I must've been nearing my teens by then, because once I'd finished it, that was the end of that!
But this weekend gone, I was at it again! It was just impossible for me to resist this particular gem, Yellow Submarine, which was released (with a little fanfare) late last year, the brainchild of mega Lego fan and designer, Kevin Szeto. As soon as I saw it advertised online, I knew I had to have it, and, thus, it was hurriedly added to the Christmas list!
Assembling it was a really enjoyable experience too, quite therapeutic in fact, even if George looks more like George Michael than himself! It was a lot quicker and a lot easier to get right than I thought as well - though I'm sure I wouldn't be saying that, were there no instruction manual.
The point, though, I suppose, is that while part of me was insisting that I was being pretty hip, progressive and simply outré, the actual fact was telling me that, meh, nothing really changes!
Anyway, here's a snap of the finished article for you in all its glory!
More soon ...
All ye need is love ... and, maybe, eh, a leetil ova patience!
Love it. A centrepiece for the new home.
ReplyDeleteThe very lad Fearg, looks grand too! I read that people are saying ye should keep it in the box as a collector's item - utterly ffs! (Yet ... !) 😀
ReplyDeleteJazus Shay, Lego ... Fuckin Lego. I was a Meccano man meself, didn't think you Lego farts were up to any kind of creativity. Proper British engineering was Meccano, me being Southside and all Had to use a spanner, none of this click and build Danish shit. Nice, though. Rory
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ReplyDeleteCheers Rory. Tried Meccano too but never really got into it but can't help wondering what concept they'd come up with to compete with the Pepper idea. I suppose it would have to involve a metal band. Loved Lego though at times it was too easy to do with the instructions so the challenge was always to see how far you'd get without them. Airfix, now that was another fine invention.
Nah, I'm ony pissing around. I was really all thumbs and much preferred lego. It was me auld fella thought we should have an engineering education through Meccano. You're right about Airfix, some guys on my estate would spend days assembling them in the minutest details, putting in the turret guns just right so they would swivel and then paint them in camouflage for proper authenticity. They would then hang them from their ceilings with fine fishing line, tilted at just the right angle so they looked like they were dropping into a fight. Me, I just got a Mitsubishi zero, stuck it together in half an hour, poured lighter fluid over it, lit it and threw it off the garage roof in the dark, now that looked really authentic. Rory
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