We had some kits when we where kids although Lego had such a high tax coming into NZ no-one had a lot. I would have liked to build them and keep them but my dad made it a rule your could only build a kit and keep it for a week, after that it had to be broken up and mixed with the family stuff to be shared. We do a mix here but the only thing that has been kept intact for a while was the Lego castle and I was sorry to see that broken up.
That would explain why I never had them, way too expensive, they still are!