Whats the worst your Lego addiction has got to?

Basty · January 2019

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.

Brainslugged · January 2019

Bad enough that I don't like thinking about it too much. Mods - please close this thread!

mustang69 · January 2019

Bad enough that I have to start hiding purchases from the wife ;)

LuLego · January 2019

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?

Basty · January 2019

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?

GeordiePaul · January 2019

@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 :-/

redarmy · January 2019

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?

gratefulnat · January 2019

Stealing parts in the middle of the night from my son's LEGO...

SumoLego · January 2019

This topic feels like a setup line...

Paperballpark · January 2019

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...

GeordiePaul · January 2019

^ Yet.

Alfredthebuttler · January 2019

I only stay up to 1 or 2 in the morning designing with stud.io.

truck730 · January 2019

To the point that the true Irish in me drank than amassed ,at least no hangover in the morning

madforLEGO · January 2019

My Dining room looks like a LEGO factory that had an assembly line issue and just started dumping parts and sets everywhere

LuLego · January 2019

gratefulnat said:

Stealing parts in the middle of the night from my son's LEGO...

I shamefully admit to doing this too.

Astrobricks · January 2019

Bad enough to buy my third BB-8 just because it was 50% off.

Astrobricks · January 2019

Bad enough to go to Walmart when I hate Walmart.

Baby_Yoda · January 2019

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.

JudgeChuck · January 2019

I "appropriate" the spares from my daughters' sets, on the pretext that I'm "looking after them".

LuLego · January 2019

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.

bandit778 · January 2019

Don't have kids so can't use that excuse to further my habit (or steal bits...for shame). ;p

My set buying got to it's worst when at the stage that I couldn't even be arsed to open and remove the sets from the shipping boxes as I knew I wouldn't get round to building them at the time. I have Amazon and [email protected] boxes stacked up and I don't actually remember what's in them. (This problem is currently being addressed by the way).

SumoLego · January 2019

I've had a couple of contractors in to work on my basement. Is it a coincidence I have had the same exchange with all three of them:

'So these are your kids'?'
'Ha - no. Definitely not.'

-Extended pause-

'Okay, well let me get my tools and get started.'

SprinkleOtter · January 2019

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....

LegoTT · January 2019

When I recently moved, I prioritized closet space over nearly every other apartment amenity.

piratemania7 · January 2019

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.

SumoLego · January 2019

(For those that care - and I know you do - five outlets and three new circuits were successfully installed in my basement. Step 2 in the seven step LEGO basement project.)

(And no, 'Collect Underpants' is not Step 1 of this plan.)

(And, and, no, 'Captain Underpants' is not involved in this plan.)

madforLEGO · January 2019

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.

SumoLego · January 2019

madforLEGO said:
Better than me, I just get something to block it all from my sight.

I find cubicle walls very effective.

Fizyx · January 2019

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 ;_;

Brainslugged · January 2019

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!

vwong19 · January 2019

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.

SumoLego · January 2019

So, I read this to my wife and she says:

'Yeah, that means you (@vwong19) have a problem.'
'What does that mean for me? Does that mean I have a problem?'
'Yes. I'm sure the electrican we had here yesterday would agree.'

My path is fairly similar. Except I came to this site seeking help with organizing a mountain of LEGO keychains. But I stayed for the memes and silly banter.

Bumblepants · January 2019

SumoLego said:

So, I read this to my wife and she says:

'Yeah, that means you (@vwong19) have a problem.'
'What does that mean for me? Does that mean I have a problem?'
'Yes. I'm sure the electrican we had here yesterday would agree.'

My path is fairly similar. Except I came to this site seeking help with organizing a mountain of LEGO keychains. But I stayed for the memes and silly banter.

Classic tactic. The only time I read or show anything to my wife from here is to point out others who have way more than me.

gmonkey76 · January 2019

So bad that even new employees at my LEGO Store call me by name, and I'm up to 71 on the Brickset list.

vwong19 · January 2019

I’m happy to make everyone else look better. I don’t think my wife has any knowledge of this site...

vwong19 · January 2019

On on a similar note, my wife and I started watching Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. Many lessons to learn from the show.

klinton · January 2019

This thread is terrifying.

Kaitch · January 2019

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...

pharmjod · January 2019

This thread is making me think of the movie half baked and Bob Sagat at drug rehab...

jmeninno · January 2019

I seen it.

FollowsClosely · January 2019

To balance this out a bit; over the past 24 months I have sold 400+ sets. Still selling strong. Anyone want a 10179 :)

Astrobricks · January 2019

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.

SumoLego · January 2019

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!)

vwong19 · January 2019

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.

560Heliport · January 2019

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.

MaffyD · January 2019

Yep. You guys make me look sane and normal. Excellent. Although I don’t show this site to my other half, so it really doesn’t matter. The sign that shows I’m thinking too much about Lego is that I voluntarily start clearing out the garage, so I can move items from the under roof storage (loft, but not as big) into the new space I've created, so that the Lego in the office can go under the roof. And then I think about putting the Lego boxes into bigger boxes to make it easier to move them around and to protect them, and then I think about labelling the boxes so I know which sets are inside, and then I think that I need to organise the bigger boxes by theme so I can easily work out which big box has the Lego box I want, and then I think I need to make a floor-plan of my under roof space so that before I venture in (it's a hand-and-knees affair when you get to the back - you don't want to get to the back) I'm not spending ages looking for the theme box.

And then I realise that I've spent more time thinking about how to put Lego away (and time spent making this post) than to get Lego out, and that makes me sad. So I forget it all and go build a set with my son. But the time has already been wasted...

Astrobricks · January 2019

^ You mean like this, @MaffyD?

HugeYellowBrick · January 2019

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.

SumoLego · January 2019

Well, I admire your tidiness. Kudos!

madforLEGO · January 2019

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

MaffyD · January 2019

@Astrobricks - look at you with the wheeled shelving unit, plastic tubs with lids and natural light...
This is what I have:

Whats the worst your Lego addiction has got to?

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