I was wondering what was the first set you gals and guys owned? When did it start? For me, as far as I can remember, it was 6363 Auto Repair Shop, set made in 1980. I was 3 that year plus I wouldn't remember anything so it had to be couple years later.

no, no helicopter, but yes, stickers

  Plus I bought it again few years ago On eBay, but later again, I sold it lol

Is this a thread to expose everyone's  age?  

First set I remember owning...

 

And then I proceeded to spend the rest of my childhood lusting after 6990.

6 minutes ago, yang said:

Is this a thread to expose everyone's  age?  

This thread has been created to counterbalance all the negativity over at the bubble thread

This was one of my first sets:

http://brickset.com/sets/480-1

I had forgotten all about it until I recently found one of the doors in a the lego stash at my folks house.  Great set for the time.

22 minutes ago, Phil B said:

This thread has been created to counterbalance all the negativity over at the bubble thread

As interesting as bubble thread was yesterday, I was coming here to relax and rest a bit

16 minutes ago, Lordoflego said:

As interesting as bubble thread was yesterday, I was coming here to relax and rest a bit

And weed out all the investors whose interest in Lego started with 76023 Tumbler!

Tumbler baby ......    Tumbler !

@Clintonjoseph Bonus points for the rad Luke Skywalker shirt.  

Edited June 3, 20169 yr by jbacunn

6929 Starfleet Voyager

In case anyone wonders why I like outrageously big guns from Chima, this was the reason

Where is the thread for the first Beanie Baby you owned? /ducks

4 minutes ago, tjj1984 said:

Where is the thread for the first Beanie Baby you owned? /ducks

BeanieBabyPicker.com

1 hour ago, Darth_Raichu said:

6929 Starfleet Voyager

In case anyone wonders why I like outrageously big guns from Chima, this was the reason

It being Friday I was going to post a picture of outrageously big'uns from China, but after the last time I pulled such a prank I learned to think better of it ....

7 minutes ago, Phil B said:

It being Friday I was going to post a picture of outrageously big'uns from China, but after the last time I pulled such a prank I learned to think better of it ....

Big enough for ya?

3 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

Big enough for ya?

Welcome to the gun show.

 

On ‎6‎/‎3‎/‎2016 at 0:48 PM, Silburned said:

My first set I remember playing with was 392.  I was 3 and zooming this around my grandparents house.

Although what I consider my first big kid LEGO set and the one that got me hooked was 6270.  I got this for Christmas 1990, I was 6.  Classic Pirate sets will also be my favorite theme.

Pirates is still one of my favorite themes. Always puts a smile on my face

I totally forgot about the existence of that stairs piece too!

4 minutes ago, c_rpg said:

Pirates is still one of my favorite themes. Always puts a smile on my face

I totally forgot about the existence of that stairs piece too!

Sweet: I miss 6270. I had that one, too, shortly before I entered my 25 year on-and-off dark ages. That shark was bitey. Curiously, I think the only minifigure I ever lost was the peg leg ... 

Great thread.  I can hardly remember last week, let alone 35 years ago, but I think it was this:

Another in the running would be this:

followed shortly thereafter by 6390 and 6383.  I remember staring in fascination at the back of the instructions for 7720.

 

This was the first set i got, I think around 86? I remember swallowing one of the pieces and my mum freaking out. 

The sets that got me hooked were shipwreck Island and Sabre Island. I loved the Pirate theme. Always wanted fort eldorado and  black seas barracuda but there was no way my family could afford one of them. Maybe thats why i ended up playing with the real things when i grew up?! 

Funny, I see many of the sets posted in the thread and I owned them as well.  Here is mine...

 

588 might have been the first city set that I got as a kid.

My parents were divorced and my city stuff was at my dad's and space at my mom's

This was the first set I bought on my own with my paper route money. I swear it was like $50 back in 1986. I think I had a small space set from my parents before this one.

 

Here is a Jangbricks video review of 6929.  He touched on the reasons I love this set

 

Except that he did not pose the red guy with his super awesome green laser bazooka  

Oh yeah I still have most of the set.  Obviously not in the best condition after being passed around several relatives.

Oh 588 and 6382. Those are still in a box at my parents ... wondering how many pieces are still there after having been played with by me and my brother, and then my nephew and tons of other kids over the last 30 years ....

The first set I can remember getting was also 6080 King’s Castle. Best Christmas ever! I got it back from my mom a few years ago, minus a few minifigures and the original box. She even kept the mail-in catalog.