Current Events > Does anyone here still play with legos?

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I've been watching these lego pros on youtube. It is amazing what they have been able to create. They are able to build these things 100% from legos and nothing else. Here are some examples from conventions:

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Whoa
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If you play with Legos into adulthood you are boss.
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I played with them well into my teen years. A few times a year Ill have dreams where I still collect and build them. I like those dreams.
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Why do Americans call Lego bricks legos? Irks me
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AstralMeats posted...

Why do Americans call Lego bricks legos? Irks me

Well the pieces can be a lot more than just bricks!
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Sometimes I want to buy some, but the prices of a lot of those sets are just plain ridiculous.
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I remember one time I kicked some kids lego shit hole castle into a thousand pieces. I don't feel sorry for him because he got so pissed off about it. It kinda reminded me of this...

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I know folk that collect the special edition sets. They increase in value so quickly that they can sell them again within a year or two for like 300% markups.

ArchiePeck posted...

I know folk that collect the special edition sets. They increase in value so quickly that they can sell them again within a year or two for like 300% markups.

But you dont even get to play with them :(
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Lego
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Sativa_Rose posted...

Well the pieces can be a lot more than just bricks!

Their point was probably that the plural of Lego is still Lego.
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I got Lego Worlds for my son, and it's basically the Lego game I always wanted as a kid. You can literally build brick by brick, to the point where you can start disassembling the ground under your feet. Shit is crazy. And it manages to not be nearly as blocky as Minecraft
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ArchiePeck posted...

I know folk that collect the special edition sets. They increase in value so quickly that they can sell them again within a year or two for like 300% markups.

I should look into this. It's true that some of the ones that came out in the early 2010s are already going for several times the price if you look at new unopened boxes on Amazon or something

eston posted...

I got Lego Worlds for my son, and it's basically the Lego game I always wanted as a kid. You can literally build brick by brick, to the point where you can start disassembling the ground under your feet. Shit is crazy. And it manages to not be nearly as blocky as Minecraft

Oh that sounds cool, it would be a good way to test out designs and stuff.
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I do. Some good shit nowadays.
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No. It does look interesting though of course because I used to play with them up til middle teens.

Frankly theyre too damn cost prohibitive. Id rather spend money on other things.
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That awesome castle is the exact type of thing I always wished I'd had the money / pieces to build. About ten years ago I tried to make my own interpretation of Castlevania out of my 90's-era castle pieces and Harry Potter sets, but never had enough to finish it. I tried to get back into it a couple years ago, even got all my pieces sorted and bought about a hundred bucks of those Elves sets (since they were the closest sets to castle / fantasy available), but was going through a move and they've sat in their boxes since. But they're waiting for me if I get the itch.
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masterpug53 posted...

That awesome castle is the exact type of thing I always wished I'd had the money / pieces to build. About ten years ago I tried to make my own interpretation of Castlevania out of my 90's-era castle pieces and Harry Potter sets, but never had enough to finish it. I tried to get back into it a couple years ago, even got all my pieces sorted and bought about a hundred bucks of those Elves sets (since they were the closest sets to castle / fantasy available), but was going through a move and they've sat in their boxes since. But they're waiting for me if I get the itch.

The Elves sets sound cool. You should search for some castle sets on Amazon as they will have a lot of discontinued stuff available that you won't find in most stores.

I also think that the pros use sites like this to buy pieces in bulk for their big creations rather than getting them through sets.

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/main.page
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Sativa_Rose posted...

The Elves sets sound cool. You should search for some castle sets on Amazon as they will have a lot of discontinued stuff available that you won't find in most stores.

They've got some nice mystical pieces that can really make a castle set pop. Ten-years-ago me would've been too embarrassed to buy them since they're clearly a girl-geared subgenre, but current me gave far less fucks, heh. I almost bought the big evil witch's castle set 40% off about a year ago, but that was also the same day Wally World finally had a Switch in stock and I had to prioritize.

And thanks for that link, looks awesome. Even though legos are probably the most sound toy / hobby investment in the world since they'll never decrease in value, I still don't have the money right now to start sinking back into said hobby. Hopefully someday.
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