Monthly Archives: June 2014

Old Lego

dirty_boxLike so many AFOLs, I grew up playing with Lego. I remember poring over catalogs, long before there was an internet, in hopes of seeing new sets. Sadly, my childhood Lego is most likely lost to me, given up in my teens and passed through my siblings. On a trip to visit my in-laws recently, my brother-in-law gave me his dirty box of childhood bricks. Oh, what treasures might await me.

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Two More Bags

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It seems like I can’t get out of Guardian Games without buying a bag of used Lego lately. My last couple bags have been pretty great and very different in character. One of the great things about buying used Lego like this is that you never know what the bin will contain. Some days it’s just a bunch of battered old play-worn tripe. A week later it will be rife with great stuff. Continue reading Two More Bags