Thor Lund Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Hi All, The details: Name: Thor (actually Tormod, but no one around me can pronounce that ) Age: 30 Nationality: Norwegian Location: On the border between Switzerland and France Profession: IT The rest: I have a busy job and enjoy building Lego to take my mind off it. Among many hobbies Lego has always been there, but it's also the one that people around me cannot fully comprehend as for them Lego is but a child's toy. I tried to be "grown-up" for a while by only using Technic and Mindstorms under the excuse I was developing my coding skills... but then came Vision Command which led me to stop-motion movies and for that I needed actors; and within a very short time I had the whole Harry Potter series lined up in front of the camera... Now I have stopped pretending and enjoy it fully. For my 30st, my wife (who is veeeery patient with me) clicked the-holy-grail-of-Lego-buttons on the Shop@Home site and bought the whole Indiana Jones series for me! Boy, was I happy! I'll stop there. Hope to have time for regular participation here! Cheers Thor Quote
Dadster Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Wow!! The whole IJ set. That's awesome!! Its great to have a supportive wife. Mine will stand outside the local store while I drool, but I don't think she'd voluntarily go looking for it for me... Welcome to the wonderful world of posting! Quote
Freddie Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Hei Tormod, og velkommen til Eurobricks! I have to say, you're quite skilled when it comes to comics. Bookmarked the site and will be reading it between writing reports. As for people not comprehending LEGO as anything but a child's toy, well, the more displays we AFOLs do, the more it will "mature". It's really just a matter of time before it'll be regarded as a hobby for adults by the general public. This is especially noticable at events, where just about anybody will drop their jaws in awe of the layouts AFOLs present - usually in combination with a surge of nostalgism in them. As for partners, I hope that I'll find a girl who at least will accept from the get-go that I'm into LEGO. (PS: Stikk gjerne innom Brikkelauget og si hei, når du har tid!) Quote
Ricecracker Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Welcome Tormod! I hope you enjoy yourself here, feel free to shoot me a PM if you have any questions. I'm sure you'll have fun here. Quote
Capt. Kirk Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Welcome to EuroBricks and enjoy browsing the forums... Quote
Nikola Bathory Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Hi Thor/Tormod Enjoy your time here! Quote
legotrainfan Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Welcome to our community! I find it absolutely great of your wife to support your hobby so much! Quote
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