What are you building right now?

gmonkey76

Just starting on this bad boy

Fizyx

So I have finally taken some time to build a few sets from my huge (and still growing) backlog, which has been enormously cathartic. But the one I found the most interesting was #75316 Mandalorian Starfighter.  I really like the design of this ship anyway, but something really caught my attention when building this one.

If you look at the ship, you'll see that it has two large wings that only differ in that they are mirrored versions of each other.  In every previous set I've built, the build would have also been identical; the same build instructions but mirrored.  The really interesting thing about this build is that the two wings were constructed in almost totally different ways.  There was nothing crazy about the builds themselves, they both used standard build techniques, but the fact that they were two different build orders was really surprising to me. This is clearly an effort to keep repeated builds from getting boring, and I quite liked the surprise of having a different build order from what I was expecting for the second wing.  I hope LEGO keeps up with this trend of trying to change up their build orders so sets don't become overly repetitive.  Definitely a great surprise for what I already considered a winner of a set!

gmonkey76

And He's done

iwybs

I like assemblies like wings to be mirrored, that way I can build them faster. I generally open the separate bags for mirrored assemblies at the same time so I can build them at the same time. I don’t like tricks with build order or slight differences from side to side because they make the build longer and more tedious.

rockethead26

iwybs said:

I like assemblies like wings to be mirrored, that way I can build them faster. I generally open the separate bags for mirrored assemblies at the same time so I can build them at the same time. I don’t like tricks with build order or slight differences from side to side because they make the build longer and more tedious.

So, you just like the destination more than the journey.

iwybs

Generally by the time I've bought a set for myself I've watched so many building videos, read so many reviews, read the instructions so many times, that I already know exactly what to expect with the set, so I just want to have it built and in hand.

Switchfoot55

You know what they say, "A set in the hand is worth two in the box."

Astrobricks

iwybs said:

Generally by the time I've bought a set for myself I've watched so many building videos, read so many reviews, read the instructions so many times, that I already know exactly what to expect with the set, so I just want to have it built and in hand.

Part of why I don’t watch building videos or read many reviews; I want the surprises along the way.

Speedman29

After picking up #76194 in Sainsburys for £20, decided a lazy BH Friday was a hood excuse to build. Had a late night BBQing for 100 people at a Platinum Jubilee beacon party organised by Mrs Speedy, so I needed cake to get going....

....its a bit odd building a set from a show that's yet to air, despite being available for ages. Marvel saw fit to divide the season of What if...? In two and still haven't shown the Sakaarian Ironman episode yet....

....the colours are great and it really pops with the aqua pieces....

....the buggy is a bit odd and I don't know where Tony hides legs and hands of his suit when he drives! But it's a neat play feature.

But I wanted it for the mech. Its a nice chunky monkey, but limited on posability in the leg department.

Astrobricks

I’m just interested in the mutant fork ;-)

Gibbo1959

It’s a cake fork. Cut with the thick edge, prong with the others. But @Speedman29 does eat a lot of cake 🧁 🍰 !

Switchfoot55

I've never seen/heard of such a thing. 

The more you know.

Astrobricks

How tough is your cake?

Astrobricks

Gibbo1959 said:

It’s a cake fork. Cut with the thick edge, prong with the others. But @Speedman29 does eat a lot of cake 🧁 🍰 !

And Coke! :)

Speedman29

I do indeed like a bit of cake!

PJ76uk

Hah, love how the UK folk all recognise it!

Astrobricks said:

How tough is your cake?

Very useful if your eating a pie with a firm crust!! 😂

PJ76uk

Kids decided they wanted a quiet day in watching movies so perfect opportunity to break the seals on #10302. Lovely build and the transforming feature is very smooth, felt like I remember from my childhood!



Have to say the scale took me by surprise, all the transformers and “accessories” I built for my transformers out of Lego back in the 80s were of a much smaller scale and required dismantling to transform into a robot!

Optimus is currently keeping Artoo company until a permanent home can be arranged!

And yes, I’m aware I forgot to rotate the fuel tanks on his legs after transforming into a truck. I realised when putting him next to Artoo!

gelkster

DONE!! Sails turned out great IMO 👍🏻👍🏻

lowlead

rockethead26 said:

iwybs said:

I like assemblies like wings to be mirrored, that way I can build them faster. I generally open the separate bags for mirrored assemblies at the same time so I can build them at the same time. I don’t like tricks with build order or slight differences from side to side because they make the build longer and more tedious.

So, you just like the destination more than the journey.

@iwybs I do the same thing - especially with large builds that have identical, but mirrored components.  Case in point, the UCS AT-AT.  I built the leg sections first in an assembly line style.

@rockethead26 That's not it at all!  Building 'mirror' style challenges your brain to go off-script from the instructions and think a little abstractly.  The added benefit is completing repetitive sections quicker, but honing some skills in the process =)

lowlead

...oh, and I built this ingenious little thing today:

monkeyhanger

PJ76uk said:

Kids decided they wanted a quiet day in watching movies so perfect opportunity to break the seals on #10302. Lovely build and the transforming feature is very smooth, felt like I remember from my childhood!



Have to say the scale took me by surprise, all the transformers and “accessories” I built for my transformers out of Lego back in the 80s were of a much smaller scale and required dismantling to transform into a robot!

Optimus is currently keeping Artoo company until a permanent home can be arranged!

And yes, I’m aware I forgot to rotate the fuel tanks on his legs after transforming into a truck. I realised when putting him next to Artoo!

I haven't broken the seals on my Optimus Prime yet, but I watched the 1986 Transformers movie yesterday and wonder why in the Lego set, the crystal part of the matrix of leadership is orange and not purple. Was it different in the series cartoons? I can't remember ever seeing the matrix in the series prior to the movie.

Fodder

Minifig habitats representing Myself, Mrs Fodder & 3 Junior Fodders

AJRDLawrence

It's been a slow couple of weeks since #31132 wasn't in stock at the Lego store so I've tried to keep myself busy in the meantime.

I tweaked the nose of the #75302 Imperial Shuttle to give it a more accurate angle. It isn't perfect and probably breaks a few of Lego's design rules but the chin is more of a gullet now. 



I also received my copy of #11014 so I can build the fire extinguisher from #75218 into my #75301 X-Wing.



And lastly, but certainly not least, I went on rebrickable and transformed my spare #75300 Tie Fighter into cbavota 's Tie Interceptor. It's perhaps not the most accurate MOC, but I felt it was the better of the options available using all of the existing parts, and without shopping or hunting for other parts. I must say that the Tie Interceptor is easily my favourite model to date, so here's hoping that the Return of the Jedi 40th Anniversary will bring some goodies next year.



I've had to make space on my other Billy bookcase for when I do get hold of #31132 Viking ship which has meant lumping everything together for now which is not ideal. I think I may replace the doors with full glass pane doors so I can display everything in mini dioramas properly!

bandit778

Have just finished #75339.

Very impressed with how it all slots together when fully closed and it looks great on display.
If I was to have any minor quibbles it would have to be the price (Definitely doesn't feel like an £80 set) and the poor attempt at the Dianoga (especially with all the tentacle parts available in the likes of #76205 which would have been perfect). 
Saying that, the selection of minifigures is great, the final product looks brilliant on display and I finally have an R2 that has printing on the front and back (which should have been done for the UCS R2 but that's another story) so all in all I'm not disappointed and would heartily recommend this set to any Star Wars fan, especially if you can pick it up at a reasonable discount.

Cymbeline

I just finished building The Starry Night and it looks spectacular. I did build the liftarm extension with the Vincent minifig on the platform but I thought it looked gimmicky so I left it off.

andhe

Switchfoot55 said:

I've never seen/heard of such a thing. 

The more you know.

Wait until you hear about a melon spoon and fish knife. It'll blow your mind. 

DCBuilder

Cymbeline said:

I just finished building The Starry Night and it looks spectacular. I did build the liftarm extension with the Vincent minifig on the platform but I thought it looked gimmicky so I left it off.

Looks great! I'm currently working on that set myself; I just got the frame on, next is all those beautiful background elements. I'll probably display it without Van Gogh connected to it as well (I'm hoping to mount it on the wall, though I'm going to have to figure out what type of nail to use that's strong enough to keep it up there!)

lessjunkfood

Found a shadowbox in storage and realized it was four studs deep and 37 across. A search through the parts bins for enough of each color to build the supports and now we have some CMFs (and one non-CMF) on display!

WesterBricks

^ I don't collect the CMFs, which one doesn't belong?

PJ76uk

WesterBricks said:

^ I don't collect the CMFs, which one doesn't belong?

Might be wrong but I don't think the movie director was a CMF, looks like it's STU002 from STUDIOS theme

pxchris

Yep, it's the director who doesn't belong.

Yo_dA

 Working on #76956 and watching the original JP. 

KungFuKenny

Just finished #40199 …

monkeyhanger

Rebuilding my Optimus Prime for the 3rd time  - it keeps falling to bits and the arms especially are incredibly slack, the clutch on a lot of the parts is incredibly poor - and I hasn't even tried to transform it. Lovely to look at but frustratingly crap to hold and pose.

FollowsClosely

My latest facebook marketplace find has provided me the opportunity to build this...


It appears that most of the pieces are present, all the figs and most of the micro figs are missing. Given the bricklink prices for the figs (about $20 each) I will most likely just source the mico figs.

rockethead26

Hogwarts is a fun build. I'm on Bag 21 now.

pxchris

monkeyhanger said:

Rebuilding my Optimus Prime for the 3rd time  - it keeps falling to bits and the arms especially are incredibly slack, the clutch on a lot of the parts is incredibly poor - and I hasn't even tried to transform it. Lovely to look at but frustratingly crap to hold and pose.

That's a bummer...
I built mine over the weekend and have transformed it back and forth a handful of times without issue. There are a couple of parts that are a little bit fiddly, but overall I've found it to be rather robust considering.

monkeyhanger

pxchris said:

monkeyhanger said:

Rebuilding my Optimus Prime for the 3rd time  - it keeps falling to bits and the arms especially are incredibly slack, the clutch on a lot of the parts is incredibly poor - and I hasn't even tried to transform it. Lovely to look at but frustratingly crap to hold and pose.

That's a bummer...
I built mine over the weekend and have transformed it back and forth a handful of times without issue. There are a couple of parts that are a little bit fiddly, but overall I've found it to be rather robust considering.

It's really slack/fragile around the waist and where the arms meet the upper body, feels like the waist could do with a pin or 2 to hold the ratchety circular piece on to the upper body.

560Heliport

My #75325 The Mandalorian's N-1 Starfighter, with improvements. I moved the engines down two plates and inward two studs, so the leading edges of the wings are a straight line from the nose to each engine. I removed four studs of length from the fuselage, thus eliminating the "cargo hold" for Mando's jetpack and Darksaber. I liked being able to store them in the ship, but the proportions were just wrong. I've come up with two alternate engine intakes, and I think I'll keep experimenting. I also fixed the laser cannon muzzles: those rounded parts just looked goofy! The whole thing as released makes me think it was designed, then someone said, "Make it bigger so we can charge more." 
Why did I buy it, if it needed so much work? Well, I wanted Peli Motto, of course! ;)

560Heliport

AJRDLawrence

Nothing fancy, But I've added a few of the UCS Sandcrawler droids to my #75220 Jawa Sandcrawler. The R1 droid arrived missing a dark green 1x1 plate which is kind of annoying as it means the 'arm' doesn't attach properly but hopefully it will be rectified shortly. 

I've also added a couple of UCS Millenium Falcon / Advent Calendar Mynock's to my #75257 Millenium Falcon. They came without instructions, but I managed to figure it out by looking at the listing photo. They also came with a free gift of a wrench / spanner, so I may look at trying to mod my #75301 X-wing even further to add it in.

Lastly, I've reorganised my shelves a bit. I'm hoping to have 3 per original trilogy movie as the collection grows, but they're all jumbled up together for now. Moving the #75288 AT-AT from the bottom to the top shelf gives a bit more of an imposing look into the redeye window, and moving the Falcon from the top to the bottom (middle) shelf provides a better view of both the ship and the Mynock's, so win-win. Here's to seeing what the Lego fairies deliver up next :)

Gibbo1959

Haven’t done much building recently but had fun this afternoon building with my great nephew on a long postponed catch up visit - nothing like a Spider-Man mech/ Stuntz mash-up!

PJ76uk

Didn’t get a chance to post this last night but yesterday I built #76217 I Am Groot, a Father’s Day present(!), cute build and a lot more sturdy than I’d imagined. My only gripe would be the eyes are not centred under the eyebrows and I would’ve preferred more printed bricks, or even stickers, to convey more surface texture for its organic look.

The Lego room still resembles a storage room with piles of boxes that we’ve not yet sorted in the new house so Groot is currently keeping R2 and Optimus company.

gelkster

#42000 color swap. Parts & decorated panels from the following sets helped immensely. I initially kept track of what parts came from which sets but quit- I'll just discover & replace as I rebuild the sets.

I don't think the blue throws off the color scheme too badly...unfortunately I couldn't devise another satisfactory color scheme even with all the decorated panels I have (would've loved lime green/teal) but there are a couple more variations I can do with the panels in the pics.

#8069
#9396
#42037
#42044
#42045
#42050

lessjunkfood

Gradually working on Ninjago City during conference calls on work-from-home days. (Constantly double-checking to ensure I’m muted as I sift through elements!) It’s slow going, just a couple bags a week, but I’m not in a hurry - I can only build this for the first time once, right? I’m about half done so I still have plenty of building to go before I need to get Ninjago City Gardens and start the process over again.  

Astrobricks

lessjunkfood said:

Gradually working on Ninjago City during conference calls on work-from-home days. (Constantly double-checking to ensure I’m muted as I sift through elements!) It’s slow going, just a couple bags a week, but I’m not in a hurry - I can only build this for the first time once, right? I’m about half done so I still have plenty of building to go before I need to get Ninjago City Gardens and start the process over again.  

Don’t forget the Docks :)

Brickchap

https://worldbuilder.tongal.com/world/261024b9-8d4c-45b3-ad55-a29dd519dfc0

Here is what I've been building for the past few months (more than a year actually).

This is my Lego World Builder project, Buildovian Adventure. It is currently being reviewed as a candidate for Lego World Builder Pitch Fest.

Pitch Fest is where people submit their ideas for a Lego world which currently will be considered for a feature film, short film, TV show or game (board game or computer). It is also probable that the winning entry may become a new Lego theme with sets as well.

I have submitted Buildovian Adventure as a possible feature film.

Please feel free to check out my World and all the MOCs I have made for it!

I did post about Buildovian Adventure ages ago however I have since made some major changes to the characters, story and added more storylines with various MOCs relating to those, and I would really appreciate feedback as I participate in the Pitch Fest process. 

So yeah, comments or suggestions are very welcome! These can be on the world itself or an individual element; or in response to this post or PM me.

You can also formally 'contribute' a world element, so for example you might think of a new character or build a vintage car and then I can accept that submission and you will be credited for that.

Shoutout to fellow Bricksetter @Modeltrainman, who has been very helpful with suggestions and feedback, and recently contributed some aircraft hangars for Buildovian Adventure.

Brickchap

Sorry about the overspacing, it's this double space problem Brickset can't seem to stop.

AJRDLawrence

I've been pretty busy this past few days. I did the unthinkable and paid a small fortune on a Facebook Marketplace job lot of Lego which was jumbled together and has taken some doing. 3 of the Star Wars sets advertised, the ones I wanted the most as I didn't have them in my collection yet, appear to be missing from the job lot. Doh!



But anyhow, I have taken the best part of a week sorting and building what was there and so far, this is what I have come up with.



#70909 Batcave break-In. which is missing quite a few pieces which are hopefully not too difficult to replace, but more noticeably lacking the Penguin and his two Penguin companions and a couple of Batarangs.
#70923 The Bat-Space Shuttle. Missing Dick Grayson, Catwoman's whip and 4x spare Silver studs.
#70911 The Penguin Arctic Roller (missing Batman, the Penguin's Umbrella and a black stud with a hole)
#76045 Kryptonite Interception. I have the pallet, but it is missing the two Lexcorp Minifigures and their guns. Fortunately the Batmobile is largely complete sans 3x Silver studs for the stud shooters.
Last, but not least #76057 Spider-Man Web Warriors Ultimate Bridge Battle. Again, there are a few small pieces missing I can probably replace quite easily, and some others not so much. Notably Absent are Aunt May, The Scorpion, Kraven The Hunter, and the flaming pumpkin head.

There appears to be a couple of Iron Man / Avengers sets in the box too but they shall have to wait for another day.

vanvonfull

Check out the price on that space suit Batman.