Regression? Yes, please.

[ganimede]

When James May did his recent pimp my Lego show where he used it to make a lifesized house, I've had the urge to get mine out of the attic. It's been up there for far too long. I relegated it there when I no longer had space for it in my bedroom and also when I thought I was too old for playing with such things. However, I have come to realise

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[ftmichael]

Hee! That TARDIS and all the photos and their captions are absolutely wonderful, and so are you. Very nice job adjusting the final picture! I agree that it looks very like a quarry Classic Who.

I have come to realise that you're really never too old for that, and besides, it's a great way to relax and relieve stress. Or at least, replace crappy work stress with the kind of stress you get when trying unsuccessfully to unstick two bricks.
This made me laugh, both because I know that feeling so well and because you worded it so amusingly. And you're very right that you're never too old for things like playing with Lego!

Are you a mad man with a box, then? ;) That is quite a nice Lego box, and all the nicer as it has a seat on top too. I have a wooden toy chest that's designed to be sat upon when closed, but it has no cushion.

[ganimede]

I had to adjust the final picture, the colour just wasn't right at all. The bricks aren't even the right shade as they really are, never mind being the wrong shade for the TARDIS.

Apparently, you can buy a special tool from Lego for unsticking bricks. It's the princely sum of 99p. I think I may just have to get one. Or two.

I suppose I must be a madman with a box. And a blue box too, don't forget. I think the seat makes it, it's a much better piece of furniture because of that.

[ftmichael]

Not the right shade as they really are? Do you mean they're not the same colour blue as Lego bricks usually are? *slightly confused*

Oh! I remember that little tool. I think I saw it advertised when I was a kid, and wanted one, but never wound up getting it. I can usually get the blocks apart okay with a fingernail; it's just a hassle. I feel like I had a friend who had that little tool so I got to try it, and it did help, but for some reason I never bothered to get my own. I think it was a bit more expensive back then, too.

Agreed about the seat. Otherwise it'd just be a box! With the seat, it's more a piece of furniture.

[ganimede]

The colour of the bricks in the untouched photos is not an accurate representation of the actual shade of said bricks when seen in real life with good lighting and an unimpeded viewpoint. That help?

In order to get the bricks apart with a fingernail, you kind of have to have fingernails though.

Perish the thought that I have just a blue box...

[ftmichael]

That was my second guess. (No, really.) But yes, the clarification helps lots, ta.

True, having fingernails helps. I find that even if I just have very slight fingernails, as long as I didn't just cut them, it's usually enough to get between two bricks and prise them apart just enough that I can pull them apart the rest of the way.

As far as I'm concerned, you'd be wonderful enough without the blue box, but the blue box is certainly a bonus, and a blue box with a seat? That's just incredible.