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This is very true, but it does require MUCH more storage.
The Wife bought me this for Christmas.
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We got one too - first Lego I’ve had since the 1970s - took both Christmas Day and Boxing Day afternoons to complete. Impressed by the level of detail having got a full-size one in the garage.
I might sell one of these Technic 42009. Unsure yet but anyone keen and willing to make an offer? The box is a bit knackered but pretty certain it’s complete.
Often looked at used Lego but wondered where you'd stand if bits were missing. "Pretty certain" would put me off.
You can usually buy and missing pieces from BrickLink or BrickOwl for a couple of £ at most. There are occasionally some very rare pieces which are ridiculous money (Darth Vader’s Tie Fighter cockpit glass and hatch for example), but not often.
Pro tip: Sort by brick type rather than colour.
Every so often there are things posted on STW that make me realise just why I love this place so much. This is one.
“Pretty certain” would put me off.
If I decide to sell I’ll build and demolish first.
Lego will replace missing bits from new sets without argument. I've never had a piece missing, but had one damaged. No issue. Does take ages though, same if you order from Lego's Bricks and Pieces service. I usually use Bricklink and I can create wanted lists from their digital designer program Stud.io.
I use these for sorting: https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/multipurpose-tool-organiser-24-326366
I've probably got about a thousand or so loose pieces and I keep them sorted by type/size. The trays are really useful for this. Bricks in one organiser, sub-divided by size, plates in another, slopes & dishes in another etc. Easy to stash away when not needed.
For smaller pieces (tiles, technic etc), I've got three smaller Black & Decker organisers which are the perfect size.
I've got 152630 loose pieces at the last count!
Long shot but other than eBay any recommendations for selling rare parts. Don't think I want to set up on brick link for 2 parts (V2 power functions IR receivers) but do want to get a good return to fund the buwizz I ordered.
I'm on with the Defender and have just finished the 1st stage of the build. I had to dip into the next bag for a couple of generic pieces. Am I going to be short by the end?
Only just got back into Lego but don't remember ever having any missing pieces when I was a kid.
Check the bags, bits get stuck in them (and the floor). It's very unlikely bits will be missing, only once have i had incorrect bits and that was an extra bit and a missing bit so im guessing the bag weight was still right.
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Full MemberI’m on with the Defender and have just finished the 1st stage of the build. I had to dip into the next bag for a couple of generic pieces. Am I going to be short by the end?
I've had some pieces in the wrong bags. But also every time I'm totally convinced that there's a bit missing, it's on the floor or I've screwed up the instructions.
The bits that you didn't have, do you have leftover similar bits? Some colours are hard to distinguish.
Have you added extra into the model that you didn't need to?
@breadcrumb did you see the post a few pages back about ensuring the universal joints are oriented correctly?
But also every time I’m totally convinced that there’s a bit missing, it’s on the floor or I’ve screwed up the instructions.
Have you added extra into the model that you didn’t need to?
My fear is I have messed up and somehow added some parts in. Looking over it it looks ok compared to the diagram. I put the bits in some kind of order in a Stanley parts box and did have a couple of spares but not similar to what I've had to borrow from the next part.
@nixie - no, I'll try hunting back but this thread is unsurprisingly quite big now. The assembly works through the gears ok so hopefully all is ok.
Finally finished the Nebulon-B Frigate - what a bloody awful build; Type 2 fun.
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Dell 17" "Mobile Workstation" PC and Minifig for scale.
Monster!
that’s awesome, well done that man!!
The detail on that is amazing... Slightly disappointing that the wall brackets aren't also lego. Or steel disguised as lego. Or steel disguised as admiral ackbar straining to hold the entire franchise up
That Nebulon B is amazing!
That's gonna be a right prick to dust.
Compressed air for dusting, low pressure from an airbrush compressor, and a very slightly damp car detailing brush.
Brushes from eBay, no need to spend more than a few pounds.
Just saw on HUKD that Hamleys has some sale items that you can double up with a first time buyer discount. Looks like a decent price for the Tiger With The Bumhole
I feel this should be to the scale of Daffys frigate
It was a tricky build tho nothing compared to daffys!
Just finished the Ghostbusters Ecto 1 car. Absolutely fantastic build. So many 'how the hell did they figure that out' moments.
Enjoyed it a lot more than previous mega technic builds. Is following a particular designer a thing in the lego world?
I have no idea but I'd guess "a" designer is rare, I'd expect they get iterated through loads of people.
That Red Dwarf is ace.
I have the red dwarf in a bag, haven't got round to building it yet but it looks fantastic. It was the tiny starbug that sold me
I'm really enjoying the Space Shuttle build. The landing gear is brilliant. Just about to start the nose section.
The Hubble is beautiful too.
Ecto-1 is definitely on my list.
What happens when your display shelf gets full?!
@grahamt1980 I think Northwind posted it a few pages back
its a chinese version and the build is a bit sketchy, a few bits werent inckuded
Ta
Ecto 1 and the Space Shuttle both have some great techniques used. I enjoyed the build of those hugely - although they are a little large to store/display easily.
mini_fiat and I built these two over the the Christmas break. The tracked racer is really good fun - his first proper technic set too. Would love to convert it to powered up as I reckon it'd be awesome with two properly synced motors. As it is, its a bit on-off, but still hilarious to blat around the kitchen. Hopefully we'll get some snow this week & we can go play in the street with it.
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We loved building this as he's just getting into Harry Potter.
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We've some track we use for the Krokodil and a goods train, so I decided to mod the tender with a powered up train motor and hub. Next job is to fit the carriage with some magnetic couplings & build another bit of stock. I might replace the train motor with a large motor which would give us much better control. The train motor has no tacho output so full speed is about 200mph, whereas with a large motor I could code some limits into the custom controller. My ocd doesn't like the fact the rods are not quartered, nor in any way realistic, so that might get dealt with.
Somehow this also managed to wangle its way down the chimney. I'm trying to put off building it until after we move house.
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We loved building this as he’s just getting into Harry Potter.
We’ve some track we use for the Krokodil and a goods train, so I decided to mod the tender with a powered up train motor and hub.
Same. My 6 yo loved it. We've similarly put a motor in - interested in how you did it. On ours, the tender wheels are motorised with the battery above. We housed the remote receiver where the fire was in the engine, but it's a bit messy with wires. Ours is Power Functions, I think, not Powered Up. I'm not sure on the difference, think power functions is slightly older tech.
That roller coaster 😍
Want!
the tracked racer is really good fun – his first proper technic set too. Would love to convert it to powered up as I reckon it’d be awesome with two properly synced motors. As it is, its a bit on-off, but still hilarious to blat around the kitchen. Hopefully we’ll get some snow this week & we can go play in the street with it.
You've probably figured this out already, but as there are gears between the motor and the drive wheels for the tracks you can mess about with different ratios to make the model behave differently. Fun little experiment if you have some extra Technic gears lying around
Ecto-1 is definitely on my list.
What happens when your display shelf gets full?!
Move house!
I built Ecto-1 but pretty soon after had to tear down and bag it up as we just had too much on display and it was looking messy. We were already looking for a new place anyway, just need to make sure it's got space for lots of Lego. I have the Bugatti but can't bring myself to build it as we just don't have the room.
@superficial the powered up hub uses Bluetooth for control, so you only need link the motor and hub directly. Everything is self contained in the tender unit.
That roller coaster 😍
Want!
Already retired, unfortunately. That's amazing.
I've just acquired £100 worth or Argos vouchers but there's not really anything practical that I want. Not had Lego for about 30 years so thinking of giving it a go. Would even put say £75 of my own towards it.
Any suggestions on good sets? So far, been looking at the BMW motorbike, the land rover defender, the American tow truck or the dodge charger.
What's good for a fun/challenging build?
Bought a friend the bargain McLaren for Christmas that was mentioned on this thread and wish I'd got two of them. It seems to have doubled in price now though.
Depends whether you want Technic or System (normal Lego).
The typewriter is meant to be a challenging build from what I've heard. If you want Technic though I'd go for the Defender. Argos often have sales on Lego so keep an eye out if you're not wanting something straightaway.
Cheers. Just realised that I'd somehow stumbled away from the Argos page and they don't have anything I was looking at. Guess I will be waiting a while.
Final bit of detail for the Nebulon B:
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I can't take much credit for the original design - that belongs to a guy who goes by Mortesv, who's design was split into a 1500 page instruction book, but by different people. NO thought was given to the design during this process and it was a real damned mess. As a result, the internal structure of mine is quite substantially different from his original design, as is some of the detailing, especially on the rear sections. His was full of really crappy connections (single studs to hold things all over the place) or illegal attachments which made the whole thing flimsy at best. I've probably used another 800-1100 pieces making it structurally stable...mostly anyway. I can now pick it up by the central spar without bits falling off everywhere and the entire front section splitting in two from the nose to the hanger bay.
Happy to be done with it though.