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It has to be said (since I had one previous run-in with the legal department of the LEGO company, but that's neither here nor there), that this page is in no way affiliated with the LEGO Company (Canada or otherwise) and is not endorsed by the aforementioned company.
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| These days the LEGO time is pretty minimal, what with frivilous things like work, finances, cars, and whatever else infiltrates my life. But there have been a few times when I hauled out the box and built something.
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| This truck, for example. My friend's family owned a trucking company so I built this truck that looked remarkably like theirs. What you can't see is the V6, the 3 speeds, the suspension, the fully stocked sleeper, and a few other odds and ends I threw in just 'cause I could. As well, I tried to make the truck modular, so you can pull out a few pins and the truck comes apart in large sections (as seen in the bottom right pic). You might also see a little dust on the truck. It has, after all, been together for a long time. I remember the tag-line "A New Toy Every Day", however, it's difficult to think about taking this apart ;-).
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Now there are virtual LEGO Bricks--Life is good. I brought my truck into the virtual world. To the left is the engine block and to the right is the entire truck. The interior is not done in the .dat file so you won't see the bunks or seats (or even a steering wheel) at this time--sorry. |
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LEGO bricks in the fish tank??? Note the scuba divers. |
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I went on a vacation of sorts. During that vacation I stopped in at the Mall of America in St. Paul, where there is a great LEGO display. Have a boo at my trip here. |
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| The best LEGO vehicles were purchased in the early to mid '70's. You know the ones--they came in the Fire and Police station sets. I loved the cars, so I made lots of little vehicles. |
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When I was young, perhaps around 10 or 11, the BIG EVENT happened. What happened was this: There was some sort of skin rash going around the house one summer and no matter how much my mom washed the clothes and sheets, no matter how much we bathed and cleaned, we couldn't shake the rash. One day, my mom, in her infinite intelligence, noticed us kids playing with our LEGO bricks-- We always had the LEGO bricks out. She decided that perhaps the rash had something to do with the bricks. I can see her point, she was at her wits end and was basically grasping at straws. So all our LEGO bricks went into her big canning pot, in went the water, and on to the stove set to 'high'. I told her that the LEGO bricks would melt. "No Dave, those bricks are tough." High heat for an hour...? |
| What we ended up with was LEGO brick soup. I was devastated, as any child who loves his LEGO bricks would be. The only pieces that sort of made it were the tires. I had lots of tires for a long time. It took a very long time to get over this and slowly, over time, I've rebuilt my collection. It's now somewhat larger than what we originally had but dem's da breaks. Oh, and this time they're all mine ;-). I share them, mind you. Anyone who wants to create with LEGO bricks can come over. Erik, my nephew, loves coming over to Uncle Dave's place and play with the bricks for hours. Didn't mean to sound selfish, it's just that I'm very protective after the big melt. |
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| These are the wackiest LEGO pieces I own. They came from a bulldozer set a long time ago (pre 1977) as the tread pieces. These treads were mounted on the original gears (the big red ones that sometimes doubled as table tops for the 'big' LEGO people). I can't remember how they escaped the "Big Melt" (story above). Possibly, at the time I used these pieces as an ankle bracelet. I know I used them as an ankle bracelet at one time in my life, so there you are. I can't use them at all now, for the gears did not escape the melt. These 21 pieces really don't attach to anything else. I tried using the grey gears but the tread doesn't stay on. Oh well. |
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