I was nine-years-old when Lego was first sold in the UK in 1959, and as a result, I never had any of my own when I was a child. My late sister – who was twelve years younger than me – did have some, and I remember making things with and for her, but I was a member of the Meccano and Bayko generation, and never quite 'got into' Lego.
During our last Christmas cruise, Sue and I had some onboard credit left unspent on the last day, and looking around the ship's shops we found a Lego Architecture kit on sale for almost exactly that amount ... so we bought it. The kit was numbered 21034 and was one that highlighted some of the tourist sights of London, including Tower Bridge, the London Eye, the Elizabeth Tower (AKA erroneously but generally known as Big Ben) , the National Gallery, and Nelson's Column.
Last weekend there was very little worth watching on TV on Saturday evening so I decided to break open the Lego kit and build it. The result looked something like this:
The whole process took me a couple of hours ... and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I can see why some of my friends are devotees of Lego, and I will certainly be on the lookout for further examples to buy and build.
I looks as if I have a new hobby to pursue ... and I am sure that I will find some way in which I can integrate it with my wargaming!
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