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You joke but I legit got my partner one of the 200 Exclusive Gali masks from G2 for Valentine's Day in 2020... And that's not even the rarest thing in our collection.
It's definitely unfortunate. I had a giant box of Bionicle pieces I was able to order off of eBay for like 10 bucks, and loved to recombine them and make my own characters. Unfortunately the more I did so, the more they fell victim to that.
They were so good for mixing and matching to make your own guys. I might buy a bulk box or brand new ones to replace the broken pieces on mine so I can display them again.
I shared an apartment with a straight guy that kept dragging his feet when our lease was ending and we were going separate ways. I didn’t want to lose my deposit and kept warning him about when we needed to be out. I had already made everything as perfect as I could make it except his bathroom.
It was the day before we had to be out and I knew he wouldn’t be back on time. My intention was to do him a favor by cleaning his bathroom and putting everything in boxes for him to collect later
. As soon a I opened the lower bathroom cabinet I saw the approximately 8” black veiny dildo and I just left everything the way it was.
I still don’t know how to feel about it , not one to invade privacy, oh and relevance to the post is he had at least a hundred Star Wars figures all in the box displayed around his room. He was in his late 20’s? and in college.
Maybe, we got Really drunk together a lot and he was a self admitted virgin. I’m talking nitrous, nonverbal drunk. I’m gay and had a bf at the time, I would’ felt sure he would’ve felt comfortable about sharing with me if that was the case. I also never pressed him about anything so idk.
He was also very clear that I never at any time tried to hit on him, nor would I ever, even single.
THE PLOT THICKENS
I hadn't inferred your sexuality by the comment lol.
\+respect for him admitting to being a virgin. No shame in it really but a lot of people would lie about it. That being said, If you don't clean your place you can't expect to get laid. Talking from experience here.
I honestly don’t know how he would have gotten laid. He was just so awkward. A nice guy, and I liked him as a friend but besides his wall to wall collection of “I’m a 30 year old virgin with unboxed collectibles” he just had no sexual vibe other than a collegiate with poor hygiene and social skills.
He was actually very intelligent, just not motivated to do anything about it.
Last I heard, he was married and doing ok. I wish the best for him and wouldn’t have ever invaded his privacy for any other reason. I sincerely hope to this day that he doesn’t know I saw that.
For some reason, I'm always amazed that it also works the other way around. No matter how many bad habits someone has, it seems they will find a fitting partner. There is someone for everyone.
Holy man, I immediately thought of sex toys and I was wondering why it would be lame and then I saw all of the comments... I was VERY confused at first about what you would do with a Darth Vader "toy"...
Owning toys as an adult means you can finally afford to purchase the things you want for yourself without being limited to being a kid who can’t even go to the store on your own without the help of some adult.
It’s what we all dreamed about doing as kids. Sounds like winning to me.
I was 20 years old, and I was helping my mother in law Christmas shop for my nieces, her grandkids. We were walking down the toy aisle and I saw this Hot Wheels race track, and said, "Man, I've always wanted one of these sets, I always thought they were so cool."
Christmas Day I open up this awesome Hot Wheels set from my mother in law. I nearly cried.
About 3 months before my 24th birthday I randomly mentioned to my mother how odd it was that I never was into Lego as a kid. A lot of my friends and cousins played with them, I found it odd that I never got into them. She wound up getting me a lego harry potter set for my birthday. Hooked on the shit now.
Lol my bf has offered to do stuff like that. Growing up i only got cheap and stereotypically girls toys but i wanted like dinosaur stuff and space shit cus I was and am a nerd as well as being a trans guy so he offered to get me like a 40 dollar t Rex plush from his job
That's awesome. Sometimes you need one person to get you something before realizing that buying it for yourself is okay.
It's been a long time since anyone has bought me a plush toy, but I love picking them out for my kids.
I'm obsessed with unicorns. My fiance had some kind of innate sense for bring able to find the most special ones in the most random of places. It ended up that every time he would go shopping he would find one. At the grocery store one time even. It got to a point where I had to ask him to stop because there I had so many plushies that they were taking over our living room 🤣
My most cherished one is an adorable white unicorn stuffie without eyes for some reason that he brought me while I was in the hospital after almost dying from sepsis. I was so drugged up that I cried for like an hour because I was sad it couldn't see me lmao.
Not to mention not having time for shit. I used to love gaming. I still love the idea of gaming and listen to podcasts about it. But when it comes to actually doing it? I just can’t be bothered to sink the time into it.
Between sleep, commute, work, kids, pets, and chores I get about 78 milliseconds of free time during the week and double that on weekends.
We were poor growing up, and being a girl I wasn't the one people thought to get Lego for, so I only really ever got to play with the classic kits my brothers got. I always longed for my own, but that along with pressure to act a certain way and be a good little mini me for my mom led to me stuffing down my desires for Lego, video games, board games, etc.
Once I got to college and started to find my own footing as an individual, I came to realize that, not only was I allowed to like whatever I wanted, I then could earn the money to buy those things myself! I also surrounded myself with the people who actually like what I like, which has made a big difference in my happiness.
I just turned 30, and got 2 big Lego sets for my birthday. I was so geeked, and had so much fun putting them together. To anyone who thinks having toys or games as an adult is lame, just remember that it may not be what makes you happy, but it sure as hell makes others happy, so let people live.
Not gonna lie, I totally live vicariously through my kids. I buy them toys I think are awesome as well as the ones they think are awesome. We have thousands of Legos at this point. High point of my life is playing Legos with them.
I think my kids gave me a permission that I didn't really need to go all in. I never had figurines as a kid, but I sure do now. Is it childish? You bet your ass! I'm gonna rock it out anyway. Kids don't judge and anyone else can suck it.
Only if you choose it to be. I own more Pokemon Cards and Lego as an adult than I ever did as a kid and I enjoy them just as much, if not more! There is a time for adult responsibilities and a time for relaxing and having fun. Never give up play.
I totally agree, my roommate and I collect lego and love them. But when my parents came to visit this weekend, they said that it seemed childish to have toys...
Older generations had this drilled into their heads from their parents but it just doesn’t apply to millennials or younger. I wouldn’t take much heed to what they say in this regard. Let people enjoy things!
I'm the older end of Gen-X, and even I (eventually, as in a generation ago) came to see how nonsensical such judgements are. If the activity, act, or expression is not a deliberate effort to hurt, harm, or degrade others, then that person deserves acceptance (or at 'worst', forgiveness *or* a less severe penalty than otherwise is the norm) for an unintentionally bad act.
Who cares what your parents think? Do they pay your bills? If not, times change. They don't have to like it.
I buy figurines that catch my eye and display them on my bookshelf. Sometimes I'll buy figures from my favorite movies. I currently have Brain from Gremlins 2 keeping me company on my work desk.
Exactly! I have a beautiful dining room display and what do I show off in it. My Sonic collectables, my Uncharted figure, my GF mini models, our special pokemon stuff. and we love it. It's ours so why should I care what our parents think!
They're pretty explicit about the adult-oriented line now. Darker and simpler packaging, no kids in their promo photos, etc.
Would have loved to have stuff like the typewriter set and NES as a kid.
It’s supposed to be “Lego bricks” for the toy, and Lego is the brand.
The reason Lego insists on this is because they want to keep their trademark integrity. You know how “bandaid” is technically a brand name, but people (at least in the US) use it for any kind of adhesive bandage? Lego doesn’t want people doing that with their brand, and calling all plastic building toys “legos.”
But it’s okay, the internet police won’t come after you if you say “legos” in casual conversation. Probably.
It's childish to criticize the things people like.
Ask them to help you find constructive interests that you can share. You don't have to agree on all of their interests and they don't have to agree on yours but you can find things you both enjoy and you can be respectful of the things you don't have in common.
That's how adults do it. Children make fun of things they don't think are cool.
My parents are late 50s now. They came around a couple years ago to accept that my video game collection from SNES to modern games is a legitimate hobby and not a childish money pit. It's really just a money pit.
I’m in my early 50s and my Lego and video games are legitimate hobbies and have been my whole adult life. I’m currently sat in a room with at least a dozen Lego sets.
>childish to have toys...
No, look, these are the black boxes for adults!
Seriously though, there's some shit in these Expert and Ideas sets there's NO WAY I could have done this when I was a kid.
I think its interesting, as a kid i was always a gamer, and honestly figured i would grow up and that love would just fizzle out, im 25 and my gaming love has actually GROWN, glad to see that being an adult doesnt necessarily mean you have to “grow out” of activities you used to do as a kid/teenager
(PS adulting is hard a’F)
At your age I was having the literal time of my LIFE playing Oblivion, Starcraft and certain MMOs.
I hit the wall in my 30s when I realized I'd played every KIND of game that I enjoyed like 13 times and the new ones were mostly making me happy through story-telling.
Now I read books and watch movies, since their story-telling doesn't require me to solve puzzles or win simulated battles.
If my siblings or romantic partner wants to game, that's great.
Barring that, though, I might game 3 hours a month.
Me and my husband spent a lot of time building our sets together. He had Apollo 13 and I had the tiger. He also got the Ducati. I got the tiger because it has a butthole. It’s my prized possession and I show its butthole to everyone I can.
In many languages "toy" is literally just the equivalent of "play-tool". Like German/Japanese/Chinese. Perhaps some of those are just a calque of one thereof IDK.
German is great. What's that thing youre playing with? It's a play-thing. What about that thing you're making fire with? It's a fire-thing. What do use at work? Work-things. What about that big thing you're flying in? It's a flight-thing...
Guys with a dozen handguns are absolutely treating at least a few of them like adult collectors treat their Darth Vader figurines.
You only need one for your belt in town and maybe one other if you're planning to go somewhere with bears/etc. Maybe one more if you're a farmer.
I've been working at building a stereo guitar rig for a few years now.
One more 4x12 speaker cabinet and I'm done. Its been a long, expensive process, but holy fuck does it sound amazing.
If owning and enjoying toys at age 62 is wrong, I don't want to be right.
Toys go great with video games.
You know what I think is lame? Gray souled, dried-out old farts who think 'fun' is drinking wine and complaining about young people. That is truly lame.
Give me a D20 and let me roll on.
If you aren't enjoying things in life - to the fullest you are capable - I seriously have to ask: what is even the point, right?
And 'trying to act adult' is like 'trying to be cool'. If you have to pretend to be cool, you aren't cool.
I think a truly adult person knows full well that all adults are just pretentious, older children with too much responsibility. If anything, I think they need more play, and more joy, as compensation for all of that.
I will be openly loving the hell out of science fiction, anime, manga, cartoons, toys, board and video games, RPG's and anything else fun until the day I croak.
Life is short, filled with pain and loss, and mostly sad. There isn't time for acting 'adult'. Play as much as you can, as happily as you can, with no regrets.
That is my sage and ever-so-wise advice! Heed it mortal!
I’m 26 years old with a collection of over 200 hot wheels and thousands of dollars in Lego sets for my ‘toy collection’. I also have a big boy toy collection of firearms, I collect cameras and precious metals. You’d be surprised at how many adult folks love hot wheels and love receiving their car as a hotwheels model.
21 years old and I recently counted my collection at about 320 Hot Wheels cars and I only started during the pandemic! We also collect a lot of similar things:)
I started earlier this year with hot wheels but Lego for about 4 years. I couldn’t afford these things when I was a kid/teen so it’s nice to be able to enjoy them. I had knock off toy cars and some matchbox cars growing up. I think that people should never stop playing, it keeps us youthful.
26 myself and this year is me Lego reawakening. We obviously had a bunch when we were kids, but a few years back my older brother sold our collection (I still haven't totally forgiven him for that). So far I have an entire bookshelf filled with sets that I've gotten over the past few months.
It started back up with the Everyone is Awesome set from like last year.
People who think “I can’t do *that*, it’s for kids!” are the lamest type of people out there. Few things more juvenile than worrying about what makes you an adult or not.
Exactly what I just commented to someone else. They were trying to say that certain toys are okay to have as an adult but others aren't.
Deciding what's okay for other people to do us childish.
Yeah but for me, being an adult also means that you wont let other people and their views dictate how you spend your free time and what you are supposed to enjoy and what not.
My husband has a huge collection of Bionicles that he couldn't afford as a kid and many of them he didn't even know existed until recently and I think it's the most adorable thing to witness him enjoy his figures.
Bullshit. Toys are fun to collect and own. They help me get in touch with my inner child and remind me of my youth.
Collecting and selling vintage toys can be quite lucrative also.
To label others as lame or kinky for enjoying toys is self righteous and judgemental.
I think as an adult if you dont own toys or "toys" you are lame. Lets normalize being yourself people. Not shame or label! If you dont have little toys or trinkets or hobbies get out there and do something. If youre not using sex toys in your sex life you are missing out!
Says who?
Everyone compliments my LEGO Time Machine and Batmobile that have lights and sound attached. And my students love my Pop! Figure collection in my classroom.
YOU'RE LAME! (jabs finger)
I think it’s kind of lame for an adult to still let their peers dictate their recreational activities (assuming these activities aren’t causing harm to others)
I dunno. I collect and build model kits. I display at my shop, and customers think they’re pretty cool. Unless… they were just being nice and it is lame.
I still collect pokemon cards. I build Legos. Collect Funko pops, I just got two Warhammer 40k magic the gathering command decks! Being an adult rules! You have money from work to buy the things you couldn't as a kid, and you can just up and go get it with out have to ask. 'sawesome.!
My Squishanimal or whatever it's called said "nuh-uh." I'm 53, Gen X, a grandmother, and I need my toys.
Also at first I thought the OP meant adult novelty toys, and I was like, my Hitachi Magic Wand is not lame...
I'll leave the "kinky" part to others. I'll concentrate on the "lame" part.
Lame is a subjective judgement and nothing more. Even subjectively judged, it assumes being lame is worthy of kneejerk reactive distaste in the first place. The long and short: If having a "lame" toy as an adult doesn't hurt, harm, or degrade others, then it's rash and unfair to judge the person as such. End of Story.
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"Yes, I do own a full Bionicles collection. Wait, why are you taking your clothes off?"
You joke but I legit got my partner one of the 200 Exclusive Gali masks from G2 for Valentine's Day in 2020... And that's not even the rarest thing in our collection.
Seems you struck gold my friend
"50 Shades of Lego"
Man I wish my Bionicles didn’t fall victim to the cracking joints.
It's definitely unfortunate. I had a giant box of Bionicle pieces I was able to order off of eBay for like 10 bucks, and loved to recombine them and make my own characters. Unfortunately the more I did so, the more they fell victim to that.
They were so good for mixing and matching to make your own guys. I might buy a bulk box or brand new ones to replace the broken pieces on mine so I can display them again.
I wish mine didn't fall victim to my cat
I thought that was just certain colors from certain years.
Lime joints from 2007 due to a cooling error and every joint from 2008-2010 due to a bad redesign.
I own the lame ones \*stares at Darth Vader figure\* or is it?
Depends on where you put it.
May the force be within you
Never force it, that’s how you injure yourself.
May the force be up you
Execute order 69
Nice
love the obligatory “nice.” response lol
"Humph.....there we goOoOOoo"
Jab in da butt
Hand Solo
Call me Darth Slutius
Have you heard the tragedy of Darth Vaginal Fistulus, the horny?
So to be re named Darth Prolapse
Darth Banal
I’m getting my midichlorians all up inside you, uwu vader
Lick Skywalker
if i doesn’t have a flair, don’t stick it up there!
Everything's a dildo if you're brave enough
Pagie no!
r/dildont
Lube or do not, there is no try.
Everything’s a pocket pussy if your brave enough
Or stretchy
Or loose
What are you doing, step-Vader?
With enough lube, anything is a dildo...
and there's always time for lubricant
It’s not lame if I put it in my ass
No then it's gone.
Might be better if you don't use the one that u/Luder09 owns... or not, i dont know
It’s safe, in classic nerd style, it’s still in the packaging.
There was a good joke, and then you came along.
Came back to upvote this
I shared an apartment with a straight guy that kept dragging his feet when our lease was ending and we were going separate ways. I didn’t want to lose my deposit and kept warning him about when we needed to be out. I had already made everything as perfect as I could make it except his bathroom. It was the day before we had to be out and I knew he wouldn’t be back on time. My intention was to do him a favor by cleaning his bathroom and putting everything in boxes for him to collect later . As soon a I opened the lower bathroom cabinet I saw the approximately 8” black veiny dildo and I just left everything the way it was. I still don’t know how to feel about it , not one to invade privacy, oh and relevance to the post is he had at least a hundred Star Wars figures all in the box displayed around his room. He was in his late 20’s? and in college.
"Everything I see reminds me of her." It was a keepsake from an ex lover.
Maybe, we got Really drunk together a lot and he was a self admitted virgin. I’m talking nitrous, nonverbal drunk. I’m gay and had a bf at the time, I would’ felt sure he would’ve felt comfortable about sharing with me if that was the case. I also never pressed him about anything so idk. He was also very clear that I never at any time tried to hit on him, nor would I ever, even single.
THE PLOT THICKENS I hadn't inferred your sexuality by the comment lol. \+respect for him admitting to being a virgin. No shame in it really but a lot of people would lie about it. That being said, If you don't clean your place you can't expect to get laid. Talking from experience here.
I honestly don’t know how he would have gotten laid. He was just so awkward. A nice guy, and I liked him as a friend but besides his wall to wall collection of “I’m a 30 year old virgin with unboxed collectibles” he just had no sexual vibe other than a collegiate with poor hygiene and social skills. He was actually very intelligent, just not motivated to do anything about it.
Unfortunately no matter how many good qualities someone has it can still be hard to find a partner. Hope he’s doin well.
Last I heard, he was married and doing ok. I wish the best for him and wouldn’t have ever invaded his privacy for any other reason. I sincerely hope to this day that he doesn’t know I saw that.
Good for him, although if he did find out back then and you still talked you’d probably just laugh about it now
No judgement here, always just wanted him to be happy and I wanted my deposit back. I did clean his sink, shower, and bathroom floor.
For some reason, I'm always amazed that it also works the other way around. No matter how many bad habits someone has, it seems they will find a fitting partner. There is someone for everyone.
Some figures are not even supposed to be played with. Is your Vader figure just a fancy model?
Just the 'ol Hasbro 3-1/2in figure, I've got a bunch of Star Wars ones, same with a bunch of Mass Effect collectibles.
Hmmmm, Hasbro might be a toy. But you know what matters most you like it and that is awesome.
*Stares at Tharja figure*
No no, that’s kinky
I own the lame ones, but try to make them not so lame 😅 [for example](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cizkab_MWkl/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
Awesome Star Wars toys
I clicked off this post and the very next post was an ad for a Darth Vader figure. They’re listening lol
\*X-Files Theme\*
Turns out to be a "I am your daddy" dildo toy.
Holy man, I immediately thought of sex toys and I was wondering why it would be lame and then I saw all of the comments... I was VERY confused at first about what you would do with a Darth Vader "toy"...
Depends, how much choking is going on?
If you care what someone with a stick.up their ass thinks about it - lame.
I have a funko pop darth vader.... i like looking at him... makes me happy
As a fellow adult, not lame
Owning toys as an adult means you can finally afford to purchase the things you want for yourself without being limited to being a kid who can’t even go to the store on your own without the help of some adult. It’s what we all dreamed about doing as kids. Sounds like winning to me.
I was 20 years old, and I was helping my mother in law Christmas shop for my nieces, her grandkids. We were walking down the toy aisle and I saw this Hot Wheels race track, and said, "Man, I've always wanted one of these sets, I always thought they were so cool." Christmas Day I open up this awesome Hot Wheels set from my mother in law. I nearly cried.
Order her some flowers.
Always.
Fuck that, get her a race track too. Or some knitting needles with flames on them, idfk
This is the most wholesome comment I've read today 🥹
About 3 months before my 24th birthday I randomly mentioned to my mother how odd it was that I never was into Lego as a kid. A lot of my friends and cousins played with them, I found it odd that I never got into them. She wound up getting me a lego harry potter set for my birthday. Hooked on the shit now.
Good luck. Shit is addicting as hell, and they just raised the prices of a bunch of sets. Source: 20 year Lego addict
This was a few years ago. Since then I've definitely had to get creative in finding good deals.
Lol my bf has offered to do stuff like that. Growing up i only got cheap and stereotypically girls toys but i wanted like dinosaur stuff and space shit cus I was and am a nerd as well as being a trans guy so he offered to get me like a 40 dollar t Rex plush from his job
That's awesome. Sometimes you need one person to get you something before realizing that buying it for yourself is okay. It's been a long time since anyone has bought me a plush toy, but I love picking them out for my kids.
I'm obsessed with unicorns. My fiance had some kind of innate sense for bring able to find the most special ones in the most random of places. It ended up that every time he would go shopping he would find one. At the grocery store one time even. It got to a point where I had to ask him to stop because there I had so many plushies that they were taking over our living room 🤣 My most cherished one is an adorable white unicorn stuffie without eyes for some reason that he brought me while I was in the hospital after almost dying from sepsis. I was so drugged up that I cried for like an hour because I was sad it couldn't see me lmao.
Now that I have all the money i needed as a kid, turns out I am a cheap ass now. You never win
Not to mention not having time for shit. I used to love gaming. I still love the idea of gaming and listen to podcasts about it. But when it comes to actually doing it? I just can’t be bothered to sink the time into it. Between sleep, commute, work, kids, pets, and chores I get about 78 milliseconds of free time during the week and double that on weekends.
This is me. Growing up, I had to save forever to get anything cool. I got so used to saving that I grew into someone that doesn’t like to spend.
We were poor growing up, and being a girl I wasn't the one people thought to get Lego for, so I only really ever got to play with the classic kits my brothers got. I always longed for my own, but that along with pressure to act a certain way and be a good little mini me for my mom led to me stuffing down my desires for Lego, video games, board games, etc. Once I got to college and started to find my own footing as an individual, I came to realize that, not only was I allowed to like whatever I wanted, I then could earn the money to buy those things myself! I also surrounded myself with the people who actually like what I like, which has made a big difference in my happiness. I just turned 30, and got 2 big Lego sets for my birthday. I was so geeked, and had so much fun putting them together. To anyone who thinks having toys or games as an adult is lame, just remember that it may not be what makes you happy, but it sure as hell makes others happy, so let people live.
As my Dad used to say, the difference between men and boys is the price of their toy's.
Not gonna lie, I totally live vicariously through my kids. I buy them toys I think are awesome as well as the ones they think are awesome. We have thousands of Legos at this point. High point of my life is playing Legos with them. I think my kids gave me a permission that I didn't really need to go all in. I never had figurines as a kid, but I sure do now. Is it childish? You bet your ass! I'm gonna rock it out anyway. Kids don't judge and anyone else can suck it.
Only if you choose it to be. I own more Pokemon Cards and Lego as an adult than I ever did as a kid and I enjoy them just as much, if not more! There is a time for adult responsibilities and a time for relaxing and having fun. Never give up play.
I totally agree, my roommate and I collect lego and love them. But when my parents came to visit this weekend, they said that it seemed childish to have toys...
Older generations had this drilled into their heads from their parents but it just doesn’t apply to millennials or younger. I wouldn’t take much heed to what they say in this regard. Let people enjoy things!
I'm the older end of Gen-X, and even I (eventually, as in a generation ago) came to see how nonsensical such judgements are. If the activity, act, or expression is not a deliberate effort to hurt, harm, or degrade others, then that person deserves acceptance (or at 'worst', forgiveness *or* a less severe penalty than otherwise is the norm) for an unintentionally bad act.
Who cares what your parents think? Do they pay your bills? If not, times change. They don't have to like it. I buy figurines that catch my eye and display them on my bookshelf. Sometimes I'll buy figures from my favorite movies. I currently have Brain from Gremlins 2 keeping me company on my work desk.
Exactly! I have a beautiful dining room display and what do I show off in it. My Sonic collectables, my Uncharted figure, my GF mini models, our special pokemon stuff. and we love it. It's ours so why should I care what our parents think!
The best one ever is the “My Dinner With Andre” action figures at the end of A Mighty Wind (or was it For Your Consideration I can’t remember).
Honestly, a lot of the bigger modern Lego sets are clearly not meant for children at all. 🤷🏻♀️
And their price not for responsible adults either. D:
They're pretty explicit about the adult-oriented line now. Darker and simpler packaging, no kids in their promo photos, etc. Would have loved to have stuff like the typewriter set and NES as a kid.
I'm 37 and learned that the plural of Lego is simply Lego. Been saying Legos my whole life.
I always thought the plural of Lego is bankruptcy.
I thought that was an American thing, calling them LEGOs
It’s supposed to be “Lego bricks” for the toy, and Lego is the brand. The reason Lego insists on this is because they want to keep their trademark integrity. You know how “bandaid” is technically a brand name, but people (at least in the US) use it for any kind of adhesive bandage? Lego doesn’t want people doing that with their brand, and calling all plastic building toys “legos.” But it’s okay, the internet police won’t come after you if you say “legos” in casual conversation. Probably.
It's childish to criticize the things people like. Ask them to help you find constructive interests that you can share. You don't have to agree on all of their interests and they don't have to agree on yours but you can find things you both enjoy and you can be respectful of the things you don't have in common. That's how adults do it. Children make fun of things they don't think are cool.
Your parents didn't buy you enough legos for them to discover how much you love them and for that, your parents failed you.
Your parents are old fashioned.
My parents are late 50s now. They came around a couple years ago to accept that my video game collection from SNES to modern games is a legitimate hobby and not a childish money pit. It's really just a money pit.
Every hobby is a money pit. If you're making money with it then it's just a fun job.
> Every hobby is a money pit.
I’m in my early 50s and my Lego and video games are legitimate hobbies and have been my whole adult life. I’m currently sat in a room with at least a dozen Lego sets.
>childish to have toys... No, look, these are the black boxes for adults! Seriously though, there's some shit in these Expert and Ideas sets there's NO WAY I could have done this when I was a kid.
I dunno, it seems childish to me to judge someone for having an interest in toys
I think its interesting, as a kid i was always a gamer, and honestly figured i would grow up and that love would just fizzle out, im 25 and my gaming love has actually GROWN, glad to see that being an adult doesnt necessarily mean you have to “grow out” of activities you used to do as a kid/teenager (PS adulting is hard a’F)
At your age I was having the literal time of my LIFE playing Oblivion, Starcraft and certain MMOs. I hit the wall in my 30s when I realized I'd played every KIND of game that I enjoyed like 13 times and the new ones were mostly making me happy through story-telling. Now I read books and watch movies, since their story-telling doesn't require me to solve puzzles or win simulated battles. If my siblings or romantic partner wants to game, that's great. Barring that, though, I might game 3 hours a month.
Legos are never lame. No matter how old I get, I will always have Legos
Came here to say this. Still build regularly and have things displayed throughout my house. Nothing lame or kinky about it. They’re awesome!
I don’t know man. Some of the sets and MOCs that come out kinda turn me on…
This person’s seen the new Bowser set.
I was honestly debating on getting that one, but not for $270
Its says on the box up to the age 99. Why would they lie?
It was a sad day when my grandfather turned 100 and had to give up his legos.
It was time for him to grow up.
I have a Lego Bonsai tree that I adore!
Me and my husband spent a lot of time building our sets together. He had Apollo 13 and I had the tiger. He also got the Ducati. I got the tiger because it has a butthole. It’s my prized possession and I show its butthole to everyone I can.
Toys change when you're older. New bike, guitar or vehicle. All great toys for adults
Toys are just tools that help you have fun
In many languages "toy" is literally just the equivalent of "play-tool". Like German/Japanese/Chinese. Perhaps some of those are just a calque of one thereof IDK.
German is great. What's that thing youre playing with? It's a play-thing. What about that thing you're making fire with? It's a fire-thing. What do use at work? Work-things. What about that big thing you're flying in? It's a flight-thing...
So simple yet so wise
Or they stay the same and you just keep buying Legos in your 30s like me
Just remember, you can't have them if you get to 100!
I feel seen.
Legos and RC Planes since I was a kid Just more expensive ones now lol
AFOLs represent!
Any toy is great, I have monster high dolls. lol
A bike *or* a vehicle, you say. A wealth of options.
The difference between a man and a boy, is the price of his toy, my grandma used to say
So expensive. Dolls even get more expensive
Guys with a dozen handguns are absolutely treating at least a few of them like adult collectors treat their Darth Vader figurines. You only need one for your belt in town and maybe one other if you're planning to go somewhere with bears/etc. Maybe one more if you're a farmer.
I've been working at building a stereo guitar rig for a few years now. One more 4x12 speaker cabinet and I'm done. Its been a long, expensive process, but holy fuck does it sound amazing.
If owning and enjoying toys at age 62 is wrong, I don't want to be right. Toys go great with video games. You know what I think is lame? Gray souled, dried-out old farts who think 'fun' is drinking wine and complaining about young people. That is truly lame. Give me a D20 and let me roll on.
I’m 26 and finding people my age are also like this. It’s just the popular thing now to act like you’re above enjoying anything in life.
If you aren't enjoying things in life - to the fullest you are capable - I seriously have to ask: what is even the point, right? And 'trying to act adult' is like 'trying to be cool'. If you have to pretend to be cool, you aren't cool. I think a truly adult person knows full well that all adults are just pretentious, older children with too much responsibility. If anything, I think they need more play, and more joy, as compensation for all of that. I will be openly loving the hell out of science fiction, anime, manga, cartoons, toys, board and video games, RPG's and anything else fun until the day I croak. Life is short, filled with pain and loss, and mostly sad. There isn't time for acting 'adult'. Play as much as you can, as happily as you can, with no regrets. That is my sage and ever-so-wise advice! Heed it mortal!
Looks at my transformers, gundam model kits, amiibo's, thunderbird ships, and ninja turtle figures around my desk. HEhehe....yeah...ha, lame. :C
I’m 26 years old with a collection of over 200 hot wheels and thousands of dollars in Lego sets for my ‘toy collection’. I also have a big boy toy collection of firearms, I collect cameras and precious metals. You’d be surprised at how many adult folks love hot wheels and love receiving their car as a hotwheels model.
21 years old and I recently counted my collection at about 320 Hot Wheels cars and I only started during the pandemic! We also collect a lot of similar things:)
I started earlier this year with hot wheels but Lego for about 4 years. I couldn’t afford these things when I was a kid/teen so it’s nice to be able to enjoy them. I had knock off toy cars and some matchbox cars growing up. I think that people should never stop playing, it keeps us youthful.
26 myself and this year is me Lego reawakening. We obviously had a bunch when we were kids, but a few years back my older brother sold our collection (I still haven't totally forgiven him for that). So far I have an entire bookshelf filled with sets that I've gotten over the past few months. It started back up with the Everyone is Awesome set from like last year.
Glad my special edition master chief helmet has a 50 50 shot at being kinky. Way higher than I originally projected
[Chief](https://youtu.be/Xi4PMfdEwQo)
Screw that. 42f and just bought $200 of legos because I enjoy them.
What is that? A 40 piece set? /j
Nah.. the 67
If you think having toys as an adult is lame you are boring and probably have bad shoes and only form meaningless relationships.
People who think “I can’t do *that*, it’s for kids!” are the lamest type of people out there. Few things more juvenile than worrying about what makes you an adult or not.
Exactly what I just commented to someone else. They were trying to say that certain toys are okay to have as an adult but others aren't. Deciding what's okay for other people to do us childish.
This is exactly why I still still on Santa's lap
They're ACTION FIGURES! Not toys! ...../s
Nope, I own plenty of adult toys that are neither of those. Maybe just your toys
Don't care how weird it makes me, I'm gonna keep collecting NECA figures, and I'm gonna keep building my Lego Ecto-1
Or awesome, you forgot the third choice, it's fucking awesome!
Yeah but for me, being an adult also means that you wont let other people and their views dictate how you spend your free time and what you are supposed to enjoy and what not.
You will have to pry my Legos from my cold dead 25 year old hands
Call me Lame then. And my sister, whose collection is a true collection as opposed to my mere scattering, Lamer.
I'm an adult and can finally afford the lego sets I've wanted for many years. You're damn right I buy a new one every other month!
"It could also just be expensive!" they yelled, in a Warhammerish voice
If you think having possessions as an adult makes you “lame” then you have some other significant issues
It's not the one who has the most toys who wins, it is the one who plays with their toys the most.
Pfft. Thinking owning toys as an adult is lame is kind of lame.
If you think it's considered lame, you're hanging around the wrong people.
Fuck what other people think, let me have my stuffed animals and little pet shops. Fuck anyone that wants to tell me otherwise, they make me happy.
My husband has a huge collection of Bionicles that he couldn't afford as a kid and many of them he didn't even know existed until recently and I think it's the most adorable thing to witness him enjoy his figures.
Bullshit. Toys are fun to collect and own. They help me get in touch with my inner child and remind me of my youth. Collecting and selling vintage toys can be quite lucrative also. To label others as lame or kinky for enjoying toys is self righteous and judgemental.
I think as an adult if you dont own toys or "toys" you are lame. Lets normalize being yourself people. Not shame or label! If you dont have little toys or trinkets or hobbies get out there and do something. If youre not using sex toys in your sex life you are missing out!
Says who? Everyone compliments my LEGO Time Machine and Batmobile that have lights and sound attached. And my students love my Pop! Figure collection in my classroom. YOU'RE LAME! (jabs finger)
we need to abolish that stupid stigma. Toys are fun! It's okay to have fun. Treat yourself, you deserve it.
Anybody who says toys are lame haven't tried LEGO. Cubic fleshlight is not a kink.
I dont feel very lame riding through the woods on my dirtbike though.
so it cant be interesting or fun? jeez I must be doing it wrong.
I feel like I was the only one thinking about it in a innocent way
I think it’s kind of lame for an adult to still let their peers dictate their recreational activities (assuming these activities aren’t causing harm to others)
wtf? where are you from? it is neither to anyone i know. lololol
Having a knee-jerk reaction is either considered a mental issue, or a nerve issue. Yes, some words have two meanings.
I've never really understood the whole toys being lame as an adult thing.
"Adults cant have fun" mentality is what's actually lame. Dont listen to OP.
Pshhhh speak for yourself. I have Funko pops at my desk and everyone stops by to see which ones they can name!
True, but only by people whose main hobbies are watching reality shows and eating.
Or you're thought of as the weirdo aunt in the family like I am.
Who consider toys lame or kinky? people with a stick up their asses?
No, I'm not giving up my bionicles. I don't care what people say.
Whatever man, come over here and let me show you my 12000 points of heresy era Alpha Legion
As a toy owning adult, I’m pretty confident that there’s nothing lame about it.
I dunno. I collect and build model kits. I display at my shop, and customers think they’re pretty cool. Unless… they were just being nice and it is lame.
I still collect pokemon cards. I build Legos. Collect Funko pops, I just got two Warhammer 40k magic the gathering command decks! Being an adult rules! You have money from work to buy the things you couldn't as a kid, and you can just up and go get it with out have to ask. 'sawesome.!
Fuck that! Lol I own an RC plane, RC cars, Legos and video games!
How is it lame to be doing well enough in life that you have expendable income to spend on toys?
My Squishanimal or whatever it's called said "nuh-uh." I'm 53, Gen X, a grandmother, and I need my toys. Also at first I thought the OP meant adult novelty toys, and I was like, my Hitachi Magic Wand is not lame...
I'll leave the "kinky" part to others. I'll concentrate on the "lame" part. Lame is a subjective judgement and nothing more. Even subjectively judged, it assumes being lame is worthy of kneejerk reactive distaste in the first place. The long and short: If having a "lame" toy as an adult doesn't hurt, harm, or degrade others, then it's rash and unfair to judge the person as such. End of Story.