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| | | Author: | Mulcha  | | Posted: | May 9, 2022 09:14 | | Subject: | Life after the 'Dark Age' | | Viewed: | 161 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Hi everyone!
As someone who has just rediscovered the magic of Lego, I wanted to start this
topic because I'm curious about your experiences. As a girl growing up in
the 90's I didn't have that much 'cool' Lego myself. My mom was
happy to have a daughter, so the few sets I had were actually from the very girlish
Belville and Scala.
I am now 30 years old and I look (with admiration and maybe some envy) at the
amazing things adults build on programs like LegoMasters. It inspired me to get
my boyfriend's childhood Lego out of the basement... and that was the start
of a new era! The Dark Age is over, now I am busy working on my plans to build
my own city.
No more creepy Scala-dolls with 'real' hair, but good old minifigs. Or
maybe amazing NEW minifigs, because all the new sets look absolutely amazing
compared to the somewhat boring and discoloured 90's lego I am sorting now.
I bought a few small boxes and polybags, mainly because I was so curious about
the 'real life' look from current Lego.
And now I'm at a bit of a crossroads. I want to build my own city, probably
an island city. I have some old base- and roadplates and even though they are
somewhat discoloured I don't mind using them. But they are big, so I have
doubts if they are really practical. The new roads look great, but they seem
expensive and the budget is limited. I also have to buy some new buildings after
all and many cool sets (especially the Lego creative expert sets) are quite expensive.
So many choices to make!
I am curious about the experiences of my fellow Bricklink-users.
How did you get started after your love for Lego returned?
And if you have any tips for me to get started, feel free to share!
Surely there is something you wish you had known before starting your collection.
PS: My native language is actually Dutch, so if I'm using unusual English...
don't attack me for it please.
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| | | | | Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | May 9, 2022 09:34 | | Subject: | Re: Life after the 'Dark Age' | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, Mulcha writes:
| | Hi everyone!
As someone who has just rediscovered the magic of Lego, I wanted to start this
topic because I'm curious about your experiences. As a girl growing up in
the 90's I didn't have that much 'cool' Lego myself. My mom was
happy to have a daughter, so the few sets I had were actually from the very girlish
Belville and Scala.
I am now 30 years old and I look (with admiration and maybe some envy) at the
amazing things adults build on programs like LegoMasters. It inspired me to get
my boyfriend's childhood Lego out of the basement... and that was the start
of a new era! The Dark Age is over, now I am busy working on my plans to build
my own city.
No more creepy Scala-dolls with 'real' hair, but good old minifigs. Or
maybe amazing NEW minifigs, because all the new sets look absolutely amazing
compared to the somewhat boring and discoloured 90's lego I am sorting now.
I bought a few small boxes and polybags, mainly because I was so curious about
the 'real life' look from current Lego.
And now I'm at a bit of a crossroads. I want to build my own city, probably
an island city. I have some old base- and roadplates and even though they are
somewhat discoloured I don't mind using them. But they are big, so I have
doubts if they are really practical. The new roads look great, but they seem
expensive and the budget is limited. I also have to buy some new buildings after
all and many cool sets (especially the Lego creative expert sets) are quite expensive.
So many choices to make!
I am curious about the experiences of my fellow Bricklink-users.
How did you get started after your love for Lego returned?
And if you have any tips for me to get started, feel free to share!
Surely there is something you wish you had known before starting your collection.
PS: My native language is actually Dutch, so if I'm using unusual English...
don't attack me for it please.
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Welcome,
I returned to LEGO with collecting the missing 80's and 90's knight's,
pirates and space sets of of my childhood. The interest expanded into more themes.
If you dislike the new roads you can use tiles to create your own roads.
Cover the large baseplates with green, yellow or tan plates for sand or beach.
Many themes have sets which fit in an island theme.
Google will show many great examples.
The bigger the island the better. 
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| | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | May 9, 2022 09:42 | | Subject: | Re: Life after the 'Dark Age' | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Welcome back to our world.
I returned to the early space sets and figures and moved on from there, fascinated
by the simple early bricks etc.
I would like to build town scenes but most models are too expensive and I don’t
have the room, wishing you well with yours.
Your English is excellent, much better than many native speakers.
In LEGO, Mulcha writes:
| | Hi everyone!
As someone who has just rediscovered the magic of Lego, I wanted to start this
topic because I'm curious about your experiences. As a girl growing up in
the 90's I didn't have that much 'cool' Lego myself. My mom was
happy to have a daughter, so the few sets I had were actually from the very girlish
Belville and Scala.
I am now 30 years old and I look (with admiration and maybe some envy) at the
amazing things adults build on programs like LegoMasters. It inspired me to get
my boyfriend's childhood Lego out of the basement... and that was the start
of a new era! The Dark Age is over, now I am busy working on my plans to build
my own city.
No more creepy Scala-dolls with 'real' hair, but good old minifigs. Or
maybe amazing NEW minifigs, because all the new sets look absolutely amazing
compared to the somewhat boring and discoloured 90's lego I am sorting now.
I bought a few small boxes and polybags, mainly because I was so curious about
the 'real life' look from current Lego.
And now I'm at a bit of a crossroads. I want to build my own city, probably
an island city. I have some old base- and roadplates and even though they are
somewhat discoloured I don't mind using them. But they are big, so I have
doubts if they are really practical. The new roads look great, but they seem
expensive and the budget is limited. I also have to buy some new buildings after
all and many cool sets (especially the Lego creative expert sets) are quite expensive.
So many choices to make!
I am curious about the experiences of my fellow Bricklink-users.
How did you get started after your love for Lego returned?
And if you have any tips for me to get started, feel free to share!
Surely there is something you wish you had known before starting your collection.
PS: My native language is actually Dutch, so if I'm using unusual English...
don't attack me for it please.
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 9, 2022 10:23 | | Subject: | Re: Life after the 'Dark Age' | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, Mulcha writes:
Hi and welcome,
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I am curious about the experiences of my fellow Bricklink-users.
How did you get started after your love for Lego returned?
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I don’t think mine needed to return: it was there but I had more or less consciously
decided not to notice it, until I thought “why not?” 
And it started with “I will just buy a few parts to finally build what I dreamt
of building when I was a kid and then I’ll stop”… yeah, sure.
| | And if you have any tips for me to get started, feel free to share!
Surely there is something you wish you had known before starting your collection.
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It’s an expensive hobby… but it’s now too late not to think about it and not
to act about it (= buy stuff) now. So it’s a useless advice
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| | | | | Author: | danielclark | | Posted: | May 9, 2022 23:35 | | Subject: | Re: Life after the 'Dark Age' | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| I sold all my childhood lego as a kid at a garage sale... years later I had to
buy a birthday gift for a cousin and picked up a small monster fighter's
set
"Swamp creature" and fell back into it. My advise is to plan out a city you
can afford over time and don't rush it. It's your city and you can do
whatever you want.
In LEGO, Mulcha writes:
| | Hi everyone!
As someone who has just rediscovered the magic of Lego, I wanted to start this
topic because I'm curious about your experiences. As a girl growing up in
the 90's I didn't have that much 'cool' Lego myself. My mom was
happy to have a daughter, so the few sets I had were actually from the very girlish
Belville and Scala.
I am now 30 years old and I look (with admiration and maybe some envy) at the
amazing things adults build on programs like LegoMasters. It inspired me to get
my boyfriend's childhood Lego out of the basement... and that was the start
of a new era! The Dark Age is over, now I am busy working on my plans to build
my own city.
No more creepy Scala-dolls with 'real' hair, but good old minifigs. Or
maybe amazing NEW minifigs, because all the new sets look absolutely amazing
compared to the somewhat boring and discoloured 90's lego I am sorting now.
I bought a few small boxes and polybags, mainly because I was so curious about
the 'real life' look from current Lego.
And now I'm at a bit of a crossroads. I want to build my own city, probably
an island city. I have some old base- and roadplates and even though they are
somewhat discoloured I don't mind using them. But they are big, so I have
doubts if they are really practical. The new roads look great, but they seem
expensive and the budget is limited. I also have to buy some new buildings after
all and many cool sets (especially the Lego creative expert sets) are quite expensive.
So many choices to make!
I am curious about the experiences of my fellow Bricklink-users.
How did you get started after your love for Lego returned?
And if you have any tips for me to get started, feel free to share!
Surely there is something you wish you had known before starting your collection.
PS: My native language is actually Dutch, so if I'm using unusual English...
don't attack me for it please.
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| | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | May 10, 2022 21:54 | | Subject: | Re: Life after the 'Dark Age' | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| as a girl who grew up in the 80's and 90's don't limit yourself to
city or girly things.
I had castle, western, trains, space etc as a kid. I think you may be surprised
at home much you'll like the other themes.
That said the friends stuff is AMAZING and honestly inexpensive compared to many
other themes if you buy used.
If you want cheap, honestly buying used lots in bulk is the best way to go starting
out
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 10, 2022 22:54 | | Subject: | Re: Life after the 'Dark Age' | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, Mulcha writes:
| | How did you get started after your love for Lego returned?
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It never left.
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| | | | | Author: | RouteSD | | Posted: | May 11, 2022 11:48 | | Subject: | Re: Life after the 'Dark Age' | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Welcome back!
I was gifted my first set of LEGO in 1984 and steadily accumulated more sets
(mainly Castle and City set) until my early years of high school. An education
and a profession in architecture meant that my LEGO were left untouched from
that point on. Fast forward to 2020 when my Better Half casually remarked that
we should have a train under our Christmas Tree.
Aha! I just so happened to have set 4563, the Load N'Haul Railroad, in the
mix. It's been all downhill from there as I discovered Bricklink... and
MOCs.... and just how much fun it is to bash the heck out of a set from the LEGO
store (ask me about my extended Defender and the craziness that is my currently
under construction Home Alone house).
While I missed 20 years of LEGO, the icing on the cake came most recently in
the form of a toy reseller nearby. She'd recently purchased the contents
of a garage and with it some 25,000 elements with an emphasis on Pirates, Castles,
and Space. She found the task of sorting through, cataloging, and preparing
for resale this insane collection daunting to say the least and there is sat
in storage.
That is until I came along and made that task my current project. I joke that
I'm getting to relive a part of my youth as I comb through bin after crate
of 1980s and 1990s era LEGO.
Thank goodness there is no rehab for this addiction!
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| | | | | Author: | Sadler_Bricks | | Posted: | May 12, 2022 06:31 | | Subject: | Re: Life after the 'Dark Age' | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Well welcome aboard keep the magic of lego flowing and hope you have an amazing
lego journey.
Sadler_bricks
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