With the return of quite a few users after all these years (LMBE Revival?! ), it would be nice to have everyone do a proper explanation of how things have been going since we all dropped off, So I figured we could have a topic to post life updates.
Additionally, with how small the group is now, not everyone may have known each other, so this will also double as an official introduction to anyone you don't really know yet.
With that being said, here's a list of some potential questions to answer. Feel free to answer whichever ones you wish. Also this is by no means a comprehensive list, just some ideas to start conversation.
LMB History
About yourself Life updates (what's changed since you were last here)
If anyone has any suggestions for more questions, feel free to comment them!
Hey, I'm Sogel!
LMB History!
I joined the LMBs in 2014, so I would have been 9 at the time. Absolutely insane and I am so thankful I had the safe space of the LMBs to reach people outside my circle as a kid.
I dropped off the LMBEs in 2018 I think? It's been a little while.
I was majorly a part of the Jurassic World group (firmly on the Lowery side of the Lowery v. Masrani debate ), though I did hang out with Waffle Dee of Revelation 's Nintendo Fanclub a good bit.
I think I joined because I had seen a link on the main Lego website. I'm almost certain it was the Star Wars boards I started posting in.
My username (legosandmore13) was literally picked off of some website description, Legos and More. I could not tell you where I saw this though. eventually I got tired of being called Sandmore that I jumbled up the letters into a new pseudonym, Sogel Dan Rome (which eventually became Sogel Van Rome because I thought Dan sounded too silly )
I was part of the Sombrero Gang but I don't really remember leaving much of an impact on the boards. The only thing I can really remember having going for me was the fact that I was the youngest user I knew (slightly younger than both Qui and Ash!). I was amazed by the fact that Con was going to college (in my state, too!)
About myself!
At the moment I'm 18 and in my second year of college. I live in the US, Kansas specifically. Yes, the place from The Wizard of Oz.
I think my favorite Lego theme is whichever one has those flowers! They're all super cool looking, and the building is fun. Ideas sets usually are the same (I want the Saturn V so bad!)
As for activities and hobbies and stuff, I do theater at college! It's a lot of fun and I've met some good friends in the program. A show I was part of actually got nominated for a national theater festival recently, so wish me luck!
I don't actually do much with Lego as much anymore. I'm broke.
Life updates!
The biggest change is that little pink symbol under my profile picture. I realized some things about myself and I'm far happier this way, really being myself.
Also I realized my religious upbringing was absolutely a cult. Still working on getting out of there but I'm glad I'm knowledgeable about the situation. Realizing that RuleJJ was a really nice guy despite being proudly atheist was a bit of a wakeup call for me. Thanks for that, man.
My little brother has inherited a lot of my old bricks, but I kept a few special minifigs and builds. I buy the occasional blind bag or cheap Minecraft set, but I definitely get less and play with them less than I used to. No and no .
I wish! I don't know how you all got your web of communication going but I'm glad you did, this reunion is awesome!
Gosh it's been a while since I've done one of these.
I joined the original boards back in 2014 ( or at least that's what the wiki says? )
It's been about 2 years or so since I was active here, I don't know why I stopped posting just kinda drifted off...
From what I remember I was mostly active in CC, Castle and Jurassic Park forums.
I have honestly forgotten the names of the groups I was in.
The Lego Mindstorms board is what got me on the forum originally, but then I found the other forums and liked them more.
My username is my old nickname from when I was a baby. My Nana used to call me Boomer after Boomer Esiason, the quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals.
I think I was known for being a little weird and off the wall? I think?
I'm 23 right now, still from Texas. I currently work for an axe throwing venue but our store is closing at the end of the month.
Bionicle, because it was the best action figures little me ever got.
I most just game now, I play D&D when I can. Recently I've started drawing again.
Uh... I'm technically an ordained minister and can officiate a wedding.
I tried college/university but Covid messed that up
I don't do much with Lego anymore, I would if I had an unlimited budget to get all the pieces I want.
Every now and then I pop in and say Hi to the Brick Barons if y'all remember them.
uh thats it.
i personally knew you as the guy who was kind of a pyromaniac and loved exploding things and bombs and tnt and all that fun stuff xD also state and age gang gang (we are the cool kids table now )
well still a pyromaniac, but my love of bombs and things that explode has decreased over the years. Finally it only took almost a decade, but I'm finally at the cool kids table.
Oh boy, this one is gonna be a long one. Let's see, where do I start...
I joined the LEGO Message Boards way back in 2010, when I was a small 8 year old child. I began reading several help topics and then grew into reading topics on Community Chat, as well as some stories here and there. But I never made a post. I was essentially a reader account. It wasn't until 2013 when I made my first post; I believe it was actually on the old Master Builder Academy forum. I then started to post in a few more locations, such as Jurassic World, Star Wars, and Community Chat. By the end of 2013, I had become quite active, finding my way into the LEGO Minifigures Road Trip RP (courtesy of GideonF210 ), and the MB Asylum. I had also been introduced to Finding Friendships by my first friend on the boards, WaterDragon1103.
But everything changed when 2014 attacked. All of a sudden, I stopped posting everywhere. I had a life... or at least some semblance of one. I had no free time and I was going through a lot while I was away from the boards, and it got to the point I had forgotten about them entirely. That was, until November of 2015. I had just gotten some more LEGO Minifigures to add to my collection when I remembered my time roleplaying as the Roman Soldier. I immediately had the desire to go back to it and see what had transpired while I was gone. I came back and discovered the closure of several topics I was in, including the MB Asylum, and I had found that all my friends from Finding Friendships had vanished. My two main friends, WaterDragon1103 and Cookieyourface had both left as well. But I was determined to try the boards again...
By Christmastime, 2015, I had rejoined Finding Friendships and was quite active. I had began roleplaying yet again as the Roman Soldier (and a few others!), and I began reading more MB Stories and learning more about HTML for LMB signatures. I had made new friends, such as EpicTruth11, Boomer, Sweets, Maybear6, DarkClaw39, 8MissKuku8, and Essa Kryze. I had even found myself featured in several MB Stories! Christmas 2015 was probably my favorite LMB Christmas. By mid-2016, I had become one of the most active users on the entire website. I had learned enough HTML to create my own signature shops and help topics, and I had even become the consistently most liked user on the Help & Suggestions forum, and frequented the overall most liked sidebar each week. I became active in numerous roleplays over multiple forums, and I had even been given a seat on the LEGO Council. My group of friends grew exponentially and I was online for the majority of every day. I was well known obviously in Finding Friendships, all over the Help & Suggestions forum, Sweet's Cafe, my commercial studio with Boomer, MBs Onstage, the LMB Square, the MB Ball, the LEGO Council, the Minifigures Road Trip RP, the LMB Mansion, and all over the Message Boards Stories forum in general. I even tried to start my own story.
Unfortunately, however, life hit again. In late September of 2016, I had to semi-retire. I closed my signature shops, said my temporary goodbyes, and packed my bags. Life had me too busy to continue the thousands of conversations I had going on at the same time. By that time I had also already become somewhat active on a certain other wikia site... (shh) I never forgot what I had left behind, and I knew I always planned on coming back, so when I was finally able to in November of 2016, I slowly and carefully popped back into Finding Friendships... and again became one of the most active users on the site. I never restarted my signature shops, and I mostly stayed in Community Chat, RPs, and Stories, but I had again begun to come online consistently every day.
Then, January 2017. All those who were active during that time period remember it well. The end was announced. Everyone began to freak out, lost and confused. I started screenshotting as much as I could, then I began to use the wayback machine to archive as many pages, user profiles, and favorite posts as I could. Some of us retreated to other social media sites like the wiki or Discord. Some of us had nowhere else to go. Until we heard a rumor on the LMB wind of a new option... an Eternal option...
I managed to be one of the first few to discover the Eternals through hidden codes and messages on certain posts on the original LMBs. Eternal User #10, that's me. Eventually, more and more users heard of the good news, and more and more transitioned to their new apocalyptic bunker. It was a fledgling little site, not much to look at at first, but it gave us safety, security. When the originals finally closed, we knew we had to settle in and get busy keeping our remnant alive. Finding Friendships was reborn, and had become perhaps even just as active as at the height of the LMB days. We began our own newsletters, interviews, and created whole new stories and roleplays. The moderation team grew, and the design team expanded. I was promoted to moderator, then to designer. I created many of the new themes we still use today, eventually becoming an Eternal Admin. We had some rocky roads to travel, including certain coups and leader votes we choose not to talk about anymore... but in the end we created more memories like what we had on the original LMBs. That was our goal, wasn't it? I think we've succeeded. The rest is up to all of us.
So that brings us to today. Clearly I am not as active here as I once was, although I continue to monitor from behind the curtains, but I do hope to continue using this site as a means of communication with old friends, and perhaps even some new ones. We're all growing older (and certainly I am to be included in that statement, as I am now 22, and I've been in this community for 14 years, which is well over half my life), and we are all growing busier. In my time in the background, I have been very active on Discord in several different LMB community branches until recently, and in real life I have become a Tech Manager/Sales Manager/Assistant Store Manager of a Staples store in Southern California, with all the responsibility and time dedicated that entails. As one of my oldest friends, I continue to frequently visit Essa Kryze as well as BabyDill, and every year I visit LordTigress, MockingbirdInc, and Lady Narwhal along with them. For a time, I had stopped collecting LEGO sets, however now that I have a budget to do so, at least in small amounts, I have begun collecting much larger display sets. I am most fond of my LEGO Rivendell set, as well as my Technic Bugatti Chiron and two modular buildings. I am also currently in an in-person relationship which is going quite well!
Many of us are progressing in life, building families and becoming ever busier, however, perhaps the next generation of LMB kids may find the same joy in friendship through LEGO as we did? I certainly hope to keep it open as an option, perhaps even with my own kids I hope to have in the future. Regardless, I'll be doing what I can to keep this site going, hopefully with the help of the other amazing members of my moderation and admin teams (as they have done so much for all of us, please applaud them for their hard work), and I will look to become a little more active on here as well. Though, as my LMB history has clearly taught me, I shouldn't make any promises.
I FORGOT ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL SHOP!!!
Good to see ya lil' bro, glad to hear you've been doing good. I see you've become really eloquent now.
Many of us are progressing in life, building families and becoming ever busier, however, perhaps the next generation of LMB kids may find the same joy in friendship through LEGO as we did? I certainly hope to keep it open as an option, perhaps even with my own kids I hope to have in the future. Regardless, I'll be doing what I can to keep this site going, hopefully with the help of the other amazing members of my moderation and admin teams (as they have done so much for all of us, please applaud them for their hard work), and I will look to become a little more active on here as well. Though, as my LMB history has clearly taught me, I shouldn't make any promises.
A big part of the reason why I wanted to come back and sort of maintain some kind of presence is this right here. MB's gave me a safe and also really wholesome outlet as a kid, kind of a rare and yet necessary thing on the internet nowadays, and if there is gonna be some passing of the torch from the older generation to a hopeful younger generation, then I want to try and at least help keep activity going for now.
Big ups to all the mods and admins who are still going
With the return of quite a few users after all these years (LMBE Revival?! ), it would be nice to have everyone do a proper explanation of how things have been going since we all dropped off, So I figured we could have a topic to post life updates.
Additionally, with how small the group is now, not everyone may have known each other, so this will also double as an official introduction to anyone you don't really know yet.
With that being said, here's a list of some potential questions to answer. Feel free to answer whichever ones you wish. Also this is by no means a comprehensive list, just some ideas to start conversation.
LMB History
About yourself Life updates (what's changed since you were last here)
If anyone has any suggestions for more questions, feel free to comment them!
Hey, I'm Sogel!
LMB History!
I joined the LMBs in 2014, so I would have been 9 at the time. Absolutely insane and I am so thankful I had the safe space of the LMBs to reach people outside my circle as a kid.
I dropped off the LMBEs in 2018 I think? It's been a little while.
I was majorly a part of the Jurassic World group (firmly on the Lowery side of the Lowery v. Masrani debate ), though I did hang out with Waffle Dee of Revelation 's Nintendo Fanclub a good bit.
I think I joined because I had seen a link on the main Lego website. I'm almost certain it was the Star Wars boards I started posting in.
My username (legosandmore13) was literally picked off of some website description, Legos and More. I could not tell you where I saw this though. eventually I got tired of being called Sandmore that I jumbled up the letters into a new pseudonym, Sogel Dan Rome (which eventually became Sogel Van Rome because I thought Dan sounded too silly )
I was part of the Sombrero Gang but I don't really remember leaving much of an impact on the boards. The only thing I can really remember having going for me was the fact that I was the youngest user I knew (slightly younger than both Qui and Ash!). I was amazed by the fact that Con was going to college (in my state, too!)
About myself!
At the moment I'm 18 and in my second year of college. I live in the US, Kansas specifically. Yes, the place from The Wizard of Oz.
I think my favorite Lego theme is whichever one has those flowers! They're all super cool looking, and the building is fun. Ideas sets usually are the same (I want the Saturn V so bad!)
As for activities and hobbies and stuff, I do theater at college! It's a lot of fun and I've met some good friends in the program. A show I was part of actually got nominated for a national theater festival recently, so wish me luck!
I don't actually do much with Lego as much anymore. I'm broke.
Life updates!
The biggest change is that little pink symbol under my profile picture. I realized some things about myself and I'm far happier this way, really being myself.
Also I realized my religious upbringing was absolutely a cult. Still working on getting out of there but I'm glad I'm knowledgeable about the situation. Realizing that RuleJJ was a really nice guy despite being proudly atheist was a bit of a wakeup call for me. Thanks for that, man.
My little brother has inherited a lot of my old bricks, but I kept a few special minifigs and builds. I buy the occasional blind bag or cheap Minecraft set, but I definitely get less and play with them less than I used to. No and no .
I wish! I don't know how you all got your web of communication going but I'm glad you did, this reunion is awesome!
You're welcome. I'm glad (and surprised) to hear my existence was helpful to you in some way. I don't recall ever even having a conversation with anyone about it; I just put it in my signature one day.
I first joined the original MBs back in... 2011 I think it was? I went inactive around the time of the update, then returned to activity in late 2015.
I've been pretty much active ever since I joined this place back in late 2020, though there were times I'd just check notifications and not CC as a whole.
I was mainly in CC and the Minecraft forums on the original MBs, occasionally popping into a couple others. Nowadays CC is the only one at all active.
Groups, yes... I was one of the founding members of the PARTY BOSSCRASHERS CRASH BANDI-CUTES! ...IDK that we were very well known among those outside.
Pretty sure I just went on the MBs (and Lego.com in general) just because my brother DoodadGuy was also there. And then I eventually ended up more active than him. XD
I'm not sure I was known for anything in particular, just being around, I think. I had a thing where I called myself the "Topic Stalker" because there were various topics I would read without posting in. (well, I'd sometimes just say something out of the blue )
I am adult from the state of Georgia, I work in an Amazon warehouse.
Favorite theme, I think still Minecraft. Because I like that game.
My thing is creating stories, sometimes I draw, mainly characters from these stories.
Past few years... working in that warehouse, though before that I was a cashier.
For the past few months I've been dating a guy who was on the Lego Gallery. And that's been going pretty well.
I don't do much with my Lego nowadays. Made a pair of MOCs a couple months ago, occasionally I get new sets.
I did manage to find a few on another platform, yes.
Hmm I think that's everything.
You were at least known for Flame's endless battle against the green sheep and leprechauns. I do distinctly remember years ago messing around with random parts and built a green sheep, and then followed it up with a Flame Force tank. I think I still have it buried in a bin somewhere actually.
No way, we actually live in the same state?? You're the first person I know here who doesn't live in like Narnia or some weird place like that.
Congrats on the relationship!
I do remember you on both these boards and the old ones but I don't think we talked all that often, it's nice to finally get to know people I didn't really before.
One of my green sheep has attained physicial form???
Yeah idk if I was just an outlier but I definitely noticed it very frequently.
Although I also built a complete design of the Stegosaurus Steakhouse from the Jurassic World forum so maybe I was just on a trend of recreating MB stuff with lego at the time.
All these other people are out here living in weird states like Nebraska or Wyoming or some place like that.
This may sound dumb but when you say a guy from the galleries I can't help but think of that one meme with the emo girl and the country boy relationship if you know what I'm talking about. I'm imagining that but edited like, "Is it really possible for a message boards girl and a gallery guy to be in a relationship?"
This is a good building trend.
I've at least got family from Wyoming and would get annoyed when my friends would pull out the "Wyoming doesn't exist" line.
XD I was on the gallery too, actually. We both knew of each other but never interacted there, oddly enough.
To be fair though someone with family from Nebraska would say the same thing, so you can see how it's a reasonable assumption.
Just never ran into each other?
I can't believe I had the same awful signature for nearly 8 years. Sorry for disappearing for 2 months, life happened for a bit.
You were at least known for Flame's endless battle against the green sheep and leprechauns. I do distinctly remember years ago messing around with random parts and built a green sheep, and then followed it up with a Flame Force tank. I think I still have it buried in a bin somewhere actually.
No way, we actually live in the same state?? You're the first person I know here who doesn't live in like Narnia or some weird place like that.
Congrats on the relationship!
I do remember you on both these boards and the old ones but I don't think we talked all that often, it's nice to finally get to know people I didn't really before.
One of my green sheep has attained physicial form???
Potentially, if it's still sitting in the bottom of my lego bin somewhere.
I might've also made a leprechaun at one point as well...
I can't believe I had the same awful signature for nearly 8 years. Sorry for disappearing for 2 months, life happened for a bit.
~ As one of my oldest friends, I continue to frequently visit Essa Kryze as well as BabyDill, and every year I visit LordTigress, MockingbirdInc, and Lady Narwhal along with them. For a time, I had stopped collecting LEGO sets, however now that I have a budget to do so, at least in small amounts, I have begun collecting much larger display sets. I am most fond of my LEGO Rivendell set, as well as my Technic Bugatti Chiron and two modular buildings. I am also currently in an in-person relationship which is going quite well!
Many of us are progressing in life, building families and becoming ever busier, however, perhaps the next generation of LMB kids may find the same joy in friendship through LEGO as we did? I certainly hope to keep it open as an option, perhaps even with my own kids I hope to have in the future. Regardless, I'll be doing what I can to keep this site going, hopefully with the help of the other amazing members of my moderation and admin teams (as they have done so much for all of us, please applaud them for their hard work), and I will look to become a little more active on here as well. Though, as my LMB history has clearly taught me, I shouldn't make any promises.
Getting to go swimming, see movies, drive around, grocery shopping, chatting and playing Minecraft with you years has been one of my greatest joys and I'm so, so happy to have you in my life.
I barely remember any of my past maybe i could do a crummy short one
You could do like a brief, more abstract summarization about how you feel looking back now, or some of the changes you remember, or some of the good things you remember and like best. Anything you like
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), it would be nice to have everyone do a proper explanation of how things have been going since we all dropped off, So I figured we could have a topic to post life updates. 
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...IDK that we were very well known among those outside. 
I do distinctly remember years ago messing around with random parts and built a green sheep, and then followed it up with a Flame Force tank. I think I still have it buried in a bin somewhere actually. ![[heart]](http://storage.proboards.com/6672327/images/SynFAxjClulYuSIRbDRN.png)
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