What's your LEGO 'status' today?

SumoLego

Is there one for the Twilight? #7680

(And any plans for one for the Milano? #76021)

Johnyk668

Don't know, I'm just a happy customer and aren't the manufacturer. 
Looks like they do generic stands that you could use but with that asymmetrical design you'd need to use the centre of gravity point to prop it up on. 
Then it would be whether #7680 was strong enough at that point. 

SumoLego

Ah - I made an assumption.  I can contact them directly.

SprinkleOtter

Just wondering- what is wrong with using these?
http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=87926&name=Cylinder Half 3 x 6 x 6 with 1 x 2 Cutout&category=[Cylinder]#T=P&C=12

SprinkleOtter

Just wondering- what is wrong with using these?
http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=87926&name=Cylinder Half 3 x 6 x 6 with 1 x 2 Cutout&category=[Cylinder]#T=P&C=12

Legoboy

Are you in a tunnel?

SprinkleOtter

Legoboy said:

Are you in a tunnel?

No. I'm the light at the end of the tunnel ;)

SumoLego

Maybe he's lost in these woods...

xwingpilot

Sets do look nice displayed on the acrylic stands, but as it's LEGO being displayed I also prefer brick-built stands. All mine are black, to match the stands on UCS sets.

masterX244

xwingpilot said:

Sets do look nice displayed on the acrylic stands, but as it's LEGO being displayed I also prefer brick-built stands. All mine are black, to match the stands on UCS sets.

+1
and the lego ones have the advantage that you can make them individually without any external tools. only the right parts needed.

BooTheMightyHamster

@chrisalddin

Hi Chris.

I built the Merc Arocs truck a while back, and I see you're up to the 'fitting all the pneumatics' stage.

It's really, really easy to get this bit wrong.  Some of the diagrams are not clear at all, and I had to jump forward a few pages on a couple of occasions, just to get a different view of the set up to try and trace the relevant pipes and connections.

The other thing I'd say is that the arm should have about 180 deg of movement, so at every stage, check that it all still rotates cleanly without snagging.  If it doesn't, check the pipes you've just attached and make sure that their path is correct and that they're not caught or getting crushed at any point.

It's one of the most difficult bits of Technic building I've done, and patience is rewarded!

Enjoy it though - it's a great set!

Legoboy

SumoLego said:

Maybe he's lost in these woods...

Naaaa, he wouldn't have got out alive.

Pitfall69

Not a Lego Status, but...

Pitfall69

My daughter decided to add more "easter eggs"

stlux

Super Angry Kitty is best Unikitty! (well, apart from Unisithy...)

tallblocktoo

Can't recall which were previously there but enjoyed seeing Stay Puft.

Pitfall69

tallblocktoo said:

Can't recall which were previously there but enjoyed seeing Stay Puft.

I keep building and adding sets to the display and moving things around. It is getting very crowded. Eventually, the Black Knight is going to.knock on Majisto's door and ask for some sugar ;)

BombTec

Finally! After sitting in a taped up cardboard box for 7yrs, the Falcon has risen from the dead. :oD 
Now I need to help my wife build the Disney Castle.

chrisalddin

BombTec said:

Now I need to help my wife build the Disney Castle.

oh what a hard life you live :p

----
anyhow in other news.
finished #42043 today. (love it.)
moved all my spare parts that i was keeping in food tubs in to the new trays system i picked up today. :)
also moved my Big instructions manual's to the bottom level of the tray tower.
started on a display of my dimensions mini builds (the minifig's get there own display place. )
so today i had a good lego day.

GeordiePaul

Status = overjoyed. Received #10197 Fire Brigade modular in the post so I'm now one step closer to my dream of owning all the modulars. This is the first retired modular I've bought so it's extra special to me. My son loves the vintage fire truck and the shiny silver fire helmets. He's easily pleased just like his dad :-)

Pitfall69

chrisalddin said:

BombTec said:

Now I need to help my wife build the Disney Castle.

oh what a hard life you live :p

Why yes, being in the military is a hard life; my father served 23 years. Being deployed is no fun; my friend's Hummer ran over an IED and blew up and now he's permanently disabled. Yeah...hard life...

Anyhow...In other news...

SumoLego

(And nevermind the whole PTSD risk that often goes undiagnosed.)

Pitfall69

SumoLego said:

(And nevermind the whole PTSD risk that often goes undiagnosed.)

I forgot to put a :P at the end because that makes it all better.

chrisalddin

so @Pitfall69 thanks for taking my comment and taking it out of context.
what i was trying to say in my ass about face bad way of doing so. was saying that right at this time. on this day at this hour his life was looking up and he should enjoy it.
seeing as he said it in a way that made it sound like a chore. or that is how i read it as.

Dontcopythatfloppy

Pitfall69 said:

My daughter decided to add more "easter eggs"

I don't know if anyone else has pointed this out yet, but there's some Mega Bloks in that thing. Minion Mega Bloks, no less.

Pitfall69

^No MegaBloks, that minion is from something else.

shotgunchipmunk

Success!!!  A bunch of kids had fun taking their picture with it (and a couple of grown ups too.)

xwingpilot

Well the TIE Advanced Prototype build lived up to expectations - it was like building a small UCS set :)



Also, the Inquisitor minifigure is superb.

Legopants

Right, still in the UK.
Lego Store MK is on today's agenda, when I finally get out of bed :-S

CapnRex101

@Legopants - Be careful around the build-a-minifig bar. Being disassembled and thrown in with the other dismembered limbs would be a horrible way to go...

Legopants

CapnRex101 said:

@Legopants - Be careful around the build-a-minifig bar. Being disassembled and thrown in with the other dismembered limbs would be a horrible way to go...

Thanks for the safety warning. I shall make sure I'm accompanied by a responsible adult at all times :-) 

LostInTranslation

@Legopants - you sleep in your hoodie? In this heat? Madness! 

Yodalicious

Going to attempt to take the boys to TRU for the Captain America build today. They have their Cap shirts on. Now, we just have to keep our fingers crossed for no rain. 

masterX244

somehow a parcel is trying to rack up a few extra kilometres traveled...

Legopants

Now at MK.

For all Bake-Off fans out there!
She couldn't resist having her photo taken with Legopants :-)) 

LostInTranslation

Aw cool,  she's great! 

iso3200

Hobnobbing with the stars eh? What a life you lead mr @Legopants ;-)

SprinkleOtter

Legopants said:

CapnRex101 said:

@Legopants - Be careful around the build-a-minifig bar. Being disassembled and thrown in with the other dismembered limbs would be a horrible way to go...

Thanks for the safety warning. I shall make sure I'm accompanied by a responsible adult at all times :-) 

Better go find one, then ;)

SumoLego

Look Dad - Starnana!

Yodalicious

Looking forward to the day these are cracked open...

stevecook132

About halfway through washing and drying 5197 pieces of Lego. My inner child is screaming with excitement and bouncing off the metaphorical walls, my adult self is doing fencing when its dry and replacing kitchen doors when its raining.



Only six or so more loads to go!

josekalel

@stevecook132 be glad you didn't have dried up grass, grim, and dirt in them, and you didn't have to brush them clean :p I still haven't finished mine (still trying to make time to 'whiten' pieces), but I'm ready to start building the sets back. 

I recently learned that my brother had some of the smaller older Star Wars sets, so that's on my list for next time. 

stevecook132

^Thanks @josekalel I've definitely got an easy clean up, just seems like lots of it :-) Done my share of individual brick cleaning with some of my secondhand Technic, I dread to think what I've actually been brushing off some stuff <shudders>...

Have fun with the early SW sets, I feel I may be broadening my 'wanted' list soon...

Legopants

iso3200 said:

Hobnobbing with the stars eh? What a life you lead mr @Legopants ;-)

Well, Chris, what can I say ;-) 

And the excitement didn't end there! Oh, no! Straight after the encounter with Nadiya, visited the Lego Store to view a spectacular MOC created by our very own @LostInTranslation :-) 

catwrangler

Made a rough start on sorting the second huge crate of Lego (I went in to get parts for my contest model, and you know how it is...), and was happy to find two of my old-style dragons, including my favourite one with the red wings!

masterX244

finally a error from a old as hell bricklink order fixed (miscount when setting up the order list). also another project started

LostInTranslation

Legopants said:

iso3200 said:

Hobnobbing with the stars eh? What a life you lead mr @Legopants ;-)

Well, Chris, what can I say ;-) 

And the excitement didn't end there! Oh, no! Straight after the encounter with Nadiya, visited the Lego Store to view a spectacular MOC created by our very own @LostInTranslation :-) 

Ha, yes, that is the model I have been "pimping out" this year as @SirKevbags would say ;-) (last year it was the Bake-off tent appropriately enough considering who you met today @Legopants!) 
Poison Ivy should be in MK til the end of September,  I think. 

This afternoon I have been sorting out hairpieces. There is a surprisingly wide range of colours! 

SumoLego

^ It makes me chuckle every time I am reminded that your name is Lucy.  And I chuckle every time Wyldstyle says it in the Lego Movie.

Also, as an unrelated non-sequitor - Peelter Quill!  My son was very pleased with himself for thinking of those on his own.

SumoLego said:

Look Dad - Starnana!

 (He's trying to make use of his shark and hot dog figures for more super hero nonsense.  He's convinced that calling Spider-Man in a hot dog suit 'Sausage Man' is uproariously funny.)

LostInTranslation

LostInTranslation said

This afternoon I have been sorting out hairpieces. There is a surprisingly wide range of colours! 

In case anyone is interested:

Not the best of pics but you can get the idea! 

@SumoLego I wish I was more like Wyldstyle Lucy! 
And how about Iron Shark and Captain Hotdog as more Superhero/mascot mash-ups? 

SumoLego

If it's any consolation, I identify most with the Man Upstairs.  And before the Lego Movie came out, I have literally said - 'Why are you kids always messing with my stuff!'

And I did once glue together a Lego set.