What are you building right now?

560Heliport · April 26

#75346 Pirate Snub Fighter. I'm at the park with the bison, the temperature is 56°F/13°C and partly sunny. I'm at a picnic table at an outdoor classroom just off the trail.

560Heliport · April 26

Snub Fighter with pilot, Vane, and leftover parts. I didn't apply the stickers to the canopy- for now, at least. All six stickers could be omitted without changing the set much.

560Heliport · April 26

This tree stump makes a great landing pad for a pirate gang.

monkeyhanger · April 28

The icing on the cake...

rockethead26 · April 28

@monkeyhangar Great parrot! Perfect.

WesterBricks · April 29

#1896 Trauma Team, because nothing screams 1990s Lego, like huge wedge windscreens.

560Heliport · April 29

^ Damn straight, and that's the way we like it!

WesterBricks · April 29

The rare #1974-1 Legoland Triple Pack! Only missing a couple of cheap parts and the pitchfork.

WesterBricks · April 29

#6066 Camouflaged Outpost, missing a few cheap parts and the black forestman (sad trombone noise)

WesterBricks · April 29

#6394 Metro Park & Service Tower - I wanted this set so badly when I was a kid.

560Heliport · April 29

@WesterBricks I think you got your money's worth on that purchase! :)

Modeltrainman · April 29

#76175 Attack on the Spider Lair. Not worth $70, but Walmart had it for $40 last Christmas, before my cousin announced he didn't like Spidey, anymore.

Marshallmario · April 30

@560Heliport Thanks for the pictures! Your Bison Builds are becoming Brickset Classics!

WesterBricks · May 1

#6346 Shuttle Launching Crew (aka Mercury II Shuttle Escort), another classic 90s set.

I remember when they started using jumpers to create 5-wide cabs of semi trucks, and my 10 year old mind was blown.

eMJeeNL · May 1

@WesterBricks - you just (...) posted basically my entire 9-10yo world... (aside from #1974-1 and #6394, didn't have those but boy did I lust after the latter, like you!).

I felt EXACTLY the same with the 5-wide trucks, as well as played the h*ll out of #1896 and #6066 in my day... Thanks!

Actually, #6346 is still (partially) built in the "days of yore"-box here! :)

FollowsClosely · May 1

I built a coupe oldies from a used lot I acquired.

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ickis · May 3

Now that I have one of my PAB orders, I'm working on duplicating the Hydra Stomper in #76201, but in yellow and oranges. I'm going to use the shoulder piece in #76128 (that I already have) for the head. I'm also incorporating some things from #76243. I'm adding the gatling gun and the claws and will have Rocket pilot the "Hydra Stomper". (Going to need a new name for this.) Only bought #76243 'cause it was a mech and orange and for the claw pieces (and to reach the price threshold for #40580).

Wasn't sure what parts would be in what colors so I just bought every green piece in oranges and yellow and any I couldn't find in those colors, in black and grays. Wheee!

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evancelt · May 3

Starting to plan out a pirate display with some lugmates

pxchris · May 3

Looks fun @evancelt!

Bumblepants · May 3

@evancelt what software tool is that you are using to make the plan?

evancelt · May 3

Bumblepants said:

@evancelt what software tool is that you are using to make the plan?

It's a Google Sheet where we shrank all the cells down to little squares. Each little square is 4x4 studs, the big squares are 32x baseplates

pxchris said:

Looks fun @evancelt!

Thanks! Yeah fun so far, but will require a lot of transparent tiles. Hopefully less of an issue because we're splitting up the work

560Heliport · May 3

Some people have complained that the Fang Fighter has too many studs and not enough color. Is this better?

ickis · May 3

560Heliport said:

Some people have complained that the Fang Fighter has too many studs and not enough color. Is this better?

A spite mod? I love it! :-D

560Heliport · May 3

ickis said:

560Heliport said:

Some people have complained that the Fang Fighter has too many studs and not enough color. Is this better?

A spite mod? I love it! :-D

I have a bag of 1x1 1/4 circle tiles in Vibrant Coral... :-D

WesterBricks · May 3

560Heliport said:

ickis said:

A spite mod? I love it! :-D

I have a bag of 1x1 1/4 circle tiles in Vibrant Coral... :-D

This is the way.

ickis · May 5

Since I couldn't build BD-1, I decided to do something else. Days prior, a tray of parts decided randomly dive to the floor after I (slightly) contacted it, much like a twice ex-United striker. (Glory! Glory!) Somehow, some minifig legs became broken. But when life breaks your minifig parts, you make broken minifig part photography...

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(Yeah yeah, wrong color legs for a Rebel "red shirt" but I think it still works.)

evancelt · May 5

Continued a bit on my bright light yellow alien planet landscape, working on the lavender water some

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evancelt · May 7

A quick start on a mini island. It'll extend off to the right

Bumblepants · May 7

I normally hate that burp in particular but it actually looks pretty good sideways like that. Might have to try that.

Lo1sJess · May 7

@evancelt and @Bumblepants me either on the sideways use but looks good. Always learns something when Evancelt is building😁

Yo_dA · May 7

I made a few special modifications to #75301 to make my version of Hera Syndulla’s xwing from Rebels. Also modded the stand from #76832.

evancelt · May 8

My 8YO and I were playing around with Duplo curvatures

Switchfoot55 · May 8

@Yo_dA I might need to use that stand idea for a Y-Wing I have. Those ships deserve to be airborn!

Fizyx · May 8

evancelt said:

My 8YO and I were playing around with Duplo curvatures

This is great! I know that LEGO intentionally designs a lot of these kinds of matches in, and that they otherwise are generally just a result of basic geometry, but for some reason it still feels like magic to me when things match up like this.

Powderfinger · May 9

Trying to figure out the best new layout incl Markets…

JudgeChuck · May 9

^Wow! That's an amazing setup! I love how you've integrated #70751 Temple of Airjitzu into the layout. :-)

MaffyD · May 10

@Powderfinger - thank you for sharing - that looks fab!
@evancelt - continue to be impressed by your artistry with bricks here. It's great to see it all from the beginning and come together!

FollowsClosely · May 11

Given that the Summer/Fall 2024 is a long ways out, I am taking a shot at building a preview copy of @Sleepless_Night 's Mountain Fortress.

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FollowsClosely · May 12

FYI: The footprint of Mountain Fortress is a tad bit larger than a large baseplate.

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Switchfoot55 · May 12

After several long years of waiting to build it, and two years of moving, I finally decided to start working on my #10240 Red Five UCS X-Wing! This is a set I rescued from a bulk lot about 5 years ago. It was 80% complete. I had another 15% of the parts in my parts bins, and just needed the last 5% (and a new sticker sheet) to finish it off.

I got about half way through what would have been "bag 1" and realized I was missing two pieces. Figured it was just me not seeing them at first as it was just all 1500+ parts in a giant pile. I decided to move to "bag 2" and come back it to. Finished Bag 2 and still no sign of the parts. So, onto "bag 3." Still nothing. I got to the first step of "bag 4" and saw two more parts that were missing.

SO...I'm a bit stumped. I know I would have checked and double checked my inventory as I was pulling parts. Either I still have a rogue bag in a box with a handful of parts, OR, my set isn't 100% complete. I have a really really hard time thinking I would have not guaranteed I had all of the parts before bagging it up.

At this point, I think my best bet is to re-inventory my parts to make sure I'm not missing a bunch of other things before moving forward. Certainly not the experience I was hoping to have with my first UCS set!

I'll get some pictures posted here soon of the progress I'm able to make.

evancelt · May 13

A little more progress on a tiny island baseplate for the big pirate collab

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evancelt · May 15

Started designing the garrison for my upcoming redcoat fort. Will need to put a bunch more together

lowlead · May 15

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^^ Added these to the display, both fun builds!

Surprisingly, WalMart has the Executor in plentiful stock as LEGO.com still has them on backorder. Didn't see that coming...thx WM.

560Heliport · May 16

My car is in the shop for repair, so I can't go to Spring Lake to see the bison. Instead, today I walked from home, a few blocks to Thompson County Park, then on the pedestrian bridge over Highway 52, through Kaposia Park and down to the Mississippi River. Then downstream along the river, then to a Burger King for supper, then back. Now I'm back in Thompson Park, almost home! Total distance walked, about 10 miles (16 km). I stopped for a Picnic Table Build: #30547 Dragon Hunter, 2018 Ninjago polybag.

560Heliport · May 16

I swapped out the Cool Yellow on my #60217 Fire Plane to Vibrant Yellow, added more Vibrant Yellow, and swapped the horizontal stabilizers from Medium Stone Grey to Bright Red. I'm not going to use a highlighter to change the stickers!

WesterBricks · May 16

That undecorated neon yellow cockpit is an assault on the eyes.

ickis · May 18

Finished it and... I don't like it. Though, a few pieces could be swapped for orange that are black (if I had them). But some that are black don't yet exist in orange. Maybe that's it? Eh. Lack of stickery goodness?