robbo Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 I have been here almost 4 years now and this is finally my 100th post and i just wanted to take this opportunity to tell you a little more about myself. My name is Bryan Roberts aka robbo, I am 33 years old and from Australia. I have been married for 5 years now and have two beautiful little girls. I have a huge Lego collection and currently it is insured for about $40,000 AUS. I do have more than that but as a Risk Manager in a local council to reduce my premium amount i split my collection. Half at my house...the rest at my parents. Star wars Lego brought me out of my dark years and since then my Lego collection has ballooned. Curse you Lucus....my bank manager could have been allot happier. My collection consists of every star wars set since 1999 and in some cases multiples for army building. I must take a pic of my 60 rebel troopers some day and show you. I also have every castle, city and train set from the past few years. I also have a viking army of 100 plus troops. Before my dark ages i had a nice collection of castle, pirate, classic space, trains, city which i still have in mint condition. But my number one passion is castle Lego, would you believe i have just bought my th Orc battle ship. I do have dreams of building a massive battle scene MOC with a huge castle under siege from several different factions. My time is very limited as my priorities are my family and work but one day i hope to share with you my creatively about 30 odd years of experience. The main reason why i come here is to admire the talent of the members ......Eurobricks is truly an amazing place and i just love what i am seeing in the castle forum at the moment. I also just love the amount of Aussies that visit here and some of you have climbed the ranks superbly, i have always been curious just how many of us to visit Eurobricks. I think we would rival some the bigger nations..lol Quote
Zepher Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 What an interesting Hello. Four years and only 100 posts, wow. That's something to either admire or be ashamed of! Well... welcome? Quote
Medievalego Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 Great intro :) One thing I'm wondering after reading it is, how many (if any) other members insure their collections? I'm pretty sure my own is worth a pretty penny, but I wasn't sure how difficult it would be to ensure it. Should really start a new topic about this. :) ~ Medievalego ~ I have been here almost 4 years now and this is finally my 100th post and i just wanted to take this opportunity to tell you a little more about myself. My name is Bryan Roberts aka robbo, I am 33 years old and from Australia. I have been married for 5 years now and have two beautiful little girls.I have a huge Lego collection and currently it is insured for about $40,000 AUS. I do have more than that but as a Risk Manager in a local council to reduce my premium amount i split my collection. Half at my house...the rest at my parents. Star wars Lego brought me out of my dark years and since then my Lego collection has ballooned. Curse you Lucus....my bank manager could have been allot happier. My collection consists of every star wars set since 1999 and in some cases multiples for army building. I must take a pic of my 60 rebel troopers some day and show you. I also have every castle, city and train set from the past few years. I also have a viking army of 100 plus troops. Before my dark ages i had a nice collection of castle, pirate, classic space, trains, city which i still have in mint condition. But my number one passion is castle Lego, would you believe i have just bought my th Orc battle ship. I do have dreams of building a massive battle scene MOC with a huge castle under siege from several different factions. My time is very limited as my priorities are my family and work but one day i hope to share with you my creatively about 30 odd years of experience. The main reason why i come here is to admire the talent of the members ......Eurobricks is truly an amazing place and i just love what i am seeing in the castle forum at the moment. I also just love the amount of Aussies that visit here and some of you have climbed the ranks superbly, i have always been curious just how many of us to visit Eurobricks. I think we would rival some the bigger nations..lol Quote
I Scream Clone Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 Hi Robbo, Good to learn a bit more about you! Im only a year older and Aussie with 2 boys so we should have a play date one day It sounds like quite an impressive collection to be insured for that amount of money Star wars also bought me out of my 20 year dark ages but only last year (Hoth Base) Since then I have moved over to Castle more so and really love all the people in the forums. Such a cool bunch with beautiful skills to produce quality MOCs. Aussie Invasion on! Quote
robbo Posted November 13, 2008 Author Posted November 13, 2008 What an interesting Hello. Four years and only 100 posts, wow. That's something to either admire or be ashamed of!Well... welcome? I have always been a quality rather than a quantity person, contradicting myself with the size of my collection i know..lol Great intro :)One thing I'm wondering after reading it is, how many (if any) other members insure their collections? I'm pretty sure my own is worth a pretty penny, but I wasn't sure how difficult it would be to ensure it. Should really start a new topic about this. :) ~ Medievalego ~ I think we had this discussion at the start of the year, i think other people do ensure the collectiions as well Hi Robbo, Good to learn a bit more about you! Im only a year older and Aussie with 2 boys so we should have a play date one day It sounds like quite an impressive collection to be insured for that amount of money Star wars also bought me out of my 20 year dark ages but only last year (Hoth Base) Since then I have moved over to Castle more so and really love all the people in the forums. Such a cool bunch with beautiful skills to produce quality MOCs. Aussie Invasion on! I dont know how you can commit so much time here with 2 young boys, your doing much better than i am. My little 2 year already has her duplo and a thomas train that your boys would love. Dont worry, i think i still have a few years yet before i am sitting on the front porch scaring away boys...lol Being of the same vintage as me....do you own the yelllow castle......i think it would make a great centre peice as a throne room with some modifications for the modular castle that is being built at the moment Quote
Captain Zuloo Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 Well it is now official, Aussies are taking over the online AFOL community! $40.000 is a huge amount of money to spen on LEGO. I would love to see some images of your collection. Although you should be hanging out for pirates! Quote
Thee Pirate Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 What an interesting Hello. Four years and only 100 posts, wow. That's something to either admire or be ashamed of!Well... welcome? I'm well on my way to top that. 2 years, less than 20 posts :-D I've only recently started posting and all that activity has been because of the reintroduction of Pirates!!! Quote
Guss Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 (edited) Hello and... Welcome! I don't know if I can welcome you , or if it's you who have to welcome me, as you're wayyyy "older" on this forum than me^^ but anyway, Hello and welcome! I'm ok with the fact that you don't post a lot, because there is much important things in life than posting on forum... well... maybe I must try to get a life. currently it is insured for about $40,000 AUS. Huho, so I can steal it ? you don't care because you'll get $ 40 000 , ok ? oh wait.. I have to go to Australia to do so... ok forget what I just said Well it is now official, Aussies are taking over the online AFOL community! I feel the same... you're going to invade Billund one day.. Edited November 13, 2008 by Guss Quote
pr0visorak Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 Wow! Four years but only a hundred posts! That is shocking! Anyway, congrats once again :pir-skull: Quote
WhiteFang Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 Hi Robbo, What an unique way of introducing yourself, after being a member with us for 4 years and with 100 posts. It's time for you to be a little more active in the future. You could spare a little bit of time, and post some of your collections, creations and sharing your views with the rest of the members. Furthermore, next year TLG is bringing us more of its stunning sets such as the Medieval Market Village and the Pirate sets. See you around. WhitFang Quote
I Scream Clone Posted November 19, 2008 Posted November 19, 2008 I dont know how you can commit so much time here with 2 young boys, your doing much better than i am. My little 2 year already has her duplo and a thomas train that your boys would love. Dont worry, i think i still have a few years yet before i am sitting on the front porch scaring away boys...lolBeing of the same vintage as me....do you own the yelllow castle......i think it would make a great centre peice as a throne room with some modifications for the modular castle that is being built at the moment Sometimes its easier to log on for 10 minutes than unpack all my pieces and start building No yellow castle at my house, my parents sold all my old classic space and castle off years ago. Istarted collecting the year the yellow castle came out. My collection now consists of all new pieces from the last few years. Do you go to the Aussie convention? Im not heading from Syd to Mel for it this year. Im sure I will see you around here. Quote
KimT Posted November 27, 2008 Posted November 27, 2008 Welcome Glad you finally introduced yourself Quote
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