Comments on: Goodbye, Lego.

By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:52:06 +0000

Those creations are so macho. Who’d a thunk it?

By: Rich

Rich — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:52:24 +0000

Timeless gift even in a time of electronic gadgets. You’re a good man to give another kid a chance at those same memories and chance to be creative.

By: Doréus

Doréus — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:34:49 +0000

Ooooh! I was just thrown down memory lane! I had that exact same spaceship… and several others… and maedieval sets, which I proceeded to bastardise and combine to build all sorts of stuff my mind came up with. Hours and hours of fun. I was an only child too… I never was really taken with the “expert sets” for some reason. Dad was a mechanic; I had real “toys” to play with in that regard.

And then when I was in university, I brought the paper box that contained my lego to rez; friends and I had fun for a couple evenings… and then never touched them again. They had lost their pizzaz as a young adult. I don’t regret them, as they found a good home too: I had a young cousin at the time who inherited the whole box. I don’t know what he did with them, but he works in the construction business!

By: RG

RG — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:03:13 +0000

I loved Legos! But, having older brothers who loved to torture me, just as soon as I finished building something, one of them would usually come along and kick it into thousands of pieces.

Still I did manage to have fun once I learned to hide my creations. LOL

By: sortedlives

sortedlives — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:22:03 +0000

I remember LEGO’s when I was a kid. Great memories! Thanks.

By: YvesPaul

YvesPaul — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:10:40 +0000

Legos are soooo expensive now, I’m glad someone else could get the pleasure out of it.

By: Kezza

Kezza — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:23:20 +0000

As a kid I used to love anything you could build, be it Lego, Meccano or model kits. My Lego prowess however pales in comparison to your efforts! I wish I still had mine, but like you I haven’t the room to house it, so over time it’s been distributed amongst my nephews. Same thing with my matchbox cars, and even though they aren’t my old favorites I’ve started buying them again and I still play with them some nights before I go to bed, doing burnouts on the carpet!

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:54:38 +0000

Very cool, CB. I am sure the kid will have a great time with them.

As for the Matchbox cars, I wish I still had the ones we got as kids. The old ones from England were very cool.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:37:06 +0000

It’s one thing to build from a kit with a set of directions, but it’s another to build from scratch. Bravo on that castle; it’s fun and impressive and neat!

By: Dustin

Dustin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:55:45 +0000

I have the ski truck thing lol.