A look through a LEGO catalog from 1990

[@AMX-014S]

The photography work during this era & way they just made everything seem like so much more than it actually was still slays me with feels.

[@thomasclaughton]

I love how everything seems to be happening at sunset in Legoland.

[@13thmistral]

they still do that these days to be honest.

[@TheBrickBaron]

I absolutely love how lego used to use such amazing lighting and effects to bring there catalogs to life! Its a real shame they don't do it anymore... :'(

[@Formulka]

I remember this one, it's like every single set is a classic - the airport, the shuttle, the model team, the multiple space series the car chassis, even the smaller sets are amazing.

[@danxepha4535]

I had that Lego Technics car as a kid. It was amazing! Working manual transmission, complex suspension, full rack and pinion steering, an engine with moving pistons, working differential, pop up lights with a switch on the dashboard, adjustable seats! For me as a 10 year old it was the most incredible thing I'd ever seen. I'd love to see you review it!

[@newwavejunkie]

Jang, the Forestmen set 6066 Camouflaged Outpost (not shown in this catalog) is one of my favorite sets of all time. Forestmen were probably my favorite sub-theme in classic Castle even though I only ever had the one set. But I always looked at the Forestmen sets in these catalogs the same way you do in this video.

[@lucadino66]

I actually prefer these types of Lego-photographs over the new pictures with Pc-created backgrounds

[@arminpetschelt8127]

I wish they would still sell tree "battlepacks" with a bunch of nature stuff in one set just to accessorize a layout.

[@NandR2011]

i have to disagree about the lighting choices in this book it realy reminds me of 80's-90's movies and it also hits nostalgia to me for the Lego island video game for some reason the lighting was very simuler in some parts of the game and looking at this makes me want to buy al these sets and set them up like the picture or the game

[@ebonicsjedi746]

Building with Lego has always been a passion of mine. When I was a kid my brother went off to college and handed down a bunch of sets, pieces and catalogs. I even have this catalog, some from the 80's as well I believe. Even to this day I still use parts from these sets in my new creations! The nostalgia is toooo real.

[@Myserieden]

Such hard nostalgia. Oh man. This is the year I really stared getting into Lego. I was 7 I'd been playing with Lego for a couple years before hand, but didn't really ask for them until around 89 or 90. My neighbor gave me a huge box of Lego that he'd grown up with and got me started into it. His Legos were old enough to have the original single body figures. I still loved it. The very first large set I had gotten was a spyrius base. Anyhow, awesome video. Thanks for the memory jogging.

[@mamswer]

Lol. My father used to buy these sets in the nineties to create military models like a huge submarine, helicopters, bombers, etc. It's funny to recognize the sets he got the parts from, but also kinda nostalgic for me as I was very young in the early 2000s and used to marvel at the pictures and sets. I had that catalog for the longest time and this video brought back some good early Lego memories for me (even though I was really young 15 years after the catalog was released). This is why I am subbed to you, man. Legos will never get old.

[@ZiMZiLLA]

I absolutely love these videos. I spent a lot of time as a kid flipping through these things wishing I could have EVERYTHING in them.

[@bgdrewsif]

Wow, I had so many of these sets... the airport, the pirate ship, the M-Tron sets, the castle... great memories!

[@JohnnyMcMuff1]

In the moment you've turned over the page at 6:03, I immediately had tears in my eyes. Childhood memories are strong...

[@xgTfox]

I really like how next to the GLOW IN THE DARK ghost, the Forestman's hat is popping off from sheer terror, yet he still smiles placidly.

[@mattparker7932]

I had that catalog. I remembered every page as you turned them. Had many of those sets. Thanks for the nostalgia!

[@MrDemonicDan]

That cargo plane is one of my favourite Lego sets of all time. I particularly like it because it has a full, open cargo space the length of the fuselage (unlike the larger, more recent iterations) - just like a cargo plane actually should.

[@moschmo]

I remember this catalog, loved looking through these growing up.

[@ericfreeman9376]

I would love if Lego started giving base plates with some sets as they did back in the day.

[@jamespaterson5910]

I had the 'Auto Chassis' The sway bar at the front was part of the mechanism to raise and lower the front lights....and at the rear the pistons moved when you pushed it along!... So very cool!!!.. Also had the lighting bricks and the station too!!!

[@pinfarmer]

Such a good year to be a Lego kid. Made some great childhood memories

[@twiggs24]

i was 2 when this came out. got my first set in 5th grade, been hooked ever since

[@smoovoperata3242]

Best catalogue ever! I used to take this booklet to school and drool over all the awesome sets I wanted 😓 Now I'm a big boy and can get any set I want😊

[@mikemcfly4297]

Forrest men was my favorite Lego stuff! The action features were great and it was all about hiding in trees and secret doors and stuff. I still have these sets.

[@rose_____]

I love looking through old LEGO brochures/catalogs/instructions! So fun! The 90s ones are weird to me, because the products/sets that were being offered were sending LEGO into financial dilemma; I can't help but think about that as I browse.

[@PlaywellBricks]

Love these catalog videos Jang! I was 13 when this catalog came out, I remember drooling over it all! Like you this was just before I put my Lego in storage. :( Eventually I donated mine to a another kid who like myself didn't have much money for LEGO. So at least it went on to make another kid happy for a few years :) That makes me wonder, what happened to your old collection?

[@Myserieden]

I was 7 when an older kid gave me his Legos. Doubt you'd be him but the fact that our stories are similar is awesome. Lol

[@SpoonyLupin]

I had the Victory Lap Raceway when I was little. I remember staging epic car crashes that destroyed the entire thing, and then I'd rebuild it and do it all over again. I loved that set so much.

[@thedesucomplex4365]

I have the 783 storage case! Sharp plastic edges and old plastic, something in here I have actual nostalgia for.

[@transitevolution]

Lego buildings back in those days may be smaller, but they work well, they are more realistic, they have baseplates and their buildings have ceilings! Unlike the current airport.

[@GreyKnightSolo]

I watch this channel for a year now and love the content, but this was by far the best and most interesting video for me! Thanks, Jang!

[@PuuberZ]

This is the best era of LEGO in my opinion. Pirates, knights, forestmen and the awesome space stuff. All of it looks much cooler than the stuff LEGO makes now.

[@JopieHaargel]

Yeah, I'm nostalgia tripping through the roof on this one. I love pretty much everything in there! Also still have a lot of them (mom recently cleared out her attic, brought me some goodies from way back when...)

[@NinjaDeathtrap]

Oh, my god! I had that Metro park and service tower! So much nostalgia! I totally forgot that! Thank you dude! Born 84, from sweden.

[@dctoastman]

Oh man, I have several from that catalog. The space shuttle (1682), the 6506 Precinct Cruiser, 6673 Solo Trainer, 6357 Stunt Copter and Trailer, 6644 Road Rebel, 6591 Nitro Dragsters, 6508 Wave Racer, and a couple from the Pirates and Castle pages as well. Man, this catalog apparently was my childhood.

[@Lordodragonss]

Mega Core MAgnetizer is one of the best sets ever. It was big, has tons of playability and MAGNETS!

[@pep7890]

Good times.......thanks for the trip down memory lane man. Love it.

[@falsesong7057]

Yes, Jang! Please do more classic LEGO sets! Only if you feel like it of course. I would love to see you review all those nostalgic sets like the monorails, Futuron & Blacktron, Forestmen and Pirates.

[@chrisphammond]

Jang it would be really cool if you got one of these pirate ships for the lego underwater area of your city, the ship would then be historical in both a 'real life' and lego history context. Love your videos, I have a detolf cabinet with Star Wars Lego and I am currently planning my Christmas displays in there!

[@batbricks8055]

awsome idea i agree with you

[@kendellveltman8680]

I was born in 1978. I had a lot of these as a kid. I was mostly a city set kid. I had the airport monorail. It is a cool set.

[@Vancouverama]

That castle/forestmen stuff is real wanty. I think I'd customize them because I really enjoy greebling.

[@cjn7647]

Got the monorail for Christmas one year, my brother got the Mtron space ship, and later got the big red technic helicopter. Still have the copter and mtron in one piece at my folks house, but the monorail is in pieces in a box mixed with other stuff. Thanks for the memories.

[@TheRichrocker]

Those were MY LEGO years! Great, great memories! I still have the instructions (and supposedly most of the parts) for many of those sets, including the two big ships and the island from the pirates line and the forestmen river fortress. Oh, how I itch to rebuild them, but I don't find the time to sort out all of my bricks and pieces... Will do some day, though (hopefully).

[@dukeaccent]

That catalog has the very first Lego set I got as a kid, the Battle Dragon boat on the castle page. Funny little row boat with a red dragon head. For a couple of years it was the only Lego set I had, so I made space ships and airplanes and robots from the same few pieces over and over again.

[@GraemePryce1978]

Wow, I owned quite a lot of these sets when I was 11 / 12. This was round about the time that I started thinking I was a grown up and shouldn't be playing with lego anymore! I had a lot of the pirate stuff and quite a few of the town and various space sets. I would imagine the majority of them are all sti in pieces upstairs stored away. Maybe I should get them out again? I'm 38 now and way past caring whether anyone thinks I should be playing with lego or not anymore! Being able to do whatever you please is one of the few things that is nice about being an adult . . . . !

[@BeardedNerdSE]

I still have those Technic figures. Turns out they're the perfect scale to pilot the VW Camper and Beetle.

[@tydefiant]

I had that same catalogue back in the day lol. even had quite a few of the models in it as a kid. memories......

[@Autobotmech]

Great bit of nostalgia their Jang, very much appreciated. Need to look up light up bricks now, my port/dock area I have along with the boats would look wonderful with proper lighting.

[@Blackadder75]

I love how my dutch 1990 catalogue is for 95% the same as this American one. This is also the time I moved to computers and girls (well actually it would take me a long time to get anywhere with the latter .. but I still got the catalogues when they got released in the holiday season to check what had changed and because I had all them since 1981 or so. the lego from the eighties is still at my parents house and their grandchildren are playing with it in 2016. (And a few years back I bought $4000 worth of unboxed and unsorted nineties lego for $425 , which included a train and at least 100 sets small and large, but I haven't told them yet, I plan to give them parts of it at some occasion (after I build sets to separate them from the big pile and to check how complete they are, the great thing these days is that you can easily get replacement parts)

[@Metalizer]

yay, lego fan since 1990 ... maybe not actually since '90 cause that's when I was born :D but shortly after that I've become a lego fan for sure and for years ;)

[@LucianoGuaraldo]

OMG, I have the space shuttle somewhere in my mother's house. I had such an awesome time playing with it during my astrounaut phase, LOL.

[@Thriftbytes]

I looked this partitur Lego catalog up a few months ago, Nostalgia punch!

[@stolasgoetia93]

Lot of that old castle and woodsman stuff would be good for setting up a ren fair for your lego city.

[@QalOrt]

1682 Space Shuttle was my first Lego set back all those decades ago

[@jwalt8902]

Love the catalog videos. Wish the castle system would come back!

[@GBglide]

I had never seen the parts used in the space shuttle gantry before. I might have use for them in a MOC. Thanks Jang!

[@PanzerRanger]

Oh I remember that =D I eventually bought the truck. This catalouge contains alot of my lego childhood. Thanks for this!!! WOW

[@MrJimheeren]

The Duplo fire station was the first Lego related set I've got I believe I was 2 or something when my parents gave it played with it for years, I still remember the little bell

[@BachFlip]

International Jetport - 5 baseplates! Now you only get them in Expert Creator sets.

[@xgTfox]

One of the biggest differences is the huge number of BASEPLATES!

[@smoovoperata3242]

JZ Baseplates baby! Lego doesn't use them very much anymore

[@brianmurawski5668]

Wow I had a good amount of those sets. I had the forsetmen's river fortress and the king's mountian fortress and my brother still has the 2 pirate ships. Plus all the space sets this was a real blast from the past!

[@almightyarjen]

Ah the nostalgia, nice video!

[@Metalizer]

JANG keep doing catalogue reviews, I like them alot ;)

[@sanktkaj1781]

Eye of Sauron

[@Static1583]

Thanks for the refreshment of memories, jang 😀

[@crispianchealuks2024]

6077!! I still have that set! Well parts of that set. The set has a winch gate and a watery dungeon and it opens up for play.

[@leslietarkin]

The Forestmen's River Fortress opens up to show the interior. Too bad Lego didn't show that in the catalog.

[@Mick0Mania]

The pirate sets. Man, I wish I could get those. I wasn't even born back then though...

[@jackinator11]

the airport is baseplate heaven... these roads still make up 90 % of my baseplates today XD

[@1mxtp]

8:10 you should really check out the M-Tron theme! They're awesome! Magnets! Combo Model! LEGO should do a rerun as EL-tron with electric magnets.

[@brickhunter9537]

I miss pirate theme.

[@petere6382]

this one is awesome cause my grandma has it!

[@pygmy.]

yeah

[@brickhunter9537]

At least we know we will be getting one POTC set next year.

[@greedy44]

De SP-striker from Space Police. Magnificient!

[@MichaelMakesMistakes]

I'm a photographer, so I'd bet that lighting style (bare bulbs or just a reflecting dish on the strobe unit, sometimes with a honeycomb grid to focus the beam) was a new thing back then. Or, maybe softboxes were considered out of fashion.

[@krafterz12]

I wish the new Lego sets today had those road platforms and printed base plates

[@NagaTen]

Oh man, i was born in February 1988, but i remember some of those sets! :D

[@MajorAskew]

I really wish more sets these days came with baseplates, it would probably hike the price yes, but it made the sets feel more cohesive I thought.

[@ddegn]

I started collecting Lego as an adult in the early '90s. I have lots of these sets. I don't know if you ever borrow sets to review, but if you're interested, you could probably talk me into loaning some of my sets. I know I have the sets listed in a spreadsheet. You could look through the list and see if there are any which would be worth shipping back and forth. Shipping the sets would be a pain and kind of expensive, but if you want to pay the postage, I'd probably be willing to pack up a few sets for you to borrow. You do a great job with your photography. It would be fun to see the sets I have properly photographed. Thanks for the fun videos.

[@jmyogi17]

Keep these coming! I love these reviews!! Great work :)

[@Minifiguremania8]

I love these flip thru's

[@johannesblech352]

Considering they called it just an "auto chassis", LEGO obviuosly expected us to fill in the gaps with our own parts. It definitely leaves a lot of room for creativity!

[@wannabeiroh4658]

Man I remember getting that huge ship black seas barracuda it was so cool oh the memories 🙂

[@jeffschweitzer4818]

I had the BLACKTRON™ Alienator and it was AWESOME®

[@trevinwood5648]

I miss space!!!!!!!!!!!

[@quentinmacleod1115]

SPACESHIP, SPACESHIP, SPACESHIP! I sure miss those vintage space themes. It is VERY disapointing that on the side from Star Wars Lego doesn't produce other space themes like a continuation of Life on Mars or Mars Mission.

[@rpl1]

My Lego time :) I had only from this catalog: Road Rebel Vector Detector Whirl N' Wheel Super Truck Off Road 4x4 Red Line Race Trees and Flower all type of road Base Plates Road Signs

[@mtxrules]

that book was falling apart when I had it haha. looked through it every day

[@scottbaker8018]

I'd very much like to see some builds with lights.

[@HORRIOR1]

Good ol' rememberries :D

[@timcrone9577]

Forestman's Crossing is a great set. I also have a lot of the Mtron sets.

[@Jimfoxyboy]

I believe I still have a version of this catalog. Am I feel a little nostalgic now? Maybe a little. I kind of wish I had more of the City sets from back then, before my shift into Technic at about the time this came out. I look at structure sets from back then and sometimes can't help but wonder how I'd design my own little city if given the chance.

[@joki6395]

JANGBRICKS you should defently be reviewing M-Tron 6989, and 6923 aswell

[@JAMESMANHUNT9]

6034 was one of my first lego sets

[@keegobricks9734]

Wish they would bring back the segmented Palm tree style.

[@elleoat]

You should review the set with the ghost. It was in that catalog, number 6034 Black Monarch's Ghost. It looks fun. I like your video by the way. :)

[@YensR]

As someone who grew up with the classic Technic, I prefer the style as in this catalogue and hence don't really feel the same as you. The new stuff to me seems to have too many gimmicky or cosmetic parts. I've thought about buying one of the recent big Technic sets, but it's almost like a different system and i feel it would sit alongside my old stuff and not integrate. But maybe it would be nice to have some of the new bits which I like in my old Technic parts...

[@Klockozaur]

wow - I too have catalog from 1990 and I review it in my channel. But in poland that catalog look vary diferent .

[@greyfox37]

I miss the old days of Town and Medieval and the ice planet was even cool

[@bradengoyette2664]

I like the old road base plates better than the new ones

[@ScottaHemi440]

1:38 it's the old school space shuttle! IMO the 96ish? one was way cooler!

[@Amplifymagic]

i was born in 89' so this is very nostalgic to me.

[@joki6395]

glad to see there are adults here too, im born in 88'

[@weeraanmelden]

born in '80 this was my christmas bible.

[@Evelyn-xi5kn]

82 here. I own most of the sets. Classic stuff. Still have them in pieces stored in book bags in the attic.

[@markB.Heffner91]

95' Here so Over 20+Years of Collecting! I Was Born in Early 1991 Love The 90's Sets with the Awesome Displays. Truly a Golden Age in my opinion. :-)

[@andycrowell6911]

Oh the nostalgia

[@bluemethetys9267]

3:58 I have it right here in my house ! it was such a great set t play with as a kid. (btw I was born in 2002... so I'm just wondering : how the hell did my dad get that set when I was 5 ?)

[@Myserieden]

He likely ordered it online. Brickink or similar website.

[@torres1266]

Nice!

[@sanktkaj1781]

E-bay or Amazon?

[@bluemethetys9267]

Not The Joker Apparently my parents bought it from some friends back when I was 2... aaand the whole mistery is solved !