Slugger's First LEGO Set ~ 6706 Frontier Patrol
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Every slug had a first LEGO set - this one's mine! 6706 Frontier Patrol!
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Shows how good my memory is(n't)!
Apparently I just didn't reconstruct these minifigures correctly for this video, haha. The calvary colonel is correct, but the two subordinates should be wearing blue pants, not black, and should also have matching white gloves. Whoops!
I remember we used to swap these parts around quite a lot as kids - what we see in the video here is probably fairly accurate to how we would change our figures up. Fort Legoredo was the only other Western set we had growing up, but boy, what a set that one was! I was able to reconstruct a section of it for this video, but bringing the other three sides back to life will take time. Maybe one day we'll visit the whole fort in full. 😊
Set Number is 6706 ;) charming video nonetheless. love your videos
It's also a "Cavalry" Colonel 😅
@@skywhale8214 Good catch! I always forget where to put the “L” in that word, haha. At least I got “Colonel” right! 😅
Yea me to I forgot how the minific was in the set but it happens😁
Just a bit of nitpick, it's cavalry not calvary unless you are talking about
1. A life-size representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground.
2. A series of representations of Christ’s Passion in a church.
Or 3. A strenuous experience.
Love sets like these. A great selection of figures, fun and useful accessories, no nonsense. The earliest set I remember receiving would be 4098 High Flyers, a small Creator Designer set from 2003 with no less than 34 different models to make out of its mere 197 pieces! Starting out with such a set probably helped make me unafraid to take a build apart and try something new. Simple pieces, a consistent color scheme and theme - it gave you the creative push you needed to get started, and then left the rest up to you.
With sets nowadays the real child creativity is missing, dont get me wrong the sets are designed really good but its more leaning toward playmobile where youre supposed to leave the sets intact.
As a young boy my first Lego set was 7097 Trolls mountain fortress from the Lego castle theme.
There's just something so damn charming about these lil guys. They're a remnant from a bygone Era of toys we'll likely never see again, especially not from LEGO.
I agree. Looking at this theme,pirates,Adventurers,and the many classic space themes,we won't ever get again,unless it's a cash grab "gift with purchase".
I would argue. In my opinion, Lego currently offers very interesting sets (the entire Creator series - I missed something like this in the times of my Lego-childhood, i.e. around 1997-2000) and avoids some strategic mistakes from those times (then it made series that disappeared after a few months, they were rarely interconnected and suffered from a general lack of buildings). It's hard for me to say whether Ninjago or Pirates from 1992-1996 is better, but it's better now than in what is called the time of crisis.
@natankotowicz7170 I'd say that it isn't a lack of interesting sets or themes that is an issue for LEGO or has ever been. For me, at least, there is an element to these sets in the themes themselves that you definitely won't see now. Frontier folk, antiquated military themes. It's stuff that's pretty taboo now for LEGO.
It’s always a great day when Slugger uploads, you’re bringing my passion for Lego back
I seem to remember my first ever Lego set being 5928 Bi-Wing Baron from the Lego Adventurers Egypt theme! I loved the special pieces like the flames, rifles, binoculars, and the map, and I loved the way the propeller had engine detail built behind it! And the Baron himself was a very delightfully evil looking figure. The man hand a hook hand, epaulettes, and a monocle, how could you not love it such an over-the top design?
This was my first set too!! I was 6 or 7. I named the minifigure Dr. Leonard (I wasn’t aware of the lore) and for years in my playing, he was the leader of the other lego minifigures that made up my collection.
that distinct shuffle, yes! i love that sound, shaking a box of lego is weirdly unique and exciting haha
My first Lego set was Star Wars 6212: X-Wing Fighter. It included the X-Wing build along with Luke, Leia, Chewbacca and Han. It was a great first set and the memories of building it with my family will always stick with me. I’ve also found out after many many years that the Princess Leia mini-figure, which I still have to this day, has a rare defect which makes hair piece smooth. It’s a super rare occurrence and what luck that something like that is in the first Lego set I’ve ever owned!
I'd imagine that the old sets were meant to simultaneously "army build" and also intend to be a single purchase item. Both the wild west and deep space aren't exactly overpopulated, but the larger sets often feel a little empty by themselves. These sets provide a nice middle ground between having too many people and too little, and also have the added bonus of being a nice introductory set for those with a smaller budget.
PS. I got into the Lego hobby at such an early age that I don't even remember what my first set was! Though I'd imagine it was probably a Bionicle set based on my early interest in the theme. One thing I definitely remember was the fantasy Ork Castle and the old Hagrid's Hut with the spider made using katanas! My parents were able to buy these sets at a deep, deep, discount, and I was incredibly ungrateful to receive them. I've learned my lesson now, but man, it still stings every time I think about that!
Slugger thought he could casually slip that Rush reference by, but I knew right away! Great stuff! My first lego set was 7942 Off-Road Fire Rescue (sorry if I just made anyone feel old), and I still have it to this day. I get all the nostalgia from the mid-late 2000s era of LEGO, with both the licensed and the now rare unlicensed themes. I wish we got more themes like Space Police, Power Miners, Exo-Force, Agents, and Atlantis today...
Haha, you caught me! 😉
I can't remember what exactly was my first, but one of the early ones that I most fondly remember was the 2001 Imperial Shuttle. My mother bought it and then seperated the set into 24 building steps as my advent calendar. That was so beautiful for young me and it still makes me emotional to think how great of an idea that was from her
That’s awesome! 😊
Black Falcon’s Fortress.
I remember building it at the kitchen table with my dad. The first we opened it up, I was absolutely HOOKED! 🤯
Such a wonderful castle set! I intend on making a video about it one day. 😊
I'm not totally sure it was my first, but the LEGO Duplo Castle sets started it all. Looking back, me and my brother almost had all of them, and the greatest memory is when we noticed the huge castle combined build on one of the instructions. We figured out that it was made from all the sets we already had, and we were quite surprised to not find any instructions for it. With the help of my father we managed to assemble it from the single low quality image, and played with it for months. After that we started building our own castles from all the pieces, it was a really great way to teach us, that we can use the legos to make anything, instead of limiting ourselves to the original sets.
Very creative use of the drill at 4:01, I always appreciate the little side builds and/or set pieces seen in your videos.
My very first introduction to the world of Lego was the M-Tron Pulsar Charger (6811). I can't remember who gifted it to me, but I distinctly remember LOVING the idea of building the toy before playing with it.
As a kid I loved taking toys apart and seeing how they worked, and then putting them back together... sometimes being unable to get it back 100% correct. Lego showed me that I could take that interest and add in my own creativity to make whatever I wanted.
That magic that Lego made me feel as a kid all comes flooding back seeing your passion, Slug man! Thank you for all your amazing content, it brings so many people unmeasurable joy.
I've never seen those bushes stacked before...they look so good! Could make almost a really tall tree
I did that before with the various stackable red and green bush plants to create underwater plant life to populate my Divers deep sea dioramas...
I love hearing stories of others' first LEGO sets. It speaks to how brilliant a product is if you can actually remember the very first time you bought or received it! My very VERY first set was 2437- a DUPLO canister from 1998 shaped as a sheriff but the real turning point was a visit to a Woolworths store in the UK in 2001. A buy one, get one free offer prompted my parents to ask me if I'd like to try playing with some LEGO instead of toy trains for a change. They were four Adventurers Dino Island sets that could be ingeniously combined to create a larger aeroplane for the Minifigures to sit in. It was love at first sight and a 23-year (and counting) headache for my parents from there...!
This was one of my childhood favorites. I was still using those hats and uniform shirts on various characters until the late 2000s.
Mine was Dino Island 5914 - Sam Sinister and Baby T. I've only recently acquired the rest of the Dino Island wave after owning a tiny number of the smallest sets as a child. It's moments like this where the timeline of one's collecting journey really feels like it's coming full circle!
I'm actually in the process of booking to get a tattoo of the Baby T piece, as it was where my whole journey began!
Haha, that’s awesome! I’d love to see a photo of that tattoo when it’s done!
My memories are a bit misty but when I was two years old my first lego set was either captain redbeard’s pirate ship (7075) or nuurakh (8614)
Two very different sets that will forever hold a special place in my heart. I remember that It was my dad who originally built them for me bc I was too young. Though, eventually I learned (through both reverse engineering and the instructions) how to build the ship all by myself which impressed my parents a lot. Probably one of my proudest moments ever in my life. On the other hand, nuurakh was a set that was a gift from my sister and I blame her solely for my bionicle obsession that runs strong even today.
My first Lego set was the Mars Mission poly bag “Crystal Hawk”. I got it for Christmas at my grandmas house, and didn’t think too much of it at first. That all changed when I discovered the 2009 Pirates sets. Those really caught my attention, and I tried to get all of the small sets whenever we’d go shopping, before getting the wonderful Brickbeard’s Bounty for Christmas.
If I had to guess what my first Lego set was, I have a clear memory of one from when I was 4 or 5 years old (though it may not have been the first) - 8944 Tanma, a set from Bionicle's Mistika wave. I remember my mom building it for me, and being totally fascinated by it.
Making me feel old! I remember being 4 and my siblings and I got Rakshi for Christmas!
I can't say for sure if it was my very first Lego set, but I do remember playing with set 4011 all the time. It's the cabin cruiser ship from the old Lego town theme. I actually still have the hull, though it has yellowed over the years. I remember playing with it a lot as a kid because you could actually have it float in a bathtub or a sink and I always liked watching it float about. It's probably a good reason why I still like aquatic theme LEGO sets something about those early years of aquanauts and even hydronauts just sparks something in my imagination.
Another great video as always slugger can't wait to see more
I wish I could have gotten this theme as a kid, it’s so awesome. They need to bring the Old Western theme back, I’d buy all of it with no questions asked.
This really indicates my age, but my first might’ve been the 2006 city police car, or the Assassin Droid battle pack - hard to say definitively. Definitely a solid introduction if there ever was one!
Also, the detail of you dumping pieces out of the box and having the heads attached to the torsos brought a smile to my face!
I don’t know why LEGO used to ship them like that, but that’s how they used to do it, right? 😅
If you exclude whatever sets my brother had before I got any, my first set was Solek from Bionicle 2008, which I still have sitting on my shelf. (Though few of his joints are still intact) I love these sets which come with a few useful minifigures and a couple of accessories, definitely something I wish they did more often today.
The 1st one I remember having is an old Star Wars one. An Imperial drop ship (and later its sister set Rebel Drop ship) not only did it start my path as a Star Wars fan but, it also made me a fan of Imperials and full helmeted Troopers too.
Great, wholesome entertainment right here! I've been sitting on an unfinished "How I got into LEGO" project for almost 2 years now, and this video has given me some extra juice to finish it. Having older siblings, it's hard to pinpoint what exactly counts as *my* first LEGO set, so there's a lot to unpack with that.
I *think* my first proper system set was 2161: Aqua Dozer. Really weird looking set now, but I sure enjoyed it back then. I think I continued getting random one-off sets from various themes for a while after that because my oldest sets / pieces are very eclectic.
The first theme I went all-in on (as much as a kid can have a say in what he is given anyway) was Dino Island.
Ah, I dig this. My first set was "Emergency Evac" the Res-Q theme from 1998. 6445 was the set number, it had some really cool pieces and a string with a pulley piece for the minifig to glide down. It was the beginning of a hobby I still love today!
My first Lego set was a professional cyclist sporting a T-Mobile (european telecom provider) sponsored outfit. Became a big collector of Jack Stone over the next few lifeyears. Somehow loved the absurd videotape that came with the series to death at the time. Seeing it nowadays feels nostalgic but also very weird. 😅
My first lego set was actually a giant box of disassembled lego from numerous themes across the 90's! My love for lego has only grown since that big box
This was a set and theme I was just about the right age for, but never seemed to fly into my radar. So this is a nice little treat (as are the sly musical references)!
My earliest memories with LEGO is probably Aquazone. My brother and I had definitely toyed with scavenged Castle/Space/Xtreme-Team parts at relatives', but my mom buying my brother and I 6107 and 6110 respectively--at what I believe was the Vancouver Aquarium's gift shop?--is my clearest memory of our fondness for LEGO beginning, moving to Rock Raiders, Throwbots, and beyond!
I actually had many "first sets" since I was lucky enough to inherit the collection that my mom had amassed as a kid. It was mainly 70s and 80s town with a few odd castle and space sets here and there, including a (sadly incomplete) Yellow Castle. Otherwise my actual first new set would be 7236 Police Car with the Black/Green stickers. At this point the black police stickers were being phased out and replaced by the blue ones, and I always wanted the new flashy blue version of the set as kid, especially because my best friend had it. But now I actually prefer the black stickers since it means my first set sticks out among the otherwise uniform blue police cruisers.
The earliest Lego set I distinctly remember being mine was either Bionicle 8618 Rorzakh, the black Vahki from the Metru line, or 8605 Toa Matau from the same year. Me and both my brothers were heavily into Bionicle, though eventually I would be the only one still collecting them. I had played around with my brother's sets from the first few years of Bionicle, but this was the first one I understood as specifically being mine.
With geriatric voice: "back in my day, LEGO sets had only three numbers, and you had to bite the pieces to separate them, none of this brick separator business."
My initiation into LEGO with the Alpha-1 Rocket Base. Wish I had kept all the pieces together.
And keep off the grass, ya varmints! 👴
My first set was 6467, a pit stop that came with tools, a garage, and a colorful racecar. My grandmother brought it when she came to visit one time. I don't remember much about it, but I do know that it massively stood out from the Tyco clone bricks I had at the time.
My first LEGO set was the Rebel Scout Speeder. I remember being really intrigued by the idea of having to build the troopers and their vehicle. Oddly enough, I think most of my memories were made from LEGO's in house theme. Ninjago, Power Miners, Mars Mission and Space Police 4? were a huge chunk of my elementary years along side LEGO Indiana Jones
my first lego set was the 6110 solo sub. I was maybe six at the time? whatever the case, I was mystified by this small gift and wasn't sure where to start. so my dad built the tiny (to him) set for me. then I took it apart and put it back together myself and I'm pretty sure that's where my spark of lego started. very recently I was able to acquire the sealed box version of this set, and I am a very happy camper at having a bit of my childhood memory untouched in this one box!
I had Duplo for a very short time before it, but my very first conventional LEGO set was the 4002 Riptide Racer. It was that set specifically that hooked me onto it - I wasn't really that into Duplo as a young kid as you really couldn't build that much, but the Riptide Racer showed me how deep the rabbit hole was once you got into System. And that wasn't really that complex of a model, but I'm pretty sure that the fact that it was a functional toy boat and actually had detail to it was what did it.
If we want to get technical, my first LEGO set would have been one of the Duplo sets of the early 90s(which I'm not looking up). However, my first *proper* LEGO set was 6244 Armada Sentry. I'm fairly certain that I have most of the pieces for it still, aside from one that disappeared decades ago. It's a set that will always hold a place in my heart, no matter how old it or I get.
1:43 I love this build, 1970s psychedelic sci fi vibes!
While I'm not 100% it was my first, the first Lego set I can remember getting was Tygurah's Roar. I remember spending hours setting up the planks so I could watch them fall over and over again
my first was 5508 deluxe brick box from 2010, I was 4 when I got it and it was simply my favorite thing ever. I remember nonstop playing with the items included and trying to make variations of the little car, I remember in kindergarten during show and tell I used some of the pieces to make a lego limousine and became the talk of the class that day.
My first experience with Lego was when my great grandmother gifted me and my brother a bin of Lego parts. These were all pieces from the 80s/90s and later sparked my love for retro Lego
I'm gonna be honest I have no clue what my first Lego set ever was, but I was obsessed with the 4+ Pirates theme when I was younger and I used to own all the sets.
My first set was "4708 Hogwarts Express" that my parents bought on a whim while we were about in a city. There was this toy store that had a Harry Potter sale (or it was even a full-on Harry Potter store), and my mom and brother went inside to get some stuff while I waited outside with my dad. I don't even think I asked for anything, but she got me the train anyway! I was blown away and I still have it to this day (or rather, the few pieces that survived the years). And this was right before Christmas, yet I still got to keep it right away!
My second set I believe was the one you VICIOUSLY tore apart in a previous video, "2585 Track Buggy with Station Master and Cool Kid"! I loved that one so much as well (I'm into trains, can you tell?), but unfortunately it was lost over time. However, thanks to Bricklink, I bought a completely new one a couple years back, and I still have it too!
There's just such a magic to these small, simple sets. I like the new design of the Hogwarts Express, but I'll ALWAYS prefer the first version. It's so chunky and adorable, with juuust enough detail to make your imagination go wild!
Hahaha, I don't remember VICIOUSLY tearing it apart! In fact, I remember getting some important details about it wrong. I really like that set too! 😅
Set 6400 go kart. My dad was big into Lego before I was born so I did grow up with a lot of hand-me-down sets but go-kart was the first set I remember buying with my allowance. I remember we were doing our laundry at the laundromat and as we waited we went to the toy store next door and I picked out the go-kart and built it while we waited for for our clothes to finish. When I grew up, our family got rid of a lot of our Lego as I went through my dark age. I recently bought it again and it sits on my office desk
I would never be able to remember my first as ive had them my whole life but the first BIG one i remember loving was the spy theme tractor trailer base. It was so awesome and its still one of the biggest sets I've ever had
My first Lego was a box of 1980s Space sets handed down to me from my dad’s childhood collection. That was later followed by a box of his old 80s Technic sets, and a box of castle sets, though I wasn’t allowed to mix the castle sets with the others for some reason.
The first new set I remember receiving was Brick Street Customs, a Lego Racers set with several little cars and a tuning garage with two launchers built in. As soon as I could figure out how to make a chassis, I was obsessed with Lego. Despite not living through the 80s, I inherited my dad’s 80s Lego nostalgia since his Lego became my first Lego.
My best friend at the time had mostly 90s Lego acquired from yard sales, and he had vast quantities of it, so I also have 90s Lego nostalgia from that. Good times.
The more I watch your videos the more I realize how much Lego has changed, especially with regards to your "plague" video.
Absolutely! Like night and day sometimes. 😕
I don't know exactly which set was my first, but I think it was either the 79104 TMNT Shellraiser Street Chase, or the 7596 Toy Story Trash Compactor Escape. I got them both around the same time, but I didn't build them until the beginning months of 2013. When I built them, I recall loving it a TON. Little did I know that collecting and constructing LEGO would be one of my favorite things to do.
So "First Lego set" is a question made slightly complicated (in a good way) by my older brother. His Legos were the first I built and played with, probably at the age of 4, alongside him and/or our mom.
The first Lego set I remember playing with and building was probably Majisto's Magical Workshop (6048) and it is still synonymous with the wonder and magic of Lego as I have this sense of imagining all the nooks and crannies of the wizard's workshop implied by the bricks and the possibility of the world it was part of.
The first Lego set I remember getting as my very own was 6470, Mini Dump Truck. I can still recall walking down the aisles of a Toys R Us in Las Vegas, most likely in the last couple months before my family moved to California.
Sure the Mini Dump Truck represents the on-its-face answer to the video's question, but it doesn't have the sort of impact that we often want our firsts to have. I had to get a look at the minifig operating the dump truck and his five o'clock shadow to be sure I was remembering the right thing, but my guy Majisto? Sometimes that little wizard and his magical workshop just pop into my head unbidden or with pretty limited context and it brings a smile to my face! I'll think about the hinged opening and the sloped roof and the absolutely cool green dragon kite shield of the Dragon Masters and it coalesces into something essentially Lego to me. It's the spark that kindled a lifelong source of a variety of joys and that's a special thing.
A couple honorable mentions go to the Granite Grinder (4940) -a welcome to Fresno gift from my paternal grandma which was briefly the sole occupant of my closest in our new house- and the original Slave I (7144) -a gift from my brother for my fifth birthday that was something of a gateway into Star Wars for me.
The lego Star Wars viewing from like 2012/2013 was my first set. I already liked lego, i had a bin of random parts from my sister, and I liked star wars, but this set made me love the 2 of them. The set is sadly disassembled with its parts scattered, but I have tried fixing it.
My first experience with Lego wasn't a set, but a dozen or so bricks at a relative's new house. I imagine I was given them while my parents helped unpack a moving van. The only parts are the green 4 by ten-or-so brick and a pair of those black brick wheel assemblies with the red wheels and metal axles.
I remember the first Lego set I acquired for myself was the 6835 Saucer Scout (Spyrius). I saw it in the choose-your-own-prize pile in music class and was devastated that I wasn't anywhere near the first person to get a chance to answer questions. However, time went on and no one picked it, so I got to take home a super cool Lego set! (I think that would be the only Spyrius set I would ever get new/complete, too.)
That’s an awesome Spyrius set! I might be working on the script for a Spyrius themed video right now… 👀
Well put together Slugger! It's always fun to look back at those first bricks in your life, and seeing those from others even more so. Thousands of sets all accomplish the same thing :)
My first was 2009 Echo Base. Looking back at it and many other sets I collected as a kid, they mostly stood on display or stayed as is, mostly because I considered them models. I regret missing the fun of playing out stories and building other things as a kid, which I blame on licensed themes establishing "correct" narratives and looks
RRSluger I don't remember so much of my toys when I was a little worm but, I always love this hommage to Trix Brix through your videos. You have this skills to tell good story and I love it. Your video change my life for a couples of a minutes at each video THANK YOU!!😊
Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️
First set was Black Monarch's Castle (set 6085). Second set was Knight's Stronghold (set 6059). My 3rd and final set as a kid was Central Precinct HQ (set 6398). I did get some small packs here and there that you could get for less than $10 that would compliment the castle and Town themes, but I'm not counting those and I don't remember which ones they were anyway.
I distinctly remember some of the first sets I got were those tiny boxed sets they had at Shell Stations. I think I grew a real appreciation for the smaller, cheaper sets because of it.
They were so simple, but getting one on a road trip and building it in the car was so magical.
For me, it was LEGO Star Wars Rebel Scout Speeder (7668). Before that, one of my cousin dumped me some of his old LEGOs, which I always found really exotic.
510 Fire station from 1977 was my first set. Parents bought me town through all of the 80's until my dark ages. I came back in 1998 and collected everything untill 2002. Hence my Rock Raiders & Adventurers love and why I love your channel.
"Frontier Patrol contains 3 minifigures from that series: a horse, a bush, and several other fun accessories." LOL that's how my brain heard that sentence.
Hahaha, yeah, kind of weird delivery on my part. 😅
Scorpion tracker and Oasis ambush. Received as a gift on my 7th birthday from a friend of mine at the time. Sparked a life of brick addiction it did.
Oh, those two are FANTASTIC! ❤️️
I got my first Lego set in 1998 when I was 4. It was 6327 Team Turbo, which had the same black trike as Biker Bob had. I also remember receiving 6486 Fire Ranger, Bi-Wing Baron and 6903 Bug Blaster not too long after that and I've been a Lego builder ever since. Even though 70% of all Lego sets I received after that were Slizer, Star Wars and Bionicle (especially), my journey began with these humble sets.
I'm surprised that all three have different torso prints!
I... do not remember my first proper Lego set. Most likely it was a Jack Stone set, or a bionicle Lewa or Bohrok. But I would have gotten most of my Lego at the time from my siblings.
my first lego set was 9489, honestly 3/4 minifigures still hold up pretty well by today's standards outside of a lack of leg printing. i'm both really happy and surprised it hasn't gone up EXTREMELY high in resale price.
I'm not sure what my very first lego set was (most likely a tub of bricks) but very early ones I remember getting were 6205 V-Wing Fighter and 7476 Iron Predator vs. T-Rex. I remember when I got 7476, I thought to myself: "I think this is too hard for someone my age to build" though I eventually figured it out lol. But I absolutely loved 6205, and getting that is one of the reasons that that ship is one of my favorite star wars vehicles. I used to pull the side sections off and have the minifig ride on them like they were a separate detachable ship. Fun times!
My Grandmother was the main funder of my LEGO obsession as a young lad. I don't remember what my first set was, but I have fond early memories of Adventure set 5920: Island Racer. I was enamored with the textures of the tires. 5935: Island Hopper and 5934: Dino Explorer were my two other favorites at the time. My grandpa even had to glue parts of the Island Hopper together because I kept breaking them apart by being too rough 😭. I do have a specific memory of my 9th birthday when I unboxed 7261 Clone Turbo Tank. I was elated literally jumping for joy haha what a great set, even thought Mace Windu had his light-saber attached to his arm. I haven't bought or put together a lego set in probably about a decade, but your channel has been a conduit in which all these wonderful memories have come flowing back to me and reignited my love for LEGO. Thank you Slugger. PS: After your LEGO Xalax racer video I had to go on a journey to track down my Ghost, I had no idea he was so coveted!
I remember getting almost the entire Lego Atlantis Series for Christmas + my Birthday when I was like 6. Before that we only had Duplo and a box with random used bricks in it and no figures
Whimsical Charm is an expression I'd use to describe this line.
Oh boy, 6266 Cannon Cove, which is the holy grail for me nowadays. The price for even a used set with a box is ridiculous, but a slugfan gotta do what he's gotta do.
That was my very first one, my dad brought it to me in Prague from Finland actually, from some business trip. Thus starting my love for 90s lego.
The frontier patrol was actually one of the first sets me and my brother got from the western theme. Oh the good simple times)
Earliest lego set was the LEGO Exo-Force 7700-1: Stealth Hunter 7700: Stealth Hunter! It is what started my passion for Lego Mecha and Gundam. I am still hoping for a final conclusion to it's story, since they along with a host of other great series ended around 2008.
534 Duplo boat and 605 are my earliest memories of sets. Had 1000 since n now own a toy store. Selling Lego. Can’t get enough of it. Love ya vids slugger
My very first lego set was #6104, back when I was just 2 years old.
While it did not feature much in terms of buildable bricks, that blue-white diver accompanied me everywhere.
It's a shame how quickly the chrome paint flakes off, but it is a testament to many years of entertainment.
I have this set sealed, but it didn't cost like $120, that's because I bought it in 1997 at toys r us for $5.99 and never opened it, its on display and will never be opened or sold, its too cool.
That’s cool! Like a time capsule! 😊
my first set was a dino set from 2012 called Ambush Attack (5882), it came with a preety cool dinosaur that was exclusive to that set, that’s what started my lego collection, now days i mostly collect ninjago sets and some ideas sets that i find interesting like the van gogh painting and the sonic set. Keep up the good work
The chrome plating of your cavalry's bugle has held up against the wear of time much better than mine, I'm afraid. 😅
My first set was 6879 Blizzard Baron and thus Ice Planet 2002 holds a special place in my heart today. I remember it being a great introduction to the many connections in the LEGO system as I began to explore the ways in which things like clips, hollow studs, and bars could be combined in unexpected ways. The Wild West sets are similarly dear to me.
My first Lego set I distinctly remember getting was Snape's Classroom (Snape's minifigure had a glow in the dark headpiece for some reason) but I think even before that I got a Bionicle which at the time I did not realize belonged to Lego. That was the legendary Hafu if memory serves me right hahaha
How easy times were back then :))
I'm not exactly sure which set it exactly was that was my first, but I do remember that, when I was very young, my dad surprised me on my birthday with an (for me, at that time) enormous present: a big Fabuland set. That was so awesome. I must have been 3 or 4. I don't remember my age, but do remember this moment.
Another big moment for me: I was saving for set 6085 (Black Monarch's Castle). It was 80 guilders (Dutch currency at that time). I was saving for many months, which was quite a feat for 6-year old me. But when I had 60 guilders, I couldn't hold it any longer: that was enough to buy 6074, the less big Black Falcon's Fortress. But my dad, who knew I was actually saving for the Black Monarch's castle, then gifted me the 20 guilders I needed to buy the Black Monarch's castle. I had already shown that I was able to save money, and I really really wanted a castle, and was 6 so impatient. That moment has also always stayed with me. And you know what? I still love castles, not only in the form of Lego, but also in real life.
That's such a great story! ❤️️
I too got my first lego set at 5 years old. It was the Batman dragster: Catwoman pursuit from 2006. I had heard of lego before but never had a set before it because I didn't really care for any of the sets, but that day I walked into my local warmart, I saw that it had Batman in it, and from then on I was hooked.
Just proves that I am indeed older than R.R. Slugger. My first LEGO memory is that my parents installed a gate in my big brothers room door because I used to run in there and "destroy" his LEGO builds, so I got to sit in front of this red metal gate and build my DUPLO in the hallway and watch my brother build his LEGO in his room. First set I remember getting was LEGO Space Supply Station Set 6930 from 1983 but I got it for Christmas in 1985 from my godfather when I was 4 years old. Pretty sure there were other sets before that I just don't remember, plus I inherited a lot from my brother who is 7.5 years older. I just used a cavalry figure to MOC a G.I. Joe figure for this LEGO aircraft carrier I am currently building, with DUPLO bricks as the base of the ship I want my "USS Flagg" MOC to be larger than the Titanic set 😄
7736, coast gaurd quad bike was my first, I remember finishing it and showing my grandparents the little thing. It's such a vivid memory.
My first Lego set was 2007’s set 4981: The Chum Bucket. Spongebob was one of my favorite cartoons at the time (I was 5) and my parents decided to buy me that set. When the lego movie was released I really felt identified with the conflict because back in the day my mom decided that it was a great idea to just glue the pieces together so my younger self couldn’t break the thing. After some years the glue’s effect wore off though. Even to this day I still have the set and I really enjoy Plankton’s robots and the attention to detail within the Chum Bucket itself.
Nothing better than a new Slugger video. Hands down my favorite youtuber. Honestly I'm having trouble recalling my first Lego set. I want to say it was a ninjago spinner starter pack. It came with Jay and a clown skeleton
My first set was 3402 Grandstand with Lights, my grandma thought it looked neat and it had a soccer themed box so she thought I'd like it. It was new to me to build and place on a table. Not much to go with it, maybe a soccer ball, but I did what I could with it. Had the minifigs play soccer, re do the stand into a mini soccer field, a ship, etc. It was wild what I could do with it. Later I got more stands, then the stadium, a train, and some Arctic sets, then Bionicle then it was history for my obsession with Lego
I think alot of people who got into LEGO got a small set as their first ever set.
I remember when I was like 7 or 8, I was living in Norway at the time (this was like 2011 I think) and I remember getting my first LEGO set: Space Police 3 5981 Raid VPR.
I instantly got into LEGO ever since I got that first set.
I also remember getting a LEGO City set which came with a red car, a tree and a orange phone booth.
I started getting sets like Racers, World Racers, Atlantis, Power Miners. (And of course City and Space Police 3)
Most sets I got was from my parents but sometimes I got sets from my dad's boss who was a Millionaire who's from Iran if I remember correctly, He owned a Carpet Shop. (Which is where my father worked at)
He was a nice guy!
My time during Norway was one of the best things that has happened to me in my childhood.
I'm almost 20 and I still love LEGO and I have no shame to admit that!
My last set that I got was a new Indiana Jones Fighter Plane Chase set which was 2 days ago.
The first set i distinctly remember getting was that old one with Qui Gon Jin fighting Darth Maul in the desert. That not only kickstarted my love for Lego but also for Star Wars.
my first set was 7772 lobster strike from aqua raiders! from a young age I was obsessed with the sea, robots and abnormally large animals and apparently a friend's older brother had taken note of that! I remember him explaining to me that I had to build it myself. the box sat untouched in my room for a while as my heart filled with that sort of fearful curiosity you get sometimes as a kid. over the next few months I'd end up getting about half the aqua raiders lineup. I especially remember 7774 crab crusher. after that, I think I got into exo-force and power miners? plus hand-me-down bionicle, rock raiders and alpha team sets from my older cousin. also specifically remember being fascinated by dino attack and belleville but never owned either until adulthood
My first Lego set's were hand-me-downs from my dad. He had the original Galaxy Explorer and some other classic space sets mixed with a bunch of others I don't remember in a big grey plastic tub.
I don't actually remember what my first LEGO set was. LEGO has been a part of my life for literally as long as I can remember. Most likely, my first exposure to it would've been through my dad's LEGO collection, which consisted mostly of the first year of Classic Space sets, as well as 6951 Warp Wing Fighter from the UFO theme (which released the year I was born!) and 6251 Sea Mates, which was the minifigure pack for the Pirates theme.
Some of my earliest memories of LEGO sets that entered my household _after_ I was born are of Jack Stone, Orient Expedition, and Bionicle, as well as the DUPLO castle theme, which I still have fond memories of, it being the first LEGO theme I could build with my brother, who at the time was too young for standard LEGO. Very recently, I looked up the old DUPLO castle theme and was very surprised to see how few sets there were. My brother and I must've built so many different MOCs - a new one every day, for a time! - and DUPLO is simple enough that a MOC made by a couple of kids can fit in alongside official sets, so my memory is of there being hundreds of different castles, forts, and towers, rather than the mere three or four sets we actually had!
Update: I asked my parents if they remember what my first LEGO set was. They don't know the exact set, but apparently, I had a PRIMO set when I was one year old.
My very first Lego set was a basic set #555 from 1981. I still remember my Granddad sitting on the floor with me, and all the pieces on a white sheet, and him showing me how to put the pieces together.
6027 Bat Lord's Catapult was my first ever lego set. I remember it vividly. Shortly after I got a handful of small cars and motorbikes and 5978, The Secret of the Sphinx from Adventures. Very fond memories of these sets that lego has yet to recreate in the same way.
This was so nice to watch. My first set was 6915 Warp Wing Fighter from the UFO series - still remember getting it under the Christmas tree. Recently got a crispy copy of the original box for it as well and it’s in a place of honor in my office!
My first set was the pirate battle pack 6251. After over thirty years, both captain Redbeard and his navy counterpart have lost a lot of their beard, but they still got a place of honor when I put the old sea dogs back on display.
My first set was the Imperial Hoth Troopers Battle Pack, which I got for Christmas in 2010 or 2011. A month later I was gifted the opposing Rebel Hoth Troopers pack for my birthday so I could do some battles; I remember playing with these sets and others fondly
My very first lego set was 7903 rescue helicopter I wish I could live that moment again to see what it’s like to be new to LEGO
Weirdly, this reminds me of some Playmobile stuff I played with as a kid. Whenever I went to my grandma's house, I'd open up a few boxes of Playmobile, also with a western/frontier theme! I think they were originally my dad and uncle's stuff, but I still have fond memories of them.
Never had any Lego western stuff, though, lol.
Mine was 7741: Police helicopter. It is always nice to look back at older lego and reminisce about it, and it is quite sad to see how the mighty have fallen. While they do still make some good sets, in my opinion the fan designed Ideas line have recently been better than original lego designs.
My first set, at age 5 in 2000, was Johnny Thunder’s iconic Scorpion Tracker. Doubtless it kickstarted my love of adventure stories, the early 20th century, and archaeology. One day, I lost Johnny’s rifle in the sand at the local park. With no time to lose and no other Lego rifles yet in my arsenal, my parents and I returned to the mystic desert, sieves in hand. Alas, the firearm was never recovered, and I was left with a permanent disdain for outdoor Lego play. Of course, this left all ensuing sets in great condition twenty years later!
This is a really cute video! Lovely change of pace and a nice personal story...!
My first set, as far as I can remember, was a tiny yellow rally car from the small "outback" Town subtheme, that I only this year discovered as its own thing...! I still have it, built and all. It's seen a few small mods over the years, and the stickers are steadily disintegrating as its reaching 25 years of being built and played with, but it's there! :)
Also while not my first LEGO by a LONG shot, my brother and me did have Fort Legoredo, the Native's Town and the Sherrif's office from the 2002 re-issue of a few major Western sets, the goldmine I got an original, though! I should reassemble the lot sometime and fill in missing pieces, etc.! Think I'm only lacking a few of the small sets and the Town.
I wish I could remember my first, but Lego is just always there as far back as my memory goes. I had this set also. It was probably one of my first, if not my first. But really my first could be any of the smaller sets from Western, Adventurers, Ninjas, Rock Raiders, or Town for all I know. Whatever themes they had going on in 1999 when I was 3. As far as I know I never had Duplo and just went right into Lego.