Anyone into Legos
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I was going to post this exact thread about a week ago but chickened out.
Christmas 1978. I'm eleven and headed to my sister's for opening presents. I have been anticipating this day for months. First year for the Lego Expert Builder car...holy moly...functioning motor with pistons and crankshaft, working transmission, rack and pinion steering, adjustible seats etc...and hopefully i've got one there waiting on me...yes!!
I had it completely assembled by the time we headed home that evening. Best Christmas ever until this year when I asked my wife for this Lego F1 car.
Got her and the kid both Lego kits to do because I knew I'd be working on mine for a while.
After a few days I had to modify it into a more retro looking F1 car. Took me about a week but I finally got it the way I had it pictured. I shortened the wheelbase, re-did the exhaust, added some carbs to the top of the motor and took the hood lift mech from the original and made it into adjustible height suspension.
Got this Lego van a few years ago. It's what they call a creator set. Has real fine resolution with lots and lots of really small Legos.
The nose piece is really fun to assemble and it's the very last part in the instructions.
Thanks for dragging me out of the closet MIGZ.
Christmas 1978. I'm eleven and headed to my sister's for opening presents. I have been anticipating this day for months. First year for the Lego Expert Builder car...holy moly...functioning motor with pistons and crankshaft, working transmission, rack and pinion steering, adjustible seats etc...and hopefully i've got one there waiting on me...yes!!
I had it completely assembled by the time we headed home that evening. Best Christmas ever until this year when I asked my wife for this Lego F1 car.
Got her and the kid both Lego kits to do because I knew I'd be working on mine for a while.
After a few days I had to modify it into a more retro looking F1 car. Took me about a week but I finally got it the way I had it pictured. I shortened the wheelbase, re-did the exhaust, added some carbs to the top of the motor and took the hood lift mech from the original and made it into adjustible height suspension.
Got this Lego van a few years ago. It's what they call a creator set. Has real fine resolution with lots and lots of really small Legos.
The nose piece is really fun to assemble and it's the very last part in the instructions.
Thanks for dragging me out of the closet MIGZ.
Cool I'm not alone in additon to bikes, legos technics has been a hobby since 2005 I'll have to take some pitctures and post.
Crummy part is im about to sell a good portion because with a growing family my lego room got turned into a baby room.
Crummy part is im about to sell a good portion because with a growing family my lego room got turned into a baby room.
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Back when I was little I loved Legos. Use to have my own city set up on 2 kitchen tables in my basement. Now they're all in boxes and buckets in the attic.
I have a medieval knights w skull pawns vs robots w alien pawns chess set we made and use... I've built custom zombie mimfigs before and also did robbie the robot and B9 (lost in space) my kids outgrew them but I always had more fun than they did I think...
Carl.
Carl.
I was all into Lego, specially the "Technic" variety, the last one I bought in about '94/'95 (saved 6 months for, I remember it was somewhere in the region of $200) was set 8880, which was up until that point the biggest set made...
4 wheel drive, 3 differentials, V8 mid mounted motor with working pistons, 4 speed gearbox that actually worked, 4 wheel steering, retractable lights, full independent suspension and many other features...
After that I moved into bikes...
After that I moved into cars...
After that I moved back into bikes and here we are...
Luke.
4 wheel drive, 3 differentials, V8 mid mounted motor with working pistons, 4 speed gearbox that actually worked, 4 wheel steering, retractable lights, full independent suspension and many other features...
After that I moved into bikes...
After that I moved into cars...
After that I moved back into bikes and here we are...
Luke.
Lego room? Oh yeah let's see some pics.
You too with the Legos Luke....excellent.....That looks like a killer one+ before they went to the mostly smooth beams. Didn't know that was 4wd.
The lego room became my sons room but here are a few pics. I have also taken some to my office and have some cars stuffed under the bed.
These will all soon be on eBay, good thing is that lego appreciate in value after the sets are retired.
These will all soon be on eBay, good thing is that lego appreciate in value after the sets are retired.
Zombies
Carl.
Carl.
When I was younger I had like 4-5 5gal buckets full. I never kept anything "box stock" for long, and quickly dismantled it to build random creations. My best was a robot with 2 or 3 mini-figs inside of it. Ahh memories.
