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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.)
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