The Cult of LEGO

Building

Again

It happens with nearly every adult LEGO builder. First, there’s the

initial exposure to LEGO as a child — a few models for Christmas,

perhaps, and maybe a tub of bricks from an older relative. Then,

as the child enters adolescence, priorities change, and they aspire

to adult trappings such as clothes, dating, and a driver’s license.

Unfortunately, these priorities seldom involve little plastic bricks.

Thus begins the Dark Age.

The Dark Age is a time when kids decide that they’re too cool

for LEGO and set it aside, dooming the bric ...