What are you building right now?

Speedman29

PJ76uk said:

I think I might have one still sealed if your desperate?!

I am a bit! PM'd you

KLOKRIECHER

This has been a long build. But it looks really good:

KungFuKenny

Speedman29 said:

PJ76uk said:

I think I might have one still sealed if your desperate?!

I am a bit! PM'd you

Who knew there was a secondary market for retired IKEA products!

KLOKRIECHER said:

This has been a long build. But it looks really good:

That is a great playset... I'm a big fan of Mark Stafford, and this set, along with #7066 and #5974 are at the top of my favorites list...

karrit

I finally started to build Diagon Alley today.  I've finished bags 1 & 2.  I think it's going to take me a while to finish.  I'm really enjoying the little builds for the furnishings & such but my old bones are starting to have difficulty with all the small pieces.

KLOKRIECHER

Had some fun building Keetongu today:

PDelahanty

I finally built the #10211 Grand Emporium which I've had sealed since I bought it sometime around the year after it came out.  After the first of the instruction books, I ended up with A TON of leftover black 1x2 plates...at least 20!  I looked over the instructions again, but couldn't find where all those plates were supposed to go.

Is packing a ton of extra black 1x2 plates a known thing?  Is there some secret step in the instructions that I missed?  I'm stumped.

KungFuKenny

PDelahanty said:

I finally built the #10211 Grand Emporium which I've had sealed since I bought it sometime around the year after it came out.  After the first of the instruction books, I ended up with A TON of leftover black 1x2 plates...at least 20!  I looked over the instructions again, but couldn't find where all those plates were supposed to go.

Is packing a ton of extra black 1x2 plates a known thing?  Is there some secret step in the instructions that I missed?  I'm stumped.

I remember the same problem - I had accidentally skipped the step of adding the black 1x2 plates to the front of one or more of the column details (step 4 of the picture below)...

That accounted for quite a few extra pieces,  so it might be worth checking the height of the 1x2 dark tan tiles on the front of the building to make sure...

PDelahanty

KungFuKenny said:

I remember the same problem - I had accidentally skipped the step of adding the black 1x2 plates to the front of one or more of the column details (step 4 of the picture below)...

That accounted for quite a few extra pieces,  so it might be worth checking the height of the 1x2 dark tan tiles on the front of the building to make sure...

Oh wow! I think this is what I missed...even after a second pass through the instructions! At least it’s easy to fix without having to take a lot of stuff apart.
Thanks!

JudgeChuck

Thanks guys! You've just reminded me how much I'd give for a Grand Emporium! Well, not as much as is asked on the market, but a lot! ;-)
Lego should really do a new department store, but I fear it would be too small, given the amount of detail now put into modulars, or very expensive. I'd pay £200 or so for a really good, new modular store though.

Basty

Happy Valentine’s Day. A dozen Lego red roses 🌹

Marshallmario

Be My Valentine! They look tremendous!

Astrobricks

^ Gee, thanks! But, I only see nine ;-)

Cymbeline

Happy Valentine's Day

560Heliport

"What did you build today?""Oh, not much..." 😏

KLOKRIECHER

Today I've build this Wild West set:

TheOriginalSimonB

It seems I am cursed to mix themes, so today we have...




Space Champions.




As always, more angles on Flickr.

GeekinTheHighCastle

A quick update on my build. Progress has been a bit slower than I would have liked, simply due to the huge amount of bricks each one of the mini houses needs especially corner roof element. All going well when the spire is finished it will be about 1.25m tall.  I've also been trying to organise me castle minifigs :)

PDelahanty

Just started my first build of the modular Pet Shop #10218.  I've had the set since the initial release and it has survived two moves...but now that I have space, it's time to build all these modulars and I've been doing them in order.  In the process, I'm also discovering issues that come with age.

Fire Brigade had a lot of the dark red tiles break on me when I was trying to attach them to the front of the building.  Had to order replacements and fortunately those went on without breaking.

Grand Emporium had some dark red 1x1 tiles as a decorative tabletop...and three of them broke on me...and the set only had 2 spares.  I'll have to get another replacement.

Now I'm building Pet Shop.  I'm only done with the first floor of one of the buildings, but have already noticed that the woman minifig has legs that won't bend anymore.  I'm afraid that if I force them, they'll snap...because they're dark red!  Also, the brown bricks for the walls seem really stiff and make a CRACK sound when I snap them on.  I'm not seeing any broken pieces or even any hairline fractures, but the sound is quite worrisome!  Looking forward to the rest of the build, but also dreading more dark red or brown bricks.

I'll be glad when I get past this era with brittle bricks.

gratefulnat

I dismantled #75827 Ghostbusters HQ (2016) recently and one corner of the reddish brown 6x16 plate crumbled - even though I was being very gentle as I am aware of this issue. Luckily had a few extra such plates in my spare parts.

As well also had a 1x1 reddish brown plate with clip in #21313 Ship in a Bottle (2018) disintegrate, didn't even exert a lot of pressure and ended up with kernels of ABS on my desk. Basically I started to remove it by hand, pulling it up, and it turned to dust...

Next up will be dismantling #21010 Robie House (2011) which has been on display since release, will have to be very careful with all that dark red.

Makes me nervous.

KungFuKenny

Fire Brigade was a mess to dismantle for me as well... I don’t want to contemplate the potential carnage in taking apart Robie House!

I finished building #6983 Ice Station Odyssey today...

oldtodd33

^ Ice babe!

veyniac

My eyes... the box art of ice planet just doesn't do the colors justice.

Astrobricks

gratefulnat said:

I dismantled #75827 Ghostbusters HQ (2016) recently and one corner of the reddish brown 6x16 plate crumbled - even though I was being very gentle as I am aware of this issue. Luckily had a few extra such plates in my spare parts.

As well also had a 1x1 reddish brown plate with clip in #21313 Ship in a Bottle (2018) disintegrate, didn't even exert a lot of pressure and ended up with kernels of ABS on my desk. Basically I started to remove it by hand, pulling it up, and it turned to dust...

Next up will be dismantling #21010 Robie House (2011) which has been on display since release, will have to be very careful with all that dark red.

Makes me nervous.

I have a disassembled used Robie House that I bought a few years ago. Now I have something else to be anxious about 😐

PDelahanty

Finished the first building of the Pet Shop modular. (the non-Pet Shop half)  Noticed afterwards that the bottoms of some brown 1x1 "headlight" pieces snapped.  Everything's staying in place, but I know if this is ever disassembled, I'll have a mess on my hands.

My son is currently 2.  When he gets of age to go down into the basement to play, I'll have to set some "Man Upstairs" style rules not to disassemble certain sets.

Marshallmario

   So #6983 in the data base says released in 1993, subtheme 2002. That set you just built should be 20-30 years old yet it looks brand new! How do you do that? I wish I could come over to your house to play. It looks stellar!

KungFuKenny

Marshallmario said:

   So #6983 in the data base says released in 1993, subtheme 2002. That set you just built should be 20-30 years old yet it looks brand new! How do you do that? I wish I could come over to your house to play. It looks stellar!

Thank @Darthtater147 - I’ve picked up quite a lot of his vintage sets in the last few months, and he took great care of them!

gratefulnat

KungFuKenny said:

I finished building #6983 Ice Station Odyssey today...

I've never been particularly attracted to Ice Planet theme, but those colors just POP!

Glacierfalls265

Still working on some of the interior design of Meadowbank, one of my personal favorite projects. (It's a modified Arkham Asylum (10937) with a very complicated backstory). 

Lord and Lady Vampyre (from the Haunted House set) turned their mansion into a bed and breakfast back in 2014. Then it combined with the Town Hall to become a hotel for several years, which was eventually taken apart to build other MOCs. The three vampires, who go by the name Le Comte de la Roche and his wife and her sister (named Bob, Linda, and Gayle appropriately) moved into the apartment over the Green Grocer. They tried for years to obtain the large tan mansion but were never quite successful.

Eventually they outbid a local history museum for the property of the old Haverbrook Asylum, and turned it into Meadowbank, an exclusive boarding school for the non-human or specially powered residents of my LEGO world. Currently, it has five students: a faun, a gargoyle, a girl who can fly, a guy who can turn invisible, and an elf. 

But despite its charming boarding school atmosphere (which only extends as deep as the crown moulding) Meadowbank may yet hold some dark secrets...

Basty

I really like the Bricktober Fairground models, but I can't really justify buying them due to the crazy cost, so recreated with a few minor tweaks.

GeekinTheHighCastle

Hello All

It took a bit longer than I thought, but I finally finished my build.

I've started a YouTube channel (GeekinTheHighCastle) dedicated to vintage sets. When I get a chance I'll do a walk though of this model.

Happy Building

bandit778

I took some time out from digging parts out for K2S0 to build the recently purchased #31109.

It was great fun to put together and looks great when finished.
My only complaint is that the sails are sooooo easy to knock out of alignment from where you want them to be. 
Don't complain to the Captain though or you end up walking the plank.

Switchfoot55

Had some time this past weekend to put together #75278 D-O to add to my "scale" character collection (is there an official name for these??? I hate referring to them as UCS simply because they have the larger sticker plaque). 

It was a super fun build, albeit fairly quick. It fits in nicely among it's counterparts. I still have R2-D2 and Grogu on the to-do list. Still on the fence for the K-2SO project as well, but thinking I'll be jumping down that rabbit hole fairly soon.  

GrannyLEGO

Received and built today #40469 Tuk Tuk and #92177 Ship in a Bottle ... building the little Tuk Tuk was a lot of fun, building the Ship in the Bottle more tedious than fun although the results were interesting.

PDelahanty

Built #31038 Changing Seasons with my son the other day.  It's a 2015 set that I've had sealed in the box since I got it.  The red light brick for the grill worked for a few presses, but then stopped.  Opened it up with a little screwdriver and saw the tiny hearing aid batteries had leaked a little.  Seems really unusual for batteries to leak after only 5 years.  Easy enough to replace (and the replacements worked despite the leak), but unexpected for something that was mint in box and not that old.

Speedman29

Got a five day weekend coming up. So starting the day helping schooling from home whilst eating a hotcross bun and building the 50s car that @gratefulnat sent me.

gratefulnat

Love the daffodils - spring is awakening!

FollowsClosely

My 17 year old an I just finished up this years modular building. Chris McVeigh did a wonderful job with this installment. The set is filled with clever never seen before techniques. This modular is top in my top three for sure.

Speedman29

Is that @GrannyLEGO toting the assault rifle at Guns'n'Ammo ?

SirBrickalotOfLego

Funny how both buildings use a very similar technique for the brickwork on the corners!

560Heliport

Speedman29 said:

Is that @GrannyLEGO toting the assault rifle at Guns'n'Ammo ?

I think you're right! Is she defending the guy in the wheelchair from the zombie? Or is she supplying guns to zombies? :)

Speedman29

Seals cut on the Blacksmiths shop

First bag completed. I just love the top down view of the footprint of sets like this and the modulars.

GrannyLEGO

Speedman29 said:

Is that @GrannyLEGO toting the assault rifle at Guns'n'Ammo ?

LOL ... a very appropriate choice of minifig as it very well could be me! And, if it is me, I am definitely shooting the Zombies, not helping them.

Where did that building come from? I have the Police Station but not the Guns N Ammo store.

GrannyLEGO

I'm working on the #10273 Haunted House having finally saved up enough to get it (thank you tax refund) ... am on Bag 16 and although the tower gets a little tedious the rest has been a fun and interesting build.

pxchris

Finally got around to building #75255 Yoda this weekend. It definitely makes a great addition to the shelf! 

iwybs

Used up most of my blue and light bluish gray parts today building an updated version of set 6931.  Made for a nice screenless Sunday morning.

blokey9

i finished #42123 & #76895 on the weekend. both were birthday presents. The 8 wide speed champion vehicles are good for building RHD cars, but not sure it helps to improve the look of the cars.

Astrobricks

iwybs said:

Used up most of my blue and light bluish gray parts today building an updated version of set 6931.  Made for a nice screenless Sunday morning.

Brickset Pro Tip - if you’re going to cite set numbers (especially without the name), remember to put a hashtag #6931 in front of them so we can click the link to see what you’re talking about. 

Thank you for your cooperation :)

Marshallmario

@pxchris Your shelf needs an R2-D2. Possibly waiting on the new rumored model?

lowlead

Picked up the new #75301 X-wing.  I was very curious about the Technic scissor mechanism, and wanted to experience the new smaller tier sets.
Pleasantly surprised with what the designer was able to accomplish with a smaller model.  I added a few slopes here and there.  Great build!

 

pxchris

Marshallmario said:

@pxchris Your shelf needs an R2-D2. Possibly waiting on the new rumored model?

I've been planning on buying #10225 for the last few years but just hadn't pulled the trigger, but now the new rumors of an updated model have definitely put the brakes on my buying the 2012 version. I'm really hopeful for an amazing update to what was already a fantastic set.