Lego

[brizleciderarmy]

Ive just been given a box of it to sort out for my nephew. Over the christmas's and birthdays hes collected various sets such as the Lego agents, Lego City and pirate sets. Now hes grown out of it he wants to try and earn a few pennies on them. In the typical child fashion the whole lot has been mixed up into a giant box and muggins here agreed to sort through it without realising the scale of the job

It amazes me how much **** you find in kids Lego boxes though. So far ive found half a cupful of bb's, some crocodile clips, some little toy solders, what can only be described as cracker crumbs and loads of torn up paper amongst other stuff. I remember when i was about 4 i found a moldy apple core in my Duplo bucket.

Once sorted out and confirmed all the pieces are there i shall build the models one by one for quality control purposes :whistle:

I tell you what though, Lego isn't what it was. When i was little i used to have to sit for ages working out how to make the shape of a boat hull or something to that effect out of square bricks. Now the pieces are all curved and shaped into custom bits leaving nothing to the imagination. Also restricts how you can re-use the pieces.

As a kid i spent hours putting blocks together and used to come up with some good models. Anyone else on here rot away half there childhood playing with lego?

 

[Zedilly]

I don't have any distinct memories of Lego (I played with it obviously, I just don't remember) but I have lots of vivid memories of playing with my meccano. Give me strips of metal with holes in it and little nuts and bolts and I'd dissappear for hours on end. Happy memories

 

[graysalchemy]

My wife did the same over christmas, all the lego is now sorted either into range ie Power miners etc, or by shape, we have boxes of the stuff. The kids are good though it all gets put back into boxes and it makes it easier for them to find particular parts for the models they are making. :thumb: :thumb:

 

[alawlor66430]

I loved my Lego and if I'm helping the wee man with his I find myself taking over lol, I don't think it's possible to grow out of Lego.

 

[graysalchemy]

No Definitely not.

Word Of advice don't go to the Legoland place in Manchester it is Carp, Kids enjoyed it but there isn't much there and when you come out you come out via the shop so thats another hand in packet job on the way out. :evil: :evil:

 

[alawlor66430]

Ah the old exit through the gift shop routine, I hate that !!

 

[Tim_Crowhurst]

Ah the old exit through the gift shop routine, I hate that !!

They do the same thing at Monet's house in Giverny. Fortunately Dad managed to pocket Mum's credit card before we went in, or he'd have had to sell the house :lol:

 

[dennisking]

It's the one "toy" from our kids, now aged 34 and 32, childhood. kept in several sorted boxes it's the first thing my 6 year old grandson asks for when they visit, and my daughter is straight on the floor to join him. Muggings here just lugs the boxes up or down the stairs.

 

[oldbloke]

No Definitely not.

Word Of advice don't go to the Legoland place in Manchester it is Carp, Kids enjoyed it but there isn't much there and when you come out you come out via the shop so thats another hand in packet job on the way out. :evil: :evil:

Actually... I thought we'd exhausted that place but we went back there over the Easter break and they had a fair bit of new stuff, proper rides, 2 movies. No need to return for a long time now we've done it though.

 

[oldbloke]

And to transition from Lego to Warhammer...

http://brikwars.com/rules/2005/cover.htm

 

[iceo]

its been years since to i have used lego. the one thing i do remember it is on par with the pain you get when you stand on a upturned crown cap barefoot

 

[AndyBWood]

There was never enough '2-hole bricks' to finish anything I tried to make.......

and...... I always ran out of the right colour ( yellow and black was the best combo )

If I win the Euro Millions tonight I shall buy 120,000,000 of each piece......

A

 

[graysalchemy]

No Definitely not.

Word Of advice don't go to the Legoland place in Manchester it is Carp, Kids enjoyed it but there isn't much there and when you come out you come out via the shop so thats another hand in packet job on the way out. :evil: :evil:

Actually... I thought we'd exhausted that place but we went back there over the Easter break and they had a fair bit of new stuff, proper rides, 2 movies. No need to return for a long time now we've done it though.

We went when it first opened and vowed never to go again. The sealife centre has opened there now I wonder what that will be like :hmm: :hmm:

 

[Tyronnster]

No Definitely not.

Word Of advice don't go to the Legoland place in Manchester it is Carp, Kids enjoyed it but there isn't much there and when you come out you come out via the shop so thats another hand in packet job on the way out. :evil: :evil:

amen it is rubbish

 

[oldbloke]

The sealife centre has opened there now I wonder what that will be like :hmm: :hmm:

My kid's got a school trip there soon, I'll let you know what he says

 

[musher]

I had a chest of drawers. One of the small drawers was Lego, the other Meccano. That and a couple of Action Men was my childhood

 

[Gayle]

My daughter loves building bricks, but proper Lego seems very expensive so she still hasn't got any!

 

[brizleciderarmy]

The price of it nowadays is ridiculous for what you get.

Talking of Meccano. I did get a set for christmas when i was little but never really got into it that much. looking back on it i wish i had really. The gas pipe in my mums kitchen was held to the wall for over ten years with a few brackets bodged from a few old peices of meccano.



Todays lot to rummage through.

 

[Zedilly]

I like the obligatory pint in the middle of it all. Good work that man :thumb:

 

[anthonyUK]

I still have my Lego from when I was a kid.
It is still in the original battered box after me and my brother and sister and my kids have used it.
It is this set from 1973 - http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8-3