legos
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I was a pre leggo kid. We had errector kits and chemistry sets. I also built model sailing ships and balsa wood biplanes and gliders. That stopped by age 15 when I started scuba diving and backpacking and getting stoned
My grandfather used to build Legos with me. Good memories.
Dude I grew up in Dogtown , Went to School and skated with Tony Alva. I was too big for pools so I got into doing downhill boarding.
Nonsense. I'm 6'1" and used to ride a ton of pool on bmx
You probably didn't weigh 220 pounds
210 isn't far off
so we have a bunch of Yeti's on this board
I preferred getting stoned and ripping down canyon roads in the Santa Monica Mountains late at night at 50 mph with the road lit up by KC Daylighters on the 4x4 truck following behind us. Shuttle and light machine in one. Hell of a rush especially when you got high speed wobbles
I preferred getting stoned and ripping down canyon roads in the Santa Monica Mountains late at night at 50 mph with the road lit up by KC Daylighters on the 4x4 truck following behind us. Shuttle and light machine in one. Hell of a rush especially when you got high speed wobbles
There's a Lords of Dogtown joke in here somewhere.
Lords of the Shortbus ?
Lords of the Shortbus ?
Night of skating then off to either Fatburgers or Tommys # 5 to kill the munchies. Double chili chessburger with Jalapenos and an order of Chilli fries.
Hardly had any sets, my parents would just buy used Legos by the the bucket and I had great fun trying to replicate those sets or other toys my parents didn’t want to buy on my own. I must have spent 80% of my childhood playtime with Legos.
Only briefly flirted with architecture and became a fake marine biologist instead.
Only briefly flirted with architecture and became a fake marine biologist instead.
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Meccano?
Man did I love legos as a kid. My feet, however, did not. Those things will hobble you worse than Kathy Bates in Misery.
I also enjoyed Legos as a kid. My brother and I had an entire toy room to ourselves, and much of it was dedicated to a Lego city we built, centered around two brothers who owned a company called Victory Industries. We each had our very own Lego person that was kept in a certain spot. We had a ton of sets, but largely made up stuff of our own, usually cars and trucks and flying things and stuff. I think I might have had one of the first (if not the first) Lego Space sets. All of our stuff got gifted (or sold maybe?) to my younger cousins years and years ago, no idea where it is now but I wouldn't be surprised if it's still in the family somewhere as most of those cousins have kids of their own now.
I have a number of the first gen Lego Star wars kits, including boxes. My searching on bricklink has indicated they are worth some money. I think I'll play with them with my kids instead.
I had a large box of old school square bricks as hand me downs and a few Technics sets in the mix. Wanted to become a fake architect but ended up the Assistant to the Traveling Secretary of the Yankees.
Only had a box of used legos as a kid. Had lots of fun playing those. My brother got a technic universal set 8020 that I loved to make models with. My son has got the LEGO bug too. Super creative making original models and remixing things. Has been fascinated with planes. Recently made a cargo plane with retractable landing gear.
Elder brother had this as the first technic in our house, I always wanted the later red version but it was too expensive.
Nice, that was the only fancy Technics set I ever had, needless to say that original design lasted a few minutes before I turned it into a monster truck. It may have led me to getting an education in engineering but instead I ended up in charge of the Penske file.