vampyre78 Posted August 4, 2011 Posted August 4, 2011 Hey everyone, My name's Tom, i'm 33 and living with my fiance in Melbourne, Australia. I was a massive Lego fan as a kid, and was always pushing for more, but sadly my dark ages saw the disappearance of an enormous collection. :( The Mindstorms sets got me back into things for a little while, but after picking up the 2 Mindstorms droids, they went on display and I stopped again. Anyway, i've been trying to find a hobby that suited me lately, and after getting bored with R/C and Warhammer 40K, I came across the Technic 8043 Excavator and fell in love. I ended up buying a few of the new Technic sets before ending up with a bulk lot off ebay including 2 of the new passenger trains. Well, my addiction has gone into overdrive, and in the last 3 months i've just about gone broke trying to reassemble enough parts to work with (and as i'm sure you all know, there's NEVER enough). My fiance bought me the modular fire station for my birthday in May, and now i've really got the bug to build a full city/train layout. I've gone ahead and begun clearing out 40 years worth of junk from the family garage so I can start building (the best motivator for clearing space that i've ever found). I've been lurking around the forums here for a while, and I have to say the quality of some of the builders here is incredible. I love the atmosphere of the community, as it seems the high bar is encouraging everyone to do better as opposed to ridiculing people with less talent. I look forward to contributing to, and learning from, the Eurobricks community. Enough said. Brick On! Quote
KartoffelViking Posted August 4, 2011 Posted August 4, 2011 Welcome, vampyre78! You may already be aware of it, but please visit the Aussie sales! thread frequently to check out news about LEGO deals, and spread the good word Enjoy! I forgot to ask; did you build the Excavator yet? Quote
lightningtiger Posted August 4, 2011 Posted August 4, 2011 Welcome 'vampyre78' to EB (don't forget to visit the ANZFOL website too ! ). Brick On ! Quote
Brickdoctor Posted August 4, 2011 Posted August 4, 2011 Welcome to EB, vampyre78! I always enjoy seeing train layouts, and I look forward to seeing yours. Enjoy the site! Quote
buddy Posted August 4, 2011 Posted August 4, 2011 Welcome to Eurobricks vampyre78, I hope that you have a good time on the forums! ~buddy~ Quote
vampyre78 Posted August 5, 2011 Author Posted August 5, 2011 Thanks for the welcome everybody. :) KartoffelViking - Yeah, once I got it home I absolutely had to get into it. Had a gear wrong in the transmission, and i ended up wasting about 5 hours having to tear it back down to fix that part. It is an exceptional set, loved assembling that one. lightningtiger - I've been watching New Mannum grow, and I absolutely love the designs. It's nice to see familiar building styles as opposed to everything being as tall as possible. And i'll check out ANZFOL as well, thanks for that. Going to try and get some photos this weekend. I'm happy with what i've picked up so far, but I'm desperately waiting for an order of baseplates to cover up the benches. :) Quote
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