Author Topic: Ah nostalgia (Read 3226 times)

Vizzys · « **Reply #1 on:** August 05, 2008, 02:21:29 AM »

I was into legos too, good stuff

cool breeze · « **Reply #2 on:** August 05, 2008, 02:32:33 AM »

My parents threw away my Legos when they sold the old house. I had some rad stuff built in there.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #3 on:** August 05, 2008, 02:40:05 AM »

I had these two sets, they were my favorites.

laesperanzapaz · « **Reply #4 on:** August 05, 2008, 04:18:54 AM »

ahhh yessss the nostalgia...

1. provided excitement from seeing the box art display for about 15 minutes

2. followed by 3 days of frustration, biting off the tiny pieces stuck together because they fucking. wont. come. off.

3. almost swallowed some.

4. still mentally scarred from the abusive experience

Powerslave · « **Reply #5 on:** August 05, 2008, 05:30:30 AM »

I never bought those model lego's. Always built something from my imagination.

Powerslave · « **Reply #6 on:** August 05, 2008, 05:41:59 AM »

Yeah I really liked to built blocky robots and cars and hovercrafts.

Powerslave · « **Reply #7 on:** August 05, 2008, 05:42:31 AM »

Wild(e homo) imagination.

abrader · « **Reply #8 on:** August 05, 2008, 05:50:03 AM »

i had lego's but i didnt care about stuff like this....id just grab pieces and start sticking them together (kind of like my threads)

Bocsius · « **Reply #9 on:** August 05, 2008, 08:51:55 AM »

I didn't have too many legos. I think the bulk of my collection, in fact, came courtesy of McDonald's happy meals.

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #10 on:** August 05, 2008, 08:56:40 AM »

I had a few legos, but I was really into Dino-Riders.

That's right. Dinosaurs with lasers on them.

DJ_Tet · « **Reply #11 on:** August 05, 2008, 08:57:08 AM »

distantmantra with some classic legos

The funny thing is, that shuttle design would get laughed out of the store now. But I prefer legos that were legos! And sometimes they vaguely resembled other things!

Today's bricks are so specialized it takes all the creativity out of them. I do admit some look sharp as hell, though. I love me some star wars legos.

Eric P · « **Reply #12 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:09:49 AM »

i love lego

i love the new city collection they do

i had like every vehicle until my old bookcase collapsed sending them crashing to the floor where they broke apart.

i don't really have the interest in buying more for that reason. no place to put them.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #13 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:32:32 AM »

Legos + Lincoln Logs = my youth

tiesto · « **Reply #14 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:41:33 AM »

I used to build all the legos from scratch, wasn't really into the kits or anything like that... my brother was the one who bought all the kits, it kinda took the creativity out of it if you were just following directions all the time.

Akala · « **Reply #15 on:** August 05, 2008, 09:54:28 AM »

Boglins

After He-Man and Star Wars when I was really little, I really liked what was it? STARCOM.

Little toys that mechanically changed with buttons and magnets...

Brehvolution · « **Reply #16 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:11:17 AM »

patrickula · « **Reply #17 on:** August 05, 2008, 10:34:22 AM »

OMG we had that second boglin too

I was pretty into legos as a kid, was really into Battle Beasts:

It somehow bums me out that I didn't have a lot of the ones in that picture. That monkey in the lower right is bitchin!

bagofeyes · « **Reply #18 on:** August 05, 2008, 11:01:36 AM »

DJ_Tet · « **Reply #19 on:** August 05, 2008, 11:16:18 AM »

Quote from: mojovonio on August 05, 2008, 11:11:57 AM

What were those wrestlers called?

M.U.S.C.L.E

I had their ring

Most of them didn't fit, though :'(

Brehvolution · « **Reply #20 on:** August 05, 2008, 11:35:47 AM »

Voltron

I still have one of these too

bork · « **Reply #21 on:** August 05, 2008, 12:02:51 PM »

MASK? Starcom? Voltron? Legos?!? AWESOME THREAD!!

Quote from: DJ_Tet on August 05, 2008, 11:16:18 AM

Quote from: mojovonio on August 05, 2008, 11:11:57 AM
What were those wrestlers called?

M.U.S.C.L.E

I had their ring Most of them didn't fit, though :'(

Who knew that MUSCLE Men were actually Kinikkuman, AKA Ultimate Muscle back then?

duckman2000 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 05, 2008, 12:26:41 PM »

Quote from: distantmantra on August 05, 2008, 02:40:05 AM

I had these two sets, they were my favorites.

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See, sets were always for the creatively crippled, unimaginative kids who of course needed plenty of guidance and assistance through adolescence and even through their adult lives. The more brilliant minds used what was in the random box, and designed from there.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #23 on:** August 05, 2008, 12:29:18 PM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on August 05, 2008, 12:28:11 PM

Some useful parts could only be found in sets, after all.

True. But you'd have to make sure to throw these pieces into the random box.

Crushed · « **Reply #24 on:** August 05, 2008, 12:35:05 PM »

Did anybody ever TRY to build the thing depicted on the playset, according the instructions, spending hours to do so... only to give up in the end when you realized that you fucked something up in the beginning, so you just tore it apart and built whatever you wanted?

duckman2000 · « **Reply #25 on:** August 05, 2008, 12:39:13 PM »

The brilliant kids designed what was on their minds, from whatever was made available to them. The unimaginative ones built what was depicted on the box. The stupider kids tried to build what was depicted on the box, and failed.

cool breeze · « **Reply #26 on:** August 05, 2008, 12:40:23 PM »

Only playset I ever built was a K'nex Airplane with real working propellers.

Crushed · « **Reply #27 on:** August 05, 2008, 12:41:09 PM »

Quote from: duckman2000 on August 05, 2008, 12:39:13 PM

The brilliant kids designed what was on their minds, from whatever was made available to them. The unimaginative ones built what was depicted on the box. The stupider kids tried to build what was depicted on the box, and failed.

I just got bored with following the instructions and made a mistake, that's all. After that, I just built whatever I wanted.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #28 on:** August 05, 2008, 12:41:30 PM »

Lincoln logs rocked. I think I may have preferred them more for some reason

duckman2000 · « **Reply #29 on:** August 05, 2008, 12:43:54 PM »

Quote from: Crushed on August 05, 2008, 12:41:09 PM

Quote from: duckman2000 on August 05, 2008, 12:39:13 PM
The brilliant kids designed what was on their minds, from whatever was made available to them. The unimaginative ones built what was depicted on the box. The stupider kids tried to build what was depicted on the box, and failed.

I just got bored with following the instructions and made a mistake, that's all. After that, I just built whatever I wanted.

Unimaginative, uninspired and lacks the ability to follow simple instructions. Tries to make up for the mistake by throwing some shit together. Future hooligan, or angry nerd, without the nerd brilliance.

I had that issue with model airplanes, the ones with a million (or 30) pieces that you have to glue together. Most of my airplanes ended by being mysterious UFOs.

Crushed · « **Reply #30 on:** August 05, 2008, 12:53:38 PM »

Quote from: duckman2000 on August 05, 2008, 12:43:54 PM

LEGO ELITISM RAGE

Christ dude what is your problem?

duckman2000 · « **Reply #31 on:** August 05, 2008, 12:56:46 PM »

Well, nostalgia to me involves a lot of rage, LEGO related and otherwise.

Powerslave · « **Reply #32 on:** August 05, 2008, 02:01:48 PM »

Yeah like I said, I used solely blocks to create anything I desired.

Powerslave · « **Reply #33 on:** August 05, 2008, 02:07:12 PM »

Nope no one remembers that.

demi · « **Reply #34 on:** August 05, 2008, 02:15:29 PM »

I used to just pretend the mommy lego and daddy lego were having sex

muckhole · « **Reply #35 on:** August 05, 2008, 02:22:04 PM »

G.I. Joes were the be-all end-all. Action figures have never come close since. I wanna start buying them again.

Also, for you M.A.S.K. fans, Matt Tracker figure.

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/08/the_first_new_mask_toy_in_20_years_is_a_gi_joe.php

Guess that's legally as close as they'll get to remaking them.

DJ_Tet · « **Reply #36 on:** August 05, 2008, 03:09:50 PM »

Quote from: muckhole on August 05, 2008, 02:22:04 PM

G.I. Joes were the be-all end-all. Action figures have never come close since. I wanna start buying them again.

Also, for you M.A.S.K. fans, Matt Tracker figure.

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http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/08/the_first_new_mask_toy_in_20_years_is_a_gi_joe.php

Guess that's legally as close as they'll get to remaking them.

Holy shit, that would have made MASK like 100x better!

MASK was so fucking overpriced, the vehicles were cool (but TINY!) and the figures SUCKED. It's too bad because the characters were pretty good in the cartoon, but their shitty figurines led to the whole cast being forgotten.

drew · « **Reply #37 on:** August 05, 2008, 03:29:58 PM »

Quote from: Willco on August 05, 2008, 09:32:32 AM

Legos + Lincoln Logs + NERF + super soakers = my youth

fixed

the 90's were amazing as a kid.

patrickula · « **Reply #38 on:** August 05, 2008, 03:34:59 PM »

Quote from: Powerslave on August 05, 2008, 02:07:12 PM

Nope no one remembers that.

I already posted Battle Beasts earlier in the thread, so obviously someone remembers them

patrickula · « **Reply #39 on:** August 05, 2008, 03:58:48 PM »

I tried to post an image, must not have worked because I was a lazy hotlinker :'(
Here it is:

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Author Topic: Ah nostalgia (Read 3226 times)