I managed to win four space lego auctions on ebay this afternoon, very exciting :):) I only missed out on one, because it went higher than I could really afford/was willing to pay for it. Plus the photo didn't include some of the bits the instruction photo said should have been there, so it's possible it wasn't a complete set.
I've also spent far too much time this weekend looking for the missing pieces to my other sets. There's a site called BrickLink which has vendors of lego, including Australian ones that just sell spare parts. Another weekend wasted.. :)
JC
I used to love Lego's when I was a kid. Just about the time I was outgrowing the plastic toys in favor of much larger gasoline operated ones like riding lawn mowers, (yes, I've wrecked a riding lawn mower. Twice.) they came out with the awesome Technic legos that one could make a model of a go-kart with, including rack and pinion steering, and if my memory serves me right, chain drive and pistons that went up and down. I suppose now that I'm a grown man I could reinvest, but I've got more hobby than my budget allows now!
Will
Hey, lego rocks!
I like the spaceship, it's quite nice... What a way to waste a weekend! Sounded like fun though :P
kazza
Yeah that space ship is the last thing we ever got new - in 1987 on Norfolk Island - apparently just about the cheapest place in the world to buy Lego.
It's going to be a bit of an expensive hobby for a while, but since I'm only collecting Classic and Futuron there will be an end to it.
ewan couper
i have the pictured kit but no manual do you know what the kit was called
please help my quest xx
ewan 28
kazza
The set is 6985, and there are building instructions here - http://www.peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/scans/6985-1/?ct=1