Dennimator Posted October 15, 2011 Age: 17 Age you started building: Uhm, 4 maybe? Country: Sweden Occupation: School Married: Nope Do you have close friends who build: Unfortunately not Do you regularly attend Lego conventions: Whenever I'm able to How much money do you spend on Lego product a year: It varies alot. $1200 maybe, including BL orders How much time do you spend building/playing a day: 1-2 hours on average. Some days I build 5 hours, others not at all. Favored theme/themes: City, Star Wars Do you primarily collect retail sets, build MOCs, or both? I'm a MOC builder. Did you experience a "dark age": Yes. If yes, what age did you enter your "dark age" The most recent one at 15-16. What age did you exit your "dark age": Just two weeks ago, at the age of 17. Other hobbies (other toy collecting, sports, drawing etc.): Playing the drums, playing an MMO called RuneScape In your own words what makes Lego bricks so special: It's the stuff that dreams are made off. There are endless possibilities, and you can constantly become a better builder by learning and growing. May I PM you with a request for a personal interview: Err, sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Follows Closely Posted October 17, 2011 Age: 37 Age you started building: 9 Country: USA Occupation: Consultant Married: Yes Children: five kids Does your spouse or child/children build: children yes, spouse no Do you have close friends who build: no, unless you count my kids Do you build together with your friends: nope, the kids and I build Do you regularly attend Lego conventions: once a year How much money do you spend on Lego product a year: $2,500 USD How much time do you spend building/playing a day: 1/2 hour, the kids more Favored theme/themes: Castle / Town (modular buildings) Do you primarily collect retail sets, build MOCs, or both? MOCs Did you experience a "dark age": Yes If yes, what age did you enter your "dark age": 14 What age did you exit your "dark age": 34 Other hobbies (other toy collecting, sports, drawing etc.): Woodworking In your own words what makes Lego bricks so special: The simple brick can be used to create such amazing creations. May I PM you with a request for a personal interview: Sure, but I am not local. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stash2Sixx Posted October 17, 2011 Age: 34. Age you started building: 5. Country: USA Occupation: Assistant Manager for a Retail Store. Married: No. Children: No. Does your spouse or child/children build: N/A Do you have close friends who build: Yes, I am a member of NILTC Do you build together with your friends: Rarely Do you regularly attend Lego conventions: Yes How much money do you spend on Lego product a year: More than I should; at least...$1500? How much time do you spend building/playing a day: Never enough. Favored theme/themes: All! Do you primarily collect retail sets, build MOCs, or both? MOCs, with a little bit of set building. Did you experience a "dark age": Never If yes, what age did you enter your "dark age" N/A What age did you exit your "dark age": N/A Other hobbies (other toy collecting, sports, drawing etc.): Shooting, Motorcycles, socializing... In your own words what makes Lego bricks so special: They are a fatastic way to relax after a long day. The ability is there to create almost anything! May I PM you with a request for a personal interview: Anytime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaddyWhale Posted October 21, 2011 Age: 47 Age you started building: 45 Country: USA Occupation: Finance Married: yes Children: two boys, 6 and 3 Does your spouse or child/children build: children build, wife does not Do you have close friends who build: no Do you build together with your friends: no Do you regularly attend Lego conventions: no, though I would like to How much money do you spend on Lego product a year: about $1000 How much time do you spend building/playing a day: 1 hour Favored theme/themes: technic, city/modular, trains Do you primarily collect retail sets, build MOCs, or both? retail sets, but hope to also build MOCs as my collection of parts grows Did you experience a "dark age": No. Started on LEGO only after our children were old enough to play with them If yes, what age did you enter your "dark age" What age did you exit your "dark age": Other hobbies (other toy collecting, sports, drawing etc.): reading, classical music, hiking In your own words what makes Lego bricks so special: Ability to build complex, aesthetically pleasing, structures using simple elements. Colorfulness of pieces. LEGO product quality - very little frustration with broken or poorly made parts May I PM you with a request for a personal interview:[/b] I've no plans for being in the Tampa area. Live in NYC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Hobbles Posted October 22, 2011 Age: 26 Age you started building: 8 Country: UK (Scotland) Occupation: Game Developer/Programmer Married: No Children: No Does your spouse or child/children build: No Do you have close friends who build: Not really, but they do enjoy it. They only really build when they come round to my house, or I get them some. Do you build together with your friends: Yes, but not often Do you regularly attend Lego conventions: No How much money do you spend on Lego product a year: £500-1000 How much time do you spend building/playing a day: 1 hr Favored theme/themes: Modular Buildings, UCS Star Wars, collectible minifigures, city. Do you primarily collect retail sets, build MOCs, or both? Both. Did you experience a "dark age": Yes If yes, what age did you enter your "dark age": 15ish? What age did you exit your "dark age": 22 Other hobbies (other toy collecting, sports, drawing etc.): Photography, computer games. In your own words what makes Lego bricks so special: Personally I love how Lego can be used to make architecturally accurate buildings and features. I love pushing the bricks to make even more realistic MOCs. May I PM you with a request for a personal interview: Sure. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moz Posted October 23, 2011 Age: 42 3/4 Age you started building: 6 Country: Australia Occupation: software engineer Married:n Children:n Does your spouse or child/children build: n Do you have close friends who build: n Do you build together with your friends: kind of, go to MUGS meetings and occasionally build there Do you regularly attend Lego conventions:n How much money do you spend on Lego product a year: I don't work that way. When I'm actively building I spend $200-$2000/mo, otherwise little to nothing. In the past I've also sold Lego and MOCs, so the net spend is lower. Outside dark ages perhaps averaging $3000 a year. How much time do you spend building/playing a day: 1-2 hours Favored theme/themes: technic shading into model team. I buy other themes primarily for parts. Do you primarily collect retail sets, build MOCs, or both? : MOCs. I do build one of each of the Technic sets I buy, but rarely leave them assembled unless I'm using them as the basis for a MOC. Did you experience a "dark age": twice so far. Got sick of lugging 100kg of Lego around, sold it, 5 years later started buying it again. Bah! If yes, what age did you enter your "dark age": was active from age 6-15, 22-25 and 41+ Other hobbies (other toy collecting, sports, drawing etc.): building stuff with wood and metal, green activism, cycling, sex In your own words what makes Lego bricks so special: they're a cheap and compact way to build ideas/models out of reusable materials. To clarify that since other people don't seem to think Lego is cheap, I can easily spend $5000 over 2-3 months building a couple of bicycles, or $1000 buying a new power tool for my workshop. And I have stuff lying around that I don't use because it's not easy to take it apart but I don't want to throw it away and I haven't come up with a way to reuse it yet. By comparison spending a few thousand on Lego is cheap, especially since it lasts so long and is so reusable. May I PM you with a request for a personal interview: yes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ignited_Impulse Posted October 23, 2011 Other hobbies: sex Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingstop Posted October 23, 2011 (edited) Age: 36 Age you started building:~5 Country: Originally UK, Now Switzerland Occupation:Product Manager, Medical Devices Married:Yes Children:No Does your spouse or child/children build:No Do you have close friends who build:No Do you build together with your friends:No Do you regularly attend Lego conventions:No How much money do you spend on Lego product a year:500 USD*12* way too much How much time do you spend building/playing a day:Sundays if I am not working, traveling or hiking Favored theme/themes:Modular, Architecture, Train, Technic Do you primarily collect retail sets, build MOCs, or both?Both Did you experience a "dark age":Two; 15-24, 30-35] If yes, what age did you enter your "dark age"15-24; 30-35 What age did you exit your "dark age":24, 35 Other hobbies (other toy collecting, sports, drawing etc.):Les Mills instructor, hiking, snow shoe walking, photography In your own words what makes Lego bricks so special:Ability to convey mechanical / architectural elements in building blocks... releasing the creative spirit inside May I PM you with a request for a personal interview:If you wanted, but im not that special. Edited October 23, 2011 by roamingstudio Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alasdair Ryan Posted October 28, 2011 Age: 21 Age you Started building: 6 Country: Scotland Occupation: Work for mum (property maintenance) Married: N/A Children: N/A Does your spouse or child/children build: N/A Do you have close friends who build: No Do you build together with your friends: No Do you regularly attend Lego conventions: No (wish i could) How much money do you spend on Lego product a Year: £300 How much time do you spend building/playing a day: 3 Hours Favored theme/themes: Technic Do you primarily collect retail sets, build MOCs, or both? Both Did you experience a "dark age": No If yes, what age did you enter your "dark age" N/A What age did you exit your "dark age": N/A Other hobbies (other toy collecting, sports, drawing etc.): Model collecting (die cast trucks/construction) In your own words what makes Lego bricks so special: Thay are made form plastic May I PM you with a request for a personal interview: No thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apemax Posted October 28, 2011 (edited) Age: 20 Age you started building: 6 Country: UK Occupation: Unemployed Married: No Children: No Does your spouse or child/children build: N/A Do you have close friends who build: No Do you build together with your friends: No Do you regularly attend Lego conventions: No unfortunately. How much money do you spend on Lego product a year: £100 How much time do you spend building/playing a day: 1h to 2h Favored theme/themes: Lego Rock Raiders, Technic, Star Wars. Do you primarily collect retail sets, build MOCs, or both? I do both. Did you experience a "dark age": No. If yes, what age did you enter your "dark age": N/A What age did you exit your "dark age": N/A Other hobbies (other toy collecting, sports, drawing etc.): collecting Hot wheels cars, Programming, gaming. In your own words what makes Lego bricks so special: The freedom of being able to build anything you like. May I PM you with a request for a personal interview: No thanks. Edited October 28, 2011 by apemax Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
