Anybody in to Lego?

[Ds_2020Ranger]

Picked this up this weekend, saw it and couldnt not buy it-

Guess it came out 6/1/22

 

[Rob09]

Son got Raptor for his birthday.

I, have now finished building said Raptor.

 

[Mirage775]

Son got Raptor for his birthday.

I, have now finished building said Raptor.

That took you long enough to build, Rob, LOL!

 

[Mirage775]

I might as well join this thread and it's going to be a lengthy post! For whatever reason, I woke up at 2:30am this morning and cannot get back to sleep....

So, that being said....,

I'm almost 47 years old and still build Lego's from time to time. Loved these things when I got my first Technic set, for Christmas, in 1980 (I was 5 years old then)! I still remember what it was, but cannot find it online at all. It was all yellow (I believe all Technic's back then were all yellow), but it was like a big stationary crane/hoist maybe? I'll have to do some more looking one day I actually have some free time...

Throughout the years, I had different sets of Lego's. I remember one Technic set I feel in love with around 1987-88 and bought after saving money for, what seemed like an eternity. It was this thing, 1986 LEGO Technic Arctic 8660 Arctic Rescue Unit:

I thought this was the coolest thing ever, but I was a teenager at the time! Actually, looking at this pic, it's still cool It's like $350+ on eBay currently....

Around 1998, I found a Technic Motorcycle, this one to be exact, Lego 8417 Mag Wheel Master:

This is the optional version I built and I actually found this in some old stuff of mine, packed away a few years ago. It's sitting on a shelf in our living room, 100% in tact!

I'm a big Star Wars fan and when Episodes 1-3 came out in the late 90's through early 2000's, I bought every single one of the Star Wars sets that were released, (with most of them being in storage later on, that my mom gave away... READ MORE BELOW), except for the LEGO Star Wars Gungan Sub 7161, released in 1999:

Mine is built, still in the box, in our attic

When I got into my 20's, (maybe around 2005), I kinda forgot about Lego's... I was about to get married, had just started a new job and all. Every Lego I had from all the years before, got partially disassembled and put into many, many plastic totes and put into my mothers' attic...

My brother inherited most of them, as he's 13 years younger than me, but around 2014, I found out about building custom Lego's! Mostly, wanting to build a Number 5, from the movie, Short Circuit:

I actually found the guy who built this and got the entire parts list from him! I really need to build this guy, as he was one of my favorite robots growing up!

So, I went to my moms' house, to pick all those boxes up and take them home, only to find out, that she gave every single one of the totes to Goodwill!!!!! I was so upset! There were thousands of dollars of Lego's in all those boxes!

Now that we're all caught up, I'd say within the last 6-10 years, I've been slowly buying kits that I see/like! This is some of my recent stuff:

The Force Awakens: Millennium Falcon #75105 released in 2015

Rey's Speeder #75099 released in 2015

Micro Fighter Razorcrest #75321 released in 2022 & Micro Fighter Millennium Falcon #75030 released in 2014

1970 Ferrari 512 M #76906 released in 2022

Lamborghini Countach #76908 released in 2022

Over the last few years, my brother bought me these for birthday and Christmas presents:

Wall-E #21303 released in 2015

and Poe's X-Wing #75102 released in 2015 (sorry it's dirty...)

and Bastion from Overwatch #75974 from 2019

and Speed Champions Bronco R and Heritage Ford GT set #76905 released in 2021

and a Technic Imperial Viper Probe Droid #75306 released in 2021

My wife bought me both of these kits for my upcoming birthday next month. The Batman Batmobile #42127 released in 2022 and a Porsche 911 Turbo #10295 released in 2021

My main issue is, I'm running out of room to put these thing!

Also, yall can tell by all these pics, that I have issues and those issues are, I love Star Wars, Robots/Transformers and Cars of all styles!

 

[Rob09]

That took you long enough to build, Rob, LOL!

Hahaha, it took a few sessions, but it was done over a week. And it's getting well used, I can tell you that mate!

 

[Loki]

Just had the Optimus delivered yesterday, haven't had a chance to start it yet - but I started last year and get them as I can afford them.

 

[Mirage775]

Just had the Optimus delivered yesterday, haven't had a chance to start it yet - but I started last year and get them as I can afford them.

I see Snarl under the shuttle

 

[avensis18]

You have a very nice collection, I love it.

 

[Mirage775]

Went to Kohl's this morning, to do some free Amazon returns and saw this, so I bought it! Haven't seen it anywhere, other than online

 

[Colo_Ranger]

That’s cool!

 

[Grumpaw]

Damn modern stuff...
This was our "Legos" from the 50's (Lincoln Logs) and 60's (Erector Sets)

 

[Grumpaw]

I see Snarl under the shuttle

OK, what the heck is a Snarl ???

 

[Loki]

OK, what the heck is a Snarl ???

https://www.destinytoys.com/vintage-transformers-dinobot-snarl-p-3245.html

 

[Grumpaw]

https://www.destinytoys.com/vintage-transformers-dinobot-snarl-p-3245.html

OK...not familiar with it. If it wasn't in a John Wayne movie then it's too modern for me !!!

 

[D Fresh]

Damn modern stuff...
This was our "Legos" from the 50's (Lincoln Logs) and 60's (Erector Sets)

Us GenX kids got the opportunity to play with all 3.

Another win for the 80s kids!