It is, however, firstly, about LEGO and specifically about Adult Fans of LEGO, AFOLs (pronounced a-fall or a-foal, probably based on the pronunciation of the person that introduced one to the term). It's also a brief history of The LEGO Group, the family that started and still runs the company, and about the growing love of the author and his wife as they were trying to start a family. LEGO: A Love Story is about more than just the enjoyment of LEGO bricks, sets, etc. Sadly, that wasn't explained in the book. I need to come up with a plan (other than having children) that gets me 100% of the bricks now. Either way, this book made me want to convince my parents not to divide the two twenty gallon tubs of Lego bricks in their basement between me and my brother. I'm not sure which of us is more pathetic based on that example, now that I think about it. By about page 100, he learned of such an apparatus.
I sat thinking that he could just use the Lego brick unsticker (it looks like a bottle opener).
He first used his teeth, then grew out his fingernails. For example, the whole first part of the book the author complained about getting bricks apart. I think the only annoying part was that our building abilities were so different. But I think that's because, like the author, I am a former Lego junkie who makes lame Star Wars jokes, went to law school, takes pictures with my wife by smushing our heads together and holding the camera at arm's length, and has a wife who refuses to play Monopoly with me because she accuses me of conspiring with her siblings (I maintain that I'm just good at Monopoly). The author rediscovers his love of building and becomes a full-fledged, card-carrying adult fan of Lego (AFOL). It also details some of Bender's experience in becoming an 'AFOL' - his wife even supportingly gets involved - and a few of the trips he undertook (stateside conventions, a fan's homegrown museum, a production facility) for research purposes. So it's a little more so about the adult collectors / builders, either folks who are recapturing some of the fun of their youth OR those who view it as a somewhat relaxing but fulfilling hobby, as well as the modern practices of the company with this recently expanding demographic. Joe and Star Wars) - and its Scandinavian origin / production, but more of the narrative focused on, to quote the dust jacket, "the obsessive and diverse subculture of adult fans of LEGO ('AFOLs'), walking the line between art and commerce, play and 'Serious Play,' and fantasy and real life. There are a few moments detailing the history of the popular plastic toy building sets - which were a reliable staple of my childhood, alongside my collections of die-cast vehicles (Matchbox and Hot Wheels) and action figures (G.I. While I liked Bender's LEGO: A Love Story I did not necessarily love it, but that's not to say it was a bad book or any fault of the author. My return to childhood is now complete." - the author, on page 38 Three minutes later we walk out into the cloudy afternoon $16 poorer - $15 for LEGO sets, and $1 for a glass pitcher adorned with dinosaurs.
"I snatch up the oversized box and my heart races. His two worlds intertwine as he awaits the Will he win a build competition or bring a new fan of LEGO into the world? Like every really good love story, this one has surprises-and a happy ending. As he participates in challenges at fan conventions, searches for the largest private collection in the United States, and visits LEGO headquarters (where he was allowed into the top secret set vault), he finds his LEGO journey twinned with a second creative endeavor-to have a child. What is it about the ubiquitous, brightly colored toys that makes them so hard for everyone to put down? In search of answers and adventure, Jonathan Bender sets out to explore the quirky world of adult fans of LEGO (AFOLs) while becoming a builder himself. While reconsidering his childhood dream of becoming a master model builder for The LEGO Group, he discovers the men and women who are skewing the averages with collections of hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks. I've been watching it a lot.An adult LEGO fan's dual to build with bricks and build a family There are 62 LEGO bricks for every person in the world, and at age 30, Jonathan Bender realized that he didn't have a single one of them. Bender's iconic "Neat" then snapping a picture is in so many episodes, I never really noticed, but during the lock down of Covid. I had a thought after listening to a couple of episodes and had a thought. So I'm a big lover of Futurama along with millions of others of course! The other day (like many other days) I like to have it running in the background when I'm washing dishes or painting.
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