Collecting certain parts only

KungFuKenny

@bandit778
He could “borrow” yours, right?

Brickfan50

KungFuKenny said:

@bandit778
He could “borrow” yours, right?

She...

KungFuKenny

dutchlegofan50 said:

KungFuKenny said:

@bandit778
He could “borrow” yours, right?

She...

Ah, my mistake

DeMontes

@bandit778 I’ve not got Fox Girl 😭

DeMontes

KungFuKenny said:

dutchlegofan50 said:

KungFuKenny said:

@bandit778
He could “borrow” yours, right?

She...

Ah, my mistake

No worries, I do have a bit of a fashionably 'gender neutral' sigfig haha

Paperballpark

DeMontes said:

KungFuKenny said:

dutchlegofan50 said:

KungFuKenny said:

@bandit778
He could “borrow” yours, right?

She...

Ah, my mistake

No worries, I do have a bit of a fashionably 'gender neutral' sigfig haha

God knows what people think to mine! :p

CCC

When looking back over the thread, the more mundane the part the more beautiful a collection of them look. It is probably just the number of colours they come in. I know some people go for the 2x4 in every colour collection, but for me it is 1x2 plates. I don't know why, but they look great as a colour rainbow.

Paperballpark said:

God knows what people think to mine! :p

Unfortunately I know what people think of mine ...

https://forum.brickset.com/discussion/comment/621852#Comment_621852

Paperballpark

^ before I clicked on that thread I thought something similar!

EDIT: Just looked further down that thread and realised it is! Not sure whether you changed it before or after that comment though...

bandit778

DeMontes said:

@bandit778 I’ve not got Fox Girl 😭

Don't have a spare figure, but your welcome to the sack from the one I have got if you want it?

KungFuKenny

Bricklink order came this evening... finally finished off these guys (I hope...)

DeMontes

Ribbit 



@KungFuKenny Your Statuettes look great...now collected all the printed ones too (joking!)

@bandit778 oh thanks for the offer, I'm sure I will end up with one soon. How kind tho x

Bumblepants

DeMontes said:

Ribbit 

Looking at that makes we wish they would do a blue one. Poison dart frogs are so cool.

KungFuKenny

DeMontes said:

Ribbit 

@KungFuKenny Your Statuettes look great...now collected all the printed ones too (joking!)

Sigh... you wouldn’t believe how scattered across Bricklink the monochrome statuettes were... I shudder to think how hard the printed ones would be to collect (especially from the large UCS sets like #76042 ).

thedoctor46

Doesn't the frog come in trans green as well? 

Paperballpark

Yes it does.

DeMontes

Paperballpark said:

Yes it does.

It'll be in the 'animals' box somewhere (scrambles off to look).

Thanks!

Gibbo1959

I can confidently say I have all the available colours of dachshund. Was picking out some more today and remembered this thread so picked out a Foxy Girl as they’re adjacent in box...so if you still need one @DeMontes I can pop it in the post for you. 

KungFuKenny

I think I have all of the hamsters now... luckily they don’t eat much

catwrangler

@KungFuKenny Are the two grey ones different shades of grey or is it just the lighting/my ageing eyes?

Fizyx

catwrangler said:

@KungFuKenny Are the two grey ones different shades of grey or is it just the lighting/my ageing eyes?

I think they're just different prints (look around the eyes, the right one has some Elves-style markings on it)

KungFuKenny

catwrangler said:

@KungFuKenny Are the two grey ones different shades of grey or is it just the lighting/my ageing eyes?

I think that may be lighting... in other pics I have they look the same except for the Elves printing on the one- I’ll check at home but probably both are LBG.

HugeYellowBrick

catwrangler said:

@KungFuKenny Are the two grey ones different shades of grey or is it just the lighting/my ageing eyes?

The noses are quite different colours.

catwrangler

Yeah, it's more the base grey I'm curious about - I sometimes have trouble distinguishing colour differences with Lego. And of course, sometimes you get quite wide variations among bricks that are officially the same, like when the white bricks within one set veer from very cool white to creamy...

CCC

KungFuKenny said:

I think I have all of the hamsters now... luckily they don’t eat much

There is also this one now ...

KungFuKenny

CCC said:

There is also this one now ...

With his Wrecking Ball mech I think Hammond will become the hamster overlord- those Friends and Elves hamsters don’t stand a chance...

Paperballpark

You don't get quality discussions like this on the Facebook group!

KungFuKenny

Glow-in-the-dark arrived so finally completed this group...

I would like to formally blame AND thank @DeMontes for introducing me to this aspect of Lego collecting... 🙂

andhe

What about all the printed ones?

KungFuKenny

andhe said:

What about all the printed ones?

#%*&#!!    

Not helpful... 🙂

Paperballpark

I think you can be excused the printed ones! Most people tend to just collect the plain parts.

Recce

KungFuKenny said:

Glow-in-the-dark arrived so finally completed this group...

I would like to formally blame AND thank @DeMontes for introducing me to this aspect of Lego collecting... 🙂

Your post prompted me to check what I have in my collection, so I took a look in my rebrickable database:



Apparently I missed all the sets that had the trans Bright green piece. Need to go and find the cheapest one now... 

KungFuKenny

Recce said:

Apparently I missed all the sets that had the trans Bright green piece. Need to go and find the cheapest one now... 

Cheapest set would probably be #41329 from the 2018 Friends lineup.  I got mine as an extra in one of 2 Elves sets- can’t remember if it was #41179 or #41180

Paperballpark

Why buy the set? Just buy the part itself from BL.

KungFuKenny

Paperballpark said:

Why buy the set? Just buy the part itself from BL.

I wondered the same thing but perhaps the cost of BL shipping to @Recce ’s location is prohibitive?  (Especially if “Tiny Little Red Dot” is referring to Singapore ?). My preferred method is tacking smaller pieces like that onto a longer wanted list to save on postage costs.

shikadi

You all inspired me to put this together honoring my favorite brick, even though it's not hard to find. Hopefully this wont spark a whole new obsession :)

KungFuKenny

shikadi said:

You all inspired me to put this together honoring my favorite brick, even though it's not hard to find. Hopefully this wont spark a whole new obsession :)

Too late! Ha ha ha ha ha.... (cackles maniacally as he heads back to Bricklink...😬)

PJ76uk

KungFuKenny said:

shikadi said:

You all inspired me to put this together honoring my favorite brick, even though it's not hard to find. Hopefully this wont spark a whole new obsession :)

Too late! Ha ha ha ha ha.... (cackles maniacally as he heads back to Bricklink...😬)

Don't forget there is the 1x4 as well as the 1x2 brick! ;-)

1974

And a red one too

DeMontes

Cheese Slopes come in a lot of colours, no idea how complete this is but I am definitely missing some...

DeMontes

1974 said:

And a red one too

Red? or Dark Red?... If there is a Red out there somewhere then it must be a prototype. Theres a few different ones on BL eg Dark Flesh but I guarantee these are mistakes from sellers getting the colour wrong ;-)

shikadi

DeMontes said:

1974 said:

And a red one too

Red? or Dark Red?... If there is a Red out there somewhere then it must be a prototype. Theres a few different ones on BL eg Dark Flesh but I guarantee these are mistakes from sellers getting the colour wrong ;-)

Now I want it in red, would look good mixed with dark red for a varied look

CCC

I think this thread is becoming "collecting every part in every colour ..."

DeMontes

CCC said:

I think this thread is becoming "collecting every part in every colour ..."

Nah, HUw would stop us posting images long before we could attempt such a feat!

CCC

There is a dare if ever I saw one.

datsunrobbie

CCC said:

I think this thread is becoming "collecting every part in every colour ..."

I sort of went that route when I got back into Lego, basically buying anything that had the Lego logo on it at the local Savers. The problem is there's so much Lego here now that I'll never get it all sorted out.

SumoLego

... compeltionsists!....

...stumbles back to his cave...

Mr_Cross

I was a näive fool to think the "smallest standard piece" of LEGO was an achievable goal! 

Here is my on-going collection of part 3024, otherwise known as 1x1 plates...



I have 48 of the 56 available in sets, so I'm nearly there with it after (sort of) passively trying to accumulate them... but I've done a bit of research on those last few.

...mostly the ones I'm missing aren't horrifically expensive, I think the most problematic are going to be: very light grey, medium orange, bright green, maersk blue and metallic silver and they mostly seem to be available for under 50p but then there's sand blue, which was only available in #4720 Knockturn Alley and prices start at £2.90 ish.
I know I'm never going to swallow the bitter pill on that. I was only ever intending on collecting ones that had been generally available in sets anyway, but that's probably an end to the journey.

However, if you wanted to be completist about it, it goes a bit crazy for the rare(r) non-production run colours. For example, 'Sand Red' has a sold price of a breath-taking £17... Let's just take that in, about 0.2g of ABS, approx 8mm x 8mm x 4.8mm, one stud, for £17. Seventeen Pounds! SEVENTEEN! That's if you can find any for sale!
When I was a boy, I could have bought #6970 Beta Command base for that much and still had enough change for a handful of Mojos and a copy of 2000AD.

Paperballpark

'Smallest standard piece of LEGO', you say?

Surely that's the 1x1 round tile?

Recce

DeMontes said:

Cheese Slopes come in a lot of colours, no idea how complete this is but I am definitely missing some...

This is what I have from the leftover extras from the built sets, definitely fewer than yours. :)

Recce

KungFuKenny said:

Paperballpark said:

Why buy the set? Just buy the part itself from BL.

I wondered the same thing but perhaps the cost of BL shipping to @Recce ’s location is prohibitive?  (Especially if “Tiny Little Red Dot” is referring to Singapore ?). My preferred method is tacking smaller pieces like that onto a longer wanted list to save on postage costs.

It's just an excuse to get more Lego sets. :P

In general, I tend to get the parts from my collection, though I did BL some of my motorbike and crystal parts previously.