Accidental Sale

[xelement5x]

Yeah, I never held on to the boxes, I might still have my old LEGO magazines somewhere.

I probably had the most fun with the late 90s sets, but maybe that's just cuz it was what was new when i was a kid.
I remember getting a couple 50 gallon buckets of legos courtesy of my grandparents as a kid because they were my uncle's when he was a kid, that was a good day
Even as a kid though, I hated having to sort through EVERYTHING any time i wanted a specific piece.
so my mom bought a bunch of these little rubbermaid containers meant for shoes, I'm pretty sure my legos are still color sorted at her place......

for me though, lego started to fade around the time i started high school, which is just as well because that's around the time they started with this monstrosity of a bad decision:

Lol, is that the team america world police Lego set?

[SignOfZeta]

Lego is too big to ruin, or has been so far. While it may seem like the once great company has been reduced to an action figure line, what with all the licensed shit and the "easy assembly" stuff, and "blind pack minifigures" being pretty much the antithesis of Lego, IMHO, but really they still also make, in addition to that, a ton of other really cool stuff. Stuff that isn't slathered in Hollywood comic book bullshit and let's you make your own stories.

Gundam is the same way. There are soooooooo many products coming out every week, many of them very cheap or dumb, but the good stuff is always coming too.

Btw, those Lego magazines really were awesome. So many great ideas. Nothing in them came from a set though so those set collector guys would probably need to up their dosage for a month if they ever saw one.

[ClodBuster]

Lego sites and Youtube channels that I highly recommend:

Futuron of my Youth
http://cureallpill.blogspot.de/
Blog revolving around late 80s/early 90s Lego space

Lego car blog
https://thelegocarblog.com/
Mostly about custom car creations done with Lego

Jangbricks
https://www.youtube.com/user/LEGOJANG
Covers all things Lego from the early years up to recent releases. Including reviews on every item on the classic space line, as well as the occasional Technic review. Honest guy that isn't ashamed of criticizing a product for flaws, and also does a lot of custom builds for his Lego city.

Sariel's Technic Workshop
https://www.youtube.com/user/searme
Does in-depth Technic reviews and some custom Technic creations.

Blakbird's Technicopedia
http://www.technicopedia.com/
Website on more Technic stuff, mainly old things from the early days of Technic up into the late 90s.




I wish this custom creation would have been made as an official set:
To bad it didn't stand the approval process on Lego ideas.
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/21ec3478-4fab-4361-95dd-a1462903089e
Now where the hell are the inventory list and instructions for this one?

[TheClash603]

Am I the only one that doesn't get Lego?

...it's the most overrated toy and I don't understand how the brand now touches everything.

[ClodBuster]

Too bad for you.

[SignOfZeta]

Yeah, well, he's in finance or something IIRC so aparently it can get worse than putting your Legos back into the little plastic baggies and selling them on eBay decades later.

[TheClash603]

Yeah, well, he's in finance or something IIRC so aparently it can get worse than putting your Legos back into the little plastic baggies and selling them on eBay decades later.

Correction, I am of the hoarder variety that you spoke of earlier, I haven't sold anything in quite some time and I continue to hold on to everything from my childhood.

You may criticize that if you wish.

[TDIRunner]

How the hell does a person keep track of their Legos by set? Are we collectarding that shit now too?

I was referring to a "set" as the box and everything that came with it when it was new.  I never mixed up my Legos as a kid.  I would build all of my sets at once and play with them for a week or so, and take them apart and put them back in the box until the next time I wanted to play with them.  It payed off too because most of my sets sold for 4 or 5 times what they cost new (and I didn't pay for them anyway because I was a damn kid). 

That's...so f*cking depressing. I'm surprised you told that to anyone outside of maybe group therapy for collectards.

"No, I never learned how to do anything except follow instructions. I did this all the way to the point of selling them for profit decades later. I'm a good boy" [vapes own piss]

I'm so sorry for making you feel sad.  But if I have a choice between being a "Lego collectard" (didn't even know they existed before today) and an ass hole who makes fun of kids who enjoy playing with Legos, I will choose to be the "collectard" every time.  I hope the rest of your day is less depressing.   

[ClodBuster]

Pro tip:

How to buy LEGO sets when you're over twice the suggested age

To get an extra kick out of buying Lego when you're over twice the suggested age, follow this procedure:

    1. Go into the toy store and walk up to the Lego shelf.
    2. Wait until a little kid comes up to the shelf.
    3. Watch the kid carefully considering which set he should spend his hard earned money on.
    4. Pick out three sets right in front of the kid.
    5. Watch his shock and jealousy. Enjoy the moment.
    6. Slowly walk to the counter and pay for your sets.

Source: https://everything2.com/title/How+to+buy+LEGO+sets+when+you%2527re+over+twice+the+suggested+age

[gex]

PCEFX needs a lego category

[xelement5x]

PCEFX needs a lego category

Lol, I misread this at first and though you were saying the PC-FX needed a Lego category.  All I could think of was LEGO Pia Carrot and Lego Dating Sim/Visual novels.

[Necromancer]

Lol, I misread this at first and though you were saying the PC-FX needed a Lego category.  All I could think of was LEGO Pia Carrot and Lego Dating Sim/Visual novels.

That sounds f*cking awesome!

[SignOfZeta]

Yeah, well, he's in finance or something IIRC so aparently it can get worse than putting your Legos back into the little plastic baggies and selling them on eBay decades later.

Correction, I am of the hoarder variety that you spoke of earlier, I haven't sold anything in quite some time and I continue to hold on to everything from my childhood.

You may criticize that if you wish.

That would be me so I wouldn't criticize that. I'm not really criticizing anything exactly. I was just saying you might be so mechanically innept that Legos don't even appeal to you to have in the first place, let alone sell later.

I just wonder what kind of human sees Legos and doesn't instantly see two things: 1) one of the greatest examples of industrial design in human history and 2) a way to build some really cool things you've been dreaming about your whole life.

Serious question: on a scale of 1-10 how handy would you say you are? Can you replace a light switch? Do your own brakes? Use scissors? What I mean is, *do* you do anything like that, not can you theoretically pull it off? When your lawnmower doesn't start do you just throw it away, fix it, or pay someone to fix it? Can you solder a simple electronics kit together?

I'm trying to figure out if you're beyond Lego or beneath it, I guess. You're clearly on some other level.

[SignOfZeta]

How the hell does a person keep track of their Legos by set? Are we collectarding that shit now too?

I was referring to a "set" as the box and everything that came with it when it was new.  I never mixed up my Legos as a kid.  I would build all of my sets at once and play with them for a week or so, and take them apart and put them back in the box until the next time I wanted to play with them.  It payed off too because most of my sets sold for 4 or 5 times what they cost new (and I didn't pay for them anyway because I was a damn kid). 

That's...so f*cking depressing. I'm surprised you told that to anyone outside of maybe group therapy for collectards.

"No, I never learned how to do anything except follow instructions. I did this all the way to the point of selling them for profit decades later. I'm a good boy" [vapes own piss]

I'm so sorry for making you feel sad.  But if I have a choice between being a "Lego collectard" (didn't even know they existed before today) and an ass hole who makes fun of kids who enjoy playing with Legos, I will choose to be the "collectard" every time.  I hope the rest of your day is less depressing.   

Yes, there are only two people who buy Legos. Those who love them too much to ever open the boxes and those that keep them around for YEARS without ever building anything but the fire truck on the box exactly as it was depicted eventually selling them for profit with zero missing pieces. There is no in between. Nobody actually uses their imaginations to build things. That's just a myth. What next? People playing Sim City without a walk through?

Go back to studying for your actuary exam.

[TheClash603]

Yeah, well, he's in finance or something IIRC so aparently it can get worse than putting your Legos back into the little plastic baggies and selling them on eBay decades later.

Correction, I am of the hoarder variety that you spoke of earlier, I haven't sold anything in quite some time and I continue to hold on to everything from my childhood.

You may criticize that if you wish.

That would be me so I wouldn't criticize that. I'm not really criticizing anything exactly. I was just saying you might be so mechanically innept that Legos don't even appeal to you to have in the first place, let alone sell later.

I just wonder what kind of human sees Legos and doesn't instantly see two things: 1) one of the greatest examples of industrial design in human history and 2) a way to build some really cool things you've been dreaming about your whole life.

Serious question: on a scale of 1-10 how handy would you say you are? Can you replace a light switch? Do your own brakes? Use scissors? What I mean is, *do* you do anything like that, not can you theoretically pull it off? When your lawnmower doesn't start do you just throw it away, fix it, or pay someone to fix it? Can you solder a simple electronics kit together?

I'm trying to figure out if you're beyond Lego or beneath it, I guess. You're clearly on some other level.

Since buying my house two years ago, my lone attempt to do my own handy work was to change the light bulb in my ceiling fan.  I broke the ceiling fan that day, which needed to be replaced.

...when my father asked me to go to the store and pick up a set of allen wrenches a year ago and I came home with a regular wrench set, I have never seen such a look of disappointment.

Put me in front of a spreadsheet and give me some data you want analyzed and I will run circles around most anyone.  I always finish in the top 5 percentile on any standardized test.  Tell me to build something and I'm f*cked.  Serious answer, 2.