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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
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