I still have all my Legos from when I was a kid. My brother in law does too. He actually buys bins of them off eBay and color codes them by size and shape. He is a bit of a nerd about the whole thing. He has a curio cabinet that has all of his completed builds in it. He has a star destroyer and the Millennium Falcon among other things. It's pretty cool.
You (and he) sound like my sport of people. I always wanted a Star Destroyer and the Millennium Falcon would be cool too. When my older brother and I were playing Star Wars I was always Han Solo. Not sure why but that's how it turned out. I never got any Star Wars Lego though, we only got second hand random stuff from the news paper classifieds. It was enough though, and I was happy. I like the way you and your bro in-law roll.
Yeah, most of my Legos came from rummage sales. I think my brother in law said the star destroyer kit was pretty expensive. He also said it was an off brand, so the pieces didn't always fit together the way they should. Can't beat that Lego brand quality control!
Ah yeah, there's a few copies. I don't buy it though...with one exception.
I found military stuff from a brand called Sluban. Guns, tanks, artillery, planes, ships, submarines and so on. It's not as good quality (or as costly) and due to the military aspect which Lego don't do, (woke) I have some.
I'd imagine you could 3D print some of that stuff these days.
Someone once told me, they will soon be able to 3D print pizzas. I'm like...hopefully I'm dead when that happens.
Yeah, I agree with you there. I am not a fan of the 3D printed food fad.