I'm playing with toys again!

[Fox Womb]

Hello! I go by CJ, or by my username. I live in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I don't like to give out my age, sex, or real name (after all, I'm here to discuss LEGO, and none of those things matter here!).

I used to build with LEGO a lot about two years ago, then I really got into music and I didn't have as much time to build stuff. A few days ago I went to Walmart and checked out the toy isle, for nostalgia sake, and I started looking at LEGO. Suddenly, I really wanted to build things! I didn't have much money on me, so I got a few minifigs instead of a set (if you're curious, the ones I got were Penguin Boy, Banana Guy, and the Babysitter from Series 16). Now, here I am, on a forum just for LEGO fans. I've dug up my old LEGO builds and boxes of parts and I've started snapping together bricks with no real aim, just like I used to, and eventually coming up with something interesting.

Reading through a few topics here, it looks like I've got a lot of catching up to do! I only just found out what MOC meant ten minutes ago. And apparently most of my old builds were illegal!

See you around,

-Fox Womb

P.S. It seems my cat got into some of my stuff and urinated in one of the boxes which I kept my bricks in. What would be the best way to clean these? I know bleach discolours bricks, I found that out the hard way several years ago when about a quarter of my collection was ruined. If you have any solutions please let me know!

[Slegengr]

Welcome to Eurobricks, Fox Womb!

Sorry for a late response to your introduction to the community and to your question.  The LEGO Group recommends cleaning parts with warm water and a mild detergent.  This has worked well for me, though I have never had cat smell to eliminate.

What are your favorite LEGO themes?  I am looking forward to seeing your MOCs, illegal or not! 

[Littleworlds]

Welcome to Eurobricks! I think by far most of us get sooner or later into the situation where they feel they outgrew Lego - just to regret this later on when they return from these dark ages. Lego is a quite rewarding hobby. It just feels nice to do something manual where so many things today are just happening on a screen.

Anyway. Sadly I cant really give you advice on how to deal with cat urine on bricks. Its quite persistent stuff and i dont know if you can get the smell away. Apart from that, dishwashing liquid and a bucket of warm water gets off most of the "ordinary" dirt/dust.

See you around!