Everything LEGO thread!

Here is mine

 

Here are the dates for double points.

 

You guys got me motivated to try and build some sets from the past with my son. I was probably 10 or so when I built it as a kid, the instructions say 1981, I imagine I built it around 1983. My son is 7, so I figured let's try it out, see if we have all the pieces.


We followed the directions pretty closely, a couple pieces I didn't have the right color, but it still looked good. We changed the wheels and tires, added some wheel spacers, and then found some crazy black hood and fenders from who knows what. Also all the gear lock(don't know what they are really called, that's just the name I gave them when organizing all my old legos) pieces that are at the corner of the roll bars were all cracked where the axle inserts, so it was super weak and wanted to fall apart with the littlest touch, so we switched it up a little bit.




He played with it for a good hour last night! This thread definitely motivated me to build something! Thanks!

 

Today my son and I put these together.

 

Missing one of the printed foot pieces and a couple of reverse slopes, but I filled in with what I had and made it work. Good nostalgia going on with this one

 

Today's mail!

 

This arrived today

 

Lego System Space sets





(Missing front slope)

 

^^^ Those are awesome. I didn't have much space Lego growing up. I did have a few castle sets. I loves checking these out.

 

I remember those! My parents bought me all of them

 

Yep I was somewhere between 8 and 10 when my parents got these for me!

 

These showed up today

 

my god. that rocket ship was my favorite thing ever. Press the buttons and made all the sounds and lights. Man I wonder where it is now

 

Mine still have the same batteries in them and they still work

I think, maybe my mom replaced them one time without me knowing

 

All my old stuff is the classic space sets mostly. I didn't have any of those.

 

I will have two sets coming in the mail today. I'll post them when I get home from work.

 

Here is what I got! The Milano looks badass. I plan on getting the new one this month.

 

Built this one today.



Was a ton of fun to build and there are a ton of ways to display it.







The only problem I have is where am I going to display it and how.

 

I tired new batteries and it didn't work

 

This inspired me to buy #8098 Turbo Tank. The model before this one.