LEGO Historian Posted May 12, 2011 Posted May 12, 2011 Hello everyone! I have to be the oldest newbie around... not just age wise... (been collecting LEGO for 51 years)... but also because I joined Eurobricks 4 years ago (March 2007) posted twice... and then went off to spend so much time doing historic LEGO research for my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guides (on CD) that many of my acquaintances back in the RTL and early LUGNET days have made their way into the distant parts of the known LEGO Cyber Universe... But I'm finally getting close to finding (almost) all the answers of the ancient (and modern) history of our beloved bricks... that I thought I would go back out and see who is still with us among the old timers... as well as meet some new folks who have gone thru the bleak "Moyenage/Mittelalter" darkness of their Dark Ages and "walked toward the light".... back into the fold of AFOL'dom... (I came out of my Dark Ages in 1979). Cheers, Gary Istok Older than dirt, and Keeper of LEGO AFOL Space/Time Continuum.... :) Quote
fred67 Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 Welcome back, Gary... I bought Gary's recreation of a classic Maersk ship a couple of years ago, and got the first collector's guide. If anyone's got a question about LEGO history, Gary's the one to ask. Quote
Roodaksta Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 I salute you, Elder one! Anyway's, welcome back! I see you are a huge AFOL. See you soon on the forums! Quote
XimenaPaulina Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 Great to have you back in the forums Gary, and now we know who to turn to when it come to LEGO history. Glad to have someone like you as part of EB. Quote
The Yellow Brick Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 Welcome to Eurobricks LEGO historian Enjoy the forums. Quote
LEGO Historian Posted May 13, 2011 Author Posted May 13, 2011 Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! I just noticed that my membership number is 1550.... 1650 would have been nicer.... everybody would like a MISB 1650 set! (Maersk Line Container Set 1650... the crown jewel of Promotional LEGO sets that has gone for $3000+ on Ebay). I do have a Newbie question though... I see I'm limited to 100K image size (I tried to exceed that on the Ambassador Forums yesterday)... How does the postimg image size limitations work? Is there a Newbie restiction that later gets increased, or is that a standard limit? Inquiring Noobs want to know? Also when I first (and last) posted back in 2007 (which is why I have a low membership number)... I must have posted 2 messages. Yesterday, my first day back... I came across a feature that says view all messages since you last posted.... I was tempted to see what would happen had I pushed that button (curious like a kid when coming across a "do not push" button... but oh so tempted to do so ) Anyway... I've done a LOT of research on LEGO in the last 4 years for my newest LEGO CD (1949-90s)... found out a lot of old and new stuff (some of which Ole Kirk and Godtfred Kirk Christiansen thought they were taking with them to their graves )... (no they didn't put a hit out on anyone at Megabloks... LOL).... such as why LEGO bricks weren't called LEGO for the first 4 years of their introduction.... and yet they proudly displayed their LEGO name on all their other toy products.... but that's for another day... Again... thanks for the warm welcome! Cheers, Gary Istok Quote
Capn Frank Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 Welcome to the Forums (again) Gary! I do have a Newbie question though... I see I'm limited to 100K image size (I tried to exceed that on the Ambassador Forums yesterday)... How does the postimg image size limitations work? Is there a Newbie restiction that later gets increased, or is that a standard limit? Inquiring Noobs want to know? You can join and upload photos at a photo upload site like Flickr or Brickshelf I would check out our tutorials in the Website & Forums section of EB. Anyway... I've done a LOT of research on LEGO in the last 4 years for my newest LEGO CD (1949-90s)... found out a lot of old and new stuff (some of which Ole Kirk and Godtfred Kirk Christiansen thought they were taking with them to their graves )... (no they didn't put a hit out on anyone at Megabloks... LOL).... such as why LEGO bricks weren't called LEGO for the first 4 years of their introduction.... and yet they proudly displayed their LEGO name on all their other toy products.... but that's for another day... Do you have a website or something for people to view your historical finds? Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted May 13, 2011 Posted May 13, 2011 Welcome back! ...and about your dark age finished in 1979, what can I say? Really impressive!!! Quote
LEGO Historian Posted May 15, 2011 Author Posted May 15, 2011 Welcome to the Forums (again) Gary! Do you have a website or something for people to view your historical finds? Here's an (out of date) webpage that shows some of the chapters of my earlier version of Volume 1 (Version 2) LEGO CD.... the new Volume II will contain all of Volume I (1949-80 Version 4) plus 1980-1990s (Volume II). There will be over 3000 pages including $$ and EURO insurance price guides (over 10,000 price amounts listed). You can download some chapter PDFs.... some of these may require a 2nd try... like I said it's old and no longer functions as a purchasing site for my new CD (now available for preorder in my GARY ISTOK RARE BRICKS Bricklink store as a pre-order... rare LEGO freebies will be included for preorders when it ships in late spring).... http://www.geminisystems.net/lego/ Cheers, Gary Istok Quote
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