Building LEGO

I know this is a resellers forum but hopefully someone can help me out? A friend reached out to me asking if I could do an approx. 4” version of either Science World or the Harbour Center at her bosses request. These are 2 buildings located in Vancouver BC Canada. I let her know I’m the wrong person for the job but I’d post the question on here to see if there would be any takers or is there a forum/group that I may have better luck with? I’d appreciate any info. Thanks in advance.

The new sets for the past few years have been too organized with their bagging. The bags used to be unnumbered to at the most from 3 bags each numbered from 1 through 4. Nowadays the sets goes from bag 1 to bag 13. The builds now seems to dumbed down since the bags are so organized. When I build I just dump everything into 1 big pile to slow it down. Does anyone else feel the same way with your newer builds?

Just a random thought but when (if) you display your sets, do you separate the yellow minifigs from the flesh ones? Say you have Star Wars, Harry Potter, etc. sets that some of the early licensed sets used the yellow while the newer ones used the flesh... do you display them all together? Maybe it's just my OCD but when they're all together it looks... weird.

Here is my rendition of a drag racer “funny car.” Not built for looks, but for acceleration. This was achieved by both including raw power but also limiting the weight of the model (989 grams), and also reducing friction as much as possible (thus the odd front wheels). This build was somewhat inspired by Lego 42050. Contrary to many, I actually really like Technic set 42050. Not for looks to be sure, but at least the looks were consistent with the name usually given to these cars (i.e. “funny car”; TLG mercifully titled the 42050 “drag racer” but I think “funny car drag racer” fits better). The obvious lacking in the set was any speed. How can you have a drag racer a…

Is your collection of brick separators becoming unbearable? Are you tired with getting yet another in just about every set you build? Has every effort to give them away ended in failure? Well then this Flickr group can offer some interesting alternatives in what to do with those ever-growing collections of usually useful utensils! Be inspired to make your own bizarre builds! Be amazed with the uniqueness in concepts! Be dazzled by the orange!

For those in the Technic community I know there has been some interest in trying to speed up Sheepo's Mustang. It is a great model.... but a little faster would be nice. I know there has been at least one member trying to add a pneumatic engine to the beast..... something that I also would like to try. Anyways, here is my version of Sheepo's Mustang..... with an RC Titan motor. Plenty of details of the build, specs, etc. are on my MOCpages site: http://mocpages.com/moc.php/412797 Because it is all there I am not going to repeat it all here. But really fun build. Read all about it and share if you'd like. Any comments are also welcome..... although preferably those in t…

Okay, there simply are just too many of these space frigates to put all in one post let alone the amount of time taken just to sort a few is ridiculous. Therefore a handful will posted at a time and within a spoiler. With any luck doing so will maintain this topic's page from becoming ludicrously long and keep image loading to a minimum. Well anyway, here are just some of this entries for SHIPtember 2015 with tons more on the way! ....I'm not even kidding on that. There is like close to a hundred of these things.

A tad late with this annual monthly building theme topic (considering MaKtoberfest already is in effect) so I apologize for that but anyway let's go with the flow and see what this year has brought. There is a ton of designs to search for and through as usual therefore this thread will take a while to fill up. In the meantime here are some fantastic space cruisers with more to come. The Firenze by perig perig Asterope by Miro Dudas Redeemer of Albin by Nate Rehm-Daly Helios Planetary Drop Ship by Scott AVARI-CLASS CARRIER by Pierre E Fieschi HMSS Erebus by AFOL anon

Many interesting entries for this year's SHIPtember so let us get started with the first ten with more to be added as I go. Jupiter V by Tim Schwalfenberg Rooke's Gambit by Arik Elliott Asteria by Luke Vorellian Cruiser by Scott AC 240 BRUTUS by Stephan Niehoff The Basilisk by Pico van Grootveld YT-1740 Arrowhead by ZiO Chao GalEx Medium Range Freighter by Myles Doupe Trident by V00D00M HALOR by Kevin Moyer

As tradition, here recaps this year's SHIPtember build event starting with ten picks and more to be added in the coming days. Javelin class - Heavy Frigate by cozmic67 USS Steadfast 12-Pod Cargo Pusher by Scott Prodigal Sun by Jonathan Parley MOTH by Oscar Cederwall (o0ger) GR-75 Medium Transport by Anders Horvath Destroyer with Escorts by Andrea Crockett Xylethrus AMV-1 by halfbeak Benchmade Industries:Project Pusit by Lee M Galaxy Interdictor by AFOL anon SL FAILS (Frontline Artificial Intelligence Logistics Supervisor) by Simon Liu

Here is a starting handful of "super heavy investment in parts" starcrusiers for your perusal from this year's SHIPtember building event with more to be posted in due time. Apologies for not uploading last year's designs. After this I will go back and sort that out. HSS Ceyda by Okay Yaramanoglu LL885 NC Repair Freighter by ZCerberus Neo-Blacktron Rocket SHIP by Nathan Proudlove The Derksen by Adam Dodge The Crescent Colony by Markus Rollbühler Foldstream by Pierre E Fieschi

Does anyone here buy custom instructions? If so, what designs interest you and about how much are you willing to pay generally? Here is a ongoing list of websites where you can purchase MOC instructions from. Brick City Depot Brick Builders Pro Modulars (offline) The Unique Brick (offline) Here is a new marketplace where you can buy work by others or sell your own! MOCPlans (Beta)

Hey guys, 34 years old here, and just got back into building Lego sets after a long time, thankfully my wife is cool with it, though she doesn't really like to participate unless it is a small build. Just wondering, what do other Afols do after they build their sets. Can't say I'm interested in playing with them, I think what I find the most attractive about this hobby is the zen like feeling you get when you're building, you just don't think of anything else and your mind feels at peace. Once I'm done, I love displaying the sets in my living room, especially the beautiful ones like the council of elrond and the unexpected gathering. Don't think I'll be displaying t…

I have about a hundred lbs of loose, random LEGO and I need to figure out how to best sort and separate the pieces... what categories do you recommend for easy navigation? I have TONS of different pieces like train, boat, etc. stuff that I have no idea what to do with. Need to come up with a gameplan so I can figure out what to store it in, how many totes I need, whatever. Feeling super overwhelmed with this!

For bigger builds is there a preferred way to sort bricks for building? I am getting ready to embark on my first really big build.

Hello All, Just posted pics of my latest MOC, here are some pictures. It is a large diorama of a Mecha base/hangar. Fun build, check it out. Here are some teaser pics, visit my MOCpages for more details. http://mocpages.com/moc.php/403418

I remember seeing the digital creation by BobDeQuatre months ago and thought that was impressive as heck but this.... this goes beyond anything conceivable as a MOC or work of art. Here is the backstory behind the character and design going into this. Eurobricks

SPACEBALLS THE PLAYSET! by ChrisR18t on Flickr

I know St. Patrick's Day was yesterday, but this MOC is definitely worth seeing. I like how the museum guys are tied up and the cool rainbow that is over that tiny pot of gold. Link.

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

If you like Star Wars and chess then check out this superb MOC by Brandon Griffith (icgetaway on flickr). Brilliant design of character 'pieces' and the 'built-in' storage under the board. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Lego Chess by Brandon Griffith

A few star wars sets I have built over the weeks. Warning Pic Heavy!!

In the LEGO play and build area at Star Wars Celebration VII Anaheim, they had mini-builds each day of the event. A custom LEGO tile and stand were given out with each set. Day 1 - Star Destroyer

So I've decided to build my own Lego Star Wars chess set after being inspired by a few different versions I've seen online. I want a neat way to display my SW minifig collection and to expand into some of the figs I don't have. A few Bricklink orders have been placed and I've sorted out most of my piece selections. just thought I'd canvass the community on ones where I'm a little undecided. So vote away! Question 1 - Rebel pawns - Hoth trooper vs Rebel pilots Q2 - And all 8 exactly the same or have variants? Q3 - Imperial/Dark Side rooks - Wampa & Rancor vs Grievous & Droideka My board is going to have a 5x5 stud per square footprint, so no…

I really like the TIE + Slave 1 + X-wing here: http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/14102-how-to-build-your-sealed-set-while-retaining-the-most-value/#comment-458852 But it gets me thinking.. I'd really like a display frame that showed them fighting eachother. Like have the TIE attacking X-wing and Slave 1 off to the side but all in different angles, as if in space. I imagine the weight would be a problem. Has anybody seen something like this? I like seeing these shelf displays, but I think they would get kind of old sitting kind of bland like that and feel like an actual action scene would have way more pop. Maybe even throw a piece of cardboard with a space backdrop …