Hello from Copenhagen

[Jan_sh]

Hello all

My name is Jan, I'm 41 and have gotten back into Lego via our niece who are currently into Friends big time.

And like the nice uncle I am, we have bought and built several sets together by now.

(Although I am also being a little selfish in encouraging this - building with Lego is much more fun that playing with dolls and what have you )

That kind of reawakened my interest in Lego and I have been building for myself since the start of 2014.

Although compared to the dedication and effort I see on sites such as this, I think I must be described as very much a casual AFOL.

I enjoy building stuff and making it up as I go along and as a fantasy fan, I decided that Castle themed stuff is probably my "thing"

So I decided to try my hand at something and purchased a few bricks on Bricklink and our local Pab wall. (Which have had light bley 1x4 & 1x3 bricks this spring.)

I have also bought & built the Kingdoms Joust set - but must admit that I found it a bit boring to just follow instructions - making it up myself is more to my liking.

(Which is probably a good thing for my wallet - MAN some of those sets are not exactly cheap.)

I have lurked here for some time, but as I have now build my very first beginner castle, I thought it was time to join the community.

[emilstorm]

Velkommen til Jan :)

And congratulations on reuniting with Lego! I have had a lot of shorter periods away from lego, and it is like you love it even more when you return:)

Happy building, dont forget to enjoy the summer and please post some pictures of your creations:)

[Chocolatecake]

Welcome to Eurobricks.

MOC'ing isn't cheaper than buying sets

I have some large projects on mm-paper waiting to be build with all those bricks I don't own (yet)

But welcome yet again from a fellow dane

[Jan_sh]

Tak :-)

Yeah, I know that Moc'ing is not cheaper per se - but not being (much) into sets removes the urge to buy the steady stream of new stuff being released.

[Milan]

Just make sure you find good deals at Bricklink, pieces can get really cheap if you search enough.