Posted February 24, 201312 yr Nice to meet everyone My name is Kim and I am 23, a college graduate with an art degree, and currently working at a library and a Toys R Us... which is kind of how this started. I'm mainly a doll collector, but I have a love and appreciation for miniatures in general, which is why I think I'm being sucked back into Lego. I played with my little brother's Lego with him growing up but I didn't have many sets of my own, and I'm thinking I may remedy that as an adult. My first adult Lego purchase was last November when I decided to get my kind-of ex-boyfriend the Millennium Falcon for Christmas. I waited for several TRU sales to align so I could get a really good deal on it. The rest of the holiday season I was so proud of myself for resisting temptation and hardly buying any toys for myself. Working at a Toys R Us is rough for someone with a thing for miniatures... pretty much everything is little and cute, and you find yourself wanting nearly everything for no reason. Anyways, I was doing so good, until I started paying attention to the minifigures... It started with one guy in a chicken suit... my co-worker is a master at feeling up the minifigure bags, and when he found the chicken suit guy I couldn't resist. I've always liked mermaids, so I knew that one was coming home at some point. Pretty soon I ended up with a cute little group hanging out on my windowsill, Exhibit A: Fortunately, or unfortunately for my doll collecting funds, Toys R Us had a buy one get one 50% off Lego sale this week that included minifigs... aaand now I have 13 somehow... Finding a Target that still had a ton of series 8 minifigs didn't help either (No updated group picture just yet) I'm finding this to be very addicting. I am now a master bag-fondler, to the point where I'm man handling bags for customers at Toys R Us who are looking for certain minifigs. I started out just collecting my favorites out of the series, but now I'm finding reasons to add all of them to my collection, with the justifications being 'oh and I could use that piece/hair/head for this future project/scene,' which I'm sure can't be a good sign... My brother still has all of our old Lego sets mashed up in your typical giant-tub-o-Lego, so I'm planning a visit to my parent's house on the other side of the state to do a dig through that. I remember having a lot of Indians and teepees, some pirates, a rowboat, tree stumps, dragons, some skeletons and horses, so I'm pretty excited for that. And here are some more pictures for funsies. In-progress pictures of the Falcon. I was the photographer and the official sticker-put-on-er. And I think that's about it... oh and as for my favorite theme, I'm finding myself really drawn to the Monster Fighters, though from what I'm gathering that one seems to be on its way out? Though that might be good for my poor little bank account. -Kim Edited March 5, 201311 yr by kimberbee
February 24, 201312 yr Welcome to Eurobricks, Kimberbee! I'm sure you'll love it here! I'm an avid minifigure collector as well, and yes, it gets very addicting. I think many, many other Eurobricks members will be able to tell you that as well. I hope you enjoy your time on Eurobricks!
February 24, 201312 yr Welcome! Monster Fighters is on its way out I'm afraid but I'm sure you'll find something else that strikes your fancy. I'm a little jealous of the childhood stash you have waiting on you. That sounds like a fantastic treasure hunt.
February 24, 201312 yr Welcome kimberbee! That is a very detailed introduction which you have shared with our Eurobricks Community! Have fun exploring the forum and hope to see you around too!
February 25, 201312 yr Author Thank you for the welcome! I thought I would give a more detailed intro since I'm not quite the typical Lego enthusiast I've mostly been reading and soaking up information, there is so much to read! I really had no idea there was this much to read and explore within the Lego community. I am so excited to dig through my childhood Lego, I imagine I'm going to spend a whole day sorting. And then once I drag some of those out to my apartment I can start building some little vignettes for my minifigs.
February 28, 201312 yr Welcome, Kim! I'm not sure there is a "typical" Lego enthusiast, everyone embraces their little (or not so little) brick collections in their own way. That's part of the fun, something for everyone. Now go rummage through that childhood collection of yours, maybe add a few things to it, build something and share it with the rest of us
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