Bennylee just shared something great with us. A small story that started with a sad loss but ended with something that made at least myself smile. And he gave me a great idea. I wonder who has the greatest connection to LEGO past. So how about a little competition to see who are the greatest fans of those little plastic bricks. We are refering to their collection, not investment sets. We are looking for 3 categories: Who owns the oldest complete set. Who owns the oldest set MISB or close to mint. Who owns the oldest set closest to their year of birth. You must have a complete set, manuals included but you are not required to have the box. Photos required if you are close to the oldest. I will start, I unfortunately only go back to 1999 with a 7140 Star Wars X-Wing. I will say this set is flawless, without a box. I was born in 87 so I'm 12 years away. Who can do better? I look forward to seeing photos of some awesomely vintage sets! EDIT: My Galaxy S3 apparently takes photos too big to upload.... and since I doubt I'm anywhere close to winning any category I will just not worry about it. EDIT 2: So I figured out simple way for anyone struggling with photos. Save to your comp, find in file explorer, right-click > open with paint, resize, save as, done.

This is my collection from childhood. I still have the boxes and manuals. I don't have pics just yet because it is locked behind a wall while I finish our basement, but trust me it's all there Closest sets to my birthday I think are main street and 722, both 1980. We were dirt poor so I usually only got a few small sets a year and a bigger set for christmas. This is about 10 years of collecting. I used to flip through the catalogs for hours and just dream about owning a huge whole scene like they showed. Funny thing is I liked the space theme more but my parents wanted me to stay with city. I used to end up building the sets, tearing them apart and building spaceships. Toward the end I had a very impressive ship-inside-a-ship-inside-a-ship thing going. 2 feet by 3 feet or so, completely rainbow warrior style. 6391-1 Cargo Center 7722-1 Steam Cargo Train Set 6390-1 Main Street 6273-1 Rock Island Refuge 6392-1 Airport 6984-1 Galactic Mediator 722-1 Universal Building Set, 7+ 6373-1 Motorcycle Shop 6941-1 Battrax 6894-1 Invader 6696-1 Fuel Tanker 6590-1 Vacation Camper 6381-1 Motor Speedway 6697-1 Rescue-I Helicopter 6690-1 Snorkel Pumper 6682-1 Cement Mixer 6684-1 Police Patrol Squad 6606-1 Road Repair Set 6658-1 Bulldozer 6663-1 Wave Rebel 6654-1 Motorcycle Transport 6522-1 Highway Patrol 6632-1 Tactical Patrol Truck 6524-1 Blizzard Blazer 6631-1 Steam Shovel 6604-1 Formula 1 Racer 6607-1 Service Truck

I wish my old sets were still assembled, but my oldest set with instructions and box is the one that really got me into Lego collecting and, to a greater degree building: The (6205-1) V-Wing Fighter.

Well.. I was really hoping this would generate some awesome photos from people. Photos people! SHOW and tell. Not just tell. Lol.

Mine is probably the Amazon Ancient Ruins from 1999. It was assembled and I don't have the box. My older sets are coming my way in a couple weeks so I'll have lots of sorting to do, but nothing that will be older than this one.

My oldest COMPLETE set must be 1992 Black Knights Castle.

No pictures... :/

No pictures... :/

I'll post mine once I get it back

No pictures... :/

I wish I knew how to shrink the size, so the forum will accept it.

I wish I knew how to shrink the size, so the forum will accept it.

You can take a screen shot of your picture.

Here is mine. Tell me if I am breaking the rules...

7191 Mos Espa Podrace

7150 Y-Wing & TIE Fighter

Born in '99, these were released in '99. I think these were my dad's or something.

Photo added. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand disappointed no one else shared any except comicblast. Oh well. Thanks Comicblast!

Photo added.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand disappointed no one else shared any except comicblast.

Oh well. Thanks Comicblast!

I'll be getting some on tuesday or so, but while I sort and build them it could take a while for me to post any pictures. I will eventually though!

I'll be getting some on tuesday or so, but while I sort and build them it could take a while for me to post any pictures. I will eventually though!

Cool man. I look forward to seeing them!

I'll be getting some on tuesday or so, but while I sort and build them it could take a while for me to post any pictures. I will eventually though!

Cool man. I look forward to seeing them!

Me too actually lol. It has been years since I last saw them. At least 12 years since I last built them and probably 11 years without even seeing them, since they were on a bunch of boxes stored away lol.

I have a complete 6080 from 1984 back home in Venezuela. I was born in 1982 so you do the math I also remember having among my first sets the following ones: 6808, 6684 and 6698, but I lost their instructions =/

I have a complete 6080 from 1984 back home in Venezuela. I was born in 1982 so you do the math

I also remember having among my first sets the following ones: 6808, 6684 and 6698, but I lost their instructions =/

Nice!, so we come from the same place I assume. My sets will be arriving from Venezuela as well.

Nice!, so we come from the same place I assume. My sets will be arriving from Venezuela as well.

It sure looks that way! I moved to Spain 15 months ago, slowly I'm havimg my sets sent over here :D

I was born in 1984, so here are the sets I have that are within my year of birth. I still have instructions and the parts but can't really build anything yet & take pics for a while. Room is a mess and I need to put more focus into my work from home. :-S

Motorcycle Shop 6373

Supply Wagon 6010

Catapult 6030

Blacksmith Shop 6040

Knight's Castle 6073

They were my older sister's Lego before being handed down to me when I was around three years old.

Guess she really liked Castle! Had so much fun with the Motorcylce Shop and Blacksmith Shop.

My oldest set - 6103 from '88. - still sealed in bag

My oldest set - 6103 from '88. - still sealed in bag

That's impressive. The oldest sets I have still sealed are my collection of Space Police III.

They won't stay that way for too much longer. Mwahahaha!

......I hope.

I have a complete 6080 =/

That's a great set. Built one of those 2 years ago. Found it in a collection of vintage legos I bought. They don't make castles like that anymore, pretty much built brick-by-brick rather than panels.

I think my my oldest complete set is 6081 which is also an awesome castle. My mom found it at a garage sale for $6 sometime in the mid 90s'. I started playing with legos when I was 4 so that was a little before my time.

Some of the sets arrived today. Not a huge collection, but does bring some memories back lol. I'll get to sort and build this over the next few days. Mostly "Artic", Amazon Ancient Ruins, a bunch of Egypt and the fire station.

Some of the sets arrived today. Not a huge collection, but does bring some memories back lol. I'll get to sort and build this over the next few days. Mostly "Artic", Amazon Ancient Ruins, a bunch of Egypt and the fire station.

Would love to see some of the artic sets built!

Be sure to share when they're done.

I believe my oldest sealed set is from 1972 but I need to double check that. I have sets from my birth year which was 1993, I also have older opened sets prior to 1972. If no one else comes close then I'll post pics. too much of a hassle right now hah.

1978 Fire Fighter Set 775-1