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Lego addiction… am I the only one!?

sp005
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When the Saturn V came out, I started a new tradition where every Father's Day I build a big set with my girls. I am a big space nerd so naturally we have done the Space Shuttle, lunar lander, ISS, and a few others. During the quarantine, we built the Voltron set and this year added Optimus Prime. I came of age during the classic space era, so the new Galaxy Explorer was a must have and we built that over Christmas along with the Loop Rollercoaster. The Loop is really phenomenal, so big but really cool. I have the BTTF Deloran set already set aside for Father's Day this year. They have made so many cool sets over the past 10 years.
 
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Kapka Kapka
Under construction...Wish the watchbrand on the car was present in my collection 😀

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Very nice!

I love all Technic cars!

i enjoyed it with my 8yo daughter
 
SpeedyPhill
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Amazing sets these days... would like to see a good Soyuz and Space Launch System LEGO sets
 
perks713
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I have a Saturn V that should come this week, fingers crossed it’s got all the parts 😀

I’ve gone on a bit of a Lego spree since December when my 3 year old got her first set and loved it. We’ve been building non stop.
 
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I feel like it took twice as long putting together because I picked it up second hand. Had to sift through 1969 pieces instead of a bunch of smaller bags.
 
Morlock
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I have been trying to stay away from the Lego bug for years, my only satisfaction is every time I pass by a Lego store I wander for at least 30 min. Why just 30 min ? Because after the minute 31 I will not be able to hold myself.
 
Ascalon
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I recently found this, where our sock basket used to be...
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Aroxx
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Just flipped the month on my desk calendar. No pants is the new business casual.

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DoctorEvil
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Also applies to watches...
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Image courtesy of Beyond The Brick via Facebook
 
Peemacgee
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Nice to see Ai Weiwei join in with his Lego reimagining of Monet’s Waterlilies.
650,000 pieces.
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rudagger
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I was actually thinking of lego last night, before seeing this thread. I am not a fan.

My kid has lego new in box that was too old for her.

The gift was just work to me, for a toy that my kid can't play with. I never saw the point of assembling it. I'll leave it to her when she can do it herself.

Even as a kid, I thought I'd rather have an assembled toy than one I have to put together!

In the words of Tom Hanks in Big, "I don't get it".
 
kaplan
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There’s quite a bit of design and engineering that goes into the instructions, if you enjoy making things it kinda taps into that

I personally enjoyed the making part, but once you make it, it takes ip an enormous space, that’s the problem for me on the opposite end of the spectrum 😀
 
w@tcher
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Lego like watches as well, are not for all.

I enjoy assembling all the Technics models, since i love cars and engineering. The decoration result looks perfect in my eyes.
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SydR
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My son is heavily into Lego with several large pieces taking up conspicuous areas of his flat.

Was surprised that some are several hundreds of £ to buy!
 
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