Building LEGO

Just like it says. I have a bunch of empty boxes from the sets I have built over the last month. They are now starting to pile out and getting a little out of control. I have no plans to resell any of the built sets and not sure I want to store them for the next 20 plus years. Not to mention the boxes from future builds. Is there any reason I should just not through them in the recycle bin?

In the past of I have relied on third party software to help me determine the cheapest possible route when buying parts from Bricklink. Brickficiency and Brick Wizard are two great programs that do that. However, both of these programs seem to be broken. Brickficiency hasn't been updated since Nov 2014 and Brick Wizard was from Jan 2015. It does sound like the developer of Brick Wizard is aware of the current issues and may have a solution however he doesn't have the time to update the program. Has anyone found a replacement program? Or am I stuck with just searching the store masses to find the best combinations? Thanks,

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!

A while back I purchased some lego from one of the owners of Brick Bricks, a terminator salvation MOC, a few other bits and this along with a bulk lot of loose. After asking him I found out it was the beginning to a basement for the HH. Its been sat in the cupboard since, until a few day back when I fitted the HH to it a started covering the floors and adding details. Now don't get me wrong the majority of the work was not done by me, he is an amazing builder and has added secret passage ways sliding doors, prison cells, and there is a battery pack installed ready for a lighting kit. Any way just thought I'd share, get some tips and feedback. I've got a brick link o…

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?

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…

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Between my own sorting of parts and something said on New Elementary, I wonder how people feel about the number of colors available in Lego bricks if there is too many or just enough. I believe there is at least over 20 different shades currently in use but I am not precisely sure. On one side, it can seem too many since a person needs to have a good amount of any one color for building something decent with continuity in color scheme otherwise the thing will look bizarre. Not many sets include a ton of a single color at once. If anything their selection is usually rather diverse therefore you are almost forced to either purchase a bunch of the same set and/or many diffe…

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

Hi guys, Earlier this year my wife and I "completed" our journey out of the dark ages (thanks again to this community for making that possible for a -relatively- reasonable amount). Having acquired all of the retired sets we wanted (within reason, sorry UCS Falcon and Grand Carousel), my wife mused that our city needed a zoo. I agreed, so I decided to make one. I posted a MOC a few months ago but this is my first end-to-end, all the bells and whistles effort at something special. It took about 10-12 weeks. I built it and my wife provided constant feedback, answering "what do you think of this?" and "how does this look?" over and over hahah. I also received input…

I am about to embark on a massive building spree.....going to build 6 modular buildings - FB, GE, PS, TH, PC, PR For those that have built all of these, what order would you suggest building them in? I thought about just building them in the order they came out, but thought that maybe others have a better suggestion for the order in which to build these. Thanks in advance for any advice for can provide!

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Picked this set up for $35 from Walmart and decided to re-create it as The Hulks Vegetable Garden. Let me know what you guys think?

Hi, With the recent announcement of set "71040-1: The Disney Castle", the list of largest Lego sets has once again changed. In fact, this list changed 6 times so far in 2016. Here is the current Top 45 list sorted by largest. I also include the set # and year each debuted. I will continue to update this list and ultimately create a blog for it. note: Educational, Samsonite and bundle lots are excluded. Number Year Theme Name Pieces MSRP $ Price MSRP per Piece 10189 2008 Advanced Models Taj M…

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

LEGO Five Nights at Freddy's Animatronics by David Pickett Lego Five Nights at Freddy's: Golden Freddy by TheMooseFigs Lego Five Nights at Freddy's: Groupshot by TheMooseFigs Lego Five Nights at Freddy's: Updated Freddy Fazbear and Bonnie by TheMooseFigs

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 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, I have just finished another Star Wars MOC. This time I wanted to mess around with the idea of forced perspective and decided to recreate one of my favourite shots from Return of the Jedi. As with all my micro mocs I wanted to stick to the 16x16 base, which in this instance was quite a challenge but eventually I managed to find a way to fit everything I wanted into the scene. The colour palette choice for Jabba's Palace was partly based on the official lego sets of "Jabba's Palace' and 'Rancor Pit' especially the dark grey base for the Palace to sit atop but I decided to go with darker colours for the Palace itself similar to the…

I decided to start taking down some sets I have built and displayed. I already had several pieces break just by separating the bricks. I have been using the brick separator too. This is very frustrating considering how much we pay for these fricking sets. Now I have to put in an order for bricklink where the shipping and handling will cost 10x what bricks I need replaced. I think I am going to end up just leaving some of the bigger sets intact.

I'm not looking to invest, just for a fun, interesting, and relatively long build, with a really nice looking and satisfying end product. Do you think I should go with Architecture or one of the Modular Buildings? Specifically, I'm torn between Palace Cinema or Imperial Hotel. Thanks!

I'm tossing out a question. Lately I have been rebuilding sets to sell and have been finding that seeing the difference of the old Light Gray and the new Light Blueish Gray is hard in the light I have. In sunlight the difference is very apparent. But I do most my building at night. I know that incandescent lights are not ideal but I have an LED light and sometimes the difference is very hard to discern. The Dark Gray pieces stand out easily. So what lights do you have in your Lego rooms? Any other tricks for sorting the old and new? Thanks

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Hi guys, so I was somewhat inspired by a recent job where I got to work at the legendary Abbey Road studios! I decided to make my own version of the iconic Beatles album cover using a mix of the new Beatles mini figs (for the yellow submarine) and some of my favourite imperials. DSC_2808 by dimitrinicomanis, on Flickr I call this build 'The Imperial March' DSC_2790 by dimitrinicomanis, on Flickr 2016-12-19_02-43-14 by dimitrinicomanis, on Flickr I tried to get some of the background detail into this build but felt the car would be the wrong scale so opted to leave it out. IMG_20161120_221651 by dimitrinicomanis, on Flickr beatles_abbey…