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Funny seeing this now, since I've recently (within the past month or so) gotten into LEGO as a hobby again. Seems like a lot of people have as well this year?
by fpgaminer 6y ago
Funny seeing this now, since I've recently (within the past month or so) gotten into LEGO as a hobby again. Seems like a lot of people have as well this year?
I've found it to be a wonderful combination of nostalgia and relaxation. And what a perfect time to get back into the hobby; it looks like there is an exploding section of "adult" LEGO sets these days. The Saturn V rocket is amazing, second only to the NES build. The NES set is just crazy; the TV you build is a kinetic sculpture with a scrolling Mario level.
I ended up using Rebrickable recently for data munging because I wanted to build two MOCs. The Chris MvVeigh designed LEGO Apple 2 and LEGO IBM PC. He used to sell them as sets, but got hired by LEGO and so discontinued them :( But you can still find the instructions on his site. A bit of data entry and munging, thanks in part to Rebrickable, I was able to get everything imported and buy the parts myself from LEGO and bricklink. It's really wild to get a package of LEGO pieces shipped all the way from the Netherlands and Finland.
I just wish my wallet didn't regret getting into this hobby...
- someotheridiot 6y agoYes, forced lockdowns means more people inside playing with their toys :) The site stats definitely show that. I did a post back in May showing the initial impacts: https://rebrickable.com/blog/257/coronavirus-impacts-on-afols/ https://rebrickable.com/blog/257/coronavirus-impacts-on-afol...
- smattiso 6y agoHey I saw you were part of a hardware startup. I am trying to do the same and I'm wondering if you have a few minutes to talk? my email is stephenmattison@gmail.com