$20 on joe vs dan Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 Side question: has anyone tried to build on a suspended platform? My boy loves trains but they take up too much room for us so he's always forced to dismantle shortly after laying the tracks...I am envisioning a platform of sorts suspended in his bedroom...raised high close to the ceiling when not in use, but able to be lowered for active play...he also can run the trains when raised; I see this in stores all the time; but never in a home setting. Quote
squeakdigital00 Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 Side question: has anyone tried to build on a suspended platform? My boy loves trains but they take up too much room for us so he's always forced to dismantle shortly after laying the tracks...I am envisioning a platform of sorts suspended in his bedroom...raised high close to the ceiling when not in use, but able to be lowered for active play...he also can run the trains when raised; I see this in stores all the time; but never in a home setting. Similar setups have been seen in the latest lego documentaries I've watched. What you speak of exists. Build your own. YouToob. Sent from my SM-G955U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app Quote
Dlambert2004 Posted September 3, 2019 Posted September 3, 2019 Did some fun oldie-but-goody building the past two days. Broke these out of my storage and rebuilt. Forgot how awesome these were. I’ve ordered replacement stickers for the Red Baron. They had pretty much deteriorated. May need to order some for the Sopwith. In better shape, but still brittle.Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum 9 Quote
squeakdigital00 Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 JUS Sent from my SM-G955U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app 8 1 Quote
squeakdigital00 Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 I'm very satisfied with the skyline XSent from my SM-G955U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app 1 Quote
$20 on joe vs dan Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 On 9/4/2019 at 3:01 PM, squeakdigital00 said: I'm very satisfied with the skyline X NOICE! I think this is the reason why there's such a premium on these sets after-market...I doubt resellers have a "ton" of them so it's really tempting to keep for personal build and collection. Much more so than the typical nice set. Is it just the color or does the AFoL sets, in general, have a distinct look about them? (in a good way) 1 Quote
squeakdigital00 Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 I will motorize later on. Back to the mountain lolSent from my SM-G955U using Brickpicker Forum mobile app Quote
Belac Posted September 4, 2019 Posted September 4, 2019 Love those Lego city pics so I thought I'd share one of my earlier city layouts. A lot of changes since, like the amusement park addition and a third level in the wildness area which moved. 6 Quote
Alpinemaps Posted September 17, 2019 Posted September 17, 2019 8097 Slave I It was part of a bulk lot I bought 4 or 5 years ago. I put it together probably 3 years ago, and for some reason had it in my head that I was missing a couple of pieces. Most notably because I had a bag of pieces with "8097" written on it, sitting in with the built ship. So this weekend I took it apart, and carefully rebuilt it. Only to discover that it was good to go after all. 2 Quote
$20 on joe vs dan Posted September 17, 2019 Posted September 17, 2019 10 hours ago, Alpinemaps said: 8097 Slave I It was part of a bulk lot I bought 4 or 5 years ago. I put it together probably 3 years ago, and for some reason had it in my head that I was missing a couple of pieces. Most notably because I had a bag of pieces with "8097" written on it, sitting in with the built ship. So this weekend I took it apart, and carefully rebuilt it. Only to discover that it was good to go after all. I'm in the exact same boat...got a large used SW lot last year...Death Star, Republic gunship, bunch of other small and medium sets in various levels of completeness...and a Slave I (8097)...my thinking has always been: It's not truly "mine" until I break a set down and built it myself....anyway I broke down most of the sets (Death Star took ages), but couldn't get myself to breakdown the fairly complete looking Slave I...so its sitting on my shelf like an over-due library book...waiting for me to re-build it...or an earthquake so it will fall off the shelf and land on me while sleeping. Quote
keymomachine Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 Finally finished Welcome to Apocalypseburg (70840), I held myself to one bag per day since it arrived from Walmart. Also had my first wrong/missing piece in a Lego set. But I've already got an order in for a replacement. 6258376 - LEFT SHELL 3X8X2 W/BOW/ANGLE. My almost three year old daughter thinks it's very cool and helped me finish it today, then an hour or so later crashed down onto it so I got to rebuild a section of it already. It was the Lego Movies and having a kid that brought me out of my dark ages so it's appropriate that this is the first really big set I've gotten. I really like the movie sets and vehicles because they are made to be Lego rather than adapting something from Star Wars or Marvel, this one is no exception. 8 Quote
Popular Post brickvoyeur Posted October 1, 2019 Popular Post Posted October 1, 2019 Quote Sniped this one a couple weeks ago figuring my hopes of finding a sub $200 Cafe Corner were going to come down to buying it in pieces. Since some of the rarest pieces are the red slopes, this listing looked promising. For $33.50 it came with all the slopes, with a few extra to spare. After looking through my spares at home, I have nearly all the brown and grey pieces... so the majority of two floors were taken care of. I think this is about as close to a sub $200 Cafe Corner as I'm gonna find. I grabbed the manuals around a year ago in a large instruction lot and have debated selling them, but now they will be used to finish off the modular collection. Care Corner is complete. Total cost was $136.03. This doesn't include the spares from bulk lot purchases in the past that cleaned up most of the bricks... because old spares are free, right? I had purchased a $155 lot that had the first floor, but it arrived smelling like death and cigarettes, so it went back. The real winners of the picture though are the dragons from our "let's take apart all the dragons and build them again" weekly fun. The two headed dragon my toddler inspired "two head's on the dragon, daddy" earned the spot on the Cafe Corner. 9 1 Quote
Phil B Posted October 1, 2019 Posted October 1, 2019 48 minutes ago, brickvoyeur said: [..snip..] I had purchased a $155 lot that had the first floor, but it arrived smelling like death and cigarettes, so it went back. [..snip..] I have had good success washing those kinds of lots in luke-warm water with regular hand soap, and if the smell persists, spraying the bricks with fragrance-free Febreze and then washing again. Had a 4708 Hogwarts Express lot the other day that I kept double-bagged until I had time to wash the bricks, that's how bad the smell was. 1 Quote
brickvoyeur Posted October 1, 2019 Posted October 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Phil B said: I have had good success washing those kinds of lots in luke-warm water with regular hand soap, and if the smell persists, spraying the bricks with fragrance-free Febreze and then washing again. Had a 4708 Hogwarts Express lot the other day that I kept double-bagged until I had time to wash the bricks, that's how bad the smell was. I thought about it for a bit, and did a bit of research on how to clean it. Once I looked at what actually came on the first floor, and compared it to my spares, I realized there wasn't all that much that I didn't already have. Ended up with less out of pocket total using the spares/bricklink method than the smelly bulk lot. 1 Quote
Alpinemaps Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 Bought and built today, which is unusual for me. 75976 - Wrecking Ball Idk why I got this. I’m blaming the Hamster who is both cute and scary at the same time. It’s a fun little built and I like the very mech-like way it works and the way the moving parts move. Lots of playability. 3 Quote
$20 on joe vs dan Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 On 10/4/2019 at 2:10 PM, Alpinemaps said: Bought and built today, which is unusual for me. 75976 - Wrecking Ball Idk why I got this. I’m blaming the Hamster who is both cute and scary at the same time. It’s a fun little built and I like the very mech-like way it works and the way the moving parts move. Lots of playability. Now you need to build Sweet Mayhems EYe Ball Ship to counter this...looks roughly the same size Thumbs up Alpine..you build the most eclectic mix of LEGO sets posting here 1 Quote
Alpinemaps Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 20 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said: Now you need to build Sweet Mayhems EYe Ball Ship to counter this...looks roughly the same size Thumbs up Alpine..you build the most eclectic mix of LEGO sets posting here Thanks. Sometimes, it's up to the kids - they have a wide taste in LEGO as well. It usually just whatever suits me. There are very few themes where I'll collect *everything* (I think Scooby Doo, Mixels, and BrickHeadz are the only themes where I can say I've gotten everything). Otherwise, it's just whatever strikes our fancy. We're also working on our Winter Village sets, so definitely a contrast to Overwatch. Speaking of Overwatch - I've never played it. Don't really know what it is. I just liked this little guy. Quote
Popular Post TigerEyez Posted October 14, 2019 Popular Post Posted October 14, 2019 I got light kits for the Haunted House and the Fishing Store for my birthday. Love them. Also got the Corner Garage, but haven’t built it yet. Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum 12 Quote
Popular Post eliminator Posted October 24, 2019 Popular Post Posted October 24, 2019 Brought a few sets into work today that were buried in my stored away collection! Some minor reassembly required for all three sets. 10 Quote
Belac Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 About to get some space dusting done. then I'll rebuild for the memories. Been packed away for a while. 7 Quote
FM Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 On 10/23/2019 at 5:29 PM, eliminator said: Brought a few sets into work today that were buried in my stored away collection! Some minor reassembly required for all three sets. Sweet "History of Flight" display. The scale(ish) mini-builds do so much for the scale of the Apollo. Quote
TigerEyez Posted October 27, 2019 Posted October 27, 2019 Finally finished off my Halloween display today. Big thanks to my wife for the fine detail design. 8 Quote
Mgip21 Posted October 27, 2019 Posted October 27, 2019 Picked up for $45. Set is in great condition. 4 Quote
TigerEyez Posted October 27, 2019 Posted October 27, 2019 Also last night I worked on ST while rewatching Season 1 Quote
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