JesseNight Posted July 28, 2023 Posted July 28, 2023 Hi! I'm Jesse and I'm from Belgium (originally from the Netherlands). I grew up with late 80s and early 90s Lego in my childhood. My initial interest was mainly the Space theme, during the Futuron (still have 6990 the first monorail set, I love it) and first Blacktron, Space Police, and M-Tron themes. After that my interest shifted towards Technics (models 8880 Super Car and 8480 Space Shuttle being my pride and joy at the time), and Model Team (for the younger people, those were the limited scale models back then). In the late 90s, priorities shifted and I haven't been doing much with it anymore, but I've always kept everything stored away with no intention of ever getting rid of it. Lately I'm having some more free time on my hands again and while browsing for a Lego set for a family member's kid some time ago, curiosity to today's Lego sets came up again. Being from an area when visible studs were pretty much the norm, I hardly recognize any of it anymore. I was a bit overwhelmed by the quantities of amazing models. As a cars & Technics fan, sets like the Chiron and the Sián stood out, but also Lego Icons like the Ghostbusters Ecto-1 and the Back To The Future DeLorean (both major icons from my childhood). The next thing I ended up finding were the Rebrickable website and this one. While MOCs are not new to me, I had no idea that such large communities existed around it nowadays and how many advanced models there were to be found. I've seen some models that cast a pretty big shade over original Lego ones, and I feel like a little kid again dreaming from that one big set that I just cannot have... just with bigger and far more expensive dreams now considering I don't have any modern Lego to begin with. So while I don't have anything to show (yet), I am looking into whether it's gonna be doable to get into making some display model MOCs. With no modern bricks to begin with, so far collecting parts from various sources appears a hell and I can't imagine spending hundreds only to be stuck not finding some essential last part... Quote
Yperio_Bricks Posted July 28, 2023 Posted July 28, 2023 Great post and inspiring story! I also grew up with the late 80s and 90s Lego and when i left my dark ages in 2018/2019 i was stunned because there is so much to discover and experience today! Welcome to the forum @JesseNight Quote
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