LEGO COLLECTIONS!

Pitfall69

^I had to stop collecting Star Wars Action Figures. It was too much. The only thing I collect now are the Cantina Aliens and Patrons. I haven't seen any new ones being released, so I haven't bought one for a long time.

jediami65

Yeah, I got tired of seeing the same figures over and over. Clone Wars figures were good and there was a little more variety collecting the clones, Rex, Fox. and the ARC troopers since they had personality and varied costumes. I was hoping we got more Lego clones but I think the Customs will be the way to go for me.

klatu003

@jediami65 & oldtodd33 - Yes my #10182 Cafe Corner is a semi-MOC, as is the #10185 Green Grocer. I bricklinked some of the more iconic elements and filled in with what I had. I got into this addiction after they had retired. @FollwsClosely Thanks! I actually like the black and gold awnings better than the original. Wyldstyle is on another shelf with the western TLM set.

Here is what the big layout looked like with the older part of town on the main table and the outlining newer construction and the trains on extra tables. Also that the back of GG is lime green!

legonickb

Here is my small collection, have a few other pieces not on display. The smaller display cabinet I change the minifigures every month with different themes

ajm390

This is part of my collection. A custom built base unit and some shelving units underneath. I'd like another one to put the Maersk train and the Emerald Night together.

Lego_Lord_Mayorca

At last here is the bulk of my collection as it currently exists.

Lego_Lord_Mayorca

Since I can't edit my post above...

They are all in my closet, and to get the full picture, consider the first picture below as "ground level - center", and the following pictures (seen left to right, top to bottom) represent looking left, then up and left, then up and center, and finally up and to the right (on the right below is the actually bar where some clothes hang). Sorry about the orientations on pictures 2, 3, and 5. My phone set it that way upon upload.

BobaCon

There are some really cool collections in here.

Peter1975

Yes, there are.

Kangojack

My custom display cabinet made from Tassie Oak.
Contains approx 500 min figs, but room for over 1500!

Big_Blue_Winky

Here's a very small part of my collection in a new layout I made for the weekend.

jadestaples

This is one of my collections. I have a few more around the house. Star Wars is my main collection though.

msanders

^ that's a pretty nice collection. I really like the lord of the rings collection as well.

jasor

jadestaples said:

This is one of my collections. I have a few more around the house. Star Wars is my main collection though.

I have that 3d Puzzle bust of Darth too.... ;)

jadestaples

Lego_Lord_Mayorca said:

Since I can't edit my post above...

They are all in my closet, and to get the full picture, consider the first picture below as "ground level - center", and the following pictures (seen left to right, top to bottom) represent looking left, then up and left, then up and center, and finally up and to the right (on the right below is the actually bar where some clothes hang). Sorry about the orientations on pictures 2, 3, and 5. My phone set it that way upon upload.

Do you build your sets or just collect them?

Astericked

@jadestaples Where did you get that display cabinet?

jadestaples

It is cubic units from bunnings stacked together. 2 times 4x4 and 2 times 1x4. It works well unless the set is huge.
@Astericked‌

tbzz

Hi. My first post :) This is good theme - Lego collections, so I present my own collection. I collect classic sets, from 80's and 90's. I love them, since 1986 when I had my first one - 6659 TV Camera Crew. Few years with town, and technic and after that black hole to 2009. Then return to TLG after 18 years :) And returned to my own classic sets and new items from Lego. And after short time I decided to collect old sets. From december 2009 to now, I collected 311 sets from 80's and 90's, becouse all these years I consider classics. So this is my all sets :

Sets are from town, castle, space, technic series and few from boat and train. All (more photos too) I described in my site (non EN). legosoul.wordpress.com
All sets in my Brickset profile - brickset.com/sets/ownedby-tbzz My intention is to continue the collection of classics and make public display. So greetings for all Lego fans, especially for fans of classic sets.

Lego_Lord_Mayorca

jadestaples said:

Do you build your sets or just collect them?

Oh, I definitely build them. Several of the ones you see on the ground level have not been built, however, since I am usually not home enough to do so. But the majority of the boxes you see contain sets that have been built and displayed at least once. I just don't have any shelves in my room for them now.

jadestaples

I know what you mean @Lego_Lord_Mayorca‌ I am studying and I try not to build anything unless it is uni holidays. Doesn't always work that way though. I love seeing everyone else's collections, I feel less odd now.

Peter1975

Here some old pictures from a part of my collection:

TheBigLegoski

@Peter1975
Wow! Dat ziet er schitterend uit. (Wow! That looks splendid.)
I love the way you display all your sets. Every Lego theme, its own diorama. Love all your castle, H.Potter, and pirate stuff!

Legoboy

tbzz said:

You're worse than the kids, leaving it all out on the floor. Learn to tidy away.

Nice collection. :-)

Peter1975

^^Thanks, Now I wish I had more space to display it. But with 3 kids it's all boxed on the attic, waiting..... And there is an awful lot more Lego's over here...

piratemania7

@Peter1975 do you have any additional photos or more close ups of your Pirates display?

Bumblepants

@Peter1975 really like your castle pics, I see a lot of my childhood favorites mixed in there.

Peter1975

@piratemania7‌ : No, sorry. I haven't got the display at all anymore. All the sets are back in the bocks.
But in time I hope for a new big place to display my Lego. Trust me, a lot of picture will get upload then.....
In 'my collection' you'll see what will get displayed then.

thedaveyboy

Here is some of my collection on display in my loft. Including a couple of Star Wars layouts and a Space Marines MOC I am working on. There is a place in the classic space area ready for Benny's Spaceship :)

Sanddoodle

Our "collection," including MOCs in progress, is displayed on a long wall across our dining room area and into the family room. We started with only one cabinet and 3 Harry Potter kits. (lower right photo).

Things got very big very fast after that - had to expand. Our whole collection is now on the wall, with very little in storage in the cabinets below. We don't have a Lego "room" exactly, but this idea could be adapted to a boy's or girl's room to save space by going up the wall.

FYI one large Lego kit is about 1 cubic foot, so our approx. 15 sets are about 15 cu.ft. if anyone wants to compute. I say "approximate" because some kits are small, and others have been absorbed into our MOC pieces. (Yes we also buy kits just for parts, but only the smaller ones.) We have 25,000-30,000 Lego pieces on the wall. (I can't believe I counted them all one day. MOCs not counted in the total.)

This is our new web site that shows details. http://www.elderplay.weebly.com/
Please visit and maybe find some new ideas.

klatu003

@Sanddoodle "Elderplay" yes! Perhaps we can go by "SFOL" since "TFOL" is common usage for teens. One of my favorite childhood presents was Tinkertoys. I remember building the Fly Away fairground model, it was so impressive that it worked.

Sanddoodle

klatu003 said:

@Sanddoodle "Elderplay" yes! Perhaps we can go by "SFOL" since "TFOL" is common usage for teens. One of my favorite childhood presents was Tinkertoys. I remember building the Fly Away fairground model, it was so impressive that it worked.

Ah, but how do you PRONOUNCE "SFOL." Or even SNFOL. There's the rub.

As for the Tinkertoys, I did a lot of windmills I think. A ferris wheel would still be easier with those. Trying to figure out how to Lego a MOC ferris wheel...

Klatu, you said "we." Are you over age, er, 50?

klatu003

@Sanddoodle Even 60 is in my rear view mirror, fading into the distance, despite the "objects in this mirror are closer than they appear" label.

Pitfall69

^That is fantastic. I hope to be still be building Lego into my 60's-70's as long as I don't start knocking things over with my old man balls ;)

SirBen

Sanddoodle said:

A ferris wheel would still be easier with those. Trying to figure out how to Lego a MOC ferris wheel...

I'm almost finished with one now... I started with the wheel configuration from #4957, and built benches to hold 2 minifigs apiece. With a blue, light-bright-orange, white and light bley color scheme, I'm rather pleased with how it turned out. As soon as I finish the ticket booth I'll post a picture of it in the MOC thread.

klatu003

@Pitfall69 you probably need to worry more about knocking things over with your eyestalks. Lego is the coolest hobby I have ever taken up. I did those Puzzle3D buildings (and one spaceship) back in the 80s. They were limited to the one build and were all large, hard to display. They also lacked the whimsy and humor with which Lego abounds. I hope to still be building Lego Middle Earth when I'm in my 90s.

AdeelZubair

After seeing some incredible collections her is my collection, It's not much:

I have the Minifigure Collectors Boxes for displaying the best from my collection. I display my empty boxes in a spare wardrobe whist my Diagon Alley is very busy populated by collectible minifigures and minifigures from ploybags.

I have a plan to buy http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40198396/#/00198402 when I have another modular building or two to start my Lego City on and make used of all those Super Heroes vehicles. I plan to purchase bookcases with glass doors for my display models. I will use the Lego Storage boxes http://brickset.com/sets/5003575-1/4-stud-Red-Storage-Brick for aesthetics and storage of small items.

Marc2501

I like big cities with skyscrapers, so well that's one part of my little Manhattan :)









... just kidding, that's unfortunately not a part of my collection :/

CCC

That must have been a bit of a repetitive build.

AdeelZubair

^OMG 64 Cafe Corners!!

graphite

^ or 4 with bunch of bricklinked 2nd floors. Swap the rare pieces and I don't think those would be too bad.

Bumblepants

Probably a collaborative effort since it is at a convention.

oldtodd33

^ If I remember correctly, that was built while CC was still in production. So while it was impressive to see when it was built people weren't gawking at it like they would now.

1265

Marc2501 said:

What's that at the 12th floor? An ape?

ecmo47

Still...I'll bet the wife still wishes she had a new car! I estimate the current value of that at about $13,000.00.

ecmo47

15K+ if you used the original 2362b window that goes for at least $5.00 apiece.

Pitfall69

^What new car can you buy for $13-15,000?

1265

Pitfall69 said:

^What new car can you buy for $13-15,000?

There's quite a few in this price range.

ecmo47

New to her!

Pitfall69

1265 said:

Pitfall69 said:

^What new car can you buy for $13-15,000?

There's quite a few in this price range.

If you your name is Emmet ;)

piratemania7

Pitfall69 said:

1265 said:

Pitfall69 said:

^What new car can you buy for $13-15,000?

There's quite a few in this price range.

If you your name is Emmet ;)

Bought my brand new Kia Soul for about 13 K. 100,000 mike warranty and fantastic gas mileage. That's a win!