Two of our more popular threads are "What LEGO set(s) did you buy today?" and "What LEGO set(s) did you sell today?" These threads are filled with great information. But we all know LEGO bricks are about "building" LEGO sets and models, so why shouldn't we talk about it on this site as well? I mean, many LEGO sets that are fantastic builds are also investment winners, so why shouldn't people share some of their experiences of build and set quality that might affect LEGO set values, either positively or negatively? Let us know what you built today and your overall thoughts on the set. Don't forget to leave more in depth reviews in our LEGO SET REVIEWS section...

Edited June 23, 201510 yr by Ed Mack

Side question: has anyone tried to build on a suspended platform?
My boy loves trains but they take up too much room for us so he's always forced to dismantle shortly after laying the tracks...I am envisioning a platform of sorts suspended in his bedroom...raised high close to the ceiling when not in use, but able to be lowered for active play...he also can run the trains when raised; I see this in stores all the time; but never in a home setting. 

Similar setups have been seen in the latest lego documentaries I've watched. What you speak of exists. Build your own. YouToob.

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Did some fun oldie-but-goody building the past two days. Broke these out of my storage and rebuilt. Forgot how awesome these were. I’ve ordered replacement stickers for the Red Baron. They had pretty much deteriorated. May need to order some for the Sopwith. In better shape, but still brittle.


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I'm very satisfied with the skyline X

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On ‎9‎/‎4‎/‎2019 at 3:01 PM, squeakdigital00 said:

I'm very satisfied with the skyline X
 

NOICE! 

I think this is the reason why there's such a premium on these sets after-market...I doubt resellers have a "ton" of them so it's really tempting to keep for personal build and collection.  Much more so than the typical nice set.

Is it just the color or does the AFoL sets, in general, have a distinct look about them? (in a good way)

I will motorize later on. Back to the mountain lol

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Love those Lego city pics so I thought I'd share one of my earlier city layouts. A lot of changes since, like the amusement park addition and a third level in the wildness area which moved.

8097 Slave I

It was part of a bulk lot I bought 4 or 5 years ago.  I put it together probably 3 years ago, and for some reason had it in my head that I was missing a couple of pieces.  Most notably because I had a bag of pieces with "8097" written on it, sitting in with the built ship.

So this weekend I took it apart, and carefully rebuilt it.  Only to discover that it was good to go after all.

 

10 hours ago, Alpinemaps said:

8097 Slave I

It was part of a bulk lot I bought 4 or 5 years ago.  I put it together probably 3 years ago, and for some reason had it in my head that I was missing a couple of pieces.  Most notably because I had a bag of pieces with "8097" written on it, sitting in with the built ship.

So this weekend I took it apart, and carefully rebuilt it.  Only to discover that it was good to go after all.

 

I'm in the exact same boat...got a large used SW lot last year...Death Star, Republic gunship, bunch of other small and medium sets in various levels of completeness...and a Slave I (8097)...my thinking has always been: It's not truly "mine" until I break a set down and built it myself....anyway I broke down most of the sets (Death Star took ages), but couldn't get myself to breakdown the fairly complete looking Slave I...so its sitting on my shelf like an over-due library book...waiting for me to re-build it...or an earthquake so it will fall off the shelf and land on me while sleeping.

Finally finished Welcome to Apocalypseburg (70840), I held myself to one bag per day since it arrived from Walmart. Also had my first wrong/missing piece in a Lego set. But I've already got an order in for a replacement. 6258376 - LEFT SHELL 3X8X2 W/BOW/ANGLE. My almost three year old daughter thinks it's very cool and helped me finish it today, then an hour or so later crashed down onto it so I got to rebuild a section of it already. It was the Lego Movies and having a kid that brought me out of my dark ages so it's appropriate that this is the first really big set I've gotten. I really like the movie sets and vehicles because they are made to be Lego rather than adapting something from Star Wars or Marvel, this one is no exception.

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Sniped this one a couple weeks ago figuring my hopes of finding a sub $200 Cafe Corner were going to come down to buying it in pieces. Since some of the rarest pieces are the red slopes, this listing looked promising. For $33.50 it came with all the slopes, with a few extra to spare.

After looking through my spares at home, I have nearly all the brown and grey pieces... so the majority of two floors were taken care of.

I think this is about as close to a sub $200 Cafe Corner as I'm gonna find. I grabbed the manuals around a year ago in a large instruction lot and have debated selling them, but now they will be used to finish off the modular collection.

Care Corner is complete. Total cost was $136.03. This doesn't include the spares from bulk lot purchases in the past that cleaned up most of the bricks... because old spares are free, right?
I had purchased a $155 lot that had the first floor, but it arrived smelling like death and cigarettes, so it went back.

The real winners of the picture though are the dragons from our "let's take apart all the dragons and build them again" weekly fun. The two headed dragon my toddler inspired "two head's on the dragon, daddy" earned the spot on the Cafe Corner.

48 minutes ago, brickvoyeur said:

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I had purchased a $155 lot that had the first floor, but it arrived smelling like death and cigarettes, so it went back.

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I have had good success washing those kinds of lots in luke-warm water with regular hand soap, and if the smell persists, spraying the bricks with fragrance-free Febreze and then washing again. Had a 4708 Hogwarts Express lot the other day that I kept double-bagged until I had time to wash the bricks, that's how bad the smell was.

1 minute ago, Phil B said:

I have had good success washing those kinds of lots in luke-warm water with regular hand soap, and if the smell persists, spraying the bricks with fragrance-free Febreze and then washing again. Had a 4708 Hogwarts Express lot the other day that I kept double-bagged until I had time to wash the bricks, that's how bad the smell was.

I thought about it for a bit, and did a bit of research on how to clean it. Once I looked at what actually came on the first floor, and compared it to my spares, I realized there wasn't all that much that I didn't already have. Ended up with less out of pocket total using the spares/bricklink method than the smelly bulk lot.

Bought and built today, which is unusual for me.

 

75976 - Wrecking Ball

 

Idk why I got this. I’m blaming the Hamster who is both cute and scary at the same time.

 

It’s a fun little built and I like the very mech-like way it works and the way the moving parts move. Lots of playability.

On ‎10‎/‎4‎/‎2019 at 2:10 PM, Alpinemaps said:

Bought and built today, which is unusual for me.

 

75976 - Wrecking Ball

 

Idk why I got this. I’m blaming the Hamster who is both cute and scary at the same time.

 

It’s a fun little built and I like the very mech-like way it works and the way the moving parts move. Lots of playability.

Now you need to build Sweet Mayhems EYe Ball Ship to counter this...looks roughly the same size

Thumbs up Alpine..you build the most eclectic mix of LEGO sets posting here

20 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said:

Now you need to build Sweet Mayhems EYe Ball Ship to counter this...looks roughly the same size

Thumbs up Alpine..you build the most eclectic mix of LEGO sets posting here

Thanks.  Sometimes, it's up to the kids - they have a wide taste in LEGO as well.  It usually just whatever suits me.  There are very few themes where I'll collect *everything* (I think Scooby Doo, Mixels, and BrickHeadz are the only themes where I can say I've gotten everything).  Otherwise, it's just whatever strikes our fancy. We're also working on our Winter Village sets, so definitely a contrast to Overwatch.

Speaking of Overwatch - I've never played it.  Don't really know what it is.  I just liked this little guy.

I got light kits for the Haunted House and the Fishing Store for my birthday. Love them. Also got the Corner Garage, but haven’t built it yet.


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Brought a few sets into work today that were buried in my stored away collection! Some minor reassembly required for all three sets.

About to get some space dusting done. then I'll rebuild for the memories. Been packed away for a while.

On 10/23/2019 at 5:29 PM, eliminator said:

Brought a few sets into work today that were buried in my stored away collection! Some minor reassembly required for all three sets.

Sweet "History of Flight" display. The scale(ish)  mini-builds do so much for the scale of the Apollo.

 

Finally finished off my Halloween display today. Big thanks to my wife for the fine detail design. 

More pics

 

Picked up for $45. Set is in great condition. 

Also last night I worked on ST while rewatching Season 1

 

The Haunted House (10228), the Cemetery - Hidden Side - (70420), a few graves MOC and zombies, lot’s of zombies.
Halloween it’s coming ?