I had almost all these sets as a kid!

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[–] 3 points 1 day ago* (3 children)

I had almost all these sets as a kid!

Must have been nice growing up rich...

In my friend group there was only one who actually got one of those for Christmas (I think it must have been the Galaxy Explorer, I remember the cool cockpit and the specific moon baseplate).

For a time he was the star of afternoon play meetings, as no one else had something remotely comparable.
(I only had a box of basic second-hand Legos left over from the seventies).

For the rest of my friend circle those all were dreams while reading the mail order catalogues...
Nice nostalgic memories nonetheless! :-)

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

    Were Lego super expensive in Germany? No shade just curious as an American.

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    I also come from a big extended family, so they would pool the Lego kits for Bdays/Xmas. I only wanted Lego, it was the only toy I played with.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I don't know, maybe it's just because I was born in one of the not so wealthy rural areas.
    But the bigger Lego sets definitely were in the Mercedes-equivalent range of toys.
    So you might have gotten one for Christmas, but you wouldn't have gotten much else that year...

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 day ago

    I understand. Also my dad was an engineer so I could get him onboard with buying me sets every so often because we would build together. The rest of the time we built anything together it involved a soldering gun.

    But considering I bet you appreciated those sets like no other kid on planet Earth at the time :)

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