Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History
I have to confess that life hasn’t been very good lately. Work around the clock, not enough free time, trying to have kids and crashing badly… all while moving to a country I don’t particularly like, away from my best friends and family. Maybe that’s why visiting Lego’s Memory Lane–the secret vault guarding almost every Lego set ever manufactured–touched me in a way I didn’t expect. This wasn’t amazement or simple awe. I was already astonished to no end by the tour of the Lego factory. No, this was something else, something bigger than the impressive view of the 4,720 Lego sets inside this lair. These weren’t just simple boxes full of bricks. These were tickets to ride a time portal to emotions and simpler days long forgotten.
I have to confess that life hasn’t been very good lately. Work around the clock, not enough free time, trying to have kids and crashing badly… all while moving to a country I don’t particularly like, away from my best friends and family. Maybe that’s why visiting Lego’s Memory Lane–the secret vault guarding almost 
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Wow, I got those exact same sets for Xmas 1980 - Galaxy explorer and the rocket one. Sure brings back great memories…
No Way… I couldn’t believe that pic… I had that very lego set Galaxy Explorer and it was one of my favs…
Ah, nostalgia. I could spend hours (days, weeks!) amongst those shelves. I still have some of my favourite City and Castle sets from the mid-70s to the early 80s - and have just pulled out that yellow castle you can see in the video. A quick clean up and my son will no doubt be rather pleased (yes, it’s ‘for’ my son… cough, cough). what a toy…
Special memories indeed! I was immeasurably pleased to receive a gift from my brother when he moved to the UK a few years ago: A (nearly) complete set of the LEGO we played with as children, including the LEGO Space Galaxy Explorer and Moon Base … with original instructions.
My 8yo son has deconstructed and rebuilt these many times already, and I look forward the them passing to another generation (wear & tear permitting). When it comes down to it, LEGO is for play not for shelving for eternity.
I have that space monorail set. Brought back lots of memories between my friends and I making the cars crash or creating lego rollercoasters :D Best present ever parents!
Yeah, I remember building Lego Star Wars in the bank whilst Mum was depositing money. It was probably the only time us boys kept still!
Some very fond memories there indeed. But I’m not sure that the 2min 17sec trip down memory lane justified the 36.6MB high res’ download !!