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From: Patrick Sayre-Little <wsayreli@polymail.calpoly.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:21:16 -0800
Organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Patrick Sayre-Little
Gender:Male
Year of Birth:'78
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 120/who says I have to have one?
Location: Morro Bay, CA
E-mail Address:wsayreli@polymail.calpoly.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.calpoly.edu/~wsayreli/lego.html
Marital Status: single
Children:0
Occupation:full time college student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May '97-October'97, then since Jan '98
I was gone for awhile, but I'm back now in limited quantites
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 130+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: I'm not about to even attempt to count
# of LEGOfests Attended:0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited:0
First LEGO Set: Basic something in the early '80s
Favorite Theme(s): Space, Aquazone
Favorite Set(s): couln't possibly choose
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): see above response
Set/theme you would like to see: anything that will stay for 10 years
Current LEGO Project: finding time to play with LEGOs
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: printable parts catalog for LDraw
(see web page)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: PC games, flying(I finaly got my liscence)
From: jst711@aol.com (JST711) Date: 31 Jan 1998 06:28:31 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Jeffrey Tabor Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: around 9-14/unpredictably assertive of itself ;-) Location: Rochester, N.Y. (the original Upstate) E-mail Address: jst711@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet, maybe soon.... Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: classical vocalist with a current specialty in medieval European music On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: Early January 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: around 55-60 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Are you mad? # if LEGO Pieces: Hmmm...maybe 3,000+; never attempted to count them. # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none, though I visited something in Ontario Place in Toronto long ago that may have been a precursor to an Imagination Center. First LEGO Set: #442 (Space Shuttle) and #453 (two Crater Plates) as a gift, unfortunately both hoplessly lost!! Aagh! Favorite Theme(s): Space, Space, Space!!!!! Favorite Set(s): Tends to vary, although currently # 6953 (Futuron Cosmic Laser Launcher) and #6971 (Intergalactic Command Base) are my faves. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): any transparent canopy/brick/the blue Classic and blue, black and red Futuron Astronauts Set/theme you would like to see: short of re-releasing all discontinued Space sets, a Space sub-theme that used totally non-humanoid/non-bipedal aliens (perhaps the dino-aliens from the Explorien theme) or an heir to the Classic Space theme Current LEGO Project: attempting to collect all the Futuron sets; maybe a website soon.... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Alas, none to date....possibly never.... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Cooking of all cuisines, linguistics, world languages and history, fine design, the fine arts, art music of all cultures especially European medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music, calligraphy, space opera and Italian culture.
From: roelleke@cs.uni-duesseldorf.de (Kirsten Roelleke)
Date: 4 Feb 1998 15:32:50 GMT
Organization: Heinrich Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf
Name: Kirsten Roelleke
Gender: female
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: about 15
Location: Duesseldorf, Germany
E-mail Address: roelleke@cs.uni-duesseldorf.de
LEGO/home page URL(s):
http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~oth/aamlaet (story
[sorry, in german only] and pictures of our LEGO D&D-campaign)
http://www.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de/~roelleke/
Marital Status: single
Children: none
Occupation: math-student
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: in 1997
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 128
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none
(Btw: Who 'collects' unopened sets?)
# of LEGO Pieces: > 10.000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: probably 264 or 689 (european numbering)
Favorite Theme(s): castle, space (town before my dark ages)
Favorite Set(s): I can't decide this, they're all great
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): same as above
Set/theme you would like to see: don't know for the moment
Current LEGO Project: To resort my mountain after restoring them
in a hurry the last time (so much lego, so few time *sigh*)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: LEGO 'dungeon' for an D&D-campaign
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: comics, whodunits, SF-TV-series, X-files
From: roelleke@cs.uni-duesseldorf.de (Kirsten Roelleke) Date: 5 Feb 1998 09:35:26 GMT Organization: Heinrich Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf Name: King Tosti of KRE alias Torsten 'Tosti' Ott Gender: m Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 24 (That doesn't keep me from enjoying LEGO in every way!) Location: see http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~oth/kre.html E-mail Address: oth@uni-duesseldorf.de LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~oth/aamlaet.html Marital Status: only in 'my' kingdom Children: only one adopded heiress to the throne of 'my' kingdom Occupation: I _am_ a student, _survive_ with money from teaching but whenever I can help it, doing nice things with friends _occupies_ my time On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: today # of Sets in LEGO Collection: They are all childhood treasures, some bought, some received as presents from my parents, mostly mixed together now, never counted. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None. I'd only leave a newly bought, ment-as-a-present LEGO-box closed. # of LEGO Pieces: Not as many as I'd like to have! # of LEGOfests Attended: - # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: I didn't know there were any apart from DK-Billund, where I always failed to go on my visits to Denmark. So far. First LEGO Set: As far as I remember, it was a white house with a blue roof and a garage, but it might also have been a red windmill with a blue roof on the mill-tower and a white one on the little house beside it. Favorite Theme(s): I play LD&D, that means that with alternating masters from among the group, we play Dungeons And Dragons in a pre-built LEGO-setting. I wonder if anyone else does. Favorite Set(s): Despite the fact that these are not that useful for our role-playing, this question has to be answered with some nostalgia: The older they are, the more I love them! Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Here again, I like the standard pieces, maybe the two-rows-of-four is my very favourite. Set/theme you would like to see: Always searching for nice birthday-presents for friends, I'd like to see some small everyday-life sets, like, for example the pizza-car that we gave to someone who sells pizzas to finance his studies. Current LEGO Project: Well, it's my turn to be role-master in LD&D again, we'll play on Feb. 23rd and I haven't started planning yet. But I'll have to come up with quite some self-invented stuff, or my friends will be pretty dissapointed. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I invented the changing of the role-master, therby keeping the whole thing alive (otherwise it'd probably have happened only once) and bringing my own LEGO pieces in. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Plenty. Apart from enjoying almost anything I can do with some friends, I like cycling in the summer and playing computer or watching TV, especially StarTrek, X-Files and movies on TV/Video.
From: "Anna L. Bunce" <buncea@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 13:01:32 -0700 Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder Name: Anna Bunce Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Who knows? Changes daily.. Location: Colorado, USA E-mail Address: buncea@ucsu.colorado.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): ------ Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: graduate student, applied math---till May..then, who knows? On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: hmm...just over a month..and wishing I had known about this 2 years ago when I sold off all my old Town sets at a tag sale.....wouldn't be surprised if the guy who bought them all is on here.. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: hmmmm..40 some odd # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0! Who can stand to leave them that way? # of LEGO Pieces: ??? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Double Decker Bus, I think... Favorite Theme(s): Castle! (But no Fright Knights, please..) Favorite Set(s): Can't choose just one! Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Majisto...maybe.. Set/theme you would like to see: A return to Castle sets that involve some complexity and challenge to build... Current LEGO Project: filling out my Castle sets.. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: tattoos, sci-fi/fantasy, pool, genetics...etc.
From: "Jon D Hayward" <jdhayward@lineone.net> Date: 2 Mar 1998 23:00:30 GMT Organization: British Telecom Name: Jon D Hayward Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Aging rapidly, but not maturing! Location: Kent, UK E-mail Address: jdhayward@lineone.net LEGO/home page URL(s): one day... Marital Status: Married Children: A two-year-old daughter Occupation: Computer analyst / programmer / consultant / gofer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: No idea, but enough bricks to fill 3 1' x 2' x 1' crates plus load of overspill, not counting all the second-hand stuff that's still being cleaned... # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Zilch - mine's for PLAYING with! # of LEGO Pieces: See '# of sets', above # of LEGOfests Attended: Zeeero (are there any in the UK?) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: One - Windsor (my daughter wanted to go, even though she was only six months old at the time) First LEGO Set: Big yellow truck and trailer - the one with the steering (I'm sure I was too young for it back then)... Favorite Theme(s): Nothing in particular, but I like to build with bricks, rather than have single bricks that represent something... Favorite Set(s): 'Big Vehicles', trains on blue track, and most stuff from the sixties Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 'Big Vehicles' parts, 1960s doors and windows (cos I can make decent buildings with them) / Minifigs: Dr Cyber and the recent cavalry figures Set/theme you would like to see: Architectural models: lots of basic bricks that make something toooo big to be affordable!!! Current LEGO Project: cleaning all those grubby second-hand bricks! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I've met David Lyall (who?) - he was something to do with the UK Lego design team through the 1970s and 1980s (at least) - chief designer??? He was a bit surprised to be asked for his autograph! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Too much! Matchbox / Hot Wheels / Corgi / Dinky / Lledo / Burago / other toy cars / Thunderbirds / Joe 90 / Captain Scarlet / X Files / Star Trek / Quantum Leap / James Bond / Minis / Scalextric / Mega Blocks / Betta Bilda / Tente / Hobby Land / Qubo Ville / Klip / Mego Lock / those-weird-beams-that-look-like-Lego-Technic-but-have-got-the-holes-going-d own-through-the-studs-that-no-one-can-remeber-the-name-of / any thing else that tries to be Lego, but isn't! / computers / family / need I go on???
From: "Michael Hopkins" <michael@macitools.symantec.com> Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 15:13:06 -0800 Organization: Symantec Name: Michael Hopkins Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: At least 12 Location: San Jose, CA E-mail Address: michael@macitools.symantec.com LEGO/home page URL(s): --- Marital Status: single Children: no minifigs yet Occupation: software engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb '98 (wish I knew about it sooner) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 52 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (legos were made to be played with) # of LEGO Pieces: > 10,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1- Been to Legoland Denmark First LEGO Set: 483, Alpha-1 Rocket Base Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Classic Space Favorite Set(s): 8860 Auto Chassis, 6980 Galaxy Commander Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Universal Joint Set/theme you would like to see: A revival of classic space Current LEGO Project: Technic Tank Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Once managed to place a 2x6 brick in my left nostril Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: R/C, skiing, music, movies, art, computers
From: jeff5937@aol.com (Jeff5937) Date: 2 Mar 1998 23:28:40 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Jeffrey Huntington Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: High spatial intelligence Location: Florida, USA E-mail Address: Jeff5937@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Middle school teacher On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 65 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: about 30.000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0, soon to be 1 First LEGO Set: 6524 (Blizzard Blazer) Favorite Theme(s): Town and all subsets except Town Jr. Favorite Set(s): 6350, 6378, 6353 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): No specific ones Set/theme you would like to see: Actually useful town buildings, like the bank and pizzaria. I'd like to see some small shops and factories. Houses would be nice, too. Current LEGO Project: Building a black and yellow metroliner out of my extra 4559 Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Basketball officiating, reading, computer games, working with church youth group, James Bond movies, classical music,
From: "Jeb" <jebulan@worldnet.att.net> Date: 3 Mar 1998 02:12:03 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Name: Jeb Baker Gender: M Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Denver Colorado E-mail Address: LEGO/home page URL(s): http://home.att.net/~jebulan/lego.html Marital Status: not Children: 1 cat Occupation: Sr. Project Manager/System Administrator/CAD Draftsman On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: spotted a long time ago (1-2yrs?) really got into it 9/97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30-40? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: i can't even imagine # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: Hand-me-downs just a big box of bricks with a few windows and plates Favorite Theme(s): Space, castle, town, technic umm almost all (in that order) Favorite Set(s): #5571 Monster Big Rig (I love all those parts,and really big tires) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): motors / Infomaniac is cool any with neat faces Set/theme you would like to see: Model team helicopter Current LEGO Project: sorting and pondering Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My last big spaceship.(personally anyway) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers,Matchbox, Hot Wheels etc...(shelved as of late)
From: "Ken MacIntosh" <kenmacintosh@msn.com> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 19:11:51 -0800 Name: Ken MacIntosh Gender: male Year of Birth: 1935 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Seattle, WA, USA E-mail Address: kenmacintosh@msn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: married Children: 0 Occupation: Engineer, Lawyer (retired) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct 97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 3 buckets in reserve # of LEGO Pieces: lots # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: 717 Expert Builder Favorite Theme(s): Technic, mechanisms, trains Favorite Set(s): 6399 Airport Shuttle (monorail) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): ?? Set/theme you would like to see: trains & monorail Current LEGO Project: interfacing monorail and Lionel style trains Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: automatic ball machine Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: toy trains, computers, travel, writing
From: "Preferred Customer" <SIR-LANCE@msn.com> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 23:03:01 -0500 Organization: Preferred Company Name:Lance Johnson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Varies Day to Day Location: Ohio (currently have Christy Hine? ringing in my hears!) E-mail Address:SIR LANCE @ msn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Not that advanced Marital Status: Married Children: Due in August Occupation: Maintenance Supervisor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking since Nov. 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Not enough yet (over 50 but just traded 10-15 Castle) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10 # of LEGO Pieces: No clue/not counting # of LEGOfests Attended:0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (been to the Disney Store) First LEGO Set: Some Universal set in the 70's/ Black Seas Barracuda in post Dark-Age Favorite Theme(s): Town/Train Favorite Set(s): Not sure as quite a few are in Favorite category Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black Knight Set/theme you would like to see: Not See- Town Jr. !!! Current LEGO Project: Port LEGO (3 sets from completion 6541/6542/4021- Yes I want these) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: How about infamy - Someone threw out my BSB Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Home remodeling, golf, trying to learn more about computers, books
From: ulringmc@email.uc.edu (Michael Ulring) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 00:19:52 -0500 Organization: University of Cincinnati Name:Michael Ulring Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 and a half Location: Cincinnati, Ohio E-mail Address: ulringmc@email.uc.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://homepages.uc.edu/~ulringmc/lego.html Marital Status: Single Children: Me, Myself and I Occupation: college student/part-time software developer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurked in '96, was on a little in '97, more in '98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: don't really know, probably over 200 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: just the two that arrived today, they'll be open tomorrow :) # of LEGO Pieces: probably well into hundreds of thousands, a million??? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 (just Mall of America) First LEGO Set(s): Alpha-1 Rocket Base (483) and Mobile Tracking Station (452) Favorite Theme(s): Castle Favorite Set(s): Forestmen's River Fortress, Black Seas Barracuda, Galaxy Explorer Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): original knights from Yellow Castle (375) Set/theme you would like to see: more sets like classic early '80s Castles Current LEGO Project: always working on my Castle Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: my Castle (see above URL) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: sports, computers, video games, Star Wars toys
From: Beaker <beaker@havoc.gtf.gatech.edu> Date: 3 Mar 1998 05:10:17 GMT Organization: Recursive Turtles Name: Jim Baker (Beaker) Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Healthy:) Location: Atlanta, GA E-mail Address: beaker@havoc.gtf.gatech.edu Marital Status: Single (but taken:) Children: None Occupation: CNN Interactive technical staff On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan. 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20 (and growing:) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: about 4,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None. Plan to go to the Lego Imagination Center in Orlando in June First LEGO Set: 483 Alpha-1 Rocket Base Favorite Theme(s): Space (especially Classic) ... just got into Adventurers Favorite Set(s): 497 Galaxy Explorer Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Red Classic Space minifig Set/theme you would like to see: Real Mechs for Robo Force! Current LEGO Project: Reaquiring all the sets my mother sold at a garage sale ... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Once built a Lego "gondola" and attatched it to a kite with a minifig inside. The kite string broke, losing both the kite and important Legos (I was nine, gimme a break:) Found the remains of the kite and the remarkably undamaged legos in the woods over two miles away three years later.
From: corn29@mailexcite.com (Chris W.) Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 12:27:03 GMT Organization: AT&T Internet Service Name: Chris W. Gender: M Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: variable Location: Aomori, Japan E-mail Address: corn29@mailexcite.com LEGO/home page URL(s): under construction Marital Status: Married Children: --0-- Occupation: Engineer (I've been playing with legos since 5 and I'm an engineer? Go figure!) On R.T.L. since: 9/97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50 plus about 20 buckets, I prefer to make my own creations -- I'm working on a 1/10 scale airport right now, it will fill up our whole spare bedroom # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: LOTS # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: When I was a boy in Michigan there was a colossal display at the old Hudson's warehouse in Detroit. There was a globe that was several teens of feet tall and a town you could walk through. First LEGO Set: A learjet from the late '70s, I don't know the model number. Favorite Theme(s): Train (the only innovative thing to come out og TLG in years), CLASSIC space, CLASSIC town Favorite Set(s): The ones I make and a castle set from Denmark that preceeded castle theme in the U.S. by 6 years. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The skeleton is kinda cool. Set/theme you would like to see: Any set without so many darn specialized pieces! Current LEGO Project: 1/10 Airport Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: n/a Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Biking, skiing (nordic and some alpine), rock/ice climbing
From: "Kyle Miller" <kyle.miller@NOSPAMdynamix.com> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 10:58:43 -0800 Organization: Sierra On-Line, Inc. Name: Kyle Miller Gender: M Year of Birth: Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Variable Location: Oregon, USA E-mail Address: kyle.miller@dynamix.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: M Children: 2 Occupation: Game Designer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Unknown # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: (since I was a kid) 6990 Favorite Theme(s): Favorite Set(s): Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Passed the torch to my children Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Games (board, miniatures, computer, etc.), Toons, Sci Fi.
From: "Grant Chenoweth" <chenoweth@iclub.org> Date: 4 Mar 98 00:30:39 GMT Name: Grant Chenoweth Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1977 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: according to the Lego sets I buy, I'm usually 8-12 Location: Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, USA during the summers and Richmond, Kentucky, USA during school E-mail Address: chenoweth@iclub.org or stucheno@acs.eku.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): N/A Marital Status: recently broke off a 15 month relationship (nothing new in the works) Children: none Occupation: full time student (Philosophy major; Religion and English minors) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early fall '97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 125-150 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: One # of LEGO Pieces: eight to ten buckets of extra pieces plus the 125-150 sets built plus base plates, etc. # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: just the Imagination Center in the Mall of America First LEGO Set: I don't know, but I have some Exxon gas station stuff; three of the old large figures and three minifigs that don't have independent arms or legs or painted faces (I assume that stuff was from the late seventies/early eighties) Favorite Theme(s): Pirates; Divers; Adventurers; Launch Command; Flight; Town; Town, Jr. (in that order) Favorite Set(s): too many to list Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I built a minifig that looks like me -- blue pants (jeans), freestyle shirt, blue ballcap, red beard (from wild west sets), and a trumpet (I've been playing for ten or eleven years) Set/theme you would like to see: more businesses like doctor's office, attorney's office, city court, grocery, school, hospital -- anything to make my town look fuller Current LEGO Project: I just want to find a place to put all of them. Right now they are divided between three locations: my dormroom, my room back home, and my office at my dad's lawfirm. I have plans for a large city layout with a movie studio at one end of town. Inside the studio will be several sound stages where I will have my space, pirate, castle, adventurers, etc. set up like different movies being filmed. I'm currently working on businesses and houses/apartments for my town. Had a lego building party in my dormroom last Friday and several friends helped build a pizzeria, a junk yard/Exxon station, and several row houses. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Around the dorm, I'm known as Lego-boy. People bring their friends to my dormroom to see all my sets and to play/build Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Star Wars figures, trumpet, college (I actually love school--I'm trying to cram four years of school into six!!), music (over 450 CDs and tapes; 70+/- records), mountain biking, hiking/camping, canoeing, reading, sewing, cooking
From: mpowell@sr.hp.com (Mike Powell) Date: 5 Mar 1998 01:40:57 GMT Organization: Hewlett Packard Sonoma County Name: Mike Powell Gender: M Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 11 and Up Location: Santa Rosa CA E-mail Address: rci@sonic.net LEGO/home page URL(s): www.sonic.net/~rci/legocompressor.htm Marital Status: M Children: 1 (not including myself) Occupation: Technician / 3D animatior On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: ~1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50 - 100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: You can do that? # of LEGO Pieces: Ahhh... a lot # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: Ahhh... I was 5. I have no clue. Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8459 8480 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic Chain Links Set/theme you would like to see: Star Trek TOS Current LEGO Project: The Delivery Spy Claw Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The best mini LEGO compressor ever Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: feminine contour observations
From: George Bragg <george.bragg@sympatico.ca> Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 01:07:24 -0500 Organization: Bell Solutions Name: George Bragg Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12? Location: London, Ontario E-mail Address: george.bragg@sympatico.ca LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: married Children: just me Occupation: student/computer guy On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: originally, 1992 (?). Just "rediscovered" the group # of Sets in LEGO Collection: No idea - lots # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None! # of LEGO Pieces: 10000 + (?) No idea, really - I should count... # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Generic LEGO Favorite Theme(s): Adventurers Favorite Set(s): Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons Set/theme you would like to see: MINDSTORM!!!!! Current LEGO Project: Trying to organize a fan club at University of Western Ontario Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Built a model of CN tower almost as tall as me (5 feet +) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers
From: sadone@lara.on.ca Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:14:31 -0600 Name: Sean Ballaro Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Young at heart (always) Location: Hamilton, Ontario E-mail Address: sadone@lara.on.ca LEGO/home page URL(s): still being worked on Marital Status: married Children: twin boys - 10 months old - PRIMO stage (I'm starting them young) Occupation: Transportation Engineering Technologist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 20 and growing fast # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None # of LEGO Pieces: 5000 and growing fast (found all my old ones from childhood) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Can't remember - just freestyle sets as a child Favorite Theme(s): Pirates (too little too late) Favorite Set(s): Pirate ships Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons Set/theme you would like to see: More pirates. (Ninja's should be cool!) Current LEGO Project: Working on my website (lego and POV Ray) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: convinced my wife that we should start getting the twins interested in PRIMO so that the transition to DUPLO and freestyle wouldn't be that hard :) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Disney
From: Vitale.Joe@orbital.com (Joe Vitale) Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 18:38:03 GMT Organization: Orbital Sciences Corporation Name: Joe Vitale Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1965 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: Fairfax, VA, USA E-mail Address: confetti@mcmprod.com LEGO/Home Page URL(s): http://www.mcmprod.com (no Lego info there yet) Marital Status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: Software Engineer (real-time embedded systems a specialty) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec '97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 35+ but I haven't counted # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None (what would be the point :) # of LEGO Pieces: There's gotta be over 10,000 by now. # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None (but I'll be goin' to Carlsbad) First LEGO Set: No idea, that was around 20 years ago. Favorite Theme(s): Technic & Trains Favorite Set(s): None, but if I had a favorite, it would be technic. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): None Set/Theme you would like to see: Mining (coal, diamonds) might be cool and maybe a 007-like spy theme and how about an international space station technic model or technic models of ground based rockets like those used for putting satellite payloads into orbits (sorry, I've been working in the aerospace industry for the past 5+ years) Current LEGO Project: I think I'm going to try and build one of NASA's Crawler Transporters. You know, one of those tractor things that takes the space shuttle out to the launch pad. My 8480 needs a place to sit. See http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/visit/kscovrv2.htm for info. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: * shrugs shoulders * I actually carried around my childhood Lego collection in plastic containers from house to house during my twenty years in the dark ages. Does this count? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Alpine skiing, mountain biking, inline skating, designing and writing software, fictional reading
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