MattGee

Great inspiration. Hard to see on my phone but is this old grey or newer light bluish grey? Cheers for the lovely photos. I think this will inspire my winter MOC build but I shall have to use only trans yellow.

Biased by my childhood experience with Lego from around 1977 to 1987 it's Classic Space for me, followed by the original Blacktron.

I have a display of classic space Lego that I've taken to a few shows in the UK and I'm amazed how the memory of it resonates with the adults, mostly guys but a few gals too. I doubt a big profit for Lego but a couple of reissues would I am sure be worth investigating. Just depends which sets! The most talked about in my experience is the 928 Galaxy Explorer.

It was certainly a great day and as you say a nice 'destination' for part of a London visit. I'm glad you got a Lester, but as someone else intimates they have missed a trick there as they could sell 1000's of these. Let's hope they have an idea up there sleeve? Mind you that might upset the people who've got them on eBay already? It was amusing to see myself in your outside pic!

At the Mowbray Bricks event run by the Brickshire LUG I finally bought the Exosuit. Couldn't resist the classic space logo. My 11 yr old daughter bought the Elves series bakery and my 7 yr old bought a nice yellow minifig face pillow with a smiley womans face because she fell in love with it, and then later in the afternoon it was stolen :( She was heartbroken and I was annoyed since I'm kind of on a budget just now. cheers Matt

Welcome to the forum. In building up an army I wish you luck. Some of those minifig prices make my eyes water ;) To paraphrase some Star Wars quotes - mm The Finance is strong with this one - Do, or do not, there is no try ;)

I have applied stickers to the sets my kids have bought and the Star Wars sets, I am more a builder that MOCr of the new stuff so I am not too bothered, and the new stickers will hopefully last.

Is the blue beetle photo in the initial post part of the official Lego announcement? If so I particularly like the fact this is a UK Right Hand Drive spec post '58 vehicle, even though they have gone for a LHD config in the build. I presume this is because of the majority of markets the model will be sold in, although if the aim of this is indeed as a "surfer" vehicle then the bumpers are wrong because strictly speaking the US spec ones are different, but hey ho, that's just my classic car mindset looking for differences. Now if this was made into a two tone with an oval rear window....hmm.

Brilliant, I love the "wet look" of the street surface almost like there's just been a shower, and the trolley car coming along is a really nice model!

As a classic car fan who used to be interested in the KdF wagen I love your T1 in this MOC, and the retro gas station design! Lovely work. As an aside have you got one of the stickered "Norton" bricks from the LEGO set of the 1970's? I got two last year just because I thought they looked cool

Intermingled with the building I keep looking at classic space era bricks and parts that I can use to MOC a Space Base of my own. I got this little lot for just under £14, plus 3 crater plates two still with loads of shine on them and virtually mint for and some "town" Lego for the girls for £5.50. I was so pleased to open up the parcel. Not only in the town stuff was mixed up the blue and trans yellow windows I'd wanted but also the grey old style TV aerial antenna, stoked! Also all the glazing and most of the white bricks for the Breezeway Cafe minus the plates and base. Not pictured but also present was an original classic space flag from one of the larger sets, white with two stickers applied - one of them upside down Although three of the red spacemen have lost almost all of their gold the white ones are surprisingly good with only one of them showing a little bit of 'yellowing'. All of them have what I am told is the early 'seamless' legs and hollow bodies, apparently making them quite early ones? Soon these will become a part of my growing space diorama. Sadly what I am lacking most at home is "space" to display them!

Nice to see you, I had the Lego Technic 8844 Helicopter way back when it was pretty new. I think it was Christmas 1982. Good luck with your creations!

Since I was encouraged to make up some of my old sets and take some photos to share I thought I would make a thread about it, and hope it is of interest to some of you, who might like my revisiting of the past. So, where did the story start? Well, it probably started when my parents got given some old Duplo size bricks for me, but I cannot really remember that! What I remember was being given the 918 Space Transport ship as a present after I had broken my chin and been in hospital for a few weeks circa 1979/80. It started me off loving the Lego Space sets, along with the Lego Town that me and my sister got given for birthdays, Christmas and other little gifts over the early 1980's. Over time this collection became pretty large, in various little boxes and buckets until my parents bought a clean new white dustbin with a close-able lid. At one time the bin was virtually full and pretty heavy. It stayed in my parents loft for years and handed down to my niece. More was added and some bits sold at a car boot sale at some point. Eventually with my eldest young daughter growing and as my niece grew it came back to me in 2014. It's been taking me a fair amount of spare time to sort out the Friends and other "modern" Lego but slowly since November I have been getting around to sorting the old stuff. Thanks to discovering Brick link etc its been great to find replacement parts for broken bits, lost stickers and bleached parts! I have been finding way more than I thought there would be. Of course this has now led to buying bricks to make sets I never had, or that have been lost in the mists of time! . This is the little display on the top of one of my bookcases with all the little vehicles I have made from the parts I had. I will try taking individual pics or a smaller group as I work out how to do the photo hosting and posting. The two large sets on the left are eBay buys of sets I never had and on the right is a little space base MOC I am working on being guarded by my daughters astro kitty!

I don't remember you, because I'm newly back from the dark ages myself, but good luck getting back and enjoying all things LEGO.

Interesting topic. I don't particularly like "LEGO's" but that hasn't come to me particularly from any modern online web argument I have read, my Dad always referred to it as LEGO even in the early 1980's when me and my sis were playing with our collection my dad would perhaps say are you getting the Lego out? Always referred to in the singular.

I seem to remember, back in the dim and distant late 1970s into the mid to late 1980s when I really collected Lego there was only one "grey". But now I am having trouble discerning the difference too. I find that a good amount of sunlight streaming in the window helps.

My most recent purchase was the 75105 Falcon, and just a few days before I'd taken the plunge and bought the 75059 Sandcrawler. The Falcon is now built but the Sandcrawler seems to be surviving whilst I consider the do I, don't I conundrum.

I'd love to know more about events going on in the UK. I have only been a recent returnee to Lego after my Dark Ages, but I found out I missed out on tickets to the Brickshire event less than an hour from me and my wife found out about another Yorkshire Lego even even nearer only because it was shared on a website for mums looking for things for their kids to do. I am slightly amazed there isn't a better calendar of Lego events anywhere online that I can find? Does anyone know of any events in Toronto in September. I am going to be there from 6th for 10 days.

I only bought parts, a nice selection of blue and grey for greebling, 4 trans-yellow 1x4x3 panels and a 3x6x1 slope for Classic space inspirations :D Oh, and 6940 Alien Moon Stalker arrived in the post! I can see some of the greys don't match already though. More shopping next week!

Excellent. I am doing the exact same thing as you just now. I don't have enough parts to complete some so I am working through Bricklink and other sources. The only large building I can find is the 1980s Hospital release but I am having trouble finding all the windows with those irksome striped decals! I always wanted one of the petrol stations and I see you have the Metro Park & Service tower from 1988! Nice. I must get around to photographing some of mine. cheers!

For my oldest I think Supplemental 224 I have boxed with trans-clear curved pieces fits the bill. Rarest piece - I don't really know until I finish looking through everything! I am pleased to have the two grey antennas for my space Command Centre 926 that I have rebuilt from all the old parts I had. For value versus size probably the trans clear old shields I have as radar pieces on my 894 Mobile Tracking Station. Probably some of my really old town printed or sticker pieces are quite rare but I don't have the time to really check!

I agree! I do not think Lego has become more violent of itself, perhaps only in the many mentions above of some of the licensed themes, where there is "conflict" portrayed.

I am feeling like that this year. With a discount and a little extra cash I bought the two UCS sets I really wanted. I have not bought anything that was a new release for myself except one 75105 Star Wars set. I have bought more second hand stuff though of course that has cost less! I never slavishly buy new stuff or must have a whole range except what simply appeals to me. My daughters encouragement is the only thing that has altered this because they wanted the Scooby Doo stuff!

As a recent returnee to collecting Lego, I only collect what I like. I bought a few Star Wars sets last year and in the UK with the May the Fourth promotion I bought a couple of the large sets with the discount that I might not have done otherwise, but that's all. I agree with the statement about "grey spaceships", although I bought one! Their shape notwithstanding I have been put off by the fairly high price point and sameness. I have bought a couple of Creator sets instead though and my daughters have become interested in the Elves sets. I am not that interested in the Nexo Knights and the Super Heroes themes, they just don't personally appeal that much! On the other hand its allowed me to buy more older pieces for my own MOCs.! I think the year is only half over and not having had chance to go into the Lego store this month who knows what new surprises there will be. I am attracted by the Brick Bank, I think it looks good, but there will be more to see soon no doubt.

Thanks guys. I just need to work out some photo hosting, I am not the worlds best at this ;) My oldest set, hmm. Well since I just acquired the 2nd Edition of the Lego Collector I can look that up! The oldest I think I have include:- the tow truck from 651 of 1972, I was born the year after! boxed supplementary 224 which are curved trans clear pieces 435 tipper truck 1976 I have a bunch of armless early minifigs too from this era. The first set with "minifig" I clearly remember getting was 918 Space Transport, after a lot of sorting out of parts and getting a few extra pieces I have managed to make this up using online instructions with the stuff from my old collection. I loved the Legoland Space stuff and I also have 894 amongst others from the "grey" vehicles. Thanks! Matt