Goofyhobbie
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[AFOL is an ancronymn for Adult Fan of Lego. The original thread which was begun on January 14th has been merged with a thread begun on January 28th by T R Oglodyte]
I have been an Adult toy collector going back at least twenty years; but only recently acquired my interest in Legos. I literally picked up my first Lego piece back in July, 2011 and have become hooked.
My first acquistion was two Lego Mindstorm sets originally produced in 2001.
Believe it or not, I acquired both of the sets at what you might call a garage sale of sorts. A store that sold the sets was moving their location and decided to sell off stuff that had been sitting in their attic or storage area for many years.
Turns out that both sets had been opened for display purposes but had never been played with and both were only missing a few pieces and the original CD.
After realizing that I had acquired two sets worth over $200 each for less than $10.00 each my fascination with Legos took off. I now own somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 individual Lego pieces and my collection is growing and growing and growing!
My current project is building the 2006 Lego Set 8674 Ferrari F1 Racer 1:8 which has 1,246 parts.
Are there any ohter AFOL's out there?
I have been an Adult toy collector going back at least twenty years; but only recently acquired my interest in Legos. I literally picked up my first Lego piece back in July, 2011 and have become hooked.
My first acquistion was two Lego Mindstorm sets originally produced in 2001.
Believe it or not, I acquired both of the sets at what you might call a garage sale of sorts. A store that sold the sets was moving their location and decided to sell off stuff that had been sitting in their attic or storage area for many years.
Turns out that both sets had been opened for display purposes but had never been played with and both were only missing a few pieces and the original CD.
After realizing that I had acquired two sets worth over $200 each for less than $10.00 each my fascination with Legos took off. I now own somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 individual Lego pieces and my collection is growing and growing and growing!
My current project is building the 2006 Lego Set 8674 Ferrari F1 Racer 1:8 which has 1,246 parts.

Are there any ohter AFOL's out there?
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