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From: "kpanholzer" <kpanholzer@metronet.de> Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 21:58:23 +0200 Organization: Debitel Network Services GmbH Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Kai Panholzer Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Debatable (particularly if you ask my wife) Location: Munich, Germany E-mail Address: kpanholzer@debitel.net LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: Married Children: 2 Occupation: Product Manager On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 04/98 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 4 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 2 # of LEGO Pieces: # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: LEGO Dark Age: 1982 - 1998 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Landspeeder + Speeder Bikes Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Interstellar Starfighter (6979) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: Star Wars sets containing buildings / planetary surface Current LEGO Project: Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: To build or not to build Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Greetings from Munich!
From: "pal" <palpalpalpal@hotmail.com> Date: 15 May 1999 12:18:53 GMT Organization: Club-Internet (France) Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: pal Gender: male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Mix of old and young Location: France E-mail Address: palpalpalpal@hotmail.com LEGO/home page URL(s): None yet Marital Status: Single Children: 0 Occupation: - On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: April 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Don't know (more than 100) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: Don't know # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: I inherited a lot of pieces from friends. The first boxed set I can remember of is a rocket launching space base with two vehicles. I believe it was numbered 981 or something like that. LEGO Dark Age: I had two Dark Ages. 1984 - 1986 and 1987 - 1992 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: First Dark Age : 6826 (small grey space "car") Second Dark Age : can't remember, probably a Blacktron 2 (6981, 6933, 6812 ?) Favorite Theme(s): M-Tron, Ice Planet (neon chainsaws !), Blacktron 2 Favorite Set(s): 6989 (M-Tron huge truck with crane) 6973 (Ice Planet big ship) 6952, 6932, 6980, 6930, 6880, 6812, 6898 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): - The strange thing which holds leaves in palm trees (also found black in pirates sets). - "Robot heads" (like in 6702) - 1986 pipes (like in 6872) - That thing that can be used to build a jetpack (like in 6702) - Minifigs : Blacktron 1, Blue and red Futuron, M-Tron, Ice Planet Set/theme you would like to see: SailorMoon Current LEGO Project: Finding time to play with Mindstorms... Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Videogames (esp. antiques), Aquariology (esp. amphibians), Computer science [suggestion to add to the list : "favorite sets for pieces" (the sets which contain the most interesting pieces) ]
From: hsadm2.jgonzale@email.state.ut.us Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 14:34:06 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Share what you know. Learn what you don't. Name: Joseph M. Gonzalez Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1965 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 20 years old Location: Salt Lake City, Utah E-mail Address: hsadm2.jgonzale@email.state.ut.us LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/9007/ and http://members.xoom.com/legohead/clones.html Marital Status: married Children: four (ages 4 ms, 3, 5, and 6) Occupation: Trainer/System Support Specialist On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: mid-1996 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 403 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 190 # of LEGO Pieces: not a clue # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: 420-Police Car (but I have memories of an older sibling's 331 and 332 truck models) LEGO Dark Age: 1st 1976-1983, 2nd 1985-1993 First LEGO set after the Dark Age(s): 1st 6824 Space Dart-I and 6846 Tri Star Voyager, 2nd I'm guessing it was the 6271 Imperial Flagship but I can't really remember Favorite Theme(s): Space, Castle, Pirate Favorite Set(s): Right now it's the 6985-Cosmic Fleet Voyager Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Skeletons Set/theme you would like to see: Large merchant ships for the Pirates theme, Space commerce stations, a larger inn for the Castle theme. Current LEGO Project: None. Actually I'm just getting reacquainted with my collection after many months of having most of it in storage. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Won a guess-the-number-of-pieces contest at a local toy store. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading Sci-fi/Fantasy, listening to music, watching movies.
From: "Richard W. Schamus" <legomn34@bellatlantic.net>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 13:22:22 -0400
Organization: MindSpring Enterprises
Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2)
Name: Richard W. Schamus (Legoman34)
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1962
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 (or something like it)
Location: Maryland, USA
E-mail Address: legoman34@usa.net;legoman34@mindspring.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/1334
Marital Status: married, (for now)
Children: 2
Occupation: USAF
On R.T.L Since: April '97 (lurking in and out)
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 616 total (532 Lego/84 other, clones)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: one (#6899), but I'm not counting it
toward my collection
# of LEGO Pieces: best estimate is 79,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: none
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none
First LEGO Set: Can't remember that far back (maybe it was the little
police cruiser, {no instructions for that one.. grrr... or maybe it was the
ambulance... }
LEGO Dark Age: never had one
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: doesn't apply
Favorite Theme(s): Any/all
Favorite Set(s): All of them... (ok, I'm partial to the X-wing, even if
they did mess it up).
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): R2D2, and my own constructed C3P0
Set/theme you would like to see: Greco-Roman, (Mythical creatures besides
ghosts and
dragons, I had to make my own centaurs, unicorns, pegasi, satyrs'...)
Current LEGO Project: "Castle Wall Component System", Star Wars stuff, and
on the very back burner, a town train layout.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: "Most Fantastic" in Erik Wilson's Acropolis
Project Contest,
(one of the grand prize runner up's)
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Dragon collecting/Star Trek model
collecting/learning all I can about html and other internet
applications/programming.
From: blueofnoon@aol.com (BlueOfNoon) Date: 27 May 1999 00:48:56 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Name: Richard Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1964 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: You kidding? About 2, and all it says is "I want ..." Location: SF/Bay Area, CA E-mail Address: blueofnoon@aol.com (a much more sinister screen name than most realize...) LEGO/home page URL(s): working on it = P Marital Status: single, doing all my parenting vicariously through my brother and his children, although I have raised some very evil black cats (Pywaquet, Mephistopheles, and Nicola -- this, the youngest one, has actually tried to turn doorknobs with her paws! Basically, my life would be ****ed if she ever obtained opposable thumbs...) Children: Zero Occupation: Web Designer and Lego Consumer Advocate On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: late March 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 75 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none -- C'mon, just open 'em up and play! # of LEGO Pieces: 7 plastic tool chests worth (at least 1/2 of which is technics/mindstorms) # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: late sixties basic brick set -- all I know is that it was white and red LEGO Dark Age: never completely out of it, but did not buy much between 1991-1998 (University and then Law School, 'nuff said...) First LEGO set after the Dark Age(s): 6027 Bat Lord's Catapult or maybe it was 6496 Whirling Time Warper (which I love because it has that really cool bubble hatch -- can you say "Big Daddy Roth?" -- and because you can make a nasty syringe-like device out of that giant hypno-raygun for displaying on your desk) Favorite Theme(s): Mindstorms, Pirate, Castle Favorite Set(s): a heavily modified (2 sets worth) 6977 Arachnoid Star Base Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Crystal Balls, Skeletons, Witches, Black cloth capes Set/theme you would like to see: For all themes and sets to be available from the moment they start producing them! And then maybe a Viking Gods theme. Or an All-Female Minifigure-Pirate-Ship to fulfill my Ann Bonny And Mary Read fantasies Current LEGO Project: A Mindstorms project utilizing my Scarab figure to make an electronic pet Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: My imagination. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My REAL LIFE? Well, how about everything not related Lego? Y'know wild sex, hard-driving music, all around Bad Boy stuff...actually, I paint, sculpt, doodle on my Wacom, write fiction and poetry, etc. Read a lot of William Burroughs, Anthony Burgess, J.G. Ballard, and Philip Dick -- Anyone else dropping some Chew-Z while playing with their Perky Pat...er, Lego?
From: cgidd1@aol.comQQQ (CGidd1) Date: 27 May 1999 22:23:17 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Chris Giddens Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: not more than 10 Location: Roxboro, NC (originally from Warrenton, GA) E-mail Address: cgidd1@aol.com LEGO/home page URL(s): members.aol.com/cgidd1 Marital Status: Married to Melanie the love of my life Children: no... so more lego for me! Occupation: Youth Minister On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early 90's, even before the Web... I remember ftp... and rn for news.... # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ummm... a bunch and they are all mixed. Been collecting since 6. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: over 20,000... my wife claims millions of the "little stupid things" # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 404 Universal Building set (maybe 401) LEGO Dark Age: Two, end of highschool to sophomore year of college, and graduating college to middler year of seminary. First LEGO set after the Dark Age: First dark age Deep Freeze Defender, second Explorien Starship. Favorite Theme(s): Anything Space. Starwars is cool. Favorite Set(s): Pod Race Set reminded me of the old days... when ya got tired building a set. The original space police fighter (can't remember the name, but I have 4... modified of course) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Set/theme you would like to see: the return of Classics from Space. Current LEGO Project: United Expeditionary Defense Force... a group of space ships and vehicles to defend the lego realm from the scurge of the UFO, Insectoids and other evil subthemes. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I've got a starship built (USS Crusader) that is about 170 "bumps" or "pips" in length. I'm trying to get it posted on my future website (listed above) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I'm a born again Christian called to ministering to youth. I enjoy fishing, science fiction, reading, and basketball. My greatest fulfillment comes through spending time growing in Christ and loving my lovely wife. Rev. Chris Giddens <>< Don't like Town Jr? "For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor" Gal 2:18 (buy 'em, but make something better)
From: "VonBroam" <broam@mail.islc.net> Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 19:51:29 -0400 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Name: Michael Broam (VonBroam) Gender: Male I have slayed my inner child and in its place is the Inner Barbarian Location: The marshlands of South Carolina. E-mail: broam@mail.islc.net I have no web page yet. Marital status: engaged to a lego nut!! Children: Eeeeew, Thats disgusting take my legos out of your mouth!! (Not yet!!) Ocupation: Librarian I was a big lego nut for a long time and then in my teenage rebelious years I gave them to my older brother for his potential kids. DUH!!! How could I have been so stupid. My fiance brought me back into the fold and I Love the Star Wars sets. I also enjoy the Fantasy works of Robert Jordan and am working on modifying some of the medival sets to represent carachters from the stories. Legos the ultimate toys... For adults. Other interests: Working towards my Library Science degree, Working with my church (its based out of a nursing home so there is lots of ministering to do.) and Flight simulations.
From: kelley01@sprynet.com (Brian) Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 00:17:26 -0600 Organization: Sprynet Name: Brian C. Kelley Gender: M Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: i dunno but toys R my life nowadays :() Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota E-mail Address: kelley01@sprynet.com LEGO/home page URL(s): Marital Status: not a chance Children: Delaney Michael whom I have yet to see due to the twisted laws in amerikkka Occupation: Buy/Sell/Trade Collectible Toys/Publish and Interracial Marriage, Relationships and childrens magazine On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: Forever # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 1000+ or so # of Unopened Sets in Collection: too many *hint *hint to my brother Tony if he reads this :) # of LEGO Pieces: dunno # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 here in Minneapolis (dayum I love Pizza) hehehe # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Too poor fo dat... First LEGO Set: 70's biplane?? LEGO Dark Age: Age 14 to 19 about... First LEGO set after the Dark Age: Stellar Recon Voyager Favorite Theme(s): Town/Train/Castle/Fabuland (4 way tie) Favorite Set(s): #1490 Bank, #1492 Town Square Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black Fabuland Bear, Infomaniac...all the figures from the Town Square Current LEGO Project: Unfortunately selling alot of LEGO sets :( Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: 120+ Fabuland sets?? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Art/Design
From: zeadeATboink.stanford.edu <spammers_suck@[127.0.0.1]> Date: 2 Jun 1999 00:10:27 GMT Organization: hem peh cheh Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Micah Jaffe Gender: male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: er, 11? Location: Palo Alto, CA E-mail Address: see above (remove AT with a @ in my name) LEGO/home page URL(s): none Marital Status: single Children: 0 Occupation: software developer (ObPlug: www.highwire.org) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: early May '99 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: now (counting on fingers), 12. before 1989, nearly all of Classic Space, a few Technic sets, yellow castle and knight joust, and lots and lots of "plain" sets (are they called freestyle now?). # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: mebbe around 2,000? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: One of the Universal/Basic Building sets, which one I don't know. LEGO Dark Age: 1989-94,94-99 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: '94, bought a single Blacktron 2 set; '99, 7130 and 7110. I've since gone nuts and gotten all of the episode 4-6 sets (in multiples even, gotta have more parts!) and some of the episode 1 sets. I'm eyeing Mindstorms now, but am unsure what I'd do with it and don't relish having to use Windoze. When's the Linux port? ;) Favorite Theme(s): Classic space, knights (although I personally didn't own much of the "new" gray stuff), Technic. Really wish I'd kept up with Lego as about the time I was getting tired of the increasingly specialized parts, they came out with the pirate themes, which I woulda loved. Oh well. Favorite Set(s): 7140 X-Wing and 7150 Tie/Y-Wing. I dreamed that this would happen as a kid. Only took nearly 20 years to come to fruition :) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I really liked the blue and black space classic minifigs when they first debuted. I liked finding sets that had new colored, transparent plastic pieces. Set/theme you would like to see: Some Technic sets that don't look like they suck fetid dingo kidneys (what's with all these weird, useless looking parts in sets these days? I thought it was getting bad when I stopped buying 'em in '89). Millenium falcon, no matter the price. Current LEGO Project: Getting my "building legs" back. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Just another Lego junkie (JALJ), really. No fame. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Bicycle riding, programming, music, video games, other toys, enjoying life.
From: "William Hess" <willhess@bbnp.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 20:48:55 -0400
Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc.
Name: William Hess
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1971
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ask my wife :-) / alive and well
Location: Wilson, NC
E-mail Address: williamhess@SPAMCAKEbbnp.com (you know what to do)
LEGO/home page URL(s): working on it
Marital Status: married to Angela Denise Hess
Children: Micahlynn Denise Hess, almost 2 ("I lahk" Duplo)
Occupation: father, Asst. Mgr. at Domino's
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1999
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: approx 30
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: the thought never occured to me...and
has now been banished
# of LEGO Pieces: how many does it take to fill a 20 gallon container?
# of LEGOfests Attended: none, nada, zilch
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: see above
First LEGO Set: I think it was 770, but that was soooo long ago
LEGO Dark Age: 92-99 (not counting "helping" my brother build his sets)
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 7110
Favorite Theme(s): SW Ep1, Trains (must get some!!!), Nautica, Firefighters
Favorite Set(s): 770 (still), 7130, 497, 6353, and 8858
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Capt. Redbeard, Nautica boat hulls, boom
>from 6358
Set/theme you would like to see: a return to Classic Town, Star Trek, rest
of SW Ep1 cast
Current LEGO Project: outfitting the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service
and Sheriff's Dept.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I can remember the intro of the smiley face!
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: My family, church, computers, and softball.
From: mchiles@goldendale.net (Matthew J. Chiles) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 05:44:06 GMT Organization: Posted via RemarQ Communities, Inc. Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Matthew J. Chiles Gender: M Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Classic Space Location: Centerville, WA USA E-mail Address: mchiles@goldendale.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.goldendale.net/buildingblocks Marital Status: yes, Lisa Children: Katherine Elizabeth, born 3/99 Occupation: Ranch Manager and Dealer of Collectable Lego Sets (see web page for more info) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: February 1994 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 400 or so # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none - what would be the point? :) # of LEGO Pieces: not quite enough # of LEGOfests Attended: None # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Billund, 1989 First LEGO Set: Basic set from early 70's LEGO Dark Age: None! :) :) :) First LEGO set after the Dark Age: n/a Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): Currently the Blacktron Message Intercept Base, 6987 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the space guy from set #1974 Set/theme you would like to see: back to the basics Current LEGO Project: Ultra Blacktron I base (covers 15 plates so far and uses pieces from 6 6987 sets so far, plus tons from piece auctions) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: One of the first to be Space Complete (well, darn close enough - still after some early Canadian minifig sets and 1586) Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: I'm one of those conservative Christian types. :)
From: "Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 12:30:43 -0400 Organization: Posted via RemarQ, http://www.remarQ.com Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Kevin D Salm Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 14 Location: central New York State, USA E-mail Address: kdsalm@dreamscape.com LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: single Children: dozens of minifigs Occupation: Vending Machine Route Operator for large vending company On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: December 1997 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 650+ grows every week # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none # of LEGO Pieces: who wastes time counting # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: #190 Universal Set with People (farm set) plus #195 and #197 >from circa 1974. First system sets were 6382 and 6363. Also have Expert Builder #952. LEGO Dark Age: none First LEGO set after the Dark Age: N/A Favorite Theme(s): Town, Castle, Pirate Favorite Set(s): 8250 Technic Search Sub, 6562 Gas Stop Shop, 6339 Shuttle Launch Pad. Fire sets 6382, 6385, 6366. All gas station and tow truck sets (best are 6393 and 6397) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): all gray 1x bricks. Best minifigs are the blue and red pirate admiral Set/theme you would like to see: Castle sets with more peasant life--market square, cottages. Also Wild West saloon and train station Current LEGO Project: Always sorting. Airport with hotel and restaurant. Soon to build a new series of Pirate and Imperial supply posts Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: have saved every box and building instruction for every set I own (excepting second hand stuff). Only paid $60 for Metroliner from TRU several years ago. One of the largest Castle set collections anywhere. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: really none besides Lego (updated 7-9-99)
From: Jurg Carl Zwahlen <jurgzwah@wpi.edu> Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 12:43:08 -0400 Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Jurg C. Zwahlen Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1978 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Perpetually 14 Location: Worcester Mass (but my roots are in New Hampshire) E-mail Address: jurgzwah@wpi.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none :( Marital Status: Happily dating for 1 1/2 years Children: wait until I get a real job Occupation: student On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: May 1999 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: oh jeez, over a hundred # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none, that would be silly!! # of LEGO Pieces: well into the upper thousands # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none (I was in Denmark, I could taste it!! Argh!) First LEGO Set: Yellow Castle, but I got all my older brothers stuff >from the 70's. LEGO Dark Age: Sep 1992-March 1999 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: The new Disco Ball Lunar Rover Favorite Theme(s): Old Castle, Space, Pirate, Star Wars Favorite Set(s): All SW, BM Castle (I still want it in the worst way) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Black Knight, small cylinder with fins Set/theme you would like to see: Old Castle (bring it back, bring it back) Current LEGO Project: Slave 1, Millenium Falcon, a respectable castle Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I covered all the open space on my bedroom floor with a lego space station (back in the day). Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music (singing), Aerospace, any activity that can be done in New Hampshires White Mountains.
From: "Lex & Inge" <lexinge@telekabel.nl>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 19:59:02 +0200
Organization: TeleKabel
Name: Lex / Inge
Gender: Male / Female
Year of Birth: 1978 / 1979
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ? / ?
Location: The Netherlands (both)
E-mail Address: lexinge@telekabel.nl
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://huizen.dds.nl/~ingeltje
Marital Status: no, we live just together :)
Children: none
Occupation: Students
On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: April 1999
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: about 95
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: none, we like them too much :)
# of LEGO Pieces: no idea, somebody want to come and count
them?
# of LEGOfests Attended: ?
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Legoland in Billund (both once)
First LEGO Set: 671 Shelltanker (Lex) 6372 Town House (Inge)
LEGO Dark Age: between 13 and 19
First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6543 Sail n' Fly Marina
Favorite Theme(s): Town/Paradisa
Favorite Set(s): 6350 Pizza to Go
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): White trainhats, trainfigs/Paradisa figs
Set/theme you would like to see: More nice houses for town
Current LEGO Project: Making beach and mountains for our lego town
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers
From: qpanda@iwaynet.net (Mark D. McKean) Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 21:55:59 -0400 Organization: Quantum Panda Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Mark D. McKean Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: varies, ranging from around 8 up to around 16 Location: Columbus OH USA E-mail Address: qpanda@iwaynet.net LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.iwaynet.net/~qpanda/ (badly out of date, and no LEGO stuff on it yet, but I'm working on it!) Marital Status: Married Children: none Occupation: dreadfully boring On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/99 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 51 (includes a few duplicates) # of Unopened Sets in Collection: none (I can't resist opening 'em!) # of LEGO Pieces: unknown at this time, but I'm trying to catalog my sets # of LEGOfests Attended: none # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: none First LEGO Set: #197, "Building Set with People: Farm Set". I still have it...at least, what parts weren't chewed up by a dog with a taste for plastic (same dog that decimated my collection of original Star Wars action figures <sigh>) LEGO Dark Age: 1990-95, while I was in college (150 miles away from my LEGO!) First LEGO set after the Dark Age: not sure...I think it was 8824, Technic Hovercraft. Favorite Theme(s): Space Favorite Set(s): the Star Wars X-Wing Fighter and Naboo Fighter Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I have a soft spot in my heart for the "classic" Space minifigs. Set/theme you would like to see: I'd love to see TLG expand on the SF licensing and add Star Trek and Babylon 5 themes. Current LEGO Project: Cataloging all my sets and pieces, after which I'll work on some Babylon 5 ships (starting with a minifig-scale Thunderbolt Starfury, which I have about half planned) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none that I know of. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: SF of all kinds, anime, music (all genres), collecting panda-themed stuff
From: Chris Gray <cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 02:10:28 GMT Organization: @Home Network Canada Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Chris Gray Gender: male Year of Birth: 1952 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: < 12 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada E-mail Address: cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA LEGO/home page URL(s): www.graysage.edmonton.ab.ca/cg/Toys/Lego Marital Status: s Children: 0 Occupation: paid nerd On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1997? # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 151 + 8 MegaBloks # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0 # of LEGO Pieces: 53K + 18K MegaBloks # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: 1879 bucket LEGO Dark Age: N/A - no Lego as a child! First LEGO set after the Dark Age: N/A Favorite Theme(s): castle, model team, big technic Favorite Set(s): 6090 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): grey bricks Set/theme you would like to see: old castle re-issued Current LEGO Project: ah, errr.. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: most pieces with nothing useful done? Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, MUDs, fiction
From: "Russell Clark" <rclark@telis.org> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 01:36:31 -0700 Organization: BayLUG Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Russell Clark Gender: male Year of Birth: 2-14-75 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: San Jose, CA USA E-mail Address: rclark@telis.org LEGO/home page URL(s): http://baylug.org/russellc Marital Status: single Children: none Occupation: copy center coordinator On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: August 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 600+ # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 30+ # of LEGO Pieces: not enough # of LEGOfests Attended: 4 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (Carlsbad) First LEGO Set: 6363 Auto Repair Shop LEGO Dark Age: 1989-1995 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 6525, 6340, 6614, 6336, 6516 (all at once) Favorite Theme(s): Town, Trains, and of course Star Wars! Favorite Set(s): Star Wars Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): firefighter Set/theme you would like to see: Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner Current LEGO Project: founding and setting up BayLUG Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: interviewing to become a LEGO merchandiser Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: camping, computers, model trains Russell Clark http://baylug.org/russellc/ ICQ: 39423705
From: "Paul Baulch" <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 00:34:31 +1000 Organization: Telstra Big Pond Cable - Sydney Site 1 Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Paul Baulch Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1971 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Hmm, that's a tough one. I'm a lot more mature than most people I know, and they don't play with Lego... let's say my Creative Leisure age is about 11. Location: Melbourne, Australia E-mail Address: paul@vic.bigpond.net.au LEGO/home page URL(s): Still talking to Telstra BigPond about that one. Marital Status: Single - anyone here want to move to Australia and marry me? The weathers fantastic down here at the moment.... ;) Children: Yeah, mine are gonna love my Lego. They'd better, I didn't buy this stuff just for me. Well, not quite ;) Occupation: Computer games programmer (Ever played "Krush, Kill N Destroy"? Or the sequel?) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: The Wednesday before this roll call. # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Maybe thirty or fourty, it more than doubled since I gained an income. # of Unopened Sets in Collection: Whaaaaat?!?!? Like, zero! What's it made for! What an unpleasantly repressive concept, not opening your Lego!... eeeugh. ;) # of LEGO Pieces: Probably no more than eight kilograms' worth, but it doubled since I gained an income. Help me! I have too much money! Somebody sell me a #928 for a stupidly high sum!!!! Or marry me ;) # of LEGOfests Attended: What, here in Australia ?!? If only Lego were an official sporting event :( # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: Zero, but I've been to all of the Lego World Shows that toured here in Melbourne. First LEGO Set: Either 357 (Fire Station) or 382 (Tow truck and car) Probably still have all the pieces but that's all.... any takers? ;) LEGO Dark Age: The start of my Biochmistry course at University, although Lego was really just replaced by molecular models, which are sort of a chemistry Lego. Then it was computer games, now its Lego and computer games. First LEGO set after the Dark Age: #6897 (Space Police) - It was love at first sight (See below) Favorite Theme(s): Space, Space, Space, Space, Space and Space. When I get sick of Space though, I tend to play around with... Space ;) Hmmm, I liked Castle a bit when I was younger, because my sisters kind of got into Castle a bit more easily than Space. I've got one #6080 and two #6073's worth of Castle minifigs and wall pieces in excellent condition which I could theoretically be convinced to part with.... Favorite Set(s): Probably #6897 - The epitome of beautiful form, elegant function, holiday-portable size, topped off with a good guy AND a bad guy in the one set! Play VALUE!!!!! I tells ya if this set had been around when I was ten, I'm sure my body would have stopped growing :) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Without doubt it is any ramp/slope piece. Normal or inverted, shallow or steep, slopey bits rule! Anyone with several thousand slopey bits after some Castle bits? Set/theme you would like to see: A more elegant hybrid of Technic and minifigs. Giant unfurling spaceships with ten different Technic abilities in one. More glamour than a straight Technic set and more mechanical functionality than your typical minifig set. Can be done, and IMO should be done. Current LEGO Project: Imperial AT-AT walker (currently about 25" long sorry no pics yet!) I think I need to buy a couple more Sith Infiltrators as I've run out of grey plates and I haven't done the legs yet! D'OH!!!! Must finish it though, as it's looking very much like the, er, "real" thing. I was thinking of making a Technic "cycloid" walking mechanism but haven't had any good ideas yet.... anyone else looked into this? A secondary minor project is adaptation of a 4WD 4W-steering 4W-susp chassis for radio control (sure, not very original), the main aim being to cut the weight of pieces down to a bare minimum while still being quite sturdy - a satisfying challenge. Obviously this is mainly using the #8880 Super Car components. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Heh. Not much. A few years ago I posted a design to RTL and also to a very early Lego (NOT Web)site (this is before the Web, boys and girls). It was a (quite large) blue-grey-t'yellow (Classic space scheme?) ship called the "Shiva 1" and the email in the image was "shnub@zikzak.apana.org.au" (NOT a valid email!!!!) which was my old email address. I still have the pics of this and a few other lego creations and if Telstra BigPond allows me a site then I'll certainly put them on the Web for all to see. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computers, astronomy, molecular biology, name something incredibly geeky and I'm interested. Oh, except miniatures. Play my computer games, please!!! :)
From: Toki Barron <tokimasa-barron@uiowa.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 15:32:41 -0500 Organization: The University of Iowa Name: Toki Barron Gender: male Year of Birth: 1974 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: let's say about 10 Location: Iowa City, IA until 9/99, Pittsburgh, PA thereafter E-mail Address: tokimasa-barron@uiowa.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): none yet Marital Status: s Children: none that I know of :-) Occupation: student (soon to be unemployed engineer) On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 6/99 > # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~50 # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 6 # of LEGO Pieces: a lot # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 > First LEGO Set: 760 London Bus (I think) LEGO Dark Age: 9/88 or so until 6/99 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 7110 Landspeeder and 7150 Tie Fighter & Y-Wing Favorite Theme(s): Blacktron I, Star Wars Favorite Set(s): nothing in particular Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Darth Vader Set/theme you would like to see: tons of SW stuff, but I imagine everything I want to see will be released Current LEGO Project: partial Death Star (I just don't have the bricks or the money to build a minifig scale DS, which would be about 2 miles in diameter!) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: playing ice hockey, weight lifting
From: "April McDonald" <musicmakers88@mindhatespamspring.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 22:35:44 -0700 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Rec.Toys.Lego Roll Call/ De-lurking Form (Version 3.2) Name: Tom McDonald Gender: M Year of Birth: 1966 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 15 Location: Castro Valley CA E-mail Address: radiotitan@yaSPAMCAKEhoo.com LEGO/home page URL(s): http://radiotitan.8m.com (but will change soon) Marital Status: M Children: 1 Occupation: Radio Announcer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1998 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: don't know anymore # of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1 insectoid polybag # of LEGO Pieces: ~15,000 # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0 First LEGO Set: some universal set from 1970, but I remember 570 as my 2nd and 3rd sets (I remember playing with Samsonite Lego in pre-school) LEGO Dark Age: 1984 First LEGO set after the Dark Age: can't remember Favorite Theme(s): space, town, train Favorite Set(s): 7150 TIE and Y-Wing Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): 2x2 turntables, clear radar guns from 452 Mobile Tracking Station, Majisto in green Set/theme you would like to see: Amusement Park theme (done right, not like City Center stuff) Current LEGO Project: Desert Space Refueling Station Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: nothing yet Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: family, radio, Star Trek and more
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