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LEGO ERA |OT| Rebuilding One Brick at a Time.
- Thread starter PhoncipleBone
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Hopefully a nice large Creator DB5 and not a Technic DBS.
Just a vehicle would make sense.
I was going to say that Bond seems a bit of an... adult theme for LEGO sets.
Would be extra cool if they put in some Bond features into the vehicle, like an spring loaded seat or something.
I was going to say that Bond seems a bit of an... adult theme for LEGO sets.
Would be extra cool if they put in some Bond features into the vehicle, like an spring loaded seat or something.
I finally gave up on placing my modulars on shelves, due to the lack of shelf space. So I decided to make a permanent city display on a small room I managed to spare for Lego.
Placed over some tables, initially I have a space of 1.75 x 1.70 meters, which I may expand in the future to 1.75 x 2.55. That is not that much considering that I may place some trains around it.
However my main decision now should be how I make the roads on the display. Initially I decided to use Lego road baseplates (48x48 studs, so 0.25x0.25 meters). They have the advantage to make the whole display 48x48 studs standard so it will be easier to make changes or stored/transport them if needed. However, they took TOO many space on the display, limiting the amount of buildings I can have.
The other option would be to make tile based roads, but their disadvantages are the number (and cost) of pieces plus I loose the modular aspect.
To the ones that make city displays here, how do you manage this issue?
Placed over some tables, initially I have a space of 1.75 x 1.70 meters, which I may expand in the future to 1.75 x 2.55. That is not that much considering that I may place some trains around it.
However my main decision now should be how I make the roads on the display. Initially I decided to use Lego road baseplates (48x48 studs, so 0.25x0.25 meters). They have the advantage to make the whole display 48x48 studs standard so it will be easier to make changes or stored/transport them if needed. However, they took TOO many space on the display, limiting the amount of buildings I can have.
The other option would be to make tile based roads, but their disadvantages are the number (and cost) of pieces plus I loose the modular aspect.
To the ones that make city displays here, how do you manage this issue?
You could try the Swebrick standard for brick-built bases:
http://www.swebrick.se/instruktioner/Swebrick_moduverse_v3/Swebrick_Moduverse_Baseplate_v4.pdf (32x32 replacement for baseplates)
http://www.swebrick.se/instruktioner/Swebrick_moduverse_v3/Swebrick_Moduverse_Roadplate_v3.pdf (road part)
http://www.swebrick.se/instruktioner/Swebrick_moduverse_v3/Swebrick_Moduverse_Baseplate_v4.pdf (32x32 replacement for baseplates)
http://www.swebrick.se/instruktioner/Swebrick_moduverse_v3/Swebrick_Moduverse_Roadplate_v3.pdf (road part)
Best sticker of 2018 came in the Jurassic Park anniversary set. And once again, it's a computer monitor screen.
My Bricklink order arrived. Got all this for ~$200 less than what it would retail for (shipped). No boxes, but I don't really care!
My Bricklink order arrived. Got all this for ~$200 less than what it would retail for (shipped). No boxes, but I don't really care!
Did...did it come with bricks as well or...?
Nope, just the manuals! /s
Of course! Just didn't post them because it's a massive pile of bricks, wheels, and tread.
Thanks! Interesting techniques.
But then I will have to rise all modulate to align them to the roads. I may do it in the future but I think I will start simpler with a few road baseplates I already have and see the results. In the future I may Brick build the riads.
I visited my local store today and they put me to work building on the coaster display. They had a table set up in the middle of the store. The employees would take turns building and offered customers to build on it too. It's an awesome build for being a non-technic set. Now I'm just trying to convince my friend to buy it, even though he just bought the Bugatti.
Sorry to Lego ERA only peeps. My life has been pretty screwy the last couple months and checking in with Lego Discord once in awhile on the shitter has been the only reliable thing for me. I have been assembling things though to try and keep my mind off things so will just do a pic dump of what ive been up to. Starting with the glorious Coaster which is unfortunately not finished, got half of it done.
up close pics of an idea on how the gears and pulley system is going to work
and obligatory my cat is going to eat the whole damn thing
This is truly something special and fun. It also comes with two instruction books one for each half of the coaster so this is really the perfect set to put together with kids or family or whoever.
Next is the new City Hospital set.
As a playset its ok I guess. Very hard to reach in and use any of the features and just no room for figs inside it. The ambulance is great as a vehicle. I'm no ta fan of these City building sets, for one the price to piece ratio is usually awful on these. I got this though because its been awhile since we got a proper hospital and who knows when the next one will be. Also since I don't care about the play features and this actually looks like a good hospital from the outside I got it mainly for my modular city setup. And heres a pic of what it looks like next to modulars.
Yea me likey. Also the figs included are just great. You get all kinds of paramedics, multiple types of doctors, a couple stretchers, unfortunately only one hand cast and one head cast. Also one new baby Lego fig with a stroller build and one wheelchair. So all around pretty good deal. I recommend it.
Lastly I leave you all with Arctic Doggo
up close pics of an idea on how the gears and pulley system is going to work
and obligatory my cat is going to eat the whole damn thing
This is truly something special and fun. It also comes with two instruction books one for each half of the coaster so this is really the perfect set to put together with kids or family or whoever.
Next is the new City Hospital set.
As a playset its ok I guess. Very hard to reach in and use any of the features and just no room for figs inside it. The ambulance is great as a vehicle. I'm no ta fan of these City building sets, for one the price to piece ratio is usually awful on these. I got this though because its been awhile since we got a proper hospital and who knows when the next one will be. Also since I don't care about the play features and this actually looks like a good hospital from the outside I got it mainly for my modular city setup. And heres a pic of what it looks like next to modulars.
Yea me likey. Also the figs included are just great. You get all kinds of paramedics, multiple types of doctors, a couple stretchers, unfortunately only one hand cast and one head cast. Also one new baby Lego fig with a stroller build and one wheelchair. So all around pretty good deal. I recommend it.
Lastly I leave you all with Arctic Doggo
My Bricklink order arrived. Got all this for ~$200 less than what it would retail for (shipped). No boxes, but I don't really care!
You've got a lot of fun building ahead of you.
I have been clean for months now...but today I caved. I bought the Saturn V and the Women of Nasa set. I got 15% off though.. that makes it alright, right?
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Good. Welcome back. There is no need to go clean.
(Saturn V is one of the best sets I've ever built btw, and the Women of Nasa are a great companion to it)
15% off is great for one of my favorite ever LEGO sets. Saturn V is such a cool build and looks amazing when assembled.I have been clean for months now...but today I caved. I bought the Saturn V and the Women of Nasa set. I got 15% off though.. that makes it alright, right?
Just make sure you have room to display it, haha.
There are only two sets with city trams, right?
60097 City Square from 2015 and
8404 Public Transport Station from 2010.
Which option should be better to add power functions?
60097 City Square from 2015 and
8404 Public Transport Station from 2010.
Which option should be better to add power functions?
Ninjago City is £52 off at Smyths in the UK . £208 is easily the cheapest price I've seen for it.
https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb...ego-70620-ninjago-movie-ninjago-city/p/164489
https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb...ego-70620-ninjago-movie-ninjago-city/p/164489
I've been keeping an eye on the Tesco Direct clearance, and wondering how much of (the expensive parts of) a Green Grocer is in the Ocean Monument.
Wizarding World CMF - the article might get taken down
https://parade.com/681812/klconniewang/lego-to-release-harry-potter-and-fantastic-beasts-minifigs/
some new parts incl. shorter legs with ability to sit (or it is just wrong perception ;) )
https://parade.com/681812/klconniewang/lego-to-release-harry-potter-and-fantastic-beasts-minifigs/
some new parts incl. shorter legs with ability to sit (or it is just wrong perception ;) )
Very nice.Wizarding World CMF - the article might get taken down
https://parade.com/681812/klconniewang/lego-to-release-harry-potter-and-fantastic-beasts-minifigs/
some new parts incl. shorter legs with ability to sit (or it is just wrong perception ;) )
I don't know why but I'm not feeling them. The figures look they were hastily put together for the photo shoot. Hopefully they look a better when sites like brickset get the figures and take proper pictures of each one.
This was the only line I was EVER interested in. But apparently it was a huge hit because I could never find them near me. And there was no way I was going to pay eBay prices for a set of them.
I just got lucky. When I had time to go to the toy store after the release, they were all gone and no new shipments were planned (they couldn't order a second batch). I had given up, but then another store put up 4 boxes or so two weeks later. I spent over an hour and a half feeling them out, paying, opening, checking which I missed (and how much doubles I had), going back in, ... Only Donald was escaping my grasp in the end, so that's the only one I bought online.
(And then Donals was the only non-exclusive fig in Disney Castle of course, so now I have him twice :P )
WHAT?
I would have loved to have the full set displayed in front of my castle! But it is what it is. Happy you scored your set though!
Also, when does 2x VIP start? Gonna splurge on the Chiron.
I would have loved to have the full set displayed in front of my castle! But it is what it is. Happy you scored your set though!
Also, when does 2x VIP start? Gonna splurge on the Chiron.
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How many posts until complaints about price? Over or under 10?
Hot damn that Voltron. Affordable too. And man, the techniques used there to combine can only help spur some more MOC Megazords/Devastators.
$180 is a really good price for that. There's some pretty cheap-ass looking Voltron toys that would cost ~$100 to complete. This looks like a solid build that stand ~18" tall when all said and done.
Debating on waiting to earn VIP points for Voltron or getting early from SDCC...
That said, I hope they do another version using the DreamWorks' design, which I'm also fond of.
That said, I hope they do another version using the DreamWorks' design, which I'm also fond of.
If you get two and use standard 1x2s instead of the ones with a groove, you are pretty far along. You'll need to substitute 1x6 + 1x2 for the 1x8 the set would actually need too and replace a ton of other parts like the viking printed tiles and the train windows. Awnings and curtains are also out of the question.
I would go for another colour rather than replace the groove bricks though. You could use sand green brickwork texture bricks too, but they give it another look.