HerbieZ Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Just wondering what (if any) Lego people had when they were younger. I remember i had a blue pirate ship and i loved it. Came home one day to find my cat sat on the window-sil where the pirate ship used to be, pirates EVERYWHERE all over the floor. Just recently bought an ARC-170 clone lego gunship and unsuccessfully tried to merge it into an existing Lego tropical island set, the results were disastrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 I was a kid in the 70's and had the Lunar Lander. The main thing I remember is getting my uncle to spend an hour putting it together and me taking two seconds to destroy it again. I also vividly remember stepping on the little pieces in my bare feet. Not a very good memory after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Excuse me for a moment, but I need to shed my dignity for a moment... zOMG LEGO!! I loved Lego when I was a kid. I had over a million pieces, about fifty different sets - including some Star Wars ones - and quite a few custom constructions - I once built a Star Destroyer and what was supposed to be the USS Voyager, from the [/i]Voyager[/i] didn't turn out - too mant rounded edges for a Lego model, if you're only using the normal bricks. I desperately want to get a Doctor Who Lego set - there's one that has a TARDIS, Rose, and the Tenth Doctor. I can't find it anywhere, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 lol, I have a Lego Millenium Falcon about 3 feet away from me on a shelf, as well as a couple JSFs and an A-wing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 The space sets... I even got some bargain-bin bits of the '70's ones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Varen Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 I used to like Lego a lot when I was younger (I'm fourteen now). Anyway, I have the Hogwarts Castle set in my bedroom still and I had several Star Wars ones too. I also used to make Lego Cars, because of my inspiration from the Lego Racers game on the PS. The good old days, I still play Lego Racers from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexraptor2000 Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Do Bionicles count as Legos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Well, I grew up with a generic Lego set, and built lots of houses and schools and gave all the leftover bricks to my sisters, which meant they pretty much had nothing good left to build with. Then someone gave me a hospital Lego set (go figure) which promptly got named Rampart General. 'Johnny Gage' and 'Roy DeSoto' brought endless patients in their rescue squad. We saved many a lego person from some life-threatening medical emergencies, with the help of Drs. Brackett and Early and Nurse Dixie McCall. I'm having Emergency flashbacks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeiamyourdad Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Do Bionicles count as Legos? More or less. Personally, no, but it depends on the person. As for me... Yeah, I love the things. My columbian friends (who are not drug dealers by the way) used to come over every weekend to play with my legoes. We'd make a huge city and have gangsters, evil doers attacking it while the valiant defenders of Legoville stood against every threat, never failing in their duty to protect their homeland. Good times...I miss it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 I wonder if anyone has made a to scale Tokyo-3 and had Lego Evangelion's fighting in it XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 I wonder if anyone has made a to scale Tokyo-3 and had Lego Evangelion's fighting in it XD I don't know, but it would be a sight to see! As for me I currently have most all the Star Wars sets (Why I missed the AT-TE I'll never know! ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 More or less. Personally, no, but it depends on the person. As for me... Yeah, I love the things. My columbian friends (who are not drug dealers by the way) used to come over every weekend to play with my legoes. We'd make a huge city and have gangsters, evil doers attacking it while the valiant defenders of Legoville stood against every threat, never failing in their duty to protect their homeland. Good times...I miss it... Now there's a serious Lego fan. One of the great things about having kids is that I can play with Legos again without worrying too much that those who don't know me will think I'm totally wacko (those who do know me, of course, have decided already that yes, I'm wacko). Except instead of saying "I'm playing with Legos" it's called "I'm just helping the kids set up the Lego castle, dear. And the knights, the moat (including working fountain), motorized drawbridge, an entire cavalry division of horses and knights.... Of course, I had to confirm that the catapult was correctly constructed by test-firing it a number of times." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Devon Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 I grew up with Legos, and loved the sharp little things. Although maybe a bit much. It ended up in my parents spending a grand total of well over three thou$and dollars on those colorful little bricks, although I think it was worth it. And the look on people's faces after stepping on them... Priceless! Those little things were so much fun - there's something strangely enjoyable about having an army of those little brickmen sieging a brick castle with their catapults and battering rams, and having the other brickmen put up a valid defense. Very tactical, almost. And even more tactical to avoid stepping them! They were much easier to play with on the ground than on a shelf, so I would keep my Legos on the floor. Very annoying for anyone who went into my room... Good times... @Jae, you're very lucky to have such a wonderful excuse for playing with Legos. I would be considered nuts if I played with mine in front of people... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 More or less. Personally, no, but it depends on the person. As for me... *snips the pic* Yeah, I love the things. My columbian friends (who are not drug dealers by the way) used to come over every weekend to play with my legoes. We'd make a huge city and have gangsters, evil doers attacking it while the valiant defenders of Legoville stood against every threat, never failing in their duty to protect their homeland. Good times...I miss it... Is it sad or strange that I recognized most of those sets (the non-Star Wars ones)? Anyway, the fondest lego madness I remember having is when I made a fleet of F-18's and "alien ships" and would constantly replicate the movie Independence Day. After that I went through my whole X-games phase (btw anyone else see Pastrana's double... amazing), I built a complete halfpipe (smooth bottom with the smooth pieces), three skateboards, had two bikes and two motor bikes, I built a sweet barreling wave, a full street course, and some other stuff, it was pretty sweet. Same as RH I started to try to collect all of the Star Wars sets, but eventually they got the best of me and I couldn't keep up with costs, 10 dollars allowance just wasn't enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbieZ Posted August 8, 2006 Author Share Posted August 8, 2006 I always loved the spinning flat lego piece, used to use it in everything i made, me and my sis used to call them twirly seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 The only downside to lego? Stepping on it in bare feet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 I was really into legos in the late 90's so I have a ton of SW episode I legos lying around my basement. Besides SW, I just have a lot of old legos in general. But I have no interest in them anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 The only downside to lego? Stepping on it in bare feet... Especially Duplos on a wood floor. You can go skating on those things if you haven't fallen on your tushy first. Edit: @DI below: Occupational hazard of being a parent of a toddler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 Ouch. Never had Duplo...Too clumsy...Still, at least you don't end up with quite so many stud marks, and there's less chance of stepping on a piece by accident... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feagildin Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 I had tons of pirate and knight legos as a kid, mainly the pirate ones, if I remember correctly. Now my little brothers have all my old legos, along with Star Wars ones of their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Andrew Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Brickshelf Gallery I also have a Rebel, CIS, and mercenary army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbieZ Posted August 9, 2006 Author Share Posted August 9, 2006 dear god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 It'd be cool if everything was to scale XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Oh man I always wanted a Lego Millenium Falcon as a kid, never got it though. It bothers me still to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I bought the new millennium falcon model a while back. Then fiddled with it to creat a capital ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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