Building LEGO

Not specifically a real life recreation but based on the building in Edmonton, Alberta: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/man-builds-lego-model-baseball-park-inspired-by-telus-field-1.2669055

hey everyone, i went to the 2014 Designer Con in pasadena a couple of weeks ago and checked out their annual LEGO display, FILLED with amazing creations from various Lego Master Builders (all for sale) and curated by brick nerd. check these awesome builds out! hope you like the video!

This could be the coolest thing ever. Link

Hey All, Lego really is so diverse. From artistic to technical, right-brained to left-brained, there is something for all of us. Artsy..... yet numerical and mathematic at the same time. As a practicing neuropsychologist, this is of incredible interest to me. Here is a LDD rendition of what the brain might look like when building with Lego if scanned with a PET scanner. Youtube video is much more accurate.....in that it produces more of a video-like rendering of the brain than a static picture. More information at: http://mocpages.com/moc.php/427329

Hey folks! I have a big box of white/pink/red bricks and another big box of white/red/pink plates. I reckon I have enough here to take on building any of the released modular sets so far. Given that I can download the instructions from somewhere, which do you think will: 1) Look decent in those colours? 2) Be buildable mostly with standard bricks? I had green grocer in mind initally, but it will be a sweet/candy shop instead. I do have a lot of other brick parts, so reckon I will have enough to do any of them, but maybe not in the right colours.

Well I have 4 more bags left to go and my Sandcrawler build will be complete. Hopefully it will rain this weekend so I can work on it. I am going to finish one of the front side panels with brown flat 1x4 and 1x2 tiles to cover the studs. I will post pics but want to see how it looks before coving the entire vehicle. I want to add power functions and picked up a 9398 Crawler last night and before I open it up to pull the power elements wanted to get others with some experience doing this advice and/or point me to a link with some tips. If anyone who has built the Sandcrawler and the 9398 could chime in and tell me about the feasibility I would appreciate it. Al…

http://www.actionfigurepics.com/2013/04/how-much-would-you-pay-for-this-lego-castle-grayskull-playset Very cool MOC.

Specifically wanted to start a topic to discuss what has now become a series-within-a-series. You all know what I mean here, 31026 Bike Shop and Cafe 31036 Toy and Grocery Shop 31050 Corner Deli Now that they've continued the trend of releasing one of these each year (ok first one was two buildings in one) I think the trend is going to improve the long term prospects here. Even if you look at these from a "I don't care about the street theme there" perspective, they're still great piece fodder for building towards the larger modular buildings. I wish I had the funds to allocate to this series. How do you g…

Nick Trotta (tardisblue on flickr) has submitted this design for the November Vic Viper competition. Solar Sweeper 3V - tardisblue on flickr Good grief, just look at the detail, especially in the wings! The beautiful use of colors, all the advanced building techniques, I really can't think of this design ever being topped! This signature spacecraft of video game history in LEGO form looks fast just sitting there! There's also this amazing one by Uspez Morbo! BP-8272 STEALTH - Uspez Morbo on flickr Hmm....I'm having a problem here. I'm throwing my money at the screen, but nothing's happening....

Just have to say this is pretty incredible. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57577773-1/behold-an-amazing-200000-piece-lego-alien-city/ Crafted out of more than 200,000 Lego pieces and taking over 600 hours to build, the sculpture, designed entirely by Doyle, depicts a wondrous alien civilization. There's something Gothic about his soaring spires, bridges, buttresses, and villages clustered about the city's base. 600 hours!!! Good for you buddy! I wonder if he will sell it to me for $500?

As a kid I had a ton of Lego, but I've spent the last few years moving between many countries. I've finally settled down and I asked my parents to send my Lego bricks from the other side of the world to here, but I've missed out on many interesting releases. My favorite themes are Castle and Pirates, and I've always enjoyed doing Castle-themed MOCs as a kid. I was wondering, what could be an effective way to collect bricks that would be useful for Castle-themed MOCs? With the 2013 sets out of production their price is not very wallet friendly around here, and the older 2010 Kingdoms are even worse from that point of view. I could always hit Bricklink or some local store …

reason for the second one is just cannot pass that price which is $600 on ebay. Just finished building. enjoy~ Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker

Interesting article on the BBC site today about current day sets removing a lot of the imagination from building. Would be good to hear peoples views on this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29992974

My teenage daughter is interested in diving into the world of larger MOCs, even builds that might be 10's of thousands of pieces. Where does one begin with this? Is the LegoDD software the best route? We definitely plan to utilize BL for parts. Are there good tutorials to read or videos to watch for giant MOCs?

I was thinking about Bricklinking a 10179 at one point, and if you don't know, the Lattice pieces in the back cost about $320 for ONE PIECE of Lego. What do you think? What is the most you would pay for one piece to complete a set? I would just use a substitute. Assuming it didn't make a huge difference, I would spend maybe $20 on one piece before I went elsewhere. What about you all?

So this is new to me but perhaps others have tried it since it has been out since February. I picked up the new Technic 42022 Hot Rod today and on the box is a link to download the free app from iTunes. Just google "Lego Building Instructions app" for the link. I am using the ipad air version and IMO it is amazing. I think this is the only set available as of now but I would recommend trying it just to see what is coming our way No more need for PDF this is 3D rendering with 360 degree views and not sure of the term but you can see where the part you are working on will go in the outline of the finished model. It has a few neat features to try out as well. Now the…

I want to build my 75094 but want to display it on a stand. I've seen a few perspex ones but to be honest I'd rather it was a Lego made effort. Would anyone on here be willing to share their instructions with me? Thanks

A few years ago I picked up video games again and, while catching up, a couple of my favorites (Uncharted 2 & Far Cry 4) took place in South Asia. It inspired me to create a couple of smaller vehicles, which in turn led me to creating this entire project: Here's the full flickr gallery if you want to see more - as well as the link to the project in Ideas, if you're interested in adding your support: https://www.flickr.com/photos/142667034@N04/with/49940857112/ https://ideas.lego.com/projects/f9009263-d502-4284-a0e7-be215d19972a

Had this set next day aired to my studio so that I could get it shot and edited as soon as possible. Enjoy.

So last night my wife convinced me of putting together a 10222 to be a part of our Holiday Village that we are displaying in our living room. The build was fun and the final outcome was awesome. I had put together last December the 10199 and thought it was, also, a cool, fun build with a sweet final result. The colors, the pieces - some of them were new to me -, the minifigures... Pretty enjoyable experience. The downside, my set came short of one piece, one of the unique pieces of this set, a brown 'sky', Brickset part 6020989. I have already contacted Lego over this, I expect them to ship the missing piece anytime now. First time this has ever happened in my…

Hi guys, another post from me today! I thought I would quickly post this mod on a MOC I made. Earlier I had built the end scene from Revenge of the Sith with Vader, The Emperor and Moff Tarkin looking at the death star being built. I was in the process of dismantling it for parts when I suddenly realised that the exact same shot was used in The Force Awakens as well. So before taking it apart I did a quick modification on it to turn it into Kylo Ren watching the Star Killer base fire its super laser. DSC_2497 by dimitrinicomanis, on Flickr A simple mod really turning the black space and death star backdrop into a red sky with a laser beam. The control pane…

I have a lot of nice sets I would like to build, but at the same time I know that some of them would be worth a lot down the road. I would love to have 2 of each so I could build and keep, but my budget doesn't allow me to. What would you do if you were in my place and had the urge to build some of them?

Hi I'm doing an inventory of a set that has about eight pieces missing. It's going to cost around ten dollars to buy and hand the parts posted. This is for a set that is probably worth $25 once completed. It seems crazy to have to spend so much to complete a set that really isn't so valuable. At this stage I'll probably do it because I want the set complete for our use, but I'm interested to hear views. Thanks zeee

So today, July 25th, is my mom's birthday. She knew I was going to get her something LEGO related and had originally wanted the Cinema Palace since I'm in college for Film. However, she hasn't built a LEGO set since I was about 4 or 5 years old. I thought a 2000 some piece count would be slightly too advanced for her right now, but I still wanted to get her a larger set. So, since today is Christmas in July I decided to play up that aspect hardcore. First I wrapped the set: Then I gave it to her: Her reaction was great, haha: I think she is going to have a blast building this set. I would normally build a set th…

Hi guys, here is a little MOC I put together. IMG_20161014_164521 by dimitrinicomanis, on Flickr I had a few spare bits lying around and had recently acquired a Tauntaun so I thought I would put it to good use! DSC_1899 by dimitrinicomanis, on Flickr DSC_1942 by dimitrinicomanis, on Flickr I wanted to make this as movie accurate as possible so that is why the colour palette on this build is more grey, to reflect the night time setting of the scene, rather than the traditional tan colours of Jabba's Palace. I should point out the gungan head isnt movie accurate but I put that in for a bit of fun! IMG_20161014_192613 by dimitrinicomanis, on F…