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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.
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