Nostalgia
Lately I feel like LEGO has been letting me down somewhat...
Well, I was talking with Robo (despite his plans of BZP domination) and we got into the interesting subject of lego's.
"Robo" (10:33:39 PM): i am?
elementoid@ymail.com (10:33:52 PM): you got to be the target age during some of LEGO's best years
"Robo" (10:34:02 PM): yeah
elementoid@ymail.com (10:34:04 PM): looking back on this site
"Robo" (10:34:06 PM): I was
elementoid@ymail.com (10:34:13 PM): the 1990s were some of the best years ever
elementoid@ymail.com (10:34:25 PM): now LEGO's just selling out
elementoid@ymail.com (10:34:35 PM): space theme was mostly given up for Star Wars
elementoid@ymail.com (10:34:54 PM): and Johnny Thunder has completely disappeared in leeway of Indiana Jones
elementoid@ymail.com (10:36:25 PM): you cannot imagine how envious I am
"Robo" (10:36:57 PM): oh i can
"Robo" (10:36:58 PM): i can
elementoid@ymail.com (10:37:04 PM): no, I mean it
elementoid@ymail.com (10:37:15 PM): I'd kill to have been born 5 years earlier
"Robo" (10:37:21 PM): lol
"Robo" (10:37:27 PM): i'd kill to have been born roughly around when you were
"Robo" (10:37:33 PM): so i could follow BIonicle betterer
elementoid@ymail.com (10:37:37 PM): hm
elementoid@ymail.com (10:37:39 PM): I suppose
"Robo" (10:38:19 PM): lol
"Robo" (10:38:19 PM): yeah
elementoid@ymail.com (10:38:23 PM): but really
"Robo" (10:38:24 PM): someone born...3 years after me
"Robo" (10:38:26 PM): haz it made
elementoid@ymail.com (10:38:34 PM): stuff like the islander sets
elementoid@ymail.com (10:38:47 PM): or the Jhonny Thunder in Egypt
elementoid@ymail.com (10:38:53 PM): or even pirates
elementoid@ymail.com (10:38:58 PM): they had lego NINJAS
elementoid@ymail.com (10:39:06 PM): *flails arms*
"Robo" (10:39:11 PM): lol
elementoid@ymail.com (10:39:13 PM): it's unfair ><
"Robo" (10:39:14 PM): i think i still have some of them
elementoid@ymail.com (10:39:42 PM): all of these great sets were just disappearing when I gained interest
elementoid@ymail.com (10:40:20 PM): I cannot describe how overjoyed I was when I actually got ahold of an Insectoids set
elementoid@ymail.com (10:40:48 PM): now all we have is stinking Mars Mission
elementoid@ymail.com (10:40:49 PM): LAME
elementoid@ymail.com (10:40:58 PM): it's too realistic to be interesting at all
"Robo" (10:41:00 PM): lol
elementoid@ymail.com (10:41:08 PM): Life on Mars was awesome
elementoid@ymail.com (10:41:13 PM): martians in giant robots
"Robo" (10:41:15 PM): is that the mining one?
elementoid@ymail.com (10:41:30 PM): giant robots that TRANSFORMED
elementoid@ymail.com (10:41:47 PM): and then Mars Mission you can't even move the martians
elementoid@ymail.com (10:41:57 PM): you can't even tell what they are
elementoid@ymail.com (10:42:31 PM): I honestly think it would be a good idea to re-release some of those older lines in a few years
elementoid@ymail.com (10:42:46 PM): once a new cycle of a target audience begins
elementoid@ymail.com (10:44:14 PM): tell me
elementoid@ymail.com (10:44:22 PM): which looks more appealing?
elementoid@ymail.com (10:44:32 PM): this?
elementoid@ymail.com (10:44:46 PM): or this?
"Robo" (10:45:41 PM): the arachnoid
elementoid@ymail.com (10:47:38 PM): *sigh*
elementoid@ymail.com (10:48:07 PM): I remember when I was five and got that set for christmas and spent several days building it with my parents
elementoid@ymail.com (10:48:19 PM): and I felt so proud because I was under the suggested age
"Robo" (10:48:47 PM): lol
elementoid@ymail.com (10:48:57 PM): shaddup
elementoid@ymail.com (10:49:06 PM): these are cherished childhood memories
elementoid@ymail.com (10:50:02 PM): on another note
elementoid@ymail.com (10:50:09 PM): you don't see many base sets anymore
elementoid@ymail.com (10:50:40 PM): remember how the biggest set used to act as some sort of base type thing?
elementoid@ymail.com (10:51:06 PM): that's really fallen out
"Robo" (10:51:41 PM): yeah i know
"Robo" (10:51:50 PM): i've really started to get let down by Lego
elementoid@ymail.com (10:51:59 PM): me too
elementoid@ymail.com (10:52:08 PM): don't take this the wrong way
elementoid@ymail.com (10:52:15 PM): but Bionicle kinda screwed it up
elementoid@ymail.com (10:52:30 PM): we had all sorts of diverse system sets
elementoid@ymail.com (10:52:44 PM): then bionicle comes and becomes one of the biggest parts of the franchise
elementoid@ymail.com (10:53:00 PM): and the system sets suffer
elementoid@ymail.com (10:53:56 PM): I mean I love Bionicle and all
elementoid@ymail.com (10:54:06 PM): but I think I liked it better when it was a bit simpler
elementoid@ymail.com (10:54:12 PM): and they were sold as technic sets
I'm serious when I say that I'm envious of everyone who got to actually enjoy some of the best system sets ever...
Anyone agree, disagree?
8 Comments
Recommended Comments