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Bret Kramer


Favorite LEGO toys/themes: Castle, Technic, Model Team, Star Wars and Trains are general themes that I enjoy. However, I'm more of an individual set collector, so anything that appears well designed or has parts I want qualifies.

My fascination with LEGO began... When I was 8. I saw a lego set (379 Brickyard) at a department store, and I had to have it. I saved up the $15.00 for the 300+ piece set and bought it. I've been fascinated with LEGO ever since with never really any dark ages to speak of. TLG always seemed to come out with a new system just as I started to lose interest and brought be back in again.

I once built... A four foot tall castle with a gate house, two draw bridges, and stairs.

Someday I will build... A mini-fig scale aircraft carrier. Probably after I retire and win the lottery.

LEGO is great because... It satisfies my need to create in three dimensions. They are modular, so that I don't have to bother designing the pieces with which I want to create. There are plenty of unique and basic pieces so that I can build what I feel like. They are relatively easy to put together and take apart. I am always challenged to solve design issues by using the pieces on hand in different ways. And I get a wonderful feeling when a project is finished and it turns out the way I want it to. Plus I have pieces that are over 25 years old that work just as well with pieces I bought last week!

LEGO fans are great because... With rare exception they are smart, creative and have a genuine desire to share and help each other in the hobby they've chosen.


My favorite Non-LEGO Toys: None

My favorite Hobbies & Interests: Computers, programming, family, weightlifting, cartooning, archeology, architecture, religion

My favorite Foods: All the bad stuff. Unfortunately I can't eat any of it.

My favorite Movies & TV: American football (Pro & college), Documentary Junkie.

My favorite Artists: Berke Breathed

My favorite Music: Ecclectic, but generally stuff from 1972 - 1985 with some exceptions.

My favorite Pets & Animals: 1 Beagle (Daisy), 1 Cat (Sashi)


Words which best describe me: Varied, Ecclectic.


I love it when... Evil people get what's coming to them. Nice guys finish first. I find money. My kids are happy. A lego project is finished (It's done and I can move on to something else)

I hate it when... I miss a deadline. Corrupt people succeed. Children are hurt. My dog runs away. I get overworked. A lego project is finished (The fun is in the building)

I can't seem to get enough... Legos. Money to spend on Legos. Time.

I always seem to have enough... Bills. People pulling on me.

I hope I always... Have full use of my mind and body. Have enough time to spend with my kids. Make the right decisions in life.

I wish I could... Build my own lego room. Travel more. Always maintain my ideal body weight. Take a month and do only what I wanted to do...Heck, a year...Heck, a lifetime!

I could never... Stay angry at my wife.

I hope I never... Outlive my children. Have to work for someone else.


In my craziest moments... I can stick an entire pool cue ball in my mouth.

If I were super-human... What? I'm not?


More & Less:
  • more Fantasy, less Reality
  • more Teachers, less Talk-show Hosts
  • more Marrige, less Co-habitation

Rules I try to live by:
  1. Never be afraid to try or fail
  2. Picture the person you want to be, then become that person
  3. Things are never as bad as they seem. Things are never as good as they seem.

      
Formal name:
Mr. James Bret Kramer
Age: 58
Gender: M
Member Since: 18-Jan-2000
Country:

United States of America (U.S.A.)

State:

Michigan

E-mail:
bkramer@benchmarketing.com
bkramer@tln.net
bkramer@qtm.net

My Collection:
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