Posted August 31, 20159 yr Hi guys. I've been looking for a Lego forum for a long time: I don't know how I ever missed this! Me: I'm 34 (in a few days), my first baby is on it's way. I graduated with a Degree in Graphic Design in 2005, but currently work in a High School in the pastoral department-so I do a lot of work with the students that may have personal/family problems, or with local council services etc. I am a massive car cleaning addict, always have been: bit of a petrol head, although I own a 'proper' car now that I'm not allowed to modify (so I'm told)! I really like interior design and do all my own decorating etc (it's not a show home I must add, I'm not show off-I just like being creative). Still love Graphic Design, although I just read it now. I love The Designers Republic, and typography in general I'm also really into my motorsports (not F1 though!). I watched all but 4 hours of the 24 hrs of Le Mans this year on the TV. I combine my love of cars with photography and do a lot of motorsports photography. I love my older games consoles too, although I'm not a gamer per-se. All the above can be found in my Flickr account with I'll link to at the end... Anyway: Lego. I got into Lego as a child and loved it. I moved away from City/Town sets around the time M:Tron was released and fell in love with the Space themed sets. Over the last 4 years I've rebuilt all the sets I had when I was younger as I kept all of my instructions. The only things I've had trouble with are the stickered elements (Shell petrol Station was my biggest headache). I found a guy on Facebook via eBay who does repro's though, and although not 100% size perfect, they're more than good enough. All they do is highlight the discolouring of the white Lego. But for me, it kind of adds to the charm, knowing that all the sets I have have been with me since I was about 7 years old. I did inherit my brothers Lego, which did have large quantities missing, instructions too, but other than a handful of charity shop finds in recent years I've managed to replace everything, instructions and all. I collect a few bits and pieces now: I don't obsess over full sets of a particular theme (although I'd have loved all the Lego Movie sets), because as you get older, the size of the sets you wants increases, so naturally the price tag does also. I pick bits and pieces up through the year. What I'd like to do is replace some of the Technic sets and Model Team sets I sold in the early 2000's as I really regret it. I also foolishly sold a tonne of Star Wars Lego around the same time which had some really cool models in. I replaced the Snow Speeder and am looking for the Land Speeder (the 1999 models), but the rest I'll leave as retired sets cost so much money! As a result of re-building my childhood sets, it doesn't leave me a large surplus so custom building isn't something I do a lot of, although I'd buy a lot more off the internet if I had more money. I built a kinda' cool blue/trans neon-green spaceship which is in the Lego Misc folder on my Flickr. It's not 100% finished, but it's finished until I can get the parts I need to finish it off. Anyway: thats me and a very lengthy intro done: well done if you got to the end! Looking forward to my time here! Dan :) My Flickr Edited August 31, 20159 yr by Danorak81
August 31, 20159 yr Congrats on the upcoming addition to the family- soon you'll have another demand on your finances to add to your list... but at least it's easier to make the case for Lego purchase being for the kid than vehicular modifications! Welcome to EB!
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