LEGO Related Problem

[CrazyDalton777]

My friend who has always loved LEGO wants to buy some as from 8 years old he wasn't allowed any more due to his mother saying "Your too old for it" and "LEGO is childish" and since then he has not had LEGO. He loves Marvel and I told him that I was buying some LEGO instead of an Xbox One and I told him about the sale.

He is going to buy some on the way from school (we are in our final year) and I am asking the Eurobricks community for help in a rescue mission for TFOL's and AFOL's kind. I just need a few short term suggestions for him to hide it and build without being found out and also a long term solution for him to explain to his mother that he likes LEGO and wants some.

[Zerobricks]

Waat are are we talking about?

[CrazyDalton777]

Basically I need help in finding a way for my friend to feed his love for LEGO without his mother knowing or a way that everyone is happy.

[talos]

Hahaha, let him keep them at your house. :-)

[dr_spock]

Move out and get his own place?

Does he have a secret nook or attic in his mom's house?

Say they are a gift from you.

[Borador]

If he's 18 then he can use the classic "I'm an adult" line. This would be especially effective if he has a job.

Otherwise? He can keep it at your house and just build when he's over. Or hide it in his room, somewhere that his mom wouldn't see it. Putting the bricks in a spare pillow case and leaving that in the closet might work. (Tip; put it in a bag before putting it in the pillowcase for easy switching.)

Otherwise? Don't know. You know him and his family better than we do (and we can't possibly know as well as you, as even the best description would still pale in comparison).

[CrazyDalton777]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I will use them. Using the free LEGO in the newspaper would be a good start for him. I will notify him of the suggestions when I can.

[klinton]

I don't think lying to his parents is any sort of appropriate behavior.

For whatever reason, right or wrong, his parents have expressed thier wishes. As thier child your friend has an obligation to obey thier wishes.

Your friend would do well to sit down with thier parents and explain why LEGO is so important to them. Perhaps a compromise can be reached?

Suggesing your friend defy thier wishes and lie to them is an awful suggestion though.

[Borex]

Let him build a lego prison and put his moms behind bars.

[mrfuture]

i had a simular experiense when i was younger. I'm now over 40. But loved Lego in my youth. My father at one point told me that i was to old and may give away the Lego collection. I put it away and was the start of my some what dark age. But the Lego was never given away. A few years back i was back into Lego. Recntly i discovered the whole truth about that comment from my father. He thinked that I needed more interest in other things beside Lego. I was a bit worrid that when he found out now that i was back into Lego, that he stil had that oppinion. But i was wrong. May be this is the case here, that the parents realy want the child to find other interests beside Lego? But i will say that Lego is bit better hobby than a XBox (having Xbox my self)

[CrazyDalton777]

Its all ok now, I basically helped him pitch the idea of him having LEGO to his mother and using some MOC's and a few Brickfilms that I made, his mother was quite surprised. He just got a few Marvel and DC sets so yeah, life is good.