LEGO Nostalgia

Aristophan wrote:

I have my MF on a 2' by 2' table, but I am also able to position it diagonally. There is still some overhang off of the table, but all the feet are comfortably inside.

Without context I initailly read that as:

I have my MUTHA f*ckA on a 2' by 2' table....

I broke down and ordered an Effernan stand. Efferman? Something like that. You buy the pieces and download the directions, and it locks onto the model after the 4th stage of the build. Then you build around it.

Seems legit.

Anyone have the Voltron set assembled? I got it for Christmas and am wondering if I would rather have it or the cash from returning it.

No, but I saw it assembled at the Lego Store and it really made me want it. Here is a picture.

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UpToIsomorphism wrote:

Anyone have the Voltron set assembled? I got it for Christmas and am wondering if I would rather have it or the cash from returning it.

I do! It's pretty neat. It's sitting on the shelf in my bedroom in full voltron glory!

The Voltron set is pretty awesome. I’ve got my lions spread around in different spots in the spare room. It’s quite tall when assembled together.

It was a fun build, but a lot of the enjoyment is the nostalgia factor because I watched it when I was a kid, so your mileage may vary. My boy liked watching me building it and wanted to play with “the lions.”

karmajay wrote:

No, but I saw it assembled at the Lego Store and it really made me want it. Here is a picture.

IMAGE(https://i.imgur.com/fcakp94.jpg)

That Bugatti tho....

Drool.

haha it was the Bugatti I was checking out in that photo too! The Bricks and Minifigs store near me just had a fully built one come in, and even that was $250. It'll be a while before I pick that set up!

I did get the Technic Rally Car on Saturday and I've been having a lot of fun putting that together.

I have to stop myself buying more Technics, since I have not built most of mine yet. But I’m thinking ahead on how to display stuff in my cluttered house. Shelves, I guess...

Robear wrote:

I have to stop myself buying more Technics, since I have not built most of mine yet. But I’m thinking ahead on how to display stuff in my cluttered house. Shelves, I guess...

Ikea shelves work quite well.

Robear wrote:

I have to stop myself buying more Technics, since I have not built most of mine yet. But I’m thinking ahead on how to display stuff in my cluttered house. Shelves, I guess...

Just a couple weekends ago I actually built a new big shelf down in the basement above my workbench for exactly this reason. It's tough when space runs out (and you have a wife who doesn't exactly love having Lego models all over the place, which, you know, understandable).

I rotate my Lego. I build a few sets, then some get disassembled and placed into labeled bags and then stored away. I need to find a better filing system for all my instructions though.

I build my Christmas train and Santa’s workshop every year at the holidays. I’ve got the winter village from a few years ago that I haven’t cracked open the box yet, but that will go in the rotation probably this year.

I download the instructions for every set I get.

I don't know what the best way to break them down is. Now I just usually take them apart in manageable chunks and place them in old amazon boxes. Or if they are small box them complete.

I'm worried doing a complete breakdown might be to time consuming putting it back together without numbered bags.

Strewth wrote:

I need to find a better filing system for all my instructions though.

Just went to Staples yesterday and picked up a plastic filing box and a bunch of hanging file folders to put my instructions in. It worked pretty well. I put the extra small pieces you get with every set in a ziplock bag and put those right in there too with the instructions.

Like Baron of Hell, my problem is going to be breaking down the full sets and trying to store the pieces when I want to do a MOC. I'll probably end up just buying a lot more ziplock bags and storing them that way, at least to keep pieces separate for easy building.

Strewth wrote:

I rotate my Lego. I build a few sets, then some get disassembled and placed into labeled bags and then stored away. I need to find a better filing system for all my instructions though.

I build my Christmas train and Santa’s workshop every year at the holidays. I’ve got the winter village from a few years ago that I haven’t cracked open the box yet, but that will go in the rotation probably this year.

A few years back I started a holiday tradition of buying the Winter Village set each year. Our Lego Winter Village now includes:
Santa Snow Globe
Gingerbread House
Santa's Workshop
Winter Village Toy Store
Christmas Train
Christmas Train Station
Winter Village Fire Station (still in box, we open/build them on the Christmas after they come out)

It's very cool, but takes up a LOT of space, especially with the Train (which we just built this year). Fun times.

This is... awesome.

That is so cool! I actually know people that work on prosthetics technologies (I do a bit myself), and I'm totally sending this to them.

Amazing, Abu. Thank you for posting!

Did anyone here pickup the Lego Architecture Studio when it came out?

I'm really into Lego Architecture sets. Namely the way they often use negative space, transparent bricks and small pieces with slats to create the effect of a building edifice. I want to play around with this more without buying new Architecture sets all the time and I'm considering picking up one of the Architecture Studio sets.

What I'm trying to figure out, though, is what this thing cost when it initially released. Basically I want to know if I'm way overpaying for it before I consider it.

http://brixinvest.net/sets/lego-arch...

Looks like it was $160 when it was released and it can average around 300 currently.

That looks cool!

Tscott wrote:

http://brixinvest.net/sets/lego-arch...

Looks like it was $160 when it was released and it can average around 300 currently.

Thanks. I hate to say it, but that's not too bad.

Are knock-off Lego sets a thing? Like where would I reputably be able to buy this if I decided to proceed?

That set looks ideal for your interests, DS. Over 1200 pieces.

You could try finding the parts list for it, and checking what it would cost to order the set from Bricklink... Might be cheaper than buying the box set, if all you want is the pieces.

Robear wrote:

That set looks ideal for your interests, DS. Over 1200 pieces.

You could try finding the parts list for it, and checking what it would cost to order the set from Bricklink... Might be cheaper than buying the box set, if all you want is the pieces.

I do really just want the pieces, yes. I'm kind of new to this, though, so unsure how to go about that.

Bricklink has it for as low as $146...

Oh. Robear, my friend. Are these genuine Lego parts? This is awesome.

Yep, that's what Bricklink is. An exchange where you can buy the real deal, or sell your own sets, or even buy/sell MOC instructions and parts lists. It's... A bit of a dream world, actually. I bought my Efferman stand for the Millenium Falcon from them.

Bricklink is great, I have bought a lot of stuff on there. Brickowl is also good.

Robear, thanks for all the information. Ultimately I decided to buy the set as a whole. I found it used on eBay with including the box, trays, etc. and only 2 of the bags had been opened and it was never used.

It turns out that parting it out was around $140, but then it was another $25 - $40 to buy the book and I kind of wanted the trays and box at that point, so the $190 (including shipping) for a used set wasn't a huge leap over that.

I did go back on BrickLink and purchase some transparent bricks for the Legos I keep at work. I basically keep a very small (like 50 pieces) Creator set at work to just build simple things when I fidget. I'll enjoy having some transparent breaks to break up the color when I'm goofing around.