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Big into Legos?
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:34 pm
by Vindicator
If yes, this may very well keep you occupied for weeks:
http://www.peeron.com/inv/theme/LEGO
You can search for sets (some from the '60s even!), find out what pieces were used in making them, and download instruction manuals for a lot of em. If you have a big pile of assorted Legos then you can make your own versions of models by using your own parts and improvising. Or, failing that, they list places you can buy the complete sets.
In retrospect its a shame I didnt buy the Williams F1 car when it came out a few years ago, theyre worth quite a bit now
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:47 pm
by RoBoT
Thanks to you, Vin, I managed to find the first LEGO robot I ever got!
http://www.peeron.com/scans/6889-1/1
...Now that I see it as it was supposed to be built, man that thing was ugly...
Oh, well. It gave me the tailfins to my LEGO Pyro!
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:27 am
by Peter
Hah! I remember that! I actually never got that one but I do remember it.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:32 am
by Foil
Sweet!
My younger brother and I spent
countless hours with Legos when we were kids. Every birthday for about six years, all we wanted were more Legos, and we built some really massive worlds, which took up over half the bedroom at times!
My little sisters now have all our old pieces, probably a solid ten or twelve cubic feet in a big box.
[Edit: Found it! One of the first sets I remember building, when I was maybe 7 years old:
http://www.peeron.com/scans/497-1/1. It was one of the VERY EARLY space sets Lego made, so it's not very impressive, but it holds some sentimental value for me.
]
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 12:23 pm
by snoopy
yeah there's anouther place called bricklink that is virtually the same thing. Pretty cool.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:34 pm
by AceCombat
HAHAH!!! ive been loooking for a source to buy the old \"Technic\" Sets
i gotta get some of those again and build them with model glue.
i had this one in yellow
Sky Ranger
and this one in black
Propellor Plane
WOOOO!!! OV-22 OSPREY !!
http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/8434-1?showpic=5688
Re:
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:44 pm
by snoopy
AceCombat wrote:HAHAH!!! ive been loooking for a source to buy the old "Technic" Sets
Ebay.
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:24 pm
by Top Gun
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:48 pm
by snoopy
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:55 pm
by Flatlander
My first was the
Starfleet Voyager. Still have it somewhere.
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:17 am
by VonVulcan
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:38 am
by Xamindar
wow, that IS really cool!
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:51 am
by Valin Halcyon
Thanks! I found my old castle's instructions and sent the link on to my brothers (15 and 16) who have all my old legos. Maybe they'll have a bit of fun trying to see if all the bits are still there to build it.
http://www.peeron.com/scans/6080-1/24
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 3:30 pm
by FunkyStickman
I have two sets I've been working on rebuilding.
Set #8847, Dragster (This one is completed, sitting on top of my monitor)
Set #8860, Auto Chassis (This one I'm missing a couple of parts from still, from 1980 or so)
LEGO is kicking it old school!
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:15 am
by suicide eddie
first set i remember having was the luna lander
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 2:27 pm
by Xamindar
Sorry to necro a little but a friend sent me this and I just had to share. This is amazing!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=126969
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:22 pm
by Flatlander
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:30 pm
by Isaac
I want to smash it so bad...
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:45 pm
by Diedel
Heck, I need to find my jaw bone somewhere under my desk! And the guy even built a escort ship for the carrier! Most utterly impressive!