A look through a LEGO Idea Book from 1985

[@geoturcotte]

This is getting meta... looking at a video of a book about Legos! Well done!

[@defenderprime8046]

This is how Legos were in those days, I'm surprised to see so few colors these sets used, blue, red, yellow, white, green, black and grey, but that's what they had in those days and it was enough, today, there are dozens more! What nostalgia, and to think, what the right parts, anyone could recreate all these sets again, I especially loved the space sets, very cool! Probably because they used a lot of blue, my favorite color.

[@markuswolf7884]

That page of robots made me remember all the Lego robots that we made. My little brother was 10 years younger and I could really impress him with my robot designs.

[@antraxxslingshots]

You nailed it when you talked about "care". That is maybe one of the Key-Elements i miss today. Nowadays everything just tries to look fancy and shiny and usually breaks apart the day the warranty is over...everything has to be as cheap as possible so companys can earn more money...today they just say: "such a book will make us sell "X" amount of stones and will cost us "X+20" to make...no sorry!"... but if you take it and look at it now...maybe it is just me getting nostalgic and all, but i can amost feel the love/joy and ideas the people had when they build those scenes and took the pictures just to get "us kids" to work, use our own heads and be creative. We had such a blast to be young than! I pitty the Kids today honestly! P.S. : SPACESHIP!!!!

[@johannesbergman]

Feels nostalgic watching this video. I still own this ideas book and I have buildt quit a few of the ideas in my youth.

[@thedetective6500]

I've been watching a lot of these lately so jang basically responded to the videos I've wanted more of!

[@MerisBricks]

Ahhhh I love the classic space sets :3

[@lonelyegg4377]

Ah, the memories. Glad to see you reviewed it!

[@Nederbricks]

I had that Idea book to! brings back a lot of good memories!

[@ManzaEN]

Benny looking FRESH on there!

[@liamaadams]

ManzaZappers Lol

[@mycuriousuploads7655]

ManzaZappers Lol

[@thehaleyk]

ManzaZappers Lol

[@bluerisk]

9:00 The ancestral forefathers of the modular building. Looks already like a quite realistic street site. Especially the building on the far right. 20:53 I guess that's where the Nexo Knights came from.

[@radosccsi]

85... Was 7yo, living in communist Poland, dreaming of having even a smallest Lego set. Never got it. Overcompensating now as AFOL I guess ;)

[@patrykpl5338]

Pozdrowienia! :)

[@no_bitches0621]

radosccsi 85, ahhh,, wait, I wasn't alive in 1985.

[@VAULT-TEC_INC.]

Okay, it's freaky how much that first city building in Step 10 looks like a mini Octan factory. Saw-tooth roof and adjacent smoke stack. Uncanny!

[@maxwellpowell4306]

So many childhood memories!!!

[@FerryBrick]

Very very cool retro Lego stuffs!! Thanks for keep on with those great IdeaBooks, Jang! At some time, can you show all the books that you've reviewed (and some more, if you can find them) all together? May be interesting to see the progression in the designs.

[@shaohonglaw689]

back to the future!1985

[@whitehorsebricks2670]

I Love the 30 year old 'Nexo Knights' style mashup, and did I see what looks like a prototype 6067 guarded inn in the large castle scene?

[@yorgle]

Just starting to build a nice lego town with my 8yo kid. Also just ordered this book via bricklink. Thanks! :D

[@vincents.9743]

It's weird to see how much Lego has changed

[@Dazzgracefulmoon]

hey jang, have you ever considered scanning some of the idea books/catalogs you have? many people would love to archive this stuff, especially in the condition that you get the pamphlets in

[@KJ-tz7vc]

That looks a little like Rodimus Prime on Pages 12-13. Just needs a yellow spoiler!

[@jkb2016]

5:30 In those days, Minifigs were well-dressed gentleman-racers!

[@Elwingish]

There were a number of experiments done with fans on F1 cars; not to make them fly, obviously, but to actually suck the car to the track so it could go faster without spinning off it. The most controversial was the 1978 Brabham BT46, driven by the almost suicidally ballsy Niki Lauda for only one race with great success before it was banned...because these things were completely insane. It's kind of neat to see this "fan car" concept show up in a Lego catalog almost a decade later. f1.imgci.com/PICTURES/CMS/8200/8228.jpg

[@joki6395]

you should get a real mr gold! you are the Lego lord so you must get one asap. It would also be a great video for us Lego fans to watch

[@MrWirecase]

I noticed you mentioning that those cypress trees are getting expensive so I checked the price on those things... 10 euro's each!! What?!? I recently picked up 2 or 3 of these in a batch of old lego's, 10 kg for only a 100 euro's, that deal just got better!

[@AjDaPigeon]

Great video, JANG!

[@MayoHosko]

i miss the 80s

[@MayoHosko]

these scenes are so nostalgic

[@mycuriousuploads7655]

Mayo Hosko How old are in the 80s.

[@xarogath]

12:35 I believie there was a firefighter helicopter with this kind of canopy 6885 Fire Copter:)

[@youdontevenknow2037]

Cool video keep up the good work Jang

[@mcbrickslego2386]

Awesome stuff Jang.

[@humdrumbricks3809]

Hey Jang, how do you feel these older idea books compare to newer offerings like the DK or No Starch series? As for me, I'm just a sucker for nostalgic Lego photography, so I try to collect them all :)

[@rolika5520]

I did not knwo this book. Thank you Jang! :)

[@felixh9363]

I'm a big fan of castle stuff

[@EpicElash]

Cool

[@mycuriousuploads7655]

Great review and are you going to review Lego 2017 magazine.

[@charleswoodrow]

3:46 I would like to build that ferry

[@josephmay6377]

there were an lego Train Idea book , ore at least there were one in germany, will you make a Video about it in the futur ?

[@s_ouls8090]

Best KZbinr ever and congrats on almost to 1mil subs

[@doge-ie4br]

hey! back to the future was first made in 1985!

[@yorgle]

4-wide vehicles FTW!

[@gm3avxdd]

8:28 They are sets, I still have them!

[@matrags]

This is the one for me.

[@kadebrown6162]

when you put the hook on the string just thread the string through and attach with a stud on the side of the hook.!!!!!!

[@nillapenguin3542]

Benny and all his space friends are here

[@accordeuroTypeR]

OMG I actually still have this one but mine has fallen apart lol

[@jkb2016]

11:30 is the red one a Peel P50?

[@NANONilsWORLD]

Horses in space ! whaaat ?? lol

[@3CØ-h5h]

Nice vid

[@MyriadGinger]

I miss mail order catalogs!

[@MyriadGinger]

and the old school horses...

[@raysracer]

hi

[@legoengineering441]

this video is awsome

[@marsjawa9805]

Nexo knights conformed

[@wesleyr]

I had that book

[@森田恵一郎-w6w]

Its cool ！！

[@permanentsilencer1443]

PROBABLY 1985 & 1987 LEGO IDEA BOOKS BEST & MOST INFLUENTIAL & OBVIOUSLY 1980'S CLASSIC. RECALL SPENDING HOURS STUDYING THESE BOOKS IN THIS TIME PERIOD. TRAINS IDEA BOOK 1981 IS AWESOME & RARE, FULL SCANS CAN BE VIEWED AT PEERON LIBRARY (LEGO INSTRUCTIONS WEBSITE) www.peeron.com STRANGE LEGO NEVER RELEASED ANY MORE IDEAS BOOKS AFTER 1990 & 1997(?)

[@justs0medud315]

excited for destiny 2 jang?

[@RandoHrafn]

Who recognize the minecraft music in the backround

[@bunkerblue6158]

Xavkiller 2606 it's not Minecraft music, it's background music he's using with permission from the owners.

[@jpherbie534]

oi

[@eprg5967]

do u think u could do pic analysis videos like just2good did with the new wonder woman set reveal today?

[@pencildead6449]

have you ever been to a foreign country?

[@mrmcwander5171]

#Jangmazing

[@PugglevsPanda]

Hey jang wanna hang?