I knocked these builds out over the last two days...initially started building the Icons Lighthouse, but the motor was DOA and waiting for a replacement to be delivered by Lego. 

I hope they make more of these dino scull fossils. 

Motorized Lighthouse. Great build!

Long weekend project. Great set, despite just being a box. 

Wrapped up this one today. Such a great set and perfect addition to my Pirates collection. 

 

 

8 hours ago, eliminator said:

Wrapped up this one today. Such a great set and perfect addition to my Pirates collection. 

 

 

 

This is a great set! I wish I picked it up instead of Siege encampment. 

I am currently building the Mattel Brick Shop NSX. In the past, I have built a few of the other Mega Cars, this one is really nice but my biggest complaint is the quality of the 4x2 red tiles, there are some really scratched parts that overall just take away form the look of the model. Overall a fun build. Not sure if I will get the 8-wide versions yet.

28 minutes ago, CosmicSpeed said:

I am currently building the Mattel Brick Shop NSX. In the past, I have built a few of the other Mega Cars, this one is really nice but my biggest complaint is the quality of the 4x2 red tiles, there are some really scratched parts that overall just take away form the look of the model. Overall a fun build. Not sure if I will get the 8-wide versions yet.

Not LEGO. Nobody cares.

57 minutes ago, bigfanofnu said:

Not LEGO. Nobody cares.

This forum is dead.  Who cares. Get over it. 

Speaking of which, we should have a discord or slack backup in case this gravy train with biscuit wheels runs off the track someday and the brothers pull the site down. There are rumors of a QFLL slack somewhere out there but discord might be better.

1 hour ago, tk79 said:

Speaking of which, we should have a discord or slack backup in case this gravy train with biscuit wheels runs off the track someday and the brothers pull the site down. There are rumors of a QFLL slack somewhere out there but discord might be better.

There are several I’d imagine. 

A QFLL secret slack group???? QFLLpicker.com???  I can only imagine the misfits in a secret group of flippers...

3 hours ago, tk79 said:

Speaking of which, we should have a discord or slack backup in case this gravy train with biscuit wheels runs off the track someday and the brothers pull the site down. There are rumors of a QFLL slack somewhere out there but discord might be better.

I hope we can continue if something were to happen here.

5 hours ago, Mathew said:

This forum is dead.  Who cares. Get over it. 

You’re right, and this is one of the reasons why it’s dead. No mods cleaning up threads like this. Site used to be a daily must check. Now nothing. It’s a shame.

Say what? Traffic is traffic.

Overall 8/10.

Love that they include the HotWheels car and the extra parts for the "upgrade". Nice build but they do get away with having very specific custom parts like the wheel wells and front/rear glass. Nice, but not in the "spirit" of how Lego does it. The printer parts are nice. The customization requires sticker use, so it's optional.

The brick grip isn't great and it takes more force to build that Lego, albeit not as bad as old Mega. The polish on the tile bricks leaves much to be desired, it just looks sloppy and almost pre-owned.

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2 hours ago, bigfanofnu said:

You’re right, and this is one of the reasons why it’s dead. No mods cleaning up threads like this. Site used to be a daily must check. Now nothing. It’s a shame.

Be the change you hope everyone else to be.

22 hours ago, CosmicSpeed said:

Love that they include the HotWheels car and the extra parts for the "upgrade". Nice build but they do get away with having very specific custom parts like the wheel wells and front/rear glass. Nice, but not in the "spirit" of how Lego does it. The printer parts are nice. The customization requires sticker use, so it's optional.

The brick grip isn't great and it takes more force to build that Lego, albeit not as bad as old Mega. The polish on the tile bricks leaves much to be desired, it just looks sloppy and almost pre-owned. 
 

These sets are like a cross between a LEGO and a snap-together model kit. Pieces are very specialized but in the end the build does look the part to a T. I hope to see them release construction sets based on the more signature rides the brand built its reputation upon.

And I remember the clutch on ol' Mega Bloks. Many of the parts being incredibly tight while some barely hanging on. Sometimes can spot at a glance from the finish on the piece itself what was what.

Not sure where to put this:

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brickboy/brickboy-the-kit-that-makes-the-lego-game-boy-come-alive/description

5 hours ago, Bricklectic said:

Not sure where to put this:

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brickboy/brickboy-the-kit-that-makes-the-lego-game-boy-come-alive/description

That is one of the coolest things I've seen on this site.

BLDP Harbormaster's Office. Went together very smooth; better than most BLDP sets. Will be a nice companion to the Ideas Old Fishing Store. 

Edited December 1, 2025Dec 1 by eliminator

Game Boy, let’s just say that if someone built this as their first Lego set every other Lego set would be a disappointment, it’s that good. Not comparing it to a huge display set like Rivendell but the build and parts usage are amazing.

Arcade Machine, another great affordable set this one was only $34 after CB and came with the Ninjago City GWP. No brick separator and a damaged sticker sheet was not the best beginning but the build is great and lots of fun with some awesome prints as well. If it wasn’t for the Gameboy this would easily be the best set under $60. I hope they do a series of these and we get a Defender set next.

Next up I was going to build the Enterprise but still have the D&D Castle set so will probably flip a coin tomorrow.

So here is a bit of a horror story for you. Before starting the D&D Castle set I finally had to finish the 42098 Car Transporter. This was an open box return with several open bags and loose pieces inside. The instructions and sticker sheet were mint so I thought let’s give it a try, this was back in September 2024. Right off the start I was missing a gear for the corvette and had to place a BL order. I was able to finish the car but then was missing a few small elements for the truck and decided to sort the entire set and inventory it, brutal.

Two more BL orders and I was ready to go! This is old school technic, no app, just look at the elements in the call out box and the picture in the instructions and figure out where things go. I hated working on this set and made a lot of mistakes twice having to do some major rebuild. I would probably say it is my least favorite build ever, even worse than sets that have tons of repetitive steps, just no joy in this set. What got me through it was that once done I would be left with an amazing functional play set that also nicely displays my technic cars.

I am glad to get my build area back and this thing will be going up for trade/sale soon if someone wants it. I’m looking for NISB Italian Riviera or Natural History Museum.

Edited January 4Jan 4 by Pseudoty

Is that really supposed to be a Corvette that's included? I always thought it looked like a Camaro or something. I have the set and like it as a display piece. I would like a list of cars that fit on it scale-wise. I don't want all the super cars out there, but more common cars like Corvettes and the like.

7 hours ago, Brystheguy said:

Is that really supposed to be a Corvette that's included?

It’s a generic car similar to 42093

I would like a list of cars that fit on it scale-wise.

https://brickset.com/sets/tag-15-Wide-Car

Edited January 5Jan 5 by Pseudoty

D&D Castle sans Dragon. I don’t know anything about D&D so I didn’t get any of the references or gameplay, but still this was a fun build. The dragon is almost 1/3 of the set and suffers from the OG Wall E neck issue. If not for offsetting the cost by selling the mimic GWP this set is extremely overpriced. You can definitely tell this was an Ideas set and even more like a BLD set to me.

I was going to start Gringotts today but it is hard busting the seals on a $900 set. Will wait for the alleged restock, which will kill the value, to see.

Edited February 7Feb 7 by Pseudoty