Mike Walsh's LEGO® Blog » AFOL http://www.carolinatrainbuilders.com Thoughts and musings on all things LEGO® Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:17:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 AFOL A Blocumentary http://www.carolinatrainbuilders.com/index.php/2010/02/afol-a-blocumentary/ http://www.carolinatrainbuilders.com/index.php/2010/02/afol-a-blocumentary/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:45:38 +0000 Mike Walsh http://www.carolinatrainbuilders.com/?p=459 While I dislike (despise?) the term AFOL, this video (direct link here) is very well done and worth 25-30 minutes of your time to watch.

AFOL A Blocumentary from AFOL on Vimeo.

What is it about the term AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO) that I don’t like? It is hard to put it into words but it is the word “Fan” that I don’t care for.

I am not a “fan” of LEGO but I enjoy creating things out of LEGO and I enjoy the LEGO hobby. I refer to myself as a hobbyist or enthusiast but never as a fan. In fact, there is a lot of things about LEGO that I am probably not a fan of (e.g. the lack of product offering in the $5 – $20 range, the inability to buy train cars individually, etc.). Despite my feelings about the term “AFOL”, it isn’t going to go away and the video is well done.

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