chard5000 Posted August 16, 2012 Hello, My name is Chard, and I decided to finally join Eurobricks. I grew up with lego between the Space Police 1 through the appearance of Exploriens timeframe. After which was a dark time where I sold all (or most) of my awesome old toys at various garage sales because of course such things weren't "cool." So fast forward to modern times and I have been drawn back into lego thanks to the Galaxy Patrol minifig. At first I only grabbed 1, and thought "that’s enough." but then I somehow ended up with 8… I went back to my parents to retrieve what was left of my brother and I's old lego stashes. After rifeling through a couple buckets and a lunch box I was amazed at how many of my dear old space figures I didn’t sell. Most notably my 2 favorite minifigs of all time a Blacktron 1 fig and 2 Spyrius Droids. Ahh nostalgia. Sadly something diabolical must have happened as I could only recover helmets and torsos of fallen Space Police 2 and M-Tron civilians. Anyway, that’s my story in a nutshell, I'm currently really loving the CMF line, slowly but surely getting into the Monster Fighters line (love the Zombie set), and fervently wishing for a comeback of all my old favorite Space themes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AncientDayz Posted August 16, 2012 While I am no longer into the space stuff now that I came out of the Dark Ages, I definitely remember looking at my friend's Space Police 1 sets with a little jealousy (for some reason my parents got me a ton of Lego - just never any space stuff). Given the time frame, we probably experienced a lot of the same sets and Dark Ages. At least you found a few of your old figures - all of mine are sadly gone. Anyway, from one new member to another, welcome aboard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chard5000 Posted August 16, 2012 Thank you sir! And welcome to you as well! While I myself was mostly into the space stuff, My brother was definitely into the castle and pirate themes, I distinctly remember thinking the islanders were really cool. Other than that we may have had a few city sets between the 2 of us, but that’s about it for our lego depth. My parents went to visit him and his wife recently and I sent an old Forestman along. But he's going to have to come back for all his Wolfpack and Dragon Knights. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Souperlizard Posted August 16, 2012 Ah, such a sad story. But at least the ending shows a new, happy beginning! Glad to see that you are getting back into the Lego world, and that some of your favorite minifigs survived the "Dark Ages"! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spider-Man Posted August 16, 2012 Welcome to Eurobricks! I'm glad your are starting a new chapter in your LEGO life Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimH Posted August 17, 2012 Hi chard5000, and welcome to the Eurobricks community. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maniac4Legos Posted August 17, 2012 Welcome to Eurobricks Chard! If 8 Galaxy Patrol minifigs is too much for you, I could take them off your hands I liked the CMF line but I stopped buying for about 3 series after getting 3 werewolves and scientists (series 4) but getting back soon! Monster Fighters is a good line too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vincent Kessels Posted August 24, 2012 Welcome to Eurobricks, Chard! I hope you can infect your brother with the Lego virus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
