[jonKranked]

i'm sure there's some other lego nerds here. since quarantine started, i've been sorting through all my old sets (the parts got all mixed up over the years, but my parents saved them) and have been having a lot of fun building these old sets. we just finished dragon's den #6076. i also have the near complete line of ice planet. and a lot of the blacktron sets.

i have also since discovered brick link, and it's pretty much a bottomless pit of nostalgia. its really tempting to get some of the older, bigger sets i always wanted as a kid.

 

[jimmydean]

I almost bought some hot wheel track since lil Man isn't here. I miss building tracks, dammit.

I never had a Lego kit, just a bucket of hand me down pieces.

 

[jonKranked]

legos were a huge part of my childhood. i used to spend hours upon hours building and playing with them.

 

[SkaredShtles]

My middle kid is a Lego nerd. In fact, my wife felt so bad for him missing his last few months of his senior year of high school that she fucking bought him an Imperial Star Destroyer.

And yes, it was one of the fucking BIG ones:

 

[WestCoastHucker]

my parents still have giant plastic tubs full of legos from when i was a kid. all my nephews and nieces play with them now..

 

[jonKranked]

bricklink is rad because its basically like ebay for legos, i was able to find a bunch of old parts i had lost to finish kits. its actually really well done, you can pull kits up and it'll give you the full build list of parts, and links to people selling them.

 

[jonKranked]

My middle kid is a Lego nerd. In fact, my wife felt so bad for him missing his last few months of his senior year of high school that she fucking bought him an Imperial Star Destroyer.

And yes, it was one of the fucking BIG ones:

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was it the UCS one? i buddy of mine has all the UCS star was kits.

 

[eaterofdog]

I used to shoplift LEGO like a goddam thieving little bastard when I was a kid. I had a large suitcase full. Then someone broke into our house and stole them all.

 

[I Are Baboon]

My middle kid is a Lego nerd. In fact, my wife felt so bad for him missing his last few months of his senior year of high school that she fucking bought him an Imperial Star Destroyer.

And yes, it was one of the fucking BIG ones:

That kid's mom is awesome.

 

[SkaredShtles]

That kid's mom is awesome.

I am unable to argue with your assertion. She is awesome. Except when she suggests I "tidy up the house" because the fridge tech is coming to repair the refrigerator.

 

[jimmydean]

My middle kid is a Lego nerd. In fact, my wife felt so bad for him missing his last few months of his senior year of high school that she fucking bought him an Imperial Star Destroyer.

And yes, it was one of the fucking BIG ones:

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My buddy couldn't justify the cost, so he found the parts list and bought lots off eBay. I think he saved a bit and ended up with a lot of extras.

 

[I Are Baboon]

I am unable to argue with your assertion. She is awesome. Except when she suggests I "tidy up the house" because the fridge tech is coming to repair the refrigerator.

Yeah, I have gotten that too. Me trying to explain that the person coming over doesn't give a shit about the tidiness of the house just fell upon deaf ears.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Yeah, I have gotten that too. Me trying to explain that the person coming over doesn't give a shit about the tidiness of the house just fell upon deaf ears.

She like to suggest it when our friends come over as well... to which I always reply, "Why in the world would we want to lie to our friends like that?"

I still end up tidying up when friends come over.

 

[Westy]

A coworker's husband is a Lego nut. He has filled their two car garage with his Lego workshop, spent close to 6 figures on them.

Loved them as a kid but looking back I would have rather had a welder.

 

[SkaredShtles]

was it the UCS one? i buddy of mine has all the UCS star was kits.

Fuck if I know?

 

[stevew]

we had a nine drawer clothes bureau filled with lego

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

That kid's mom is awesome.

She's got it going on

 

[jstuhlman]

i had a ton as a kid. parents saved them all, then i gave them to our oldest son, who was super into them for a while. his room is filled with them. i'll have to grab a pic and post it. younger son isn't so into them, but still has a bunch. a few years ago i downloaded the plans for the death star kit and were were able to basically build the whole thing out of pieces we had in-house.

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

I have about 150k pieces of lego, in about 100-150 sets.
Pretty much every big star wsrs, technic and creator set from the last 20 years .. and then some from the 80s-90s i always wanted as a kid...

I hereby claim the throne of lego nerdomness in rm.

 

[jdcamb]

I just gave my sets to my Neighbors kid. I am planning on taking them back because he doesn't play with them.

 

[Jozz]

I became an architect because of legos. Old enough to have played with the "use your imagination" models. Later those spaceships legos were the rage but I had discovered the "other sex" by then.

 

[Toshi]

My middle and elder kids like LEGO building, so we get them sets. I had fun building the Technic crane the other night.

 

[WestCoastHucker]

I became an architect because of legos

same

 

[mykel]

My sons have both played with and added greatly to my hoard
My first Lego set.

 

[Mo(n)arch]

Legos are awesome. Played lots in my childhood and am still a big fan of the Technic stuff.
There are some insane builds out there.

 

[Jozz]

same

Did you build pier castles and try to take them down with a marble catapult?

I also had a phase where I was building bank safes. I was a weird little kid. But not "burn kittens" kinda weird.

 

[jstuhlman]

I became an architect because of legos. Old enough to have played with the "use your imagination" models. Later those spaceships legos were the rage but I had discovered the "other sex" by then.

I really thought about that direction . . . but then all teh maths and teh physics . . . so went into art history instead. Still love drawing up plans for things, and one of my favorite parts of my job is planning the gallery configurations and laying out shows.

 

[Westy]

I really thought about that direction . . . but then all teh maths and teh physics . . . so went into art history instead. Still love drawing up plans for things, and one of my favorite parts of my job is planning the gallery configurations and laying out shows.

So an over-educated interior decorator?

 

[ALEXIS_DH]

So an over-educated interior decorator?

everything i learnt in college besides vlookup and pivot tables was overeducation.

 

[jstuhlman]

So an over-educated interior decorator?

 

[Jozz]

I really thought about that direction . . . but then all teh maths and teh physics . . . so went into art history instead. Still love drawing up plans for things, and one of my favorite parts of my job is planning the gallery configurations and laying out shows.

You should have done like me and become an architectural technician, and just still say you're an architect no matter who tells you otherwise.

 

[Westy]

You should have done like me and become an architectural technician, and just still say you're an architect no matter who tells you otherwise.

You could have done better and became a city planner.

 

[Jozz]

You could have done better and became a city planner.

Could have. But my love for catapults might have cause problems.

 

[iRider]

Could have. But my love for catapults might have cause problems.

That would have been awesome, a city planner soon living off grid.

 

[WestCoastHucker]

Did you build pier castles and try to take them down with a marble catapult?

I also had a phase where I was building bank safes. I was a weird little kid. But not "burn kittens" kinda weird.

no catapults, but i did used to build little cities and fly lego planes into them..

 

[Jozz]

no catapults, but i did used to build little cities and fly lego planes into them..

Taliban kindergarten play.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

 

[Jozz]

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Red Bull Jenga?

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Red Bull Jenga?

Redneck Legos...

 

[SkaredShtles]

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Hey look - @johnbryanpeters is *also* an architect.