In my youth I saved my pocket money religiously to buy Lego. Small spaceships, cars, trucks, minifig sets. You name it, as soon as I had enough saved I would make the trip to the toyshop to purchase a set. I would assemble it straight away then throw away the box and instructions. How was I to know that vintage Lego would appreciate in value? To me I appreciated its value right there and then. I would play with it, I would collect it. I would create my play areas and feed my imagination. It was one of my favourite creative toys (Meccano being second).
Decades later and my collection of Lego remains at my parents home. It’s there for any child that visits to play with. I worked out once, just for fun, that my box of vintage Lego is worth four figures based on the sets it contains and their box-less, instruction-less value with collectors.
I have no intention of ever selling it. To me it is a means to stimulate the young mind and I am happy that it continues to do so long after I have stopped playing with it.
These days I have children of my own and they have a Lego collection far greater in size than the one I had. Of course yours truly gets the opportunity to play with it, to continue to stimulate my own mind and to create with my children.