What's your LEGO 'status' today?

Speedman29

Not a super exciting delivery from S@H, but I wanted to nab the hub and motor for the upcoming train when it was back in stock.

Treated Little Miss Speedy to a couple of the new Friends cubes and got another Lamborghini polybag to add to my trade stash.

KungFuKenny

Bumblepants said:

Wizzair appears to be keeping their new Sofia<-->Billund route so we might be able to go there soon. I was assuming it would just get axed with covid.

Saying “Wizzair” out loud always makes me smile...🙂

lessjunkfood

One of our cats knocked an engine off the #7191 UCS X-Wing on top of our display cabinets. I went to put it back on only to find the yellowing bug has struck on the underbelly and leading edges of the wings. Not going to get too worked up about it (it almost helps the look of a well-used Rebel fighter) but our Disney Castle sits right next to it...

Brickfan50

Finished the Creator pirate ship #31109. I really like that it is all brick built, even the sails! On the other side, half of the building time went into sideways building 4 sub assemblies for the bow and rear sections and that was boring / repetitive.

So I have mixed feelings about the building process but the result is in my opinion superb.

It would go well when integrated with #31085 Pirate Roller Coaster.

Well, maybe I will try this myself :-)

tr100

Hey everyone, new tutorials out now!! Hope you like them, made the opening shorter to start the build sooner! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk3QQCzGszQ

Charmiefcb

My Lego S@H orders. I currently have 5 open orders. I made them from the 1st of June to the 6th when they became available. I also put one in today. They shipped 80% of one order a week or so after I made the order. Then sent a small set the next day and I'm still waiting on another small set in that order.

It took them days to move my orders from In Process to In Warehouse. Then tonight they ship the order I made on the 3rd, but not the orders I made before it.

Then the order I made yesterday went from In Process to In Warehouse within 5 minutes.

I give up. That said I do enjoy checking in every so often and seeing the latest. That's part of the fun for me with online orders.

bpk2300

Moved into a new office last week. Gave me a reason to finally build #75243. I’m thinking I may build a stand for it now. 

FowlerBricks

My status is packing all my Lego for a move that will (hopefully) quickly be followed by another one. :/

Speedman29

With the Creator Expert  18+ train due out July 1st, anybody know what the GWP is likely to be for July? 

klinton

#40411 Creative Fun 12 in 1, @Speedman29.

Speedman29

klinton said:

#40411 Creative Fun 12 in 1, @Speedman29.

I saw that on a US store calendar, but didn't know if it was going to be the same in the UK as well. Quite a nice little treat set for my daughter if it is. 

pxchris

Playing with my Pirates!

tr100

Made a tutorial for LEGO Gym Equipment, hope it's useful for your cities!! 😄 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXgUrxv6B44&feature=youtu.be

SumoLego

@pxchris...

I really want to know what you were doing!

Very interested...

KungFuKenny

SumoLego said:

@pxchris...

I really want to know what you were doing!

Very interested...

Me too!  All I could guess was that it was Wonder Woman’s Invisible Pirate Ship...

pxchris

Does the photo not show up for you all?

Very weird... since I can see it still. I'll try a re-upload.



Can you see it now???

Charmiefcb

I could see it just fine the first time you posted it. Maybe it's different browsers people are using or something.

Speaking of pirates. I started building the Creator Pirate Ship and my Barracuda Bay order from the 1st of June shipped and should be delivered tomorrow.

KungFuKenny

pxchris said:

Does the photo not show up for you all?

Very weird... since I can see it still. I'll try a re-upload.



Can you see it now???

Looks awesome!

560Heliport

@pxchris I saw your photos- awesome!- and then they vanished. I see today's.

GrannyLEGO

pxchris said:

Can you see it now???

This time around I could see it ... no clue what happened but glad you tried again. As for myself I have been rebuilding stuff and leaving out bits I didn't care for. I find the Chinese stuff and the Ninjago builds go together fairly well.

Fills up the shelf just at eye level where I do my building... don't forget the spider (from #75950 Aragog's Lair I think) up on the little drawers to the right! Not shown - some Hidden Side builds are over by my computer, the Corner Garage and a bunch of miscellaneous bits on the shelf over the one shown and #21320 Fossils out in the living room.

Mr_Hobbles

I've been slowly acquiring the old Santa Fe train MISB - a long time white whale of mine. Today the final two pieces arrived - a second baggage car, and a second A-unit, the Limited Edition version. This completes the full 7 car train as released by Lego. 2 locomotives and 5 cars.

They're not gonna remain MISB for long, I'll be building them in a couple of weeks. :) Then, time to buy the pieces to build a B-unit and the dome car that was designed by the original designer James Mathis, but never released by Lego (even though the sticker sheet comes with the extra numbers for it!)

PapaBear

Those trains look amazing.  They have the old magnet types too.

SirBrickalotOfLego

I tried to challenge myself by adding some sort of interior in the UCS Star Destroyer. To be honest, the lack of interior never really bothered me, but I wanted to see if it could be done. And it can, sort of.



Pretty happy with it, might end up trying something on the other side as well.

AdeelZubair

Designer, Illustrator, Photographer & LEGO Artist | adeelzubair.com

I've launched a website primary focused on my MOCs, if anyone has any freelance opportunities or would like to collaborate please contact me.

benbacardi

SirBrickalotOfLego said:

I tried to challenge myself by adding some sort of interior in the UCS Star Destroyer. To be honest, the lack of interior never really bothered me, but I wanted to see if it could be done. And it can, sort of.

Pretty happy with it, might end up trying something on the other side as well.

Blocks magazine has been dedicating a good section of each edition for the last five months to how to MOC an interior. As somebody who really doesn't care for Star Wars, it's a massive waste of 10 or so pages of each edition for me - but perhaps you would enjoy it!

SirBrickalotOfLego

@benbacardi Oh cool, I'll check it out! Thanks.

Charmiefcb

Had a good day. Barracuda Bay arrived early in the morning and I also bought the Ocean Explorer.

SirBrickalotOfLego

As promised, something on the other side;

Fizyx

So I ordered the new UCS ISD at the start of the May the 4th event, and it's been in backorder since then... but IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING!

Modeltrainman

Waiting on the Treehouse, Crocodile, been trying to get better at pictures...

Jern92

https://www.brothers-brick.com/2020/06/26/pride-lego-lgbtq-lego-fans-in-their-own-words-feature/

So this came out today and it was really nice to read about the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community (including my own) in the world of Lego

CaptainRogers

Just built #76165 Iron Man. Even though the pictures didn't look as good as I hoped for, I knew I had to get this as a nice display piece. Thankfully, I think it looks a lot better in person. Still not perfect, but definitely satisfying enough for me. I hope these helmets continue -  between this and the Star Wars sets, I think Lego has hit something.

tr100

Finally got to visit the LEGO Store today, it just reopened! Made a video of the experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce8j4CDuFcQ, Pick a Brick was a totally different procedure! 

Salamalex

Sorting, sorting, sorting and I came across this tub which has clearly been repurposed. The LEGO smells lovely.

Charmiefcb

The Harry Potter sets were re stocked on our S@H so I'm hoping they also got sent out to retail stores and my local store gets them in stock this week

SirBrickalotOfLego

I just finished building #75274 Tie Fighter Pilot Helmet, rounding off my helmet collection. I really like it, although it's a shame the eyes get a bit lost in all the black. I wish they could have found a way to implement the silver stripes some pilots had on their helmets, in order to give it a bit of colour.



Originally I had the pilot down as my favourite of the three, but having them all in front of me now I can't quite decide. I love the colours of Boba Fett's helmet, but the clean aesthetic of the Stormtrooper is appealing too. #75274 and #75277 look fantastic displayed next to their UCS ship counterparts.

Overall I really recommend this collection, some really interesting techniques and great display pieces.

Briking

Just ordered 5 Harry Potter sets.  Hogwarts here we come

Speedman29

In my Lego room there is a big leather swivel chair that belongs to my wife, her dad has broken his one and wondered if he could have ours. Its currently a dumping ground for instructions and odd sets we've built. Its also as wide as a shelving unit I have in the room already. Clearance has been granted for more display space and a second shelf. Should tidy things up nicely

KungFuKenny

I was inspired over the weekend ( largely by @Mr_Cross ) to work on re-working #6861 X1 Patrol Craft into a Blacktron 1 color scheme...

Pleased with the results, I was able to add a few others from existing parts, including BT versions of #891 , #897 , #918 , and #6823 ...

Next weekend I’m planning on staging an epic face-off with their Classic Space counterparts!

Mr_Cross

@KungFuKenny, that is beautiful! Still need to find parts for this!

Nice Calvin & Hobbes collection on the shelf behind #918 too. 

Charmiefcb

There's something to be said about the simplicity and sturdiness of older Lego. You can play with them without small pieces flying off all over the place.

My Haunted House came today. I have complained about the company Lego use to deliver here before but they have been great lately. Every set delivered when they said it would. This during a time when they would be overrun with deliveries. I was expecting my orders to be held up a few days with Toll and I wouldn't have minded but no.

Well done Toll.

Hopefully the new Harry Potter sets are in stock when I go shopping tomorrow.

Speedman29

Was up at 1130 last night so thought I'd stay up till midnight and place my order for #10277 To my surprise it was available already so I clicked, sorted my VIP points but couldn't get the 12in1 or the Lambo polybag to add. Didn't want to miss out so purchased it and went to bed. Just rang CS and they apologised and will send the GWP on separately. The Crocodile is now showing as back order until mid July. 

Odeinoichus

KungFuKenny said:

I was inspired over the weekend ( largely by @Mr_Cross ) to work on re-working #6861 X1 Patrol Craft into a Blacktron 1 color scheme...

Pleased with the results, I was able to add a few others from existing parts, including BT versions of #891 , #897 , #918 , and #6823 ...

Next weekend I’m planning on staging an epic face-off with their Classic Space counterparts!

Seriously LEGO bring Blacktron and Classic Space back, I need this in my life. Can one of the next Ideas Sets be a Classic Space Inspired Blacktron Space Base or something?

Briking

Amazon delivery this morning.  Five HP sets, so starting to construct Hogwarts.

Speedman29

Further to the other days post, the chair is out, the shelves are built and in place. The bottom shelf is now full of all the various books I've gathered and the excess on a pile for the charity shop (how many DK Batman visual dictionaries with Electro Batman minifig do you need? Three is not the answer!) Need to empty the various piles out of the other bedrooms and landing and fit it all back in now

Charmiefcb

Got a text this morning and my Harry Potter sets were in stock. Hopefully some of the new Batman sets are still in stock when I go there next week.

We have also had some panic buying here again. Toilet paper aisle was bare except for a few rolls. Idiots. Absolute idiots. The cluster isn't even in this city or state.

It's almost like the Simpsons Hurricane episode. I look forward to eating creamed eels and wadded beef every time a new cluster of coronavirus breaks out.

tr100

Made a Modern LEGO Bathroom Tutorial, hope it gives you guys some ideas for your own cities! https://youtu.be/jNGtgTuSH8M

Speedman29

Thats a quick turn around from S@H and they managed to sort out my GWP issue in a separate package that arrived at the same time. Excited to cut the seals and start building.

BillyBricks84

99.9% of my LEGO is relegated to the basement, but over the course of the last two years, I've slowly added 7 sets to general displays throughout the first floor of the house and my wife hasn't had an issue with it. Honestly, I wasn't even sure she knew where they all were. Yesterday, I found this usage for her keys in my Wrigley Field (from @BenBuildsLego ) and realized she knows. She always knows. 

Modeltrainman

Took better pictures of Casey Jr., they met IDEAS' standards, then I've been building Biblical stuff, including digitally designing a ' Christmas countdown calendar.