I was a huge fan of Lego when I was a kid. I spent hours and hours building and playing and gave them up sometime in Middle School. I had been kidding with my wife about wanting the Lego Millennium Falcon for Christmas. It was sort of an ongoing joke between us. Well she actually got it for me.
I put it together a week later and the passion I had as a kid for these building bricks has now developed into an addiction. I've been hunting the stores for clearance pricing on sets and found a few, but my craving is insatiable. I can't get enough!
Browsing NeoGaf, I stumbled upon their Lego thread. I remembered many of the sets from when I was a kid and then I came upon the modular building sets. These are some of the coolest looking Lego sets I have seen. The detail in the buildings is impressive. The individual sets connect together to form a street. Rated 16+, they even make me feel less ashamed of playing with a toy.
Unfortunately, at $150+ per set I was sure if I wanted to spend that kind of money on a pile of plastic. Then, as luck would have it, I went to a local flea market type store. This place is filled with overstock and items that may be damaged or discontinued. I found a badly beaten up Lego box all taped together. It was the Grand Emporium set marked at $75 and all the pieces were there and still sealed! I tried to resist, even at one point walking away only to come back and look again. I ended up leaving with 3 sets.
Next set on the list, Fire Brigade:
Anyone else revisiting hobbies they once had as kids?
Browsing NeoGaf, I stumbled upon their Lego thread. I remembered many of the sets from when I was a kid and then I came upon the modular building sets. These are some of the coolest looking Lego sets I have seen. The detail in the buildings is impressive. The individual sets connect together to form a street. Rated 16+, they even make me feel less ashamed of playing with a toy.
Unfortunately, at $150+ per set I was sure if I wanted to spend that kind of money on a pile of plastic. Then, as luck would have it, I went to a local flea market type store. This place is filled with overstock and items that may be damaged or discontinued. I found a badly beaten up Lego box all taped together. It was the Grand Emporium set marked at $75 and all the pieces were there and still sealed! I tried to resist, even at one point walking away only to come back and look again. I ended up leaving with 3 sets.
Next set on the list, Fire Brigade:
Anyone else revisiting hobbies they once had as kids?
