Hail and well met, Castle fans!
My name is Ben, and I am a professional 'Toy Tech.'
About me: I am a lifetime fan of LEGO (of all themes), with a special place in my heart for Castle sets. Castle was always my favorite growing up in the late 70s/80s. I would spend endless hours building and combining pieces from 6080 and others into ever-larger fortifications and enjoying silent role-play with my knights.
Growing up, LEGO was always a topic of conversation with anyone I would meet, and on my first job, I mentioned to a co-worker that I sure did admire a spiffy new set that had just come out, but it was too pricey for me ($50 was a lot then). Well, he and everyone else that worked there chipped in and bought it for me. Just one of those great LEGO moments, I thought I would share.
Fast forward about ten years and I was starting up a new retail store catering to model railroaders (my other passion) and LEGO buffs on the side with a six figure budget.
About 15 years after that, I founded yet another LEGO business which I am still involved with.
So, LEGO is in my blood for sure, I live and breathe bricks.
That's me in a nutshell, and I look forward to participating here often.
-Ben, Toy Tech
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Welcome to CC. Enjoy your stay. This site is everything it claims to be as far as "The Source For All Your Lego Castle Needs". Glad to have another member that has been around the 'brick'.
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I buy LEGO, I play with LEGO, therefore LEGO are not for children, they are for me!
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Welcome to CC! Hope your stay is enjoyable.
Josh
Josh
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Hey welcome to Classic-Castle, Ben!
We are the "cast" in "castle"!
We are the "cast" in "castle"!
Between plotting to kill you all and chasing balls of yarn, I also build [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/30639040@N02/albums]MOCs[/url]
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