I share your lego trauma.
Mine didnt throw away my lego, they just dumped them all into one box.. then threw away the boxes and the manuals, which.. to me at least, was worse. I'd have prefered if the legos had been thrown away in addition to the boxes and manuals.
and they did it while i was a kid and still actively playing with them.
I cant even remember what lego sets I had anymore, outside of like.. one big set. So I cant even search for manuals online.

