Wow good to know I'm not the only one with the same problem out there (I'm 15) Just as Wester, Forever, I don't feel guilty about owning, well guilty's not the word, I can't get myself to buying them. A couple of months ago, me and a couple of friends went to town and saw this really cool toy store that had some cool looking Lego sets in the window display. I stopped, checked the price and everything of course, when I got comments from my 'friends' about how playing with lego is at least a bit silly at my age. :S It came as a shock to me since I know these people for a long time now, a couple of years at least, and this seemed to be the first time they disagreed with me. What a shocking experience that was. I ended up not buying the set (which though I wanted it, it was too expensive anyways for my taste)

I hate dark ages, btw :-D When I see all the stories of fathers here on Eurobricks I can't help imagining a father arguing with his son over Lego. The father yells at his kid that it's his lego and not the child's. After which the kid proceeds to pinch his dad and bite him :-P After that the dad yells even harder so the neighbours can hear him and the kid finally topples over and destroys the big MOC daddy has been working on for so long.

I'm sure none of the fathers here actually argue with their kids over Lego but it seems so funny if it would happen. :-D :-D :-D

Edited August 16, 200717 yr by Hairy Ruben

Ahhhh Dark Ages. I started in mine at around the age of 10 when I started getting into computers (anyone remember the VIC20 and Commodore 128??) and only came out of the them 3 years ago at the tender age of 32.

I make no secret of my obsession with Lego. All my family (including the in-laws) buy me sets for Christmas and birthdays. All my colleagues at work know about it since my delivery to the office of a 25kg mixed buy from ebay.

Many a time have I enjoyed the look on the cashiers face at TRU and smaller toy shops when I buy multiple sets and they say "some kid is going to have a fun time" getting the reply "kids? Nah!! These are all for me"

When I see all the stories of fathers here on Eurobricks I can't help imagining a father arguing with his son over Lego. The father yells at his kid that it's his lego and not the child's. After which the kid proceeds to picnh his dad and bite him :-P After that the dad yells even harder so the neighbours can hear him and the kid finally toplles over and destroys the big MOC daddy has been working on for so long.

I'm sure none of the fathers here actually argue with their kids over Lego but it seems so funny if it would happen. :-D :-D :-D

LOL - I bought my son his 1st Lego set when he was 1 day old. Can never start too early at getting across the message of "this is your Lego and this HUGE collection is daddy's Lego". He's now over 2 and enjoys playing with my Lego and has his own growing collection of Duplo.

It has been said a lot and you've said you have no intention of getting rid of it, but please, don't let your Lego go. I was lucky and my parents stored mine in their attic. But there was a long period of time when I ignored my parents because they "mislaid" the box it was in. Oh the joyous feeling when it was found.

Just enjoy the Lego and if friends can't accept the fact you enjoy it, then they aren't true friends

many is said here..

so just my two cent:

1. if the new sets are not turning you on, stick with the ones you already have.

2. you don't have to play with them every day, just take a look at them or make minifigs or whatever from time to time.

3. you know what I missed in my dark ages?? wild west, samurai, johnny thunder in egypt....... :'-(

(got some smaller sets so far through bl and ebay, but do you want to miss something like that??)

so stay on EB and stay informed!

greetings!

Honestly, the gift wraping trick works wonders!

when I was 13, all of a sudden my parents told me I was too old to play LEGO and I couldn"t receive any anymore (imagine the shock of hearing that!) but I sticked to those I already had and since at 13 I started High school, I was alone on the trip school-house so I often stopped by the toy store... But there's still that teenage crisis where we have to look cool and fit in with the others at school, so LEGO makes you seem weird and you can't be seen buying any.

That's why asking for a wraping is good, because, psychologically, it kind of makes you feel better... (well, it did for me anyway). Because it makes you believe no one knows it's for you, even if you shouldn't technically care, since you probably don't know anyone in the shop (lol, maybe most of them are just doing the same :-D )...

And being an only child doesn't matter, you can still pretend it's for a distant cousin you haven't seen in years, or the son of the brother of a friend or whatever... After all, people around you can't possibly know EVERYTHING about your familly and relatives...

In fact, I found the really hardest part, here, is that you have to pay for everything yourself... Well, I had to, since my parents tried all they could to make me stop... I couldn't ask for any I've never understood why, really... Now they've seen it was pointless trying, so they've just dropped it (Hey, my mum even bought me the Tie Interceptor for my last birthday *wub* )

And ten, as it's already been said, when you get to college, noone cares anymore so you can finally come out again. and enjoy the full magnitude of this hobby!

Now, when we go out and come across a toy shop, I ask them to wait a bit, but most of the time they just come in with me...

I even managed to convert one of my flatmate :-D

And I love the faces people make when I tell them it's for me... But now the shop keeper knows me, so it doesn't work anymore... Besides, not long ago he told me he was gay, so it's not as if he could possibly NOT be open minded... ;-)

But I do go to other shop from time to time just for that guilty peasure X-D

(but then I feel like a traitor, because I really like that little toy shop... ah, dilemma dilemma)

I think lego should open a series of stores for AFOLs and TFOLs only, that way, nobody would feel 'ashamed' of buying it, would they? well, not strictly AFOLs and TFOLs only, I mean other people can come shop there, but imagine a store with this big sign in the window display that says,

WE WANT MORE AFOLS AND TFOLS TO SHOP HERE

or something in that general direction, don't really know what the slogan would have to look or sound like. :)

Besides, not long ago he told me he was gay, so it's not as if he could possibly NOT be open minded... ;-)

Man, you're lucky he's gay so that he won't judge you, in modern day society, people are all too eager in judging others, I guess if you're gay you indeed have to be open minded :-D

Edited August 17, 200717 yr by Hairy Ruben

2. you don't have to play with them every day, just take a look at them or make minifigs or whatever from time to time.

Or perhaps pool ideas for a while, then have a mammoth building day, and build/MOC/MOD everything in one go.

But there's still that teenage crisis where we have to look cool and fit in with the others at school, so LEGO makes you seem weird and you can't be seen buying any.

Although sometimes a little bit of geekiness (I believe the word 'quirky' was used earlier) can help you to fit in. You want to fit in, but be just that little bit different.

In fact, I found the really hardest part, here, is that you have to pay for everything yourself... Well, I had to, since my parents tried all they could to make me stop... I couldn't ask for any I've never understood why, really... Now they've seen it was pointless trying, so they've just dropped it (Hey, my mum even bought me the Tie Interceptor for my last birthday *wub* )

No, I've not been getting that much Lego for Christmas/birthdays the past few years. Perhaps that's because my parents have other ideas, perhaps it's because they wouldn't know which sets to buy, perhaps they secretly disapprove, I don't know. But I tend not to get Lego as presents, rather have to buy it myself. I still ask though...

That said, however, both my mum and dad look through my S@H catalogue after me when it arrives.