Lipko Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 TheLegoDr: I don't understand, you've got 3252 posts in this (Lego) forum in two-and-a-half years, that's about 2 or 3 posts every day? And yet you haven't time to build the (Lego) sets that you buy? Something wrong there.... Making posts can be done in a few minutes, or even seconds, and even when you are not at home. Quote
Paul B Technic Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 Making posts can be done in a few minutes, or even seconds, and even when you are not at home. This is very true. I can sit at my desk at work and post at times but building a set at my desk would not go down very well... Quote
TheLegoDr Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 ^ exactly! I post when I'm at work with the exception of right now. I don't get online a ton outside of work, but at work when I have free time I can post all I want. I can't exactly build on my free time at work and my free time at home involves my family time, so not a lot of time to do things there. Quote
Jim Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 This is very true. I can sit at my desk at work and post at times but building a set at my desk would not go down very well... True that! Same goes for me. Quote
Kivi Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 1. Taking too much time ? As I sometimes have periods of weeks that I don't build absolutely anything, it doesn't take that much time on average. 2. Wanting to explore other 'interests' I recently got back into music a bit, but it's still not interesting enough to drive me away from lego. 3. I really should be putting my $ elsewhere ... Hmmm, that might become an issue one day, I realize that my expenditure on lego is rising... 4. Enough with this 'play' ... time to focus on contributing to Society, and possibly leaving a legacy behind ... Well, being involved in AFOL community is itself a contribution to society, isn't it? 5. One's own mortality ... who's gonna sort my thousands of parts once I'm gone ... sure hope they don't end up as a bulk lot on eBay for a fraction of the initial investment ... I will deal with this when I'll be gone, though I'm not sure if I will be able to. 6. I've reached my 500 post ... a Knight now (with all Rights and Privileges as they said during my graduation), will take forever to reach the next level ... I'm not even halfway through for Knight, so I still have a work to do. 7. What else ... ? Nothing else at the moment, lego still keeps me busy. Quote
Gryphon Ink Posted December 4, 2013 Posted December 4, 2013 Money, time and space are all factors that have occasionally made me stop and rethink my priorities. I don't see myself totally quitting Lego building, but I feel like I have enough parts that I don't buy very many sets these days. I get a craving for Lego, go to the store and suddenly remember a million other things my family needs more than plastic bricks. We're not starving or anything, but I definitely have to prioritize my spending, and there's not a lot left over for Lego. And I don't have a lot of time or space in the home to leave out half-finished MOCs for weeks on end, so when I'm doing my own thing it has to be very small creations that I can finish in one sitting. The biggest thing I've built in the past year was a minifig-scale Batmobile, and I could only really do that because it's almost 100% black, so all the unused parts can easily be swept into a single container in between building sessions. Quote
LukeWarmTea Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 I'm just starting! (Again) But I am finding it very hard going. 1. Taking too much time ? I 'play' Lego with my daughter, which is just lovely and I would spend all day playing if I could - this is a legitimate use of my time so is fine. I have been building with LDD for a few months now and that does eat up my time, which has been causing a little bit of tension with my fiance - I am generally doing this when she's gaming on her Xbox and wants me to watch. Woo! 2. Wanting to explore other 'interests' Pfft. Or does 'interests' really mean sex? Cause that'd be a tough call. 3. I really should be putting my $ elsewhere ... Yes. Yes I really should, sigh - which is why I've been limited to LDD till now. 4. Enough with this 'play' ... time to focus on contributing to Society, and possibly leaving a legacy behind ... I had a baby! I'm done with this legacy junk. 5. One's own mortality ... who's gonna sort my thousands of parts once I'm gone ... sure hope they don't end up as a bulk lot on eBay for a fraction of the initial investment ... Again, I had a baby... 7. What else ... ? My family thinks it's this huge waste of money and time when I really should be looking for cleaning work/cleaning the house/getting exercise/something else I hate doing. Sigh. Quote
Legoman of War Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 Perhaps it's some sort of sickness because I too find myself talking about LEGO more than actually building it. Sometimes I pause before submitting another order on bricklink for yet another MOC that I'm gathering pieces for but have yet to build and wonder: where is the fine line between 'collecting' and 'hoarding'? Sometimes I find myself enjoying the creative challenge of building with my daughter's more limited collection than trying to build something color and piece-perfect. I have more time on the computer than I do building and that helps me get my fix for lego. I would love to build more but school and work have been taking the majority of my time over the last several years. To the question at hand. I got back into lego because my boys have become interested in it. My six year old is totally engrosed in it. My interest will probably wane if he decides to abandon it but we'll see when the time comes. To be honest I have never had time to devote to building my own creations. Maybe once I do then I will do it more. LMW Quote
naf Posted December 5, 2013 Posted December 5, 2013 I'll never give up my Lego! Lego was basically the only toy I really played with growing up, and now that I'm an AFOL after a long dark age I can't see giving it up again. Putting those plastic bricks together instantly brings me back to the happy days of my childhood. It's so many things at the same time, no hobby I've ever had can come close to it. I can share it with my kids and family, and bond together while building. I can build to decompress after a long day at work. My kids share their creations with me, and I share mine with them. It's something that connects me to them. The only thing that could really get me out of Lego would be TLC itself. If the quality goes down significantly, produce mediocre sets, etc. Even if that happens (shudder ), it would just mean I would stop spending money on Lego; I'll still have all of my existing bricks to build with. Quote
4WD Posted December 6, 2013 Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) I've been a LEGO fan all my life, and I can't see myself calling it quits anytime soon. I restarted my LEGO collection soon after I had given away my old one, so most of the time I spend that involves LEGO includes rebuilding/refurbishing my older sets (2008-now). Recently I started a LEGO room in our basement, which so far looks awful and needs new furniture. The community part still scares me, but I'll eventually I'll stop lurking the forums and meet some great people. Edited December 6, 2013 by 4WD Quote
Andy D Posted December 6, 2013 Posted December 6, 2013 Not yet! I have a closet full of unopened sets waiting to be built and a brain full of uncompleted (unstarted) MOCs. Andy D Quote
LEGO Family Posted December 7, 2013 Posted December 7, 2013 Honestly, I'm more likely to quit the community than the hobby. Feel the same way. Then again i had a dark age lasting 20years and have only been back in a relationship with my LEGO for some 3 years. I seriously feel like i wont ever stop playing with LEGO again, im more likely to stop wasting time on the community and spend the time building instead. :P Quote
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