What's your LEGO 'status' today?

SumoLego

VorpalRyu said:

Beginning to think we'll have to rethink where we're storing all our unopened sets, as we're currently storing them in the yet to be completed Lego room (think we may need a bigger room at this point).

Bah!  You have room for atleast two more boxes before you hit the ceiling.

What you need are higher ceilings.

VorpalRyu

SumoLego said:

Bah!  You have room for atleast two more boxes before you hit the ceiling.

What you need are higher ceilings.

Higher ceilings wouldn't hurt, but what we really need is the room to be two or three times the size that it is. Another option I'm considering is converting the shed we have out the back, but that would require insulating it, as it's a sweat-box during summer & I'm more than just a little concerned as how that would affect our Lego over the long term.

datsunrobbie

^YMMV, but I wouldn't worry too much about storage temperature. Earlier this year I got #6076 that was stored in my uncle's un-insulated attic in North Carolina for over 20 years and it was in better shape than many sets I see brand-new on retail shelves.

Onebricktoomany

Annual physical with Doctor that happens to be an AFOL.  For annuals he sets aside 1/2 hour but I always get 45 minutes.  Woohoo!   After the important stuff, all Lego talk.

Me:  (jokingly, I think), Is there a cure for Lego?
Doc:  (laughs out loud), nope, not yet.
Me:  (not joking, I think),  Oh, thank God!

redarmy

VorpalRyu said:

SumoLego said:

Bah!  You have room for atleast two more boxes before you hit the ceiling.

What you need are higher ceilings.

Higher ceilings wouldn't hurt, but what we really need is the room to be two or three times the size that it is. Another option I'm considering is converting the shed we have out the back, but that would require insulating it, as it's a sweat-box during summer & I'm more than just a little concerned as how that would affect our Lego over the long term.

Or a bigger country!

stlux

Pictured during an interview the Luxembourg Prime Minister recently gave:



The Village People in minifig form are decorating the room where the Council of Ministers meet. From the private collection of the Prime Minister apparently.

(The non-minifig in the above picture: the journalist doing the interview, not Luxembourg's Prime Minister.)

Speedman29

Been on a bit of a LEGO break, too hot to build and too busy at work. But I had a site visit near Bluewater today so popped in....they had all the Xtra polybags, so I grabbed a couple. They also had the older style train track packs on sale at 30% off, so got myself another set of points and some more straights.

I also had a stack of the calendar vouchers that had all expired tucked in my wallet with my VIP card, I knew I'd get nothing from them, but she grabbed a couple of the monthly build polys and put them in too.

CaptainLego

I built a Porsche 904 Carrera GTS yesterday but didn’t post it so I’m posting it today:



I also built Hachiroku24’s Nissan GT-R yesterday, and what’s really cool is that he used red plates and two red curves to replicate the red stripe that the GT-R Nismo has:

SumoLego

stlux said:

Pictured during an interview the Luxembourg Prime Minister recently gave:

I'm not sure if that strikes me as more odd, or the Mario/Bart Simpson/Captain America artwork behind it?

stlux

@SumoLego There's also an Inspector Gadget/Marge picture:



Gallery here. No further Lego pictures though.

PapaBear

Built my monorail the other day.  Unfortunately the motor is not working.  I'm going to disassemble it as I already have parts to expand the rollercoaster on the left.

Ayliffe

"Let's get to Elise right away!"

Pumpkin_3CK5

Finally got the set with Nexo Knight Clay's great great great great grandfather. Thankfully a sealed one wasn't too expensive, plus an ebay coupon. 

Baby_Yoda

I'll have a lot of free time soon, so I'll be able to finish sorting out my spare parts. Maybe then the nightmares will stop...

PapaBear

^^ Have fun with the Joust set

Fauch

I still consider kingdom joust as one of my most beautiful sets

Pepster64

Well, I'm finally moved my Lego Roller Coaster downstairs and I'll be building a Lego Amusement part that consists of the Roller Coaster, Ferris Wheel and Carousel. The Roller Coaster and Ferris Wheel are already downstairs. I just have to do a minor fix to the Carousel and setup the other table that I bought from IKEA. You can't beat the cheap furniture that you get from IKEA. 
I plan on doing a much better video in the not so distant future.

https://flic.kr/p/28UQBmV

Pepster64

Here's a little better video of what I have been doing -> https://youtu.be/mK2oxl3mR2k

77ncaachamps

Just cracked this baby open
starting the build

Venunder

I made the Pirate Coaster today and found it to be a great little ride for the youngsters in my Theme Park.
It even seems bigger than the box would suggest.
I have the chains to motorise it, at some point in the future, when I see how to do the big Expert Coaster. 

nexander

Venunder said:

I have the chains to motorise it, at some point in the future, when I see how to do the big Expert Coaster. 

It's pretty straight forward to do if you keep it simple. Carefully if you decide to mod the carts though!

Mr_Cross

^ that lava is really, really effective. Good job!

nexander

^ thanks, still playing about with it but it turned out ok. It's UV strip lighting so gives it a nice glow. I'm just thankful the neon orange flames were on the pab wall!

CaptainLego

I present to the wonderful folks of Brickset Forums an accurate representation of 1966 in motorsports. Minus the suit guy.

 

omnium

I've spent the last few weeks perfecting a MOC of a robot with a "space wall".

It's been a fabulous experience, with the awesome Peter Reid helping me, teaching me and pushing me to build the best I can at every step of the way.

Keilup

omnium said:

I've spent the last few weeks perfecting a MOC of a robot with a "space wall".

Wow!  That's excellent!  Lights and all.  Mouse hole/mouse/cheese is nice touch.  I can only dream of being anywhere close to that someday.  Great pic too.

Switchfoot55

Well, my 4th of July show has come and gone and I still have all my fingers! That will make building Lego SO much easier!

I have no idea who took this video, so I can't vouch for anything else on their channel, but it's a great view of my show. 

https://youtu.be/l4yFFD48Bqc

250+ hours of work boiled down to 24 minutes.  I'm gonna go sleep for a few weeks.

Pumpkin_3CK5

Thought I'd get a few from the local LEGO store just in case shop@home doesn't get any.

CaptainLego

Got another AMG GT3 set and Outdoor Adventures in the mail today. I have already begun to mix and match those minifigure parts, but here’s the GT3 next to my first one, which was converted into a road car out of the box.



You can also do this:

Pepster64

https://youtu.be/CnZDxj9rJEw 

Just rearranging my Lego Collection and goofing around with my camcorder / slider. 

omnium

CaptainLego said:

Btw, if someone could let me know if my images are too big, I’d appreciate it. It’s hard to tell from an iPhone.

Most of your images are too big. The one before you posted the quote above was a nice 200kb.

CaptainLego said:

Got another AMG GT3 set and Outdoor Adventures in the mail today. I have already begun to mix and match those minifigure parts, but here’s the GT3 next to my first one, which was converted into a road car out of the box.

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You can also do this:

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The ones in this post are 2.8MB and 4.0MB each. That's huge. We don't need 4032 x 3024 pixel images, I'm sure you'll agree.

CaptainLego

omnium said:

CaptainLego said:

Btw, if someone could let me know if my images are too big, I’d appreciate it. It’s hard to tell from an iPhone.

Most of your images are too big. The one before you posted the quote above was a nice 200kb.

CaptainLego said:

Got another AMG GT3 set and Outdoor Adventures in the mail today. I have already begun to mix and match those minifigure parts, but here’s the GT3 next to my first one, which was converted into a road car out of the box.

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You can also do this:

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The ones in this post are 2.8MB and 4.0MB each. That's huge. We don't need 4032 x 3024 pixel images, I'm sure you'll agree.

I think I might know why. When I took both pictures I used the take photo option that pops up on both Reddit and here. The other pictures were taken with the same thing, but I saved them again after I posted it iirc.

Let’s test this out: 



This was taken using the Reddit thing I had just mentioned, but I just saved the image after posting it.

omnium

I think I might know why. When I took both pictures I used the take photo option that pops up on both Reddit and here. The other pictures were taken with the same thing, but I saved them again after I posted it iirc.

Let’s test this out: 

<snip>

This was taken using the Reddit thing I had just mentioned, but I just saved the image after posting it.

Yeah, that's a big one!

CaptainLego

omnium said:

I think I might know why. When I took both pictures I used the take photo option that pops up on both Reddit and here. The other pictures were taken with the same thing, but I saved them again after I posted it iirc.

Let’s test this out: 

<snip>

This was taken using the Reddit thing I had just mentioned, but I just saved the image after posting it.

Yeah, that's a big one!

I’ll see what I can do. I’m not trying to get all the attention with giant images or anything like that.

starwars4ever

I just finished building the #75192 UCS Millenium Falcon...
... which finally pushed me over the 500 sets milestone!

So my status: very happy!

Matt89190

Been away a LOT lately but came back yesterday to this:


Starting it now and very excited despite not currently having the space for it! 

snowhitie

Been a bit quiet lately, between the heat, the football and the pain the Lego has had to take a bit of a back seat. Still managed to do a little bit of building every day though, so still not missed a day since January 1st :)

Starting to feel a bit better so managed to get a nice buioding session in with my son. Finished my Ferrari (#10248) and he built the Ninja Nightcrawler (#70641). Really enjoyed building the car and glad I broke the seals :) Some great techniques in there and it looks very sleek.

Also getting ready for our holiday at the sea-side and packed a whole load of 3 in 1 sets for us both to build. Plus some Spinjitzu Master spinners to do some spin battles :)

@omnium that looks great!

Matt89190

~4 hours in:

Fizyx

Been super busy lately, so not a lot of time for LEGO recently... at least until I went into the local Bricks & Minifigs a week ago and saw a #6988 in pretty good condition.  They weren't able to guarantee it was complete, but they thought it was.  Haven't had time to take it apart and make sure yet, but even if I have to replace a few pieces that's fine, because I love the old late 80's and 90's Space sets so much.

Also, even though I haven't been able to be very active lately, hit 1k likes today, so I feel like I'm still contributing at least a little bit! :)

redarmy

Down to 57 Cmf's to collect..horrible little buggers..

MAGNINOMINISUMBRA

@Switchfoot55 -
Nice to see you made it back.
Despite the fact that fireworks shows lose a LOT of their pizazz once translated to film, I did watch this a day or two ago and was REALLY surprised at the scope and quality. I was expecting a few minor booms and bangs and then that was it not the huge production you've put on!
 May I ask what sort of a cost your hobby involves? Ive always thought it to be considerably expensive?

gmonkey76

I got to build the blue lion form Voltron at the Chicago LEGO store today. Wasn't planning on getting it, but now I just might.

Switchfoot55

@MAGNINOMINISUMBRA, I'm fortunate enough to receive a budget from the church that I shoot for to cover the cost of the product. However, consider that cost, plus all the additional equipment, licensing, software, etc..., it can really add up. Just the product for that particular show was about $3000. 

At least with spending on Lego, your purchases don't literally go up in smoke after 30 seconds. 

MAGNINOMINISUMBRA

^When I think about how many Star Wars figures met fiery ends in the early eighties.... I know for an absolute fact that more than one vinyl caped Jawa met his demise because of the accuracy of Umperial Stormtriooper blasters...I digress

That still sounds VERY cheap when I think about NYE fireworks displays where they brag about exploding hundreds of k worth of pretty colours! 

Nice work mate

Matt89190

Took a bit of rearranging and IKEA furniture abuse but the roller coaster is now part of the fairground!

SumoLego

I like McCain crispy french fries, as well.

Matt89190

^I'm not a total chip hoarder! The Tesco where we live just has them for you to take shopping home in, and we picked up a bunch for moving house a while back. I've kept a few around for general Lego storage purposes.

Switchfoot55

After a few issues with my most recent S@H order, I reached out to Customer Service this morning to further discuss. We were able to trace the issue down to the shipping company, which cleared Lego of any wrongdoing. 

Even after confirming Lego did nothing wrong, they still took steps to ensure my satisfaction and added some VIP points to my account to make up for the error. 

I was pretty shocked and wasn't anticipating that at the start of my interaction. Not that I needed the excuse, but it makes me love Lego all the more! 

HugeYellowBrick

^^^^ Direct sunlight on the BrickHeadz?

VorpalRyu

Seems I need more storage for my MOC parts collection, starting to have to split some parts between multiple trays in the racks I bought (I've already had to give the Black/LBG 1x2-2x2 Inverted Brackets their own tray). Might have to look at bigger racks for some of the parts, plus some more racks at the size I currently have.