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On August 10, 2007, I turned 50, and Phillip surprised me with eighteen pounds of Lego. He had bought them from a friend of his from Neopets. Phillip’s friend had a son who was getting rid of his Lego collection. Originally, the collection was intended for a yard sale. When Phillip heard this, he remembered that before I met him, I had enjoyed building with Lego – mostly Technic sets – so he bought them, and the friend shipped the collection across the country (which is why I know how much it weighed). What I found when I opened my birthday present was a bewildering assortment of pieces – a mishmash of sets, themes, and even some Dulpo pieces mixed in. Worst of all, there were no instructions in the box. I had never built anything out of Lego without instructions. I found some building instructions published online, but no matter what I tried to build, I just didn’t have all the parts the instructions called for. What was I going to do?

Once upon a time, this blog was named “18 Pounds Of Legos”. I have since learned that the plural of Lego is Lego. (It’s too late to change the URL, however.)

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