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Took out my old favorite Toy from the past: LEGO !

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Etienne MacGyver:
Long time ago, i picked up the box of Lego i had from my childhood at my mother.

After 30 years it was a nice experience to put some of the projects together with my son.

I clearly remember when i was on holiday with my parents in Germany, that i saw a Trainset when i was in some city walking by the shop windows.

I remember that i saw that train, and loved it.

My dad who passed away when i was 14, bought the set there in the summer, did not tell me that ofcourse and kept it untill my 7th birthday in September.

Now that made this trainset special for me.

Now my son is about the age when i saw the trainset in the shopwindow, and i thought it was nice to search all the pieces together after such a long time.

Its nice to see that he enjoys it as much as i did 32 years ago  :D

I was surprised that it still worked, because i have mistread that engine for alot of other Lego projects back in the day. (hey, they dont call me MacGyver for nothing uh !  ;D )

Its almost undestructable, it runs just fine !

It was missing the battery wagon, but i found that on marktplaats for cheap. (its a blue one instead of a red  :-\ but ok)

This is the set:



here a video of the train :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guncfqYXFPE

Later that week, i sorted all the other track parts that where still around, and was able to make a much bigger track  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvhavUPVT-w

As you can see in the second video, the "181" stickers are on the train.
I could not find anything suitable to just print, so i vectored the label  :P

Its available here :

Lego-181-Sticker.pdf

Now i just need to repro the "International Transport" label.

later i started with the technic series, which really educated me on technics in general at a young age.

I love Lego's !

Blanka:
Cool,
I had this one:

together with this one:


Although I really like the old lego's, I let my kids mess with it. It is really lacking the usability of modern bricks. They are either too loose or way too tight, the plastic breaks much easier, and the blue and white bricks have a lot of discolouration.
So I treated myself with a bunch of modern LEGO sets, like these 2 top 5 ever sets:

Etienne MacGyver:
I am not really into the new lego, but thats maybe just because i dont have any

I am from this era :





Here i am building those after 25 years  ;D









Those sets really teached me how engines/gearboxes/differentials and pneumatics/hydraulics etc. etc. etc. work !

Blanka:
I have the same excavator! Still the best looking LEGO excavator today.
Unfortunately, as a kid you HAD TO put water in the pneumatic pumps. Now they are pretty rotten.
So I exchanged the old for the new cylinders of the Unimog, and now it works better than ever.

Belike:
Nice setup! ;)
Lego was not available in those days behind the iron curtain, fortunately my father worked in international forwarding business and brought us a lot of stuff from Vienna.Still have most of the old boxes. :D

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