How purist are you?

dagsbricks

I made a fun, non-scientific, but still thoughtful survey on my website. It asks questions about several different aspects of purism. If you're interested, have a go!

http://www.dagsbricks.com/2014/10/lego-techniques-how-purist-are-you.html

Brian

matticus_bricks

I got Uber Purist.

I mean. Yeah. I don't buy anything non-LEGO, I don't customize pieces, and don't buy custom pieces. I would consider buying custom-printed Minifigs, but only for Marvel characters which either don't exist yet in official LEGO form, or are unreasonably expensive (Comic Con Exclusives). But I think you can very purist and still be very creative with your MOCs.

Crowkillers

I get my wheels chromed, but that is about it...

I think another "Purist" aspect is building within legal boundaries...

KiwiLegoMeister

Uber Purist! "The penultimate in purism. You don't even acknowledge that other brands exist. When others bring it up you cover your ears and shout LALALALALA!"
I will modify the odd piece (cut a base or train track - but that's about it); and accept speciality printed pieces - but not buy and stick on pre-printed non Lego labels.
Can I be cured?

Redbullgivesuwind

I got uber purist which is odd as I am currently painting some brick forge Lego helms

dagsbricks

Crowkillers said:

I get my wheels chromed, but that is about it...

I think another "Purist" aspect is building within legal boundaries...

Ah, good idea! I may have to add that one on the future if I can separate it from the modification category enough.

Getting uber purist does not mean you are uber in everything, just that you answered uber for most of the questions.

Brian

monkey

I am Über pure too, I'm just too new to lego to want my wheels chromed :) Still at the stage of discovering the original.

Kevin_Hyatt

Purist for building. No stickers but happy to use original printed pieces.

Happy to buy other brand mini figures for younger kids to play with (destroy!) as £10 for a superhero minifig is stupid.

kor

Free Spirited here. LEGO is my main interest but I've bought other brands if they have a license I'm interested in. I used to be heavy into collecting action figures so the GI Joe figures from Kre-O were just to good to pass up. Too bad the quality is no where near LEGO. I also love the custom made stuff from places like brickarms and Brickwarriors. Bottom line: If I like it I buy it :)

bobabricks

I've purchased a few Brick Arms to try them out and there cool but I'm to purist to actually use them for things. I've recently purchased some custom printed pieces from Citizen Brick, a website I've only heard good about. Printed pieces I can use because it is still a Lego piece but with some different ink on it. :P

carlq

I got Open Purist - which is appropriate, as I tend to make a Brickwarriors order every couple of months. :-)

Shib

I got open purist, which seems about right, but I'd say you should really change the stupid pseudo l33t sp33k/meme language out of the answer choices, I couldn't choose any of those options even if what they were saying was most appropriate because I'm not 13.

WoutStopmotion

Uber Purist... uhh, but i also have a BrickArms collection, and if i could, i would MOC with custom stickers (and ofcourse use LEGO stickers on MOCs).

cody6268

Some choices were confusing, they sounded like something a 5 year old or 8 year old would say.

Normally I'm fine with clone brands if the clutch power and compatiblity is good. I hate clone brand figures.

I'm against modifying or gluing any parts, but if winch cord wears out, I often use fishing line. I've made rigging to hook stretchers to rescue helicopters out of thin rubber bands that I threaded to a Technic 1x3 bushing.

I often re-use stickered parts, such as license plates, FAA registration numbers, TVs, the Lego FD crest, Stars of Life, and other common real-life emblems. I've made my own stickers for emergency vehicle lettering. I'm fine with printed parts like speedometers, grilles, radar screens, TV screens, etc; but licensed printed parts I often find useless, like those from the Disney themes such as Toy Story and Cars. Guess I'll need to take some rubbing alcohol to those parts.

Bosstone100

I'm digging a lot of the Super Hero customs out there. Have a Juggernaut with a custom helmet. Doesn't bother me at all.

I recently purchased a couple of the $5 MB CoD sets just to check them out and it's easy to say they are pretty neat but I would never mix them. They just don't compare.

kooz

I got uber purist, but I'm not. I have Kre-O, Mega Bloks, Cobi/Character Building, and Lite Brix sets because I liked the sets. I'm with @kor‌ in that Lego is my preferred brand, and I am loyal to it, but they don't do Star Trek (Mega and Kre-O did/do), and there isn't enough Halloween (Mega has zombies, Cobi has Monster vs. Zombies, Kre-O had Cityville Invasion, and Lite Brix had a zombie haunted house), and (as far as we know), Lego doesn't have Doctor Who, so I had to order some Character Building sets...

But I keep everything together, bagged and complete when I'm not using/playing with/displaying them.

Thanos75

Those MB CoD sets look amazing. I can't help but check them out every time I see them. If those were out when I was 9 years old I would have totally picked those over LEGO. The adult me knows better.

kooz

Yeah, they had some on display at NYCC, and they looked cool. Don't quite have the charm of Lego, but still pretty cool.

Oldfan

I like LEGO, as a building system and as a design, for a variety of reasons. I don't like "clone" brick brands, usually for the opposite reasons of why I like LEGO. No licensing deal (including my beloved Star Wars if the license ever switches, perish the thought!) will convince me to buy any bricks other than LEGO.

prof1515

cody6268 said:

Some choices were confusing, they sounded like something a 5 year old or 8 year old would say.

My thoughts as well. I answered several questions without having any idea what the hell the selections meant.

I remember when "purist" referred to rejecting special-use pieces in favor using only general building bricks. My how times have changed.

dagsbricks

Shib said:

I got open purist, which seems about right, but I'd say you should really change the stupid pseudo l33t sp33k/meme language out of the answer choices, I couldn't choose any of those options even if what they were saying was most appropriate because I'm not 13.

LOLcats, technically. With some of The Oatmeal mixed in. I know, most of us are too old to understand that kind of stuff. I really expected more younger crowd to be taking the test.

Thanks for the input, I'll look into anglifying it a little.

Brian

rdflego

I got Uber Purist which makes me very happy. Whenever I build a set or a moc I always make sure that every piece has the logos pointing in the same direction. (Unless it is impossible to orientate the piece that way, of course.)

dagsbricks

I've done that a few times but every time? Wow, that's amazing.

SilentMode

I got Open Purist, which is quite accurate I think.
I've gotten to the stage where I'm making casts of existing parts just to paint them...