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anyone here collect legos?

Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:54 pm

it will be relieving to know i'm not the only adult lame enough to get into lego minifigs. :lol:
and if i'm not, i've been trying to find a good online archive of older stuff, before the whole star wars/movie character phase...or if there is a book published out there or something.
anyone got some insight?

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:59 pm

lego > vast majority of other toys

my friend's bracelets made of 100% LEGO
http://www.ksamdesign.com

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:44 pm

I'm part of those dads who can't wait for their kids to outgrow Duplos... Actually got the Death Star last year. It's now in the process of being demolished by my 2-year old.

There is a great archive out there... But I'm on my phone right now, so will try to remember to look at my bookmarks tomorrow.

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:19 pm

There's a good book simply called "The Lego Book". I'm not sure if all versions of it come with a smaller book that is all about mini figures, but the version I looked at did. I saw it at B&N, it was pretty awesome and gave a chronological history of everything.

edit: This Book, looks like the mini fig. book comes with it.
http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Book-Daniel- ... 56656230#_

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:26 pm

thanks for all the input folks!

bracelets look awesome!
looking forward to that link you have bookmarked, because i can't find shit worthy of what i want.
& searching amazon for "The Lego Book" now. :D

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:16 am

I'm a LEGO guy too, although I haven't been too active in the last few years with the exception of picking up the occassional Star Wars set-
http://www.mocpages.com/mocs.php?id=3162


Unfortunately, with my little apartment all of my LEGO sets are in storage with the exception of the latest Slave-I set and all the availablr Bounty Hunter Mini figures from Empire Strikes Back..

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:25 am

I almost forgot... we have a LEGO Store here in Orlando! 8)
(currently being remodeled)

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Tue Mar 08, 2011 8:06 am

If you like Star Wars & LEGO, be prepared to explode - brickplumber is impressive: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575410@N05/

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:27 am

what's a LEGO...? :twisted:

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:46 am

devilboy wrote:what's a LEGO...? :twisted:

BOOM!

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:22 pm

devilboy wrote:what's a LEGO...? :twisted:


!BOImageOM!

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:56 pm

silver_lining_man wrote:looking forward to that link you have bookmarked, because i can't find shit worthy of what i want.


This is it: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/

It's not pretty, but I found all the sets I had when I was a kid. Seems fairly complete.

I've posted this somewhere else but:

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It's big. And has now been thoroughly destroyed.

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:06 pm

petitetoilonrouge wrote:This is it: http://guide.lugnet.com/set/


Thanks for that! I found my very first Lego set. Pre-minifig moon lander. Man I chewed those blocks to bits!

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How I wish my parents had stopped me from getting rid of my Lego collection. I think I was 10 or 11 and decided to sell them in a garage sale. :roll:

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:18 pm

blakewest wrote:How I wish my parents had stopped me from getting rid of my Lego collection. I think I was 10 or 11 and decided to sell them in a garage sale. :roll:


Eek! I have them all (minus a few pieces). My first cool set was this one:

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I still have most of the early Space sets... Fun!

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:47 pm

^ hehe, I still have this and some other space set. They were the best !
This small one was my favorite

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Re: anyone here collect legos?

Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:17 pm

mobile tracking station is awesome! and i love those spacemen.
the only space constructing toys i had when i was young was the tyco knock-offs:
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Re: anyone here collect legos?

Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:18 pm

I fucking love Lego. Hands down best toy ever made, if you disagree you're an asshole. :D

I don't collect it, but have played with Lego since I was a kid. Now a days I'll go out and buy a set or two build it let it hang out in the house for a bit then take it apart and give it to my boy for his kid.

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:42 pm

I literally have tens of thousands of LEGO bricks/elements. I was into it big time about 10 years ago, but it got to a point where I just didn't have the space or time to actually take it all out and build something. I sold part of the collection off and the rest is in storage right now. Like I said, though, I still have literally tens of thousands of LEGO elements.

In the LEGO community, after a kid gets to the point that they think they've outgrown LEGO and they give it away or sell it, it's called the Dark Ages. LOL I'm afraid I may be entering the Dark Ages again. :(

By the way, while I've already sold off most of the vintage Town, Space, and Pirate sets and minifigs that I had, I still have all the vintage Castle sets and minifigs in my collection. :) I have found those the most difficult to let go. Oh, I have a bunch of Star Wars LEGO, too. I like the Star Wars minifigs. LEGO minifigs > Kubricks. :P

Like someone said above, http://www.lugnet.com is a great resource. I've also found http://www.bricklink.com to be helpful. It's more of a buying/selling resource, but the archive is fairly comprehensive and I've actually found a few things on bricklink that I couldn't find on lugnet.

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:11 pm

I hope all the nostalgia is OK :wink: . I remember vividly pitting US astronauts (white) against Soviet cosmonauts (red) in cold war battles fought in space. I think those battles would frequently end with one or the other side being lined up and having their helmets ripped off so they would die in the vacuum of space.

I also had that Galaxy explorer and the tracking station. Best toys of my childhood.

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:14 pm

petitetoilonrouge wrote:It's big. And has now been thoroughly destroyed.
I'm guessing you didn't brick up the thermal exhaust port?

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:20 pm

the brothers brick is a pretty cool blog
http://www.brothers-brick.com/

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:31 am

I had this one and took really good care of it, kept it all in the box... I think it's gone now...
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My daughter loves Playmobil and well, so do I. So much great stuff.

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:52 am

Crab Rangoon wrote:If you like Star Wars & LEGO, be prepared to explode - brickplumber is impressive: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23575410@N05/


Boom!! My heads all over the place!

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:54 am

http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/255314

Re: anyone here collect legos?

Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:22 pm

devilboy wrote:http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/255314


Classic!
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