Cloveapple Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 Has Lego taken over your brain? What signs have you noticed? I'll start: I was looking at a photo of an actual building and thought: "Wow, that's a really nice build." Then I realized it was not Lego. Apparently my brain can no longer conceive of structures that are not made of ABS. Quote
Artanis I Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 Regular dreams about finding MISB treasures on shelves for dirt cheap Quote
alanyuppie Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 I use LEGO parts to quantify my monetary losses in real world. Eg. "wow what an expensive meal that was.. I could've bought 120 lego parts with that price". "OMG.. (looks at electric bill).. this could've gotten me a decent Creator set" Quote
Wardancer Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) I found the LEGO version of the 50 Shades of Grey trailer very erotic. I watched it about 8 times. Every time I drink Jaegermeister, I wonder how to implement their stag logo into my wood elf army. When my younger pupils bring LEGO to school, I feel like "Hey, you're a bit young for being an AFOL, aren't you." Edited February 17, 2015 by Wardancer Quote
Withacee Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 Whenever I see a nice building facade, I instantly start translating it to lego bricks in my head. Favourite phrase whenever my wife or myself sees a nicely designed building: "That would make a great modular!". Resistance is futile, my friends. We will be assimilated. And in our house, there is such a thing as "Lego weather" (gray/rainy). Quote
Lady K Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 I see things in the real world as: "Wow, if I used that piece and this piece I could recreate this"! Or "No I don't need that or want to eat out because I could go buy this or that set from the Lego store instead! But my favorite is how I justify a trip to the Lego store on grocery day (before getting groceries) as "Well I did have $X to spend on groceries and look the total from both stores equals that!" Quote
Capn Frank Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 I see things in the real world as: "Wow, if I used that piece and this piece I could recreate this"! Or "No I don't need that or want to eat out because I could go buy this or that set from the Lego store instead! But my favorite is how I justify a trip to the Lego store on grocery day (before getting groceries) as "Well I did have $X to spend on groceries and look the total from both stores equals that!" I agree, everything I want to buy is compared to getting a Lego Set instead. "Xbox One or UCS Death Star" (neither of which I can afford or buy, but I would prefer the Death Star hands down ) "Coffee or Minifig Series" etc. Nearly every time I do that, the Lego set usually wins. Quote
Tariq j Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 For me I see things and think to myself "how can I build this in Lego?" Quote
Hosid Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 I have over 30 sets unopened and no more display space left. Yet every times I went out, I thinking of buying more sets! Quote
Alfadas Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 Constantly thinking about finding a huge stock of battle packs (like Uruk-Hai or Elven army) new in box when walking my dog... Quote
dr_spock Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 Has Lego taken over your brain? What signs have you noticed? I'll start: I was looking at a photo of an actual building and thought: "Wow, that's a really nice build." Then I realized it was not Lego. Apparently my brain can no longer conceive of structures that are not made of ABS. Yes, it has. I've been beating my brain every day to come up with ideas for my LEGO 365 project. I can't wait for warmer weather so I can shoot outside and stop building a vignette a day. I tried to shoot outside in the snow but my fingers and camera froze. Quote
EdWebhead Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 Hmm...let's see... Dreaming about finding future sets on store shelves. Choosing to buy LEGO over food. The pain I feel when I see kids throw around perfectly good LEGO in the dirt and on the floor, getting all dirty and scuffed up (even though it's not mine). I think I've been brainwashed... Quote
Mike S Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 I use LEGO parts to quantify my monetary losses in real world. Eg. "wow what an expensive meal that was.. I could've bought 120 lego parts with that price". "OMG.. (looks at electric bill).. this could've gotten me a decent Creator set" Haha, same here. When stuck in heavy traffic watching the minutes tick by, thinking of all the wonderful MOCs that could have been built within that time instead... Quote
KingDom Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 I have not been able to get through a lecture at university without my mind drifting to upcoming sets I'm buying or orders I'm waiting on. Hopefully I'll be able to concentrate more after I can build my helicarrier Quote
Iria Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 I use LEGO parts to quantify my monetary losses in real world. Eg. "wow what an expensive meal that was.. I could've bought 120 lego parts with that price". "OMG.. (looks at electric bill).. this could've gotten me a decent Creator set" Ditto again to this one. My boyfriend will ask me if I'm planning to buy X item, and I'll say "Hmmm... Nah, I'd rather use that amount of money to buy extra LEGO." As long as I don't go crazy with my LEGO buying, it's a decent way to save money. Quote
Lady_Scarlett Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) I found the LEGO version of the 50 Shades of Grey trailer very erotic. I watched it about 8 times. You made my day :laugh: Edited February 17, 2015 by Lady_Scarlett Quote
Andy D Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) Like many others, when I see an interesting building or what-not I think -- I can build that with LEGO! I am constantly planing MOCs for Halloween and Christmas. Andy D Edited February 18, 2015 by Andy D Quote
Robert8 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 I'm always thinking "Hey, that would be a cool CMF!" while watching TV Quote
Master_Data Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) A many have posted already, I keep trying to figure out how to build buildings I happen to pass by out of LEGO bricks. Quite annoying while driving... Edited February 18, 2015 by Master_Data Quote
alanyuppie Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Haha, same here. When stuck in heavy traffic watching the minutes tick by, thinking of all the wonderful MOCs that could have been built within that time instead... I have a mild fetish for heavy/construction vehicles,trucks and all. So every time I drove pass one.. my built-in LDD renderer inside my brain will start to scan the vehicle and see how I can a MOC a LEGO Transformer out of it / which component becomes the arm/legs/body and so on. Quote
PaddyBricksplitter Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 I used to look at buildings and every day objects and think of how they could be built from geometric shapes for 3D modelling. It was what I did all day at work so it just sort of leaked out into my daily thoughts. Now that's been replaced by Lego. It's kind of similar but it's about a million times more fun. I reckon it's just a type of creative thinking that happens when you often think about reproducing things in different mediums. Quote
Sven F Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 I use LEGO color names for generic colors on non-lego things. Like strolling through IKEA and saying "that sofa would look better in reddish brown" Quote
Murdoch17 Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 I keep having dreams about parts or sets Lego will never make, sucj as: -Completely trans-colored minifigure -having my favorite steam engine replicated in an official set (Frisco #1522, a 4-8-2 Mountain type that lives in my hometown train museum) -going into the Lego store and finding train wheels in regular and Big Ben Bricks-style small sizes on the PaB wall. -having my own custom 2-6-0 dark green steamer + matching passenger train made into a Lego set -owning a custom minfigure of me, like the ones that high-up Employees of LEGO get or -all of the above at once! Quote
houstonproductions1 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Hey, this reminds me of my video 'You Might Be an AFOL If...' hahaha! Quote
fred67 Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I agree, everything I want to buy is compared to getting a Lego Set instead. "Xbox One or UCS Death Star" (neither of which I can afford or buy, but I would prefer the Death Star hands down ) ... and the Death Star will still be worth something five years from now... and will probably increase in value when TLG finally discontinues it. I have over 30 sets unopened and no more display space left. Yet every times I went out, I thinking of buying more sets! I'm like that... I've cut WAY back, but I have loads of shelf and closet space filled with unopened LEGO because I just don't have display space to build it, but I can't allow myself to miss a good set and regret it later on... so I keep finding new places to stash my unopened LEGO. I've started unboxing sets to make things fit in less space. Quote
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