Villa resident discovers Legos aren’t just for kids

It doesn’t take long to see why assembling Legos is fun at any age. They’re detailed, colorful and challenging. 

Bev Fish found this out when the pandemic began and, suddenly, she couldn’t volunteer, travel or attend sporting events. She needed a way to keep busy. By chance, she discovered Lego.com and their large and complex sets specifically designed for adults.  

The first set she completed was a gingerbread house. “I was going to do one and be done. I could put the gingerbread house away after the holidays,” she said. But the process appealed to her detail-oriented nature and the hobby grew. So far, she has completed 25 to 30 sets. 

“I didn’t want my home to look like a Lego store, so a couple of my nephews who live out of state receive many of the sets and they rebuild them during their school breaks,” she says.  

She is currently working on another challenging build of a pickup truck. Like most of the sets she completes, it has more than 1,600 pieces. A few other completed sets include Minions, Harry Potter buildings, a motorcycle, a houseboat and a pirate ship that measures 18” long and 14” high. 

Bev, a villa resident since 2015, said Legos are easy to pick up and put down as time allows so she’s not sure how long it takes to complete a set. She admits that it takes patience and focus. She receives the Lego newsletter, shops at the online store and takes advantage of VIP customer rewards. 

Bev prefers interacting with people but does plan to keep up with her new hobby even as she pursues other opportunities again. “There’s satisfaction in seeing them built.”