adunaphel1 Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 The orange unimog! Now the dark Ages are over and I spent to much money for my hobby. :-) Quote
DrJB Posted February 11, 2015 Author Posted February 11, 2015 It's a universally accepted fact that, after the dark ages, come the EXPENSIVE years. Quote
H3NRIK Posted February 11, 2015 Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) Wauw soo inspiring, reading your stories.. Telling me I am not the only 34 year old playing with LEGO.. Born in 1980, played with LEGO through the 80's Applying for job with LEGO in Billund in 1990, :) recieving a nice letter to apply again when I grew older.. :) My last set was 8880 in '94. Then, there it was! In 2003 i saw the 8455 in a shop. I never had pneumatics before, and i was in love with that complexity. 8455 still stands as a milestone to me... I went back to the Dark ages, but never disassembled 8455. Then in 2010 I Got the 8275 from a relative, Working with LEGO in Billund, and I was hooked. The combination of pneumatics and PF Got me! I watched Zblj's bulldozer on YT at that time and also discovered Sariel and was immensely inspired! I have veen buying the flagship each year ever since, MODing them all with PF Then I discovered BRicklink and now it's spiralling! When I saw the video of the arocs, 42043 I had to share my enthusiasm with someone, and made a profile here on eurobricks two weeks ago... Been stalking in here for years... Cheers! Edited February 11, 2015 by H3NRIK Quote
DrJB Posted February 12, 2015 Author Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) This thread got started in Sept 2013, and is now seeing a new wave of interest. Is it appropriate to say it too, is coming back from its own dark age? Edited February 19, 2015 by DrJB Quote
DanFraser Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 8275 was my dark age ender in 2008. Now I've got 8294, 9396, 42009, 42008 and 42030. In that order. Quote
Peasantseverywhere Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 I've technically only just come out of my 'Technic' dark age even though I've been collecting Lego for the past 10 years, It was the latest Arctic Truck set that brought me back into Technic, since then I've only bought the Container Truck, but I'm planning a massive spending spree soon, any ideas for which sets to get ? Quote
Blakbird Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 any ideas for which sets to get ? Start with all of them and go from there. Quote
nychase Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Start with all of them and go from there. Thats what I did. Works well. Quote
DrJB Posted February 19, 2015 Author Posted February 19, 2015 And then, once you have them all, you'll be pondering which are you favorite, with thoughts of down-sizing constantly haunting you ... unless you're Blakbird of course. Quote
dougstar Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 with thoughts of down-sizing constantly haunting you ... Blaspheme! we will hear nothing of the the thought! hahahaah ..... but seriously! Quote
Rijkvv Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 8880 ended my dark age in 2007. I've always wanted one as a kid. When looking for building instructions for my brother's Ninja set, I discovered the AFOL community, as well as an 8880 at Marktplaats, a sort of Dutch Ebay site. Quote
OG_technic Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 42009. I saw an article on Oppositelock/Jalopnik about the 8110 Unimog which sparked my interest in Lego again. The article was posted only recently, and by then the 8110 was already sold out. I was going through the TLC website and that's when I stumbled upon the beauty that is the 42009. Quote
Blakbird Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 And then, once you have them all, you'll be pondering which are you favorite, with thoughts of down-sizing constantly haunting you ... unless you're Blakbird of course. I am not immune to those thoughts. In fact I am currently going through a big batch of downsizing. Quote
nychase Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I am not immune to those thoughts. In fact I am currently going through a big batch of downsizing. Just sold a batch of 130 Technic sets (one buyer) since I just had too much. Believe me, you will end up with too much and then have nothing to do but sell it. The good news is that its hard to lose money. Quote
JamesJT Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 My Mum bought me 8256 for Chrismas in 2010. I built an elephant with it - I never did like following instructions. One new AFOL bought 16 technic sets of me in the last 2 weeks and he says he will be back for more soon. Quote
NioN Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) After not building with (Technic) Lego for more than twenty years I decided to buy the 42009 crane last Christmas. It was more an impulse purchase because I saw it on a large online shop with a great discount. But well, I couldn't imagine how much fun it would be to build the crane and spend hours and hours on it until I finished the build. It was so much fun that I immediately started to look for other sets and since last Christmas I got the Volvo Wheel Loader (42030), Service Truck (42008), Cargo Plane (42025), the Pickup Truck (42029) and yesterday I stumbled upon the Unimog at my local Lego store which could be the largest Lego store here in Holland. It was their last Unimog and I could get it for a very nice price. So far I the Volvo Wheel Loader is the set that I like the most but after starting to build the Unimog last night I might think that the Unimog could be my favourite new set Edited February 20, 2015 by NioN Quote
Carrera124 Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 Question is self explanatory ... Which set, made you realize Technic has undergone a radical transformation, and it was time for you to come back? For me, it worked vice versa.When I realized that Technic had undergone a radical transformation, i tried 2-3 sets. But I didn't like it, and this was the initial impulse to start and comeback and buy all the old studded technic sets that I missed as a child. Quote
cehtunger Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 Lego practicaly defined my childhood in a late '80s and '90s, mostly pirates and castle, some city, but almost no technic except few smaller sets. few months ago i decided that dark ages are finally over and the lego renaissance started based on technic(al) revolution with 42009. Now, 3 months later, i own 42008, 42009, 42025, 42028, 42030, 42036 and 75059. My wallet isn't pretty happy on my decision to go with technic and SW. We have mutual agreement that under no circumstance i am to show interest in trains. That includes even looking at them on the web. Quote
JayDee96 Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 Always had lego as a kid but split among many other toys and interest. After a few years of different things (not sure I'd call an official dark age) I saw the technic line on Lego's official website after stumbling there out of pure random time consumption. Shortly after I found 8292 in a local store on sale after never seeing a technic set before, and I had to have it, and through much luck had the "pocket money" to do so. Then it was game on. And since then, the last year especially (after getting my first full time job), I have spent thousands catching up on all I missed, and have many more thousand to go, but I don't intend to leave again willingly if my situation permits me to keep my passion. Quote
Interceptor Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 We have mutual agreement that under no circumstance i am to show interest in trains. That includes even looking at them on the web. I wish I had had that agreement back then. But after collecting Technic flagships and Model Team sets I stared at videos about 7740 and 4558 on youtube for hours and rationalism was gone... Quote
Cumulonimbus Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 My wallet isn't pretty happy on my decision to go with technic and SW. We have mutual agreement that under no circumstance i am to show interest in trains. That includes even looking at them on the web. I recognise your troubles. Once it became clear to me that emerging from my dark ages wouldn't be limited to just one set, I promised myself to restrict myself to just one Lego theme: Technic. The temptation of big Creator sets as the Sopwith planes, the VW Beetle, T1 camper and MINI Cooper was very big, but I resisted the urge because I know myself too well: Once I buy one, my collecting drift will lead me to buy more. My wallet wouldn't thank me for that. Quote
Rainbow Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) I came out of the dark age buying the 8043 excavator, later the crawler 9398. After that i bought/build 8110, 41999(yellow) and 8297. Edited February 20, 2015 by Rainbow Quote
DrJB Posted February 20, 2015 Author Posted February 20, 2015 41999 in yellow? Was that a 'custom' version off eBay? Quote
Rainbow Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 DrJB: I have downloaded the building instructions at the Lego site and collected all parts. Martin Quote
weavil Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Better late than never? I finally got around to posting in this one. I started to pull out my studs back out in 2010 after about 12 years of silence. Then I got the 8043 and felt like I a 10 year old again! Have added 42000, 42020, 42021, 42029, and 42030 plus various bricklink orders. Quote
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