The_YongGrand

Thanks for your support! I will restore all of them one day! :)

Hello there! I'm from Malaysia too! Hope you enjoy the Legos with your kids! :)

Nice to meet you too. I'm your next door neighbour, which is called Malaysia. I believe in SG, they have better stocks of Legos, isn't it? :)

Ok, here's my story about that. Pardon me of being too new, I just joined less than an hour ago. When I was younger (5-7) my parents used to buy me Legos. I have quite a handful of the classic Town sets vehicles and minifigures. I had a blast playing those things, until when I reached almost 8, my parents had become very strict to us (me and my oldest brother only). They said that as we have grown old, we should not play the Legos, so my ma told me to shelve it and stop touching it because "it interferes with the studies". On times I took it out for a play when I was 9 to 11 but I get very disapproved looks from my parents. Instead of encouraging, they would go on about "make your time studying". I did quite average in school, didn't fail anything but I got >70% average in my total grades. Yet, they weren't too happy 'cause they compared it to my brother who was doing very very well in school. I do not blame my parents for being strict as I know they thought playing is a bit way too wrong. Over the years, my computer games addiction became worse. And alongside with it, depression made its way when I was 18. I was almost suicidal. My grades on my A-Levels is not too good, and was rejected from attending local universities. Finally, I got accepted into one private university after a year, and I resumed studies. All the ups and downs made me think of one thing again : Legos. In 2008, my brother began to look at the older Lego catalogs online. There he went again, digging out the broken older sets and reassembling it but it's in vain 'cause most of them were destroyed with missing parts. What triggered my interest again was when he purchased a mini Lego fireboat.(it was the small plastic bag thingy in the retail store, probably 'starter' sets) In 2009, when I had a walk in a local toy store, I saw that huge Lego Pirates set. With the tower and with the prison and stuff. There, I didn't think much. I paid, and just went out of the toy store with the thing. The big box. On last year and this year, I begin to amass a handsome collection of Lego city sets, mainly police ones. My parents looked at it, they didn't complain. My father, he looked at amazement, "Wow, this is just so cool! Those models are close to real!". On times he may be staring at the vehicles like a little kid in a toy store. My ma still complained that it was a waste of space, but I didn't bother her nags. And also, my coursemate collects Legos, so I had a very easy chat with him. I am very proud of my Lego collection. Everyone should be proud - it's not for the little kids. It's also for the 'big boys and girls'. Nowadays, in the toy store, I don't see kids looking at Lego sets anymore. Guess what they actually wanna buy? Playstation Portables, weird sharp-edge spinning tops, or uh... can't recall. I see many kids being glued to their GBA more than they played Legos. Worst still, I saw kids playing GTA4.

Hello there, I'm from Malaysia, now working as a research assistant in my university, and begin to collect Legos since 2009 when I purchased a Lego Pirates set. Previously, I did collect when I was younger, but then didn't do it for around 18-20 years until last two years. Most of my older Lego sets are now destroyed or very difficult to be recovered, so I may need some time and cash for me to reconstruct them (ordering older sets from Bricklink). My interests are playing the guitar and programming microcontrollers. Soon, I may be including lights and display on my own creations, using a microcontroller. :)