SamuelHKHon Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Hi everyone, I've been visiting this forum fairly often and finally decided to join! How I got into LEGO, lost interest, and started collecting again..... - Born in Hong Kong, LEGO was a bit of an expensive toy. - But my parents would buy me some every now and then because they considered it to be a 'good toy' (I think they saw the educational value in it). - Got my first LEGO set when I was four, 6647 Highway Repair (cf. http://www.bricklink...em.asp?S=6647-1). Have since lost the instructions and box. :( - My neighbour had nearly all the Classic Space sets. I secretly liked those sets more than Classic Town, but somehow never summoned the courage to ask for them.... High school = start of toy Dark Ages, gave away nearly all of my toys (Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe, Transformers - something I've been regretting ever since). But LEGO had a special place in my heart. Not as much as a single 1x1 plate was thrown or given away to anybody. When I started working many years later, the Target store near where I worked had a half price sale on all LEGO castle sets. I bought out the whole shelf. (HK doesn't have Target as far as I know, my family had moved to Australia in the '80s) Then I re-discovered my LEGO catalogues. I looked through them and saw ... Classic Space!!! Then I discovered a site called BrickLink. I was happy. Then I found out about Modular Buildings! I am a real latecomer to collecting them (only have Cinema Palace and Parisian Restaurant). Much of the available space in our home is taken up by my stuff, so I can't justify collecting more LEGO without selling some older sets. Hence I try to be very selective in what I buy (but I HAD to get the Exo-Suit and Benny's Spaceship). Have been lazy and haven't had time to build any MOCs in ages. Most of my waking hours are spent between work, housework, and looking after my own family. My other interests are drawing and epistemology. Thanks and I look forward to seeing all of your MOCs. :) Quote
grum64 Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Welcome to Eurobricks SamuelHKHon Nice to have you join our community. Hope you enjoy your time here. Quote
Slegengr Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Welcome to Eurobricks, SamuelHKHon! I am looking forward to seeing your contributions to the community. Quote
SamuelHKHon Posted October 14, 2014 Author Posted October 14, 2014 Thanks for the welcome folks. :) Quote
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