10228 Haunted House. The build was just OK for me but the finished product looks great!

Aviation Adventure (31011)

First off, I had no intention to build this when I bought it, but for $34 (before SYW points), I couldn't resist. I'd been noticing this set for a while but couldn't justify it at MSRP. I'll try to sum it up...Holy fun!

Obviously, I built the plane version and I love the dimensions on this little guy. It even sits "right" (you can change the angle as the rear wheel is adjustable). The color scheme is, well, blue, yellow and white, but that just makes it feel more like a classic LEGO set for me. When I built as a kid, my creations were always multi-colored out of necessity, and it just adds to the charm. Very solid fuselage and heavy for it's size. The landing gear is a bit flimsy when extended, but functional if you want to leave it down...OR, put it up and swoosh it!! Problem solved.

The build itself was really fun and I'm looking forward to building the B and C models when I bring myself to breaking this one down. A lot of time is spent on the plate-heavy body, but I found myself building faster as I got closer to the end. It could only have been better if I'd timed fitting the last piece with the climax of "White Rabbit."

 

Built this yesterday.  Fun little build, especially for a free set!

Built this yesterday.  Fun little build, especially for a free set!

Everything is better when it's free! Haha. It is a cute little set though.

Everything is better when it's free! Haha. It is a cute little set though.

and double VIP points!  Can't go wrong.

Built this yesterday.  Fun little build, especially for a free set!

I really want to MOC this into something a little longer, and make it into a kiddie ride for a Winter Carnival.  I have a few of the Emerald Express so I can do that, but I think I like the red better.

Built this 787 Dreamliner these couple days. Although it is my third time building it, but still love it so much.  

 

The Bat-Pod is finally complete and behind glass.

Built 44027 Hero Factory Breez Flea Machine tonight with my 3 1/2 year old.

I'm not used to building HF or Bionicle.  It was a little odd, and I saw pieces I didn't even recognize in the build!  He was quite happy with the build when it was done, though.

Finished up Shuttle Tyderium last night.  It's awesome.  So much better than its predecessors.  Never built a 10212, but this was a lot of fun and is very swooshable(according to my son, of course)

Finished UCS Slave I last night.  Amazing, but holy sticker sheet, Batman.  Still don't like stickers for UCS sets.  That is my only complaint with this set.  The build was very fun to watch it come together, and is not monotonous at all.  Slave I's shape sort of lends to that. 

What to build next?

On 30.10.2015 13:56:29, Huskers1236 said:

What to build next?

Chose one or more of following:

a MOC!!!

MF, EV, Flashspeeder, final duel, DO, PR, PS,

some christmas stuff ^.^

some other set...

13 minutes ago, Locutus001 said:

Chose one or more of following:

a MOC!!!

MF, EV, Flashspeeder, final duel, DO, PR, PS,

some christmas stuff ^.^

some other set...

just woke up and like a kid was thinking " I wanna build something . . . I just don't know what"  

prefer moc'ing anyone feel like throwing out some ideas

Besides numerous Bionicle and Chima sets that I enjoyed building, there were two standouts. Rey's Speeder and Ant Man Final Battle sets. Both were creative and had some neat features. I appreciate the design of both, especially the Ant Man set with the large LEGO brick replicas.

53 minutes ago, brickcrazyhouse said:

just woke up and like a kid was thinking " I wanna build something . . . I just don't know what"  

prefer moc'ing anyone feel like throwing out some ideas

depends a little bit on what you got!

personally I love updating the classics as topic here, so wouldn't it be nice if you did something like that? ^^

also a MOC would bring some new life into the MOC thread ^.^

1 hour ago, Locutus001 said:

Chose one or more of following:

a MOC!!!

MF, EV, Flashspeeder, final duel, DO, PR, PS,

some christmas stuff ^.^

some other set...

My MOC'ing skills do not generally lead to very good creations.  That side of my brain I don't think works properly.  I do have the new MF as well as some EV I could build.  I have built all the Modulars and have them on display, so good there.  As for Christmas stuff, I'll build a Santa's Workshop in December, haven't done that one yet, and don't need the new Toy Shop.  I'm really deciding between UCS Tie, Red 5, or Sydney Opera House.  Maybe Tower Bridge.

8 minutes ago, Huskers1236 said:

My MOC'ing skills do not generally lead to very good creations.  That side of my brain I don't think works properly.  I do have the new MF as well as some EV I could build.  I have built all the Modulars and have them on display, so good there.  As for Christmas stuff, I'll build a Santa's Workshop in December, haven't done that one yet, and don't need the new Toy Shop.  I'm really deciding between UCS Tie, Red 5, or Sydney Opera House.  Maybe Tower Bridge.

My take would UCS Tie and then Red5 (if you don't want to save anything for december ^^) Tower bridge seems to be the most boring build... but I'm not that much into SOH and TB... even though I like the overall design (especially of SOH).

1 hour ago, brickcrazyhouse said:

just woke up and like a kid was thinking " I wanna build something . . . I just don't know what"  

prefer moc'ing anyone feel like throwing out some ideas

Halloween may be over but those kinds of builds are still fun year round. If you have a bunch of minifigures, you could try putting together some random characters for the heck of it (a kit-bash or figbarf). Perhaps try drawing a random sketch of whatever then build something to resemble it. November just started so how about a Vic Viper type of build for this year's Nnovvember building challenge.

39 minutes ago, fundylego said:

 

now that I've seen that (especially picture 2) I guess I'll have to buy one for my own collection ^.^

Picked this up when Walmart had that flash sale for 50% off.  Build was fun, definitely easier than the AROC.  Took me about 5 hours, which was longer than I anticipated.

thanks orcking and locutus will post pics later. don't get to excited it'll be a LLD build

1 hour ago, fundylego said:

 

Great set.  General Grievous is even better.

Started the PR last night while handing out candy & just finished up. The detail on this is amazing. Of the 4 modulars I have done this is easily the nicest. Pains me to say that as I was determined to keep the GG as my fav but I just can't do it. 

It's my favorite as well.  GG held that spot until I built it as well.  Looks like your Lego town has a dinosaur problem.