tomhoward
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Did you get one @tallpaul?Still showing as available to buy for me?
Yes, thank you. Logging on at 07:30 was probably unnecessary 😆
So, although I think the Ferrari is ugly, I just bought it! First time I've ever bought a model on release day - I feel like a proper Technic groupie now! Not allowed it til the end of the month as it's a birthday present, but that's ok, can't wait to build it and add it to the collection... 🙂
Saw the transformer in store today, a lot smaller than I expected. Saw the Ferrai as well, bit like Cougar, not sure I like it. I just bought some pick and mix.
I was in two minds about the Ferrari, but there’s just something about the way the sides are built that I can’t get past.
Am in two minds about that Ferrari. It’s nice but I reckon another model would have been better. Not for me at £350.
Never really was a Transformers fan. Lots of friends were and I had a version of OP. I think the Lego rendition is a solid build, but doesn’t do anything for me.
The Delorean arrived a few days ago and is tucked away for a rainy day. Also picked up the NASA shuttle 1/2 priced BNIB
Where did you pick up the shuttle for 1/2 price, that’s one I’ve been on the lookout on a deal for a while?
I was in two minds about the Ferrari, but there’s just something about the way the sides are built that I can’t get past.
I know what you mean. I like it from some angles but let so from others. I think it was RacingBrick who ripped it apart in one of his vids. If I could throw money around I'd get it, but I can't justify £350.
Where did you pick up the shuttle for 1/2 price, that’s one I’ve been on the lookout on a deal for a while?
FB Marketplace last week. I got lucky with the timing because it had only been posted 15 minutes prior so I was first to ping her. AFOL who admitted she'd never have the time to build it.
How do people not have time to build kits? I have to slow myself down and make them last a few days.
How do people not have time to build kits? I have to slow myself down and make them last a few days.
I’d love more time to potter around with Lego, but it has to compete with so many other commitments. As for this particular seller, she’d started a new job and no longer had any spare time.
How do people not have time to build kits? I have to slow myself down and make them last a few days.
Two young kids, (currently) 3 busy jobs, and general life admin (shopping, cleaning, bills, maintenance/repairs, exercise, career, etc) mean that on an average week I have about 7-10 hours free. I'm currently sat on:
UCS A-wing,
UCS Landspeeder,
UCS Tie Fighter,
UCS X-Wing Red 5,
UCS Imperial Shuttle,
UCS(~) Guardians ship,
UCS(~) Space Shuttle Discovery.
...and probably a host of other things I've forgotten!
The last kit I built was the Technic Defender with my son.
No still dont get it.
That is cool.
Loving this idea
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Using the lego friends theater and the muppets minifigs.
Going to go shopping soon
Hi I want an LED light set for the Lego Lamborghini Sian 42115, can anyone recommend a good quality light set, or has anyone made their own LED lights?
Briksmax, Light My Brick, or Lightailing. All much of a muchness from what I can tell.
My latest creation is getting close to completion, star wars themed obviously, appears in 2 films, ground based, lots of wheels, can you guess what it is yet?
Jawa crawler?
Juggernaut? But I thought it was only in one film?
Daffy has it, was in Rogue One as well, I'll get some pics up once it's done, been quite a quick build, only about 6 months so far, wheels took a couple of months, think there are about 150 pieces in each one.
Hi I want an LED light set for the Lego Lamborghini Sian 42115, can anyone recommend a good quality light set, or has anyone made their own LED lights?
General consensus is that they're pricey, and not always easy to fit, especially if retro-fitting, but the quality is top dollar as is durability and longevity.
PSA Amazon Prime Day today so there are quite a few 30% or so deals on Lego. I snapped up some Star Wars set as jnr and I are getting more into MOCs.
Lego's now added a Camara Z28 to their list. 1458 pieces, £150 - so is that a bit of a bargain, or an oversimplified con?
https://www.pistonheads.com/news/general-pistonheads/lego-launches-new-camaro-z28-set-160-/45934
10p/brick seems about the going rate.
There are two new trains and a station for those Lego railroaders as well.
A fully built mini-figure scale (1:40) Airbus A380 with working landing gear and flaps...
I'm always amazed people have both the time and bricks to do these things...
I promised some pics of my latest MOC and build process.
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Pile of bits and build, no forward plan generally.
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Spent this evening removing the slope from the cab section after misreading the image and reworking the turret.....
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Getting close now, waiting for some pieces to turn up.
@sweaman2 it's like any other hobby couple hours here, couple hours there, I can go months without touching the stuff (i can kick the habit whenever I want). Ebay is a good source of cheap pieces, had 1.6Kg of grey pieces delivered today, cost £12 plus postage.
Light My Brick
Thanks for the reminder. I’ve got an F40 (40th bday present - ahem - 5 yes ago) and a Saturn 5 that I guess really belongs to the kids that would both benefit from some cool lighting. I think I now know that this years Xmas / bday present requests will be.
whatgoesup
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a Saturn 5
LEGO Optimus with his older (original G1) brother:
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Really is awesome that one. TIL ALL ARE ONE!
It's looking like the Autumn (Fall) Star Wars UCS release will be a 6000+ piece Razors Crest from the Mandalorian. 75331.
Possibly something like this MOC.
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Anyone need a 42096 Porsche 91 RSR? Boxed, with instructions. Nice little technic project I built with my boy. Will come fully dismantled ready to build. Currently £120 on Amazon (cheapest I could find) but I got it a few months ago for less than that. The going rate seems to be about £70-90 on Ebay. £55 inc postage on here?
Finished the Juggernaut.
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Just had a email saying I've been at my company for 5 years and to click here to redeem my gift; I thought it would be a pen or something similar but no. 550pts to buy from a very very long list of goods including Lego.
Just ordered the new Lego Technic Batmobile....nice. best ever long service award (not the 5 years is that long!).
I would have gone for Dom's Dodge Charger but my boy wants that for his birthday.
Lego Ford Raptor 42126 currently £69.99 less 10% with code LEGO10. Plus £1.99 postage.
Amateurs! I've just completed The Great Gonzo With His Chicken
Rich_S, thanks for the heads up - just ordered a set with birthday money. Wanted this one for a while.
LL928 reboot is ace. God I loved that thing first time around.
Having just completed building the Ford F-150 and Batmobile I’ve really got a taste for Lego building again.
Just found quite a few videos on YouTube on how to motorise the cars and I love the idea for the F-150; that would be really cool.
I’d also like to improve the front steering as the wheels just deflect outwards, needs a front stiffener to the axle connector.
Jsut found this lighting & motorisation kit whilst looking for the light kit for my Defender. Do I take a punt on it?
The likelyhood is it'll be very slow. The LR model is heavy. I've motorized the similar sized rally car from a few years ago with two L motors and a buwizz. This model is much lighter and it's still very slow. Also had to do a significant about of work to minimise wind up in the transmission.
Not a want of the day, just recommending the Brick Experiment Channel on Youtube. Famous for the GOOGOL:1 reduction gear lego build posted here before.
Liked this latest video that came up in my suggestions, some of them I knew, some I didn't, but great to show children about mechanical principles:
Really enjoyed this, nice mix of childhood reminiscing and modern building techniques. 40 year old baseplates have made a reappearance too
Oh, you bastard.
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I got the new Galaxy Explorer too, it's lovely.
I never got the original Galaxy Explorer as a kid, though I did have a few of the big Space Lego sets, including its replacement, the Galaxy Commander. I managed to find one on eBay for a decent price a few years ago though so I now have both the old and new Galaxy Explorers on my shelves (plus Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIIP!). 🙂
Apologies for the image quality, its a screen grab from a video:
I forgot to get some good pictures for this thread when my son was playing with my Space Lego collection. My collection.
Lovin the old and new LL928s
I feel like doing a Benny except with BASEPLATE! BASEPLATE! instead of spaceship. The space ones were so good.
I do like this but at £520 it's a bit eye wateringly expensive (and will be a struggle to fit on a shelf).
Good value on a per piece basis. I see Lego have put up the prices of all the kits by 15-20%.
PSA: Lego Ferrari Daytona SP3 now £235-ish at both Argos and Amazon (RRP £389).
The BMW M 1000 motorbike also £121 (RRP £215).
Note that both require voucher for the extra 10% off. LEGO10 at Argos.
Not exactly a set but, some mad skills.
I actually went "woo" out loud when he started the 12 cylinder
hey folks...
My old man dropped round a crate of my old lego from his loft a month or so back. I have finally started sorting it out. I had the instructions to the Lego Pirate castle, so sifted through it all and managed to rebuild it (instructions from 1989 are not what they are today!).
I managed to find all bar 3 pieces.
My intention was to rebuild it and maybe sell it. But have no idea what value it would have. If anyone can point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated!
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My other half got the star destroyer for his (31st) birthday, I didn't think it would be this big!
Temporary location in the lounge at the moment...
@v7fmp - have a look on bricklink for the set number. You'll be able to see what the complete sets are listed for WRT condition.
@hannahjayy - THIS is the issue with a lot of the BIG Star Wars kits - they're simply too big to put anywhere unless you have lots of free space in a house.
I think this is why you see so many of the Millennium Falcon and Star Destroyer kits on ebay.
I've got a UCS Razor Crest here for a Christmas build. 🙂
The stand for the Star Destroyer really irritates me. The Destroyer is supposed to be level across the top of the hull line, but the stand mounts to the frame of the Destroyer at the middle, so it forces the nose down. I had to modify mine - I couldn't look at it without scowling.
Yeah I have both a Star Destroyer and UCS Falcon, both of which are too big to hang like the rest of my Star Wars models so I think I will sell them soon. The other option was to try vertical wall mount, but I haven't been brave enough yet.
Yep, this is why it's easy to envy all those Americans with their massive basement displays.
Just bought my son the Ferrari 488 Technic for his birthday. He's 22. Used to be well into Lego - got tonnes of it. Very much car mad, but hard to buy for (he's currently on a track day in his stripped out modded Fabia.
I have a UCS Falcon in the post - wanted it since they released the old version. We're moving house so I might even have somewhere to put it, along with the Disney castle which is still boxed up.
Also try Brickowl, I prefer the site layout.
I built my own star destroyer, it was about 5 feet long, couldn't get it out of the garage (too heavy) but was told bluntly it wasn't coming in the house so had to dismantle it.
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Want the Razor Crest for Christmas but not idea where it's going to go. Building the AT AT at the moment, had about 60% of the parts and managed to source the rest for under £300 which is not bad when RRP is over £700.
I managed to get the Razor Crest brand new, but from ebay the day after release for £380, still sealed. I figure that due to inflation and the exchange rate, there's a good chance that it'll go UP next year as both the Falcon and the Star Destroyer have, so wanted to get in early. AT-AT doesn't really do it for me, I'm like that little LEGO astronaut guy from the LEGO Movie - "SPACESHIP!"
THIS is the issue with a lot of the BIG Star Wars kits – they’re simply too big to put anywhere unless you have lots of free space in a house.
My Falcon is sitting next to me in the office. I've bought a stand for it, but I've now realised I'm going to have to chop up a set of shelves to fit the bloody thing in. It's huge.
The only other option would be to mount it vertically on the wall... but that scares me!
The Efferman stand does exactly that. It's supposed to be very stable.
Rather impressive 1.5m tall Eiffel Tower 😮....
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@:v7fmp, I had that exact set! If you can find the minifigs some of the pirate ones are in demand- I can't remember if your set is one of these but there's at least a few sets from that range and that timescale where there were totally unique figures- I think maybe one of the captains or governors? And so they're pretty pricey.
@Northwind - interesting. I have a bag of pirates from that set/era. i will dig them out!
We also have some pirates from that era, time to dig for gold ;P
that looks incredible, and also [I]incredibly[/I] tedious to build!!Rather impressive 1.5m tall Eiffel Tower
Lego / bike related, I had some of these
Turn up in the post today. Comparatively expensive for valve caps, but fun.
Turn up in the post today. Comparatively expensive for valve caps, but fun.
very cool, going to order some for my mates kid
Holy moley. If SWMBO ever mentions the amount of Lego in the loft, I'll point her at this.
😀 That looks like the basement from the Lego movie
Finally got some free time to build this - 10240 Red 5 UCS X-wing:
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