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JomeyQ OP t1_j1xz3k9 wrote

Just standard lego plates, 2 16x16 stud plates (part 91405) and 1 8x16 stud plate (part 92438). The difference between "plate" and "baseplate" pieces (like the ones in the adam kit) are that "baseplates" are thinner and you can't attach anything to the bottom of them.

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QWERKey-UK t1_j1xtgok wrote

You seemed to be saying that FOMO is relevant when judging whether someone bases happiness on buying things. Not necessarily so. Many people who collect things feel it. It doesn't mean anything. I once spent way too much money on a set of vintage skateboard trucks, and felt a need to collect at least one set of every Kryptonic skateboard wheel ever made. They have no bearing on my overall happiness, but I just had to have them. Now I have them, I know I am preserving a little bit of history, and I must admit to just getting them out once in a while, and just looking at them. Months can go by without giving them a single thought... but at the time, FOMO was a massive thing while I was on the look out for them.

Many psychologists equate collecting to the hunting instinct that is latent in all of us, and exercising it can be just as healthy as it can be unhealthy.

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