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Just finished the land rover.
fascinating build, it’s properly hefty. Have to wonder what the point of all the intricate gearboxes are as its not powered.
Built the 6x6 powered crane with motorised outriggers last Christmas, that was a different league of complexity but it all ‘did’ something.
I think I prefer the creator series to look at once built.
My wife likes to play with Lego.
Here is last year's Christmas Build.
This year it is a Victorian terrace and street scene, but it is still under construction.
Stunning work there from you Mrs!
I wanted the star destroyer but can't afford it so I've decided to build my own. It's half done, underside and engines done, working on the top but waiting for some bits from the Lego shop. Been building turbo lasers and shield generators while i wait. It's a bit bigger than the Lego which is 43 inches, mines at 54 inches. I'll post some pics when complete.
Nice work there from Mrs HTC, good attention to detail.
2004 - 2015 Lego UCS Y-Wings
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This fella next:
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I saw a nice lego video recently where the kid had received a lego set from his grandparents. His dad setup the iphone camera in time lapse mode and recorded the kid building the set and then sent the video link to the grandparents.
Obviously the model was not as complex as the one above!
I'm in a modular building phase at the moment. Started with Assembly Square back in summer, currently 1/3 of the way through Corner Garage and I have the Parisian Restaurant under my desk at work.
I think I'm going to have to shift a few sets on before I buy anything else.
Land Rover for me this Christmas too - enjoyed building it, although I made a couple of significant red wine induced mistakes that I had to undo! As previously mentioned, I'm not really sure what the point of the gearing is - esp the hi-lo wheel - doesn't seem to do anything?
I wanted the star destroyer but can’t afford it so I’ve decided to build my own.
Multicoloured I hope. Pics please!
thats a serious investment daffy!
I got the Darth Vader castle for xmas & only because Amazon had a flash 50% sale- even at £60 it seems a lot, but t is cool & the kids have played with it a lot
scuttler, multi coloured on the inside, medium stone grey outside, to paraphrase the Lego Batman I only work in Medium stone Grey or sometimes dark stone grey.
Sorry, having major issues posting pictures.
Anyone know how to post pics from Flckr?
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Whahey, got it working using the Forum help, who'd have thought that would work.
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Still waiting on some parts direct from Lego so started to build the canons and shield generators. Built a mini Tantive IV as well.
Holy mother of god.
Wow, that's amazing stumpyjon!
On a much smaller scale, after picking up on this thread and mentioning it to my wife, she got me a Starwars Anniken starfighter for Christmas. My first lego for 30 years! Wont be the last, already been back to the lego shop to eye up future projects 😁
How long did it take you, out of interest?
Nice Star Destroyer, but nothing compared to this bad boy:
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Not the Lego I need, the Lego I deserve...
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Spacious interior, all mod cons...
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Easy access...
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Rocket boost, for making progress...
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Pop up anti joker/traffic measures...
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Meep meep, yo...
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If you are going to build this, it’s good, but make sure you are in a very well lit room. It’s VERY black.
I can see that must have come as a surprise
Well, yeah... felt myself having to squint to see where all the smaller more intricate bits went by the end though!
On a MUCH more modest scale I finally caught up over the winter break with all my unbuilt kits.
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The little Speed Champions Mini Cooper is actually quite cool.
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You must have a serious amount of Lego, Stumpyjon. My son and I have what others would consider a lot, but there’s no way in hell that we’d have enough to do even a quarter of what you've built there. Wow!
Surprisingly brilliant thread.
Patience and good eyesight to you all.
Daffy whats in shot is probably a tenth of what we've got, most of the unbuilt stuff us in organisers, the ucs lego is in the study, 12 sets, and my son also has rather a lot of star wars lego plus city and other various themes. Comes from my childhood, some was my wife's, EBay and the Lego shop pick a brick wall are good ways of increasing pieces cheaply.
How do you go about building something like that from scratch though? Any sort of pre build design work or just trial and error? Part of my enjoyment of building the sets is looking at the instructions and marvelling at the thought that has gone into the methodology, and the order in which things go together. I’d be lost without them, and wouldn’t know where to start!
@Merak
I've given up hunting for a few odds and sods to emerge from the kids bedrooms so have ordered the remaining parts from tinternet
I believe it's now complete - got the box and instructions. Just let me get those parts and check it over, then we have a deal!
A little present to myself. Made a very small mistake that became apparent, a bloody bugger to rectify! Landrover is next.
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Nearly finished the Defender. Distracted by the Landrover website with real ones now.
Giving this one a go as its totally different to anything in my current collection.
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/lego-forma-81000
Updates to follow once it's delivered
I've got the Mustang sitting at home waiting for a crap weather day. My first if the new Creator kits so want to do it properly and without distractions!
Tom, I just started it, had a rough idea then worked from that. I think I've been pretty lucky angles worked out ok.
I’ve got the Mustang sitting at home waiting for a crap weather day. My first if the new Creator kits so want to do it properly and without distractions!
9yr old Monkey jnr pleaded with me to get him the Mustang for Chrimbo. Naturally, I duly obliged. Spent a few very chilled hours building it with Monkey and his grandad. He did maybe 80% of it unaided.
Have to admit the finished article looks much better in the flesh and he loves it. Bit of.a surprise as the box imagery is very washed out and unengaging IMO.
I'm just chuffed that my employer used a Lego model to share the news of my promotion...
Mini Mini Cooper is ace. And it’s on Forza Horizon 4 Lego expansion!
Spend some time over chrimbo getting through my lego backlog! Standout was the Pop-Up Book from the Ideas range, totally different from the normal cars/spaceships/buildings etc. Doesn't take long to put together and (aside from the very clever mechanism) not much in the way of advanced building techniques but utterly charming! As is often the case, looks so much better in the flesh than in photos.
I'm thinking of putting a lighting kit in the 911, or am I being a tart?
Rude not to, really.
@daffy @tomhoward very jealous of those two models. Had a look at the Batmobile in the Lego store Leeds. I have a force awakens Millennium Falcon, but would love to swap that for the new, massive one. Cannot wait to get my hands on the Technic defender, it's a present from the good lady so have to wait until my 'retirement' date. 15 days and counting!
@cougar, lookin at some on amazon, unless people have a solid recommendation?
@greenskin I was looking at the Lightailing one for the Mack Anthem. The other one I had a look at was LightMyBrick but they are quite a bit more for what seems to be the exact same thing.
Long shot I know, has anyone got a defender they've built and want to move on?
Have to admit the finished article looks much better in the flesh and he loves it. Bit of.a surprise as the box imagery is very washed out and unengaging IMO.
Thought that too when it first launched but saw one in the flesh at the Lego store and it looked so much better! Same with the Batmobile, looks dull and rough in the photos. Real-life it's incredibly menacing.