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From: "Maria W. Campbell" <maria.w.campbell@worldnet.att.net> Date: 3 Oct 1998 03:17:32 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Maria W. Campbell Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1957 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Newport News, VA E-mail Address: maria.w.campbell@worldnet.att.net LEGO/Home page URL(s): None (as yet) Marital Status: Married Children: 2 (Twin boys) Occupation: Educator and Systems Analyst On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: March 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Dozens # of Unopened Sets in Collection: None! # of LEGO Pieces: > 50,000 # of LEGO Fests Attended: 3 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I don't remember the Set #, but it's a 'Tiny Red Truck'. It sits on my desk to this day :-) Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Space, Race, Town Favorite Set(s): Technic, Mindstorms, Insectoids Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 8880 Super Car (of course)! Set/Theme you would like to see: REAL Town sets, more Technic stuff Current LEGO Project: Finishing 'Our Town' Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Was the 'Master Builder' of my block when I was a kid.. (No Lie)! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Cars, Motorcycles, Music, Pets, People maria.w.campbell@worldnet.att.net "We are the sum total of everything we eat, see, learn, and experience"......Nolan Bushnell
From: "Charles G. Opper III" <oppercha@peachnet.campus.mci.net> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 00:43:31 -0400 Organization: CampusMCI Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Charles G. Opper III aka C-3 Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1976 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14yrs and creative as ever Location: Savannah, GA E-mail Address: C_3@email.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/~c3 Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student/Web Developer/Computer Lab Technician On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: > 20 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: > 1000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 6870 Space Probe Launcher Favorite Theme(s): Space, Town, Castle Favorite Set(s): 6870, 6973 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Classic Space figs Set/theme you would like to see: Sports Oriented themes Current LEGO Project: Space City Sol Galaxia (TM) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The OLU (Opper Lego Universe (TM)), Lego Hero Teams, and much more to come. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Comic Collecting, Music, Software Engineering, Web Development
From: dbulkley@SeriousCollector.com (dbulkley) Date: 05 Oct 1998 12:24:27 PDT Organization: The Serious Collector Name: Derick Bulkley Gender: M Year of Birth: 1965 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 16 Location: San Francisco, CA E-mail Address: dbulkley@SeriousCollector.com Hompage/URL: None, yet Marital Status: S Children: 0 Occupation: Entrepreneuer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1/97 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 300 +/- # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 100 # of LEGO Pieces: Tens of Thousands # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: hand-me-down,w/coloredgears Favorite Theme(s): Town, Train, Technic Favorite Set(s): super car, airclaw rig, Metroliner, monorails, metrostation, BBR, metro parkinging garage Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 4 speed transmission Set/theme you would like to see: gantry crane, 2-legged walker, hydraulics, more new trains. Current LEGO Project: trains Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: crane will lift my 5 LB Godzilla Comments: I HATE TOWN JR.!!!!
From: "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com> Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 23:21:45 -0700 Organization: VFAQ.COM, http://www.vfaq.com; SF Bay Area Club DSM, http://ba.dsm.org Name: Tom Stangl Gender: M Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 9max Location: CA E-mail Address: LEGO@vfaq.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://people.netscape.com/toms/ Marital Status: M Children: None Occupation: On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Dec 96 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Only 200 or so? # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 40 or so # of LEGO Pieces: ~15-25,000 ? # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Too long ago to remember Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Race Favorite Set(s): 8880, 8480, 6538, 6648 (Mag Racer), 5581, 5550 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pistons/engines Set/theme you would like to see: STAR WARS, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek Current LEGO Project: Trading parts for projects Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Started the S@H Special RTL postings, proliferated Wants/Trades Web pages Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Cars, cars, cars, computers, and cars -- Tom Stangl ***http://www.vfaq.com/ ***DSM Visual FAQ home ***http://ba.dsm.org/ ***SF Bay Area DSMs
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:02:34 -0700
From: "Justin M. Kopp" <jmkopp@projsolutions.com>
Organization: Project Solutions, Inc.
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name: Justin M. Kopp
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14
Location: Fairport, NY / Amherst, MA
E-mail Address: jmkopp@student.umass.edu
LEGO/home page URL(s): n/a
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation:Systems Analyst/Web Author/Network Administrator/Microsoft
Backoffice
Programmer(It's a small company)
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Aug 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 500
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: zero
# of LEGO Pieces: I don't *want* to count that high
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: I think I actually received several Classic Space sets
all at once.
Favorite Theme(s): Classic Space and Town before about 1992 (especially
the planes!)
Favorite Set(s): 6980 Galaxy Commander ( I begged for 4 monts to get
this set for Christmas)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s):
Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars - have been waiting since
about 1985 for it
Current LEGO Project: Acquiring missing Classic Space sets and adding to
my town with older Town sets
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I won a local building contest held by a
really neat toy store. My victorious
creation was a 6368 Jet Airliner which I expanded to seat 4
'pilots'. Also, it was armed to the teeth with
vairous missles, guns and bombs.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Soccer, Baseball, Computer (see occupation),
Physics and chemistry. I am
also a budding race car driver.
From: olsone@interport.net (Erik Olson) Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 01:38:49 -0400 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Erik G. Olson Gender: M Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: reliving 10 which was a Good Lego Year Location: Queens, NY E-mail Address: olsone@interport.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.users.interport.net/~olsone/fortuna.html Marital Status: NLSO who is slightly impressed Children: none Occupation: Risk analyst, computer guy On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurking as far back as 1989 Dark Ages: 1985-1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lost count. A hundred more lately. 30 old ones. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 10 to 20. I lost track. # of LEGO Pieces: I guess 20,000, rising quickly. Going for gobs, or 100,000. # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: A fire truck about 1974. Favorite Theme(s): Yellow Castle. How about those brick horses. Favorite Set(s): Um, Yellow Castle? Also Coast Guard Station. Nothing too recent. No wait! My favorite set has to be the 5 piece "Duck" polybag (yellow 2x2, 2x2 eye, 2x4, red 2x3 plates.) It sits on my monitor at work. People drop by and build new ducks. It's incredible what you can do with 5 pieces. Make one today! Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): My favoritest one piece is the 1x4x2 grille fence. In blue if possible. Set/theme you would like to see: More genuine brick castles! Ancient theme! Current LEGO Project: Hmm... see fortuna.html above Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Not well known, but I put running water in a house Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: ancient coins, philosophy, computer junk, Macs
From: mwl2@psu.edu Date: 7 Oct 1998 16:57:48 GMT Organization: Penn State University Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Michael Wescott (WES) Loder Gender: Male Year of birth: 1945 (yup, old as dirt) Mental age/Status of Inner Child: Make no claim. Location: Deer Lake, Pennsylvania USA E-mail address: mwl2@psu.edu LEGO/home page URL: none yet. Marital Status: Yes Children: Three: Scott, born 1975, Laura, born 1978, Lisa, born 1982. My daughters were LEGO builders. Both still buy me sets I want--such good children :-). Occupation: Academic Librarian On RTL.ATL Since: At least November 1993 (!) #of Sets in LEGO Collection: Must be over a thousand by now. #of Unopened sets in collection: One waiting Christmas (I think). #of LEGO pieces: Never, never enough, particularly when you start building Belville scale houses! #of LEGO fests Attended: None. #of LEGO theme parks visited: None. First LEGO set: #110 Basic building set in 1978. Bought for son. Still have box. Favorite themes: Trains, some castle series, Belville. Favorite Sets: Metroliner, Forestmen's Hideout, Pony-Trekking #5854 Favorite Minifig: Dark Forest Maiden. Set/Theme you would like to see: More lighting possibilities, Medieval village sets with more females and peasants, Realistic trains with individual cars and locomotives sold separately, A modular house system for Belville with fewer blondes. Vehicles for Belville. Current LEGO project: Finish three-story "Beach house" for my Belville figures. Figure out a space for Ninja sets. Sigh. Greatest Claim to LEGO fame: First to wrie up a comprehensive history of LEGO trains (long outdated). First to write up a history of the Belville series (endless revisions here). Other (non-LEGO) interests: Bagpiper, writer, hiker.
From: icbdk@imap1.asu.edu Date: 8 Oct 1998 21:06:22 GMT Organization: Arizona State University Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Brian Korn Gender: Male Year of Birth: '75 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 7-12 if legoland and 10 - 16 if Technic Location: Phoenix AZ E-mail Address: korn@asu.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): toasted Marital Status: not Children: none that I know of :) Occupation: telecommunications engineer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: lurked on and off from about '94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: >100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 (have not had a chance to open it yet) # of LEGO Pieces: >50000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: (That I can remember) 6373 Motorcycle Shop (I want another one.) Favourite Theme(s): TRAINS!!!! Favourite Set(s): Metroliner looks like the coolest Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 9V Points Set/theme you would like to see: More train stuff Current LEGO Project: About to start / plan x-mas train display Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Made my own electronic point before reading Matthew D. Bates page (it is great!!) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Macs, Travel, SciFi, skiing, gambling <Back to Lerking (at least for now)>
From: gavulab@aol.com (GavulaB) Date: 10 Oct 1998 18:56:33 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Brian Gavula Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I have not given up on childhood just yet. Location: Lakewood, WA E-mail Address: gavulab@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Single Children: Just a bunch of toys. Occupation: U.S. Army On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Early 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: >175 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: a few # of LEGO Pieces: ???? # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: A pre-minifig forklift Favorite Theme(s): Town, Trains, Castle Favorite Set(s): Launch and Load Seaport Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Mary from the "Bill and Mary" Idea Book Set/theme you would like to see: a new non-Town Jr. post office, more restaurants and houses Sets I'm sick of seeing: Police and fire stations every 2 years, all Town Jr. Current LEGO Project: Hording sets until I win the lottery and buy a house big enough to build my town. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Basketball, Baseball, Star Wars
From: jb95bppd@aol.com (Jb95bppd) Date: 18 Oct 1998 16:37:18 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: John Blasingame Gender: Male Year Of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Inner Child is a very active 12 Location: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA E-mail Address: JB95BPPD@AOL.COM LEGO/home page URL(s): I wish - I'm not a techie person Marital Status: Happily Married (to a non-Lego person) Children: Just me :-) Occupation: Civil Servant On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: June 1998 # of sets in LEGO Collection: 400+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # LEGO Pieces: Lots (100,000? or more) # LEGOfests Attended: 0 # LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Windsor Sept. 1998) First LEGO Set: Mail away promo from Crest toothpaste (I think) in 1968. Don't even know what it was. My Mom got it for me when I was one and I bet some of the pieces are still here. Favorite Theme(s): Castle by far, Pirate Ships, Classic Space, Trains are my new love Favorite Set(s): 6067 Guarded Inn Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Couldn't even guess Set/theme you would like to see: Wanted cowboys for years, but we got them. Would like to see Wild West and Trains get together like 3225 but on a grand scale Current LEGO Project: Reworking 4559 into a real passenger train with working lights in every compartment (four cars so far) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Biggest LEGO collection on my block Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, learning about my new Mac, surfing the web and seeing what other LEGO builders are up to (that's not really non-LEGO, though), working on my house
From: gotabadz28@aol.com (GOTaBADz28) Date: 18 Oct 1998 17:06:00 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: James M. Howell (preferably Jim) Gender: Male Year Of Birth: 1979 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: Sandusky, OH, USA (Home) Providence, RI, USA (School) E-mail Address: GOTaBADz28@AOL.COM LEGO/home page URL(s): None, sorry, I hope to in the future Marital Status: Happily Single, Cant afford a girlfriend AND lego! Children: Myself Occupation: College Student, Culinary Arts, Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI Campus On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: Sept 1997 # of sets in LEGO Collection: 300 + # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # LEGO Pieces: Cant count that high! # LEGOfests Attended: None, what are these and where? # LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I have no Idea, I have lots of old sets from the mid 80's that I unfortunately have no instructions or boxes for (thanks Mom!) Favorite Theme(s): Race, Town, WW, Exploriens, Astronauts (?), Trains, well anything Lego I guess! Favorite Set(s): 6335 Indy transport, and the airplanes and airports from my childhood that I can no longer build (Thanks again Mom!) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Slopes, and dressy minifigs, and the Chef minifigs, since I am in culinary training! Set/theme you would like to see: Euro trains, a train with a cow-catcher, an inverted rollercoaster, and a 747 or bigger plane with at least 4 seats across. Current LEGO Project: Inverted rollercoaster, great plan but the track looks too bulky Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None really, I met the local lego rep the other day, I was inquiring about a job with lego. Hopes for the future: To become the CEC (Certified Executive Chef) at the CT lego facilities (executive dining, if they have it!) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Cooking; Metaphysical Studies; Electronic,Euro Techno and Industrial Music; Corvettes; History; Architecture; Titanic; Air and sea travel (first class) (not saying I can afford to fly first class!); Accounting; Driving; Travel (im going to NYC for the first time in a week, YEAH!!!); Religion; basically anything and everything
From: ssphantom4@aol.com (SSPhantom4) Date: 19 Oct 1998 00:59:58 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Dan Gender: Male Year Of Birth: 1981 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: i have no idea Location: erie Pa E-mail Address:SSPhantom4@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): havent had the time yet... someday i hope Marital Status: nope just a g/f im only 17 Children:thank goodness i have none of those at my age. but i do consider all my mini figs as my children Occupation: school On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: may 97 or something like that i might of posted before that by more then a year, but thats when i actualy started paying attention to it # of sets in LEGO Collection: sadly only about 100 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 and i will lose my will power and end up opening them soon # LEGO Pieces: lots.... i dont know # LEGOfests Attended: 0 # LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 :( First LEGO Set: i dont know the name but it was the theme before M-tron, a sauser like craft with these dark blue windows that fold down with one mini fig.... well i had a car and some blocks before then but that was the set that hooked me Favorite Theme(s): WW, Pirates, adventurers(i guess i just like that time frame), castle, then the rest Favorite Set(s): fort legorado Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): well when i was little i named like 10 of my mini figs dan, because they were my favorite, and i guess those ones still are my favorite, they all are blue town race men Set/theme you would like to see: more WW and more good castle like nights and realistic stuff. bring back the ships! Current LEGO Project: my armada, sadly it sucks Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: like the only person in my high school who still has their legos! -DAN a.k.a. SSPhantom4@aol.com
From: Adam <abhoward@mediaone.net> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:56:41 -0500 Organization: MediaOne Express -=- Central Region Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Adam Howard Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Chicago, IL E-mail Address: abhoward@uop.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Chemical Engineer - Process Controls On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Jan 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx. 2000 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: approx. 100 # of LEGO Pieces: Unknown (at least 5000) # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: None First LEGO Set: Fire Station NO.1 (from late 70s) Favorite Theme(s): Castle, Town Favorite Set(s): Yellow Castle, Black Seas Barracuda, Robo Force Sets Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): yellow arched window frames w/ white lattice windows, King from early 80's knight's tournament Set/theme you would like to see: Classic Roman/Greek: Amphitheater, temples, baths, villas, Circus Maximus, Aqueducts, Coliseum, etc. Current LEGO Project: Castle/Town, two LDraw doors. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My Castle and Tower that can be seen in the Hall of Fame on Sean's Member's Only page. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Oh geez... Star Wars (everything), Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, Terry Pratchett's Disc World novels, Frank Herbert's Dune series, computer programming, Vampires and Werewolves (big Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan), drawing world's, classical thru colonial architecture (especially castle design), world history, Atlantis: believer, enthusiast, dreamer..., legends, time travel, writing, social-economic analysis, tree filled parks, swimming, jumping waves, walks on the beach, inner-tubing, rafting, hiking, miniature boxes (smaller than 1"), glass-blown art (currently di-chromic is my favorite), crystals/gems (not new age- primarily emeralds), miniature castles (David Winters, Liliput Lane, crystal, pewter, etc.), L. Frank Baum and Ruth Plumbly Thompson OZ books (still missing 25-31), and my Russian Blue (emerald green eyed) cat Ema.
From: "Chris Barnes" <cbarnes@nospam.quickcare.com> Date: 20 Oct 1998 04:13:39 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Chris Barnes Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Dallas, Texas E-mail Address: chris@barnes.net LEGO/home page URL(s): not yet Marital Status: Married Children: 2 Occupation: programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: June 98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~35 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: ~20,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 6679 Tow Truck Favorite Theme(s): Space, Technic Favorite Set(s): 497 Galaxy Explorer, 8844 Helicopter, 8860 Auto Chassis Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): classic space minifigs, classic space minifig accessories. Set/theme you would like to see: more sets like the early 80's Current LEGO Project: rebuilding childhood lego collection. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: only kid in my neighborhood with 8860. No, I don't have it anymore. But I am looking to replace it. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: my 2 sons, computing, internet, reading
From: "The Gunslinger" <jguenser@1stop.com> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:05:52 -0700 Organization: http://www.supernews.com, The World's Usenet: Discussions Start Here Name: Alex Guenser Gender: Male Year Of Birth: 1985 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I am my inner child! and probably nine yrs. with the mind of a 15 yr old. Location: Kirkland, WA, USA E-mail Address: ruby_dragon@geocities.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://fly.to/dragoncave Marital Status: Single Children: I'm one of 'em Occupation: Student of Kamiatraz On R.T.L. (A.T.L.) Since: Sep 1997? # of sets in LEGO Collection: No Clue # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # LEGO Pieces: No Clue # LEGOfests Attended: 1 # LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: A multiple-set of a space, castle, town, plane, and something else, that or either Recon Robot Favorite Theme(s): Town, Adventurers Favorite Set(s): Night Lord's Castle (with self-made front yard!) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Octan guy with white octan shirs, green pants, red hat, face w/ eyebrows Set/theme you would like to see: Residential buildings (homes, parks, etc.) Current LEGO Project: None Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: EarthBound for Super NES, WarCraft II and StarCraft on Computer
From: Shawn McMurray <smcmurr@micron.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:16:37 -0600
Organization: PCS Edventures
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1)
Name:Shawn McMurray
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Play like I'm still 8
Location: Boise, Idaho, USA
E-mail Address:smcmurray@micron.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): not Yet
Marital Status: Single (but hunting)
Children: none
Occupation: Creativity Engineer
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: July 1998
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 15 or so
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 5 just because I haven't had time to
open them yet
# of LEGO Pieces: 10000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none unless Lego Camp at Burning Man Counts
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: I wish
First LEGO Set: The Big Red Lego Container I got it when I was 4ish
Favorite Theme(s): Technic/Pirates
Favorite Set(s): I mix the parts it's more fun
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Technic Shocks, Pirate Captain With
the Parrot
Set/theme you would like to see: My 6WD independent suspension car with
universal
joints in between sections of car. It's big and cool
Current LEGO Project: Rendering The Globe Theatre, working on Mountain
Bike
Components
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I teach mechanical engineering and
architecture using
Legos and am a co-author of Weird Richard's Construction Book.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I'm an outdoorsman to the max. Racing
Catamarans,
Ski Patroling(yes I get paid to ski), Rollerblading, 3D Rendering,
Learning.
I know this is a little behind but I just kinda don't like to fill oout
forms, too much other fun stuff to do....
Shawn
From: Shawn McMurray <smcmurr@micron.net> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:23:05 -0600 Organization: PCS Edventures From: barbecue@nospam.earthlink.net (BBQ) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 21:49:07 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Brian (BBQ) Sauls Gender: M Year of Birth: 1969 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12 Location: Nashville E-mail Address: barbecue@spamblock.earthlink.net (remove "spamblock" LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: divorced w/ girlfriend Children: 2 Occupation: Chef On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 13 with me, who knows at home. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 7, at least until I move # of LEGO Pieces: 10 gallons # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 485 Firetruck Favorite Theme(s): Classic space, Town Favorite Set(s): All of 'em Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Yellow spaceman, for some reason Set/theme you would like to see: Current LEGO Project: buy, buy, buy! Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: photography, reading
From: "Keith and Karen Fainges" <sagatech@bigpond.com> Date: 27 Oct 1998 08:08:59 +1000 Organization: Telstra Big Pond Direct Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Keith Fainges Gender: M Year of Birth: 1964 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Between 2 and 16 Location: Brisbane, Queensland Australia E-mail Address: sagatech@bigpond.com.au LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Married Children: 1 ( And she had Lego from before she was born :) ) Occupation: Model Maker On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Loads # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: Unknown # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 1970s Tip Truck Favorite Theme(s): Aquanauts, Wild West, Adventurers Favorite Set(s): Anything I can use for gaming Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Shooting Cannons Set/theme you would like to see: Historical Space series Current LEGO Project: Rewriting 'The Gunfight at the LG Corral' as 'The Good,The Bad and the Smiley' Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Getting people to play with Lego figures at a Wargames Con Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Wargaming, scale modelling
From: jhereg9@aol.comCarrion (Jhereg9) Date: 27 Oct 1998 19:10:16 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Last updated on Dec. 18, Name: David Collison Gender: M Year of Birth: 1970 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Around 15 and doing nicely, thank you. Lego "Dark Ages": Most of the 90's Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA E-mail Address: Jhereg9@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: Married Children: 0 Occupation: Engineering Consultant On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Several (All but two appropriated by 12-year-old twin sisters) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 (like I could resist not building something...) # of LEGO Pieces: Onsite about 300. (After my sisters discover boys, probably 4 times that.) # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: No idea, bought a crate of various mixed sets in the 1970s Favorite Theme(s): Technic and soon Mindstorm (as soon as I get my grubby fingers on one) Favorite Set(s): Ditto above. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Castle Set/theme you would like to see: No idea. Out of the loop too long. Current LEGO Project: Rebuild my collection. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Building a rough robotic arm (sans computer control) kinda like Armatron for a school project back in the early 80s (greatest, but not great) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Steven Brust and Anne McCaffrey, Home Improvement projects, Mid-80's Mustangs, Renaissance Festivals, MERP Happiness is a dead teckla.
From: The Ghost who Admins <mevans@inficad.com> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:30:58 -0700 Organization: Professional Computer Geeks Anonymous Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.1) Name: Mike Evans Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: I'm 4 years old. Location: Tempe, AZ E-mail Address: mevans@inficad.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.inficad.com/~mevans Marital Status: Single and looking. Children: None that I know of *grin* Occupation: Professional Computer Geek On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Late 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 2 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Veritable hundreds # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: Either 483 Alpha-1 Base or 493 Command Centre. Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): The old Space ones Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Those little flip-flop hinge things Set/theme you would like to see: Battle/Space Battle Themes Current LEGO Project: Collecting Technics. Just assembled Mud Masher Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Made a Car out of a collection of Legos from about 94 sets that withstood me as a child ramming it into the wall around 20 times and didn't break. Now THAT'S engineering! Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, Sci-Fi, reading, Coffee, Football, and Working out.
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