What is the longest you have kept a model built?

[dr_spock]

I have the 6382 Fire Station built since 1983. I guess 26 years and counting is the longest for me.

With three children under the age of 9, I can barely keep my sets together for a week without someone sneaking into my room and taking them off my shelf. "Look dady! I made it better!"

That's when you get them their own Lego.

[RileyC]

it would have to be my x wing from 2006.

[TheBrickHitHouse]

6274 Caribbean Clipper managed 20 years - dismantled it a few months back, as much as I love it - i just have no more space

[Dunjohn]

Well, I'm a bit of a sorting-and-filing freak, so most of my sets don't last a week before I take them apart and gleefully separate the bits into the correct yiplock bags. Some don't even last the day. As well as that, I'm only a year and a bit out of my dark age so obviously I don't have anything that's been intact for ridonkulous lengths.

I got the Agents robot in the summer and I just can't bring myself to tear it up: it's too awesome, and probably my favourite set of all. It's guarding my DVD shelf. The Crystal King is still there too, having been bought either shortly before or shortly after Dr. Inferno's mech, so I don't know which holds the record. It's invading my DVD shelf. I don't see either being broken up soon, and no other model has lasted even a month, so who knows how long they're gonna last....

[Rijkvv]

3451 Sopwith Camel. I bought it when it was 70% off (total €15,- ). I de-assebled it a year ago. If the quality of the stickers was better, I still have kept it built.

[gravysam]

My good ol' Star destroyer from 2006.

Its just sittin under my bed!