Most likely Friday night after work if I can get the 'rents to look after Zioette for me for a bit, if you're up for coming along? The missus will be out on Friday night, so it's ideal sneaky shopping time. Failing that, Sunday?

Holy shit, someone else who had Majorkit toys! I had shitloads of that stuff! Back in the early to mid-80s, my dad used to organise regular booze cruises to Calais and Bologne for his work colleagues - sometimes he'd take me, sometimes not, but he'd always come back with Majorkit toys for me. I used to be crazy for Matchbox cars when I was little, so the Majorkit sets let me easily build little towns to 'drive' my toy cars around.

Edit: He used to book most of them through Townsend Thoresen, and as I used to go with him so often, I was a member of their 'Young Captains' club, where you'd get a little stamp in your membership passport everytime you went on one of their ferries. Get enough stamps and you'd get to spend a crossing on the bridge with the ship's captain. Sadly, they had that little accident off the coast of Zebrugge before I ever got enough stamps. Eight of the stamps I did have were from the Herald Of Free Enterprise though!

I had another car set (I forget the name of it) where you joined Hot Wheels-style tracks together with intersection, curve and other pieces along with 2D 'buildings' clipped to the sides.

I think I had that - the track was white and slightly bendy, right? And the intersections/curves were hard plastic and possibly green or orange. I think it was a Matchbox product.

What was it called? Google searching for "white car track" isn't helping.

So, I'm packing up my house ( ) and find my Lego sets and instructions...

ALSO: I saw a fullers moving van around the corner. The only possible person it could be is you?!

Ha. It's not me as I'm only yet packing my house up. I still have nowhere to go.

Ask the LEGO shop if you can live there?

Knowing him, he's probably building a Lego house to live in as we speak.

I've had a brilliant idea for a gift that's a custom LEGO set but the fuckers have discontinued the old "make your own kit" service. I might have to just design it by hand and buy the bricks one by one, but it still won't come with instructions. Boo.

I've had a brilliant idea for a gift that's a custom LEGO set but the fuckers have discontinued the old "make your own kit" service. I might have to just design it by hand and buy the bricks one by one, but it still won't come with instructions. Boo.

Found all my lego this xmas. My little lego space guys make me so bloody happy.

https://twitter.com/Skeptobot/status/286871402613731328/photo/1

Which set(s) are those realistic looking ones in the front row from?

the white ones at the front are from the modern space sets - we got the white guy with the gold visor with the space shuttle last week.

Aye, I bought that too (£12 at John Lewis - barg!) along with the a little moon buggy too.

I fucking love Lego again. I'm 31, what's happened!?

If Lego still did that 'order precisely the bricks you want' I'd totally be getting one of these:

I made the mistake of going to the Lego site and now I know there's Lego Marvel heroes. I really really want a Lego Iron Man now.