SpacePolice89 Posted May 22 Posted May 22 It would be interesting to know the age structure of Eurobricks users because it may affect what sort of Lego you like. I grew up with late 80s and 90s Lego (and they are some of my favorites) sets but I also like much older sets from the late 70s and early 80s that I didn't experience as a kid. Quote
aFrInaTi0n Posted May 23 Posted May 23 '84, the best of all years to be born in naturally... Also beginning of the 78th circle of the chinese astrology. Quote
Murdoch17 Posted May 24 Posted May 24 (edited) Looking at the poll choices, I'd be very impressed if a 2020s kid was on EB at this time... they'd have to be the smartest person in history to be able to pass as an adult from the tender age of 6. (Or younger!) (Then again, Mozart was writing his own music by that point, so maybe it's possible?) Edited May 24 by Murdoch17 Quote
Daiman Posted May 24 Posted May 24 (edited) This poll should be on front page... But guys and gals, 83 views and a big lack of response by the majority. That's a real shame. At least we get to poll ' What aged people will fill in a poll ", I don't blame those born in the 20s but come on! All you slackers born in the 30s and 40s get off ya big behind and click the button. Edited May 24 by Daiman Quote
Toastie Posted May 25 Posted May 25 (edited) BOOMer here - 1962. Born in February, I managed to get the Cuba crisis under control. What a year ... Best Thorsten Edited May 25 by Toastie Quote
Toastie Posted May 26 Posted May 26 (edited) On 5/24/2026 at 6:30 PM, Daiman said: But guys and gals, 83 views and a big lack of response by the majority. That's a real shame. Totally agreed. But, well - seems like a common behavior not even nowadays, but for the past decade(s). In the chemistry/sustainable chemistry curriculum at my university, I teach PChem at all levels - which represents the second-highest brick wall. Guess what is the highest? (Chemistry students don't want to study math! Yeah, math. Followed by ... physics. Who would have guessed). Not the point: I do student evaluations, every single semester, for every class I teach. Big Brother provides us with nifty, colorful online tools. Did it once - only once. Reason: 100 enrolled students, return rate 5%. As in >five<. Alternative: Print out the questioner , bring it to class, hand it out and tell them - "it will help me, for improving". There are seals and whatnot, an arbitrarily selected student has to bring the sealed envelope to the folks running the scanner ... Return rate: 100%. Problem: Not all students enrolled show up for class (hey, I did not, back then ). Corrected return rate (enrolled vs present students): 60%. 5% vs 60% is not bad ... Conclusion: For such a poll, EB gurus have to provide us with printed questioners, that one of us, once collected, will hand it to ... uhm ... Christoph. And we will have of course to show up for evaluation. Wherever that place is ... Billund? Yeah, it is a shame. But, it simply is, what it is. Best Thorsten On 5/25/2026 at 4:39 PM, aFrInaTi0n said: Nice you solved that for the world / us, Thorsten! Oh, you're welcome, Christoph. I don't remember exactly how I did it, but I guess it was remotely similar to the "couple of wavy lines" thing in Ghostbusters. Guess it was the electroshock ... Edited May 26 by Toastie Quote
Toastie Posted May 26 Posted May 26 That - yeah ... It - begins to make ... sense. Somehow. I have to tell Financial Headquarters here ... maybe my LEGO budget gets a 0.5% allowance increase! Thank you very much!!! And best wishes Thorsten Quote
SpacePolice89 Posted May 27 Author Posted May 27 I thought about placing this poll in the "General" section to get more visibility but I decided to put it here instead because of the content not being directly Lego related. It would be interesting to get more responses and a more complete picture of the age structure of Eurobricks members. Quote
Toastie Posted May 27 Posted May 27 15 hours ago, SpacePolice89 said: content not being directly Lego related And that is the “problem” - people rarely visit this place. It seems to be the underworld - I like to call the "diversity" forum. Which seems to be the issue. Traffic-wise that is. Best wishes Thorsten Quote
SpacePolice89 Posted June 2 Author Posted June 2 @MKJoshA Is it possible to get this on the front page because very few people are finding it here in the community section. It'd be nice to get more results and a clearer picture of the age structure of Eurobricks? Quote
Murdoch17 Posted June 2 Posted June 2 (edited) Forgot to mention in my last post: I'm from the mid-'90s. Edited June 2 by Murdoch17 Quote
Creme Brulee Posted June 3 Posted June 3 From the early 2000s here -- there are a lot fewer young adults than I would have expected (albeit in a small sample size). Quote
Hemar Seldim Posted June 3 Posted June 3 I don't think that people under ~20 prefers forums over other platforms, that might just be my opinion though. Quote
Slegengr Posted June 3 Posted June 3 Born in 1991, I got to grow up in what I easily believe to be LEGO's golden age, nostalgia accounted... it helped that I had younger siblings that kept a shared interest in LEGO's original themes of 2010-2015 as well as my childhood favorites. I expected a strong curve average across 80's/90's for several reasons, and that appears to be the case so far (though sample size is still exceedingly small compared to total members on EuroBricks). This discussion is fairly interesting to me, so I hope more members find this and respond. Another question (maybe for a different thread/poll) is how many members have their own lifelong interest in LEGO versus how many found an interest with their own children more recently? Part of the correlation to my expectation of the average across the 80's/90's is that this age group had both the perfect chance to have had a strong childhood interest in the product as well as a rekindled interest with related children in LEGO's primary target demographic. Quote
SpacePolice89 Posted June 4 Author Posted June 4 (edited) On 6/3/2026 at 5:48 PM, Slegengr said: Another question (maybe for a different thread/poll) is how many members have their own lifelong interest in LEGO versus how many found an interest with their own children more recently? A similar discussion is taking place on Brickset. https://brickset.com/article/132094/what-set-or-theme-brought-you-to-lego On 6/3/2026 at 5:48 PM, Slegengr said: Another question (maybe for a different thread/poll) is how many members have their own lifelong interest in LEGO versus how many found an interest with their own children more recently? I could do that as a part of the random Lego questions series Edited June 4 by SpacePolice89 Quote
SpacePolice89 Posted June 4 Author Posted June 4 55 minutes ago, SpacePolice89 said: A similar discussion is taking place on Brickset. https://brickset.com/article/132094/what-set-or-theme-brought-you-to-lego I could do that as a part of the random Lego questions series Quote
Paul B Technic Posted June 5 Posted June 5 Assuming the age spread each decade is the same, and using the middle of each decade as the average (1965,1975,1985,1995), the average user is 43.7 years old. Quote
Peppermint_M Posted June 5 Posted June 5 At least my age is below average! I was born in 1988, just too late for Fabuland (Mum was well miffed that there was none to get me when I was a tot) but I had Duplo from age 0! I personally think it is worse that I was moderating conversations on Power Miners and Series 1 CMF and now legit AFOLs are old enough to call that childhood LEGO! Quote
Toastie Posted June 5 Posted June 5 4 minutes ago, Peppermint_M said: At least my age is below average! Hehe - that's (so far) a 16 to 14 kind of thing I am securely at rock bottom ... Boomer. I love the 2x4 brick in basic colors. Have a nice weekend! Best Thorsten Quote
dr_spock Posted June 6 Posted June 6 Older than yellowed white 2x4 bricks. Egads, I've been on EB for over 16 years. On 5/24/2026 at 9:11 AM, Murdoch17 said: Looking at the poll choices, I'd be very impressed if a 2020s kid was on EB at this time... they'd have to be the smartest person in history to be able to pass as an adult from the tender age of 6. (Or younger!) (Then again, Mozart was writing his own music by that point, so maybe it's possible?) Got to be 18 and over to join EB if you want to comply with their site guidelines. Or at least behave very maturely. On 5/27/2026 at 6:00 PM, Toastie said: And that is the “problem” - people rarely visit this place. It seems to be the underworld - I like to call the "diversity" forum. Which seems to be the issue. Traffic-wise that is. Best wishes Thorsten It got rare in this place after posts here stopped being counted towards your total post count. Some members abusing it for higher ranks ruined it for others. Quote
Toastie Posted June 6 Posted June 6 15 hours ago, dr_spock said: It got rare in this place after posts here stopped being counted towards your total post count. Some members abusing it for higher ranks ruined it for others Did even know about the post count thing ... but yes, one rotten apple spoils the whole barrel. Ranks - oh my. Best wishes, Thorsten Quote
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