There are thousands and thousands of LEGO investors, and even more LEGO fans and builders. Wouldn't it be great to have a system of rating your fellow brickers? I compiled a list based on what I have observed, so it is highly opinionated. I also came up with a few nicknames for people of such catagories:
Investing and Reselling:
Polybag Investor - Has less than $200 in investment sets, and more than 10 sets.
Rookie to the Game - $300-$800 invested into LEGO, but has invested less than a month.
Hoarder - Never sold a set, and just likes looking at rows and rows of boxes.
Loyalist - Invests and resells only LEGO bricks. No Barbies, no cosmetic supplies. 
Cloner - Tends to gravitate towards having multiple of a certain set rather than having a variety of different sets.
TWIIL - Teen Who Invests In LEGO: When being a TFOL doesn't cut it! You must get to the next level!
Old Timer - Has more than 30 "old" NISB sets from before 1995.
LFFL - Lego Fan For Life a rival to Ed Mack's collection of NISB sets, of 2,000+.
Dory - For those of you who have never watched Finding Nemo, or don't remember, Dory is the never-quit fish that sang "Just Keep Swimming". This is an investor who has a never quit attitude, but has never made a winning investment.
Surgeon - The reseller who parts out sets, rather than selling NISB sets.
Micro-manager - Invests on a small scale, and owns several larger sets, but not a large amount.
The Hopeful - The reseller who combs retail chains daily, but never seems to find as great a deal as others.
The Picker - The reseller who buys large miscellaneous lots of LEGO, then picks through for pieces, then sends it on to another person.
That Guy - The guy who is there for the money.
Picky, Picky - Only will invest in a single theme.
Believer - Thinks that Chima speedorz might actually make a good investment.
Collecting: The Librarian - The super organized collector who is the envy of all...
The Builder - Loves to build once, then throw into the pile
Man-Child - The adult who should be doing other things than on LEGO internet forums and buying sets, such as <according to his wife>, doing the dishes.
Historian - Keeps a detailed list of all LEGO sets owned, and preserves instructions and boxes.
Vaccuum - Sets go in, but are never seen again...
The Mixer - LEGO's? MegaBloks? Kre-o? What's the difference?
General Nicknames:
The Romantic - Or not. The LEGO fan who ditches girlfriends when she can't tell the difference between LEGO's and MegaBloks.
Girly Man - Friends sets? No shame!!
I Feel for You - Quite literally. This is the label for all of you who feel through bags of CM's.
A Hardened Soul - Stepping on LEGO's? No problem! The souls of my feet are hardened!
The Nerd - Knows more than 50 set numbers and names from memory, without trying!
I hope you like this list I put together. It was pretty fun for me to write and have a break from investing articles, but still write about something LEGO! If you have any other ideas, feel free to list them in the comments section below!
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