neepheid Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Hi folks My name is Matt and I live in Aberdeen, Scotland. I was a massive fan of Lego when I was a kid, lots of Legoland city and space stuff then got into Technic - had sets 854 (Go Kart), 8030 (Universal Set) and 8844 (Helicopter). Then computers came along and ruined everything :) Fast forward 30 or so years, and I'm in the Lego shop in Glasgow for fun and to remind myself what yellow looks like. As I was browsing the shelves, I spotted the 42065 (RC Tracked Racer) and had to do a double take - I had no idea there was even such a thing as remote controlled Lego (I'm from an age when if you wanted to motorise something, you had to follow behind it with a battery box on a wire, I always thought that was pretty lame, even then) - imagine how out of the loop I felt when I discovered that Power Functions had been a thing since 2007! Anyway, I bought it there and then. Studless confused me and didn't feel right - I felt like I could only follow the instructions and couldn't see until way into the build where things were heading. I'm sure that's just simply a case of unfamiliarity with the new stuff. Since then, I got back into it. Old school stuff first, I picked up an 8845 Dune Buggy off eBay to ease myself in, then corrected a childhood wrong and got hold of a classic 8860 Car Chassis - a set I coveted as a child but never got to own. Still amazed at the size of it, even as an adult. I have recently obtained an 8074 (Universal Building Set with Flex System) - I got it for a good price and it has quite a few parts in it I don't have. In the (near) future I'm looking to acquire an 8862 Backhoe - I know there are ones with more pneumatics, but I love the hybrid pneu/mechanical nature of this one, then get into more studless stuff (because that's how the world works these days) - possibly eyeing the 42043 Arocs... When I'm not puddling about with Lego, I play bass in a band called The Inevitable Teaspoons, play a bit of badminton, and enjoy a dram now and again. Anyway, that's quite enough of the shaggy dog story, I'm eating up your precious building time. Quote
JDbricks Posted February 1, 2017 Posted February 1, 2017 Hey! Welcome, Matt. Good read, I always enjoy reading people's coming back to LEGO stories. Quote
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