What are you building right now?

pxchris

I unexpectedly found #6769 Fort Legoredo at a local aftermarket store for a really decent price along with a discount so I absolutely couldn't pass it up!

Such a fun set to build. It's easy to see why this set is so well loved by so many, the play potential is absolutely huge! I only want a whole bunch more cavalry figs to populate it a bit more.

That checks one of the big ones off my list towards collecting the entire Western theme!

560Heliport

^ The bandit with the green coat and vest has the best torso ever. I woyld never dare to play cards with that guy!

Modeltrainman

560Heliport said:

^ Apparently they're experiencing some flooding?  ;)

Rapid River overflowed its banks...

Switchfoot55

^I think this is the Waterworld re-release?

That fig driving the wagon on the right is Kevin Costner's character.

pxchris

Great... now I want some awesome Waterworld MOCs!

His catamaran would make for an awesome set. Along with a couple playsets for the Atoll and the Valdez. Throw in a few of the Smoker's vehicles and you've got yourself a theme!

(Even though many deride it, I've actually always enjoyed that movie.)

560Heliport

^ Me too!

eMJeeNL

MaffyD said:

@FollowsClosely - I like your expansion of the gatehouse! I I'd love to do something similar when I get my castle (maybe Christmas hopefully). I do wonder if one of the towers would also look good if made a bit taller? Maybe heighten the one with the red and yellow flags on top to be a bit more of a Wizard's Tower perhaps? Not that I'm suggesting you add that on to your castle, but just thinking out loud really... :-)

I've actually made my bell tower (the thinner one over the "house" part) a couple of bricks higher (4 i think), now it looks more fit for purpose IMHO.

Phoenixio

pxchris said:

Definitely off to a nice start on the Western theme.

I always dreamed of getting my hands on #6765 Gold City Junction...  I asked for it on Christmas so many years in a row, and my parents could never find it.  It would have gone so well with #6764 Sheriff's Lock-Up...  I'm really jealous.

And I know the guns are a little controversial, but they're such nice pieces accessories for the theme.  So many pew-pews were made with those.

WesterBricks

Upgraded my minifigure display using a cheap golf ball case.

pxchris

Look ma, Fort Legoredo is no longer flooded!

Lo1sJess

@pxchris much better than flooding or island.  Maybe a river somewhere nearby….

evancelt

pxchris said:

Look ma, Fort Legoredo is no longer flooded!

Looking good Chris! I love those classic cavalry guys.

If you have some of the plant pieces in dark tan, dark orange, olive green, or sand green that can help make the landscape around the fort look more deserty on that tan baseplate. Here are a couple of my desert plant examples:

Switchfoot55

Booo! Bring back Fort Waterworld Legoredo!

Honestly, I love LEGO Space and Pirates, but of the sets I recall desperately wanting when I was growing up, Western most sticks in my mind. 

I'm really excited to see your collection come together, pxchris!

pxchris

I was in my later teens by the time Western rolled around, so while I did look at the sets a ton in the catalogs and at the store, and really liked what I saw a lot, I wasn't captured by the theme to the same extent that I was with Pirates (which debuted when I was 10). So I never actually owned any Western sets at all when I was younger. Which means that each set I'm getting now is a new experience for me and I'm loving it! I'm really happy that this was the theme I decided to go after next.
I still have a few big sets to go (both of the large Indian camps as well as the Bandit's hideout) but one advantage here is that there's only 16 sets total for me to have to work on collecting, as opposed to the 54 Pirates sets. Once my next Bricklink orders come in (one is from overseas, so it'll be a bit) I'll be at 10/16.

pxchris

WesterBricks said:

Upgraded my minifigure display using a cheap golf ball case.

Your poor Pirate wench is bald!

WesterBricks

pxchris said:
Your poor Pirate wench is bald!

I keep forgetting to add her bandanna to my BrickLink want list so I can pick one up 😫

Basty

As much as I love the Christmas wreath, it has to be one of the worst sets to build. Very fragile, one wrong move and the whole thing disintegrates

 

autolycus

Basty said:

As much as I love the Christmas wreath, it has to be one of the worst sets to build. Very fragile, one wrong move and the whole thing disintegrates

 

Thankfully you only have to hang it once per year because I've had to replace at least 2 leafs each time I've touched the fully built set. It is lovely though.

truck730

Bow  looks good the rest is too flimsy and if the weather didn't do a number on it  here some kid would take it just for badness, the candles version on a table for a Holy advent

Brickfan50

Infected by @pxchris Western virus.

pxchris

Lovely @Brickfan50!

Speedman29

Basty said:

As much as I love the Christmas wreath, it has to be one of the worst sets to build. Very fragile, one wrong move and the whole thing disintegrates

I found it pretty strong once built and hanging from my kitchen door. Hung for a couple of weeks fine, lifted it down and it performed a self distruct!

Basty

Speedman29 said:

Basty said:

As much as I love the Christmas wreath, it has to be one of the worst sets to build. Very fragile, one wrong move and the whole thing disintegrates

I found it pretty strong once built and hanging from my kitchen door. Hung for a couple of weeks fine, lifted it down and it performed a self distruct!

I've never had issues once its built and hung up. Everytime I take it down to packup for the year, no matter how careful I am, it just explodes like you say. Perhaps It needs to be handled like a expensi ve art work, gloves on and two people carefulling putting it back in it's crate.

560Heliport

Seems like a feature, not a bug: it self-dismantles once you're done displaying it! :)

Astrobricks

560Heliport said:

Seems like a feature, not a bug: it self-dismantles once you're done displaying it! :)

Just remember to put down a drop cloth :)

560Heliport

I just finished #60345 Farmers Market Van. This is a great set, well worth the $31.99 I paid. At RRP of $44.99, over-priced. 
The carrot growing mechanism isn't very accurate to reality, but a cute feature.
I suppose it's due to the "5+" age rating, but the part callouts just show multiple pictures of each part, rather than e.g. 3x. I find it a more intuitive method. There's certainly room on the pages!

gmonkey76

Only a few bags left on the UCS AT-AT 

autolycus

I’m 2 bags in on the AT-AT. Started watching Andor today. Seemed like a good pairing. Gotta finish it this weekend though. Next weekend I’ll have to start up the Winter Village prep.

Cymbeline

 The blacksmith is looking really really stressed...

gmonkey76

Cymbeline said:

 The blacksmith is looking really really stressed...

He should The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am!

FollowsClosely

Once again working on my Black Falcon Barbican.

Brickfan50

^that are a lot of tiles! I think I don’t wanna see your list of recent Bricklink orders 🙂!

arathemis

I think they are regular 1x plates

gmonkey76

Finally finished minus the stickers.

Brickfan50

arathemis said:

I think they are regular 1x plates

Ah, now I see…

lowlead

@gmonkey76 ^ Noice!  What did you think of the build?  I made building the legs a bit more challenging by doing all four at once assembly line style...

gmonkey76

@lowlead I liked it. A little tricky getting all four legs on at once, but overall a fun build.

Astrobricks

Brickfan50 said:

arathemis said:

I think they are regular 1x plates

Ah, now I see…

If you look closely you can see by the notches on the left side of some, especially the darker ones, that there are tiles mixed in with plates.

autolycus

I'm through #16 bags on the AT-AT, building last Thursday through Sunday off and on. Watched Andor through episode 10 and Band of Brothers through episode 9 (Veterans Day weekend, ya know?). 

I agree about the build process. It's been really good except for putting on the legs. I also had a little trouble putting on the head. A couple of the technic pins were being stubborn. I could have used several extra hands to hold everything in place while I shoved and tilted and shoved until all of the pins realized what they were supposed to do.

I also need an engine lift or something to move the thing, it weighs so much!

Astrobricks

autolycus said:

I'm through #16 bags on the AT-AT, building last Thursday through Sunday off and on. Watched Andor through episode 10 and Band of Brothers through episode 9 (Veterans Day weekend, ya know?). 

I agree about the build process. It's been really good except for putting on the legs. I also had a little trouble putting on the head. A couple of the technic pins were being stubborn. I could have used several extra hands to hold everything in place while I shoved and tilted and shoved until all of the pins realized what they were supposed to do.

I also need an engine lift or something to move the thing, it weighs so much!

How much does it weigh?

WesterBricks

This is one of my new favorite Winter Village sets.

Switchfoot55

Glad you enjoy it so much, WesterBricks! I know there was some initial dislike toward it last year. But, in general, I found it to be an immensely enjoyable build and fantastic addition to the WV line up. 

autolycus

Astrobricks said:

autolycus said:

I'm through #16 bags on the AT-AT, building last Thursday through Sunday off and on. Watched Andor through episode 10 and Band of Brothers through episode 9 (Veterans Day weekend, ya know?). 

I agree about the build process. It's been really good except for putting on the legs. I also had a little trouble putting on the head. A couple of the technic pins were being stubborn. I could have used several extra hands to hold everything in place while I shoved and tilted and shoved until all of the pins realized what they were supposed to do.

I also need an engine lift or something to move the thing, it weighs so much!

How much does it weigh?

The whole box, packaging, instructions, pieces, and all, is 12.4kg (27 lbs). So it's not really THAT heavy, but it's pretty darn heavy for a Lego set.

autolycus

Switchfoot55 said:

Glad you enjoy it so much, WesterBricks! I know there was some initial dislike toward it last year. But, in general, I found it to be an immensely enjoyable build and fantastic addition to the WV line up. 

The oldest WV set I own (and I think have seen in person) is the train, so I don't have any way to really compare new sets to the "classics" like either toy shop, the post office, bakery, cottage, or Santa's workshop, but... I agree that Santa's Visit was a great set. Pleasant build, nice looking end product. I really like it.

But I'm also one of those weirdos who really enjoys the Gingerbread House and Elf Clubhouse also -- although I'll admit that building Gingerbread House in back-to-back years was enough. I love the way it looks, but I'll be storing it assembled for a few years.

I'm looking forward to getting and building Holiday Main Street -- probably the weekend after Thanksgiving, but it may wait until I've got the bulk of my other WV set up.

gmonkey76

autolycus said:

Astrobricks said:

autolycus said:

I'm through #16 bags on the AT-AT, building last Thursday through Sunday off and on. Watched Andor through episode 10 and Band of Brothers through episode 9 (Veterans Day weekend, ya know?). 

I agree about the build process. It's been really good except for putting on the legs. I also had a little trouble putting on the head. A couple of the technic pins were being stubborn. I could have used several extra hands to hold everything in place while I shoved and tilted and shoved until all of the pins realized what they were supposed to do.

I also need an engine lift or something to move the thing, it weighs so much!

How much does it weigh?

The whole box, packaging, instructions, pieces, and all, is 12.4kg (27 lbs). So it's not really THAT heavy, but it's pretty darn heavy for a Lego set.

It's more of how you have to hold it to lift it. It's so easy to knock something off the bottom/side. 

AJRDLawrence

So I've been quiet as of late as I have very few things on my to do list to buy, and for the stuff that is out there, I'm waiting for it to come at the right price.

Anyhow, I'm not building per se, but rebuilding. My #75288 AT-At decided to take a dive after months of standing up just fine, and it took the AT-ST with it. Not the best situation to wake up to but it could be worse. Here's hoping I can repair it without having to strip and rebuild it from scratch.

I think moving forwards that the downed AT-At position may be the best bet lol

FollowsClosely

Brickfan50 said:

^that are a lot of tiles! I think I don’t wanna see your list of recent Bricklink orders 🙂!

It is extremely rare that I order pieces from bricklink for mocking. I buy tubs off marketplaces, sort and use what I have. I am running low on 1x1, 1x2 and 1x3 bley plates and tiles. All the walls are two studs deep and are 1/2 tiles.

evancelt

Working on a national park scene. Started on the river section

Fauch

I'm surprised it bends that much

herbyderby

Built all of the non-retail Brickheadz to (temporarily) complete my numbered Brickheadz collection (1-181).