Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History
June 24th, 2008Many nerds played with Lego toys as children and I was no exception. I try not to post off topic material on Cryptogon much, but I wanted to share this because I’m sure that many of you were Lego heads at some point and might like this.
Also, when I saw the space sets that came out in the late 1970s… It might sound silly, but a wave happiness, peace and calm washed over me when I saw those particular boxes of plastic bricks. I had a couple of those sets. Yes, those exact ones (Alpha-1 Rocket Base and Galaxy Explorer). It must have reminded me of the endless hours (we’re talking years, actually) of fun that I had playing with those, and many other, Lego toys. The author of the piece felt the same way.
Anyway, it was such a great feeling that I thought that it was worth mentioning.
Via: Gizmodo:
I have to confess that life hasn’t been very good lately. Work around the clock, not enough free time, trying to have kids and crashing badly… all while moving to a country I don’t particularly like, away from my best friends and family. Maybe that’s why visiting Lego’s Memory Lane—the secret vault guarding almost every Lego set ever manufactured—touched me in a way I didn’t expect. This wasn’t amazement or simple awe. I was already astonished to no end by the tour of the Lego factory. No, this was something else, something bigger than the impressive view of the 4,720 Lego sets inside this lair. These weren’t just simple boxes full of bricks. These were tickets to ride a time portal to emotions and simpler days long forgotten.
