What are you building right now?

snowhitie

Built the three ' medival' mixels and now using the pieces to enter the monthly building contest.

tmgm528

On a fairly tight budget this month, but couldnt pass up some CMF's on my Barnes&Noble trick. Had series 2 of Batman so picked up one of those, and I'd yet to get any Ninjago ones. The Calculator was the last villain I needed from series 1, so felt through a handful of packs to grab him!

MaffyD

Yes, it's now a legal build, but it still feels very odd:

And as a puzzle for the reader, you may tell me what my obvious, intentional mistake in this step was... :-)

What do you mean, "It wasn't intentional"?

MiniBricks1

Built #21310 (old fishing store) yesterday.. such a fantastic set! I really enjoyed the build, and it looks amazing. So many neat details.

tmgm528

Went back and built the Monster Fighter set finally the other day from the closet storage! Beautiful little set, and Dracula is one of my favorite fictional characters. Posed in front of Arkham for this photo, just for the gothic look. 

Really wish I'd picked up more monster fighters at the time!

M1J0E

Bag 1 done.  

ateague

^^^^^^ wow, can’t wait to pick this up. Just finished Ninjago City and to be honest (at the moment) it blows every other set I have out of the water in terms of its vibrancy and diversity! Unbelievable set. 

FowlerBricks

Just finished a small rebuild for Rebrick's current contest.

M1J0E

ateague said:

^^^^^^ wow, can’t wait to pick this up. Just finished Ninjago City and to be honest (at the moment) it blows every other set I have out of the water in terms of its vibrancy and diversity! Unbelievable set. 

That, and the Disney Castle, and the Parisian Restaurant..., are on my must buy list as funds permit.  I don’t think it’d take much modding with the water to fit it into a modular street, and I have yet to hear anybody who has a bad word to say about Ninjago City.  Even if you’re not into Ninjago at all.

Strider64

From Chrismal Gift Money and a Rebate I decided to build one more Lego Set, so I decided on the Lego Carousel. I've been reading comments online from people saying that the base of the carousel is flimsy, but so far I haven't found that to be the case. I have no problem picking it up and the carousel turns like expected. I do say it's pretty clever on how this goes together. 
This is one of the first times that I have put stickers on pretty straight and I think I found the secret of doing so. From watching online videos and remember from the place I worked for helped me out. The place I worked for was an automotive paint manufacturer and I worked in the QC Lab. I used to watch the Union guys put labels on the 5 gallon pails and I used to put labels on the one gallon and one quart sample. One guy would peel off many labels and stick it to his work clothes. I never seen a person do such a fast and clean job of putting labels on something like that guy. Of course I don't have to worry about how fast I do it, so I don't have to do that. The secret I found out is to use a knife or the brick tool to align the sticker and once you have it aligned just push it down like your stamping on the part quickly.   

monkeyhanger

Finished bag 7 of #75192 UCS MF. Bags 1-6 were fiddly or huge, taking 1.5 - 2 hours. Bag 7 took 50 mins, going slowly. Time-wise I think i'm well over halfway, even if i'm only 41% though the bags.

Th1nDiesel

Completed #70615 Fire Mech last night. I enjoyed the build and the completed model looks awesome, but it is let down a little by it's lack of poseability. I don't mind the lack of knees,  but the arms are too heavy for the shoulder joints in certain positions and the ankle joints don't have enough flexibility.

Overall though, a really nice model and I can't wait to get the Quake Mech to go next to it (once the price has dropped a bit).

M1J0E

Bag 2’s done.  Really enjoying the build on this one!  I was kinda surprised by all the SNOT used to achieve the depth to the ceiling white/teal/pink overhang.  They could’ve just stacked some bricks & plates up, which would’ve been simpler, but this way is much more worthy of a standout modular!

eMJeeNL

Got fed up with breaking down the WV, so just finished #60175. The plane is really good, and am happy with the armoured truck to go with my Brick Bank. Don’t really get the handchuffs for the armoured truck driver. The beehive is really nice too, as is the ATV.

monkeyhanger

Bag 10 of #75192 done, which finishes off the underside and does the top of the mandibles. The attention to detail on the underside is very impressive, considering how little it will be looked at.

MaffyD

Well, I've finished:

It's an awesome build. Imposing, bigger than anything I've built before, with some great techniques and fun details. The nanofigs are nice too.

And the only thing left now is to recycle the biggest pile of Lego bags I've ever accumulated!

M1J0E

Wow that looks amazing!  

Th1nDiesel

^^ As a Marvel fan (comics and films) the Helicarrier was the first large set that I bought and it really dragged me out of my dark age by showing me what you can do with Lego. It's still my favourite set today (though I have Ninjago City waiting to be built, which may change things).

MrJackson

I really enjoyed the Helicarrier as well. Spend the extra $25 bucks or so and motorize the turbines. 

herbyderby

Just built this year's employee gift. Looks very nice on display, and the nutcracking play function is hilarious.

MrJackson

@herbyderby you kept the box right? It's mocked up to be part of the display and he fits neatly inside it.

herbyderby

MrJackson said:

@herbyderby you kept the box right? It's mocked up to be part of the display and he fits neatly inside it.

Yes, although unfortunately the box was a bit damaged during shipping (from Hungary). I got the seller to issue a partial refund.

truck730

Day 20 of SW advent calendar resisting a January set opening by making this last and then the city one ,Christmas will also extend so even more happy

monkeyhanger

Bag 12 of the #75192 done - Was convinced that I was a macaroni plate short for the exhaust vents. found it in fold on my sock about an hour after giving up on it being found! Definitely on the home stretch now. Not entirely happy with the way 2 back exhaust plate builds sit against the central rear one. Might all come together properly with the rest of them, or might need a bit of positional tweaking.

snowhitie

I love that nutcracker. @MrJackson and @herbyderby thanks for sharing!

MrJackson

@snowhitie no problem. I havnt built 50 Years On Track yet but my employee gifts the most prized among my collection. 

MaffyD

MrJackson said:

I really enjoyed the Helicarrier as well. Spend the extra $25 bucks or so and motorize the turbines. 

I've got the motors, and the lights, but can I find them? Can I heck! I shall continue the search. In the meantime, I need to find a way to display this without dominating the dining room table, and I have a thought about complementing sets as well...

SirBrickalotOfLego

monkeyhanger said:

Bag 12 of the #75192 done - Was convinced that I was a macaroni plate short for the exhaust vents. found it in fold on my sock about an hour after giving up on it being found! Definitely on the home stretch now. Not entirely happy with the way 2 back exhaust plate builds sit against the central rear one. Might all come together properly with the rest of them, or might need a bit of positional tweaking.

The amount of times I’ve found parts in the folds of my clothes is more than I’m willing to admit. How do they get there? :D

Fizyx

SirBrickalotOfLego said:

The amount of times I’ve found parts in the folds of my clothes is more than I’m willing to admit. How do they get there? :D

Clearly you are spending too much time Scrooge McDuck-ing in your pile of freshly opened LEGO!

monkeyhanger

Bag 13 done and I am actually missing 2 pieces (unlucky number I guess!). The biggest bag of the bag 13 set was split in the box, and I was hoping that it was all there after I found plenty of loose pieces in the box, seems that I am missing a 1x2 wedge brick and a 1x2 plate with peg, both of which go into one of the brick built rear plating array fins. Almost certain I can find the wedge brick, hopefully the peg plate too. Lots of spares in that bag.

Jern92

Building the Destiny's Bounty I picked up over the holidays for a discount minus minifigures. Never been a Ninjago fan so not too fussed; all I wanted was the ship.

CaptainLego

This is my WIP attempt at the new McLaren Senna. Waiting on parts to finish it.

arathemis

Just started the build on Palace Cinema. That red base plate really looks awesome. And the green brick separator too.

Bumblepants

arathemis said:

Just started the build on Palace Cinema. That red base plate really looks awesome. And the green brick separator too.

I am disappointed they didn't continue making the separator in colors that aren't orange.

FowlerBricks

^a brick separators color pack! Red, green, blue, purple, the whole spectrum! That would actually be pretty awesome, not knowing what color separator you'd get in each set.

arathemis

they could make a Collectible separators line like the CMFs. The problem would be that feeling the bags won`t help much in determining the color :)))

the_creative_box

Trying to build my own version of the Traction City of London, as seen in the Mortal Engines teaser trailer. I really enjoyed the books by Philip Reeve, and I'm looking forward to watching the movie in December.

ateague

All done, and it is amazing.

sid3windr

I build lego, you seem to paint them.. to each his own, all good :D

Rsa33

Fantastic so far, reminds me a lot of pet shop, but so much funner :)

Paperballpark

Brickish is doing a modular street for its collaborative project this year, and I've volunteered to do a Newspaper Office.

The ground floor will be a reception area and a printing room, the first floor will be offices, and the top floor will be the Editor's office, and the archives.

I've done the ground floor, and the facade of the first floor, so I thought I'd have a go at some of the stuff which will go into it.

So firstly, as it's set in the 1930s - 1950s, here's a typewriter:



and here's a printing press:



Black isn't the easiest colour to photograph, but they've not come out too bad. You can see larger sizes on my Flickr account.

Bumblepants

@Paperballpark Printing press is phenomenal! Great stuff

eMJeeNL

Really cool press! Shame the papers won't fit the crate ;)

Can't wait for the total package.

Fizyx

@Paperballpark Both of those are great little builds.  The printing press is blowing me away. 

the_creative_box

I haven't seen anything like it - very creative designs!

Addicted2Oxygen

Making a concerted effort to make a dent in my backlog. Not built any modulars before, so looking forward to working through these over the next couple of months. Especially looking forward to the ewok village. But first a new shelf must be put up!

abordoli

Just built the Star Wars Ski-Speeder last night. Ship is awesome. Accessories...blah.

snowhitie

@Paperballpark great job!

Like some of the posters above I fancied some modular building. Haven't got the diner yet but Ninjago City should bridge the gap.

Groundwork done, looking forward to doing more over the weekend.

bluedragon

^Prepare for lots of fun! I've just finished the Bounty to go with it. REALLY hope the TLNM Docks set becomes reality!

abordoli

What set is the above or is it an MOC? Oh, it's Ninjago City. Not really a fan of that line though I have built a few for the wife here and there.