My lifetime enjoyment of lego

...I thought I wasn't advanced enough to do the build of the yellow castle due to trouble seeing.  Getting others to do my work!!!! Blotted out for privacy

my lego collection in entirety right next to my bed! I think it was the yellow castle, police headquarters, expert supplementary parts kit and trees and flowers!!

 

Years since the first pic...lego always makes me smile!!!

In my days, we didnt have....

Ok, I went through lego manuals and ads tonight which I need to pitch, but can't.  I think they'll be worth a fortune or extremely rare, like our beanie babies!

 But what became so apparent and made me feel old is that even catalogs from the year I got married that there's no mention of the internet.   Where was the www.  It wasn't there.

And another thing I found in the pages was one thing that gave such memories...it was the last page of catalogs 

The accessories pages that had hard to find pieces that you could CALL OR MAIL away to get...no net.

I only ordered from that service 1 time to get universal joints so I could pretend to know how to use to make a rack and pinion steering unit!

What a difference the internet made.

Here's correspondence I found with lego in 80s by mail

I felt ike Ralphie in the Christmas story movie when he got correspondence from ovaltene...I didn't have rights and privileges but I was first class!!

 

A simple lego set

 

I love this set in its simplicity.   It expresses the excitement of being at the airport before a trip...the anticipation of being early at the airport is so exciting.  I think the camera and "smartcart" are just really well done.  Sometimes the excitement of lego is imagining the lego worlds that this guy can explore.  So hope this little guy passes the covid and security checks to have  a good trip!!!