My childhood reborn.

[Joeyfalcone]

Hello, First of I’d like to say if this post is in the wrong forum I would like to apologise. I only discovered this site last week, so forgive me I am still trying to find my sea legs (haha).

I’m 22 and I have memories of from my childhood playing with Lego…pirate Lego to be specific, I can’t remember how old I was but I can still remember getting my first pirate Lego…I think it was just a lone pirate (not sure what the set was called) then for one Christmas I got the black sea barracuda…oh man that ship was amazing! But sadly of the past 18 years the ship has fallen apart and all that remains of it is the hull and the two walls of the captains cabin.

So recently I have been riding a wave of nostalgia, I was also a fan of the ninja turtles when I was a child and seeing as how they released the original toys I had to get a few and while I was looking for them at target my jaw dropped when I sore the new pirate Lego, I’ve always said “pirate Lego was the best” soon after I found this site and the wave of nostalgia I was surfing with the ninja turtle toys turned into a full blown Lego tidal wave. So I brought cannon battle and kraken attacking (part of me still feels bad that I let the black sea barracuda fall to pieces once I hit my teens, I guess I’m trying to make up for it).

Looking at the reviews of all the old pirate Lego I found myself saying, “I remember that one, I had that one, dam I always wanted that one” it brings back so many great memories…. I would like to say a big THANK YOU! To whoever runs this site and also THANK YOU to those people that reviewed the old sets!

So I’m thinking of buying all the sets of the new pirate Lego (I have no idea how I will explain it to my parents!!) with the intention of making a full lego stop motion movie based on the new lego sets (and being a film maker who wants to make huge epic movies but can’t at the moment lego is the perfect way to get all of that Michael bayism out of me: p)…so is it too childish for a 22 year old to be buying lego? I’m sure there are other people in the same boat as me…I guess if I buy them now 20 years from now when I have my own kids I can give them this new lego and say “well this is kinda like something I used to play with when I was your age” who knows in 20 years time if they will still make pirate lego.

I’ve seen a few stop motion lego movies on youtube, some good some bad…one thing I really want to do with my stop motion is make it so use older fans who remember the old lego can enjoy it as well and I have the perfect idea for that…but working on how to tie it all together.

Anyway thank you again to the guys (or gals) that run this site, you guy’s rock!

Hopefully they won’t release the original power ranger toys because then I will have to declare bankruptcy.

[cole]

Hiya Joey!

That's quite a story, hope you enjoy yourself here on Eurobricks. You can go an introduce your self here.

Edited July 24, 2009 by cole

[Siegfried]

Welcome to EB! This seems more appropiate in the Hello! My name is... forum so I'll move it there....

[Apache]

Dude, welcome to the site. There is nothing wrong with being an adult and buying lego and building and playing with it. Buying those lego sets is so much better than spending all your coin at the bar. And what better way to get back at your boss than making his minifig walk the plank of your new Brickbeards Bounty. So take it from this 31 year old, buy ALL of the sets. FYI, the soldier arsenal set is HIGHLY addicting, I've allready bought 20 and I'm going to buy more.

:skull:

[Captain Zuloo]

Yargh, welcome matey! Welcome to Eurobricks, it's great to have another Pirates fan around. Are you familiar with Classic-Pirates.com? We update it daily with fresh content. The original and best Pirate blog and forum is certainly worth a trip to!

Enjoy your stay here mate, and if ye need anything, don't hesitate to contact me or the rest of the crew.

[Milan]

Welcome, and good luck with your project!

[Perterz]

Welcome to the forums! I'm 23 years old and I know the 'am I really bying Lego at this age?!' - feeling. But I'm old enough to let (ignorent) people think what they want and do what you want! At first my friends were laughing at me and now they frequently ask me if I have anything new :D

As for your parents, I'm sure they will like it. Like my mother once noticed I was buying and displaying Lego, now she regulary just visits my room to come and look at the Cafe Corner and Green Grocer. She told me that 2 days ago :), just like she told me how beautifull she finds those sets and every time she comes here to look at them, she finds new details! Way to go mom!

As far as your Black Seas Barracuda, I know that feeling too! In the same way I lost all my Western sets over the years.

I miss them! (I found 2 used sets at reasonable price so I bought them to feed my nostalgia)

Enjoy your stay and happy building!

Edited July 24, 2009 by Perterz

[martinsuper]

Hey Joey! Welcome back to the hobby that is more addicitive than illegal drugs!

I also got back in with the return of the new line, and I also rode the wave of nostalgia. Be forwarned though! I have probably spent over $3000 this year alone riding that vicious wave!

So, first thing is first. Make a budget as to what you are willing to spend monthly. DO NOT simply go buy things as you encounter them and like them. Second, you need to sort, clean, organize, and box your LEGO so that you can build easier.

Post an ad on Craigs List in your area and start buying up used LEGO, this will save you a bundle. For good, clean, usuable LEGO I usually spend about $5 a pound.

Got any other questions, lets me know.

They call me the Black Sheep because I get into fantastically out of control arguements with LEGO when they dont give me exactly what I want.

-Super

[Commodore Hornbricker]

Great story. I think many of us have experienced what you described at some point. I am much older than you. I have a wife, two daughters, a house, two college degrees and my dream job running a City...and I buy all the Lego's I can get my hands on...Its pretty simple...spend your free time and your disposable income on the things you enjoy!

[HumanPackMule]

Welcome to Eurobricks. Enjoy your stay Glad to see you've come back to Lego

[Joeyfalcone]

Yargh, welcome matey! Welcome to Eurobricks, it's great to have another Pirates fan around. Are you familiar with Classic-Pirates.com? We update it daily with fresh content. The original and best Pirate blog and forum is certainly worth a trip to!

Enjoy your stay here mate, and if ye need anything, don't hesitate to contact me or the rest of the crew.

Thanks for the welcome guys,

sorry for posting this in the wrong section

Captain Zuloo i LOVE classic pirates! i'm always looking at it daily.

as for my project it's called "The return of Redbeard" still writing it at the moment it's gonna be an epic brickfilm (hopefully), i have no idea when it will be finished as anyone who has ever tried stop motion it takes time, over the weekend i have been searching for all my old lego i'm hoping to find all the pieces i need to re-build the barracuda..i know i have all the pieces somewhere...just a matter of where!

[Ratshot]

Welcome to Eurobricks. Its great to have another pirate fan.

Cheers

Ratshot

[fenris]

so is it too childish for a 22 year old to be buying lego?

no way! i'm 30 and love it! it's great. once you recover from the "dark ages" it's so much fun collecting lego. luckily i didn't throw away my old lego and could trade it against my new love - lego star wars...

would be great seeing your brickfilm!

[Go Cubs Go!]

Welcome to eurobricks! Hope you have a great time here.

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