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From: robgagno@post.sigma.net (Robin) Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 12:15:46 GMT Organization: Bell Network Solutions Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Robin Gagnon Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Up to 18 Location: Montreal - Canada E-mail Address: nospamrobgagno@post.sygma.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Living with my girlfriend Children: none Occupation: Network Administratot On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: december 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 230 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: 25000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: Basic 1971, Can't remember the number Favorite Theme(s): Train- Town Favorite Set(s): SuperCar Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Micromotor Set/theme you would like to see: WW Train Current LEGO Project: Building two towns with train that travel between them. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Mountain Bike
From: William Kenlon <jwk@eaglenet.com> Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 09:44:26 -0400 Organization: Self Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: J. William Kenlon (I forgot my first name ;-)) Gender: Male Year of Birth: Unknown Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About 30, 10 or so. Location: Great Mills, Maryland, USA E-mail Address: jwk@eaglenet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None yet Marital Status: Very unmarried, unfortunately. Children: None. Occupation: Culinary student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Some time in mid-1996? # of Sets in LEGO Collection: >300 (not enough) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Not enough: 3 # of LEGO Pieces: ~25,000? (Not enough) # of LEGOfests Attended: None. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None. First LEGO Set: 886-Moon Buggy, 889-Radar Truck, and 6924-Space Dart-1, purchased simultaneously. Favorite Theme(s): SPACE!! Aquazone, and Wild West. Favorite Set(s): 487-Space Cruiser, 6987-Message Intercept Base. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Anything realated to Classic Space, Blacktron 1, or Space Police 1; Aquaraider minifig. Set/theme you would like to see: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Mexican Village for Wild West, solid designs in Space, an Aquazone sub-theme without "Aqua-" in its name, cool-looking aliens (for a change), and a second Space sub-theme which lasts for 11 years straight. Current LEGO Project: Large futuristic spaceport/city which is sooo big that its three parts have to be built separately; being Space, Aquazone, and Western complete. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Large Aquashark Base, Large Unitron starship, Spaceport/city mentioned above. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Food, cooking, food, cooking, food, cooking, food, cooking, food, cooking, food, cooking, NASA, LEGO. If you are selling any boxes to Space, Aquazone, or Western sets, or any Space sets, contact me...please!!
From: "Tim \"Teem\" Lasko" <hidden@to.avoid.abuse> Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 18:02:38 -0400 Organization: Organization, HAH! I'm still working on Collection! Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Tim "Teem" Lasko Gender: male Year of Birth: 1961 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 (But I've got credit cards!) Location: New Hampshire, mostly E-mail Address: teeml on AOL, legoteem on Hotmail LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/2480/index.html Marital Status: Still taken by my ever-tolerant nikin, the SO. Children: None that I'm aware of, but I'm a deep sleeper. I'm sure my sweetie would have told me... Occupation: Rumor has it that I'm still paid to be a Principal Software Engineer. You could fool me, though. I'm an occasional webmaster, editor, project leader, slayer-of-trees, mailroom sorter, meeting facilitator, Speaker-to-Microsoft, librarian, lab czar, system manager, tilter-at-the-spam-windmill and release engineer. Writing software--who does that anymore? You hire college kids to do that and give them either Gatorade and 40-30-30 bars or Jolt and smack (depending on which sub-culture you get) and they bang out an MFC-based POS that looks like every other Microsoft POS in the last three days of your four-week project after wasting most of their time surfing on the company T1 line and the rest of it pressing buttons on their Tamogotchis. But do I sound bitter? No! I'm not bitter. I remember coding a BASIC interpreter in 4 kilobytes on an 8088! I remember hand patching the paper tape for an IBM 360 magnetic tape driver! Do any of these kids remember 8" floppy disks? Back when they WERE floppy?! Do any of them know how to read Hollerith code? Sigh. Kids these days. No respect for the old days. What was I talking about, anyway? Oh, yeah, LEGO! Sorry, ignore all that. Even the parts that are true. Does anyone read these things anyway? On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1994, but I've been lurking for a few years. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: GAH! I lost track three years ago. I said 600 then. I've got about 60 sitting on the living room floor right now being demolished and sorted into the existing collection. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Well, in addition to the thirty or so I'm demolishing and sorting this week, I've got about eighty or so boxes hiding in the basement, twenty of which are more-or-less investment quality, and about forty or fifty unopened theme bags. That's probably an underestimate. My ever-tolerant nikin, the SO, suggests unkindly at times that I could open up my own toy store. # of LEGO Pieces: Oh, please. # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: sigh, none First LEGO Set: Basic Set 105...I still have the box and probably all of the pieces, although last year I found out my kid sister was holding out on me! Many years ago when my brother and I vacated the house to go to college, she crawled through the basement and collected every stray piece of LEGO she could find. (She was eleven then.) I got to see the good-sized box she has been hoarding all these years. Lots of classic 70's pieces. Grrrr.... Favorite Theme(s): Town Town Town Town Town (castle) Town (wild west) Town Favorite Set(s): Basic set 730; the classic "trees and flowers" accessory set; Basic Set 725 (I still have about six unopened right now); oh, and Pizza to Go (forgot the number), a very fun set with those shallow corner pieces. My favorite sets are those that generate good parts. For instance, the current Metro PD Station has those GORGEOUS black windows that I want to incorporate into my own designs. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): my two orange bricks (c. 1970); the minifig of the ever-tolerant nikin based on the "Joe Cool" head w/blue sunglasses, black body, brown "woman" hair, and the black, um, vine; any bevelled brick is great and I especially like black and blue ones; the big grey castle arches; I've become especially fond of thin wall pieces and the extreme slope 6x8x1 roof bricks. I'll be putting some of my own creatiosn on my WWW page using these elements. Set/theme you would like to see: More complex town sets using nice architectural elements. I'd like to see a "Classical/Ancients" theme, even though it would never be done--just not enough kid interest. Current LEGO Project: Sorting. Cleaning out the basement so I can get back to building. I've been on a buying spree lately thanks to some found money and an idle time in my travels. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Nothing worth mentioning in a while. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: As before, that's still an open question. My main interest is the ever-tolerant nikin, the SO, my love, my life, my joy, my muse, my passion, my heart, and for whom I hope to give back large chunks of the basement that I've taken over with the LEGO projects by her birthday this year. (There, I've gone and posted it publicly. I'm committed now. And not much time left, either. I've got a LOT of LEGO and other stuff to move out.) My sweetie still has the power of finding, which helped me in several clearance sales this year and even helped me spot a few old Blacktron sets at Zellers during our last Canada trip that I picked up on reflex. Her count is now up to ten states, two provinces, and two other countries. I love her tremendously. Even more than my LEGO, although she may not think so. Other than LEGO and my sweetie, our interests include live-action role-playing and costumery (No, we do NOT dress up as minifigs; she wouldn't for one and she'd kill me if I did!). We play train games, build Wattersonian snowmen, enjoy lapidary, science fiction, and good food. We also travel, shock the locals, and enjoy the childhoods that we missed out on for one reason or another. I enjoy a few other things that my sweetie does not, and vice versa. This is goodness. There are other things as well but I will not share them here. Do not let one interest consume you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim "Teem" Lasko -- jacking in via Digital Equipment Corporation, Marlboro MA My addresses in this post are forged to avoid offensive bulk unsolicited email. My opinions are my own; the facts can speak for themselves. I'm on my own time.
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 19:41:34 -0600 From: espomen@erols.com Organization: Deja News Posting Service Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: John Esposito Gender: M Year of Birth: 1983 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Hey, am I not young enough? :-) Location: USA E-mail Address: espomen@erols.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/6148/lego.html Marital Status: I'm only 14! Duh! <g> Children: (see above) Occupation: Computer programmer/geek :-) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Hmm, I think 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40? I don't know. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 and proud of it! # of LEGO Pieces: I have NO idea. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 :-( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :-( :-( First LEGO Set: Don't remember Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Explorien Starship Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): UFO Leader Set/theme you would like to see: Classical civilization, Star Wars and Star Trek Current LEGO Project: Ice Planet heavy fighter (my brother, mostly) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Up and coming USS Enterprise-E Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, piano, electronics, sci-fi (only Star Wars and Star Trek, really), submarines, whatever. Note: I don't post much to RTL because I am having problems with Netscape Mail, but I occasionally post with DejaNews, like now... ;-)
From: Dennis <"Dennis..Matheson@"@transquest..com>
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 17:20:05 -0400
Organization: Delta Air Lines
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Dennis Matheson
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1958
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Atlanta, GA USA
E-mail Address: Dennis.Matheson@transquest.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://home.earthlink.net/~tanstaafl
Marital Status: Single
Children: 0 Human - 3 Dogs
Occupation: Lead Analyst - Forecast Modeling
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: uh.. 12? (OK! So I just rediscovered
LEGO!)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: 2-3k
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None
First LEGO Set: An unknown basic set 15 years ago. It built houses.
Favorite Theme(s): Divers, Aquanauts
Favorite Set(s): 1782 - Discovery Station
(A sub, a helicopter, a research base with crane, *and* the nifty
attacking shark. Lots of things to play with. And yes, I do make
the "thwip, thwip, thwip" noise when I play with the helicopter.)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The attacking shark subassembly from
1782
Set/theme you would like to see: A haunted house theme
(Ghost and goblin minifigs. Lots of black bricks. Secret doors with
skeletons that jump out when opened. etc.)
Current LEGO Project: Building up my collection
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Least LEGO oriented home page
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Diving, hiking, skiing
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 14:52:02 -0600
From: Ben Bonebrake <bxb190@psu.edu>
Organization: Deja News Posting Service
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Ben "Flyin' Ace" Bonebrake
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Around 12 (young enough to enjoy Lego,
but old enough to take good care of
it.)
Location: Chambersburg, PA, USA (it's about 40 minutes away from
gettysburg on US 30)
E-mail Address: bxb190@psu.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): one coming soon to <A HREF=
"http://www.ma.psu.edu/~bxb190/bandit.htm">My Webpage</A>
Marital Status: Single(sigh!)
Children: 0 human, 1 cat(Jedidiah), 1 rabbit (Leona), and one guinea
pig(Dutchy)
Occupation: Part time dishwasher, part time D.J.(weekends), and full time
student at Penn State University (Telecomunications major)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 or 40 (increases weekly!)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 and proud of it
# of LEGO Pieces: ~2000-3000 (Hey, I don't count pieces)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: 1984 space set: 6824 Space Dart, first set after first
dark ages (1986-88): 6808 Galaxy Trekkor, first sets
after second (and last) dark ages (mid 1994-mid 1996):
The Armada Sentry, and Royal knight's Crossbow boat
Favorite Theme(s): Castle
Favorite Set(s): Royal knights and Crusaders(Classic Castle)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The Two-piece castle helmet(visor +
"motorcycle" helmet), BURP's, Straight
Castle Walls, castle corner walls, castle
turrets, and anything else castley
Set/theme you would like to see: Samarai/ninja subtheme for castle, plus a
new "Good" Knights subtheme, except more
of them having the too cool two piece
helmets.
Current LEGO Project: Getting more castle pieces, so I can raise my
biggest castle another story, (it's currently only
three stories high, counting the roof), and
expanding my lego castle collection.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: inventing the Ice planet color scheme on a
spaceship two years before the Lego group
came out with the Ice planet theme, and
haveing this same set in more or less the
same configuration (with a few
modifications) since 1989 (this, three
pirates, a firing cannon, and an Islander
set were the only things to survive my
second dark ages), and inventing a flyer for
the Royal Knights (It's sorta based on the
Gnomish flying machine used in Warcraft 2).
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Biking, Action figures (especially
Star Wars), Electronics, Chess, and Medival history
From: "Foothills" <foothills@psnw.com> Date: 10 Sep 1997 15:52:46 GMT Organization: ProtoSource Network Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Kevin Deisher Gender: M Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 20 Location: near Yosemite, California E-mail Address: foothills@psnw.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: married Children: Three; 2 boys ages 11 & 8 and 1 girl age 6 Occupation: Project Manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 25000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: Some basic set around 1970...no idea of the number Favorite Theme(s): AquaZone Favorite Set(s): Explorien starship Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): none Set/theme you would like to see: Greek / Roman / Egyptian Current LEGO Project: Teaching my kids how to build and be creative Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Baseball, hockey
From: Jason Moulding <pcjmould@ihc.com> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 17:28:37 -0600 Organization: ihc.com Name: Jason Moulding Gender: M Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Salt Lake City, UT E-mail Address: pcjmould@ihc.com & gr8whiteshark@msn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: married Children: None Occupation: Student/Hospital Administration On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 85 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Don't know # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: one, in Billund First LEGO Set: I don't know, maybe an old double decker bus from the 70s. Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): 6066 Camoflauged Outpost Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Forestmen Set/theme you would like to see: Military Current LEGO Project: Trying to become castle complete. Almost there, just waiting to get my sets in the mail. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Went to Billund Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: skiing, raquetball, sharks, and my wife.
From: Cabhammer <cabhammer@geocities.com> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:24:36 -0400 Organization: Cab's Used Battlemechs Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version Name: Craig Squier Gender: male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 (Old enough for Technic!) Location: Northern New York E-mail Address: cabhammer on geocities, see below for work. LEGO/home page URL(s): None (snifff) Marital Status: Married, she tolerates Lego only because it keeps me out of trouble. Children: One 11 month old big-boy (tm). He has Pre-Duplo and the new Lego caterpillar toy, he has already explored dad's collection with his mouth...he will have his own seperate Lego collection when he gets older. Occupation: Mechanical Engineer, must be from all the Technic kits I had as a kid. (Kinda like physics, too) Eventually I will be able to retire to just play with Lego (or read Sci-Fi) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1991, but I had a Dark Age of no access for a few years. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: According to my wife : too many. Me: Not enough by far.I probably have ten cubic meters of boxes and legos packed away. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: I think three. Mostly second sets I got at clearance, saving them for later. # of LEGO Pieces: I need a Cray to count them. # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None, however i have a friend in Mineapolis who will be required to host me so I can see the Lego stuff at the Mall of America First LEGO Set: I think it was the Cement factory, i had all the first year sets as a kid (still have pieces but no instructions) Favorite Theme(s): Town, Technic, and Train. I like the Classic Space and new UFO stuff too. Favorite Set(s): I love the Supercar 8880, I also have been toying with putting a jake in my Big Rig Current LEGO Project: Sorting all my assorted bricks that don't have sets instructions or boxes. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Bagged 20 pounds of Lego at a yard sale for $5 once. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading Sci-Fi. BattleTech in all its forms (CCG, RPG, and Computer Games) Racing VWs. (Playing with my son (and his non-lego toys ;) ) Shooting Sports. - SPAM will not be tolerated! Cabhammer e-mail to: squier01@ssw.alcoa.nospam.com Anti-spam: Remove "nospam" to email me.
From: "Greg Kramer" <kramer@bignet.net> Date: 13 Sep 1997 01:23:22 GMT Organization: ISPNews Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Greg Kramer Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Harrison Twp, MI E-mail Address: kramer@bignet.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Ugh! I don't have a home page yet! How mortifying! Marital Status: Married 3 yrs Children: 0 Occupation: Software Development Manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August, 1997 (very new here) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Approx 50 for keeping, another dozen or so for trade # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Currently about ten, but I don't know how many will make it to Monday. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I was too young to remember. I inherited some pieces >from my older sisters around 1972 or so. I still have some of these. They're so old the bricks still have "Patent Pending" (or its abbreviation) stamped on them. But I don't know what set they're from. Favorite Theme(s): Town, Castle, Space Favorite Set(s): Probably my old Galaxy Explorer (sigh). I miss her. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I once owned what I would call the "Grand Slam" of LEGO: Four of the classic sets, from each genre of the time (late 70s): Galaxy Explorer from space, Main Street from Town, the original yellow Castle, and the first expert series Auto Chasis. Sadly, none of them survived my Dark Ages. I have a few of the pieces, and the tattered instructions of the castle, but nothing else... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Tennis, Magic the Gathering In the past 6 weeks since coming out of my dark ages (maybe I'll have to go back and pinpoint the date, so I can celebrate it as an anniversary), I've tried to rebuild my old lego collection by going to my nephews house (who inherited my LEGO) and getting some of the pieces that remained of my collection, and going on a shopping binge to find recently-discontinued sets locally. The 50 or so sets I now have I have accumulated in the past six weeks, at an almost exhaustive pace (both for me and my budget). But it's been a great time!
From: Danton Berube <dabesq@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 21:29:06 -0500 Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc. Name: Danton Asher Berube, Sr. Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Memphis, Tennessee E-mail Address: dabesq@earthlink.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: divorced and engaged (not to the same woman) Children: 2 -- Asher, 7 years old, and Michelle, 6 years old Occupation: Attorney -- Clients include two major railroads On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 35 (most belong to my son) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 # of LEGO Pieces: no idea -- but about 10 critical pieces less than I am supposed to have # of LEGOfests Attended: none -- I'm not even quite sure what one is # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none YET, but as soon as southern California's opens we're there -- plus I will probably visit the original in Europe one day First LEGO Set: Much too long ago to remember Favorite Theme(s): Trains Favorite Set(s): Metroliner -- if I can ever find one! Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: Assembling a train collection Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My son, no doubt about it -- He is very excited because he has two entries in the Midsouth Fair Lego contest and, judging by the competition we saw when we delivered his models, he has a good chance of winning a ribbon! :-) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, reading, travel
From: rfarver@enter.net (Rob Farver)
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 21:07:55 GMT
Organization: ENTER.NET
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Rob Farver
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Haven't given it much thought
Location: Bath, PA (near Allentown)
E-mail Address: rfarver@enter.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.enter.net/~rfarver
Marital Status: Married
Children: Rachael (2.5y), Michelle (11m)
Occupation: Field Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: A lot (really I have no idea)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: ~220 (including 40 I bought today)
# of LEGO Pieces: I'll have to work on that
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (but can't wait for Carlsbad)
First LEGO Set: I believe that would be the
Technic Sky Ranger? A medium
black and yellow plane.
Favorite Theme(s): Model Team/Train/Town
Favorite Set(s): 5571 Giant Truck
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Purple piece from Technic Robot
Set/theme you would like to see: Remote controlled Model Team
Current LEGO Project: Working on an Auction actually
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Getting my wife to start playing
by buying a couple DUPLO trains
for Rachael, which she almost
pushes Rachael out of the way to
build.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Adventure/3D games on PC, Stamp
Collecting, Gourmet Cooking
From: "C.D." <skywise@bigfoot.com> Date: 1 Oct 1997 21:13:02 GMT Organization: PSINet Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Chris Dial Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Thriving(?), According to my wife: 12 Location: Tulsa, OK USA E-mail Address: skywise@bigfoot.com LEGO/home page URL(s): N/A (yet) Marital Status: Married Children: 3 Occupation: Network Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: About 12 Sept. 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 13? I've stopped counting... # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: ??? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 (never heard of them before) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (missed my chance to go to the one in Denmark :( ) First LEGO Set: First? That was a Basic set of some kind back in the 70's... More recently, it was the SuperNova II, in 1991. Favorite Theme(s): Castles, no question. Wolfpack rules! I've always wanted to get into trains, but $ got in the way. Favorite Set(s): Wolfpack Tower, Followed by the rest of the castles... Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons! They're just too cool! Set/theme you would like to see: Maybe a palace. Something with a grand ballroom. Or more of the "village" stuff like some of the older sets. Current LEGO Project: Working on a Tavern with an underground complex. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Convincing my wife to let me bid on Auczilla... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My Family, Computers, RPG, Biking, Camping, Reading
From: dalcorn288@aol.com (DAlcorn288) Date: 3 Oct 1997 18:05:03 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com From: cjc@cdc.net (Mike Stanley) Date: 3 Oct 1997 21:06:47 GMT Organization: Chattanooga Data Connection Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Mike Stanley Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Knoxville, TN E-mail Address: cjc@cdc.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~stajm/mylego.htm Marital Status: Married Children: 1 Cat Occupation: Computer geek/student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1997? # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 30-40 # of LEGO Pieces: Billions and Billions # of LEGOfests Attended: Zero # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Zero First LEGO Set: Some 1970's basic set Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): 6081 King's Mountain Fortress Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Princess from 6081 Set/theme you would like to see: Feist or Jordan's worlds done in Lego Current LEGO Project: Trying to find space for too many sale items Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Leading my wife to Legomania :) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading (fantasy), writing (poetry), lots more.
From: Chad Smith Date: 6 Nov 1997 13:53:53 -0800 Organization: Original Zippo News Service [http://www.zippo.com] Name: Chad M. Smith Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age / Status of Inner Child: 10 or 11 Location: Mishawaka, Indiana (near South Bend) E-Mail Address: csmith@nationalsteel.com LEGO / Home Page URL: none yet Marital Status: engaged, seven months and counting! Children: 1 dog (Molly) Occupation: Marketing Analyst On RTL Since: August 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100 + # of Unopened Sets in LEGO Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: 11,000 + # of LEGOfests attended: none # of LEGO theme parks visited: none First LEGO set: first one I have clear memories of is 780 Road Construction Favorite Theme(s): Space & Wild West Favorite Set(s): 6769 Fort Legoredo, 483 Alpha 1 Rocket Base Favorite Piece(s) / Minifigure(s): "home-made" cowboy - Royal King head, Chef torso, white pants, white cowboy hat (make your own!) Set / Theme You Would Like to See: Wild West train...heck, ANY new Wild West set! Current LEGO Project: Sorting my LEGO for future building Greatest Claim to LEGO fame: Once built the Millenium Falcon (Yes, I do have pictures) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Huh? But seriously, science fiction, writing, bowling, golf, Toastmasters International, planning my wedding
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 09:05:03 -1000 From: Dan Jezek <danjezek@pixi.com> Organization: Pacific Information eXchange, Inc. Name: Dan Jezek Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 5 Location: Kailua, HI E-mail Address: danjezek@pixi.com LEGO/home page URL(s): 1. http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/7864/cragpage.html 2. http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/7864/index.html Marital Status: Married to Lego Children: All those little knights :-) Occupation: Student (Business Computer Information Systems) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: February 10, 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 77 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: around 15,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Don't know, but the second one was 6382 Fire station. Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): 6086, 6285 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): BURPs & LURPs Favorite Color scheme: Black + Grey + Green Set/theme you would like to see: More Castle Current LEGO Project: None right now. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 1. Castle Skull Craag Keep 2. 120+ Lego Links page Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I'd rather keep that a secret
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 16:17:36 -0400 From: Joakim Karlsson <aviator@mv.mv.com> Reply-To: aviator@mv.mv.com Name: Joakim Karlsson Gender: Boy Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13, trying to get his hands on all the sets he always wanted when the outer child was 13 too Location: Concord, NH E-mail Address: aviator@mv.mv.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.mv.com/users/aviator Marital Status: girlfriend who comes complete with her own legos Children: Nope Occupation: Airport Planner On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 45 [These are sets that I have at home. I have many childhood sets that are still with my parents in Austria.] # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: 6906 [This is the number of pieces in the 45 sets. I probably have 10,000 counting other miscellaneous pieces and the sets my parents have.] # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Billund) First LEGO Set: I have fuzzy memories of a red delivery truck with doors on each side that opened, ca. 1970-72. This is possibly 348. Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): 487 Space Cruiser Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): White classic space minifig. I'm also strangely enthralled by the new Technic turntable (see above set). Set/theme you would like to see: A technic airplane with all movable control surfaces (aileron, flaps, rudder, elevator), retractable landing gear, and an engine Current LEGO Project: Becoming UFO complete. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I have nearly all the original classic space sets from 1978-1980, including some with classic space minifgs that use stickers instead of pre-printed torsos. I also have four of the original expert builder sets that later became technic. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Rock climbing, cycling (road and off-road), hiking, cross-country skiing, rollerblading, reading
From: Micro <yamiolko@ucsub.Colorado.EDU> Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 09:14:46 +0000 Name: Mike Yamiolkoski Age: 25 M.S.: Married Kids: none except me Employment: Student (Univ. Colorado @ Boulder) Number of Sets in Collection: 150+ Number of Pieces: lots Oldest Set: 1975 (Lunar lander) Favorite Themes: Space, trains, FreeStyle Favorite Set in Collection: The older-style yellow "King's Castle"
From: Mark Cornell <mcornell@chi.tds.net> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 00:55:18 -0500 Organization: TDSNET Internet Services(http://www.tds.net) Name: Mark Cornell Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11/He's in control :) Location: Concord, NH, USA (but my soul is in Tucson, AZ) E-mail Address: mcornell@chi.tds.net LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: SLW Children: none Occupation: Attorney On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 55ish # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 8 (one to mail, three waiting to be built, three waiting to trade, one just holding on to) # of LEGO Pieces: 4,000-5,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: A bunch of bricks from 1974(?) Favorite Theme(s): Pirates Favorite Set(s): 6277 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I can't pick just one..... Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: Collecting Pirates, getting those Shell sets from my distant relatives in Germany, and facing my adiction to special bits of ABS plastic. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Being known at the post office as the attorney who gets Legos in the mail. (The postal workers can recognize that magic sound of Legos being shaken in a box.) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Miniature Wargames, bad TV, margaritas.
From: Ole Martin Bjoerndalen <olemb@stud.cs.uit.no> Date: 20 Jan 98 23:33:46 +0100 Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway Name: Ole Martin Bjørndalen Gender: male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: very active Location: Tromsø, Norway E-mail Address: olemb@stud.cs.uit.no LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.cs.uit.no/~olemb/lego/ Marital Status: not Children: none Occupation: student / artist / all-round computer guy On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996, on and off # of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 100? 200? 300? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: never too many # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: one (Billund) First LEGO Set: probably a Duplo set Favorite Theme(s): town! Favorite Set(s): #6693, #6378, #6392, #6372... Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: reintroduce classic town! Current LEGO Project: my buzzing metropolis, and various architectural experiments Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: third place in the Tromsø round of the official LEGO building contest Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: just about anything, appearently
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