Mr Hobbles Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Hey guys, I'm Nathan, 22 years old and from Scotland. I haven't played LEGO in a long time (Probably since I was like 16 or something), but the other day I was bored and checked out the LEGO.com site and saw Cafe Corner. It was calling out to me, honest! I think I'm gonna start really getting back into the hobby. :) I'm mainly a city/trains person. I liked the Islanders sets a good, I dunno, 10 years ago? Also the Western theme. But since seeing Cafe Corner I want to take a more realistic view to my town building. I want Cafe Corner to be just a corner in a little town, where all the other buildings are built by myself and look really realistic. Wish me luck, it'll be my first time... Just bought my first set in a long time from Argos (7945 Fire Station) to see if I like it, and now I've just put a massive dent in my wallet on Shop@Home. :D LEGO has definently changed a bit! I love the size of the fire engine, and some of the building methods are very different to what I imagine LEGO doing back in the day. I like! Anyway, I've bored you enough... :) Cheers, Mr Hobbles / Nathan Quote
Hobbes Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Welcome to EB Mr. Hobbles! Good to see another T&T fan join. You're right, LEGO has changed a lot over the past few years. And I know very well about the dent in the wallet :'-( ;-) Hope you enjoy EB like we all do :-) Now I have to watch out I don't confuse your name with my own *wacko* Quote
simonwillems Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Welcome Nathan, good to see someone who is just as old as I am. I am sure you will enjoy your time here, with lots of inspiring builders all over the forum. Do you have some pictures of your collection, Brickshelf or something? :-) Quote
Mr Hobbles Posted March 20, 2007 Author Posted March 20, 2007 Im afraid not, I didn't even know there was this big of an online LEGO community. I've just really started getting obsessed with it again these last few days. All my old LEGO is back home which is at least a 4 hour drive away...might have to go home and fetch them. Also found out about Bricklink...it's brilliant! Should supply all the parts I need for my next building project. :-P Quote
Holodoc Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 All my old LEGO is back home which is at least a 4 hour drive away...might have to go home and fetch them. Hey Mr. Hobbles! These 4 hours are defenitely worth travelling! As Hobbes said, it Quote
Norro Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Welcome! I'm torn, Mr Hobbles is free to like town and trains, but it really does disgrace the name Nathan ;-) X-D X-D ... Greetings from across the water anyway! God Bless, Nathan Quote
MatthewUSA Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Welcome Mr. Hobbles. I am a town and train fan too. I have been collecting town sets for 21 years and 9V train sets since they came out. You will definitly find this hobby will be costly, but it is worth it. You are entering back into the collection at a good time. Lego is finally creating good town sets again. In the late '90s, Lego created some town sets that were very cheap looking. The vehicles had no doors and bricks with printed headlights. I personally thought these were :-( . I am glad to see the company is back to their roots. The vehicles look great and the buildings are starting to look like buildings again *y* . Lego has been doing a good job with the trains though. The only train set I thought looked :-( was the train station in 1999. This station was small and cheap looking. But you will find things are getting :'-) . Good luck on your future projects and a quick reminder. You can always use the SW and Castle sets as parts. I do. Quote
UniqueBuilder Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Ooh! Another Townie! :'-) Welcome, and enjoy your stay! :-) Especially in the Town/Trains section.. X-D Quote
El Bucanero Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Welcome to EB mr Hobbles! I'm surprised you didn't took the name Road Runner! MEEP MEEP! Hehehe Meep meep on! :-D Mr Tiber Quote
Mr Hobbles Posted March 20, 2007 Author Posted March 20, 2007 Thanks guys, this place is really welcoming! I really do wanna drive home now and fetch all my LEGO and start building right away. Browsing the forums is giving me loads of ideas! Mr Tiber: You would think so, but I've been told I have a habit of making random thread titles... :-$ this is just a prime example of that I guess. :-D Quote
Jipay Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Welcome ! May I ask how you ended up here ? I'm just curious, because from what you're saying, it seems you found us just right after discovering lego.com. As for the meep meep I had the same reaction as mister tibber X-D Quote
Brainbox Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Now I have to watch out I don't confuse your name with my own *wacko* I already have... :-$ But I only glanced, so I think you can let me off. Quote
PSPguy Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 I thought it was tiber not tibber. *wacko* Welcome! We are always happy to have new members. Except fo spammers. Spam bad. Cept for the food. Mmm...spam. X-D ;-) Quote
Mr Hobbles Posted March 20, 2007 Author Posted March 20, 2007 Welcome ! May I ask how you ended up here ? I'm just curious, because from what you're saying, it seems you found us just right after discovering lego.com.As for the meep meep I had the same reaction as mister tibber X-D I visit LEGO.com quite regularly, just glancing at it when I'm bored, especially over the last few months. But I visited it almost a week ago and saw Cafe Corner and it really made me get into LEGO again. Then I searched for communities and forums, and this seemed like the best. :-) Quote
Asuka Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 Hello and welcome! *y* Move freely on our board! :-P Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted March 21, 2007 Governor Posted March 21, 2007 I liked the Islanders sets a good, I dunno, 10 years ago? Mr Hobbles / Nathan I would of been 13 years ago since the Islanders were released. But reacquaint yourself with them in this thread. Quote
El Bucanero Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 I thought it was tiber not tibber. *wacko* Welcome! We are always happy to have new members. Except fo spammers. Spam bad. Cept for the food. Mmm...spam. X-D ;-) It IS Tiber... Mr Tiber... Sometimes members think it's timber because of "Shiver me timbers!". But it's not. Why did you think it's Tibber? Mr TiBer Quote
Starwars4J Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 It IS Tiber... Mr Tiber...Sometimes members think it's timber because of "Shiver me timbers!". But it's not. Why did you think it's Tibber? Mr TiBer I'd say because of this: Welcome ! May I ask how you ended up here ? I'm just curious, because from what you're saying, it seems you found us just right after discovering lego.com.As for the meep meep I had the same reaction as mister tibber X-D :-P Quote
Aredhel Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 Welcome to this great community!!! Enjoy your stay!!! -Aredhel Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted March 24, 2007 Governor Posted March 24, 2007 I would of been 13 years ago since the Islanders were released.But reacquaint yourself with them in this thread. Better still we now have an Islander MOC Index which has much better organisation Quote
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