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Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the time-on-my-hands-dust-on-my-feet dept.

randomErr writes "Canada.com has an article about Frank Robinson, an man who is into Lego WAY more than the average builder. Frank said "I still get Lego for my birthday and at Christmas, too. So do my kids." At last count the Robinson family's Lego inventory was nearing 100,000 pieces, a majority of which were tallied and itemized by type and colour on a computer spreadsheet." No Lego story would be complete without a link to something large and useless, say, a Lego harpsichord. Okay, it plays, so it's not actually useless. But the Lego Star Destroyer is.

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  1. Re:How does it sound.? by 503 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I suppose you could always go follow the link and download the mp3.

  2. Re:100,000 pieces? Is that a lot? by RobinH · · Score: 5, Informative

    Can I get that in terms a simple consumer like me can understand?

    When I was a kid (yikes), lego sets usually cost about 10 cents per brick. Using that factor, 100,000 pieces is around $10,000 worth! That's not allowing for current prices, either, which are probably a lot higher.

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    "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain
  3. Legos legos everywehere by ohboy-sleep · · Score: 4, Informative

    This guy better hope The White Stripes are making a second video.

  4. Recovering Addict by Denial+of+Cervix · · Score: 4, Informative
    I can sympathize with the 100k dude - my collection included well over 60,000 pieces. While I built some really cool stuff - large LEGO train layouts with pneumatically operated switching points - I found myself spending more time sorting than building. I probably owned more Plano tackle boxes than most fishermen would ever dream of, and they were full of Technic bits broken down by gear size and linkage function. Yes, I was single then. I sold the whole lot when I moved to New Zealand - paid for the trip and freighting the rest of my stuff over!

    Some interesting LEGO links:
    The LEGO User's Group Network - started as an offshoot of the rec.toys.lego newsgroup, now the definitive source for info and discussion.

    The Brickshelf has a gallery of all sorts of stuff people have done, as well as scans of old catalogs and building instructions (you threw those away, didn't you).

    I sorta miss my LEGO sometimes, until I see new LEGO in the store - yech. For the most part, they've really gone downhill (the Sante Fe train engine excepted). Plus, I've got other expensive hobbies - 1/32 slot cars, bicycles, 'puters....

    That harpsicord is pretty wack, tho.

    Later,
    DoC

  5. Re:Down with specialized pieces by Rader · · Score: 4, Informative

    Check out Brick Link and pick whatever you want. It used to be called BrickBay.

    Most of the collections on there are pretty large, and prices are usually reasonable. Everyone there tallies their collection by size and color. So if you want to buy 100 black 2 x 4's, you can.

  6. Re:Swiss Lego Family Robinson? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    So a family named Robinson is really into a swiss toy, huh?

    Ha ha ha, oh wait Lego comes from Denmark not Switzerland.