What sort of Lego are you building/collecting/buying and why?

[SpacePolice89]

What are your personal criteria/interests when building/buying/collecting Lego? Do you like everything or are there some limits for some reason? Limiting factors for me are interests (I mainly like themes and building styles from the 80s and 90s and modernized versions of them, money (I can't buy everything so I focus on the stuff I like the most) and space (If I had unlimited or more space I would widen the criteria for buying and include more sets and themes). Because of these criteria I focus on:

1. The original themes Town(including Trains 9v and other related subthemes), Space and Castle as well as Pirates and Aquazone because these themes are the ones I like the most.

2. Sets and themes from the time period 1978-1999 and modernized or new versions of them like the Santa Fe Super Chief or the new Renegade (in my opinion the golden age of Lego is from the mid 80s to the mid 90s)

3. When it comes the new sets I only buy ones that are close enough to the originals, the colors and minifigs are important because I like to display both old and sets together. Therefore I bought the new Galaxy Explorer but not the new Eldorado Fortress. Remakes must fit seamlessly with the originals.

4. Sets that I like very very much for some reason like the upscaled minifigs or sets that I buy for specific pieces (like the Dreamzzz set with the Futuron style torso).

5. When I buy pieces for MOCs I avoid pieces that doesn't fit the 80s and 90s aesthetic. I only use colors that were available before the year 2000, (for aesthetic, economical and storage space reasons). I try to keep a large inventory of pieces for MOCs, set restauration and landscape builds and I can barely fit all the pre 2000 colors in large enough quantities). When I build MOCs I mostly focus on my favorite themes but sometimes I just want to build something crazy like a jet engine powered chicken.

 

[Feuer Zug]

I do a lot of Town/City building with some (Classic) Space and castle/adventure thrown in. I'm not picky about sets as a lot of times I get bulk LEGO and MOC what I want. Most modern sets are bought for the parts, not for the build. I'm good with the new parts types and colors for my builds. They can add some interesting splash into the mix.