Lego kits from my childhood

When I was a kid I loved to play with those 80's Robin Hood Legos. Those things were a start of a lifelong appreciation of anything that has swords, shields, spears, bows and horses in it. I really liked the medieval themed Legos and never cared much for the cars and policemen and such. These guys along with He-Man set me on a path towards The Lord of the Rings, Conan the Barbarian and eventually Warhammer.

My children are now in a Lego playing age and I've managed to save some of the Lego bricks I used to have, so I decided to show them the kits daddy used to play with. Of course after an evening of sorting through the pile and bagging them, I realised there were A LOT of bricks missing. Fortunately there's a site called Bricklink which makes searching and buying of the bricks you need really easy. You just add the stuff you're missing to a shopping list and you can get an optimized shopping cart of the stuff you need from a large group of online sellers. You might be dealing with a dozen people selling used bricks online, but only swipe that credit card once!

The instuctions are also found online once you know which kits you are building. It took me a couple of hours to finally put these sets together and the kids loved to play with them. And that glow in the dark ghost is still the coolest thing ever!