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• Lego34s Member Posts: 36

  August 2016

  The one I always remember is 

  9484-1: Red's Water Rescue

  For whatever reason they decided on "Big Red" to use a LBG brick piece to attach the wing mirror. Again I know why.... that piece is not available in Red..... but it is available if you make the brick by using 3 plates..... and this way as I discovered you can use those plates in any order to raise or lower the wing mirror by one plate.... which is in fact where it should be to line up with the windscreen. Remove 2 pieces add 6 smaller pieces... job done.....AND its all in Red..... "Big Red"

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• Coolguy5000 Ireland Member Posts: 1,577

  August 2016

  @drdavewatford @CapnRex101 @Huw don't think this belongs in charity section ;)

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• mr.piggles Snow FortMember Posts: 325

  August 2016

  I'll bite. I definitely modify if I think of something I like better. 
  For example, I changed many things about the (infamous) Market Street, adding windows to the back, tweaking the facade, and changing the way the balconies were set up to more closely match the techniques used in Town Hall and to make it a more attractive building on the whole.
  
  Also, every time a set has a spiral staircase that isn't anchored so that it stays in one place, I definitely change that to anchor it. ... this only seems to happen in Elves and Disney sets.

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• Recce Tiny Little Red DotMember Posts: 923

  August 2016

  Have to bear in mind most of the time (if not all the time) there will be some specific pieces in specific colours in an official set purely because TLG wanted to clear the stock, and not because it was by design.
  
  For me, I do modify some of my models at my own discretion, sometimes I also swap out certain parts that I need as long as they're out of view in the official model.

  

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• Dontcopythatfloppy 'MuricaMember Posts: 43

  August 2016

  There are definitely instances where changing the set is completely acceptable. A recent example I just ran into is the LBG 2x2 brick in Captain Stacy's speedboat in the new set 76059-1. The problem isn't actually the brick itself, but the fact that it has both a control panel and a raised steering wheel on it (the steering wheel is in front of the panel, but it would be bad either way), making it impossible for Stacy to reach both at the same time (or even steer while sitting down). I replaced it with a 1x2 brick I placed the control panel on behind the steering wheel (now on the ground) so he can actually steer. 
  
  I really hope anything I just said made sense.

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• Dontcopythatfloppy 'MuricaMember Posts: 43

  August 2016

  @Lego34s Looking at the art on the Brickset page, the bigger issue seems to be the blatantly obvious yellow plate sticking out right behind the wheel housing that ruins the entire color scheme in that area. At least LBG doesn't have such a garish contrast.
  
  

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• Lego34s Member Posts: 36

  August 2016

  Do you know [email protected] i cant rememeber if i changed that bit... it was a long time ago... must have.....

  And yes surely anyone (ive never driven / piloted/ rode a speedboat) would know you cant reach over a steering wheeel that high to press a button.

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• Lego34s Member Posts: 36

  August 2016

  @whoever.... thankyou for moving it im new and i did notice id posted in Charity but couldnt see how to move.
  

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• Lego34s Member Posts: 36

  August 2016

  Did anyone buy the lords of the rings set  79005:  The Wizard Battle. I was very dissapointed with the LBG plate floor on what clearly was a black tile affair. Price points etc but mine is about twice the size with black tiles.....
  

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• Lego34s Member Posts: 36

  August 2016

  My ultimate mod, which a few people did before and may have since is approx 90% of the parts changed for 75104-1: Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle. Which having bought before the Film was released only to find its not DBG at all but clearly Black i started by trying to buy a few wings/ plates in black to disguise the fact it was black...  but ended up with me buying enough parts to make the original and as much as possible in Black for a 2nd ship..... which i then modified to make the wings tilt.
  

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• akunthita USAMember Posts: 1,038

  August 2016 edited August 2016

  I have always considered LEGO sets as starter models, and have always modified them at least partially, most often fully. In fact, I read an interview recently where a LEGO designer mentioned that this is exactly their intent with official LEGO sets; they are meant to be seeds to inspire creativity.

  Some of the adult-oriented large sets look quite complete (that's why we shell out the big money), but even those are not meant to be just kits that you put together and never touch again. You can always at least rearrange the furniture, add extra details, change some colors, add another floor, etc.

  I find it sad whenever such a question comes up. Almost like some people feel guilty for modifying their LEGO sets. They are SUPPOSED TO BE modified. This is what The LEGO Movie was about. :D

  Some older LEGO fans have been blaming the company for stopping to emphasize creativity, modification and free-building, which used to be a prominent feature of all LEGO sets (alternate instructions, inspirational pictures of alternate models, etc.). It seems that LEGO did take this criticism to heart, as they have been getting much better in the last couple of years at providing alternate instructions and encouraging people to free-build. I hope they will continue this trend, so such question never even arise in the first place.

  

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• Lego34s Member Posts: 36

  August 2016

  I suppose its about creativity... some people are creative some not, I cant remember the last time I made anything from scratch, some people do every day. I have lots of MOC's or in my case SEC's (someone elses creation) I have used to start one. I just copy something, either another persons, a physical thing i have photos of, or make a new version of an old one. (I have a Poe's Black and Orange Microfighter) but colour subbing the original and a Robins "Batmobile" again colour subs (and based on the Batman Lego game) I have no creativity, more modivity. I do like to reverse engineer.

  

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• OrmskirkBricks England, UKMember Posts: 265

  September 2016

  I have recently been through this also, I decided to change the wheel arches and wheels from grey to white on #4432
  
  However, although I think it looks nicer, I am fighting the urge to change it back! 
  
  

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• flord CanadaMember Posts: 797

  September 2016

  Keep it. The white looks way better!

  

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• xwingpilot UKMember Posts: 799

  September 2016

  I tend to display sets to the original design. Having said that, I do add stands, and that can involve removing parts on the underside occasionally (#75031 for example). I also had to add two plates to #10240 at the back of it's stand because TLG hadn't given it quite enough support.

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• MissKittyFantastico AustraliaMember Posts: 197

  September 2016

  For some reason I find myself tinkering with Batmobiles a lot - #76045 got very heavily reworked to be more screen accurate (and fit subwoofers into the interior, because); #76035 got its front end rebuilt to sink the 'turbine' in further back like the Michael Keaton version; #76001, in addition to turning black, got practically taken apart entirely and put back together different.  Odd that the same doesn't happen with, say, Star Wars, where I've rarely done more than leave off the long-tailed spring missiles to feel like the sets are as 'accurate' as I want - maybe having Lucasfilm (or whoever from Disney does it now) breathing down Lego's necks keeps the design team from skewing too far towards play over looks, whereas WB's not too fussed.  Although having said that, I just a few minutes ago took screenshots to guide a heavy rebuild of the Star Scavenger's rear end.

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• LEGO_Dad77 Northeastern CaliforniaMember Posts: 243

  September 2016

  ^I tinkered with that Batmobile too. :) 
  
  
  
  Still need to recess the turbine though, but lost interest for the time being. XD My Falcon got a little more accurate, and I adopted a couple sections from the current versions...
  
  
  
  Plus I sturdied-up the underside a bit so it wouldn't try to fall apart during every move.
  
  A few other mods for accuracy and personal taste... Metal Beard is as screen-accurate as possible with the pieces I had on-hand as well as from a small PaB order, also took the hooks off of the Scooby-Doo plane, made Kanan's Speeder MUCH smaller while keeping the basic aesthetic, and added/rearranged a few pieces on the original AT-AT to make it even BETTER in my opinion. :D

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• masterX244 GermanyMember Posts: 532

  September 2016

  After i got #10212 and seeing a post of someone smoothing off the last visible studs i did that change, too. Usually someone else's change inspires me to fix a issue
  

  

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• Johnyk668 Melbourne, Australia Member Posts: 73

  September 2016

  When I completed #75105 I realised there is no where to store all the minifigure weapons if they are sitting in the various spots around the falcon. So I built a weapon rack and moved around all the small filler parts in the back corner near the ramp to fit it in.
  Now my MF can play Holochess without pointing weapons at each other.

  

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• Lego34s Member Posts: 36

  September 2016

  MissKittyFantastico and @legodad77 the Batmobiles.... I tend to swap out anything LBG or DBG and in the case of a certain Jokerland set Yellow (I mean how easy would you be spotted with Yellow wheels). 

  

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• Recce Tiny Little Red DotMember Posts: 923

  September 2016

  Here's one of my modified sets, an upsized Millennium Falcon (7965). About 60cm in length.
  
  Internal space has been expanded so now there is a toilet in the partitioned living quarter, bigger sofa, racks for weapons, storage area, 3-seater cockpit, upgraded hyperdrive etc.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• LEGO_Dad77 Northeastern CaliforniaMember Posts: 243

  September 2016

  @Recce, fantastic job with that!

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• Recce Tiny Little Red DotMember Posts: 923

  September 2016

  LEGO_Dad77 said:

  @Recce, fantastic job with that!

  Thanks! I bought some PAB grey plates beforehand so decided to attempt the MOC without any detailed planning. 
  
  Luckily everything works out ok. 

  

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• Toc13 Member Posts: 1,143

  September 2016

  I'm always tweaking things to try & make them look better. Part-swapping, colour changes (#60053 looks much better as a white car with red stripes)
  My police are driving around in something closer to a Merc AMG rather than their boxy saloon car.
  The last little tweak I did was on #60113 (Rally Car) - I removed the overly large rear spoiler & lengthened the cockpit a touch. Now it looks like a very hot hatch

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• blogzilly Columbus, OhioMember Posts: 598

  September 2016

  Is there a term for this? Or is it just still "MOC"? In other words, (yeah I'm new to this at 49!) how much "Own Creation" needs to be imbued into the piece for it to be an MOC, rather than something modified? And if a modified set isn't called an MOC, what is it called?
  
  Well, this AFOLs GTG, KIT... LOL...

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• xwingpilot UKMember Posts: 799

  September 2016 edited September 2016

  ^ MOD (as in short for modification)?
  
  I think that's the term they use over on Eurobricks...

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• blogzilly Columbus, OhioMember Posts: 598

  September 2016

  Interesting, I'd nominate calling it a MAO. Pronounced like Wow with an M. :)

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• sid3windr BelgiumMember Posts: 1,460

  September 2016

  I also call them MODs. I've replaced quite a few silly colour choices in my daughter's Friends sets, for example... Combined 2 Emma's Houses to an Emma's Mansion, too. Also modded my Palace cinema to be on a 48x48 baseplate instead of 32x32, and likely some other mods I don't immediately recall.
  
  Oddly, I've had a small President Business period between DA and "recently" where I thought things should be exactly as they are (minus the Kragle), but I've luckily moved on :D
  

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• Recce Tiny Little Red DotMember Posts: 923

  September 2016

  A simple modification would be to just add another level to an existing model, in this case a Creator 3-in-1 building.
  
  
  

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• Recce Tiny Little Red DotMember Posts: 923

  September 2016

  xwingpilot said:

  ^ MOD (as in short for modification)?
  
  I think that's the term they use over on Eurobricks...

  I wonder is there an official term for models which were built either with instructions bought, freely downloaded or reverse engineered from pictures on the net? 
  
  Calling it MOC doesn't sound right since it is created by someone else, maybe can call SEC - Someone Else's Creation?
  
  
  

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• SumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 15,197

  September 2016

  

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