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Whats the worst your Lego addiction has got to?

BastyBasty LondonMember Posts: 300
in Everything else LEGO
I’m only just getting back into Lego but I’ve bought all the amusment park sets and now I found myself on eBay and BrickLink a lot buying random parts and lots of poly bags. But I can feel that I just can’t have enough Lego at this point.

How bad has your Lego purchasing got? Be interesting to hear from you all. 
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  • BastyBasty LondonMember Posts: 300
    LuLego said:
    Bad enough to buy a set for your child’s Christmas present just so you can build it; put it on display and only let him play with it whilst supervised.
    That’s low, isn’t it?
    Now I’m intrigued as to which set it is? 
    Onebricktoomany
  • GeordiePaulGeordiePaul Glastonbury, CT, USAMember Posts: 599
    @LuLego I rarely laugh at stuff on the internet but I laughed more than I should have at your comment. On reflection, I don’t think that shows me in a good light at all :-/
    Onebricktoomany
  • redarmyredarmy AberdeenMember Posts: 729
    LuLego said:
    Bad enough to buy a set for your child’s Christmas present just so you can build it; put it on display and only let him play with it whilst supervised.
    That’s low, isn’t it?
    I thought that was the norm?
    gratefulnatBaby_YodaOnebricktoomanygmonkey76
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 13,252
    This topic feels like a setup line...
    Baby_Yodastarwars4everOnebricktoomanygmonkey76
  • PaperballparkPaperballpark UK / KLMember Posts: 3,863
    Bad enough that it's part of the reason I'm now looking to move house.

    Still, at least I've not got to the point of buying an additional house...
    SeanTheCollectorBaby_Yodastarwars4everMegtheCatFizyxAddicted2OxygensnowhitieOnebricktoomanygmonkey76
  • GeordiePaulGeordiePaul Glastonbury, CT, USAMember Posts: 599
    ^ Yet.
    Onebricktoomany
  • AlfredthebuttlerAlfredthebuttler Chicago Member Posts: 7
    I only stay up to 1 or 2 in the morning designing with stud.io. 
    Addicted2OxygenOnebricktoomany
  • truck730truck730 Member Posts: 275
    To the point that the true Irish in me drank than amassed ,at least no hangover in the morning 
    Onebricktoomany
  • LuLegoLuLego UKMember Posts: 991
    gratefulnat said:
    Stealing parts in the middle of the night from my son's LEGO...
    I shamefully admit to doing this too.
    Addicted2OxygenDjblythe05
  • AstrobricksAstrobricks Minnesota, USMember Posts: 3,464
    Bad enough to buy my third BB-8 just because it was 50% off.
    Fizyx
  • Baby_YodaBaby_Yoda The world's backsideMember Posts: 1,295
    My brother has a room dedicated to a replica layout of the town. He moves the local boats and train in accordance with their real-life counterparts.
    FizyxOnebricktoomany
  • JudgeChuckJudgeChuck UKMember Posts: 1,273
    I "appropriate" the spares from my daughters' sets, on the pretext that I'm "looking after them".
    mak0137starwars4everBaby_YodaFizyxAddicted2OxygenDjblythe05gmonkey76r_icke
  • LuLegoLuLego UKMember Posts: 991
    JudgeChuck said:
    I "appropriate" the spares from my daughters' sets, on the pretext that I'm "looking after them".
    I’m currently ‘looking after’ quite a few minifigures for my son.

    Another low - my 9 year old daughter loves Harry Potter and Lego but the Bricktober set which I gave her for Christmas and the Oliveander minifigure have somehow teleported to the top of her wardrobe, ‘safely’ out of her reach. 
    Astrobricksstarwars4everMegtheCatBaby_YodaFizyxAddicted2Oxygensnowhitiegmonkey76pxchris
  • SprinkleOtterSprinkleOtter Member Posts: 2,745
    I once had a stack of Amazon/Target/[email protected] boxes stacked 7 feet high in my basement (even with my opening several boxes and redistributing the sets every few days). 2016 holiday season had some fiiiiine deals....
    Addicted2OxygenOnebricktoomany
  • LegoTTLegoTT Member Posts: 483
    When I recently moved, I prioritized closet space over nearly every other apartment amenity. 
    Addicted2OxygenOnebricktoomanyJenniSprinkleOtter
  • piratemania7piratemania7 New EnglandMember Posts: 2,129
     I think for me it’s more that sometimes I just get so overwhelmed I have to step back. That’s how I know I need to look at it from  bigger picture.
    Onebricktoomany
  • madforLEGOmadforLEGO Chicagoland USMember Posts: 9,860
    piratemania7 said:
     I think for me it’s more that sometimes I just get so overwhelmed I have to step back. That’s how I know I need to look at it from  bigger picture.
    Better than me, I just get something to block it all from my sight.
    SumoLegogmonkey76
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 13,252
    madforLEGO said:
    Better than me, I just get something to block it all from my sight.
    I find cubicle walls very effective.
    madforLEGOgmonkey76SprinkleOtter
  • FizyxFizyx ColoradoMember Posts: 955
    I knew I was starting to get in trouble when I started INTENTIONALLY purchasing multiples of the same set (as opposed to just forgetting I had already gotten one) so I could start building fleets/armies/larger versions of buildings.  It's bad enough getting ONE of each set that I'm interested in, let alone 3-4 ;_;
    AstrobricksAddicted2Oxygengmonkey76MegtheCatsklambcaterham7
  • BrainsluggedBrainslugged England (the grim North)Member Posts: 1,442
    Fizyx said:
    I knew I was starting to get in trouble when I started INTENTIONALLY purchasing multiples of the same set
    I do this sometimes. For example, I bought 4 of the Recent Hogwarts Express and 4 of the Imperial Conveyex Transport. I justify these purchases by telling myself I will sell the spare minifigs to offset the cost. But how many minifigs have I actually sold in my lifetime? Goose egg!

    One time I got close to selling a new set that I'd taken the minifigs out of. I was all set to sell it on eBay, when I realised that if I saw that particular minifigless set for that price, I would buy it. So I kept it. It was a really good deal though!
    BumblepantsOnebricktoomanygmonkey76AstrobricksFizyxMegtheCatRedbullgivesuwindMr_Cross
  • gmonkey76gmonkey76 ChicagoMember Posts: 1,600
    So bad that even new employees at my LEGO Store call me by name, and I'm up to 71 on the Brickset list.
    oldtodd33AstrobricksLittleLoridmcc0Onebricktoomany
  • vwong19vwong19 San DiegoMember Posts: 1,186
    I’m happy to make everyone else look better. I don’t think my wife has any knowledge of this site...
    Bumblepantsgmonkey76SumoLegoSprinkleOtterOnebricktoomany
  • vwong19vwong19 San DiegoMember Posts: 1,186
    On on a similar note, my wife and I started watching Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. Many lessons to learn from the show.
    pharmjodSumoLegobrickventuresshikadiOnebricktoomanyBOBJACK_JACKBOB
  • klintonklinton CanadaMember Posts: 1,189
    This thread is terrifying. 
    AstrobricksFizyxcguglielmiSumoLegoBaby_YodaSprinkleOtterdmcc0
  • KaitchKaitch N. IrelandMember Posts: 384
    I think I have a way to go, but a few months back I was on the Ridiculous Ebay Auctions thread, and realised that I genuinely was considering dropping a grand on a pair of minifigures...
    SprinkleOtterAddicted2OxygenOnebricktoomany
  • pharmjodpharmjod 1,170 miles to Wall Drug, USAMember Posts: 2,912
    This thread is making me think of the movie half baked and Bob Sagat at drug rehab...
  • jmeninnojmeninno The Batcave (MA)Member Posts: 810
    I seen it.
  • FollowsCloselyFollowsClosely Member Posts: 1,004
    To balance this out a bit; over the past 24 months I have sold 400+ sets. Still selling strong. Anyone want a 10179 :)
    SumoLegoBumblepants
  • AstrobricksAstrobricks Minnesota, USMember Posts: 3,464
    FollowsClosely said:
    To balance this out a bit; over the past 24 months I have sold 400+ sets. Still selling strong. Anyone want a 10179 :)
    What, did you join LEGO Anonymous? That’s for quitters.
    gmonkey76oldtodd33SumoLegoBumblepantsFizyxmak0137pharmjod
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 13,252
    Astrobricks said:
    FollowsClosely said:
    Still selling strong. Anyone want a 10179 :)
    What, did you join LEGO Anonymous? That’s for quitters.
    I think by 'quitters', you mean Evil Reseller.  (Same difference!)
    Gibbo1959SprinkleOtterpxchris
  • vwong19vwong19 San DiegoMember Posts: 1,186
    vwong19 said:
    Milestones of my Lego addiction, after I started collecting 10 years ago.

    1. Found Brickset when searching for Lego.
    2. Found Bricklink when searching to buy and sell Lego.
    3. Started a Brickset collection inventory.
    4. Started reading Brickset Forum daily.
    5. Started posting on Brickset Forum.
    6. Shop Black Friday sales just for Lego.
    7. Shop post X-mas clearance sales.
    8. Collection of unopened sets starts.
    9. Started selling on Bricklink.
    10. Go to Comic Con just for Lego, ignore Hall H and other exclusives and panels. 
    11. Buy annual pass to Legoland for family just for 10% discount and better chance at rare sets. 
    12. Using closet and garage as Lego storage.
    12. Have dedicated Lego/Toy room.
    13. Annexed kids room as Lego storage and display.
    14. Buy Lego sets from own kids.
    *15. Insuring collection.
    **16. Getting divorced.

    * hasn’t happened.
    ** pray it never happens.
    Since watching Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, I’m seriously doing some serious purging of sets that no longer “sparks joy”. Many sets that have been tucked away are going up for sale. Sets that have been built but have collected dust are going to get broken down. Also doing a lot of organizing of my loose parts collection. 

    Also so my cloths dresser is now amazingly organized. 
    pharmjodbrickventures
  • 560Heliport560Heliport Twin Cities, MN, USAMember Posts: 1,978
    I bought 5 of #60180 Monster Truck for the orange wheels and tires... so I could modify #60195 to more closely resemble the TC-497 Overland Train it seems to have been based on.
    davetheoxygenman
  • AstrobricksAstrobricks Minnesota, USMember Posts: 3,464
    ^ You mean like this, @MaffyD?

    davetheoxygenmanSumoLegomak0137msandersMaffyDAddicted2Oxygensid3windrgmonkey76brickventures
  • HugeYellowBrickHugeYellowBrick At my PCMember Posts: 496
    One day I'll get my which-set-is-in-which-box spreadsheet up to date, then I'll put the boxes in the attic.
    davetheoxygenmanSumoLegoAddicted2Oxygensid3windr
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 13,252
    Well, I admire your tidiness.  Kudos!
    Astrobricks
  • madforLEGOmadforLEGO Chicagoland USMember Posts: 9,860
    HugeYellowBrick said:
    One day I'll get my which-set-is-in-which-box spreadsheet up to date, then I'll put the boxes in the attic.
    Tried that, it lasted about 3 months until I went and start removing and adding new sets into bins
    SumoLegoHugeYellowBrickSprinkleOtter
  • MaffyDMaffyD West YorkshireMember Posts: 2,798
    @Astrobricks - look at you with the wheeled shelving unit, plastic tubs with lids and natural light...
    This is what I have:

    Addicted2OxygenAstrobricksSprinkleOtterLEGOFan2
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