Hi there! Gooikes from the Netherlands here. I am currently 47 years old and I live in a town called Tilburg, in the south of the country. Married with two stepdaughters and three (step)grandchildren.

Through my grandson I have rediscovered messing about with Lego again. I say messing about, because building sounds like the end result actually looks like something and my end results usually don't.

I expressed my renewed interest to my wife: "From now on, I only want Lego for my birthday". So last year I got two small boxes of Lego Classic. I instantly noticed the difference to the Lego I used to play with as a kid. Much more interesting parts in all sorts of sizes and shapes. When I was a kid, I had to make do with just plain bricks and plates. The few exceptions were windows, doors, wheels and the odd special, like a forklift piece, or a turning plate.

I remembered that in my mum's basement, my old Lego was still being kept. I say 'my' lego, but is actually mostly my two older brother's stuff. Yesterday I retrieved it: Two 20 litre buckets full of loose Lego, in various states of wear and tear. The oldest parts date back to the 1950's, I have figured out. The youngest parts are probably from the early 80's. It is no longer in complete sets, but from some parts I can tell there are, among others: a fire-engine (set 374), A Shell-tanker lorry (set 688), a garage, an extension set with shop-lettering, a train set, a boat, a forklift, a few early electric parts and a handful of Technic parts. I also have two large, damaged grey baseplates, and three smaller green ones, one of which is broken in two.

If I find the time, I will post a few pictures of some broken Lego bits, to show how Lego suffers from being played with extensively ;-)

Welcome to Eurobricks, Gooikes.

 

Welcome! Nice avatar.