The Shameful Confessions Thread

[Boettner Builds]

I don't save the boxes.

[Arlene]

I realized only within the last week or so that a minifigure's hand is a stud.

After a year of elves sets.

[brickmasterben11]

I put gorilla glue on the side of a torso to try to fix the cracks from the arms

[Breakdown]

I realized only within the last week or so that a minifigure's hand is a stud.

After a year of elves sets.

It's okay . . . .it took me roughly 20 years to realize that the universal cargo moving logo, or shipping center logo was that. I owned 6391 as a child and thought that the logos all over the set referred to the building's ability to separate and fold into itself.

[N-4K0]

I'm 27 and I only recently realized the stud function on the minifig hand as well

[Sir Gareth]

Churros were the highlight of LEGOLAND California...

[rodiziorobs]

Churros were the highlight of LEGOLAND California...

So you missed the Apple Fries?

Edited July 8, 2016 by rodiziorobs

[Yusaku Hayakawa]

As a kid, I broke apart so many lego sets that they would be impossible to rebuild because I've scrambled all the pieces needed & I've lost quite a few moving house.

I've destroyed a soccer stadium, basketball court, Gadunka, the temple in the fourth Indiana Jones movie & the 2008 set form of Takanuva to name the ones I regret destroying.

Edited July 9, 2016 by Yusaku Hayakawa

[murphy_slaw]

I keep buying sets because they have good parts for MOCs and then building them according to the instructions and being unwilling to disassemble them.

[KiltyONeal]

I fixed a cracked pond liner by melting down a few 1x2 black plates with a soldering iron and filling the crack with the melted plastic. Worked great and after two years, it is still holding!

[Littleworlds]

I used to try to "improve" bricks and minifigs by drawing on them. I really ruined a lot of them that way

[Niku]

I have lied on my expenses on Lego.

[StarWars8Spoiler]

I've extensively used my sharp teeth as a substitute for a brick separator.

[Boettner Builds]

Sometimes I spend more time looking at other peoples MOCs then I spend building :(

[kibosh]

Sometimes I spend more time looking at other peoples MOCs then I spend building :(

I am soooooo guilty of this.

[Robert8]

I have lied on my expenses on Lego.

Same

I even lie to myself

[npgcole]

I'm pretty good at feeling for the CMFs I want through their bags, but this one time I got 3 Carpenters IN A ROW. Still got 'em, too.

[Mesabi]

I accidentally sucked up 2 ninja swords while vacuuming....

[Angeli]

I dreamt I stole a bunch of minifig parts from a kid. My racionalisation was that the kid had full floor of Lego parts, he wouldn't even miss it, let alone be aware of

I was so ashamed when I woke up...

[samurai-turtle]

Sometimes, I think I only have half of my LEGO because they were on sale or clearance.

[Littleworlds]

I dreamt I stole a bunch of minifig parts from a kid. My racionalisation was that the kid had full floor of Lego parts, he wouldn't even miss it, let alone be aware of

I was so ashamed when I woke up...

...woke up with some minifigs clutched in your hand? Just wondering

[-zenn]

Whenever my nephew or friends children have their birthday, I forcely give them Lego as presents... There is no choice, there is only Lego.

I'd rather give them something that will spark their imagination & creativity. Than something that's dumbed down, chewed up, spit out and regurgitated all over again.

Edited July 21, 2016 by -zenn

[Littleworlds]

Whenever my nephew or friends children have their birthday, I forcely give them Lego as presents... There is no choice, there is only Lego.

I'd rather give them something that will spark their imagination & creativity. Than something that's dumbed down, chewed up, spit out and regurgitated all over again.

I completely agree. I don't like it when small children already get something where they only have to push a button to make something happen. They will find that out soon enough and - to be honest - it just makes you lazy, when there is no effort needed to achieve a result.

Lego wants to be assembled and encourages to dissemble and rebuild it. That's just a so much more empowering thing. Even something as simple as Duplo already.

[npgcole]

A friend of mine had a dream that LEGO was edible and everyone kept eating all his LEGO.

[bricklover]

Broke a minifig leg off and, then I superglued it.