Lego

gtrNL · 28 October 08, 14:45

Did any of you used to play with LEGO, or maybe you still do?

If so, what were your favourite builds.

My favo box off all time...

redi · 28 October 08, 15:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by gtrNL

Did any of you used to play with LEGO, or maybe you still do?

If so, what were your favourite builds.

My favo box off all time...

You can hardly call the Lego anymore

So many pre-shaped parts

I had lots of the stuff, and recently got it all out again for my son. He's still a bit too young for it though.

My favourite piece was the go-kart:

Titofgo · 28 October 08, 15:44

i had the 854 and others but i loved this one with the flat-4 and the gearbox :-8860-

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lgsY8hHQTw...s1600/8860.jpg

Highflyer · 28 October 08, 15:58

I had loads of lego, got new stuff every chrimbo, but the starwars editions were my favourite.

freejrs · 28 October 08, 16:02

LEGO kicks ass!!!!!!!

Sadly my mom gave away all my bricks I think......

I still got a couple of Technics models though.....there was a red F1 car and the holy grail of the 4x4x4 car!!! Thats right, 4 wheel drive, 4 wheel steering and 4......er..... well its got 4 of something else OK?

Feast your eyes on her!!!!

Nb. Currently the 4x4x4 doesnt look much like that pic, it's missing the spoiler and the 4 wheel steering has bust. Also strangely enough the car is actually too big for any of the Lego technics dudes to actually drive. I must speak to my attourney....

Siggs · 28 October 08, 16:09

I always wanted that Supercar. It was before my major building phase tho, i got the red one, the one after. I was like highflyer, i got new stuff every crimbo, and my last major model was the silver champion, the F1 car.

My best achievement was building a 4x4 completely from scratch, and it looked pretty authentic. i even modelled a V8, and a see through front grill, dashboard, all to my own style. THAT WAS IMMENSE

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Hansaplast · 28 October 08, 16:27

Virtual Lego

http://www.lm-software.com/mlcad/

http://cache.lego.com/downloads/ldd/...0/designer.exe

gtrNL · 28 October 08, 17:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by freejrs

LEGO kicks ass!!!!!!!

Sadly my mom gave away all my bricks I think......

I still got a couple of Technics models though.....there was a red F1 car and the holy grail of the 4x4x4 car!!! Thats right, 4 wheel drive, 4 wheel steering and 4......er..... well its got 4 of something else OK?

Feast your eyes on her!!!!

Nb. Currently the 4x4x4 doesnt look much like that pic, it's missing the spoiler and the 4 wheel steering has bust. Also strangely enough the car is actually too big for any of the Lego technics dudes to actually drive. I must speak to my attourney....

My nefew had one, I was so jalous... It also had a 4 speed gearbox.

I also always enjoyed LegoLand in Denmark...

And Escher Lego...

freejrs · 28 October 08, 17:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by gtrNL

My nefew had one, I was so jalous... It also had a 4 speed gearbox.

There we go....4 gears, that was it.

I remember when I built it, it was so cool you could see the pistons moving when you pushed it!!! Rad.

racer11 · 28 October 08, 17:09

I still have a handful of the starwars renditions stored at my cousins house somewhere. My 333SP Ferrari still sits proudly atop my tv though

stagman · 28 October 08, 17:27

I had Lego. Favourite was the techy stuff. In my opinion it lost a bit of character when all the specialist parts started coming out in the mid 1980's, around when I last used it.
I have to say, it probably has had a great effect on the technical insight I now have.

CX650 · 28 October 08, 17:30

I didn't have Lego as a boy. I'm not sure if it had been invented that long ago.

I had Meccano instead.

gtrNL · 28 October 08, 17:47

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Originally Posted by racer11

My 333SP Ferrari still sits proudly atop my tv though

LOL, My 333SP stands right here, next to my pc, also my Ferrari F1 in 1:10 scale is here, and my red Helicopter (the Heli is not Technic Lego, but still, very pretty...)

Highflyer · 28 October 08, 18:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by CX650

I didn't have Lego as a boy. I'm not sure if it had been invented that long ago.

I had Meccano instead.

Meccano was great too, that was another staple chrimbo present

stagman · 28 October 08, 18:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by CX650

I didn't have Lego as a boy. I'm not sure if it had been invented that long ago.

I had Meccano instead.

It was invented before your arrival, however according to wiki the bricks as we know them were introduced in 1958. You could have had Lego but it would have been expensive, so not so widespread. I think it truely became widespread in the late 1970s, early 1980s and even then it was a bit steep in price.

I missed out on Meccano. In fact no one I knew had any. I guess Lego had truely taken over...
I recently saw James May's Top Toys where he says that the folks at Meccano deliberately introduced faults in the building guides in order to get the kids thinking about problem solving.

Viper · 28 October 08, 18:52

Huh, would you look at that. How to be a nice asshole.

Altarir · 28 October 08, 18:59

Yeah, Lego was my favourite toy. I spent hours building race cars, planes anything I could. Never had that supercar although I really wanted it.

~~ravenmorpheus2k~~ · 28 October 08, 19:47

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I recently saw James May's Top Toys where he says that the folks at Meccano deliberately introduced faults in the building guides in order to get the kids thinking about problem solving.

I bet that's the excuse flat pack furniture makers use as well.

Being born in 1977 I had loads of lego back in the 80s when I was a child. I hate lego now though, if it was the same as it was in the 80s I would probably buy a kit or two (of the more expensive/complicated technic stuff), I used to dream of having that red car with the pop-up headlights. I also wish I'd had one of their railway sets, they looked brilliant.

I went to Legoland Windsor circa 1996ish (I think, could have been a bit later though...) and boy was I disappointed...

And now they've sold out to the worldwide phenom of advertising and commercialism...

Now it's Lego this, Lego that, Lego tie in with whatever big movie is currently out.

What's wrong with just plain Lego!?

gtrNL · 28 October 08, 20:02

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Originally Posted by ravenmorpheus2k

What's wrong with just plain Lego!?

It doesn't sell as good.

To bad, I prefer the old boxes I got from my brother... Altough the F1 car I posted in my first post is one of the good modern Lego's
Extremely technical, it's just covered with plastic modern covers...

28 October 08, 20:54

i loved legos.....i would put al my peices together and make two huge vehicle then slam them Together me and my friends would compete to see who could build the most durable car...parts flew EVERYWHERE!!!

CX650 · 28 October 08, 20:58

My eldest daughter can type so fast it sounds like someone emptying a box of Lego down the stars.

28 October 08, 21:03

the sound of my lego box drove my mom nuts...she used to step on them all the time too. the ones she stepped on she threw away.

bozont · 28 October 08, 21:25

here is what i was able to put together

. still have a box from shoes full of bricks but no complete set.

28 October 08, 22:33

not bad....but my vehicles were as long as that table ans 8 inches wide and 5 inches tall..weighed about 5-8 pounds

brabham67 · 28 October 08, 22:37

I love Lego. When I get home from work I'll post some pics of my Star Wars Lego sets.

bozont · 29 October 08, 08:54

try mcad or ldraw for your virtual lego models

there is a website with manuals for nearly all existing sets.
but i cant remember its address

here it is http://www.peeron.com/

MadNitroBooster · 29 October 08, 09:23

Here's mine

29 October 08, 14:50

i made a scud missile and launch vehicle once..

gavkiwi · 29 October 08, 15:28

I loved lego as a kid, had a bunch of it, always wanted to do a proper little lego town, but never got around too it, I always told myself, if and when I retire, that I would build a good size lego town in my garage....one day I'll do it. My kids play with legos, but not like I use to, they dont make anything from their imaginations, they just make it according to the instruction books.

Lego as an art form has really taken off, there is a guy from New York IIRC that makes amazing lego art

http://www.brickartist.com/gallery.html

pretty amazing what he does, and what he sells them for

gavkiwi · 29 October 08, 15:33

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Originally Posted by NKVD

i made a scud missile and launch vehicle once..

says the person with 54.50 posts per day,

dont worry, I am just jealous that you surpassed my post count lol in less than a week

gtrNL · 29 October 08, 15:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by gavkiwi

My kids play with legos, but not like I use to, they dont make anything from their imaginations, they just make it according to the instruction books.

I think it's fair to say that not one Lego creation lasted for 24 hours without me completly restyling it. And I once made a 2 meter long aircraft carrier, to bad I took it apart a few years back.

~~ravenmorpheus2k~~ · 29 October 08, 22:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by CX650

My eldest daughter can type so fast it sounds like someone emptying a box of Lego down the stars.

Oooh I hated dropping my lego boxes, I always ended up losing one of the little bits or standing on one. Do you know how standing on one of those little one peg cone pieces feels?

SoilentGreenIsPeople · 30 October 08, 03:29

Lego blocks are the perfect toy for a child. It forces one to use the imagination, provided it isn't one of those sets intended to be a specific object. Those are fine, but I think just a plain box has the most value.

30 October 08, 19:22

i followed the directions in the book only once the creation lasted an avagrage of 6 hours then the parts were used by imagination form then on.

Kongo · 31 October 08, 23:55

I love LEGO...I used to build everything by mind.
I had a box of LEGO compliled from the mum and dads LEGO when I was a kid.
No instructions or nothin...and I built away.
Anything from cars to houses to monsters and battlefields.
I used to turn broken LEGO men into Zombies and such...well a broken arm looked zombie like to me as a kid...

LEGO took so much of my time when I put down my MegaDrive...but it didn;t harm none. These days it's all pre-built...you even get double height blocks...what so putting one square into another is so bloody hard is it that you have to MAKE one pre-done?

But yeah...any chance I get now I'll build stuff...Hmmm I'll have to find it but I made a "sky battle ship" Inspired by the "Delphenus" in a Dreamcast game called "Skies of Arcadia"...I still have it and I suppries myself how much detail I put into it making it a likeness...including the moonstone cannon built in on a hinge...Hmmm it;s useless explaining unless you played the game...but I'll find the model and photo it for ya, and the moonstone cannon too!
Now Imagine a 14 year old building it...man it';s THAT old! I think the blocks have melded together LOL!
Must dust it first...

Freddyfartbox · 1 November 08, 01:23

Oh man this makes me want to play Lego again.

I mostly had plain brick sets, or those small suburban type sets. My favourite ones though were my Knights sets, I used to play with those all day, and make castles from scratch. My mum wouldn't buy me the castle set, it was too expensive.

Bandit13 · 1 November 08, 02:58

This one was my fave as a kid.

mclaren_mercedes_f1 · 1 November 08, 03:13

and

Fabby · 1 November 08, 03:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by mclaren_mercedes_f1

and

HOLY S*@T !!!

I was a LEGO Fanatic as a kid. Of course all was done by mind..many cool space ships and cars. buggies etc made in my life time.. Very cool Stuff
I even recall seing a star wars battleship in HUGE scale at a fair years ago//
Oh the good times

MadNitroBooster · 1 November 08, 11:26

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ORcytA4BVjQ

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qgiUSE...eature=related

gtrNL · 1 November 08, 13:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadNitroBooster

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ORcytA4BVjQ

Tried that, and it worked... Kind of funny. But it does fall apart easely...

Paul_in_DC · 2 November 08, 12:50

I didn't have Legos. I had Lincoln Logs.

doo · 2 November 08, 13:27

Did you guys know that "Lego" is short for "lek godt", which is Danish and means "play well"?

gtrNL · 3 November 08, 09:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by doo

Did you guys know that "Lego" is short for "lek godt", which is Danish and means "play well"?

yes

max attack · 3 November 08, 11:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul_in_DC

I didn't have Legos. I had Lincoln Logs.

I take it there is no lincoln log technical edition?

28 October 08, 14:45	#1
gtrNL Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Groningen, the Netherlands Age: 22	Lego Did any of you used to play with LEGO, or maybe you still do? If so, what were your favourite builds. My favo box off all time...

28 October 08, 15:44	#3
Titofgo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Age: 33	i had the 854 and others but i loved this one with the flat-4 and the gearbox :-8860- http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lgsY8hHQTw...s1600/8860.jpg

28 October 08, 15:58	#4
Highflyer Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Glasgow Age: 41	I had loads of lego, got new stuff every chrimbo, but the starwars editions were my favourite.

28 October 08, 16:02	#5
freejrs Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The Shire Age: 26	LEGO kicks ass!!!!!!! Sadly my mom gave away all my bricks I think...... I still got a couple of Technics models though.....there was a red F1 car and the holy grail of the 4x4x4 car!!! Thats right, 4 wheel drive, 4 wheel steering and 4......er..... well its got 4 of something else OK? Feast your eyes on her!!!! Nb. Currently the 4x4x4 doesnt look much like that pic, it's missing the spoiler and the 4 wheel steering has bust. Also strangely enough the car is actually too big for any of the Lego technics dudes to actually drive. I must speak to my attourney....

28 October 08, 16:09	#6
Siggs Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coventry Age: 22	I always wanted that Supercar. It was before my major building phase tho, i got the red one, the one after. I was like highflyer, i got new stuff every crimbo, and my last major model was the silver champion, the F1 car. My best achievement was building a 4x4 completely from scratch, and it looked pretty authentic. i even modelled a V8, and a see through front grill, dashboard, all to my own style. THAT WAS IMMENSE .

28 October 08, 16:27	#7
Hansaplast Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Germany Age: 43	*Virtual Lego* http://www.lm-software.com/mlcad/ http://cache.lego.com/downloads/ldd/...0/designer.exe

28 October 08, 17:09	#10
racer11 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Florida	I still have a handful of the starwars renditions stored at my cousins house somewhere. My 333SP Ferrari still sits proudly atop my tv though

28 October 08, 17:27	#11
stagman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Dirtyville, NL Age: 37	I had Lego. Favourite was the techy stuff. In my opinion it lost a bit of character when all the specialist parts started coming out in the mid 1980's, around when I last used it. I have to say, it probably has had a great effect on the technical insight I now have.

28 October 08, 17:30	#12
CX650 Grumpy old Git Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dorset UK	I didn't have Lego as a boy. I'm not sure if it had been invented that long ago. I had Meccano instead.

28 October 08, 18:52	#16
Viper Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Torhout, Flanders, The Great Kingdom of Belgium Age: 28	Huh, would you look at that. How to be a nice asshole.

28 October 08, 18:59	#17
Altarir Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Poland Age: 26	Yeah, Lego was my favourite toy. I spent hours building race cars, planes anything I could. Never had that supercar although I really wanted it.

28 October 08, 20:54	#20
NKVD Guest	i loved legos.....i would put al my peices together and make two huge vehicle then slam them Together me and my friends would compete to see who could build the most durable car...parts flew EVERYWHERE!!!

28 October 08, 20:58	#21
CX650 Grumpy old Git Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dorset UK	My eldest daughter can type so fast it sounds like someone emptying a box of Lego down the stars.

28 October 08, 21:03	#22
NKVD Guest	the sound of my lego box drove my mom nuts...she used to step on them all the time too. the ones she stepped on she threw away.

28 October 08, 22:33	#24
NKVD Guest	not bad....but my vehicles were as long as that table ans 8 inches wide and 5 inches tall..weighed about 5-8 pounds

28 October 08, 22:37	#25
brabham67 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kent, Washington, USA Age: 37	I love Lego. When I get home from work I'll post some pics of my Star Wars Lego sets.

29 October 08, 08:54	#26
bozont Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: mokrance, slovakia Age: 33	try mcad or ldraw for your virtual lego models there is a website with manuals for nearly all existing sets. but i cant remember its address here it is http://www.peeron.com/

29 October 08, 14:50	#28
NKVD Guest	i made a scud missile and launch vehicle once..

29 October 08, 15:28	#29
gavkiwi Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: The Natural State, US of A Age: 37	I loved lego as a kid, had a bunch of it, always wanted to do a proper little lego town, but never got around too it, I always told myself, if and when I retire, that I would build a good size lego town in my garage....one day I'll do it. My kids play with legos, but not like I use to, they dont make anything from their imaginations, they just make it according to the instruction books. Lego as an art form has really taken off, there is a guy from New York IIRC that makes amazing lego art http://www.brickartist.com/gallery.html pretty amazing what he does, and what he sells them for

30 October 08, 03:29	#33
SoilentGreenIsPeople Join Date: Dec 2007 Age: 4	Lego blocks are the perfect toy for a child. It forces one to use the imagination, provided it isn't one of those sets intended to be a specific object. Those are fine, but I think just a plain box has the most value.

30 October 08, 19:22	#34
NKVD Guest	i followed the directions in the book only once the creation lasted an avagrage of 6 hours then the parts were used by imagination form then on.

31 October 08, 23:55	#35
Kongo NG's Badass Bassist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK, England, East Midlands, Leicester	I love LEGO...I used to build everything by mind. I had a box of LEGO compliled from the mum and dads LEGO when I was a kid. No instructions or nothin...and I built away. Anything from cars to houses to monsters and battlefields. I used to turn broken LEGO men into Zombies and such...well a broken arm looked zombie like to me as a kid... LEGO took so much of my time when I put down my MegaDrive...but it didn;t harm none. These days it's all pre-built...you even get double height blocks...what so putting one square into another is so bloody hard is it that you have to MAKE one pre-done? But yeah...any chance I get now I'll build stuff...Hmmm I'll have to find it but I made a "sky battle ship" Inspired by the "Delphenus" in a Dreamcast game called "Skies of Arcadia"...I still have it and I suppries myself how much detail I put into it making it a likeness...including the moonstone cannon built in on a hinge...Hmmm it;s useless explaining unless you played the game...but I'll find the model and photo it for ya, and the moonstone cannon too! Now Imagine a 14 year old building it...man it';s THAT old! I think the blocks have melded together LOL! Must dust it first...

1 November 08, 03:13	#38
mclaren_mercedes_f1 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vancouver, B.C	and

1 November 08, 11:26	#40
MadNitroBooster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Finland Age: 26	http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ORcytA4BVjQ http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qgiUSE...eature=related

2 November 08, 12:50	#42
Paul_in_DC Uploader Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern Virginia near DC Age: 56	I didn't have Legos. I had Lincoln Logs.

2 November 08, 13:27	#43
doo Retired Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampere, Finland Age: 29	Did you guys know that "Lego" is short for "lek godt", which is Danish and means "play well"?