Ahhhhh. I made a mistake, anyone else a muppet?

DeMontes

so I built the Volvo L350F over the last week in between lots of other tasks. Switch it on and realised I have made an error with the wheel drivetrain as forward/reverse is messy with wheels turning incorrectly.

ahhhh...just taken it all apart and now back at step 5!!! 

Anyone else got a similar tale of woe about being a LEGO muppet occasionally???

Pitfall69

Legoboy

It ain't easy being green. 

Bricklover18

I messed up the frame on vw camper van and had to rip the whole thing apart. 

bobabricks

When connecting one of the legs to UCS R2 I accidentally put a 2L red axle in the wrong place and because the last set is so well built, I had to rip the entire thing apart to get it out. I think the torso was maybe 4 bricks tall when I was finally able to disconnect the piece that the axle was stuck in.

it was one of those "dropped it in the wrong place" moments and I knew I messed up bad the moment I did it.

DeMontes

@Pitfall69
I said LEGO muppet ;-) 

Legopassion8

While not a Muppet, I am a tosser. I toss tools up to my co-workers all the time...

natro220

When I built the motorized ATAT, the gears were out of sync and it tried to gallop like a strange horse on acid.

Pitfall69

natro220 said:

When I built the motorized ATAT, the gears were out of sync and it tried to gallop like a strange horse on acid.

Strange horse on acid you say?

bobabricks

natro220 said:

When I built the motorized ATAT, the gears were out of sync and it tried to gallop like a strange horse on acid.

#10178 like any motorized set really does need to be built perfectly and you need to make sure there is no friction. It took a little tinkering on my part to get mine to run smoothly.

MaffyD

I recall the UCS Tumbler had me tearing my hair out and I had to rebuild both sides at one point because I misread the instructions  for both sides.

SprinkleOtter

MaffyD said:

I recall the UCS Tumbler had me tearing my hair out and I had to rebuild both sides at one point because I misread the instructions  for both sides.

Black bricks on black bricks in a LEGO instruction manual. What could possibly go wrong?

Pumpkin_3CK5

natro220 said:

When I built the motorized ATAT, the gears were out of sync and it tried to gallop like a strange horse on acid.

Reminds me of this ATAT
https://youtu.be/-CVYOCMpJRY

HugeYellowBrick

Built the pet Shop and finished with one 1x6 brick spare, and two gaps in opposite walls, 1x2 and 1x4.

JudgeChuck

HugeYellowBrick said:

Built the pet Shop and finished with one 1x6 brick spare, and two gaps in opposite walls, 1x2 and 1x4.

ROFL! How did you not spot the gaps? ;-)

natro220

Pitfall69 said:

natro220 said:

When I built the motorized ATAT, the gears were out of sync and it tried to gallop like a strange horse on acid.

Strange horse on acid you say?

Now the question is, did you have to search for that image, or did you already have it ready to go?

TigerMoth

natro220 said:

Now the question is, did you have to search for that image, or did you already have it ready to go?

Most people have a camera on their mobile.

LusiferSam

DeMontes said:

Anyone else got a similar tale of woe about being a LEGO muppet occasionally???

What does a Jim Henson creation have to do with Lego?  There are no Lego Muppet sets (although I would totally buy them if there were).  Closest thing I can think of is Yoda, he's almost a Muppet.

The_Mad_Vulcan

HugeYellowBrick said:

Built the pet Shop and finished with one 1x6 brick spare, and two gaps in opposite walls, 1x2 and 1x4.

Easy solution: ass one 1x6 to parts bin. Remove one 1x2 and one 1x4 from parts bin. Forget it ever happened.

SprinkleOtter

The_Mad_Vulcan said:

HugeYellowBrick said:

Built the pet Shop and finished with one 1x6 brick spare, and two gaps in opposite walls, 1x2 and 1x4.

Easy solution: ass one 1x6 to parts bin. Remove one 1x2 and one 1x4 from parts bin. Forget it ever happened.

Ahem. @Pitfall69 we need a joke here. ;)

Pitfall69

madforLEGO

I screwed up on the Emerald Night and had to go back a few steps due to using the wrong colored parts due to shading in the instructions (dk grey instead of black)

LostInTranslation

LusiferSam said:

DeMontes said:

Anyone else got a similar tale of woe about being a LEGO muppet occasionally???

What does a Jim Henson creation have to do with Lego?  There are no Lego Muppet sets (although I would totally buy them if there were).  Closest thing I can think of is Yoda, he's almost a Muppet.

In the UK, we use muppet as a slang term for being a bit of an idiot. 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Muppet

DeMontes

@LostInTranslation
Thanks, I thought that this was probably a bit of a bad choice when I saw the kermit photo. I quite like 'muppet' as it seems less harsh than idiot and more of a 'ooopsie' moment than a DUH!

Legoboy

^ Exactly.  Muppet = plonker.

snowhitie

^ as in 'Rodney you ... '

MaffyD

Twonk is also a good choice.

Legoboy

I can tell this thread is going to become highly offensive @MaffyD, Pleb!

Pitfall69

^No, because most of us have no idea what you Brits are saying ;)

Pitfall69

I just thumbed through this thread again and I realized I need help...like real medical help.

Legoboy

I've told you that several times before.

Bricklover18

British slang is very different than US slang.

SprinkleOtter

Pitfall69 said:

I just thumbed through this thread again and I realized I need help...like real medical help.

Talk to @pharmjod. He can probably set you up with something. ;)

MaffyD

Berks, the lot of you :-)

MaffyD

Legoboy said:

I can tell this thread is going to become highly offensive @MaffyD, Pleb!

@Legoboy - Div!

bendybadger

Bucnh of numpties the lot of ya! ;)

monkeyhanger

Doyle!

SumoLego

Pitfall69 said:

natro220 said:

When I built the motorized ATAT, the gears were out of sync and it tried to gallop like a strange horse on acid.

Strange horse on acid you say?

Do I have to ask what that smells like?

LusiferSam

LostInTranslation said:

In the UK, we use muppet as a slang term for being a bit of an idiot. 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Muppet

Ok, got it.  I'm not going to say it makes sense, because it doesn't.  But slang rarely makes sense went you really think about it.  But a least I understand now.

nexander

And to throw another term into the mix that will confuse those in the us.

Couple a fannies!

I would suggest people watch the Irn Bru fanny advert ;)

SprinkleOtter

SumoLego said:

Pitfall69 said:

natro220 said:

When I built the motorized ATAT, the gears were out of sync and it tried to gallop like a strange horse on acid.

Strange horse on acid you say?

Do I have to ask what that smells like?

It's a donkey in disguise. It smells like a##.

MaffyD

SumoLego said:

Pitfall69 said:

natro220 said:

When I built the motorized ATAT, the gears were out of sync and it tried to gallop like a strange horse on acid.

Strange horse on acid you say?

Do I have to ask what that smells like?

Do you ACTUALLY want to know?!

MaffyD

nexander said:

And to throw another term into the mix that will confuse those in the us.

Couple a fannies!

I would suggest people watch the Irn Bru fanny advert ;)

This is not going to help. Carry on regardless! :-)

Legoboy

SumoLego said:

Pitfall69 said:

natro220 said:

When I built the motorized ATAT, the gears were out of sync and it tried to gallop like a strange horse on acid.

Strange horse on acid you say?

Do I have to ask what that smells like?

What I really want to know is just how does anybody accidentally come across a picture like that? How do you know where to look?  What do you search for?  With SafeSearch turned on or off?

Recce

Tearing down the model and rebuilding everything from scratch will still have the same probability of repeating a mistake.

What if you rebuilt the model and found out a mistake in step 4....

pharmjod

Legoboy said:

SumoLego said:

Pitfall69 said:

natro220 said:

When I built the motorized ATAT, the gears were out of sync and it tried to gallop like a strange horse on acid.

Strange horse on acid you say?

Do I have to ask what that smells like?

What I really want to know is just how does anybody accidentally come across a picture like that? How do you know where to look?  What do you search for?  With SafeSearch turned on or off?

I think It's called a selfie... 

MaffyD

Legoboy said:

SumoLego said:

Pitfall69 said:

natro220 said:

When I built the motorized ATAT, the gears were out of sync and it tried to gallop like a strange horse on acid.

Strange horse on acid you say?

Do I have to ask what that smells like?

What I really want to know is just how does anybody accidentally come across a picture like that? How do you know where to look?  What do you search for?  With SafeSearch turned on or off?

not sure you want the answers to all those questions @legoboy - the internet is a strange place and no-one has mentioned Rule 34 yet... Is that even still a thing these days? Seems... archaic, to me, these days. Don't Google Rule 34 by the way. Unless you're in private browsing, within a virtual machine, far from anyone else...

catwrangler

Rule 34 is definitely still a thing!

MattDawson

I've made a few mistakes in assembling Lego sets, normally attributed to poor reading of the instructions (sometimes due to the colours) and others due to wanting to complete it as quickly as possible to admire my handiwork.

xwingpilot

DeMontes said:

Anyone else got a similar tale of woe about being a LEGO muppet occasionally???

Yep:

http://bricksetforum.com/discussion/comment/441077#Comment_441077

And a few comments later someone had spotted a second error in the same photo that I hadn't even seen - doh!

HangedSanchez

I built #42009  recently, had just about finished the base when I realised I'd made a mistake in the outrigger units by putting a DBG beam instead of black. That took a lot of dismantling, not helped by the fact I'd make exactly the same mistake in both!