The Professor Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 The guys over at The Retroist have a great post with multiple page scans of the 1985 LEGO Catalog. Some of you may really enjoy this post. As a nerd and a maker at heart I love LEGO! There was no limit to what you could build. Some of the modern incarnations have become so intricate and branded for movies and cartoons that I miss the original-style LEGOs where you had to use your imagination and you could build anything. Almost like Atari was with pixels. The link is here: http://www.retroist.com/2009/01/14/1985-lego-catalog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 I still have all of my childhood LEGO's......the sets I have that are listed in this catalog are: page 16 - 6804 Surface Rover, 6824 Space Dart-1, 6826 Crater Crawler page 18 - 550 Straight Road Plates, 6000 Legoland Idea Book Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoAtari Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 The best thing about Lego is the ability to pass them onto your kids. I really love seeing my children playing with them and knowing that they were mine before. And, it gets me a chance to be with my kids and enjoy them together. An added bonus has been the addition of Lego video games, short films and a full length movie that we can experience them in a whole new way. I have been wanting to go check out Lego land with them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 This was my favorite LEGO book......(not really a catalog)............. and I still have it! Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelkster Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 Oh that Idea Book above ruled my LEGO world back then...liked it so much I had 2 of them becasue I used up the stickers from my 1st one. I still play with LEGO & never considered it a "nerd" pastime. One of my sons barely bats an eye, but the other has me build entire lines/themes (city, space, castle etc) of sets we have. & now that Im an adult with income, I can get big sets that as a kid were financially out of reach, though many of those have increased in cost & value. I usu. get them as gifts; rarely buying them outright, though we were first to act on a big Craiglist ad in autumn 2014 (almost everything he had for $100) & some lucky garage sale finds have paid off too. My favorite set is the Space Cruiser I got for Xmas when I was 7, I can still build it by heart! I think the biggest set we ever had was a fire station, which cost all of $15 at Target back in the early 80s. But with a gain in finances, there's less time to build & play- so much for growing up. We just got thru playing with my Pirates sets, before that it was Castle, last weekend I built my classic Space sets, about a dozen in all. Last year we had our City sets up, which took up most of the floorspace in what I've since converted to a game room. I told my kids if they want it setup again, I'd put it on the floor in the garage & I'd park outside this summer. Some good LEGO sites: www.bricklink.com (buy/sell LEGO online) www.brickset.com (comprehensive LEGO site, I've done a few set reviews here, ID gelkster) www.peeron.com (view instructions/catalogs) www.letsbuilditagain.com (view instructions) 7800- 800XL- ColecoVision & mods.1&2- Flashback2- GBA SP- launch PS2- slim PS2- Wii- DSLite x2- DSi- slim PS3- Xevious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelkster Posted February 21, 2016 Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 I have been wanting to go check out Lego land with them as well. I've been lucky enough now to visit both US coasts' LEGOLands within the last few years, & the lesser one in Schaumburg IL. If you get to the Florida location, the TECHNIC roller coaster isn't as "tame" as you'd think. 7800- 800XL- ColecoVision & mods.1&2- Flashback2- GBA SP- launch PS2- slim PS2- Wii- DSLite x2- DSi- slim PS3- Xevious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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