Even more differentFollow

I usually got the generic Bucket o' Legos, which was like $20~$30 for 500 pieces. Which came with the handy storage bucket that was never used to store Legos.

Edited, Aug 15th 2012 10:43am by lolgaxe

Even better, there are sets we got for like $20 that are selling used for like $100 on ebay...

Edited, Aug 15th 2012 7:47am by someproteinguy

I remember some epic-huge sets running about $100 when I was a kid back in 70's/80's. Some huge ship/moon base set and stuff. But those were rare (like one or two sets) and $60+ for a medium sized set seems the norm these days.

I wonder if part of the price hike is all the licensing these days. Anything remotely popular with the kids gets licensed by Lego: Harry Potter, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Batman, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, etc. According to Wiki, I see twenty-two licensed themes. All that costs money. Back in my day (old man) you had "Space", "Town" and it was a big day when "Medieval" came out and we could stop using antennae as swords. Speaking of, it seems like every set has specialty pieces these days that never existed back during the dawn of man. All that stuff has to cost money too.

My favorite was probably the pirate set, but I actually preferred the 'imperial' side guys from it. Never was really into pirates, for some reason.

I remember when we got this set. Came out in '93. I think that's around the point when they started moving on from the regular ol' knights, pirates, space set and into some more unique-looking fare with more specialty pieces.

PS: Greatly prefer this discussion to the toilet paper one.

Edited, Aug 15th 2012 11:15am by Eske

Your son has more self control than I had. I'd get new pieces and sets just so I could get pieces from them to combine with other sets and pieces to make random rocket car ship stuff. I don't think I ever actually made the "correct" thing.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brickfrenzy/sets/72157625219387065/with/7516261368/

Pretty much. The model's spot-on. It's supposed to resemble its namesake, but it's got more of a bumblebee-"doesn't appear like it's actually capable of flight"-kinda look to it. It's also ugly as sin, a-la the Moa or Osprey in EVE.

Maybe that's the charm?

Edited, Aug 15th 2012 1:28pm by Eske

My dad took an old coffee table, glued lego "floor tile" pieces to the surface, and nailed gutters around the perimeter of it to catch/store the pieces. It was pretty nifty.

As an aside: He commonly uses legos to repair little things around the house (as spacers, or to replace a specific mechanical piece). It's not a bad idea; the way that their shaped takes glue really well, and there are a million and a half different permutations.

If he had a motto, it would be "There's a lego for anything", which he's wont to say.

Edited, Aug 15th 2012 2:03pm by Eske

This makes me feel a little better about the people I associate with.

I have a few small Lego sets these days; two mini Star Wars that I should have glued together years ago since they're now shedding pieces. I've got the $15 Snow Speeder and the AT-ST sets.

Yeah, when she mentioned the LEGO Serenity, that AMA is what I thought of.

I think this question was asked already. I'm still waiting to hear what it all means....

I would surmise that over-the-toppers are probably type 1 perfectionists. Under-and-down are likely get it done quickly and efficiently types. Those that don't bother with putting it on the holder at all are unambitious potheads.