What pulls an AFOL out of the dark ages? Your damp author met a gentleman in a hot tub last weekend, who discovered his late-80s collection stashed away at his folks over the holidays and has since been buying old sets fervently. It was a shock to hear "Bricklink" and "AFOL" aloud after so many years. (He pronounced it ā-fōl. We never got a chance to explain "AHOL" to him.)
Is it all about nostalgia? Are we endlessly recreating our youth, remixing pieces in novel yet reminiscent forms?
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For some it must be forward-thinking and expressive, surely.
As we wrote at the (re)start, it can be the medium we otherwise lack, the way to be creative in an otherwise adult life.
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Adult life... in 2009 we shook our fists at "
Big LEGO," the
class of NDA-bound AHOLs with their toes half in the kool-aid, hinting at secret knowledge and bequeathing rare parts. Is the 2019 half of our #tenyearchallenge the fight against
wealth?
Bloomberg reports that LEGO is an asset class unaffected by financial crises. The day people stop using their
(old) dark gray Belville pots to protect their investment is the day we quit for good.
Parts not used are parts wasted! I got my hands on a pneumatic air tank a few years back and I still wanna use it in a MOC someday. Damn the expense.
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