What are you building right now?

560Heliport · May 2020

Ten thousand. All in advance. Or you can pay me two thousand now, plus fifteen when you reach Alderaan. No, wait, no more Alderaan...

KungFuKenny · May 2020

@560Heliport
I have to ask- are you dismantling all these sets before you move on to the next theme? Or do you have room after room filled with display cases? :-)

560Heliport · May 2020

@KungFuKenny I have a one bedroom apartment full of LEGO. I really need to dismantle a lot- but that's no fun. A lot of what I've been showing hasn't been built in years, so it's almost like building a new set!

560Heliport · May 2020

I'm going to bag sets separately as I dismantle them. I made the mistake once of putting all of my Pirate sets (just about everything from 1989 to 1996, all the big sets, only missing a few of the smallest ones) together in one box. Do you realize how many black plates, for instance, are in that many Pirates sets? The next time I wanted to build them, I sorted by color, then had to sort the black pieces into 1x whatever plates, 2 x whatever plates, 1 x whatever bricks, etc. because small black pieces are very hard to spot in the shadows of other pieces.

Bumblepants · May 2020

A bounty hunter duo with a ship similar in the vein of Slave 1 I made for May the 4th and forgot to share here.

panchox1 · May 2020

560Heliport said:

@panchox1 it's #4534, #10013, #10014, and #10015.

nice! I'm currently working on, bricklinking , 10014. I'll have to move on to the others when I finish it.

pxchris · May 2020

Well, I finished up #21322 Pirates of Barracuda Bay yesterday evening. I stretched it out as much as I could manage because I really wanted to enjoy all of it, so I'm a bit sad to have it come to an end. Truly a wonderful build just full of nostalgia from beginning to end. Thoroughly enjoyed the entire build!

Up next will be the conversion into the full ship.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5015319/uploads/editor/gu/8b467sxuuhu2.jpg

panchox1 · May 2020

Bumblepants said:

A bounty hunter duo with a ship similar in the vein of Slave 1 I made for May the 4th and forgot to share here.

Nice! in the landing position, it also resembles a YV-666

gelkster · May 2020

I've been on a Technic kick for some time now & have taken to building existing sets with collection parts. Thx to trades w/ members @mak0137 , @hoodaddy (& others) I can build almost any existing set provided it's not too outlandish 😉 Sets like Tracked Loader, Fire Plane & #9398 4x4 Crawler really come in handy for necessary parts.

So here are my versions of #42005 Monster Truck & #42095 RC Stunt Racer, which IMO was a considerable improvement over the 2017 RC Racer. Adding 1x1 round plates to the treads really helps with traction- I only just learned that technique while researching the model.

gelkster · May 2020

#42065 Tracked Racer (2017) variant

gelkster · May 2020

my 11 y.o. son built this puffer fish last year in about a half hour. It was pretty amazing.

Modeltrainman · May 2020

Trying to build a 6 wide Corvette C8. So far, not sure.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5015319/uploads/editor/6b/onmhblgpuvsj.png

GrannyLEGO · May 2020

gelkster said:

my 11 y.o. son built this puffer fish last year in about a half hour. It was pretty amazing.

Nice ... he has real talent!

chrisalddin · May 2020

#75258 Anakin's Podracer – 20th Anniversary Edition

but i feel bad for unboxing it.. the box is the best box art i ever seen.

Modeltrainman · May 2020

Revisiting my C8. I was looking at photos more closely, the nose is quite similar to the FXX in set # 75882, so I took inspiration from that.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5015319/uploads/editor/wk/fbxc23lc7jg0.png

chrisalddin · May 2020

#75258 Anakin's Podracer – 20th Anniversary Edition
is done
made a start on
#75255 Yoda

bags 1-3 finished.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5015319/uploads/editor/gy/wl6tcjjvogrr.jpg

i am done for the day. time spent 4 hours.

560Heliport · May 2020

Another picture of my cat, Jack. Oh, and some LEGO TIE ships. I have Vader's TIE Fighter from #7150, but I don't know where. Same for #30276 F.O. Special Forces TIE Fighter.

Fauch · May 2020

I only have #9500-1 . not seeing it here. maybe it's not a TIE.

560Heliport · May 2020

It's technically not a TIE, it's from 4000 years before the Skywalker Saga, but it does resemble one.

Charmiefcb · May 2020

I bought two of the latest TIE Fighter and 2 of the latest X Wing for Red 5 and Red 3. Just waiting for them to do an updated TIE Advanced so I can do the last moments of the trench run.

chrisalddin · May 2020

#75255 Yoda
Is done.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5015319/uploads/editor/58/qc97bdhpj61d.jpg

time spent today building is "4 hours and 30 minutes".
total time spent building set from what i am now calling "Chrisalddin mad spedding spray." is "8 hours and 30 minutes."
it is unknow at this time if i will do a 2nd build session today. we see how i feel later.

TheOriginalSimonB · May 2020

Space station under construction...

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Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5015319/uploads/editor/jg/9w83x790ojuo.jpg

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More pictures on flickr.

Astrobricks · May 2020

560Heliport said:

Another picture of my cat, Jack. Oh, and some LEGO TIE ships. I have Vader's TIE Fighter from #7150, but I don't know where. Same for #30276 F.O. Special Forces TIE Fighter.

What? No #75095? Or did Jack make you move it? ;-)

bandit778 · May 2020

Transformers, robots in disguise....

In 4328 easy steps #70613 - Garma Mehca Man becomes a space ship.

(Other brands of Transforming robots are available)

Image: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49879079798_e7718c142d_k.jpg

TheFew · May 2020

Torso coming along...

560Heliport · May 2020

@Astrobricks The only UCS sets I have are #10236, #75060, and #75181. I prefer minifig-scale stuff, and those are at least close.

oldtodd33 · May 2020

I've been going through some of my old ebay lots lately and found one I've had for years but didn't do anything with. They are complete for the most part sans instructions.

560Heliport · May 2020

I have all of those! :-)

560Heliport · May 2020

Having gathered all my TIE craft, I really want to MOC a TIE Punisher!

chrisalddin · May 2020

560Heliport said:

I have all of those! :-)

what on earth is your set count at?

mine is "You own 629 items, 571 different." going by brickset (if i log all my set's right)

and that will go up by 7 set's or so in the next 3 weeks (i dont mark as owned till it is in my hands).

560Heliport · May 2020

My set count is 2236, 2001 different. I got my first set, #560 Heliport, for Christmas 1974 and never had a Dark Age.

chrisalddin · May 2020

wow......

560Heliport said:

My set count is 2236, 2001 different. I got my first set, #560 Heliport, for Christmas 1974 and never had a Dark Age.

just... what on earth is your sets collection currently ranked at, mine is 6587th.

and my parts collection ranked is 4090th

560Heliport · May 2020

Sets 327th, parts 1005th. But I have a lot of loise parts that aren't counted: dozens, maybe even 100 large PAB cups, and used loose parts from a dealer at an antique mall.

KungFuKenny · May 2020

560Heliport said:

I got my first set, #560 Heliport, for Christmas 1974 and never had a Dark Age.

Mystery solved! (Should have been obvious to me in retrospect...)

Astrobricks · May 2020

KungFuKenny said:

560Heliport said:

I got my first set, #560 Heliport, for Christmas 1974 and never had a Dark Age.

Mystery solved! (Should have been obvious to me in retrospect...)

To be clear, that should be #560-2, so @560-2Heliport?

chrisalddin · May 2020

#75278 D-O

Is done.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5015319/uploads/editor/2g/30bxzls7yh1k.jpg

if you feel like it you can play name that set :P

time spent building D-O is "2 hours".
total time spent building set from what i am now calling "Chrisalddin mad spedding spray." is "10 hours and 30 minutes."

pxchris · May 2020

oldtodd33 said:

I've been going through some of my old ebay lots lately and found one I've had for years but didn't do anything with. They are complete for the most part sans instructions.

I mean... if they're just collecting dust and you want them off your hands... ;-)

haha

560Heliport · May 2020

@Astrobricks I rest my case.

Astrobricks · May 2020

Awesome @560Heliport! That really takes me back :)
How many of the sets on that sheet do you own?

But one problem - when I click on that #560 it doesn’t take me to the right set either ;-)

KungFuKenny · May 2020

Astrobricks said:

Awesome @560Heliport! That really takes me back :)
How many of the sets on that sheet do you own?

But one problem - when I click on that #560 it doesn’t take me to the right set either ;-)

I don’t know, @560TownHouse doesn’t quite roll off the tongue...

560Heliport · May 2020

Huh. I never realized there was another 560 set! I have the forklift and the fire house, I need to look at that brochure when I get home.

560Heliport · May 2020

I've now "shared" my collection over at the main site, so you all can see what I have.

Astrobricks · May 2020

560Heliport said:

I've now "shared" my collection over at the main site, so you all can see what I have.

Cool!

So, were you a kid with OCD who kept a database of all his sets, or did you reconstruct it years later through instruction booklets and rebuilding sets?

oldtodd33 · May 2020

KungFuKenny said:

560Heliport said:

I got my first set, #560 Heliport, for Christmas 1974 and never had a Dark Age.

Mystery solved! (Should have been obvious to me in retrospect...)

I couldn't find @560Heliport original quote so I quoted you instead. I got the #560 Heliport for my 10th birthday in 1976.

560Heliport · May 2020

I have a lot of the old brochures/catalogs, so I know what sets I have, even when the instructions are long gone. (Stupid kid!) Brickset helped fill in the blanks.

chrisalddin · May 2020

#75975 Watchpoint: Gibraltar
Is done.

added in my " #75970 Tracer vs. Widowmaker " to it, who i have had for over a year at this point (look's it up, i got it back on 15/02/2019)

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5015319/uploads/editor/wn/inwqyvjrcacc.jpg

As you can see from the pic, i have moved the Tower to the left side, as the place i am going to display it, it would not fit if the tower was on the right side. as it is it only just fit's with it how i built it. (Rockit takes up more space then the tower)

time spent building Watchpoint: Gibraltar is "2 hours 45 minutes".
total time spent building set's from what i am now calling "Chrisalddin mad spedding spray." is "13 hours and 15 minutes."

chrisalddin · May 2020

#21319 Central Perk
Is done.

there is no image. you can look at the set image if you need to see it. :P takeing a image takes to long. (and i am lazy.)

time spent building Central Perk is "3 hours 45 minutes".
total time spent building set's from what i am now calling "Chrisalddin mad spedding spray." is "17 hours."

Set's Built from "Chrisalddin mad spedding spray." = 5.

Astrobricks · May 2020

what what is spedding and why is it spraying?

Gibbo1959 · May 2020

I do remember Chris Spedding but I’m pretty sure he was Motorbikin’.

chrisalddin · May 2020

#21037 LEGO House
Is done.

time spent building LEGO House is "2 hours 45 minutes".
total time spent building set's from what i am now calling "Chrisalddin mad spending spree." is "19 hours and 45 minutes"

Set's Built from "Chrisalddin mad spending spree." = 6.

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