ton Reesink Gender: male Year of Birth: My true age is about three times my mental age :) Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Breda, The Netherlands E-mail Address: reesink@casema.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.casema.net/~reesink/ Marital Status: living together with Selina Children: 1 and myself Occupation: sales manager IT On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: june 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 230 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: about 20 for trades :) # of LEGO Pieces: about 40K # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: ?? LEGO Dark Age: I do not remember .... First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8880 Super Car Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Train Favorite Set(s): 8450 Cyber Master / Mindstorms Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): RCX Set/theme you would like to see: cranes Current LEGO Project: geeting my Technic collection complete Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Stadium trades all over the world Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: reading, dining, computers, Selina
From: atnadastra@my-deja.com Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 20:00:58 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Share what you know. Learn what you don't. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Steve Nunemaker Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Scranton, PA E-mail Address:atnadlux@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: married Children: 1 Occupation: programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurking since 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: too many to count # of Unopened Sets in Collection:none # of LEGO Pieces: unknown, but I have over 300 minifigs # of LEGOfests Attended:none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:none First LEGO Set:helicopter set at age 7 LEGO Dark Age:1980-1993 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: "Black Monarch's Ghost" Favorite Theme(s): Star Wars, are you kidding? Favorite Set(s): all of them Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Darth Vader Set/theme you would like to see: Military Legos Current LEGO Project: Technic Robot w/video camera Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Rocketry, Star Wars
From: "Jun Yu" <junyu@uclink4.berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 13:18:46 -0700 Organization: University of California at Berkeley Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: jun yu Gender: m Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: berkeley, ca E-mail Address: junyu@uclink4.berkeley.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single Children: inner child Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: ~6000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: carlsbad First LEGO Set: 856 expert builder buldozer LEGO Dark Age: '87-'94 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8880 supercar Favorite Theme(s): space, technic, expert builder Favorite Set(s): 6929, 6950, 8880, 8480 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): , Set/theme you would like to see: technic sets in brown and tan, and no more corrugated pipes Current LEGO Project: supercar sized offroad vehicle with homemade wheels and independent pneumatic disc brakes. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: i probably have more bitemarks on my legos than anyone else. some of my older pieces are rrecognizeable Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: swimming, mountain biking, model building, computers
From: "Brian B." <bribat@sssnet.com> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 18:38:33 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Brian Batdorf Gender: M Year of Birth: 68 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Ohio E-mail Address: bribat@sssnet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a Marital Status: M Children: just me :) Occupation: concrete transport engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 20+ # of LEGO Pieces: 30,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 Carlsbad First LEGO Set: ? LEGO Dark Age: 1984 - 1996 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8440 Formula Flash Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Model Team, Star Wars Favorite Set(s): 8880 Super Car, 8480 Space Shuttle, 952 Farm Tractor, 5571 Monster Big Rig, too many to list. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): all LEGO pieces are my favorite. Set/theme you would like to see: ? ... I'll have to think about this one! Current LEGO Project: Low Boy Trailer for the 5580 Highway Rig Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: n/a Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Travel
From: snafu@io.com (Stephen F Roberts) Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 22:52:32 GMT Organization: The Moose Illuminati Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Stephen F Roberts Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15/quite healthy Location: Fredericksburg/Northern Virginia E-mail Address: roberts@wildlink.com LEGO/home page URL(s): wildlink.com/lego/ Marital Status: married Children: 2 Occupation: Oracle DBA/Designer/Web Genius On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :-( First LEGO Set: long long long lost in the midsts of time LEGO Dark Age: 1986 - 1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Star Wars Snowspeeder Favorite Theme(s): Train Favorite Set(s): 8880 Supercar Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x4 standard brick (there's nothing u cant do with them!) Set/theme you would like to see: Roman Current LEGO Project: Building a small town around my growing collection of train stuffe Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The NOVA LTC Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers & the scifi channel
From: Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 16:24:57 -0700 Organization: CompuServe Interactive Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Kevin Wilson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17 Location: North Vancouver, BC, Canada E-mail Address: kwilson_tcs@compuserve.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kwilson_tccs/Lego.html Marital Status: D Children: 1 daughter, 15 y/o Occupation: Independent Software developer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (not counting sets for sale) # of LEGO Pieces: 30-40,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Windsor) First LEGO Set: Some 1960's basic sest LEGO Dark Age: 1970 - 1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Flying Time Vessel Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Town Favorite Set(s): 4555 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Famous buildings, Ancient Greece & Rome Current LEGO Project: Monorail version of local "Skytrain" rapid transit system. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Classical music, SCA, model railroads, volunteering at my daughter's school, gardening, DIY, quilting.
From: regult@aol.com (Jeff Christner) Date: 06 Aug 1999 23:54:56 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Jeff Christner Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: around 12 Location: Parma Hts, OH (Cleveland Area) E-mail Address: regult@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.aol.com/regult/ Marital Status: Married Children: One on the way. Occupation: Freight Train Conductor for Norfolk Southern On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late 94' # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Can't keep accurate count anymore. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 15+ # of LEGO Pieces: Too many, yet not enough. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I think it was 570 fire house. LEGO Dark Age: Between 1981 and 1990 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6389 - Fire Control Center and a few others all bought at once. Favorite Theme(s): Formerly Town, now I'm not sure anymore. Favorite Set(s): 6389 - Fire Control Center Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any elements that I can use to build fire apparatus Set/theme you would like to see: The demise of Town Jr. Current LEGO Project: As always, designing fire apparatus for my fake company, Sixby Fire Tech. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Displayed on the internet the first conventional six wide fire apparatus on 10/30/97. Coined the word sixby (six-bee) which is now used by many when refering to six wide town vehicles. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Current events, Mecha, and Anime. Jeff Christner Visit Sixby Fire Tech at - http://members.aol.com/regult/ Help support my LEGO habit. Ship by rail. Visit http://www.nscorp.com/ to find out how.
From: "Ceryn" <creneverson@gci.net> Date: 7 Aug 1999 04:01:53 GMT Organization: Posted via RemarQ, http://www.remarQ.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Ceryn Everson (no not my real name. Not gonna give that out on here. Sorry) Gender: um, can't say. I like it when people are confused.:) Year of Birth: Privliged info Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Probably 5 years behind I'd guess. Location: Alaska E-mail Address: creneverson@gci.net (note: See aboave!) LEGO/home page URL(s): too lazy Marital Status: nNO body LIIIKES meeeeeee. *snif* Besides, I HATE that dateing scene Children: none of my own, but do lots of 'take care of's of someone else's. Occupation: Shlupping it up in Toys R Us. On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: last month. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20 big ones, 30-40 minor ones. and a few that were bought just for parts. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: ONE, but that's because I got 3 others of it now. # of LEGO Pieces: ... ok, 2 1200 tubs, 4 800 tubs, 3 600 tubs, various sets... add the 4, take away 2,... hmmmm, ... ehhh, odd guess I'd say 10,000 or so. But I wanna get up to the MEGA collector level, like the dude that made the Titanic. He's my HERO! # of LEGOfests Attended: None, but am trying to convince manager at store to try and have a lego sealed deck contest, where they get a small box of freestyle, and one or two random sets, and they have a set period of time to make something interesting in various catagories. Problem is, we can't charge for this, so we end up giveing the small sets away. I'm trying to work around this. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Gimme 5 days and I'll answer YES to this! Going to SanDiego in 4 days! YAAAAAYYYY First LEGO Set: ... technicly, it has to be one of those, what we term now as, freestyle sets. But the Space Crusier set, was my first REAL set, followed by the Galaxy Explorer, and was hooked for the LONGEST time. LEGO Dark Age: gotta be from the early 80s untill recently. First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Landspeeder. That set me off, though I did get a couple of the blacktron sets from the first run of those, I thought they sucked compared to the original space sets. Still do, but I kick myself for not getting more. Favorite Theme(s): Original Space series, though I would have liked to get the Explorians series. Favorite Set(s): Actually I liked the Sith Infiltrater, though it should have been at a better scale I feel. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Female Insetoid. Put a black hair bit on her and she looks cute. Set/theme you would like to see: Would like to see a Town Home series, or at least a more contemperary sets. The original Paradisia sets were a step in the right direction, but we need to go further. Belview does NOT cut it. Current LEGO Project: The TOWER. 25 level in the base, and a sphere like structure on top. The *ahem* legistics of such a project are somewhat daunting, especially money wise, but I figure if I snag cheap ass sets, I'll get there. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Nothing really yet. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers. Anime, Jpop. Gold Digger. Used to have RPG in there but kinda fell out of that due to falling out of group I was with. feh.
From: "David Leese" <MRLEESE@genius1.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 16:12:04 +0100 Organization: Customer of Planet Online Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: David A. Leese Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 11 Location: Cheshire, England, UK E-mail Address: mrleese@genius1.freeserve.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Teacher in training On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: April 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Nine # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Seven # of LEGO Pieces: Uncounted, but not masses! # of LEGOfests Attended: Nil. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Nil First LEGO Set: 918, many years ago. LEGO Dark Age: 1986-1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 5918 Sam Grant's Scorpion Favorite Theme(s): Blacktron / Insectoids / UFO Favorite Set(s): 6817 Insectoid Mosquito Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): UFO: grey/black body, grey body armour, black helmet Set/theme you would like to see: Modern space minifig set. Current LEGO Project: Trying to find some display space for my collection! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Working on it! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computing, Chemistry, cricket.
From: SSD_Executor@bigfoot.com (Pat Talken) Organization: Your Organization Date: 7 Aug 1999 18:42:22 -0500 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Patrick B. Talken Gender: MALE Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Shreveport, La E-mail Address: ptalken@shreve.net LEGO/home page URL(s): N/A Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: USAF/Enlisted/B-52 Bombing Navigation Systems Specialist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 2 August 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 18 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 18 # of LEGO Pieces: ?? # of LEGOfests Attended: There are LEGO Conventions?? When and Where? # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: That I can remember is Galaxy Explorer (AWESOME SET) LEGO Dark Age: approx 13 years long First LEGO set after the Dark Age: #6445 Emergency Evac (I LOVE THIS SET) Favorite Theme(s): RES Q, NINJA, WILD WEST, ADVENTURERS Favorite Set(s): TIE Fighter/Y-Wing, Aerial Evac, Emergency Evac, Naboo Fighter Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Battle Droid from SW EP1, Rebel Pilots, RES q mini figs Set/theme you would like to see: a new BLACKTRON series Current LEGO Project: none Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Hockey, Reading, Politics, Internet
From: jjcjunior@aol.com (JJCjunior) Date: 08 Aug 1999 01:53:05 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com From: "A.C. Terry" <toorude@execpc.com> Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 21:26:17 -0500 Organization: ExecPC Internet - Milwaukee, WI Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Joel Michael Kuester Gender: M Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: !?! ...15 Location: Milwaukee, Wi E-mail Address: septenemae@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://members.tripod.com/minispy/index.html Marital Status: single as heck. Children: none I am aware of. Occupation: Software/console game retail store manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 (mostly lurking) > # of Sets in LEGO Collection: estimated at 400+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: NONE! Lego must be played with. # of LEGO Pieces: NO WAY can I count them! # of LEGOfests Attended: 2 large travelling shows, unless you count the yearly Lego show at Summerfest here in Milwaukee, then I have been to about 15 or 16. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None. unless you count that little one at The Mall of America. First LEGO Set: must have been a yellow Fabuland car. LEGO Dark Age: none (yes, I'm THAT dorky) I never *stopped* playing with Lego, in High School, I just didn't play with them as much as when I was a kid. Since going to college, I play and buy Lego more than ever. (my parents aren't around to yell at me for buying "yet another Lego set"). First LEGO set after the Dark Age: ummmmmm... Favorite Theme(s): Star Wars, Castle, some Technic and Model Team Ninja is nice too, and Adventurers has great parts, but the sets are lame. > Favorite Set(s): well, the first really big set I ever got was the first yellow castle, so I remember it rather fondly. I got it as a birthday present at my aunt's house, and I clearly remember running to my cousin's room, closing the door, and not coming out until it was fully completed. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): hmmm... the best minifig has to be Darth Vader... even my mom loved him, and she dreads my Lego habit. Set/theme you would like to see: the "Super Heroes" idea mentioned earlier has great potential to revitalize the Town. Current LEGO Project: Slave I Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have one of the better Millennium Falcons on the net. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I collect Transformers. I also have a large CD collection (600+ albums) of ska-jazz, reggae, 60's latin/south american, exotica and lounge music.
From: Juhana Siren <Juhana.Siren@oulu.fi>
Date: 07 Aug 1999 10:58:52 +0300
Organization: University of Oulu
Name: Juhana Siren
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 12
Location: Oulu, Finland
E-mail Address: Juhana.Siren@oulu.fi
LEGO/home page URL(s): none at the moment
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: System administrator
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1999
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: currently only one, having just returned
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: haven't counted
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: cannot recall - probably some 70's Duplo set
LEGO Dark Age: circa 1993 to 1999
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8459
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Trains, Town
Favorite Set(s): 7740, although I never had it :)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): -
Set/theme you would like to see: 1) working accessories for 9 V trains,
2) residential buildings for Town.
Current LEGO Project: Just finished (motor with gearbox), thinking of next
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 3rd prize in a building contest in 1989
(arranged by Viking Line, a car ferry operator between Finland and Sweden)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: model railroading, music (singing, keyboards)
From: Reinhard Beneke <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 17:33:19 +0200 Organization: TU Braunschweig, Germany Name: Reinhard (Ben) Beneke Gender: M Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: What child? I'm serious in LEGO! Location: Brunswick, Northern Germany E-mail Address: r.beneke@tu-bs.de LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~rbeneke/lego/ben_abs.html (I know it's quite complicated) Marital Status: single with girl-friend (she's not really in LEGO yet, but nearly infected) Children: none I know of and I hope this state will last for a long time.... Occupation: Mechanical Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 04/98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: something around 330 different ones # of Unopened Sets in Collection: not more than 6 # of LEGO Pieces: 76.000 for sure (probably more) # of LEGOfests Attended: ?? # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Billund: 2 times) First LEGO Set: 653 (from 1973) is the first I remember.... LEGO Dark Age: I had no Dark Age, but a less active time from 1988 to 1996 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 5571 Giant Truck Favorite Theme(s): trains, large vehicles, model team, old expert builder sets (<1978), technic Favorite Set(s): 810, 7740, 8860, 383, 398, 5571, 375, 7750, 8851, 392 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The well known brick with 8 studs! Set/theme you would like to see: a revival of the 12 V train theme / non juniorized 9V trains Current LEGO Project: building further trains and buildings, searching for bargains. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I built the longest (Lego) bridge, known in the net (4.1 meters!) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: books, music (Tool, dEUS, The Notwist), inline skating, my job
From: foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu (J.D. Forinash)
Date: 8 Aug 1999 14:04:15 -0400
Organization: College of Computing, Georgia Tech
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Name: J.D. Forinash
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: '73
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 12. Strangely enough, this hasn't
gone up in the past three years since the last one of these.
Location: Atlanta, GA
E-mail Address: foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): Lego:
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/1042
non-Lego:
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/people/home/foxtrot
Marital Status: Single
Children: One, J.D., age 26.
Occupation: System Administration Weenie.
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: I wasn't sure last time, but at least since 1995.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Sets? You mean they come in sets?
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 6. Still. The same ones, even.
# of LEGO Pieces: Not enough
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: Way back I remember both a fire station and a blue and grey
space ship called the Galaxy Explorer. How I wish I still had all the
parts to that Galaxy Explorer... all the grey wings I have, however,
are the left-side ones. Go fig...
(three years later, I still haven't got any more right-side wings...)
LEGO Dark Age: From about age 14 or so to age... uh... 20ish?
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: I don't recall. I expect it would have
been a 1993 or 1994 release, but it's been a while.
Favorite Theme(s): Castle, space.
Favorite Set(s): See "# of sets in collection".
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Grey ones. Still.
Set/theme you would like to see: Well, in the "completely dreaming"
department, Babylon 5 Lego sets would be cooler than the other side of the
pillow, but problematic from a scale perspective-- you simply can't market
a five-mile-long space station even if it's only in minifig scale. :) My
first few attempts at minifig-scale Starfuries, however, have bombed.
Current LEGO Project: I never did finish that thumpin' huge castle from
three years ago-- I'd get so far, and come up with better ideas. So I've
_still_ got a large (64x96 stud) castle in the works.
With all of my grey pieces tied up in a disarray I keep trying to call a
castle, I still haven't built that Millenium Falcon.
The othert thing I'm working on (using yet more grey pieces) is another
extension for my Galactic Mediator++. It's still not big enough.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None. I'm still boring.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Classic videogame consoles (Intellivision,
primarily, but I also own a Nintrendo 8-bit, an Atari 7800, and hell, even
a Sega Genesis), automobiles ('99 Dodge Dakota R/T, '70 Plymouth Fury
convertible, '69 Coronet 440. Mopar. :) ), auto racing (Preferrably
NASCAR Winston Cup, but hell, I'll watch anything go fast. I'd like to get
into SCCA and do the going fast myself, but that'd take another automobile,
and I just don't have the space for the three I have... :) ), card games
(Favorites being Wizard, Skat and Spades, but I'll play almost anything that
doesn't require betting real money)...
From: s.a.campbell@felonytospamlarc.nasa.gov (Steve Campbell) Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 15:39:47 -0400 Organization: NASA Graphics Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Steve Campbell Gender: M Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8-11 Location: Newport News, VA E-mail Address: litehous@widomaker.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.widomaker.com/~litehous/Pirate/index.html Marital Status: M Children: 1 - 2 years and change Occupation: Computer artist, animator On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx. 70 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: approx 50 # of LEGO Pieces: HAHAHAHAHA if I had time to count they'd all be built! # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 001 Classic Gears LEGO Dark Age: 1977-1991, 1993-1998 (this one is more like a grey age) First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6270 Forbidden island, 6289 Red Beard Runner Favorite Theme(s): Pirates, Adventurers, Star Wars Favorite Set(s): 6277 Imperial Trading Post Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Adventurers truck from 5988, Soldier/Imperial Guard Set/theme you would like to see: International Pirate ships, Classic Pirate ships, Pirates, Pirates, and more Adventurers. Current LEGO Project: The Perilous Pirate Page Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Childrens Hospital of the Kings Daughters, Norfolk, VA Lego display Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Roller/ice hockey, cartoons, MST3K, Microbrew beer, computer games, roller coasters
From: redstorm63@aol.com (RedStorm63) Date: 08 Aug 1999 21:08:32 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Brandon Lovelace Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1980 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 Location: North Carolina E-mail Address: redstorm63@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: long term relationship Children: none Occupation: referee On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 5,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: #6392 Airport LEGO Dark Age: 1990-1999 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: #6463 Lunar Rover Favorite Theme(s): Star Wars, Space, Favorite Set(s): #1682 Space Shuttle Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Any Blacktron I figure Set/theme you would like to see: movie tie-ins Current LEGO Project: rebuilding the town i had created about 10 years ago Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: sports
From: zange@webtv.net (V. Margaret McKenney) Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 23:18:58 -0700 (PDT) Organization: WebTV Subscriber Name: Andy Mckenney Date of birth 4/25/66 Gender: male Age of inner child 12 Locacation: Eugene,OR E mail address Vera Margaret @webtv.net Lego page none Marital statuses/ single Occupation: instructinal aide to mildly disabled students. # of sets: 20 # of unopened sets:0 # of pieces: have not counted yet # of Legofests:0 First Lego set:Ambulance with Helicopter #460 Lego Dark age 1986 to 1993 First Lego set after Dark age:6538 Rebel hot rod got two of them cause they were cool! Current Lego project: Putting my Lego Moon landig set to gether and building a small lego city. Other interests:Drawing,swimming,listining to my scanner.
From: Horst_Lehner@bb.maus.de (Horst Lehner)
Organization: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?MAUS_B=F6blingen_(+49-7031-714550)?=
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 11:44:00 +0200
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Name: Horst Lehner
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1966
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: somewhere between 7 and 16
Location: Böblingen/Germany
E-mail Address: Horst_Lehner@bb.maus.de
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/index.htm
Marital Status: married
Children: 1
Occupation: Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 100
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: about 10
# of LEGO Pieces: no idea ...
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Billund/Denmark
First LEGO Set: 723
LEGO Dark Age: 1980-98
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 7740
Favorite Theme(s): Trains, Town, Technic
Favorite Set(s): 8880, 7725 (still searching ...)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): white arches
Set/theme you would like to see: any non-juniorized
Current LEGO Project: Getting all the new stuff sorted
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
First and most complete collection of european catalogs online:
http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/katalog/index.htm
Started a collection of sticker scans online:
http://horst-lehner.mausnet.de/lego/aufkleb/index.htm
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Family, Computers
From: liam@pegasus (Liam Parnell)
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 13:07:36 GMT
Reply-To: liam@document.co.uk
Name: Liam
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 27/03/75
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Has not changed
Location: UK
E-mail Address: liamp@ukonline.co.uk
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://web.ukonline.co.uk/liamp/
Marital Status: Single
Children: 0
Occupation: Software Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurker since 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: I have no idea.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: I play with them, I don't count them
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 Billund
First LEGO Set: Universal building set circa 1977
LEGO Dark Age: 1987 - 1996
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8032
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Divers, Paradisa, Classic Space
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurker since 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: I have no idea.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: I play with them, I don't count them
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 Billund
First LEGO Set: Universal building set circa 1977
LEGO Dark Age: 1987 - 1996
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8032
Favorite Theme(s): Town, Divers, Paradisa, Classic Space
Favorite Set(s): 6950
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Yellow Classic Space Man
Set/theme you would like to see: Urban Realism
Current LEGO Project: A bird-like flightcraft using LDRAW
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I got a letter from Susan Williams once,
doesn't everyone?.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, surfing.
From: bagaasc@eel.ENGR.ORST.EDU (Wik the Mighty) Date: 9 Aug 1999 18:21:30 GMT Organization: Oregon State University, College of Engineering Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Chad Bagaason Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Eugene, OR E-mail Address: wik@orst.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.cs.orst.edu/~bagaasc/lego Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Computer Consultant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September '97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Unknown # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 442 LEGO Dark Age: No LEGO purchases 83-91 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 1462 Favorite Theme(s): Space, Castle, Technic, Train Favorite Set(s): 9719, 8880, 7140 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blacktron I, Inverted Slope Pieces Set/theme you would like to see: Classic Reprints Current LEGO Project: Trains, Trains, Trains!!! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Currently my 4-8-4 SP Daylight Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Board/Card/Computer Gaming, Reading, Miniatures Painting, Model Railroading (O Gague)
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 12:40:32 -0700 From: Piers Sutton <micromu@best.com> Organization: Intralink International Name: Piers Sutton Date of birth 2/26/69 Gender: male Age of inner child: 11, but i'm pimping he to buy more legos Locacation: San Jose, CA E mail address micromu@tt.ipc.net Lego page none Marital statuses/ single Occupation: operations manager for computer company # of sets: 15 # of unopened sets:0 # of pieces: who knows # of Legofests:0 First Lego set: Some classic space set way back when Lego Dark age 1987-1998 First Lego set after Dark age: Tie and Y-Wing Current Lego project: Trying to garner what would have been my old collection via ebay, etc. Other interests: Books, comics, movies, writing, chasing women, tennis, rock climbing, annoying neighbors with my bass, etc.
From: mpratt@cix.co.uk (Michael Pratt) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 22:14 +0100 (BST) Organization: CIX - Compulink Information eXchange Name: Michael Pratt Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1957 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12! Location: Uk Southport E-mail Address:mpratt@cix.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): Nope Marital Status: Yes Children: 1 bio, 1 step Occupation: Lawyer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: about june 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 40 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: only one # of LEGO Pieces: millions # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:none First LEGO Set: A small box of bricks in about 1966 LEGO Dark Age: 1969 to 1999 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 7740 Train What a way to start ! Favorite Theme(s): Train of course Favorite Set(s): all trains Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):The YMCA mustachioed one Set/theme you would like to see: Submarines Current LEGO Project: Rebuilding sets owned in part Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Got a 7740 in a charity shop for a couple of pounds ! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Hi Fi, flying kites > Michael Pratt
From: sinclair@cadvision.com (Ian Sinclair) Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 01:28:37 GMT Organization: Techmation Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Ian Sinclair Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada E-mail Address: sinclair@cadvision.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Manager/Programmer/Hobbyist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 28 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 9000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: LEGO Dark Age: 18-33 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Mindstorms/Technic Sets Favorite Theme(s): Technic & Mindstorms Favorite Set(s): 8880 & 8480 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Things that move (gears, axels, universal joints, etc) Set/theme you would like to see: Model Team Technic (the bigger the better) Current LEGO Project: Mindstorms Vehicles Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Games, BeOS C++ Programming, Tennis, Reading, etc.
From: Jason Spangler <stormwind@wombatgames.com> Organization: Wombat Games, Inc. Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 03:08:18 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Jason Spangler Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 Location: Austin, TX, USA E-mail Address: jasons@usemail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://purl.org/NET/JasonSpangler/Home Marital Status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: Software Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~275 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 28 # of LEGO Pieces: no idea # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1, LEGOLAND Carlsbad First LEGO Set: 6375 Gas Station LEGO Dark Age: 13 to 21 years old First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6008 Royal King Favorite Theme(s): Classic Space, Blacktron, Space Police 1, Forestmen Favorite Set(s): 6375 Gas Station, 1789 Star Hawk II, 6876 Alienator, 497 Galaxy Explorer Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Futuron minifigs Set/theme you would like to see: Space business (transports, liners, etc) Current LEGO Project: Modular space vehicle system Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computer Games, Computers, Nature
From: "Randy Anchikoski" <ranch@writeme.com> Organization: lg purple bins/rubbermaid tubs/hanging containers Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 21:05:13 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999 Name: Randy Anchikoski & family Gender: M Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12-ish Location: Victoria, BC Canada E-mail Address: ranch@writeme.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.members.home.net/ourCreations/ http://www.teradesigns.tzo.com/ Marital Status: Married Children: 4 Occupation: database consultant/developer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 645 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 103 # of LEGO Pieces: 165,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0, but hosted a few medium sized get-togethers! # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 1980's McDonalds promos LEGO Dark Age: didn't really have LEGO as a kid, had RASTI First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 1639 - 670 Piece Bucket (1990) Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Town Favorite Set(s): 6339, 8880,6543,3759 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the ones we don't have Set/theme you would like to see: towns around the world, waterproof motor/battery pack Current LEGO Project: huge brick guy; house with working storm sewer/gutters etc. (still) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: somehow converting my wife to become supportive of my LEGO 'hobby' / achieving over 1000 minifigs (1200) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: family, baroque/classical etc. music (performing/listening), software development (databases), cooking Randy Anchikoski E-Mail: ranch@writeme.com Large attachments: ranan@home.com Ph: (250) 370 5169 Fax: (250) 370 5175
From: johnNYblaze44@webtv.net Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 02:06:11 -0400 (EDT) Organization: WebTV Subscriber Name: John R. Kanehl Gender: Male DOB: 9/18/69 Mental Age/Status of inner child: i'll have to consult my therapist ... Location: Central NY State E-mail: johnNYblaze44@webtv.net Lego Homepage: None Yet Marital Status: single sometimes Children: someday Occupation: Surgical Instrument Sales On RTL : (Lurking since purchasing WebTV+) May 1999 # of Sets: 1000+ # of Unopened: 4 # of Pieces: 250,000+ (before recent purchases) # of Legofests: never seen one # of Parks Visited: none First Lego Set: Ambulance and Helicopter (1973) Lego Dark Age: 1987-1992 (college) First Set After Dark Age: Majesto's Magic Workshop Favorite Theme: Castle (til Fright Knights) Favorite Set: 375 Yellow Castle or Space Cruiser LL924 Favorite Piece: The Original Gray Space Rifle Set/Theme You Would Most Like To See: A Medieval Village / A Modular Space Port (for my original MOC's and my Star Wars ships) Current Project: Sorting .....(any tips?) Greatest Claim To Fame: Recently acquiring 90 pounds of Lego from friends and e-bay to complete collection and support future projects. Anybody need anything?.....lol Other Interests: reading, skiing, cds, pool, darts, Guiness draft, and australian merlots
From: craig roberts <cackles@tpg.com.au> Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 22:17:26 +1000 Organization: Newsfeeds.com http://www.newsfeeds.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999 Name:Craig Roberts Gender:Male Year of Birth:1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child:unknown Location:Australia E-mail Address:Cackles@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status:Divorced Children:4 Occupation:Law enforcement Officer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since:? # of Sets in LEGO Collection:100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection:10 # of LEGO Pieces:approx 10 thousand # of LEGOfests Attended:nil # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:nil First LEGO Set: LEGO Dark Age:when thought was to old to use lego First LEGO set after the Dark Age:town set Favorite Theme(s):town Favorite Set(s): Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):all haved approx 400 minifigs Set/theme you would like to see:sydney opera house Current LEGO Project:large town Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:non yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: bodybuilding, internet,life
From: jennr@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Jennifer Boger) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 16:06:05 -0400 Organization: The George Washington University Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Jennifer L. Boger Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1976 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8/Active Location: Washington, DC E-mail Address: jennr@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none/http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/~dan/jenn Marital Status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: Network Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec '96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 120+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 20,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Unknown Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Train, Model Team Favorite Set(s): Owned-4559, not owned-6086 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): no idea/Car Salesman Bob (cheezy blue suit, toupee, suitcase) Set/them you would like to see: More old style castle. less sub themes Currect LEGO Project: aquiring more and more sets Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, ren fests, psx Originally "enrolled" Dec 1996 as Jennifer L. Reckard
From: "adrian giannini" <webmaster@harding-giannini.com> Newsgroups: rec.toys.lego Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 16:08:23 -0500 Name: Adrian Giannini Gender: male Year of Birth: 1982 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 or so... never really thought about it Location: staten island, new york E-mail Address: webmaster@harding-giannini.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: nope Children: none Occupation: student, part-time assistant to potter On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 7/99 or so # of Sets in LEGO Collection: never counted... probably about 50 or so # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: no idea # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: probably the hovercraft LEGO Dark Age: '95-'97 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6879 Blizzard Baron Favorite Theme(s): classic space Favorite Set(s): 6952 Solar Power Transporter Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): any space minifigs, especially classic space and blacktron I Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: some interesting space vessels... larger ships with crew of 3-5 minifigs Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none so far Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: music, computers, playing guitar... adrian webmaster@harding-giannini.com LEGO: SP+++ CA,TO,PI++ #++ S+++ LS++ Hal A YB82m
From: "G.W.J. Hassink" <g.w.j.hassink@student.utwente.nl> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 00:36:54 +0100 Organization: University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999 Name: Gerwin Hassink Gender: male Year of Birth: 1980 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: Enschede, the Netherlands E-mail Address: g.w.j.hassink@student.utwente.nl LEGO/home page URL(s): http://home.student.utwente.nl/g.w.j.hassink/ Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: student Applied Physics On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: march 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: many # of Unopened Sets in Collection: zero # of LEGO Pieces: I'm not going to count them # of LEGOfests Attended: zero # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: one First LEGO Set: 6806 Surface Hopper LEGO Dark Age: First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 7130 Snowspeeder Favorite Theme(s): Forestmen, Blacktron I, M:Tron, early Pirates Favorite Set(s): 7151 Sith Infiltrator Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Darth Maul, Majisto Set/theme you would like to see: anything with large trees in it, mixing minifig-scale with Technic Current LEGO Project: LDrawing a LEGO RoboTech Cyclone Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: some transformable LEGO MOC's Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Scouting, physics, RPG's
From: otophero@aol.com (O topher O) Date: 03 Nov 1999 00:35:10 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999 Name: Chris Adler Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1979 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Houston, TX, USA E-mail Address: niner_four@yahoo.com LEGO/home page URL(s): www.geocities.com/niner_four Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Spring '99 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: About sixty something # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: A lot, but not as much as these other Lego freaks on RTL -) # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: Basic set 555 LEGO Dark Age: Fall '94 to Spring '99 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: X Wing Favorite Theme(s): Star Wars, M:Tron, SpacePolice Favorite Set(s): 6986, 6896, 6886, 6981, 6923 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I've always liked the little tiny connecting pieces that used to hold the 1 X 1 round plates together, they make great money and jewels for my Legoverse. Set/theme you would like to see: BRING BACK THE M:TRONS AND THE SPACE POLICE Current LEGO Project: Buying all Space Police and Blacktron sets, and also getting my homepage a lot better, and also trying on getting my creations' pictures up on the 'net. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I make some darn good crash scenes! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Drum Corps, playing and listening to music, my '75 Nova, Creed, Virgos Merlot, Writing
From: duck360198@aol.com (Duck360198) Date: 03 Nov 1999 00:48:20 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Brendan Coughlin Gender: Male Year of Birth: 11/28/80 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Years Old Location: Aberdeen, SD/Las Vegas, NV E-mail Address: Duck360198@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Working on one! Marital Status: Spoken for! :-) Children: 0 Occupation: The "Picker" at a golf course and UNLV Student! On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Around 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 250 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 7 # of LEGO Pieces: 55,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 :-( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :-( First LEGO Set: Emergency Treatment Center (1987) LEGO Dark Age: Whenever Town Jr. started! First LEGO set after the Dark Age: McDonald's Restaurant (Getting better) Favorite Theme(s): Town by far and then Model Team. Favorite Set(s): Launch and Load Seaport, Big Rig Truck Stop, ALL of the Soccer sets, and the Metro Park and Service Tower. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Piece: Any printed piece (computer, telephone, radar, etc.) Minifig: Any guy with a cowboy hat! Set/theme you would like to see: Definitely military (I know it won't happen!) Current LEGO Project: Finishing up my 160 Square foot city! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Being this close to finishing my city is quite an accomplishment for me. I have also gotten ALL of the vehicles/buildings that I have ever wanted. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Golf, Paintball, My Chevy Blazer, My girlfriend, all my friends, etc. etc. etc.
From: Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 20:07:45 -0500 Reply-To: lpieniazek@novera.com Organization: Novera Software, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Last updated on Jan. 25, 1999 Name: Larry Pieniazek Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1959 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Fluctuates, 10-14 typically Location: Home is Ada, Michigan, but all around the US, as I travel on business a LOT! E-mail Address: lar@voyager.net or lpieniazek@tsisoft.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://my.voyager.net/lar Marital Status: Married Children: 2 plus an informally adopted college student from Siberia who lives with us. Occupation: System Architect/Consultant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sporadic lurking, solidly on since November 1997 but mostly hang out on LUGNET(tm) now (http://www.lugnet.com) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Wellover 1000 but not sure how far over # of Unopened Sets in Collection: perhaps 25% # of LEGO Pieces: Estimated at 400,000 but not sure # of LEGOfests Attended: Define Legofest! I have met with AFOLs all around the country, I may have the record for having met the most of us in real life. I think that whenever I post "hey, I'm coming to your town, let's meet" and at least 2 people come out, that's a fest... by that metric I've been to dozens. The most memorable would be the Carlsbad fest on opening night of LL Carlsbad. Gary Louie organized it, but then very tragically passed away unexpectedly and wasn't there, except in spirit. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (LegoLand Carlsbad) plus both the Mall of America Imagination Center and the Disney Village Imagination Center (That visit was the "awakening event" that roused me from my dark ages. First LEGO Set: Some 1960's Samsonite Canada parts pack but not sure which one. LEGO Dark Age: circa 1973 through late 1997 with a few glimmers of reawakening in 1993 and 1994 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 4559 black/yellow train monstrosity but I survived it Favorite Theme(s): 9V Train, Monorail, Launch Command, Flight (complete in these), 12V Train, Town, Ice Planet, Blacktron, Mtron Favorite Set(s): Airport Shuttle, Metroliner, Century Skyway (have too many copies of each of these and will be thinning down) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Train Catenary pickup, Train Conductor Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars parts pack or bucket (for the earthtone bricks) Current LEGO Project: Selling off some of my overstocks, LDrawing (in MLCad) some of my best work. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Dunno. Mouthiest poster on LUGNET(tm)? First non Todd/Suz poster to LUGNET? Trusted Intermediary service? Factoring service? Fastest person ever to 9V Train complete? Tried to set up Bulk Buys more often than anyone else, unsuccessfully? Don Quixote of eBay? Know more AFOLs IRL than anyone else? You pick. Everyone knows me and trusts me Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Being with my kids, computers, gaming, investing, swimming, skiing, all things British but especially including cars. -- Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com http://my.voyager.net/lar - - - Web Application Integration! http://www.novera.com fund Lugnet(tm): http://www.ebates.com/ ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to lugnet. NOTE: Soon to be lpieniazek@tsisoft.com :-)
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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