Daren Smith and the Brickish Association
34 year old Darren Smith has the biggest private collection of the little coloured bricks in the world. The British collector started collecting Lego bricks when he was 5 years old. What started as a Christmas present became a fascination and the boy decided to collect the blocks all his life. The entire collection is 2 million bricks now and it is worth over $92, 800. His favorites are Lego Star Wars apart from his collection of astronauts, cowboys, police and superheroes.
His wife Claire does not mind him collecting all the Lego he wants as long as he keeps them in their garage. But as they started spreading all over their house, she started to get mad as well but there is just no stopping the British collector. He orders all the new Lego toys and said that he wants them all.
When Darren turned 27 he joined the adult Lego Club “Brickish Association” a UK-based community interested in anything Lego. The association has its very own newsletter and it is called “The Brick Issue” written by members of the Brickish Association for its members.
If you are in the UK and is a Lego aficionado but is not yet a member of the association, you should join the community today. When you’re a member you will get a subscription to the community’s newsletter, access their website and the opportunity to join events organized by members both in the United Kingdom and abroad.
The aims of the association is to provide a forum for adult Lego fans within the UK and to make it known that there are lots of adults who still love and will keep on loving the coloured bricks. The Brickish Association also organize shows for the general public and of course for its Lego-loving members.
