Nazgarot Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) I'm sorry if this introduction might be at bit longer then usual (I love to write), but bear with me, and I have to excuse my English; Grammar has never been my strong suit. I'm Norwegian, 29 years old, and have been toying around with lego for a few years... I had a long brake since I was about 11, but came back to Lego when I settled down. Back then I buildt a copy of U.S.S. Missouri after having seen Under Siege with Steven Seagal (his only good film in my opinion, but my view may be collored by the fact that it was the firsth action movie I ever owned). It was quite a good model, for being made by a eleven years old child with limited recources, and it stil excists to this day, if a little damaged. I hade to make some design decitions back then, I wanted it to be playable with, so the looks wasn't to important, and it was red, because it was the bricks I had the most of. I will recondicion it and put up a few pictures as soon as I can (have to go home and get it first). (Maybe my next build would be a remake of it? quite an exciting idea!) My history with lego is not very strigth forward. I was about 18 months old when I firsth picked up small bricks. It wasn't lego, even though I had played with duplo from being born (or close enough), but some bricks my big sister had, that was called polly. They where similar to lego but a bit smaler, with bigger knobs. According to my mom (and one of my firsth clear memories) I started playing with my sisters bricks, even though my parrents had forbidden it because they where to small, when I tought they didn't see it. My sister was about to chase me away when my parents stoped her. They wanted to se what I would do, and was quite shocked when I actually started building a house. I never put a single brick in my mouth, so they allowed me to continiue playing with it. Some months later I got a bag of real lego bricks from a cousin who was moving away, and was in heaven. My firsth technic set was a motorcycle (set number "1924-1") I got in early 1984, I became 3 years old in the summer of 84, and can still remember my mother complaining that it contained to many small parts... And I got may firsth set with a motor system in 85, set number 1033. It was some kind of inventor set, and was the firsth true technic set I became aware of, containing several types of gears and so on... But one of the sets I remember the most clearly was the "5580 Highway rig" I got in -86. I stil think this is one of the best "creator" sets lego has ever launced, even though they where called "model team" back then, maybe only beaten buy it's follower the "5590 Whirl N' Wheel Super Truck" launched in 1990. But considering it was launched in -86, 5580 STILL rules!! By 1994, 12-13 years of age, different interests had taken over, among those nitro powered RC-cars and computers, and it was not cool being a teenager playing with lego, even though I still loved it. The last to sets i got for many many years was "8829-1 Dune Blaster" and "8858-1 Rebel Wrecker". By now things was realy starting to happen with techninc lego, but it was another 14-15 years before I would by a lego set for my self again. That was the "UCS Millenium Falcon" in 2008. I have moved around a lot, but in 2007 I was moving for the 4th time, after 4 years at a university college, having studied rocket science. I whent home to my parents in the easter Holiday, and tought to collect all my toys and stuff as I was expecting to move down south (in Norway) for good this time. I spent several days collecting and rebuilding my old sets, and stowing them away, as well as sorting out all the technical lego that i wanted to take south with me. This peeked the interest again, and I started checking out the lego home pages. I saw the Millenium Falcon was comming, and as a true fan of both Star Wars and lego I just had to have it! I preordered it form USA at firsth chanse, and got it about 4 months later in early Mars 2008. an 16 hour build later, and it was done. My interest was again peeked! When the motorised buldozer came out I just had to get it, as it contained a lot of stuff that I needed to test out an RC project I had been thinking of for some time (A replica of the famous RipSaw "tank". May post pics in the future). And that was the start of a new renesance for my lego career. I have since bought about 10 sets, another buldozer for the parts as well as a front loader, and a few Star Wars sets. And now, I finaly have made my firsth order from bricklink, and is starting som big projects. I recently bought a house, and move in about half a year ago. There I have three separate rooms to use for my hobbies. a 60 square meters garage (for cars, RC and mechanical hobbies), a 25 square meter insulated outhose (For lego) and a 15 square meters room for wood and plastic models. This spring I've been a bit short on time, with lots of things to do with the house, but it's shaping up nicely, and it seems I'll have more time to "work" with lego in the summer. I have several big MOC's planed, but havent made many yet... A few like the battleship Missouri when I was a kid, a MOC of the 8850 Rally Support Truck with independent front suspension and a floating rear axle (My father just loved this car, and asked if I could do a remake of it), and the before mentioned RipSaw MOC. The new 8110 U400 Unimog has really given me water on the mill, as it came with a lot of new parts that will help me build the MOCs I've been planing. I'll try to find my way around the forum, and post a few pics when I find where to post them. My main interests in Lego are Technic, Mindstorms and StarWars. Now, that was a presentation of me. Now, if you want to get to know me better, please do not hesitate to contact me. Oh, and I have recently become stepfather to a two years old boy! So now Duplo and traditional bricks are comming into focus as well. EDIT: If you find this interesting you should check out my about me page in my profile. EDIT: Added some links Edited June 13, 2011 by Nazgarot Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 Very interesting intro ...and welcome aboard Nazgarot! I like Technic and Star Wars themes too, see you around! Quote
Blackknight112 Posted June 12, 2011 Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) That wa a really nice (and long) intro. You really like to write. And you have a really good memorie remembering all the lego sets you've had when you was a little kid. I wish I could remember mine. I can't wait to see your remade MOC. I hope to see you around. Edited June 12, 2011 by Blackknight112 Quote
Nazgarot Posted June 13, 2011 Author Posted June 13, 2011 I've always had a good memory when it comes to Lego, and I haven't thrown away a single instruction booklet, ever! That of course helps in remembering the sets I've had, but I actually think I know the exact amount of almost all pieces I have (except form Technic, as I have some sets I've never dismaneled), and I do have a lot of sets. I've never been one to keep the sets, but by keeping all the instruction booklets I'm able to rebuild anything when ever i want. I'll start posting pics soon, but I'm not really certain where I should post them. Is there collections of MOCS for all categories that you post to, or does everyone start one thread pr project? I can see some are trying to collect MOCs in indexes. I'll also like to start a bog for some of my bigger projects. Some help to get to know the forum would be welcome. -ED- Quote
Donut Posted June 13, 2011 Posted June 13, 2011 Welcome aboard Nazgarot! Fantastic introduction, seldom do I see intros that are as detailed as yours. A great read to say the least. So you studied rocket science in college?! That's really awesome because it has a reputation of being very challenging. If you want to post a MOC, simply go to the sub-forum that is appropriate for the MOC and post it there. For example the three themes that you like: Star Wars: Post MOCs here: SW subForum Technic, Mindstorm: Post MOCs here: TM subForum Tutorials with helpful information: Link Quote
Brickdoctor Posted June 13, 2011 Posted June 13, 2011 Welcome to EB, Nazgarot! It sounds like you have a good amount of experience with LEGO. Hope you enjoy the site. Quote
buddy Posted June 13, 2011 Posted June 13, 2011 Welcome to Eurobricks Nazgarot, I hope that you have a nice time on the forums! ~buddy~ Quote
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