Was anyone a fan? I used to build battleships with all kinds of lazers and guns on those brown pirate ships with my older brother when we were kids. We would just dump the whole box of legos on the floor and get to creating. Honestly, while a lot of kids probably still like Legos, I doubt anyone is nearly as creative as my generation was, they all probably follow the directions on something lame like a Star Wars Lego character. Kinex toys were also popular too.
Legos are probably my most favorite thing in the world. I think that, one day, I will just make a bulk purchase of Legos and play with them like a little kid.
I was never a fan of the big kits... just give me a bucket of assorted blocks and let me go to town.
May-12-2009 20:17
lücid
electric girl
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: NY
by far my favorite toy, ever.
i always followed the directions the first time around just because i was so excited to build whatever was on the box, but it always got to a point where i would get bored with it, tear it apart, and build something entirely new and add it to the gigantic Lego village my brother and i built. we had like 15 of those land/road squares spread out and connected across his bedroom floor... where pirates lived with astronauts and police men sunbathed with surfers. it was beautiful. man i miss those days!
my mom still has a giant treasure chest filled with our Legos in the basement. a lot of our old toys got sent to villages in Africa but she knows we'd be pissed if she got rid of those, lol.
Originally posted by lücid
by far my favorite toy, ever.
i always followed the directions the first time around just because i was so excited to build whatever was on the box, but it always got to a point where i would get bored with it, tear it apart, and build something entirely new and add it to the gigantic Lego village my brother and i built. we had like 15 of those land/road squares spread out and connected across his bedroom floor... where pirates lived with astronauts and police men sunbathed with surfers. it was beautiful. man i miss those days!
That sounds epic.
Some friends of ours got an ad in the mail for "Legoland", and when I arrived I almost peed myself with delight. My girlfriend said, "I knew you and Aaron (their young son) would get a kick out of that". Dammit.
May-12-2009 20:22
LeopoldStotch
Suapremae tranecadictt
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Yawbs,Giaks,and Automobiles
the first thing i will buy if i have a kid in the future. i loved legos when i was a kid, and i will continue to share the love with my future kid, boy or girl.
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May-12-2009 20:23
ziptnf
Programming your future
Registered: Jun 2008
Location: Louisville, KY
quote:
Originally posted by lücid
i always followed the directions the first time around just because i was so excited to build whatever was on the box, but it always got to a point where i would get bored with it, tear it apart, and build something entirely new and add it to the gigantic Lego village my brother and i built. we had like 15 of those land/road squares spread out and connected across his bedroom floor... where pirates lived with astronauts and police men sunbathed with surfers. it was beautiful. man i miss those days!
I hated the different kinds of lego men, I thought they should have all been the same monochromatic yellow dudes with a thing on their head, but different colored outfits. I hated the Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and Batman lego dudes that they put out, fucked up the rest of the box.
Originally posted by david.michael
That sounds epic.
Some friends of ours got an ad in the mail for "Legoland", and when I arrived I almost peed myself with delight. My girlfriend said, "I knew you and Aaron (their young son) would get a kick out of that". Dammit.
i'll see if i can find photos of it when i go home this summer. i know my mom has some somewhere.
funny Lego-related story, when i was about 8 years old i wrote up this really professional looking letter from the Lego Headquarters that explained that they were going out of business because several small children had choked on Lego pieces and died and the families were sueing. i addressed the letter to my brother (who was 5 at the time) and sent it off in the mail.
my parents must have gone along with it, although i don't know why. he was hysterical! looking back it's hilarious, and my mom loves to tell the story... but i feel kind of bad for making my little brother cry so much over a joke, lol.
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Amsterdam, NL (formerly Montreal QC)
I loved it, and still have buckets of it at home.
I was more a fan of the early Technic series than the space / jungle / pirate series'. I can still remember the Christmas I got the bigass VW Beetle kit with seats that moved & tilted, a 4 speed gearbox (no ratios but the gears meshed or didn't), the little flat 4 motor with pistons that went in & out, all connected to a proper differential. Steering and suspension all worked too lol.
Damn, when I'm home in the fall for a visit I'll have to bust it all out and make a mess of the basement like old times.
The experience wouldn't be complete without stepping on a fucking piece or two. Damn, they always hurt so bad!
