Peppermint_M Posted November 12, 2015 Oh, collecting age, I have been collecting since the age of 5. There hasn't been a single year in 22 that I have not got a set When I used to keep a record I could see that from the age of 17 there was an increase in the number of sets I bought in a year, mainly because I had an income independent of pocket-money! At one point Ihad purchased more sets in a year than I had in my whole collection as a child (Living the dream!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheRustySnowman Posted November 12, 2015 Related to your ages, how long have you been collecting the sets? I dunno, if it's good, if I have roughly 610 sets, including maximum 10 books with gears, otherwise everything is pure Lego and I'm nearly 18. It's not good. I think a fair rate is 50 sets for each year on this planet. So you're about 300 behind pace. Please try harder. ;-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YellowCorvette Posted November 12, 2015 I'm just starting collecting Lego sets properly since last year, so I don't have too many sets. But however, my interest with Lego is started when I was 15 years old (Kinda late for me). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zanki Posted November 12, 2015 I don't have everything on here, but a majority of my collection is logged. http://brickset.com/sets/ownedby-Zanki I'm missing so many minifigures though :/ http://brickset.com/minifigs/ownedby-Zanki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brickbuilder0937 Posted November 12, 2015 Hmm, according to Brickset I have 2,347 sets, (1,386 unique) containing 688,282 parts and 5,665 minifigures. About 60 of the 'sets' are CMFs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShaydDeGrai Posted November 12, 2015 Related to your ages, how long have you been collecting the sets? I dunno, if it's good, if I have roughly 610 sets, including maximum 10 books with gears, otherwise everything is pure Lego and I'm nearly 18. My oldest sets date to the late 1960's, and Brickset shows birthday and holiday collection expansion throughout the 1970's followed by a marked fall-off in the 1980's (when I was trying to save for / pay for / attend college). The early years were very lean for me as times were pretty tight for my family. Still, even by that meager standard, purchases/gifts received slowed to a trickle until the latter 1990's when I returned to the world of LEGO with an actual disposable income. So for a more direct comparison, by the time _I_ was 18 I only had a few dozen sets; lately, I buy a few dozen unique sets per year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xboxtravis7992 Posted November 12, 2015 (edited) Related to your ages, how long have you been collecting the sets? I've been at it since 2000, I'm 21 now. The last two years I didn't but Lego sets, but it was because I was living in South America: and during that time my parents bought me several sets to build shortly after I returned from South America.And then I went to the Lego Store and bought a few of the sets I had missed. I actually went to the Lego Store before I checked Brickset to see what was new, so everything in the store was a surprise! Edited November 12, 2015 by xboxtravis7992 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLazyChicken Posted November 12, 2015 I only have about 100 sets or so, but that is it. I mostly buy parts individually than buying whole sets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy D Posted November 12, 2015 (edited) Lol, that Leia. Anyway, to make it a bit more Jabba's palace, you might give it a second small tower behind/next to the roof you have now. It shouldn't be big, but it will give it more an idea that it is Jabba's palace instead of a random tatooine building i guess. More than I care to admit to! More than I can ever build. More than I can ever display. I am afraid to count! But way, way, way less than 1000! I will never have 1000 LEGO sets! Andy D Edited November 12, 2015 by Andy D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_spock Posted November 12, 2015 Related to your ages, how long have you been collecting the sets? I dunno, if it's good, if I have roughly 610 sets, including maximum 10 books with gears, otherwise everything is pure Lego and I'm nearly 18. I had 3 sets when I was 18. Since you are not 18 yet, you have lots of time to reach 1000+ sets before you even qualify for the Older Than Dirt tag on Eurobricks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lego Conductor Posted November 12, 2015 According to Brickset: 104 sets, 366 mini figures and 77,898 pieces. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ejred Posted November 12, 2015 For me it's all just one big set. Periodically I may buy a box from Lego, build something from it, take it apart, and dump the pieces into my set! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KlodsBrik Posted November 12, 2015 I as well have been collecting since prolly 1975. I have no idea how many sets i have. Neither any clue as to how many bricks i have collected throughout time from markets, PAB walls, people selling their old LEGO and so on. But my sisters son always tells me when he visits me: You have more LEGO than the LEGO shop. So i guess i have a lot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meiko Posted November 12, 2015 According to Brickset, which I haven't updated my collection there in a year or so, I have 1616 sets. I'm currently 17 years old and have been collecting for my entire life, being raised in a family that also collects LEGO. Many of these sets are shared in our collection. http://brickset.com/sets/ownedby-Meiko According to Brickset I have 1889 minifigures. http://brickset.com/minifigs/ownedby-Meiko Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue_Bird Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) I'm fairly new to LEGO and only have 1 set so far. The creator log cabin. I'm debating on what to buy next. I have about 9 minifigures and one on the way Edit: I actually have two sets, I was forgetting a small seasonal turkey build I have Edited November 16, 2015 by Blue_Bird Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lego Dino 500 Posted November 14, 2015 I've been collecting mine for 11 years, and I'm about to turn 16. I already have around 30,000 parts like I said which averages around 3,000 parts a year. However I expect my yearly average to go up severely once I have my own job, hopefully to around 12,000 parts a year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chorduroy Posted November 16, 2015 855 Sets now. Still not enough ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue_Bird Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) 855 Sets now. Still not enough ... Impressive! Edited November 16, 2015 by Blue_Bird Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chilis Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) My Brickset inventory says I have 960 sets, 601 of which are unique and 2117 minifigs. About 250 of the sets are NISB (new in sealed box) And about 15 of them are NISB modular buildings. I have all the modulars builded in my city too, ChillVille (instagram.com/chilis_no). Included pick-a-brick bricks i have over 500.000 bricks. -More to come :) Edited November 20, 2015 by Chilis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Dee Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) Oops! I did it again! Edited December 9, 2015 by Captain Dee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrJB Posted November 24, 2015 Nice to have avid collectors on here but ... have you ever wondered what would happen to such sets were you to 'depart' to another 'world'? I look at all my sets, and often wonder if this whole collecting was a good idea to start with ... oh and I have in excess of 300 sets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy D Posted November 25, 2015 Nice to have avid collectors on here but ... have you ever wondered what would happen to such sets were you to 'depart' to another 'world'? I look at all my sets, and often wonder if this whole collecting was a good idea to start with ... I can identify with your question, I think about that occasionally, but I think my adult son would like most of them. I do often wonder why I continue to buy... I have been slowing my buying, but I still buy 6 to 10 large sets per year, build maybe half. I hope I can change my building rate in 2016. I guess we older LEGO collectors tend think these things occasionally... Andy D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boettner Builds Posted November 25, 2015 (edited) After coming out of my dark ages with a vengeance, I refuse to let any set I want slip through my hands. There are too many that have retired and are CRAZY expensive now. I'm not sure where my 1000's of sets are going to go when I pass, but I know it will be worth a small fortune for whoever gets to "deal" with it. Long story short, life's too short to miss out on the UCS Falcon! (Which I built from my bulk and BrickLink) Edited November 25, 2015 by redtrooper27 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BountyBeast Posted November 26, 2015 Probably at least 30, excluding the minifigs. I never felt like counting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welfycat Posted November 26, 2015 I'm not sure where my 1000's of sets are going to go when I pass, but I know it will be worth a small fortune for whoever gets to "deal" with it. That's the really nice thing about Lego; it tends to retain it's value over long periods of time (and sometimes even grow in value!). My grandma passed last year and she had collected all these little ceramic tea sets and tiny dolls and tiny ceramic things I don't even have the words to describe. I thought my Lego collection was a getting a bit over the top, but it's nothing next to the ceramic stuff my grandma had in her house. We tried to sell some of it, but in general it didn't have much monetary value so we wound up donating the vast majority of it. So, upon our passing, at least someone can make some money if they don't want to keep the Lego collections - and that means other people get a chance to experience some of the older sets some of us had collected during our lives. Win - Win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
