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From: ben@fusiondev.com (Ben Kimball) Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 11:59:32 -0500 Organization: Fusion Development Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Ben "Ben Kimball" Kimball Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 24 (age is irrelevant. only lego matters.) Location: Austin, TX E-mail Address: ben@fusiondev dot com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://ben.fusiondev.com/ (shortly) Marital Status: Single Children: Eeek! You scared me. Er, none. Occupation: Self-employed software developer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 7/98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40ish # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (what, are you kidding?) # of LEGO Pieces: 12,000? (wild guess) # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 maybe (see below) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0, sigh First LEGO Set: 493 Space Command Center Favorite Theme(s): Technic baby, particularly construction vehicles Favorite Set(s): 8480 is nice, but 8422 and 8440 speak to me. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Anything versatile Set/theme you would like to see: Space Model Team (X-1, sputnik, skylab, apollo LEM, Hubble, etc) Current LEGO Project: Bankruptcy Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I was at the '86 World's Fair in Vancouver B.C. and all I cared about was the huge LEGO display across town (on tour). It was the first time I saw what the LEGO designers could do when unleashed on an unsuspecting warehouse of parts. I was stunned, walked around in a daze. Models bigger than me! Too bad I lost the big brochure with pictures of all the models. Sigh. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Gaming of all kinds (computer, video, even those involving those weird people things). --- Whoops! Gotta go! Talk about serendipity; my S@H order just arrived. 5571 here I come! =) Cheers, Ben ._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ Ben Kimball..................................bkimball@mindspring.com Fusion Development..........................fusiondev@mindspring.com starmax.net.........<http://www.starmax.net/>........ben@starmax.net
From: "Larry Draper" <larryd@msn.com> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 10:55:41 -0700 Organization: Microsoft Corp. Name: Larry Draper Gender: Male Year of Birth: October 11, 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Everett, WA E-mail Address: larryd@msn.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none, but I'm working on it Marital Status: Married Children: 3 (7, 6 & 3) Occupation: Computer Analyst On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 150+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (a Red Beard Runner I got on clearance) # of LEGO Pieces: 10000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Several basic sets, (I still have complete instructions for the 565 Lunar Landing) Favourite Theme(s): Pirate, Wild West Favourite Set(s): 6289 (Red Beard Runner), 487 (Space Cruiser), 6462 (Aerial Recovery) Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The "Robin Hood" Dark Forest minifig, the Pirate "captain" Set/theme you would like to see: More sports themes - baseball, basketball, etc. Fenway Park in particular. Roman or Greek Current LEGO Project: Wild West town/setting. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The fact that I still have complete instructions for the 565 Lunar Landing after not seeing/having my Legos for more that 15 years. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, baseball, NASCAR, reading.
From: "Tyler Harms" <stinky@fidnet.com> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 13:25:21 -0500 Organization: Fidelity Communications, Inc. Name: Tyler Harms(you can call me Eggy) Gender: Male Year of Birth: October 5, 1984 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9 Location: Sullivan, MO E-mail Address: stinky@fidnet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): :o( Need to get a camera b4 I make a site. Marital Status: single Children: me Occupation: I guess I am a janitor On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: yeah, right :oP # of LEGO Pieces: 25000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: The 6634 Stock car Favourite Theme(s): Trains, Technic Favourite Set(s): 8480 Space shuttle Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 40T gears, flex cables, the aquanauts Set/theme you would like to see: something with flex system in it!(besides the bar code truck) is this a lost art!? Current LEGO Project: Re-creating my HO scale model railroad/engines/coaches in Lego(which means I had to get four 25ht anniversary buckets to get enough green bricks to make a burlington/northern engine) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:My Burlington/northern engine, And my Baseplate box :o) I've been using the real Lego Bricks(down with duplo) since I was two Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: are there any??????
From: ard11@cornell.edu (Alan Demlow) Date: 5 Aug 1998 19:21:17 GMT Organization: Cornell University Name: Alan Demlow Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Unknown Location: Ithaca, NY E-mail Address: ard11@cornell.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): ----- Marital Status: Married Children: None (but we just got a kitten!) Occupation: Grad student (hopefully I'll be mathematician some day... :) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: September 1996 Well, in response to the below question, I sort of have 2 collections--one of them resides with me here in NY and has been acquired since last June, when my wife gave me a Freight 'n Crane Railway for a wedding gift. The other part lives with my brother Steve in Minneapolis along with the rest of our childhood Lego. Perhaps I should try to convince his wife that my Lego is taking up too much space in their house... But for my current collection: # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25 or so # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None (can't afford to keep them around--too much good stuff out there to play with now!) # of LEGO Pieces: 6000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Hmmmm...I think it was a little late 70's set--a bulldozer/tractor with red wheels that had tracks that fit over them. Favourite Theme(s): Train Favourite Set(s): 4565 Freight 'n Crane Railway, 2150 Retrostation, Volcano Island (it's got great parts--we have four of 'em!) Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Hmmm... Set/theme you would like to see: Classic passenger train Current LEGO Project: Convincing myself to put the Lego away so I can do work when the semester starts soon...(but we've recently built a cool house, a big tunnel for the train, and a minifig clothing store--the last one was a blast--my wife agreed to let me leave the hands in the torsos as long as I didn't put heads with the hats and wigs on display :). Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Well, I probably don't have one (except perhaps finding a Guarded Inn for $15 in near-mint condition a few months ago). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Math and science, church/campus fellowship, basketball and other sports, music, our cat
From: Richard Edwards <rockinricky@prodigy.net> Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 14:59:24 -0600 Organization: Prodigy Services Corp Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Richard Edwards Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1962 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Pueblo, CO E-mail Address: rockinricky@prodigy.net LEGO/Home page URL(s): None (as yet) Marital Status: Single Children: none Occupation: Sales & Service Consultant (fancy name for "telemarketer") On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Oct 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None! # of LEGO Pieces: < 5,000 (gave 'em away, then got a lot of 'em back) # of LEGO Fests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Super Value Set #129 late 1969-early 1970 Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): Technic, waiting for Mindstorms Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Motors, Gears Set/Theme you would like to see: Models of real cars, and yes, I want to see the STAR WARS sets Current LEGO Project: saving for the Mindstorms set Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Getting other kids into LEGO Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Movies, Science Fiction
From: matthewwm@aol.com (Matthew WM)
Date: 6 Aug 1998 08:34:47 GMT
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Matt Marshall
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 82
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15
Location: US
E-mail Address: Matt@rapturesoft.hypermart.net
LEGO/home page URL(s) None:
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Student, semi-quasi computer program
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 8-0-98
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None
# of LEGO Pieces: Unknown
# of LEGOfests Attended: None
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: I wish
First LEGO Set: Err probaly a duplo set
Favorite Theme(s): Space, town
Favorite Set(s): All('cept for time)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): MegaTron
Set/theme you would like to see: Megatron II
Current LEGO Project: Organizing them
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None really
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Females, what else is there?
Matt
Matt@rapturesoft.hypermart.net
From: tegan@eskimo.com (Laura Gjovaag)
Date: 6 Aug 1998 15:03:26 GMT
Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Laura Gjovaag
Gender: Female (last I checked)
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Bothell Washington
E-mail Address: tegan@eskimo.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.eskimo.com/~tegan/ (almost no LEGO
content, sorry)
Marital Status: Happily married
Children: not yet
Occupation: Tech Support and Documentation
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking since 1994 (with some gaps)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: None, how can you *not* open LEGO?!??!?
# of LEGO Pieces: People actually count?!??!?
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: I can't remember, but it made my Dad scream when he
stepped on it.
Favorite Theme(s): Divers
Favorite Set(s): 6441 Deep Reef Refuge
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): My dolphins
Set/theme you would like to see: DC Super-heroes! or Xena
Current LEGO Project: I got my first train last night (8/5/98) and spent
most of the night playing with it. I intend to build a LEGO train based
on the Spirit of Washington Dinner Train, eventually.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Gave away all my catalogs and set
instructions to fellow legomaniac a couple years back (because I was
running out of room to store them), now I wish I'd been able to scan them
first.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Aquaman, Xena, British SF, Honor Harrington
-Laura Gjovaag
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From: "mmaje" <mmaje@columbus.rr.com> Organization: Time Warner Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 20:38:16 GMT Name: Greg Gender: male Year of Birth: Why does it matter? Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: If I told you I'd have to kill you email address: just hit the reply button Lego/home page URLs: none yet Martial Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Person On RTL (ATL) Since: June 98 # of sets in collection: about 70 or 80 #of unopened sets: 0 # of pieces: a lot # of Legofests attended: 0 #of Lego theme parks visited: 0 First set: a big red basic bucket Favorite theme(s): at the moment, Pirate (Why'd they have to go and stop making it?!?!) and Model team Favorite Set(s): Imperial Flagship, Black Thunder Favorite pieces, minifigs: Imperial Soldier fig, 1x3 inverse slopes, 1x1x1 finned engines, red Futuron fig, Blacktron I figs Set/Theme you would like to see: Futuron II, Blacktron III, Pirates continued!!!!!!!!!!! A Model Team F15 or something Current Lego project: using up all of my pieces Greatest claim to Lego fame: none Other Non-Lego interests: stuff
From: "David Foglesong" <oldlegos@hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1998 09:56:46 PDT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Last updated on Dec. 18, 1996 Name: Dave Foglesong Gender: M Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12ish Location: Northern Virginia (Alexandria) E-mail Address: oldlegos@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Don't have one :-( Marital Status: Married Children: None Occupation: Student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Feb 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: About 200 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 50 # of LEGO Pieces: A lot50,000+ # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: 570 Fire Station Favorite Theme(s): Classic/Futuron Space, Train, Town Favorite Set(s): Lunar Landing, Metroliner, Metrostation, Galaxy Explorer, Space Command Center, Launch and Load Seaport, 1970s Fire (570) and Police (585) Stations Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Classic Space blue figures, Futuron red figures, Blacktron I figures Set/theme you would like to see: A Town school, theater, or store Current LEGO Project: Large Train/Town layout with a harbor, airport, and resort. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Own two sealed Metroliners! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Running, Camping, Military History, Star Wars, Star Trek
From: "bishop" <lurkingglass@NOSPAMgeocities.com> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 01:33:15 -0400 Organization: epix Internet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: bishop (Phillip Ogden) Gender: m Year of Birth: 1961 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: approx. 8 (?) need to review my "child psychology" Location: Blossburg, PA USA E-mail Address: lurkingglass@NOSPAMgeocities.com (remove nospam) LEGO/home page URL(s): none finished yet, two in the works Marital Status: single (can't find a female foolish enough...) :?) Children: none of my own Occupation: visual communications specialist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurking since the dawn of time # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (why have 'em if you don't play with 'em) # of LEGO Pieces: ~25,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: don't really remember, think they were yardsale bricks Favorite Theme(s): space,castle (is technic a theme?) Favorite Set(s): 6581,8286,3206,9719,6544 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): minifigs, any minifigs, "you can never have too many minifigs" Set/theme you would like to see: a 10,000 pc "Battlestar Gallactica" Current LEGO Project: the "lurkingglass" a large black/blue spaceship Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: no fame yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computer graphics/animation ==================================================== :?) bishop
From: Troy Innocent <troy@iconica.org> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 18:13:34 +1000 Organization: Customer of OzEmail/Access One Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Troy Innocent Gender: male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia E-mail Address: troy@iconica.org LEGO/home page URL(s): - Marital Status: married Children: 0 Occupation: Artist / teacher On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 98 (sorry for lurking...) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: haven't counted, maybe 100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: full set of Shell promo sets (10) # of LEGO Pieces: 5000 (?) # of LEGOfests Attended: 3 (when I was physically a child) # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: ? but remember Galaxy Explorer, Yellow Castle, and LL918 Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic, Space, Castle & Space Favorite Set(s): currently, all the Insectoids (must get US only 2965 Hornet Scout...) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): this week it is the black ninja guy Set/theme you would like to see: purple bricks (to go with the orange) and bulk silver bricks (Ultraman Lego?) Current LEGO Project: reconstructing the sets I had as a kid (not a single brick was thrown away!) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: had the biggest collection among the kids at school Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: electronic music, Japan, artificial life - ok, it's out there... troy
From: "Thomas P. Rafert" <trafert1@gte.net> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 14:41:30 -0700 Organization: gte.net Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Thomas P. Rafert Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8-16 Location: Seattle, Wa., U.S.A E-mail Address: trafert1@gte.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://home1.gte.net/trafert1/index.htm Marital Status: Married Children: 3 Occupation: Machinist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Lurking since early 98', delurked Sept. 98' # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Somewhere in excess of 500 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: About 50, but I'm trying to correct that problem. # of LEGO Pieces: What!!!! count them? just a minute ... 1,2,3,... I'll get back with you on this. :-) # of LEGOfests Attended: Does the PNLTC shows count? if so, then 3 or 4 and more to come. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None yet, but hopefully I'll be in Carlsbad, Ca., March 20,1999 with the rest of you. :-) First LEGO Set: I think it was 6081 Favorite Theme(s):Castles and Trains Favorite Set(s): Oh, now that's a tough one. I don't like to discriminate. :-) How about 6086 & 4564 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Same problem here. Set/theme you would like to see: Return to Classic Castle & Town and expanding the Train theme Current LEGO Project: Train Layout, New Train Engines & cars. Castle Kingdom Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: First to post (in fact it was my first post) about Orange Bricks w/ picture & parts list. And having sorted well in excess of 100,000 bricks (it gets hard to find some you know). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Family, Hiking, Gardening, Raising Chickens & Rabbits, the list goes on. :-) -- Tom's Home Page http://home1.gte.net/trafert1 PNLTC Member http://www.pnltc.org/
From: Blockhead@StuffYourSpam.DeLurk Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 09:05:13 +0100 Name: Steve Scott Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1960 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: About the same as the kids Location: Peebles, Scotland E-mail Address: sls@jane-villa.demon.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): In the pipeline Marital Status: Married Children: Son (7) and Daughter (3) Occupation: Computer Aided Design Consultant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 29 (don't scoff!) and increasing at 1 or 2 per month. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 (brick tubs for emergencies) # of LEGO Pieces: 3000-5000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none. # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Hoping to visit Windsor soon. First LEGO Set: Can't remember that far back! Rediscovery phase brought on by 6484 (9V Recovery Vehicle) Favorite Theme(s): Aquanauts, Adventurers Favorite Set(s): 6339 (Space Shuttle & Launcher) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Silver Bricks (see AucZilla VIII!) and anything with a hinge Set/theme you would like to see: Famous Buildings Current LEGO Project: Modelling our (late Victorian) house. Creating and AutoCAD slide library and menu system from LDraw .DAT files with the help of Paulo Caparica Junior's DAT2DXF program. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Making all of our CAD students draw several Lego elements as part of our City & Guilds AutoCAD syllabus Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Gardening, Renovating our house. -- **Warning Spam Deflector Deployed** reply to SLS@jane-villa.demon.co.uk
From: swebb@cix.co.uk (Simon Webb) Date: 22 Sep 1998 15:20:39 GMT Organization: CIX - Compulink Information eXchange Name: Simon Webb Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1960 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Hmmm, about 12 today. Location: Swindon, Wilts, England E-mail Address: swebb@cix.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): Got a page on the Mindstorms site (Spider's Lair), but nothing there yet :-) Marital Status: Married Children: 3 lads (18, 14, 11) and 1 daughter (17 going on 30) Occupation: Self employed programmer/consultant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: January 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: About 50-ish # of Unopened Sets in Collection: You are joking! # of LEGO Pieces: Not a clue, but it is taking up rather a lot of space in the office :-( # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Been to Windsor twice this year, and we're going back for more! First LEGO Set: Phew, must have been back in the mid/late sixties, whatever was around then. Favorite Theme(s): Mindstorms/Technic Favorite Set(s): Mindstorms! Favorite Piece(s): Micro-motor (just love tiny things) Set/theme you would like to see: Mindstorms Beer Retrieval Expansion Set. Current LEGO Project: Well, I only picked up Mindstorms last week, so I'm pretty heavily into that. I'm too impatient to wait for the Mars Expansion set, I'm repackaging a Tyco Video-Cam in my own Lego housing so I can have a bot wandering around the garden sending pictures back to me. I've got a half-finished shuttle that I really must get around to completing. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I chatted up the Lego Rep in TRU today. Does that count? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Beer, electronics, computers, AI and beer.
From: johan_bosma@my-dejanews.com Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 07:25:39 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Johan Bosma Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: The netherlands E-mail Address: bosma.johan@kpmg.nl LEGO/home page URL(s): none due to the policy of my employer Marital Status: married Children: a two year old girl and one coming Occupation: CPA (Accountant) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: appr. 60 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 # of LEGO Pieces: appr. 250.000 # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: one, Legoland Billund this summer First LEGO Set: The blue moonlander Favorite Theme(s): Town/Train Favorite Set(s): Metroliner Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I love them all Set/theme you would like to see: More trains Current LEGO Project: A large train layout with a large harbor Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ?????? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Travelling Personal note: I have been on this newsgroup since 1997. My main interest was everything that has to do with trains. I collect train sets, i have all 9v sets and some 12v sets. To get some extra money to buy the (expensive) train sets i sell some lego now and than, mainly train sets like the Metroliner. Due to the company policy of my Employer, KPMG, i am not allowed to have my own homepage and e-mail account, so sometimes i use the Dejanews facilities. If anyone has a question about trains or is looking for hard to find 12v train sets, let me know. Regards, Johan -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum
From: "Sikem D." <Birdpark@nowhere.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 22:15:48 +0200
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Sikem Daehnel
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1969
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 - 13
Location: Denmark
E-mail Address: macaw@adr.dk
LEGO/home page URL(s): None, All space used.
Marital Status: Married.
Children: 0
Occupation: Having my own Company,
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December 1997.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 27 Technic + 5 Model Team.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 Technic + 7 Model Team
150+ other
# of LEGO Pieces: 20000 + 3000 Technic
# of LEGOfests Attended: None.
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 Billund / Denmark ( Many Times ).
First LEGO Set: Can't remember.
Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Model Team.
Favorite Set(s) #5571 Giant Truck.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): A Green 1x4 Technic Beam.
Set/theme you would like to see: More large Model Team Sets.
Current LEGO Project: None.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Our Bird Park, with large parrots
Http://home11.inet.tele.dk/macaw/pictures/index.htm
Sincerely
Sikem Daehnel
macaw@adr.dk
If man can save the Macaw, he might save mandkind.'
From: Silly_Name@my-dejanews.com Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 20:17:01 GMT Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Name: Silly Name Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Unknown. Location: A secret location in the UK. E-mail Address: Silly_Name@my-dejanews.com (although I rarely read it) LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Single with SO Children: None Occupation: Computer Support/Training/Technical Writing On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 30-40 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 5000-10000... probably # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1, 1nce First LEGO Set: Red House (may have been generic box), then black and blue car, then yellow and black forklift in 1970s. Then classic space and castle. Favorite Theme(s): Castle/Space/Adventurers/Pirates Favorite Set(s): Fright Knights castle/Exploriens Starship I cannot remember older sets Favorite Piece(s): Space prongs and bits and spines and dishes and things Set/theme you would like to see: ?Ancient Rome? Also, Brand new Castle theme in 1999 Current LEGO Project: Volcano secret alien base, time-town (different time zones in temporal oasis place with time teleport pads, saloon etc.), minifig amphitheatre, large mothership, "chalk castle" (just completed and destroyed - boo hoo!) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Writing pop/1st-person shooters/***/food/ranting
From: kriz@nospam.co.uk (kriz - UK) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 21:08:04 GMT Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Chris Marwood Gender: M Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: Tonbridge, Kent UK E-mail Address: kriz@globalnet.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): not up yet Marital Status: to be married April '99 Children: to be conceived April '99 Occupation: IT manager in Macintosh Colour Repro Department (litho) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sept '98. What a friendly group :) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection:1 (bought yesterday) # of LEGO Pieces: Never considered this. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0. Windsor soon First LEGO Set: There was just always this big box of LEGO. Where it came from is a mystery to me. I must of been born with it :) Favourite Theme(s): Trains. Classic Space Favourite Set(s): 918 - One man spaceship (first I bought with saved up pocket money) Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Those original white and red spacemen (see above 918) Set/theme you would like to see: Have to say more train stuff Current LEGO Project: Loft conversion to house train set! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Not having a witty comment for this section Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers (naturally), music (both listening and making), reading, drag racing, DIY. Satellite TV.
From: bgatrelle@aol.comSPAMLESS (BGATRELLE) Date: 25 Sep 1998 23:29:11 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Ben Gatrelle Gender: M Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Location: Charleston, SC USA E-mail Address: bgatrelle@juno.com (home) ben.gatrelle@bigfoot.com (alias for work) LEGO/home page URL(s): working on geocities page Marital Status: S Children: 0 Occupation: Management position at small computer reseller On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Sept 98 (newbie so be nice ;-) ) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown, but my last census approximated 230 people, 10 skeletons, 3 androids, 10 UFO androids, 9 aliens, 0 insectoids # of Unopened Sets in Collection: aboout 10 Hovertrons, and 20 #6902 UFO # of LEGO Pieces: ? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: from childhood, I don't rember. Post Dark Ages probably a small Tecnic set. Favorite Theme(s): #1 Space, #2 castle Favorite Set(s): #6075 yellow castle (sentimental value) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): #1 Classic black space men (I currently have zero) #2 Imperial Guards soldiers Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: I'm trying to build everything I have instructions for and see what I have left. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: poetry (reading & writing), hanging out with friends, movies Ben Gatrelle Send mail to bgatrelle@juno.com I do not check this temporary AOL email account.
From: Ian Bishop <ian@goodlife.demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:16:02 +0100 Organization: Ian Bishop Name: Ian Bishop Gender: M Year of Birth: 1963 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Confidential Location: Ayrshire UK E-mail Address: ian@goodlife.demon.co.uk LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet Marital Status: M Children: 1 girl, 8 Occupation: Air Traffic Engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Nov 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx 450-500 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: approx 100 (sad I know) # of LEGO Pieces: couldn't begin to estimate # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (4 member get together hosted by Bill Katz, San Francisco April 98). # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Windsor (but drove past the 'Legoland will be here soon' sign at Carlsbad!) First LEGO Set: a 1960's basic set in a wooden box with a sliding lid. Favourite Theme(s): MT, Train, Town, Castle. Favourite Set(s): Metroliner, Metrostation, Airport Monorail Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): hmmm... Set/theme you would like to see: New train and town sets Current LEGO Project: making good many sets at the moment Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: biggest collection in Scotland? Distributor of Blockbuster Video and Scotland World Cup sets Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Other toys (Scalextric, View Master, Corgi Rockets, Matchbox Superfast) Photography Computers Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK
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