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  • KingAlanIKingAlanI Member Posts: 2,332
    #41560 Jamzy - parted it out, then decided to build it. finally checked my inventory for the rest of the parts. I had nearly all of them. BL stores I was ordering from anyway had all the rest.

    Continued wrangling the MegaBloks Enterprise. I had to get my boxes of ziploc bags and sort most of the opened parts bags (which did keep the mess on the table from growing and helped me find pieces later).

    Finished Brick Bank. The detail looks great, as usual, but putting on all those little pieces can be a pain in the ass - well, thumbs. Missed a layer of plates, had to remove the next layer (nothing compared to some rebuild stories, I know)
  • BrikingBriking Member Posts: 768
    Built bags 1 & 2 of the Caterham.  A bit concerned, as I had two pairs of 1x2 plates (dark blueish grey and brick yellow) left over at the end of Bags 1.  Went back over the instructions twice, but just don't see where I might have left them out... ;-(
  • masterX244masterX244 Member Posts: 532

    KingAlanI said:



    masterX244 said:





    KingAlanI said:



    @ecmo47 I email pictures to myself to get them off my smartphone. Paint works fine for simple resizing, or cropping the right or bottom, but it's easier to use other photo editors for cropping the left or top.





    easy way with paint for any area: select area, copy, new image (ctrl+n), then paste




    Most such pictures are too high res to be on the screen all at once *to* select.

    Started the huge MegaBloks model of the starship Enterprise - really makes me miss the numbered bags of LEGO - hard to find the bag with the right part and deal with so many opened bags. The fit of the pieces is quite decent, only a few a bit tight or a bit loose. That's my big weekend project but I still might need more time.
    Finally started Brick Bag number 4 bags, mostly finished in about an hour while watching TV
    #41562 Trumpsy - parted it out ages ago, decided to build it, but I already sold some of the parts. Today I bought another when I saw it on sale.




    ctrl+scrollwheel to zoom in or out :P

    also: the usual recommention: boxes instead of bags, better to search thru.
    numberless is a real challenge though... might do it, too next time i get a bigger set again. (first and last time for me was beginning of this year with 5400 pieces)
    KingAlanIIceCreamClone
  • MrJacksonMrJackson Member Posts: 453
    @josekalel  I'm not entirely sure. Should've counted as I went. They all have a center spine that is reinforced with staggered technic beams. I got the idea from the dorsal wing of 75081. Makes them extremely stable. You can hold them sideways and they don't even flex. So that added quite a bit to the parts count. They're predominantly 2xN bricks so they're easy to come by. Lots of Bricks and Pieces orders for the windows. 
    Yodaliciousricecakejosekalelcatwrangler
  • KingAlanIKingAlanI Member Posts: 2,332
    @masterX244
    ctrl+scrollwheel doesn't seem to work on windows XP paint, maybe it works with later versions


  • masterX244masterX244 Member Posts: 532

    MrJackson said:

    @josekalel  I'm not entirely sure. Should've counted as I went. They all have a center spine that is reinforced with staggered technic beams. I got the idea from the dorsal wing of 75081. Makes them extremely stable. You can hold them sideways and they don't even flex. So that added quite a bit to the parts count. They're predominantly 2xN bricks so they're easy to come by. Lots of Bricks and Pieces orders for the windows. --SNIP--


    #75081
    Protip: a hash before a set number autolinks to brickset
    Astrobricks
  • dspigeldspigel Member Posts: 478
    I spent last evening building #9526 I really enjoyed it. It makes a nice display peice. 
  • VortexVortex Member Posts: 342
    edited May 2017
    My internet connection seems to be fine and yet I simply can't seem to upload any photos . " file failed to upload " repeatedly 
  • BillyBricks84BillyBricks84 Member Posts: 355
    @Vortex That has happened to me. I will usually crop the photo or adjust the resolution and then it attaches. Maybe give that a shot?
    Vortex
  • dmcc0dmcc0 Member Posts: 778
    Exam tomorrow, so took a well deserved break from revision to build #75160 U-Wing. Wasn't so sure about the microfighters line to start with, but seem to have acquired quite a few now. Really grown on me and the couple that I've actually got around to building have been pretty enjoyable too.
  • ecmo47ecmo47 Member Posts: 2,101


    Thor's mighty mallet of Mjolnir or something completely different? 
    bandit778VorpalRyucatwrangler
  • bandit778bandit778 Member Posts: 2,370
    edited May 2017



    ecmo47 said:
    Thor's mighty mallet of Mjolnir or something completely different? 

    Looks like you could smash a Blockade with that thing! ;)
    josekalelecmo47Lobot
  • microscalemodellermicroscalemodeller Member Posts: 1
    built this for lego ideas 
    https://ideas.lego.com/projects/174943
    catwrangler
  • VortexVortex Member Posts: 342
    Gosh we are honestly such a bunch of geeks . The instant I saw it I was seeing the blockade runners glorious engines in the bones . I had to convince my brain that yes it could pass for a meh hammer of sorts.  Geek!
    catwrangler
  • ecmo47ecmo47 Member Posts: 2,101
    You're both right. It's the Mortesv designed, EKae reverse engineered, Ecmo47 beta tested CR-90. Making several mods as I work through the plans. The spine is VERY solid so looking forward to +10 swoosh factor!
    Vortexbandit778BumblepantscatwranglerLobotIceCreamClone
  • AstrobricksAstrobricks Member Posts: 5,436
    Built one of my two #31051 lighthouses last night. Love the way the light brick works, and it looks like modding it into a bigger lighthouse would be fun using the second set.
  • jedijason1138jedijason1138 Member Posts: 187
    I finished building my snowspeeder. I can't seem to get the stand to adjust to an angle other than one extreme. Any tips?
  • Rsa33Rsa33 Member Posts: 156
    josekalel
  • Rsa33Rsa33 Member Posts: 156
    Fantastic build so far :)
    josekalelbluedragonJohnyk668
  • bluedragonbluedragon Member Posts: 506
    I think I will be building this one some time soon.
    SumoLego
  • VortexVortex Member Posts: 342
    Just shy of magnificent and at this price point , outstanding. 
    My boxed  UCS Grevious may rest in pieces for a long while still.
    catwranglerbandit778dspigelbluedragonBumblepantsFowlerBricks
  • VortexVortex Member Posts: 342
    edited May 2017
    I reckon this could have been a set on its own , Escape from Isengard " 

    Howeverrr... I simply can't imagine how many more Saruman and" Gandalf the Same" figures can we endure . I already have 4 of each atleast .
    catwranglerjosekalelFowlerBricks
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,215
    ^ I prefer the Saruman with the wedge-butt, rather than the conventional white legs.
  • TheWeekInBricksTheWeekInBricks Member Posts: 6
    @Vortex I remember that tower... really nice build, though a bit repetitive at times.
  • nwr122nwr122 Member Posts: 150
    edited May 2017
    Finished building #75158-1 purchased on AFOL shopping day. Interesting build and a good way to pass the afternoon...also the buildable R2 which is fantastic :-)


    josekalelFowlerBricks
  • bandit778bandit778 Member Posts: 2,370
    edited May 2017
    Brought #40256 - Create the World today to take me up to the £40 spend to use a voucher - got home, thought it's a small set, don't need the instructions i'll just build it.

    Weeeellll, I used all the parts, and it's definitely a vehicle of some sort, but when i had finished it didn't much look like the car on the box.



    Perhaps next time whilst building I should look at the picture on the box as a reference? :)
    catwranglerAanchirstluxricecakeSeanTheCollectorTheOriginalSimonBsnowhitieSpeedman29FowlerBricks
  • bandit778bandit778 Member Posts: 2,370

    MrJackson said:

    Not a Lego set, per se, but my wife and I welcomed our first into the world yesterday. Family was built by one yesterday. A future _FOL awaits! I figure I'll have lots of time hanging out in the living room while he's sleeping (I hope!) to build the queue. #4002016 50 Years On Track awaits. 


    Congratulations on the addition to the family.
    Look on the bright side, If the baby doesn't sleep through you will want something to do in the middle of the night when you get woken up so win win. ;)
    snowhitie
  • oldtodd33oldtodd33 Member Posts: 2,678

    MrJackson said:

    Not a Lego set, per se, but my wife and I welcomed our first into the world yesterday. Family was built by one yesterday. A future _FOL awaits! I figure I'll have lots of time hanging out in the living room while he's sleeping (I hope!) to build the queue. #4002016 50 Years On Track awaits. 


      Congratulations on the baby! Kids are fun!
  • FauchFauch Member Posts: 2,662
    The sith infiltrator. that's interesting because that's the 1st time I have an updated version of a model I already own, so I'm curious to see how much it has improved. (I have the 1999 one)
    bandit778
  • josekaleljosekalel Member Posts: 682
    Began my #31050 MOC/MOD...not going well so far. I started with two sets but I need the third one, since I don't have enough bricks to complete the first floor with the brown bricks. 
  • KingAlanIKingAlanI Member Posts: 2,332
    Used parts from two recent BrickLink orders
    Finished #41560 Jamzy
    Replaced the remaining lime tiles in my soccer field with green ones
    Added to my common bricks by color collection
    Added to my minidoll crowd, including some components I got when parting out sets. Dropped 1 head down the heat vent, guess I'll get an extra next BL order
  • KingAlanIKingAlanI Member Posts: 2,332
    Started on another Star Trek MegaBloks set DPH82 Enterprise bridge - biggest box in my queue and I have a Trek DVD set right now.
    extra minifigure, I could deal with TLG being that kind of sloppy. I dislike the lego building experience less, though.
    on a lego forum talking aobut MB, building a TOS model while watching TNG - now that's religious tolerance. :P

    MaffyDIceCreamClone
  • sid3windrsid3windr Member Posts: 1,460
    Building a bricklinked #3724 but decided to not get the 2x8 bricks and replace them by 2 2x4s until I got suck. That worked out beautifully, have not needed any 2x8 for structural integrity yet... except that I didn't think through that I'd need 96 extra 2x4 bricks to replace them...
  • Bosstone100Bosstone100 Member Posts: 1,431
    @sid3windr - I think I bought green 1x8s instead of the 2x4s. I think I also used some yellow 1x8 on the inside where they wouldn't be visible.
    sid3windr
  • sid3windrsid3windr Member Posts: 1,460
    Good point, there is no real reason to use green on the inside. That would allow me to recuperate quite a few bricks! Also a great tip for the 1x8s !
  • Bosstone100Bosstone100 Member Posts: 1,431
    ^ At the hotel at Legoland Florida, they have a these huge pits with blue, green, yellow, red and black bricks. I looked in there and to my shock, there were hundreds and hundreds of the green 2x8s, all scratched to hell. It was sad.
    IceCreamClone
  • JooTogJooTog Member Posts: 945
    Just finished #75532. Not a big fan of buildable figures but this set looks great!

    Now I need a Leia and Luke in Endor gear :-)
    IceCreamClonejosekaleldmcc0
  • BrikingBriking Member Posts: 768
    Maybe time to do Stage 3 of the Caterham today.
  • JooTogJooTog Member Posts: 945
    Finally watch Moana last night and built #41150 Moana's Ocean Voyage immediately afterwards, which I bought a while back at 30% off.

    Nice movie and cute set, but pretty simplistic in my opinion... how many sets do I need to buy to do a proper Kakamora MOC? ;-)
    SumoLegoSeanTheCollectorsnowhitie
  • KingAlanIKingAlanI Member Posts: 2,332
    @ecmo47 that ship looks familiar ... no wonder, CR-90 is the class/model of the Tantive IV

    Finished the MegaBloks Enterprise bridge model.
    The build got a lot easier near the end, maybe because there were fewer parts to look through, as expected. In general, I love seeing models take shape. When fully assembled, it's hard to disconnect the sections, but that might be good for model stability. The sections weren't quite level, but that might be me or my building surface rather than MegaBloks.
    I decided to display it with the characters sitting down. A pin attaching to the back is odd, but maybe it allows for the figures to look more realistic, somewhat like minidolls. The set didn't come with Chekov, so I grabbed him from Day of the Dove (that set is relatively cheap and an army builder, so him missing from this set isn't so much of a problem). I also grabbed a random redshirt to fill the sixth chair.
    Next is the transporter room (based on Mirror Mirror), then back to LEGO. Lakeside Lodge, Robo Explorer and Yellow Submarine are the only sets I haven't started yet. MOC idea I haven't started yet is another question.

    catwrangler
  • bluedragonbluedragon Member Posts: 506
    A beauty! I wonder when Mortesv will stop adding to his fleet...
  • ecmo47ecmo47 Member Posts: 2,101
    No kidding! He just cranked out a beautiful Star Destroyer but it is not 1/250. He is hinting that he has something else in the works.
  • MaffyDMaffyD Member Posts: 3,498
    Right, so I'm building this, bought at John Lewis before available at Lego.com:



    It's a fab build - a lot of thought has gone into how it works and how it gets to the other two models.

    The instructions came in a cellophane packet, which I was pleased by :



    And the finished model:




    Really fun, and makes me want the Saturn V even more!
    bandit778khmellymelricecakecatwranglerKerreMegtheCatFowlerBricksOnebricktoomanyjosekalel
  • MaffyDMaffyD Member Posts: 3,498
    ^ I've tried to resize all these images, but it's not gone very well, sorry for any slow load times!
  • SeanTheCollectorSeanTheCollector Member Posts: 765
    @MaffyD I open pictures and images with Paint (comes standard with Windows), crop if necessary then resize before saving. I try to get all images down below 0.5M bytes.
    MaffyD
  • KingAlanIKingAlanI Member Posts: 2,332
    Did #31048 Lakeside Lodge. Got it to go with my camping collection (CMF S16 Hiker and Friends Adventure Camp). Did it now because it was the box on top of my backlog pile. Stopped in the middle to see if I needed any of the bricks for my color collection (I didn't). That way I noticed the roof could be built before attaching to the cabin walls.
    The build was very detailed; TLG has a habit of that and I love it. The model did feel small though.
    The bed was covered in tiles so the figure wouldn't stay put when laid down on it. I expect that from minidoll sets, not minifigure ones. As with minidoll sets, I didn't use the tiles. However, I liked Slope 30 1x2x2/3 (part 85984) as a pillow.
    A flower in 2x2 round tile with hole (part 15535) was a great lilypad. I didn't like the same flower piece in a frying pan, presumably representing scrambled eggs. It looks nice but won't stay put, could get lost if the model doesn't stay level. Kitchen accoutrements in LEGO sets are often like that.
    The hinges were good to open the model for display and play.
    catwrangler
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