Hello from Germany :)

[Aspie91]

This will be quite short but I have to go to work in a couple of minutes. More later. :)

My name is Melanie and my username is Aspie91. 91 is my year of birth and "Aspie" is the nick name or whatever you want to call it for people with Asperger's Syndrome, a form of Autism.

I started collecting Lego sets not too long ago. It must be two or three years since it became a obsession. Before that I didn't care much about it to be honest. I played with my Dad's old bricks but that was it.

Today I have over 100 sets (mostly Creator) and I'm in love with the modular buildings. I have all the sets who are currently available minus the Palace Cinema. (Waiting for the price to drop and then I'm going to buy it on Amazon España like I did with the other sets.) More about my sets either today or tomorrow.

I apologise in advance for any spelling mistakes or especially grammatical errors. English isn't my first language and I suck at grammar.

Well, I guess that's it for now. Off to work and after work I'll take a look at the store and see if the 41015 Friends Yacht is there or not and I'm buying the Friends tree house. I can't wait until the Creator one hits the stores but I have to have the Friends one too.

xx

Edit: Just saw my member number, that is awesome! My Autistic part is jumping up and down right now. ;-)

Edited April 26, 2013 by Aspie91

[PsyKater]

Hi Melanie!

Welcome on Board of Eurobricks! There seem to be plenty of people with Asperger's Syndrome who are "addicted" to LEGO. It's nice to have you here. Have a good time!

[Leo604]

Welcome to Eurobricks!

[Aspie91]

@Leo Crimson

Thank you!

@PsyKater

Thank you too!

There seem to be plenty of people with Asperger's Syndrome who are "addicted" to LEGO.

Until now I have never been a member of a LEGO forum so it is good to know that there are more people with Asperger's on LEGO forums as well.

I know some other Aspies but they all have other types of obsessions.

[Brickington]

Welcome to Eurobricks! Thanks for the lengthy intro! I hope you find yourself at home here.

[Aspie91]

@Brickington

You are welcome! I'm a member since over 5 years in a German forum (not LEGO related) and I love it when people write a bit about themselves.

But like pomised here is some additional information:

According to Brickset I own 110 sets. They are worth $2991. (When I first started using Brickset and I saw the number I was shocked.)

Most sets are from the Creator series (55) followed by the Minifigs (14) and Technic (13).

The first two modular building (Fire Brigade and Pet Shop) were Christmas gifts. The Town Hall and the Grand Emporium were Easter gifts. (Well not really, I used Easter as an excuse to spend that much money.) I will definitely buy the Palace Cinema but I wait until the price drops. (I have paid a little over 100€ for my Grand Emporium, I hope that the price for the Palace Cinema will be around that as well.)

I don't know why but building LEGOs is like doing Yoga or something like that. It is a perfect stress relief. I don't feel so relaxed when I build my own building which I rarely do.

Duplo is another thing. I love my train set and I'm not ashamed to say that. And I love building huge towers with the Duplo bricks. (They are usually taller than me.)

I have nobody in Real Life to talk about my obsession so maybe that is why I write such lengthy paragraphs. When I start talking the my mother she just gives me those "Stop it" looks and my Dad just talks about how I should build my own stuff and not build with an instruction. (But that is what I like.)

[ZORK64]

Welcome to the forum, Melanie.

It's nice to see that I'm not the only German member here on Eurobricks, even though I usually only hang around in the LEGO Action Figure discussions.

I hope you enjoy EB as much as I do.

[Alasdair Ryan]

Welcome to Eurobricks Aspiie,I hope you have a fun time around the forum.

[DoctorKairam]

Welcome to Eurobricks! I have a few close friends that also has Aspergers Syndrome, and they're pretty cool. Nice to meet you!

Alex