Building LEGO

LEGO Color Palete 2016 version Is it just me that's surprised at how many new ones there are? 4995-LEGO_Color_Palette_2016_Neutral-nO7GQ6ZPatSGDQ.pdf

Hello All, Nearly everyone loves the new 42009 crane. Largest Technic set to date. The possibilities are endless. I have recently MOD'd mine out to capture the brilliance of the Liebherr 1500 8.1. Now, there is a youtube video going around trying to lift the 8070 supercar with the crane. Failed pretty bad. Would a much larger crane do the trick? Check out my postings to find out! http://mocpages.com/moc.php/388884

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....

Well, another Vic Viper month of building has gone by paying tribute to the late nnenn. As usual, there is a poster map showing a compilation of the many contributions. This year we have 174 Vic Vipers by 115 builders. >Nnovvember 2013 by pasukaru76, on Flickr You can visit the original Vic Vipers Flickr pool to see all the original images as well as some designs not featured.

Well gang, it's already that time of the year once again for Vic Viper mania. A little more than a week into the month and already we have a slew of grand designs. Who will be featured on the massive collage for the end? Who indeed. >Syris1 - perspectives by Sylon-tw, on Flickr >Soviet Hellion VTOL Vic Viper by Genghis Don, on Flickr >RM-als14 fighter by Legonardo Davidy, on Flickr >Intergalactic Girl's Vic Viper by SpirituInsanum, on Flickr >Outlaw Vic Viper by Genghis Don, on Flickr >Vic Punisher - Space by Brixnspace, on Flickr

Here is the long-awaited collage for this year's Nnovvember build event. The number of entries this time is noticeably smaller than the last (which was around a hundred or something) but still very impressive finishing at 77 Vic Vipers between 48 builders. You can check out the Flickr group to see more. I had thought of posting a handful each day similar to what I do with SHIPtember ....but then I realize just how many designs this one event can bring in. Ha. Nnovvember 2016

Last year's Nnovvember MOC month yielded a total of 91 different Vic Viper designs by 58 creators. Here is the collective collage courtesy of Pascal as is tradition. Be sure to check out the Flickr group if you are interested in seeing the many builds (present and prior) in closer detail. Nnovvember 2017

I would love to just sit down and build something like I did when I was a kid, but I find myself suffering from blank page syndrome. Even if I go in with a goal in mind, like building a robot or whatever, I just can't get started. Along those lines, any suggestions on making a bin/box/whatever specifically for this sort of free building? I've got tons of Lego bricks, which I've tried to sort by color, but that compounds the difficulty of free building. I'm thinking it would be good to make a mixed box of parts that are explicitly unsorted.

found this and hoping the two creators are on this site and can add more photos. great builds and what looks like a happy life with LEGO

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/alice-finch-lego-hogwarts

Hey guys, So of course I've read a lot on this subject, but out of a bit of annoyance I decided to rethink it a bit. I've organized by color, and sometimes particular types. Similar to the system you usually see in pics/vids. Maybe this idea sounds like a "noob" system because it's not entirely accurate and there will be duplication. I've also come up with it largely because I don't have enough pieces, and don't want to keep opening my "investment" sets (I've opened $2000 in lego in 4 months). But I want to keep building. I also think this system might be easier and more conducive to sitting down and having fun rather than spending so much time searching for pieces. Latel…

My daughter and I just made a video showing our lego city layout. Still a work in progress, however we just finished the benches so finally were able to merge our 9v trains with our modulars. next we plan to build MOC roads brick by brick. Check it out on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAzYLMoCi1Q Hope you like it.

My family does a Winter Village every year. This year, we added a bunch of Star Wars stuff, along with other Lego winter/ice themed elements. Here's a few photos. If you would like to see more, here's the album on Flickr

A day to celebrate (for me personally). My Lego youtube page reached over 1,000,000 views. Mostly due to the High Speed Passenger Train Video. https://www.youtube.com/user/allnewbricks

My soon to be 6 year old really want the Pet Shop modular for his upcoming birthday. He is very good at building by himself and can follow instructions. He doesn't have any big or hard sets yet. Log cabin, and Hagrid's Hut is the extent of it right now. I'm wondering if the Pet Shop will be too difficult for him and cause frustration. I'm leaning towards a couple of medium sets instead like the fire or police station. There's obviously part of me that really want the Pet Shop so I can build it with him : ) Does anyone have personal experience with younger kids building the modulars by themselves? Thanks

So I got thirsty after my wife got mad at me. Or....I got thirsty while building with LEGO. Either way...... Story at http://mocpages.com/moc.php/413268

So I thought I would start a thread where we could share what we got in our PAB cups, similar to the one on Eurobricks. Pics would be great, but if you just want to say what you got that would be cool as well. If you are new to PAB and want to see how to maximize space, check out my blog article here: http://community.brickpicker.com/blog/4/entry-242-pick-a-brick-cups-can-you-pack-an-investing-punch/ I thought I would kick it off with the two large cups I bought today. There's actually a bit of a story behind this. So normally the cups are $19.99 each in Canada for a large, but when I bought mine I was looking at the bill and I felt like it wasn't enough (in addition…

Just started building 10240-1 and found a piece from the stand that was basically flying around in the box and not in any of the numbered bags. Is this normal?

Well us guys can't have all the fun cruising the cosmos now can we? GALACTIC GIRL POWER! TF401-3 by Frost TF402-1 by Frost TF403 Pinktron MAS Command Vehicle by Frost 21415 Pinktron "Fast Kitty" by Frost Pinktron Racing by Frost PSH-1 "Scarlet Hawk" by James Warden Enyo's Fury by curtydc Pinktron Avenger Mark V by Moctagon Jones Pinktron Commander's Cadillac by Moctagon Jones Pinktron Butterfly FX7 Viper by Moctagon Jones F.H.P. "Tickle Pink" by Master Shifu Leo J Pinktron Rover by nolnet

I’ve been working on the new AT-AT and I’ve got an issue that I just can’t figure out. On step 111 it acts like I should just be able to push the belly down onto the frame but when I put the belly in place it just sits there. It’s so loose if I turned the frame over it would just fall right out. I can’t see anything in the manual or on the frame that should hold the belly in place. If you can help I would really appreciate it, this is driving me nuts

Choose as many answers as you want! Weigh in! It's my first poll, so I would appreciate your opinions! So...what do you think?

With today's newer sets this isn't really an issue as they come in nice numbered bags that you open a step at a time. But when you get a large used set or heaven forbid you open a vintage set ( ) how do you go about the build process? Do you pre-sort following some routine or do you dump it in a pile and find each piece type as needed? Which way is faster? Do you do it your way for speed, or perhaps a more enjoyable build experience?

I just finished building MS using the downloadable instructions from Lego on my ipad. It was very hard to for me to differentiate some of the elements, colors, and placement, especially the black roof slopes. I am going to do the CC next and would like to use printed instructions, but I am not paying $250 for them. I tried using the Staples Laser printing service for just the parts list and it still has poor clarity. Any tips on where to find a better file and/or how to print them in a higher resolution?

last week I tried to upload a modular moc to ldd and it's still hung up. Has anyone else noticed this or know what's up? warning this thread will self destruct in one day (with mods help)

We put this together a few weeks ago and noticed it started to bow at the ends. My son decided he wanted to build it himself for a school project, and I took it apart and bent some of the pieces back so they'd lay flat. Now that he's about a 1/3 of the way into the build it's bowing again. Any tips to avoid this or is it just something that comes with these wide builds that don't have a solid base?