Haven't you given those up yet?

[davertfnewman]

Wrestling is definitely something that you'd get the challenge of having supposed to have grown out of it, but any other things that you collect or indulge in that it's expected you shouldn't be any more?

For me, it's toys or action figures, including Transformers, G.I. Joe Classified, Masters of the Universe Origins, Super7's Ultimates and NECA's TMNT line. Way too many, but it's something I enjoy. Dip my toe into Marvel Legends too, but not as extensively as the "get everything" approach I have with a lot of other things.

[Cousin Jim Bob]

Playing video games for a lot of my life was seen as a bit childish by older generation family/work colleagues but nowadays tbh it's seen as something people of all ages do.

I bought some knock off Lego Speed Champion cars from Aliexpress not long ago ago and really enjoyed building them. Was a nice relaxing few hours in an evening or Sunday afternoon. Planning to get some more soon. I've not admitted this to friends and family yet lol. I personally couldn't careless if someone I knew got into Lego again in their 40's but I suspect I might get a few comments.

[DavidB6937]

21 minutes ago, Cousin Jim Bob said:

I bought some knock off Lego Speed Champion cars from Aliexpress not long ago ago and really enjoyed building them. Was a nice relaxing few hours in an evening or Sunday afternoon. Planning to get some more soon. I've not admitted this to friends and family yet lol. I personally couldn't careless if someone I knew got into Lego again in their 40's but I suspect I might get a few comments.

I made the mistake of buying a cheap Lego set off there early last year. I've bought about 25 since - Marvel, Jurassic Park, Star Wars and some other random ones.

Currently working through the History Museum one which is great.

[SuperBacon]

Magazines (see the fantastic thread) 

For me they're things that you buy as a kid and teen, then drop off until you hit middle ag--- oh wait... I don't even get time to read them these days but still amass them.

Also fizzy drink. But people that don't drink soda are the ones that should grow up. My Dads always banging on about how he doesn't drink them and never has. OK mate, have a medal?

[Merzbow]

Anime.

I don't watch a tonne of current stuff but I've never let it go entirely, from rewatching Serial Experiments Lain to going through Yasuomi Umetsu's works this past month I'm still always in to something. I also started building Gunpla this past year after finally taking the long dive in to Gundam, it's likely going to be a costly exercise but luckily the figues I want all seem to be between £10 and £20 so not too bad... until I get myself "Master Grade" stuff down the line.

[Bruce85]

1 hour ago, DavidB6937 said:

I made the mistake of buying a cheap Lego set off there early last year. I've bought about 25 since - Marvel, Jurassic Park, Star Wars and some other random ones.

Currently working through the History Museum one which is great.

I’ve been looking at buying someone but didn’t really know how good the quilty would be. Judging by how many sets you’ve brought, I take it you’d recommend them? 

I haven’t had lego since I was a kid (I’m 40 this year) but watch several people on YouTube build Lego cities and it looks so much fun! 

[Dr. Alan Grant]

I’ve never given up reading comics. There’s a certain type of person, who when they find out I read comics, think I’m talking about The Beano or Dandy. I definitely can’t see a time where I stop playing video games either. Just bury me with a copy of Final Fantasy IX.

[DavidB6937]

1 hour ago, Bruce85 said:

I’ve been looking at buying someone but didn’t really know how good the quilty would be. Judging by how many sets you’ve brought, I take it you’d recommend them? 

I haven’t had lego since I was a kid (I’m 40 this year) but watch several people on YouTube build Lego cities and it looks so much fun! 

Honestly if I didn't know then I'd be completely fooled. Some of the bricks are a little rougher/slightly tighter to put together but genuinely it's minimal.

Best thing to do is look at the set numbers of the real ones and then search for them on Ali Express as they're named something stupid usually and harder to find, but the numbers are usually there.

I think I paid maybe £75 for the History Museum I'm working on and the real one is around £260.

[HarmonicGenerator]

4 hours ago, SuperBacon said:

Magazines (see the fantastic thread) 

For me they're things that you buy as a kid and teen, then drop off until you hit middle ag--- oh wait... I don't even get time to read them these days but still amass them.

Also fizzy drink. But people that don't drink soda are the ones that should grow up. My Dads always banging on about how he doesn't drink them and never has. OK mate, have a medal?

Today I remembered I forgot to nominate that excellent magazine thread for Thread of the Year. Unless I didn’t forget. Late write-in vote, @Frankie Crisp?

Other than wrestling.. probably Star Wars?  A lot of people see that as exclusively a kids’ thing.

[ReturnOfTheMack]

40k. I played as a kid in the 90s, and still collect stuff now.

[Thunderplex]

99% of the shit that I do!  Comics, gaming, cartoons, modelling and all the other shite.

[Wideload90]

Lego star wars and minifigures. I've previously sold off my comics and 40k, but I can't bear to be rid of the lego. I didn't have any as a child and have certainly made up for it.

[Abe_Knuckleball_Schwartz]

Gaming magazines for me.

I subscribe to Retro Gamer and have done for the last 15 years. I use to buy Edge magazine and have every issue from the launch issue to the 25th anniversary edition boxset of issues. After that I decided to stop buying it regularly and now have only picked up the odd issue here and there.

One thing though is I still have a lot of gaming magazines from my childhood/ teenage years. My most prized possession(s) are the complete set of Total! Nintendo Magazine and Arcade magazine. I also have a near complete collection of GB Action magazine, Mega magazine and Ultimate Future Gaming magazine and regularly look for the issues I do not have on eBay and other places.

 

[Statto]

I still read a few "children's" or "young adult" books a year, in amongst my other reading. 

I read all the Wild Robot books before the film was a thing, for example (as always, the book is better) and my next queued up read (once I've finished the book about Monday Nitro) is I am Rebel by Ross Montgomery. 

Come to think of it, almost all of the limited amount of fiction I read each year falls into that "age bracket". Just nice, easy, hopeful stories, and we all need a bit of that in our lives.