TravellingMan Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 Just joined - just ordered a couple of Lego advent calendars from Amazon and my interest in Lego was piqued again. I have several models in the attic from the late 60's (unboxed - mum made me throw the boxes away !!) complete with instructions etc Loved putting them together back in the day and I always looked forwards to my Granddad going on holiday as I always got a Lego model when he returned. My son wasn't really all that interested in Lego (he's 15 now) so I never really bothered with it either. However, we got him a Lego advent calendar last year and he loved it. Therefore, just ordered one each for my wife and I Quote
Mr. White1981 Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 Welcome! Beautiful Lego from the 60's, I'd never seen anyone face to face... Just like you, my mom threw the boxes away! If only I had a time machine...... 1 Quote
Guest TabbyBoy Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 Welcome, fellow Brit. I had the exact same set with low loader and crane. Ah... the good old days of "proper" Lego! Quote
TravellingMan Posted October 26, 2013 Author Posted October 26, 2013 Thanks to everyone for the welcome(s) - I'll have to get the sets down from the attic, make them up and take pictures. I have other sets up there as well - a black cab, a police station and loads of others. Should be interesting reliving the memories Quote
TheOrcKing Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 Welcome to the site, TravellingMan. 1 Quote
Guest eightbrick Posted October 26, 2013 Posted October 26, 2013 Hi TravellingMan! Enjoy the site! Quote
comicblast Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 Welcome to BrickPicker. Nice collection! 1 Quote
TravellingMan Posted October 27, 2013 Author Posted October 27, 2013 Hi again - just got my sets down from the attic and have realised that a lot of them are boxed !! Woop !! I've also come across a set which I can't add to my Brickfolio - set 315 - European Taxi I've also, sadly, realised that some sets have one or 2 pieces missing :-( Quote
CNH1974 Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 Hi, I am not from Britain, but I live here If you have bits missing from those sets, you should be able to source them relatively easily as most parts back then were pretty standard. 1 Quote
TravellingMan Posted October 27, 2013 Author Posted October 27, 2013 Hi, I am not from Britain, but I live here If you have bits missing from those sets, you should be able to source them relatively easily as most parts back then were pretty standard. Hi CNH1974 - Yes - I didn't realise that you could purchase individual brick packs until yesterday. I'll have to go through the sets and make a note of what's missing. I don't think I have any past 1974 and this was waaaayy before Lego got complicated !! Thanks for your reply Quote
CNH1974 Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 No problem. I buy bulk lots and sell the sets off separately. It's. been reasonably profitable. But I have ended up with about 9kg of spare bricks, new and old in varying condition. So I might have what you need, send me a message with your requirements. I sold about 250g of vintage wheels last week, for a whole 99p . Someone got a bargain. 1 Quote
Ronda Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 Welcome to the forum! Nice sets, I love classic Lego! Quote
StompingFreak Posted October 29, 2013 Posted October 29, 2013 Greetings from Cheshire. Welcome on board. Stomping Quote
Ninja_son Posted November 11, 2013 Posted November 11, 2013 Hi all. Just joined site. It's my first forum. Does anyone know of any lego exhibits or suchlike in England. I live up north but assume if there is anything it's gonna happen down south anyway lol Quote
CNH1974 Posted November 11, 2013 Posted November 11, 2013 from memory there is a yearly (or more than yearly) exhibition in Swindon....so yes down south The Brickish association do events around the country. Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.