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an MOC amusement park. He combined several Lego sets into one, including a ferris wheel, Tilt-A-Whirl and Zipper ride. That contained between 30,000 and 40,000 pieces, and took a couple months to complete, with Neal working on it during his spare time.

Neal is also part of some Lego Facebook groups, where people can share what they made and building techniques.

Neal has passed his love of Legos on to the next generation. His kids love playing with Legos and his niece and nephew enjoy it, too. Although he’s planning on getting rid of most of his Legos, he does plan to keep a small portion for them to enjoy. He said he enjoys giving the kids random Legos, not part of any set, and seeing what they come up with.

“It lets their imagination run wild,” he said. He hopes that the people who buy his Legos will enjoy the chance to be creative just as much as he has.

“The possibilities are endless. There’s no limit to what can be done,” he said. Neal can be reached at thomasneal_82@yahoo.com.

Editor Valorie Brecht contributed to this report.

Shown are less than half of the Legos Thomas Neal has spent a few decades collecting. His oldest Lego set is from 1978.

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