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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.
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