I've been sick the better part of a week now, trading one or two afflictions for a new set of them every few days. Today I'm so damn tired I am hearing things (I thought I heard my wife yelling at me earlier this afternoon through my cell phone, almost as if I butt-dialed her by accident, for one thing). Before all that, this morning (very VERY morning, like 0200 morning) I was up because I couldn't sleep from all the coughing I'm doing. Since I couldn't sleep I thought it would be a good idea to suddenly figure out what Lego sets I like the most.
Delirium certainly enters into this, I think. But I got started with some YouTube channel called The Brick Show and seeing two grown-ass dudes go on and on about each and just about every damn Lego set ever made. I loved Legos as a kid but haven't taken much of a shine to them recently, mainly because my kids were never interested and also my wife has zero empathy for anything like this.
Anyway...I checked out the Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer on Target.com and found them on YouTube, looking for a review of that item. Then I went off and watched several other of their videos (though skipping quite a bit as they tend to talk a LOT about this shit, almost on a level of Brony creepiness). Still, I find myself rather drawn to this.
I know some of you do Lego sets for your kiddos (can't remember whom offhand...hell I can't remember my middle name right now), but are any of you that level of obsessed with Legos that you'd go out and buy, say, the Star Destroyer, or the Death Star, or some other high-priced Lego set (say, $100+?). I'm finding myself drawn to doing so, just to see.
I might be fookin' exhausted right now and can chalk this up to delirium, but in all honesty every time I go by the Lego store I want to stop and check it out. I imagine most of the dads in there are as into this as their kids are, probably moreso. I think just having a huge pile of a couple of thousand pieces in front of me, and turning it into something cool, has a lot of appeal.
Of course, the question HAS come to mind, what the fluck I'd do with all of these once I'm done. I can probably afford to do this, with my occasional acting gig, three times a year, so it's not like it would be totally obnoxious. Not for a little while, anyway.
As for my wife's lack of empathy...pffft.
My son was pretty into the new Legos stuff for a while. First it was Star Wars, but we also dabbled in Indiana Jones and Halo.
As you probably saw, these sets can get kind of pricey. And, you know, they kind of only go together one way- the Star Wars X-wing set only really builds a cool X-wing. So when your 6 year old drops it and it busts into a thousand pieces (and of course you, the parent, are the one that spent 8 hours putting it together) and it ends up as a blob of very expensive Lego bricks in a bin, mixed with the busted Tie Fighter, Indiana Jones biplane, and so on, you decide that from now on you're going to glue the fucking pieces together.
Which is what I proceeded to do.
Which is why my son's X-wing and Tie Fighter still look brand new, while the other $1000 worth of Lego spaceships and tanks and whatnot are all in a big blue bin not being used for anything.
And so when I told my nerdy co-workers about this they were appalled and called me something, a Grue or something like that. And I didn't know what they meant because I'm not a nerd and I didn't see the Lego movie.
But then, eventually, my kids were watching it while I was doing something in the dining room, and I realized that the villain in the movie is a guy who glues Legos together. LOL. >:D
you fail at Legos on so many levels.....
a kit that only goes together one way?
glue?
no cross genre kit bashing?
I like the Star Wars sets well enough (I own several), but I've always been more into the "general" brick sets -- mainly the Basic and Technic sets. I can build whatever the hell I feel like then, without constraints. :)
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 04, 2015, 02:10:28 AM
you fail at Legos on so many levels.....
a kit that only goes together one way?
glue?
no cross genre kit bashing?
+1
I remember back in the day when it was a HUGE deal to have a Lego brick with a 45 degree slope.
Then we got a brick with a 45 degree slope that went UNDER stuff! Talk about mega!
I'm afraid, Mr. Cat, that you really have no idea what kind of treasure you're sitting upon.
I love Lego, and I think I have a mild case of the flu, so this is the thread for me. As a matter of fact, this past weekend my kidsand I finished the Lego Saturn V rocket set, complete with satellites and a rover. We all loved it. We've also put together a large medieval castle set, medieval farm and windmill set, and a few of the Xmas village sets. It's my older daughter's b-day next week and she asked for a new set...lucky me :)
Quote from: Gusington on March 04, 2015, 10:40:31 AM
I love Lego, and I think I have a mild case of the flu, so this is the thread for me. As a matter of fact, this past weekend my kidsand I finished the Lego Saturn V rocket set, complete with satellites and a rover. We all loved it. We've also put together a large medieval castle set, medieval farm and windmill set, and a few of the Xmas village sets. It's my older daughter's b-day next week and she asked for a new set...lucky me :)
Cool.
Hope you get well soon!
lets see some pictures!
If I can function later I will get some pics of the Saturn V...Star you will love it.
thats because you are my Saturn V! ^-^
I was once scolded around here for referring to them as "Legos". I was advised that the proper form is "Lego".
musta been a YourOpeein'
Just bought the Lego medieval market village for my older daughter's b-day. It was pricey but worth it for all the fun it brings us. Shopping for my younger daughter who loves space and science, I was looking at the Mars explorer series and those setsrun into the 100s of dollars!
^ Yeah, they ain't cheap. That's the downside.
But the upside...man. How many toys are still around that you can actually physically hold in your hands, and that let you create whatever you want, limited only by the number of bricks and your own imagination?
...Bloody hell. Now I want to go drag out my big-ass tub of bricks and seeing what I can up with...
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on March 04, 2015, 04:49:31 PM
I was once scolded around here for referring to them as "Legos". I was advised that the proper form is "Lego".
You can call them Legos,
Jarhead. I'll still love you. :smitten:
its in the air, whilst not the lego im hankering after some open ended constructo-sandbox-amajig
i see city skylines or whatever its called is out next week
My 7 year old grandson routinely destroys Lego sets intended for 12-14 year olds in a matter of hours. By "destroy" I mean he has them perfectly put together entirely by himself in record time. As a doting grandfather, I literally have no idea how many Lego sets I've bought him or how much $$$ I've spent, but he loves 'em. I know this, I want the kid to be an engineer when he grows up! I'd do them with him except it only showcases my ineptitude and lack of manual dexterity. Better to buy them and praise him when they're completed 8)
Quote from: Gusington on March 05, 2015, 02:46:52 PM
Just bought the Lego medieval market village for my older daughter's b-day. It was pricey but worth it for all the fun it brings us. Shopping for my younger daughter who loves space and science, I was looking at the Mars explorer series and those setsrun into the 100s of dollars!
I just looked at that medieval market. Quite cool!
A few weeks ago, when my PC was on the blink, I dug out the three big boxes of technical Lego that belongs to one of my sons. There is a ton of stuff from several models all mixed together. I had a lovely time messing about with it since it has some nifty steering and suspension components. I ended up build a huge 8 axle truck chassis with steering and torsion bar suspension. I was very pleased with myself for working out how to build the suspension, and was very tempted to go and buy some more, but the huge Unimog kit I fancied was selling for over £200, so the missus vetoed that. :-(
tell the olde bat to get stuffed!
I'm now running for my bunker. O:-)
tell her I said sorry.
Steelie I see the same spark of science/engineering in my younger daughter, that's why she likes the space sets. I am trying to nourish that. If she becomes an engineer she can have a very good life.
My older daughter, like me, loves history...thus the medieval sets for her. Yeah LB the market set is very nice. Complex, and it will probably take a few settings to assemble, but at a minimum it's something we can all do together.
I want the Death Star set.
Man alive you guys are nerds. 8)
We can't all be living the volleyball scene from Top Gun.
^ Heh!
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 05, 2015, 10:22:26 PM
tell the olde bat to get stuffed!
I'm now running for my bunker. O:-)
tell her I said sorry.
...and, in the wee small hours, when you are in that state between asleep and awake, will come the faint clink of metal, a gentle sighing of the wind - was that just a breeze, or can you expect a sudden violent contact with a cooking implement?
Sleep well, old chum..............
Mwhahahaha :crazy2:
Quote from: bob48 on March 06, 2015, 11:11:09 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on March 05, 2015, 10:22:26 PM
tell the olde bat to get stuffed!
I'm now running for my bunker. O:-)
tell her I said sorry.
...and, in the wee small hours, when you are in that state between asleep and awake, will come the faint clink of metal, a gentle sighing of the wind - was that just a breeze, or can you expect a sudden violent contact with a cooking implement?
Sleep well, old chum..............
Mwhahahaha :crazy2:
<chuckle>
Quote from: Gusington on March 05, 2015, 10:54:09 PM
Steelie I see the same spark of science/engineering in my younger daughter, that's why she likes the space sets. I am trying to nourish that. If she becomes an engineer she can have a very good life.
My older daughter, like me, loves history...thus the medieval sets for her. Yeah LB the market set is very nice. Complex, and it will probably take a few settings to assemble, but at a minimum it's something we can all do together.
plus if she is really good you can send her into Space when she gets older. Dont have to worry about boys running around after her then :)
they wont have to run around, they'll be trapped in a 12' x 12' sphere.
Well, Bawb, at least you don't have to worry about your wife driving the Mini through your living room. Minis collapse in a cheap breeze and your house is probably built stronger than an Atlantic Wall bunker.
.....it IS an Atlantic Wall Bunker......have you seen house prices over here.........
In real money or made-up fur'nur currency?
Mon-ney? what is this strange concept of which you speak?