03-20-2005, 04:59 AM
There can be no debate that Lego is the best toy any child will ever own. It was for me. I cannot recall a point in time when I didn't own a boatload of the stuff. My ownership of Lego predates my memory.
This is the first Lego set that I can consciously recall. I think I got it for Christmas.
It's a Lego Technic set 850 circa 1977. I must have only been 3 or 4 years old when I got it. I remember having to ask my father for help putting it together. This was the first Technic set I ever had, and I was way too young to do it alone. Over the following years I must have rebuilt the same model a thousand times over. I can almost picture the instructions from memory. The alternate model from the same set was a road scraper. My childhood dog George chewed a portion of one of the tires off. My parents still have all of my childhood Lego sets stored away. I can't wait until my own son is old enough to play with them. He's working on Megablocks now, but when he's old enough not to eat tiny Lego pieces he gets to inherit the whole lot.
When I was in my late teens I started collecting Lego again. I was still infatuated with the Technic stuff. I think I bought pretty much every Technic set in that era. This was my favourite model.
This is the Lego Technic set 8857 circa 1993. It was a fairly large model, featuring a working front suspension, a 4-cylinder engine, and a working differential.
I still collect Lego sets every now and then. This is what my aunt-in-law bought me for Christmas two years ago.
They sit on top of my computer case and guard the contents :shuriken:
For a trip down Lego memory lane, check out Brickset.com. It has a really huge archive of old Lego sets.
This is the first Lego set that I can consciously recall. I think I got it for Christmas.
It's a Lego Technic set 850 circa 1977. I must have only been 3 or 4 years old when I got it. I remember having to ask my father for help putting it together. This was the first Technic set I ever had, and I was way too young to do it alone. Over the following years I must have rebuilt the same model a thousand times over. I can almost picture the instructions from memory. The alternate model from the same set was a road scraper. My childhood dog George chewed a portion of one of the tires off. My parents still have all of my childhood Lego sets stored away. I can't wait until my own son is old enough to play with them. He's working on Megablocks now, but when he's old enough not to eat tiny Lego pieces he gets to inherit the whole lot.
When I was in my late teens I started collecting Lego again. I was still infatuated with the Technic stuff. I think I bought pretty much every Technic set in that era. This was my favourite model.
This is the Lego Technic set 8857 circa 1993. It was a fairly large model, featuring a working front suspension, a 4-cylinder engine, and a working differential.
I still collect Lego sets every now and then. This is what my aunt-in-law bought me for Christmas two years ago.
They sit on top of my computer case and guard the contents :shuriken:
For a trip down Lego memory lane, check out Brickset.com. It has a really huge archive of old Lego sets.