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> OT: LEGOS, Did anyone play with legos growing up?
chunger
post Feb 27 2005, 04:35 PM
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Hello everyone,

I was wondering if anyone used to play with legos. . . my older brother and sister didn't let me play with their first lego firetruck and police car in 1978. . . they said I tried to eat them. I was pissed. . . I think I was 2, but I still remember that incident vividly. Afterwards, I went lego crazy and ended up doing architecture in college. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)

I have friends with kids come over to my house every week now, and they're just getting to the age where they are having enough focus to play with legos. I figure if we're going to do something anti-social and mellow sometimes while they're over, I'd prefer legos over videos. . . anyways, I'm needing to bolster my lego supplies. It's for the kids. .. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif) no, really. . . it is. .. . for the children. I was wondering if anyone on the list has legos that are no longer used. . .either yours or your kid's. I'd be interested in stealing. . . I mean buying them . I gave a large portion of mine away quite a while ago. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/slap.gif)

Well, if you've got anything, please shoot me a PM. I'm really glad LEGO is selling 1000 piece buckets again, but they're still dang expensive. Ebay is extremely helpful, but I figure there's people here who are into gaining garage space for car parts (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

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post Mar 1 2005, 12:00 PM
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Christmas present from my girlfriends folks last year... on my desk at work right now


I got the exact same set from my wife for Christmas this past year!


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post Mar 1 2005, 01:10 PM
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QUOTE (mskala @ Feb 28 2005, 04:54 PM)
They made a kit?!? I did mine myself, although starting from the
2-speed thing from the big passenger car set.

Daaaayum, dude--that's HARDCORE! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) You da MAN!


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Dave, that 4 speed trans is really cool, i got that Technic set a few years back with the working mid-engined V8.


That's the one! The Super Car set from the late 90s. I jonesed for that one really bad for a couple of years until I talked Mom into buying it for me for Xmas... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

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post Mar 1 2005, 01:23 PM
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The history of Legos is as amazing as the product itself.

If i remember right, the inventor was a Swiss wood craftsman. He widdled blocks of wood out, drilled holes, and came up with the consept for his kids, then local parents started buying them. The first sets sold to the public were out of wood. A good friend of my parents has a set that his father brough back to the states in the early 1950s (or when ever they started).
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post Mar 1 2005, 01:31 PM
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) I told my boyfriend about this thread yesterday, and he said the first sets were made out of wood. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/w00t.gif)

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post Mar 1 2005, 02:25 PM
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Has anyone been to leggo land? I cannot find a website, but I saw a show about it on Discovery channel.

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post Mar 1 2005, 03:24 PM
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I haven't, but have heard it's really only fun for little kiddies. The rides, etc.. are sorta blah. But the novelty of everything being made out of legos is fun for kids. Great for kids under 5.

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post Mar 1 2005, 03:30 PM
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QUOTE (morphenspectra @ Mar 1 2005, 12:25 PM)
Has anyone been to leggo land? I cannot find a website, but I saw a show about it on Discovery channel.

HIEDI

Here's a link:legoland

Haven't been. Heard the same as Jenny says: fun for little ones only.


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post Mar 1 2005, 05:58 PM
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Danish carpenter, BTW, not Swedish. The original Legoland is in Billund, Denmark.

Lego is supposedly from "Leg Godt", which means "Play Good" in Danish. It also means "I build" in Latin.

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post Mar 1 2005, 06:52 PM
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DD,
Tell me... How in the hell do you recall all this shit? You must be a walking frigging knowledgebase. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

Mind loaning me a little? I can't remember what I did 10 mins ago.

I suffer from halfziemers.
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post Mar 1 2005, 07:38 PM
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Weird stuff sticks in my brain. Hell, I can't remember half of what I did today!!!

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QUOTE (phantom914 @ Mar 1 2005, 01:30 PM)
QUOTE (morphenspectra @ Mar 1 2005, 12:25 PM)
Has anyone been to leggo land? I cannot find a website, but I saw a show about it on Discovery channel.

HIEDI

Here's a link:legoland

Haven't been. Heard the same as Jenny says: fun for little ones only.


Andrew

Yupppp Legoland is kinda weak....even my 8 year old says it sucks....wonder where she got that mouth? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif)
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post Mar 1 2005, 08:14 PM
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QUOTE (Dave_Darling @ Mar 1 2005, 09:38 PM)
Weird stuff sticks in my brain.  Hell, I can't remember half of what I did today!!!

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On the subject of Legos, we were dirt poor. No toys like this were ever in our household. Just getting something to eat from day to day was more important. I had a cousin up the road who had lincoln logs and I thought he was filthy rich. We found other things to entertain ourselves with like hedge-apple and sling-shot fights, hide and seek on the mountain, timber rattler hunts, etc. We were not bored growing up in the backwoods of Virginia. We were outdoor kids.
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post Mar 2 2005, 08:15 AM
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Shot in the dark . . . mabe w/ all the lego fanatics, someone can help me out.

The 50 lb. batch I got from craigslist is primarily Castle and Pirate themed stuff. I'd say about 85% or so. I'm mainly into the space themed legos so I thought I'd build and sell a couple of the main sets like 6080 King's Castle from 1984 and 2 large ships from the Pirate series.

I am having some trouble, however because I'm missing 1 canvas sail from each of the 2 ships I want to build up. Just wondering if anybody has these kits in their collection and would be willing to sell me some sails.

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post Mar 2 2005, 08:17 AM
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missing bottom main sail on this one.


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