Lego Will Own My Soul

So I've gotten the Lego bug.

I loved Legos as a kid. One of my favorite toys. I had a ton of sets but the funnest was throwing all the pieces together and coming up with my own designs: houses, spaceships, cars, etc.. I'd even make bases for my G.I. Joes.

I've always figured that playing with Legos helped lead me to my career choice, architecture.

I stopped buying 'em when grew up, much like other toys, and have now come full circle again, much like other toys. I would always stop in the toy aisles and check out the Legos and always had the urge to buy them, but it wasn't until recently that I gave in.

At first, when I heard about the upcoming DC and Marvel sets, I wanted to get into the Lego City stuff and build a huge city for my super heroes to fight in. But I passed on that idea because there just wasn't enough buildings that I liked. So then I decided I'd do a huge Kingdoms display and have two armies battling it out. Saw alot of older sets I wanted. And picked up a couple Kingdoms sets (anyone want to buy 'em from me now?) to get me started.

But it was going to be so expensive. Legos are one of those things that I will lose myself in if I'm not careful. There's alot of other things I want and not enough money (or house space) to get all the Lego sets that I felt I would need for my Kingdoms (and it would include some Pirates of the Caribbean sets, Harry Potter sets, and older Castle themed sets that would all fit together).

So I was bummed because wasn't going to be able to do what I wanted the way I wanted (which happens alot with toylines I'm finding).

Then I saw the Creator and Modular sets and fell in love.

Creator Buildings
Modular Sets

And then there's the Winter Village stuff:
Winter Village

Now I've missed 3 or 4 Creator houses, 2 or 3 Modular (which cost ALOT in the aftermarket) and 1 of the Winter Villages. Technically I've missed all except the Log Cabin and Hillside House, since those are the only ones have currently.

Out of the Architecture Series I only am interested in the Farnsworth House, Robie House and Falling Water. Those would look awesome displayed on my desk at work.

So with cost being an issue and having to limit myself I finally nailed down what Lego lines I'm going to collect. The Creator houses are sweet and fall in line with my career. The Modular sets are just amazing. The Winter Village sets fall along the same lines.

So I was satisfied with what my limited Lego purchasing would be (limited in number of sets, not cost) and then I saw this video:



They will all be mine.

I'm already thinking of what additional sets and mini-figures I'll need to complete my Lord of the Rings sets.

Luckily the DC sets didn't really interest me. But haven't seen the Marvel sets yet.

So much for having my Lego obsession under control.

The new X-Wing and Y-Wing sets are looking great.

/sigh